MotherFatherSon
9pm, BBC Two
In spite of bravura performances from Helen McCrory (Kathryn), Billy Howle (Caden) and Joseph Mawle (Scott), Tom Rob Smith’s family drama is still lacking something as it reaches the halfway mark, with a plot that too often takes the easy option and direction that distractingly indulges Richard Gere (Max). That said, if you’ve stuck with it so far, you’ll be rewarded with an episode that moves matters on significantly, as Kathryn learns dark truths about Max, and Caden announces: “It’s been a long time since I’ve looked forward to tomorrow.” Mike Bradley
The Bay
9pm, ITV
The tangled web is shaping up nicely, with police liaison officer Lisa (Morven Christie) struggling with her conscience while trying to help the Meredith family, whose twins went missing. It’s pure 9pm drama, with the finger of suspicion swinging all over the place. This week, Lisa tries to find out whether dad Sean has an alibi. Hannah Verdier
Going to War
9pm, PBS America
Film-maker Sebastian Junger (Restrepo) presents a profound meditation on war and those who prosecute it, in which combat veterans reflect on their experiences of training, battle and coming home. With fascinating insight into the shift required to transform from civilian to warrior, this is a well-assembled piece of journalism. MB
White Gold
10pm, BBC Two
The charmless, 80s-set Essex double-glazing sitcom continues. Sam deals with a lecherous client, Lavender is ripped off by some Irish Travellers and Swann continues to pout furiously. It might be intended as a parody of 80s attitudes but White Gold is too keen to have its cake and eat it to really convince. Phil Harrison
Mums Make Porn
10pm, Channel 4
Things get sticky for the grumbling mothers as they wade into the adult entertainment industry and hit the flaw in their plan: it is not obvious why the answer to porn’s toxicity is to make your own. But then a work experience visit to feminist eroticist Erika Lust suggests that sex films can be revolutionised. Jack Seale
Hypothetical
10pm, Dave
The show that sees comics imagine their way out of hypothetical situations reaches a triumphant conclusion with an edition in which Josh Widdicombe and his sidekick “sad flapjack creator” James Acaster launch ludicrous scenarios at Guz Khan, Cariad Lloyd, David O’Doherty and Sara Pascoe. MB
Film choice
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013), 11.25pm, Film4
In Jonathan Glazer’s creepy and disturbing sci-fi tale, Scarlett Johansson is an alien in enticing human form who tours the mean streets of Glasgow in search of men, then takes them home to do extraordinary, draining things to them – just not the things they had in mind. It’s strange, erotic and haunting. Paul Howlett
Live sport
PGA Tour golf 2.15pm, Sky Sports Golf. Opening day of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, from Austin Country Club.
Cycling: Tour of Catalunya 2.45pm, Eurosport 1. Stage three, a route from Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Vallter 2000.
Premier League darts 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. A two-night event from Rotterdam, Netherlands.
