The Sweet Makers: A Tudor Treat
8pm, BBC2
New series, in which present-day confectioners (among them, wedding cake designers and chocolatiers) explore Britain’s relationship with sugar and experience life as sweet-makers in epochs past. Tonight they’re at Derbyshire’s Haddon Hall, using period equipment to prepare such original Tudor delicacies as sugar goblets, candied roses and medlars (AKA the “open arse fruit”). A deliciously bawdy hour all round. Ali Catterall
Joanna Lumley’s India
9pm, ITV
Joanna Lumley – she of the magnificently plummy voice, charming manner and, erm, occasionally Brexit-y views – concludes her journey across India. Expect more personal anecdotes but not much on the ills of colonial rule; this is a gentle travelogue with little political edge. Her final stops are Rajasthan, Delhi and her birthplace, Kashmir, with Lumley encountering tigers, ancient architecture and more along the way. Hannah J Davies
Sarah Payne: A Mother’s Story
9pm, Channel 5
The kidnap and murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne in 2000 had a transfixing effect, for a number of reasons: the agonising search after she went missing; the outrage at the fact that her killer, Roy Whiting, was free despite a previous conviction for a similar crime. This documentary recalls the case, interviewing those who worked on it and Sarah’s mother, Sara, who has campaigned to allow parents controlled access to the sex offenders’ register. Andrew Mueller
The Windsors
10pm, Channel 4
To Sandringham, for shooting! In the world of The Windsors, that means visiting Princess Anne (Vicki Pepperdine), whose shtick – a scurrying housekeeper – is among the show’s funniest. Its other standout performer is Harry Enfield as Prince Charles, and this week the writers find a way to double his screen time. In the adequate subplots, Harry accidentally agrees to a duel, and Beatrice and Eugenie give a motivational talk to Port Talbot steelworkers. Jack Seale
Fargo
10.30pm, Channel 4
This excellent series ascends to new levels of referentiality this week, stirring memories not just of the Fargo movie but of that other Coen brothers masterpiece The Big Lebowski, during a quite possibly supernatural scene in a bowling alley. Following the ambush on the prison bus, Nikki depends on her deaf co-prisoner for assistance, while Sy tries to visit an increasingly tormented Emmit, only for Varga to offer him a cup of tea that most definitely doesn’t agree with him. David Stubbs
The Dressing Room
10pm, W
Final foray into sport’s inner sanctums, at contrasting ends of the success scale. We catch up with Thatto Heath Crusaders in time for their rugby league grand final, while Three Bridges FC are merely hoping to avoid yet another defeat. Elsewhere, Sporting Bengal United’s inconsistent form is overshadowed by a shock announcement. Despite this being a series finale, don’t dare to expect victories wrung from the jaws of defeat. Mark Gibbings-Jones
The South Bank Show
8pm, Sky Arts
Melvyn Bragg returns with a new series of the arts show. Tonight, an interview with Amma Asante, whose films – such as 2013’s Belle – blend gender, racial and class politics while delivering a good yarn. Born to Ghanaian parents in the UK, Asante grew up surrounded by prejudice but was encouraged to pursue her creative ambitions by her parents. Good on the films and the early career (Culture Club video; Grange Hill), but more worthy than gripping. John Robinson
Film choices
The Sweeney (Nick Love, 2012) 10.45pm, Film4
Well, if you need a proper London geezer to star in your remake of the 1970s Flying Squad TV series, Ray Winstone has got to be a safe bet. He replaces John Thaw as DI Jack Regan, with Ben Drew as his sidekick Carter. It’s all leather jackets, dodgy eastern Europeans and shooters. And if you don’t like it, you’re nicked.
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) 1am, Film4
This subtle, pained Iranian drama is set around the separation of a well-off couple – Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moaadi) – and, ultimately, the desperate consequences for their 11-year-old daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi). Around this powerful family tragedy Farhadi constructs a complex study of gender and class in modern Iran. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cycling: Tour de France 11am, ITV4. Today, a mountainous route from La Mure to Serre-Chevalier that includes the Col du Galibier.
T20 Blast Cricket: Worcestershire Rapids v Derbyshire Falcons 5pm, Sky Sports Cricket. A North Division clash from New Road, Worcester.
Uefa Women’s Euro 2017 Football: England v Scotland 7pm, Channel 4. The opener for the home nations.
