The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
8pm, BBC1
There are broadly two types of people: those who have forgotten Comic Relief Does Fame Academy ever existed, and those who wish they had. Thankfully, there’s now a much more popular format on which to slap a red nose, meaning a collection of beloved celebrities and Chris Moyles make their way to the Bake Off kitchens for a four-part series. First, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Lulu and comeback queen Dame Edna turn their hands to biscuit-based bakery. Mark Jones
Alaska – Earth’s Frozen Kingdom
8pm, BBC2
A production by the BBC’s Natural History Unit, which should be all the encouragement anyone needs to cancel all other engagements (or at least press record). This is the second of a three-part series roaming the immense wilderness of America’s biggest state. This instalment considers Alaska’s brief but busy summer, in which flora and fauna have to do enough growing to sustain them through a long, tough winter. Features bears, moose and a half-ton pumpkin. Dougray Scott narrates. Andrew Mueller
Can You Cure My Cancer?
9pm, BBC1
A title that summarises both the desperation and faint glimmers of hope on offer for today’s cancer patient. Fergus Walsh visits the Royal Marsden hospital, where advances in genetics and drug combinations mean doctors are cautiously making progress with the disease; if not “curing”, then at least uncovering strategies for holding cancer at bay. The programme deals with the science and also with patient lives. Having been told you’ve months to live, with what seriousness can you now look into the future? John Robinson
Wolf Hall
9pm, BBC2
Anne Boleyn drops a serious clanger tonight when she gives birth to a girl instead of a boy. Cue Henry storming off in a huff while she desperately tries to salvage their relationship, and Cromwell doing everything in his power to stabilise the court. Meanwhile, the Holy Maid of Kent prophesies doom if Henry proceeds with Anne as his queen. It is at this point that Sir Thomas More should have said, “I recant my Catholicism,” but he doesn’t so it’s curtains for him. Wonderful storytelling. Julia Raeside
The Ten Faces Of Michael Jackson
9pm, Channel 5
Michael Jackson spent much of his life denying he’d undergone plastic surgery. Here, experts rubbish such claims, picking apart what actually happened to his face over the years, and how severe acne coupled with a desire to rid himself of any resemblance to his father, Joe, spawned an obsession. Sister Latoya reveals he requested that she be the guinea pig for his first nose job, while hairdresser Steve Erhardt says that his cleft chin implant was done as a dry run for Jackson’s. A lurid, really very sad business. Ben Arnold
An Idiot’s Guide To Politics
9pm, BBC3
Apparently, “young people” are completely disengaged from politics; comedian Jolyon Rubinstein attempts to find out if that’s true (spoiler: it’s not) in this quietly furious exposé with added pranking. He chats with everyone from Zac Goldsmith to the Newham housing campaigners, and initiates his own proper(ish) debate after discovering that it’s not actually illegal for politicians to lie in parliament. If sub-Mark Thomas stunts sit slightly uneasily with the deadly serious stuff, its heart is in the right place. Recommended. Ali Catterall
Tiny House Nation
9pm, More4
You know the American suburban home. Big, comfortable, 2,500 sq ft of heavily mortgaged space. From a desire to live mortgage-free, to self-build, to work less and live more comes the “tiny house” movement. In this Canadian show, smiley renovation experts John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin (“This is your new reality!”) confer with people seeking something different. Tonight, we’re in Massachusetts, and a mobile home. Think New England classicism on the outside; Wi-Fi man cave on the inside. JR
Today’s Best Live Sport
Football Chelsea v Everton. Title challengers Chelsea look for victory in this Premier League meeting. 7pm, BT Sport 1
SPFL Football Partick Thistle v Celtic. The top-flight clash at Firhill. 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
Alpine Skiing The women’s giant slalom event concludes at the Universiade Winter Games. 12noon, British Eurosport
NBA Cleveland Cavaliers v Miami Heat. The Eastern Conference teams battle for dominance. 1am, BT Sport 1
