Close to Me
9pm, Channel 4
Jo – still wildly suspicious of everyone, and feeling particularly alienated from her son – carries on trying to piece together the last year of her life. Tonight, will a mysterious visitor deliver an important missing piece of the puzzle? Despite verging on hammy throughout, this amnesiac thriller continues to be a guiltily good watch. Hollie Richardson
Doctor Who: Flux
6.30pm, BBC One
It’s the midway point for the Flux storyline, and the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and mysterious space-traveller Vinder are fighting for their lives (cue gravelly film trailer voiceover) “on a planet that shouldn’t exist in the aftermath of an apocalypse”. A classic set-up for a complex plot with various strands that will surely pay off later. Ali Catterall
Top Gear
8pm, BBC One
Laps of judgment: the latest series of the BBC’s enduring motoring magazine gets off to a high-octane start as three F1 drivers join Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness at Silverstone to put three low-slung supercars through their paces. There is also an appreciation of revered stunt biker Eddie Kidd. Graeme Virtue
Showtrial
9pm, BBC One
The pace ramps up a bit halfway into the miniseries, picking up moments after Dhillon tells police that he and Talitha “didn’t have any intention of hurting Hannah”. Flashbacks from the night she was killed may fill in the gaps – but can we trust his take on events? HR
Angela Black
9pm, ITV
Joanne Froggatt’s praised performance comes to an end in the domestic abuse drama. With the evidence against Olivier destroyed, Angela must once again act with all the odds stacked against her. Will she finally be able to take him down? HR
Tareena: Return from Isis
10.20pm, ITV
What drives a young woman to take her one-year-old son to Syria and join Islamic State? This documentary follows Tareena Shakil, the first UK woman to return from Syria and be prosecuted, as she attempts to rebuild her life post-imprisonment. An illuminating look at radicalisation – and whether people deserve second chances. Henry Wong
Film choice
They Shall Not Grow Old, 9pm, BBC Four
The colourisation of vintage black-and-white footage can be a fraught business – there are some horrific manglings of classic movies out there. But Peter “Lord of the Rings” Jackson is far from a slipshod film-maker. His stupendous first world war documentary, with computer-treated footage of the western front from the Imperial War Museum, is a faultless exercise in bringing the conflict to colourful life. Using audio interviews with veteran soldiers, and with actors lip-syncing any onscreen chat, the experience of war is grounded in individuals who live and breathe before our eyes. Simon Wardell
Days of the Bagnold Summer, 11.20pm, Film4
The soundtrack of Simon Bird’s 2019 feature directorial debut, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel, epitomises the emotional fine tuning at its heart. In the deliciously awkward spot between the teen angst of Belle & Sebastian and the death metal loved by its 15-year-old protagonist sits a closely observed comedy about a boy and his mother. Daniel (Earl Cave, son of Nick) is in a sulk after his absent father in Florida cancels his holiday there; even worse, he now has to spend more time with his mum, Sue (the superb Monica Dolan). A low-key jewel. SW
While We’re Young, 1.25am, Great! Movies
A childless fortysomething couple – Ben Stiller’s Josh, who lectures about documentary film rather than finishing the one he’s been making for eight years, and his producer wife Cornelia (Naomi Watts) – are lured into the seemingly carefree lives of hip twentysomething film-maker Jamie (Adam Driver) and his spouse Darby (Amanda Seyfried). Noah Baumbach’s smart 2014 comedy plays slyly with notions of authenticity as the younger pair exploit Josh and Cornelia’s desire to fend off the evils of middle age. SW
Live sport
Women’s International Rugby Union: England v Canada 2pm, BBC Two. A friendly at Twickenham Stoop.
International Rugby Union: Wales v Fiji 3.15pm, Amazon Prime Video. Autumn international from Cardiff.
