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Ali Catterall, Phil Harrison, Paul Howlett and Ammar Kalia

TV tonight: all-star athletes team up to raise money for Sport Relief

Sport Relief Oti Mabuse, Tom Allen, Paddy McGuinness, Maya Jama, Emma Willis, Gary Lineker, Rylan Clark-Neal, Alex Scott MBE - (C) BBC / Comic Relief - Photographer: Multiple
Paddy power … celebs and athletes raise money for Sport Relief. Photograph: BBC/Comic Relief

Sport Relief 2020

7pm, BBC One

The annual sports fundraising extravaganza returns with hosting duties performed by Gary Lineker, Paddy McGuinness, Alex Scott, Emma Willis, Rylan Clark-Neal, Oti Mabuse and Tom Allen. After last year’s reports of falling donations, they will be hoping to bring in the calls with specials of The Greatest Dancer and The Celebrity Boat Race (in a Clash of the Channels edition featuring BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky presenters), as well as Romesh Ranganathan facing off against Andy Murray in a game of crazy golf. Ammar Kalia

How Healthy Is Your Gut?

8pm, Channel 4

You might not have spent much time thinking about your gut but apparently “gut problems” cost British businesses up to £3bn per year – and they’re on the rise. Presenter Sabrina Grant enlists six volunteers to try to improve their gut health through everything from bone broth diets to colonic hydrotherapy. AK

The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard

8pm, Channel 5

August bank holiday promises a roaring trade. But there is such a thing as too hot: with temperatures way up in the red, the railway staff are wilting like posies. Meanwhile, a trackside wall collapses: can a mysterious group of volunteers called the Wombles come to the rescue? Ali Catterall

Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey

8.30pm, BBC Two

wild cuba
Island life … the scenery around Vinales in Cuba. Photograph: Crossing the Line Productions/BBC

Cuba’s isolation means that a remarkable 50% of its wildlife is unique to the island. The concluding episode of Colin Stafford-Johnson’s two-parter explores the beautiful and unusual flora and fauna – highlights include sneaky woodpeckers and diligent turtles burying eggs by moonlight. Phil Harrison

The Real American: Joe McCarthy

8.50pm, PBS America

This documentary draws on five years of research and masses of archive to show how Senator McCarthy, famed for his ruthless anti-communist agenda, cannily used the advent of television to solidify his red scare tactics, before falling out of favour with President Eisenhower. AK

Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life

11pm, BBC Four

Perhaps the most famous band in nu-metal, and certainly one of the most recognisable, Slipknot perform to a handful of fans at London’s Maida Vale studios in this special, while also providing interviews to look back at their 25-year career, going from Iowan teen rockers to stadium headliners. AK

Film Choice

Grim and touching ... This Is England.
Grim and touching ... This Is England. Photograph: Allstar

This Is England, 11.15pm, Film4

The progenitor of Shane Meadows’s social drama series is set in a bleak Midlands town in 1983. Here, lonely Shaun, missing his father who has died in the Falklands, is adopted by a group of multiracial skinheads – but is then drawn into violent NF company. A grim and touching portrait of working-class despair. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Championship Football: Fulham v Brentford 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The two promotion chasers compete at Craven Cottage.

Scottish Premiership Football: Motherwell v Aberdeen 7.15pm, BT Sport 1. Top-flight clash from Fir Park.

French Ligue 1 Football: Lyon v Reims 7.45pm, BT Sport ESPN. French top-flight match.

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