Becoming Matisse
9.15pm, BBC Two
Best known for his joyfully vibrant paper cutouts, the early 20th-century artist Henri Matisse has long been an established part of the art-history canon. In this one-off documentary, his great-granddaughter Sophie Matisse retraces his lesser-known status as a radical outsider of modern art, whose colourism and simplification of form led to critical and commercial ridicule at the beginning of his career. A wealth of family photographs and keepsakes from his Parisian and Spanish years make this an intimate look at an artistic giant. Ammar Kalia
Eliud Kipchoge: My Sub-Two-Hour Marathon
1.15pm, BBC One
In 2019, the elite runner Eliud Kipchoge did the once unthinkable and ran a marathon in under two hours. In this brief yet inspiring doc, he speaks about how he managed to motivate himself through the punishing race and we also get a look around his training camp. AK
Animal Rescue School
4.35pm, Channel 4
As their year of training comes to a close, our RSPCA hopefuls are nearing graduation and the chance to work as inspectors. But first, there are a slew of challenging scenarios to deal with: should Becky put a badly injured bird to sleep? Can Rowena create a watertight animal-cruelty case? And can Natalie rehome two cats? AK
Great Asian Railway Journeys
8.15pm, BBC Two
Michael Portillo’s in ’Nam, travelling from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi; a thousand-mile journey via Vietnam’s jaw-dropping Reunification Express. En route, he motorbikes through Saigon, along with the other 8.6 million locals, and learns how to make the perfect fish sauce, before picking up some tailoring tips. Ali Catterall
Twin
9pm, BBC Four
The double bill series finale of this dark Norwegian thriller sees Frank grasping for that last piece of evidence, and Erik doing all he can to thwart him. As Erik ( Game of Thrones’s Kristofer Hivju) grapples with the ultimate identity crisis, one thing is obvious: flame-bearded Hivju is world-class, and we’ll be seeing much more of him. Ellen E Jones
Princess Anne: The Daughter Who Should Be Queen
9.15pm, Channel 5
Princess Anne: who is she? This boldly titled doc promises an in-depth answer, using archive footage and “insider” interviews to trot through notable events. Highlights include her charity work, Olympian exploits and narrow escape from an armed kidnapper in 1974. Jack Seale
Film choice
Twelve Monkeys, 9pm, Syfy
A brilliant, if flawed, science fantasy inspired by Chris Marker’s 60s time-travelling conundrum La Jetée. Bruce Willis is a haunted hero, sent back in time to trace the origin of a virus (yep) that has wiped out most of humanity. It is dark and doomed, and full of director Terry Gilliam’s visual chaos theory. Paul Howlett
