Jodie Whittaker makes her final appearance as Doctor Who, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy lands in an unlikely location, and it's season finale time for both Keys to My Life and Bloodlands . . .
Pick of the Day
Doctor Who, 7.30pm, BBC One
This show may have lost a lot of its lustre since the likes of David Tennant played the central role – but it’s still a TV occasion when the long-lasting Time Lord turns up again.
This feature-length special stars Jodie Whittaker in her last appearance as the Doctor. Ncuti Gatwa will take over from as the 14th Doctor, making him the first black actor to headline the sci-fi series.
Story wise, a bullet train comes under attack on a distant world, seismologists disappear without trace on present day Earth, and the court of the Russian Tsar in 1916 falls under a malign influence.
These strange incidents draw the Doctor into her last stand, against the combined forces of the Daleks, the Cybermen and the Master.
Guest starring Sophie Aldred and Janet Fielding, reprising their roles as 1980s’ companions Ace and Tegan.
Don’t Miss
Ireland's Fittest Family, 6.30pm, RTÉ One
We're back in the Lakes for the fourth and final heat and all the families and coaches will be aiming to do enough to stay on the game and progress from the forest through to the lake onto the swamp and make it all the way to the final on the mountain.
This week Mairead Farrell presents the Caddows from Dublin, the Cooneys from Co Cork , and the Rices and the Greenes from Co Wicklow battle it out for the two places in the next round.
The teams take on the Fast and Furious and Slingshot challenges before one goes through to the next round, one is eliminated and the remaining two face the first-ever Water Eliminator.
Dermot Bannon's Incredible Homes, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Some more property porn with the bould Mr Bannon.
Dermot takes an architectural trip around Scotland, taking in Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Isle of Skye and the Highlands and discovering that mother nature plays a huge part in design.
On Skye he meets the owners of 13th-century Dunvegan Castle, who reveal the challenges they face, before visiting the architecturally stunning Macallan Whiskey Distillery.in the Highlands.
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, 8.20pm, BBC One
Bit of an odd destination this time around for starving Stanley. For starters, it’s a long way from Italy.
The American actor sets out to explore how Italian immigration has transformed the scene in his adopted home town of London, where food from every region gets a chance to shine.
For over a century, Italians here have found inventive ways to create food so impressive that it's enough to render Stanley speechless.
Dying to see if the superb Vasco and Piero’s gets a look-in.
New or Returning Shows
Kings of Coke, 9.00pm, Sky Documentaries
Streaming on NOW
Set against the unlikely backdrop of Montreal, Canada as the infamous northern party town is engulfed by violence and mayhem.
Kings of Coke is a true crime documentary that chronicles the rise of one of North America’s biggest criminal organizations - along with the cops and journalists who relentlessly pursued its three leaders.
Ceolaireacht, 9.30pm, TG4
As the folk and traditional music revival explodes in Ireland’s cities and towns, this new series takes a deep dive into the grass roots of the regional styles.
Presenter and musician Doireann Ní Ghlacáin heads off with her fiddle on her back, to find out what is happening at the heart of the traditional Irish music scene in four different areas around Ireland.
She heads to Dundalk, west Limerick and north Clare, but first she checks out what’s on her own doorstep, in Dublin’s North inner city.
Ending Today
Keys to My Life, 8.30pm, RTÉ One
As this run comes to an end, Brendan Courtney is joined by immunologist and science writer Luke O'Neill, who revisits important places from his life to reveal how they have shaped him.
He reflects on his childhood years in a Bray terraced house with a shellshocked war-veteran father and a mother who fostered his love of science.
He also revisits his postgraduate days as a young political radical and his exposure to extreme poverty on the 14th floor of an east London tower block.
Bloodlands, 9.00pm, BBC One
The second season of this James Nesbitt-starring cop/gangster drama comes to a conclusion – with the corpse count likely to be high.
Tom's illicit pursuit of Olivia, the murder weapon and the gold threatens to collide with the police investigation.
Under immense pressure, he choreographs a final reckoning that will endanger those closest to him and force him to reveal the dark truth of who he really is.
Sunday Cinema
What We Do in the Shadows, 12.30am, BBC Two
Here’s the hugely enjoyable mockumentary film that inspired that great TV show of the same name.
A documentary crew follows the daily lives of four vampires sharing a house in New Zealand as they prepare for an annual gathering of the undead.
A new member of the household introduces the bloodsuckers to modern life, but his failure to follow the laws of their kind brings his flatmates nothing but trouble.
Family Flick
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2.05pm, BBC One
Nick Park's Oscar-winning animated adventure, with the voices of Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter.
Inventor Wallace and his canine sidekick Gromit have set up a pest-control service, and are called in to stop rabbits who are overrunning a garden show.
But the pair are overwhelmed when a destructive giant bunny arrives on the scene, while an interfering aristocrat contrives to make matters even worse.
