There's the latest adaptation of David Nicholls’ One Day, Billy Connolly Does returns for a third season, Secret Life of the Safari Park comes to a conclusion, a teacher and a falconer meet on First Dates Ireland . . .
Pick of the Day
One Day, Netflix
This is a decades-spanning love story, based on the worldwide bestseller by David Nicholls.
Let’s hope it comes closer to the book and is superior to the Hollywood adaptation.
One Day tells the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, on 15th July 1988, the night of their graduation, speak for the very first time.
The next morning, they go their separate ways but where will they be on this one ordinary day the next year, and the year after that, and every year that follows?
Each episode finds Dex and Em, one year older, on this date, as they grow and change, move together and apart, experience joy and heartbreak.
New or Returning Shows
Billy Connolly Does, 9.00pm, Gold
Season three of this series hosted by the legendary Scottish comedian and actor opens with an episode called Scottish Pride.
From terrible folk sings that make no geographical sense, to Brigadoon and tartan pompousness, the bould Billy Connolly looks at what it means to be Scottish.
New to Stream
Halo, Paramount+
It's season two of the series that follows a 26th-century war between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant, a theocratic-military alliance of several alien races determined to eradicate humanity.
Pablo Schreiber and Jen Taylor star as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 and Cortana; the latter reprises her voice role from the video game series.
Don’t Miss
First Dates Ireland, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
This week’s collection of cupid-seekers at the restaurant include teacher Richard from Cork, who unleashes his intense energy on outspoken falconer Caoimhe from Galway.
Will their date take flight?
Thomas from Dublin is tired of bad boys, so he meets Brian - the kindest law student in Cork - as a possible plus one for his packed schedule of upcoming weddings.
Meanwhile make-up artist Toni - who hopes to meet a cuddly guy - is presented with ball-of-energy Biff, who is all ready to play.
Dragons’ Den, 8.00pm, BBC One
The Den welcomes a new guest Dragon, as London-born CEO behind Good American and founding partner of SKIMS Emma Grede helps consider the latest pitches.
She’ll be operating alongside regular Dragons Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett.
The presentations include friends-turned-business partners hungry for investment in their innovative frozen food business and a Hertfordshire-based entrepreneur hoping to grow her Afro haircare business.
Presented by Evan Davis.
The Apprentice, 9.00pm, BBC One
This week Alan Sugar tasks the budding entrepreneurs to manufacture miniature cheesecakes to sell to the public and to a corporate client.
While aides Karren Brady and Tim Campbell watch on appraising performances, one team's fruity creation crumbles, while their opponents fumble their figures.
In the boardroom, one team is given a grilling – but on the losing side one of the candidates will be sent packing.
Imagine: Mel Brooks, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Another chance to see this quirky 2018 documentary about legendary Hollywood director Mel Brooks (below).
Alan Yentob travels to Hollywood to interview Brooks, the comedy actor, writer, producer and director who’s now in his 90s.
At the time of filming, the musical theatre version of Brooks' 1974 horror comedy Young Frankenstein had just opened on London's West End.
Yentob marks the occasion by profiling its creator, observing him at work and play, and revisiting archive interviews stretching back decades.
Followed at 10.10pm by the superb Western spoof Blazing Saddles.
This is a film that wouldn’t be allowed to be made today, so savour every minute. 'Mongo just pawn in game of life.’
Tonight: Rishi Sunak - Up Close, 8.30pm, UTV
This is the second of two programmes about the leaders of the UK's two largest political parties, the men most likely to be Prime Minister after a probable election later this year.
Tonight, Anushka Asthana follows Rishi Sunak, the current (unelected) Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party.
Anushka speaks to senior politicians, as well as those closest to Sunak, to see whether he is up to the challenge.
Ending Today
Secret Life of the Safari Park, 8.00pm, Channel 4
In the sixth and final episode, rhino bull Shaka is lined up for a session of mating.
Unfortunately, rhino mating is a long, complex and potentially dangerous affair.
As Shaka makes a move on Bayami the ritual turns sour. An elderly female red river hog has lost her partner and her health has gone into decline. Can a young new hog help?
The Knowsley herd of wildebeest are being nuisance neighbours - terrorising the elands and taking big risks with a Congo buffalo.
Conflict continues among the baboons as the males jostle for ranking in the hierarchy. Elderly baboon Fang uses his wits and an ostrich egg to keep himself out of trouble.
The Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain, 9.00pm, Channel 4
The actions of millionaire Tory supporter David Hart, who worked behind the scenes to help the government of Margaret Thatcher (below) defeat the prolonged strike.
It happrened by exploiting divisions between working and striking miners in the key county of Nottinghamshire.
When - with Hart's help - legal action was brought against the National Union of Mineworkers to freeze bank accounts, its chief executive Roger Windsor sought money from a controversial source - Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
Then, in March 1985, beaten union leader Arthur Scargill announced that the strike was over.
