Food Unwrapped Goes Vegan
8pm, Channel 4
Should we all be going vegan? This special edition of the documentary series sees avowed carnivore Jimmy Doherty try going meat- and dairy-free for a week in the US, sampling the latest fake meats on offer, including chicken nuggets “grown” in a laboratory. Elsewhere, Matt Tebbutt asks why some vegan products are more expensive than their meaty equivalents; Dr Helen Lawal asks whether we should raise children as vegan; and Kate Quilton probes the curious world of the plant-based vegan cheese melt. Mike Bradley
Trust Me
9pm, BBC One
Haunted corporal Jamie McCain is becoming increasingly convinced of the truth of departed Danny’s warning that there is an “angel of death” on the ward in Dan Sefton’s irresistibly unsettling drama set in a Glasgow hospital. Ashley Jensen provides fine support in an atmospheric thriller that continues to envelop us in its spectral embrace. MB
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
9pm, BBC Two
More miracles from the Queen Elizabeth hospital Birmingham. Tonight, spinal surgeon Navin Furtado attempts corrective surgery on former butcher Chris, who has to spend up to 15 hours a day in bed. Elsewhere, reconstructive surgeon Sunil Thomas tries to remove a huge tissue growth on Judy’s abdomen. Ali Catterall
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
9pm, Sky Arts
A chance for those who missed out on tickets for the V&A’s sold-out exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the House of Dior to get a glimpse at the frocks that caused such a stir when the designer unleashed his revolutionary postwar New Look on the world (much to Coco Chanel’s disgust). MB
Timeless
10pm, E4
It is time for the big two-part season finale and Lucy and Wyatt come face to face with their future selves, who tell them to head back to 1848 to try to change history. All sorts of sci-fi fun, danger and tongue-in-cheek moments await as they land bang in the middle of the California gold rush and attempt to bring Rufus back. Hannah Verdier
Run for Your Life
10.45pm, ITV
Since 2007, former triple jumper Connie Henry has sought to offer Brent teens an alternative to gang crime through her Track Academy project. This film examines Henry’s efforts and features star athletes such as Daley Thompson sharing unvarnished views on how politicians have failed a generation. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
Learning to Drive (Isabel Coixet, 2014) 1.30am, Film4
Isabel Coixet, who directed Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson in the 2008 Roth adaptation Elegy, reunites the pair in this perceptive comedy. Clarkson is a well-off Manhattanite; Kingsley her Sikh driving instructor, who teaches her to master the roads and her new life when she is dumped by her husband. Paul Howlett
Live sport
WTA tennis: Stuttgart 10.30am, BT Sport 1. Day two women’s action from Germany.
Cycling: Tour of the Alps 1pm, Eurosport 2. Stage two, a 178.7km route from Reith im Alpbachtal to Schenna.
Premier League football: Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Relegation-threatened Brighton visit Spurs’s snazzy new stadium.
