The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess
9pm, ITV
Less an interview, more an incipient constitutional crisis, it is easy to forget how shocking Martin Bashir’s 1995 Panorama head-to-head with Princess Diana was (and now it is back in the news, thanks to complaints from Diana’s brother). Back then, the royals simply didn’t open their hearts, on primetime TV or anywhere else. A quarter of a century on, this two-part documentary (concluding tomorrow) tells the story. Tonight, the background is examined via Charles and Di’s essentially loveless marriage. Phil Harrison
Nigella: Cook, Eat, Repeat
8pm, BBC Two
Nigella Lawson regards cooking as “balm in troubled times”. And this new series has a proud emphasis on comfort food. Not just any old comfort food, though; the lamb shank noodles are good enough for a fine-dining table. It is not all so rarefied: her fish finger bharta looks like something anyone could knock up. PH
My Family, the Holocaust and Me With Robert Rinder
9pm, BBC One
Robert Rinder’s family was affected by the Holocaust on his mother’s and father’s sides. But as these events move further into the past, he is conscious of a distancing effect. In this series, he meets people for whom the trauma remains potent and ever-present. PH
21st Century Mythologies With Richard Clay
9pm, BBC Four
Clay makes the kind of intellectually stimulating TV that gives BBC Four its identity. He explores the semiotics of various totems of 21st-century culture – from money to Madonna. How can the study of symbols help us to navigate an information-saturated world? PH
Berlin 1945
10pm, BBC Four
The fateful year is seen through the eyes of everyday people who lived through it, in this three-part docuseries. It is the beginning of 1945 and residents face bombs, fires and destruction, while children perish in the snow. Descriptions of life for the “tired and pathetic people” are graphic and horrific. Hannah Verdier
King’s Cross Station: Then & Now
10pm, Channel 5
King’s Cross: for some, a shopper’s paradise, and the HQ of tech giants; for others with longer memories, a den of sleaze and home to the world’s most famous (or infamous) cinema, the Scala. This explores the area’s rise through the Industrial Revolution to become a superconnected transport hub. Ali Catterall
Film choice
Southpaw (Antoine Fuqua, 2015), 1am, Film4
Jake Gyllenhaal mumbles manfully in the Rocky/Raging Bull style as the boxer Billy Hope. When a confrontation in a hotel lobby dumps untold misery on him, his wife (Rachel McAdams) and daughter (Oona Laurence), only stunning violence in the ring can redeem him. Packs plenty of punch. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cricket: Women’s T20 Challenge 1.50pm, Sky Sports Cricket. The final of the women’s tournament that has run parallel to the Indian Premier League.
Mountain Biking: World Cup 3.30pm, Eurosport 1. The men’s cross-country from Leogang, Austria.
Football: The FA Cup 7pm, BT Sport 1. A first-round fixture as the path to Wembley takes shape.
