Satanic Verses: 30 Years On
9pm, BBC Two
Asian Network presenter Mobeen Azhar assesses the lasting effects of the culture war sparked by Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses in 1988, a controversy that would result in deadly riots across the world and Rushdie going into hiding for nine years to escape a fatwa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini. Azhar travels to his native Yorkshire to ask those who spoke out 30 years ago how they feel now. A sensitively handled, unflinching film that solicits opinions from both sides of the debate. Mike Bradley
The Real Marigold on Tour
9pm, BBC One
On his first night in Hanoi, Syd Little orders chips. It’s a decent metaphor for the early stages of this episode in which Little, Rosemary Shrager, Wayne Sleep and Stephanie Beacham visit Vietnam. Little Englander suspicion gives way to curiosity as the quartet reflect on the war and attempt a tough climb. Phil Harrison
The Junk Food Experiment
9pm, ITV
ITV’s admirable attempt to shock us into eating more sensibly continues with what is basically Celebrity Super Size Me: Peter Andre, Tessa Sanderson and others have to eat junk food all day, every day, then undergo tests. The accelerated health effects are indeed scary, not least because most of them aren’t visible. Jack Seale
Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits
9pm, Channel 4
As the government rips itself and Britain to shreds, young Sophie, who has epilepsy, struggles to get through the universal credit application process and loses her home. Meanwhile, as the series concludes, loan sharks are circling and clients are meeting violence with violence. This is where we are. Ali Catterall
Fiennes: Return to the Nile
9pm, National Geographic
Actor Joseph Fiennes joins his uncle, explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, for a rewarding series in which the pair re-create “Ran’s” first ever expedition along the River Nile. It is more than just a pair of nostalgic poshos hooning about in the dunes – there is some fascinating archaeology towards the close. MB
Pure
10pm, Channel 4
For those who have resisted an All 4 binge of Kirstie Swain’s inspired comedy-drama, about a woman plagued by a rare OCD that floods her mind with sexually intrusive thoughts, tonight’s series-ending double bill will come as a treat. Now, best friend Helen arrives from Scotland, and Marnie is overjoyed that she seems to understand her problem. MB
Film choice
Photograph: Allstar/Channel 4 Films
Red Lights (Rodrigo Cortés, 2012) 1.25am, Channel 4
Rodrigo Cortés’s chilly thriller has Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy as a pair of paranormal-activity investigators who set out to expose blind superstar of the occult Simon Silver (Robert De Niro) as a fraud. It doesn’t quite sustain the tension, but it does make for solidly creepy entertainment. Paul Howlett
Live sport
ODI cricket: West Indies v England 1pm, Sky Sports Cricket. Fourth one-dayer of the series.
Premier League football: Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 7.15pm, BT Sport 1. Stamford Bridge hosts a London derby and top-four battle.
NBA Basketball: Miami Heat v Golden State Warriors 12.30am, Sky Sports Main Event. Inter-conference clash.
