The Royle Family: Down the Back of the Sofa
9pm, Gold
In 2010, Caroline Aherne (who died six years later) and Craig Cash recorded their only interview together for a documentary about The Royle Family. To mark 25 years since the comedy first aired, the film has been revised, with added new interviews (Diane Morgan, Jack Rooke and Sharon Rooney). It is a poignant bit of telly that celebrates a piece of British sitcom history. Hollie Richardson
Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon
8pm, BBC One
There is a very special guest standing in for Dilly – it’s only spring-clean superstar Mrs Hinch! She joins Stacey and co to see if the Farrows can’t get their act together in one week, via a humungous declutter. Among the items clogging up their rented farmhouse: 32 rolls of wallpaper and 241 balls of wool. Ali Catterall
Classic Movies: The Story of Brighton Rock
8pm, Sky Arts
Wise contributions from the late Guardian film critic Derek Malcolm lend extra class to another straightforward film documentary, this time lauding a 1948 Brit-noir classic. Graham Greene’s multilayered storytelling and the movie’s hard-hearted view of humanity, criminality and morality are key themes. Jack Seale
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
8.30pm, ITV1
The late, lamented Paul O’Grady’s farewell series continues to showcase the excellent work of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and the charm of its presenter. The boisterous temperaments of a pair of working dogs are preventing them from finding homes. Can O’Grady work his magic? It is now very poignant watching him try. Phil Harrison
Helping Our Teens
9pm, BBC Two
What is the best way to ensure young people thrive at school: strict behavioural crackdowns? Or trying a more compassionate approach? This week’s episode follows behavioural expert Marie Gentles as she is pitted against a disciplinarian headteacher. We know whose side we are on. Alexi Duggins
The Lovers
9pm, Sky Atlantic
While the sexual tension isn’t exactly sizzling at this point, Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher’s will-they-won’t-they romcom continues to tickle. When Seamus tells Janet that he is back in Belfast for work, she misreads it as an invitation to meet him in his hotel room. HR
Film choice
Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013), 10.40pm, BBC One
Tom Hanks brings his grace-under-pressure actorly qualities to bear on this wonderfully tense fact-based drama. He plays the titular officer in charge of an American container ship en route from Oman to Kenya. They must pass through waters threatened by Somali pirates – and one gang in a small speedboat, led by Barkhad Abdi’s Muse, manage to take the vessel. In typically hyperactive fashion, director Paul Greengrass propels the action from oceanic chase to onboard cat-and-mouse game as the crew and the criminals gain and lose the upper hand. Batten down the hatches … Simon Wardell
