Ballet and Bullets
9pm, Vice
A little bit of magic, tucked away on Vice’s TV channel: in one of the roughest and poorest favelas in Rio de Janeiro, 23-year-old Tuany Nascimento runs a ballet project called On Tiptoes for girls aged four to 15, many of whom come from families caught up in the area’s drug wars. Dotted with such surreal moments as pupils in pink tutus tripping through the urban landscape or dodging gunfire, this one-off documentary is an extraordinary account of daring, dreaming and hope. Ali Catterall
Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad
8pm, ITV
Bradley Walsh bucks the “funny celeb plus parent” travelogue trend by driving an RV across the States with his son Barney instead. This week they hang out with bikers on Route 66, then have a go at waterskiing. It’s inessential fluff, of course, but the pair are funny and their closeness is actually quite moving. Jack Seale
Cleaning Up
9pm, ITV
Sheridan Smith demonstrates why she is one of the nation’s favourite actors, this time as the star of a new comedy-drama about online gambling-addicted cleaner Sam, who stumbles across stock market secrets that could rescue her family in the face of her mounting debts. Great premise – and great potential, going by this first episode. Mike Bradley
The Undateables
9pm, Channel 4
New series of the show that follows people with disabilities as they search for love. As it kicks off, poetry fan Michael, who has Asperger’s, and Tobi, a dance teacher with brittle bones, are hoping to make lasting connections. Never exploitative and reliably heartwarming, it retains its charm even after 10 series. Hannah J Davies
New Forest: A Year in the Wild Wood
9pm, BBC Four
Pleasantly eccentric vicar Peter Owen-Jones celebrates a piece of the ancient England that is slipping through our fingers. It’s a place where 700 commoners retain feudal rights to graze their animals on common land and lowland heath, providing one of the richest habitats in Britain. MB
Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club
10pm, MTV
“People have always given me trouble for going to clubs, so why don’t I just open my own?” That’s the mission statement from the fiery proprietor in this new reality soap, even if the focus is on the hot young staff dispensing booze at Lohan’s exclusive hangout in the sun-dappled paradise of Mykonos. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 6.15pm, Film4
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) thought she’d finished with the gladiatorial games, having survived everything the first film could throw at her. Now here’s devious President Snow (Donald Sutherland) forcing her to sign up for a battle of the champions in Francis Lawrence’s zesty sequel. Paul Howlett
Today’s best live sport
Darts: BDO World Championships 1pm, Eurosport 1. Second round of the men’s competition and the first round of the women’s event.
Carabao Cup Football 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Either Manchester City v Burton Albion.
ATP Tennis: Sydney International 4am, Eurosport 1. Coverage of the quarter-finals.
