Ackley Bridge
8pm, Channel 4
A sort of Brexit Britain cross between Shameless and Waterloo Road, this soapy but serious drama takes place in a Yorkshire town where the new academy is a merger of two schools: one all-white, one all-Asian. That rather stark portrayal of multiculturalism as an inescapable, all-encompassing issue rubs up against stuff about teachers’ and students’ personal crises. A uniformly strong cast (Jo Joyner, Adil Ray, Arsher Ali, Paul Nicholls) makes it work. Jack Seale
Eat Well for Less?
8pm, BBC1
With belts tightening all round (on the nation’s ever-expanding waistline), Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin return with more tips to help families eat healthily – and on a budget that won’t over-inflate the weekly shopping bill. Tonight, the spotlight is on the Riellys: with mum Stacy cooking three separate meals each evening for a busy family, including a special meal for a son with type 1 diabetes, can the pair dish up a good solution for them? Ali Catterall
The Met: Policing London
9pm, BBC1
The second series of the absorbing obs doc continues, with PCs in Hackney investigating not one but two stabbings. Their work ethic is second to none, although the task set before them does feel nigh on impossible at times. Elsewhere, there’s a particularly difficult and unpleasant case for the Met’s sexual offences unit, who must obtain evidence from a woman with Down’s syndrome who has been attacked in her home. Hannah J Davies
Horizon: Antarctica Ice Station Rescue
9pm, BBC2
Last year, Natalie Hewit documented the British Antarctic Survey’s attempt to drag Halley VI, its 981-tonne research station, 23km to a safer location as the Brunt ice shelf it stands on begins to break up. The “beakers” – the science folk – make up a small minority of those involved – there are chefs, plumbers, carpenters and a farmer making it happen, too. But there’s a bitter twist to the tale. A beautiful, melancholy film. Ben Arnold
Fargo
10pm, Channel 4
Series three continues to enchant bleakly as the intrigue thickens beneath the pallid Minnesota skies. Tonight, a new police chief is distinctly unimpressed by the lo-fi conditions at Gloria’s ramshackle police department, and that she is the last person in the world using telex. Meanwhile, Sy and Emmit discuss their bizarre loan situation and sinister creditor with lawyer Irv, while Varga himself turns up on one of Emmit’s lots with an enormous 18-wheeler in tow. David Stubbs
Unspun with Matt Forde
10pm, Dave
The selling point of Forde’s satirical news show is that it is recorded very tight to broadcast, theoretically encouraging both topicality and spontaneity. The nature of the format dictates that the quality is uneven, with much obviously depending on which guests are available – April’s interview with Tony Blair was deservedly acclaimed – but, in general, the gulf between this and The Daily Show is unmissably vast. Andrew Mueller
The Late Late Show with James Corden
10pm, Sky1
James Corden brings his thriving US show to London. Expect big celebrity guests, skits with a nod to Britishness and, hopefully, a dash of Carpool Karaoke. It’s no wonder Corden has charmed the Americans: he’s slick, he’s likable and he really comes into his own when he sings and dances with guests. Plus he makes no attempt to hide that look on his face that says he can’t believe he’s got the gig. Continues Thursday and Friday. Hannah Verdier
Film choice
Judgment at Nuremberg (Stanley Kramer, 1961) 3pm, TCM
This three-hour long dramatisation of the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals has a glittering cast but never loses sight of the gravity of the subject. It’s absorbing and moving. Montgomery Clift’s guilt-ridden concentration camp survivor is almost too painful to watch; Maximilian Schell won an Oscar as the outraged defence counsel; Marlene Dietrich is a German general’s widow; while the magisterial Spencer Tracy presides over all as the allies’ chief judge, Dan Haywood.
Baarìa (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2009) 1am, Film4
Another sublime piece of nostalgia-infused autobiography from the director of Cinema Paradiso. It’s the story of three generations in a Sicilian village, from 30s fascism through the war years, dalliance with communism and up to the consumerist 80s. It’s warmly romantic, funny, and full of wistful, sun-dappled reverie. Paul Howlett
Live Sport
Tennis: The French Open 12.30pm, ITV4. All the latest action from Roland Garros as the quarter-finals conclude.
Champions Trophy Cricket: Pakistan v South Africa 1.25pm, Sky Sports 2. Group B action from Edgbaston.
International Rugby Union: Blues v British & Irish Lions 8am, Sky Sports 1. The second game of the tour from Eden Park in Auckland.
