There's a two-part documentary about Taylor Swift’s career, Glen Powell stars as Chad Powers, Nicole Kidman leads the cast in Lioness, while Storyville: Holding List looks at one of the October 7 hostages . . .
Pick of the Day
Taylor, 9.15pm, Channel 4
Two-part documentary examining Taylor Swift's rise to global superstardom, from country music prodigy to pop phenomenon.
Starting from the beginning of her career, teenage Taylor emerges as a country prodigy and slowly gains fame.
Then Kanye West interrupts her speech at an award ceremony, propelling the young country starlet to a different order of fame.
The underdog is born.
Her response to adversity is to write a song about it, take control of the narrative and bounce back.
But just as Taylor is on the verge of going even more stratospheric, she's hit by an online cancellation that surely exceeds even her powers of reinvention.
How will she bounce back from this?
In part two at 10.20pm, after being cancelled and going dark on social media, Taylor Swift re-emerges, defiant and determined to reclaim and rewrite her story in a whole new era.
No longer the people-pleaser of her youth, this Taylor isn't afraid of criticism.
She puts her head above the parapet, standing up to the music industry and critics, and speaking out about politics and contemporary issues.
New or Returning Shows
True Crime Presents: Murder - A Fight for Justice, 9.00pm, UTV
A look at how journalist Satish Sekar's determination to seek justice for three men wrongly imprisoned for murder led to police and politicians agreeing to reopen the case, and the real killer being put behind bars.
Lioness, 9.35pm, RTÉ2
Spy thriller from Paramount+, starring Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira and Nicole Kidman, makes its terrestrial debut.
Senior CIA case officer Joe McNamara recruits former US marine Cruz Manuelos for the undercover team of female operatives that she leads, known as the Lioness programme.
Manuelos is to be sent on a covert operation targeting Asmar Ali Amrohi, a suspected terrorist financier.
Art’s Most Erotic, 8.00pm, Sky Arts
Award-winning critic Waldemar Januszczak explores three of art’s most controversial and important subjects in an adventurous international journey.
In the first of the three programmes, Art’s Most Erotic sees him travelling from Japan to India to find the most explicit art ever made, and to ask why art has always been so interested in sex.
Am I Being Unreasonable? 9.00pm, RTÉ2
Season two of this BBC comedy, co-written by and co-starring Daisy May Cooper.
After the memorial, Nic is kicked out of the house and shunned by everyone in the village but a tarot card reading warns her of a foreboding figure in her future that could affect her and her son.
Dan then puts Ollie's patience to the test by roller skating and Nic moves in with Jen.
New to Stream
Chad Powers, Disney+
This is a two-episode launch of a brand-new American football-based comedy starring Hollywood superstar-in-waiting, Glen Powell.
Eight years after an unforgivable mistake nukes his promising college football career, hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers.
He’s a talented oddball who tries to reinvent himself with the struggling South Georgia Catfish.
Don’t Miss
Storyville: Holding List, 10.00pm, BBC Four
Documentary following the family of Liat Beinin Atzili as they try to secure her release after she was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel in 2023 and held hostage.
Her father Yehuda initially travels to the US to take part in a campaign for the hostages' release, as Liat is a dual American-Israeli citizen.
But his desire to advocate for peace and reconciliation quickly puts himself at odds with political forces he encounters.
The Two Ronnies Sketchbook, 8.00pm, BBC Four
Messrs Corbett and Barker reminisce about some of the best moments from their career, including the classic Fork Handles sketch, and there's a final chance to catch up with the work of the Phantom Raspberry Blower.
Katie Melua provides an interlude to the comic mayhem with a performance of Crawling Up a Hill.
Then at 9pm there’s The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker, the story of a quiet, dedicated man who might have been a bank manager, but went on to become a hugely popular comedy star.
Ben Elton, Michael Grade, David Renwick and Josephine Tewson are among friends and colleagues who remember his partnership with Ronnie Corbett in sketch show The Two Ronnies.
Then as skinflint grocer Arkwright in Open All Hours and crafty prisoner Fletch in Porridge. There is also a look at his prolific writing career and his work as an actor in serious roles.
The Great British Bake Off, 8.00pm, Channel 4
In Chocolate Week, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond (below, left with judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith) host as the bakers make fiddly mousse cups for the Signature, a white chocolate tart in the Technical and a fondue display for their Showstopper challenge.
Sport
Live UEFA Champions League, 7.40pm, Virgin Media Two
Coverage of the match from the second round of fixtures, held at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea play host to Benfica (KO 8pm).
Both teams experienced disappointment in matchday one, with the Londoners losing 3-1 away to Bayern Munich, and Benfica parting company with manager Bruno Lage after suffering a shock 3-2 defeat at home to Qarabag.
Lage has been replaced by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, who will be eager to make an instant impression. Very tough challenge for Benfica, to be fair.
