Saving the British Bulldog
9pm, BBC One
Bulldogs that have been bred to be flat-nosed and jowly now have such serious inherent respiratory problems that only cross-breeding can save them. This will require us to stop indulging a trend for pets that look a certain way and prioritise their health instead. Catherine Tate spends a slack hour reinforcing this valid but straightforward message, meeting vets, geneticists and the Kennel Club, as well as experts in the international dog trade and owners who have had to spend big on soft-palate surgery to keep their bulldogs breathing. Jack Seale
Dinnerladies Diaries
8pm, Gold
Creator Victoria Wood’s summary of Dinnerladies as “just a bunch of women who work in a canteen” belies how popular her first sitcom was. Twenty years after the show began, this three-parter tells the behind-the-scenes story, with contributions from the likes of Julie Walters, Maxine Peake and Jo Brand. Ali Catterall
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
9pm, BBC Two
Working backwards from the 1997 killing of Versace, this series has arrived at Andrew Cunanan’s third murder, that of real estate tycoon Lee Miglin. Like the first American Crime Story series on OJ Simpson, this is as much a study of media malevolence as it is high-camp true crime. Ellen E Jones
Benidorm
9pm, ITV
Joyce appoints Monty as the new entertainments manager at the Solana and, to make a splash, he plans a “magical” night at Neptune’s. With the Dawson family still wary of Cyd, Rob decides to propose anyway. It’s perhaps worth prepping any potential audience for an appearance from the Chuckle Brothers. Ben Arnold
Damned
10pm, Channel 4
This sitcom set in a social services department feels caught – within the wobbly-camera workplace comedy genre – between the deadpan of The Office and the grotesquerie of The Thick of It. It is carried by a fine cast, whose characters’ lives are scarcely less chaotic than those of their clientele. Andrew Mueller
Smilf
10pm, Sky Atlantic
The S stands for “single” and you can guess the rest. Based on her short film, this casts Frankie Shaw as Bridgette, mum to a toddler whose father has left, who is now struggling to find a life-romance-childcare balance. So, not Girls, not Love, but located somewhere in the no-man’s land between cute and edgy. John Robinson
Film choice
The Artist (Michael Hazanavicius, 2011) 11.45pm, BBC One
A true original, this monochrome silent movie is a fond French account of the arrival of the talkies in Hollywood. Jean Dujardin won one of its five Oscars for his performance as matinee idol George Valentin, whose career nosedives while that of starlet Peppy (Bérénice Bejo) takes off. Charming. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Tennis: ATP Masters Day seven of the BNP Paribas Open from Indian Wells. 6pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Champions League football: Barcelona v Chelsea The second-leg clash from the Camp Nou. 7pm, BT Sport 2
Winter Paralympics 2018 Featuring alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. 12.15am, Channel 4
