A Very British Hotel Chain: Inside Best Western
9pm, Channel 4
It’s time to pick your side: Holiday Inn, Premier Inn or Best Western. This new series delves inside often chaotic world of Best Western, Britain’s biggest independent hotel chain with more than 200 franchise holders, as it fights for primacy over its rivals. Filmed before lockdown began, the opening episode follows the new Australian CEO, Rob Paterson, as he plans to double the chain’s members in two years and secure its first celebrity owner. Ammar Kalia
Animal Park
6.30pm, BBC Two
Ben and Kate pay tribute to Nico, Longleat safari park’s legendary silverback gorilla, who died in 2018 aged 56. They trace his fascinating life story, and hear from the keepers who knew him best. Meanwhile, the park prepares for the arrival of a new antelope and Bella the anteater gets a wash. Ali Catterall
Life and Birth
8pm, BBC One
As more squirming babies appear in Birmingham’s busiest maternity hospitals, their journey is not always straightforward. Billie-Joe and Josh receive some worrying news at their 20-week scan, while surgeons act fast when new mum Kui has a difficult delivery with placenta accreta. Hannah Verdier
Coronavirus: A Horizon Special
9pm, BBC Two
The BBC science strand previously tackled the biggest story in the world in early April, providing some useful context and level-headed analysis of the first 100 days of Covid-19. In this new special, Hannah Fry and the team reconvene to assess the current situation on the frontlines. Graeme Virtue
Rob & Romesh vs Cricket
9pm, Sky One
The hapless comics continue their road trip of self-discovery, this week beginning a two-part journey into the world of cricket. While Rob sees the sport as a waste of time, Romesh is keen to learn more as the pair head to Cape Town to follow the England team on their first set of matches after becoming world champions. AK
9-1-1
9pm, Sky Witness
The third season of this emergency services-themed drama kicks off with a customary dose of heavy-handed melodrama. There is a high-speed chase led by a 15-year-old, a baby-stealing woman and a tsunami heading for LA, but it is all in a day’s work for our team Athena (Angela Bassett) and Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt). AK
Film choice
No Country for Old Men, 10pm, Paramount Network
Cormac McCarthy’s original novel reads like a film script, so it’s no wonder the Coen brothers concocted such a lean and searing Tex-Mex thriller out of it. Tommy Lee Jones is the world-weary Sheriff Bell, clearing up the mess when Javier Bardem’s psychopathic Chigurh stalks Josh Brolin’s Moss, for a stash of gangster loot. Paul Howlett
