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Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Rhod Gilbert tackles male infertility

Rhod Gilbert.
Rhod Gilbert. Photograph: James Davies/Alamy Stock Photo

Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Infertility

9.40pm, BBC Two

The gruff-voiced comic puts his sense of humour to use in tackling a sensitive topic. Having uncovered issues with his sperm while trying for a baby with his wife, Sian, Gilbert launches a male infertility campaign to raise awareness around the statistic that, since 1980, sperm counts have dropped by 60% in the western world. Along the way, he talks to other childless men, such as the poet Benjamin Zephaniah, and performs a special standup routine on the topic. Ammar Kalia

Grayson’s Art Club: Get Creating

7pm, Channel 4

One of the hits of the 2020 lockdown, potter Grayson Perry’s Art Club encouraged all of us to channel our newfound free time and anxieties about the state of the world into creating amateur artworks. Ahead of a new series, Perry and his wife Philippa give us a taste of what’s to come. AK

A Perfect Planet

8pm, BBC One

David Attenborough’s latest remarkable nature series closes with a look at humans. Our presence on this bluey-green orb is having a woeful impact, via our carbon dioxide emissions – more than all the Earth’s volcanoes have created. The solution, he says, lies in harnessing the planet’s natural power. Ali Catterall

Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve

8pm, BBC Two

Explorer Simon Reeve continues his retrospective series on the past 15 years he has spent travelling the globe. Tonight’s episode focuses on the dangerous situations he has found himself in, from coming under fire in Mogadishu to charting the journeys of migrants from Morocco to Europe. AK

Stacey Dooley: Back on the Psych Ward

9pm, BBC Two

When Stacey Dooley first visited Springfield Hospital in London in 2019, she found the staff and patients facing extreme challenges – and that was before the pandemic. In this follow-up she meets Sharief and Jordan, both dealing with psychosis exacerbated by lockdown. Ellen E Jones

Finding Alice

9pm, ITV

ITV’s by-the-numbers drama continues, peppered with brilliance from cast members Joanna Lumley, Nigel Havers and Keeley Hawes but with an overarching am-dram feel. The police try to identify the mystery figure in the CCTV footage of Harry’s death, and Charlotte encourages Alice to seek help for her grief. Hannah J Davies

Film choice

The Homesman.
The Homesman. Photograph: Dawn Jones/Allstar

The Homesman, 12.25am, BBC Two

In actor-director Tommy Lee Jones’s impressive, sort-of feminist western, Hilary Swank plays Mary Bee, a Nebraska teacher escorting three frontier women who have had breakdowns back east to Ohio and civilisation. For this she enlists the help of old soak George (Jones), and an odd couple they make. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Premiership Rugby Union: Wasps v Harlequins 2pm, BT Sport 2. A top-flight game.

Premier League Football: West Ham United v Liverpool 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Can the visitors get their title charge back on track?

PGA Golf: Farmers Insurance Open 4.15pm, Sky Sports Golf. The final day at Torrey Pines.

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