Arena: The Changin’ Times of Ike White
10pm, BBC Four
Sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, Ike White spent his time inside writing songs with his fellow inmates until he was discovered by chance by the producer Jerry Goldstein and recorded the remarkable 1976 album Changin’ Times. Stevie Wonder soon became a fan and petitioned for his release. Then, on the verge of stardom, White disappeared. This riveting doc tracks him down in 2014 and finds him living under a different alias, hiding a life’s worth of secrets. Ammar Kalia
Work on the Wild Side
4pm, Channel 4
This new series follows the fortunes of the British vets and volunteers who have relocated to South Africa to work in some of the world’s biggest game reserves. We meet Will and Rachel, who volunteer at the world’s largest sanctuary for orphaned rhinos, as well as marine biologist Alison. AK
Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Adventures
9pm, BBC Two
University Challenge brainboxes and best pals Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull team up once again, this time to explore the biggest innovations of the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era. First up: revolutions in time, textile manufacturing and more. Lovely, educational stuff. Hannah J Davies
Harry’s Heroes: Euro Having a Laugh
9pm, ITV
All aboard the banter bus: Harry Redknapp and his team of well-upholstered football veterans return. They have been challenged to a return fixture against the German team they somehow vanquished last year. But have the team maintained peak fitness? Don’t bet on it. Phil Harrison
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
9pm, Sky Arts
A workmanlike profile of husband-and-wife animation team John Halas and Joy Batchelor, whose best-known work is the 1954 Animal Farm film. They were skilled wartime propagandists in their early career and innovators later, bringing a steadfast excellence to every project. Jack Seale
Ramadan in Lockdown
11pm, Channel 4
Marking a peculiar year of Ramadan, owing to the lockdown, this nightly series of docs provides a much-needed sense of community for British Muslims breaking their fasts. Each episode focuses on a different group celebrating Ramadan, from fasting NHS workers to families creating living room mosques. AK
Film choice
Wagon Master, 3.05pm, BBC Two
John Ford’s masterly 1950 account of a Mormon wagon train’s epic journey to a supposed land of milk and honey in Utah inspired a long-running TV series, Wagon Train, starring Ward Bond. He is a typically rugged, terse presence here, in a consummate western, dominated by character, but with vivid flashes of action too. Paul Howlett
