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Ammar Kalia, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier, Ali Catterall and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: checking in with India's top Scottish football manager

David Robertson faces the press in Return to Real Kashmir FC
The global game ... David Robertson faces the press in Return to Real Kashmir FC. Photograph: BBC

Return to Real Kashmir FC

10pm, BBC Scotland

In 2019, cameras followed the former Aberdeen, Rangers and Leeds United footballer David Robertson to India, where he had taken up the role of manager at Real Kashmir FC, attempting to coach an underfunded and newly promoted team amid political turmoil. Here, we return to check on Robertson’s progress and find him struggling to cope: Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has removed the region’s devolved status, plunging its people further into chaos. Ammar Kalia

Life Drawing Live

8pm, BBC Four

This virtual art class first ran in February as part of the BBC’s Shock of the Nude season, encouraging viewers to spend a mindful two hours working on a life model sketch. Now it is back to help take our mind off things, with the host, Josie D’Arby, soliciting advice from remote experts scattered around the UK. Graeme Virtue

Secrets of the Zoo

8pm, Nat Geo Wild

Cuddly animals provide some much-needed respite in this episode of the melodramatic US documentary series. Up first is an injured skunk (named Febreeze) who needs to see a heart specialist, followed by a muntjac deer suffering from seizures and a slow loris who requires a CT scan to assess a potentially lethal brain abscess. AK

The A Word

9pm, BBC One

Heather (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and Joe (Max Vento) in The A Word
Too close for comfort? Heather (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and Joe (Max Vento) in The A Word. Photograph: James Stack/BBC/Fifty Fathoms

The lovable drama manages to range from heartwarming to heartbreaking every week. This series has the added charm of the former Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays Joe’s teacher Heather. Joe is getting attached to her, but will it be a problem? Meanwhile, Mark is joining the army. Hannah Verdier

Hospital Special: Fighting Covid-19

9pm, BBC Two

Filmed inside the Royal Free hospital in north London as the country went into lockdown, this two-part series tells the stories of its frontline workers and patients. In tonight’s second episode, the hospital is reaching capacity as coronavirus cases peak, with oxygen supplies running low. AK

Paul Hollywood Eats Japan

9pm, Channel 4

The final leg of Paul Hollywood’s culinary road trip to the land of the rising bread (er, sun). First up is an eating challenge: how many “wanko soba” noodles can he chow down? He also sits down to eat with a sumo wrestler, Konishiki, and visits a strawberry farm where a single strawberry costs £350. Ali Catterall

Film choice

Marcello (Marcello Fonte) in Dogman
Ruff job ... Marcello (Marcello Fonte) in Dogman. Photograph: Greta De Lazzaris

Dogman (Matteo Garrone, 2018), 10.45pm, Sky Cinema Greats
Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone returns to the southern Italian underworld with this downbeat, bitterly funny tale of criminal low life in a near-derelict seaside town. Marcello Fonte is the mournful Marcello, who grooms the ferocious dogs of local gangsters with loving care; Edoardo Pesce is his tormentor. Paul Howlett

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