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Phil Harrison, Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: a punchy series of comedy shorts kicks off with This Is Gay

This is Gay on BBC Three.
This is Gay on BBC Three. Photograph: BBC

This Is Gay

9.45pm, BBC Three

A season of comedy mini-pilots begins with this patchy but periodically amusing, tongue-in-cheek exploration of what it means to be gay in modern Britain. Highlights include a singing fridge’s plaintive view of a failing relationship and a funeral disrupted by several unfortunate Grindr interventions. Asha Reid stars. Phil Harrison

Soccer Aid for Unicef

6.30pm, ITV1

Lioness Jill Scott is England captain for this year’s charity competition, with the likes of Mo Farah, Paddy McGuinness and Jack Wilshere on her team of sportspeople and celebrities. While last year’s captain Liam Payne has been demoted, he remains on the squad – with Usain Bolt also returning to helm the other team. Hannah J Davies

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023

8pm, BBC Four

Coverage from the feted classical contest, which celebrates its 40th anniversary. Swiss-Canadian mezzo soprano Simone McIntosh, South Korean tenor Sungho Kim, English bass William Thomas and Nombulelo Yende – a South African soprano – battle it out in this first heat, with Petroc Trelawny and Josie d’Arby hosting. HJD

Ten Pound Poms

9pm, BBC One

Life is not getting much easier for the postwar immigrants in Oz. While a kind turn gets Kate (Michelle Keegan) one step closer to reuniting with her son, Terry (Warren Brown) is digging holes for himself, both literal and metaphorical, when it comes to wife Annie (Faye Marsay) and their pregnant teenage daughter (Hattie Hook). Ellen E Jones

Gods of Tennis

9pm, BBC Two

“On some level, there were anger issues.” A masterly piece of understated self-analysis from John McEnroe, barely scratching the surface of the intensity with which he blazed across men’s tennis. The second episode of this entertaining series tracks his rivalry with Björn Borg, whose icy demeanour masked a comparably turbulent personality. PH

60 Days on the Estates

9pm, Channel 4

Ed Stafford’s gut-wrenching look at life in some of the most deprived areas of the UK concludes. After being staggered by disgraceful housing in Tottenham and disturbed by Birmingham’s youth violence, the survivalist moves to Glasgow, where drug addiction is rife, and meets a former addict who began using cocaine at just 14 years old. HJD

Film choices

Clueless, 2pm, Channel 4

Clueless on Channel 4.
Clueless on Channel 4. Photograph: Cinetext/Paramount/Allstar

Amy Heckerling triumphantly transposes the Regency era of Jane Austen’s Emma to a Beverly Hills high school in her seminal 1995 romcom. Alicia Silverstone plays teenager Cher, privileged and cliquey but sweet and guileless. When she takes new girl Tai (Brittany Murphy) under her wing, she comes to realise that she doesn’t actually know what’s best for others – or even herself. It’s a terrifically funny film, with a spot-on performance from Silverstone as a girl at ease in her own bubble but comically out of place almost everywhere else. Simon Wardell

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 10pm, BBC Two

“Let’s do the time warp again!” Feel free to indulge in some audience participation (costumes, callbacks, throwing toast) from your sofa as the rock musical with impeccable singalong credentials returns. A pastiche of 50s B-movie sci-fi horror, this Frankenstein revamp stars Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter, the archetypal mad scientist bent on creating his ideal man. Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon are sacrificial lambs Brad and Janet, suburban virgins drawn into his realm of malleable sexuality and legality, set to wonderfully catchy tunes by Richard O’Brien. SW

Live sport

MotoGP: Italian Grand Prix, 12.30pm, ITV1 The sixth round from Mugello Circuit in Florence.

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