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Ammar Kalia, Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: a star-studded adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Jessica Brown Findlay and Kylie Bunbury in Brave New World.
Jessica Brown Findlay and Kylie Bunbury in Brave New World. Photograph: Peacock/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images

Brave New World

9pm, Sky One

Based on Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel, this small-screen adaptation stars Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay, Demi Moore and Star Wars’ Alden Ehrenreich as residents of the sex-fuelled, caste-based New London, a place where every resident must live their lives publicly. After Bernard Marx (Harry Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Findlay) grow disillusioned with the strict confines of New London, they are sent to the Savage Lands – a neglected yet freer side of society, one where an uprising is seemingly being planned. Ammar Kalia


Mountain Vets

8pm, BBC Two

Series two of this windswept rural animal odyssey returns to Mourne in Northern Ireland, where local vet Cahir has to rush to perform an emergency C-section on a prize ewe, while long-service practice member Nuala has to decide whether to put down a calf with an infected hoof. AK

Top of the Pops: The Story of 1990

9pm, BBC Four

This nostalgia-toting doc explores how the political upheaval of 1989 brought new movements in hip-hop, dance and in the institution of the BBC’s weekly chart show. Expect cameos from soul singer Seal, superstar DJ Fatboy Slim and archive footage from pop-rap duo Milli Vanilli. AK


Random Acts of Flyness

9.35pm, Sky Comedy

US artist Terence Nance offers disquieting vignettes on being black in America in his stream of consciousness sketch show, juxtaposing fake children’s shows and an infomercial on curing “white thoughts” with the ever-impending threat of police violence. Hannah J Davies


Five Guys a Week

10pm, Channel 4

Aimee and her invitees in Five Guys a Week.
Aimee and her invitees in Five Guys a Week. Photograph: PR handout undefined

More from the excruciatingly watchable dating show. This time, we meet 22-year-old Aimee who is not sure that true love exists and has decided to explore this proposition by inviting five random blokes, plus a load of cameras, into her house for a week. Fireworks ensue, but who will be the last man standing? Phil Harrison


The Graham Norton Show

10.45pm, BBC One

A Bafta, please, for the booker. This lineup is stellar: Dolly Parton, Riz Ahmed, Lolly Adefope, Sara Pascoe and Róisín Murphy, plus piping-hot Hollywood tea from the always good-value Rupert Everett. Social distancing means an end to sofa snuggles, but the good vibes will carry. Ellen E Jones


Film choice

Michael B Jordan (left) and Jamie Foxx in Just Mercy.
Michael B Jordan (left) and Jamie Foxx in Just Mercy. Photograph: Warner Bros/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock

Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton, 2019) 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

The twin blights of racism and poverty loom large in Cretton’s timely legal drama, adapted from lawyer Bryan Stevenson’s memoir. Michael B Jordan plays Stevenson as he sets about defending death row inmate Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), wrongly convicted of murder. Quietly intense. Paul Howlett


Live sport

German football: FC Union Berlin v FSV Mainz 05 7.15pm, BT Sport 1. Top-flight Bundesliga clash.

Scottish Premier League football: St Johnstone v Celtic 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Head to head from McDiarmid Park.

PGA Tour golf: The Sanderson Farms Championship 10.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Second day’s play.

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