Kathy Burke’s All Woman
10pm, Channel 4
All right, so she swears like a trooper, but that is part of the charm of Kathy Burke, one of Britain’s best-loved actors, who tonight begins a three-part investigation into how women view motherhood, beauty, sex and relationships. The best show on TV this week by a country mile, this opener examines the importance of image and the pressures women feel to look beautiful and young. Should they be shelling out for “vagacials” and nightingale-faeces facials? You can probably guess Burke’s two-word answer. Mike Bradley
Inside the Factory
8pm, BBC Two
“I can feel the heat going up my trousers!” Gregg Wallace looks – and sounds – thoroughly thrilled to be on a French factory floor following a batch of croissants on their five-hour journey from chilled dough to tasty pastry. Butter fans will love watching the assembly, too – even if the Je T’aime soundtrack to a mechanised massage process seems a bit over the top. Graeme Virtue
The Town the Gypsies Took Over
9pm, Channel 5
Every June, more than 10,000 people flock to Cumbria’s Appleby Horse Fair, the UK’s oldest annual gathering of Gypsies and Irish Travellers. Recently, however, there has been controversy, in the shape of new police restrictions – and torrential rain. Plus, we hear from local businesses. Ali Catterall
NOS4A2
9pm, AMC from BT
This US supernatural horror, adapted from Joe Hill’s 2013 novel of the same name, begins with a young boy being lured into an old Rolls-Royce by a scary chauffeur. Across the country, a young girl with special powers is set on a collision course with an immortal who feeds on children’s souls. What is the connection between the two? MB
Revolutions: The Ideas That Changed the World
9pm, BBC Four
Having tantalised us with a vision of the smartphone of the future (“A machine we can control with our minds”), this physics lesson spends most of its runtime wading through its interesting past, before finally delivering the sci-fi contraption we crave – for all of about two minutes. MB
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11.10pm, Sky Atlantic
A high-school girl who may have been sexually assaulted is the ever more isolated protagonist of this one-off drama from HBO, which feels like the scaled-up short film it is. The murky menace of the cinematography can’t compensate for what is ultimately a flimsy, evasively inexact narrative. Jack Seale
Film choice
Paddington (Paul King, 2014), 5.05pm, Film4
Paddington may be a small Peruvian bear, but he packs a huge, heartwarming hug in this school-holiday treat. Taken in by the Browns (the parents played by Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins), Paddington (Ben Whishaw) indulges in marmalade mischief before a run-in with Nicole Kidman’s taxidermist. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Climbing World Championships 8.45am, Eurosport 2. Coverage of the women’s boulder final from Hachioji, Japan.
T20 Blast cricket: Gloucestershire v Hampshire 6pm, Sky Sports The Ashes. South Division match from Bristol’s County Ground.
Carabao Cup football: Salford City v Leeds United 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. First-round action.
