The Best Little Prison in Britain?
8pm, ITV
Welcome to the Isle of Man’s only prison, the cosiest corner of the British Isles’ criminal justice system, with one guard for every prisoner and some of the lowest reoffending rates in Europe. Custodial sentences in the crown dependency have been handed out for “hitting [one’s] elderly mother over the head with a rolled-up Hello! magazine” and “stealing four pork pies”, so this film is a fairly civilised affair. The hang ’em and flog ’em brigade won’t be pleased, but everyone else seems quite content. Ellen E Jones
George Clarke’s Council House Scandal
9pm, Channel 4
As the 100th anniversary of council housing in the UK approaches, George Clarke presents an interesting documentary that follows his campaign to launch a new wave of council-house construction. He meets architects of the past and evaluates the best and worst examples on offer. Mike Bradley
Der Pass
9pm, Sky Atlantic
You had better be good if you are going to replace Gomorrah – fortunately, this eight-part Austrian/German frontier crime drama is exactly that. A novel narrative structure and a canny flashback technique enhance a dark tale that starts on a border pass with the discovery of a frozen body posed as if killed for a pagan ritual. MB
Better Things
10pm, BBC Two
The textured sitcom created by and starring Pamela Adlon as a harried single mother of three continues its second season. After a poetry event flirtation with tender single dad Robin (Henry Thomas, a long way from ET), Sam accepts his offer of a wine-tasting weekend, much to the chagrin of her offspring. Graeme Virtue
Million Pound Handjobs
10pm, Channel 5
See past the provocative title and what you have here is a worthwhile film about hand modelling, looking at celebrity doubles, supermodels you have never heard of and the secret of a good-looking hand. Plus, we meet a couple who regularly walk away with £5,000 for a day’s work. MB
sMothered
10pm, TLC
Sharing a plastic surgeon is the norm for the mother-daughter duos featured in this provocative new show. To say they are close is an understatement: their clothes and faces are almost identical and all hell breaks loose if a daughter doesn’t answer their phone. Of course, secrets emerge – and screaming matches follow. Hannah Verdier
Film choice
The Abyss (James Cameron, 1989), 10pm, Syfy
James Cameron’s exploratory voyage for Titanic. Both films are adventures with onboard affairs of the heart – and heading for the bottom of the sea via special effects. Ed Harris is Bud Brigman, who, alongside his estranged wife, Lindsey (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), encounters otherwordly beings in the deep. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cycling: Tour de Wallonie 2.30pm, Eurosport 1. The fifth and final stage of the Belgian tour.
Football: Audi Cup 7.15pm, ITV4. The final of the pre-season tournament, preceded at 4.45pm by the third-place play-off.
Women’s T20 cricket: England v Australia 6pm, Sky Sports Cricket. The last match in the series.
