Italy’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary
9pm, BBC Two
For three months, cameras follow A&E doctor Francesca Mangiatordi on the frontline of Italy’s coronavirus crisis in Cremona, northern Italy. Here, she must decide whose lives to prioritise over the course of her 12-hour shifts as hospital equipment runs out, while at home she fears infecting her immunocompromised husband and her children. It is a gruelling watch as her colleagues succumb to the virus and, as Italy lifts its lockdown, she asks whether it is too soon. Ammar Kalia
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square
8pm, BBC One
With the drama in Albert Square on hold, Stacey Dooley steps in to present this compilation series, interviewing the cast of the show past and present on their big moments. She is joined tonight by some of the soap’s longest-serving stars, Ian (Adam Woodyatt) and Sharon (Letitia Dean). AK
Wimbledon: The Best of the Championship
8pm, BBC Two
Tennis may seem a sport better suited than most to physical distancing. But there will be no championships at Wimbledon this year. Instead, the BBC will be screening classic footage from previous years, stretching back to 1969. There is also an Andy Murray weekend. Phil Harrison
Devon and Cornwall
8pm, Channel 4
Housebound audiences are lapping up this lush docuseries. This week, a landscape painter and a sheep farmer are among the people living amid beautiful scenery. Nobody, however, enjoys their work as much as John Nettles, who turns every line of the narration into a slap-up cream tea. Jack Seale
Into the Wild: India
8pm, Sky Nature
In this episode of the sedate wildlife show, cameras follow one of the most dangerous and secretive animals on the Indian subcontinent: the Bengal tiger. Over the course of a day we witness a majestic female hunt for food for her three cubs while attempting to keep them safe in the thick jungle. AK
Art of Persia
9pm, BBC Four
Samira Ahmed traces the legacy of the greatest threat faced by Persia, Genghis Khan, in the last of her illuminating series on the ancient empire’s culture. In the face of Khan’s brutal rule, she discovers how a golden age of poetry and art emerged, with the Safavid Shahs in the city of Isfahan commissioning radical new architecture. AK
Film choice
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2014), 9pm, Film 4
Steve McQueen’s immensely moving Oscar-winning drama is based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, a free-born black man who was kidnapped in Washington DC and sold into slavery in the south. Chiwetel Ejiofor is the epitome of humanity and endurance as Northup. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Isolation eRacing Series 6pm, BT Sport 1. Virtual motorsports contest.
EFL Cup Football: League 2 Play-off final 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Wembley Stadium promotion match.
Premier League Football: Crystal Palace v Burnley 8pm, Amazon Prime Video. Free-to-air match from Selhurst Park.
