Top of the Pops: The Story of 1988
9pm, BBC Four
We have reached 1988, a pivotal year in British youth culture. After the glossy sheen of much 80s pop, the cavalry was arriving in the shape of the initially controversial movement known as acid house. The wonderful thing about Top of the Pops was that such underground outriders took their places on the show alongside the likes of Bros, who were – it must be said – looking unlikely candidates for national treasure status at this point. Another goldmine of musical and cultural history. Phil Harrison
Pregnant & Platonic
7pm, BBC Two
An unassuming title yields a worthwhile film on the subject of the new phenomenon of “co-parenting”, whereby single people who want to start a family with no romantic attachments are matched on dedicated websites – to which 40,000 people in the UK have already signed up. DJ Clara Amfo narrates. Mike Bradley
Sarah Millican: Control Enthusiast
9pm, Channel 4
For this special, filmed in 2018, the sometimes spiky Millican seeks to convince a raucous audience that she can be chill. Her efforts to maintain equilibrium while dealing with her dozy husband and the unexpected interruption of various bodily functions proves to be a fertile comic wellspring. Graeme Virtue
The Looming Tower
9.30pm, BBC Two
An economical script from Ali Selim urges the plot of this intelligence thriller along as FBI agents John O’Neill and Ali Soufan head out to Yemen, following the suicide bombing of a US destroyer off Aden. If they can link the attack to al-Qaida, they can make major progress, but will the snooping CIA throw a spanner in the works? MB
Reach for the Stars
10pm, National Geographic
A new series following the United Arab Emirates’ belated place in the space race; from the 2018 launch of the Emirati-developed satellite KhalifaSat, to the UAE’s aims to tackle environmental challenges facing the planet, here is a behind-the-scenes look at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Ali Catterall
The Graham Norton Show
10.35pm, BBC One
Guests up for a spot of teasing between the product plugs include Fleabag’s hot priest Andrew Scott, who returns to our screens this week in a new series of Black Mirror, and singer Paloma Faith, here to reveal what it was like turning actor to play the villain in Batman TV prequel Pennyworth. MB
Film choice
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M Chu, 2018), 12noon, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Chinese-American academic Rachel (Constance Wu) heads to the Singapore home of her boyfriend Nick (Henry Golding) and discovers that he is, well, crazily rich. Michelle Yeoh is frankly scary as Nick’s icily disdainful mother in this lavishly entertaining romcom from Jon M Chu. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Tennis: French Open, 11.30am, ITV4
The men’s semi-finals.
Women’s World Cup Football: France v South Korea, 7.30pm, BBC One
Tournament hosts France get their campaign under way.
International Football: Denmark v Republic of Ireland, 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Ireland begin their Euro 2020 qualification campaign.
