Quiz
9pm, ITV
Army major Charles Ingram’s win on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2001 gripped the nation as we discovered how an audience member’s coughing fit was found to be part of a scheme communicating the correct options. In this three-part dramatisation based on James Graham’s 2017 play, Matthew Macfadyen plays Ingram, while Michael Sheen stars as presenter Chris Tarrant. In tonight’s opener, Ingram sees his pub-quizzing enthusiasm channelled into his family’s hopes to get on to the nation’s biggest gameshow. Ammar Kalia
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
7pm, BBC Four
This meditative and unhurried film follows a Lake District shepherd as he scours the imposing Scafell Pike to round up scattered sheep for their summer shearing. The combination of floaty drone footage, awesome scenery and Maxine Peake reading poetry feels like a revivifying dream. Graeme Virtue
Mend It for Money
8pm, Channel 4
Channel 4 try their hand at their own Repair Shop in this new series where experts restore beloved items to see which will make the biggest profit at sale. Policeman Nick brings a penny arcade machine to the team in this week’s opening episode, while sisters Lorna and Louise turn up with a vintage postbox. AK
Springtime on the Farm
8pm, Channel 5
A new run of Channel 5’s agriculture series proves it is possible to appreciate the green shoots of hope, even under nation-wide lockdown. Helen Skelton presents from her Yorkshire country garden, while Adam Henson is in his Cotsworld farm. Plus there’s a pre-lockdown JB from JLS, training sheepdogs. Ellen E Jones
Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry
9pm, BBC Two
If you’re craving a dance to live music during lockdown, then this is the show for you. Celebrating half a century at the top of country music, this special features archive performances from the Nashville showcase, as well as the Rhinestone queen herself playing hits such as 9 to 5. AK
Flack
10pm, W
Anna Paquin’s icy but troubled PR Robyn returns for another series. As we rejoin her, she’s working out and staying clean. But there’s a big problem on the horizon which threatens her fragile equilibrium. Still, with Paulson PR expanding, there’s no shortage of celebrity tantrums brewing to take Robyn’s mind off her own problems. Phil Harrison
Film choice
Kingsman: The Secret Service, 9pm, Channel 4
Matthew Vaughn’s spy spoof stars an effortlessly dapper Colin Firth as Harry Hart – the 007, as it were, of the Kingsmen. He’s inducting young geezer Eggsy (Taron Egerton) in the mysterious ways of his organisation, fighting crime with a gadget-packed brolly. Paul Howlett
