The End of the F***ing World
10pm, Channel 4
A confident, even audacious opening to season two of this pitch-black comedy-drama. Via an entire episode dedicated to another character (Naomi Ackie’s blank yet somehow remarkably expressive Bonnie), we are filled in on a whole new strand of relevant backstory and yet, deliciously, hardly any the wiser about where the series might be going. It is a beautifully observed little tale that pulls off the admirable trick of being desperately bleak while remaining very funny indeed. Phil Harrison
Dispatches: Puppet Masters – The Men Who Really Run Britain
8pm, Channel 4
The provocateurs behind the current political chaos get an exposé. With their taste for creative disruption, Boris Johnson’s spad Dominic Cummings and Jeremy Corbyn’s comms director Seumas Milne are peas in a pod. What power do they wield? PH
Meet the Bears
9pm, BBC Two
Big old grizzlies, furry Paddingtons and icy polars are the big draws in this ursine spectacular. Among cute moments of bears having a nap after catching their salmon or fluffy cubs play-fighting, there is an undercurrent of how hard it is for them to survive, with six species vulnerable to extinction. Hannah Verdier
Smuggled
9pm, Channel 4
Even in the light of recent, horrifying events, Channel 4 has seen fit to keep this postponed two-parter about Britain’s border security in its schedules. Is there any way that a show in which British citizens attempt to enter the country without their passports can now seem anything but thoroughly tasteless? We will see. PH
A British Guide to the End of the World
9pm, BBC Four
A fascinating documentary about Britain’s efforts to become a nuclear power. Ther is testimony from troops who witnessed tests on Christmas Island and recall wading through water covered with a “crust of dead birds”, plus vivid stories from the home front, too. Terrifying, poignant and unmissable. PH
Bouncers
10pm, Channel 5
It is a grim reflection on how strapped the UK’s emergency services are that there is a need for the “new kind of private security firm” shown in this series. In this hard-hitting opener, Marek and Greg help to tackle nocturnal lawlessness, from restraining mouthy punters to looking after semi-conscious drunks. Ali Catterall
Film choice
Stalag 17, 3.30pm, Film4
In Billy Wilder’s witty, satirical demolition of the PoW drama, the Americans are far from the heroic types usually banged up behind the barbed wire. Instead there’s Oscar-winning William Holden as the cynical wheeler-dealer, Sergeant Sefton, whose twin war ambitions are to survive and to make a quick buck. Paul Howlett
Live sport
German Football: Bochum v Nuremberg 7.30pm, BT Sport 1. From Vonovia-Ruhrstadion.
Championship Football: Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Front-runners West Brom visit Midlands rivals.
T20 International Cricket: New Zealand v England 12.30am, Sky Sports Cricket. The third match from Nelson.
