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Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Phil Harrison, Jack Seale and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Gal Gadot discovers some real-life Wonder Women

Tuany Nascimento practises with her dance pupils in Rio de Janeiro, in Impact With Gal Gadot
Bravo, Rio ... Brazil’s Tuany Nascimento (centre) practises with her dance pupils in Impact With Gal Gadot. Photograph: Sebastian Gil Miranda

Impact With Gal Gadot

8pm, National Geographic

The Wonder Woman actor Gal Gadot presents this documentary profiling six women who are making meaningful changes to their communities around the world. We follow stories including that of Brazilian ballet dancer Tuany Nascimento, who started a dance company for young women in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous favelas. There is also Kelsey Ellis, who founded a surfing therapy programme in California when she was left seeking support after the death of her twin sister. Ammar Kalia

Bake Off: The Professionals

8pm, Channel 4

Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the Bake Off with the toughest crust, as top pastry chefs from around the UK battle it out to be crowned Britain’s best patisserie team. Challenges include creating two dozen identical almond pithiviers, plus a sugar showpiece. Ali Catterall

The Yorkshire Vet

8pm, Channel 5

There are sickly animals and beautiful scenery galore as we return to North Yorkshire. Tonight, the vets Peter Wright and Julian Norton encounter a surprising range of animals and ailments, the most notable of which is an alpaca with a football-sized lump on his face. Elsewhere, a terrier struggles with an eye problem. Phil Harrison

Agatha Christie’s England

9pm, Channel 5

A documentary explaining that Agatha Christie’s locations weren’t just generic mansions and doomy country retreats; it visits the real ones that inspired the books. Family and associates outline how Christie fictionalised experiences of hotels, Belgians and suspicious deaths. Jack Seale

Hemingway

9pm, BBC Four

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s comprehensive documentary on the life and legacy of Ernest Hemingway continues. Tonight’s episode examines the muted response to his first collection of short stories, In Our Time, and his time spent attempting to craft “true sentences” in Paris. AK

Philly DA: Breaking the Law

10.40pm, BBC Four

The progressive district attorney Larry Krasner is entering the second year of his term in Philadelphia, but he still has a range of reforms he wants to pass, including an overhaul of probation. It is an issue close to home, as his office has just hired a formerly incarcerated activist, LaTonya Myers. AK

Film choice

Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy
Sad fantasy meets sinister reality ... Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982), 1.20am, TCM Movies
Among all the weirdos Robert De Niro has created for Martin Scorsese, Rupert Pupkin is the wackiest – an excruciating study of sad fantasy and sinister reality. The man who would be king of standup comedy hatches a plot to kidnap Johnny Carson-style showman Jerry Lewis to win TV primetime. Paul Howlett

Sport choice

Cycling: Tour de France 1pm, ITV4. Stage 10 coverage from Albertville to Valence.

Football: Uefa Euro 2020 7pm, BBC One. Italy face Spain at Wembley in the first semi-final.

Basketball: NBA Finals 2am, Sky Sports Main Event. Phoenix Suns v Milwaukee Bucks.

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