Gods of Tennis
9pm, BBC Two
Tennis got sexy and powerful in the 70s and 80s – and this three-part documentary tells the juicy story of its rise in popularity and the making of heroes during that time. It’s an impressive roster of interviewees, including John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Björn Borg, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. The opening episode focuses on Wimbledon and how King broke barriers for women and equality on the court. Hollie Richardson
Spy in the Ocean
7pm, BBC One
Meet the “spy creatures” – innovative underwater robots (and ever so slightly bizarre – a spy fish appears to be having a malfunction at one point) that film and interact with the ocean’s happenings in this four-part series. With David Tennant narrating, it starts with a spy octopus and a spy whale. HR
Ten Pound Poms
9pm, BBC One
More major downers in Australia as this soapy but dour drama continues. While Terry (Warren Brown) wrestles with a secret and Annie (Faye Marsay) loses patience with his sozzled self-pity, their daughter Pattie (Hattie Hook) deals with a classic Bleak 1950s Drama situation. Jack Seale
60 Days on the Estates
9pm, Channel 4
With more than a million households languishing on the social housing waiting list, film-maker Ed Stafford ventures into some of the UK’s most troubled housing estates to witness the daily struggles for himself. This week, he meets a Birmingham mum-of-three reliant on food banks and grandparents living amid a steep rise in teenage violence. Ali Catterall
The Man Who Played With Fire
9pm, Sky Documentaries
As this gripping documentary thriller concludes, investigative author Jan Stocklassa has already got impressively close to solving the 37-year mystery of who killed Swedish PM Olof Palme. Picking up where novelist Stieg Larsson left off, he’s firmed up the South African connection and now all that remains is to track down the trigger man. Ellen E Jones
Love, Lizzo
9.45pm, BBC Three
“Nobody was trying to sign a fat Black girl who rapped and sang and played the flute.” The thought of a world without Lizzo is a sad one; this candid, self-penned documentary recalls how much it took for her to make it big – including fighting a fear of not living up to her new pop queen status during the pandemic. HR
Film choice
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, 10pm, BBC Two
What a remarkable life Nan Goldin has had. In this superb documentary, Laura Poitras lays out the photographer’s chequered history – from family tragedy as a child to involvement in Boston and New York’s creative and LGBTQ+ underclass, which Goldin captured in intimate, often stark images. This is interspersed with her activism, currently focused on making the wealthy Sackler family accountable for the wave of addiction caused by their painkiller OxyContin, which Goldin herself was once hooked on. A great insight into a great artist. Simon Wardell
Woman at War, 1.40am, Film4
Extinction Rebellion probably shouldn’t take tips from Icelandic eco-warrior Halla. In Benedikt Erlingsson’s delightful comic caper, the choir director has a secret life sabotaging power lines to halt Chinese investment in aluminium smelting. To confuse matters, she is also due to adopt a four-year-old Ukrainian orphan girl. In a dual role (Halla is an identical twin), Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir is a force of nature while, quirkily, the soundtrack musicians pop up on screen and join in with the action. SW
Live sport
Men’s Hockey: Great Britain v Belgium, 12.30pm, BT Sport 2 The Pro League match at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London.
Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix, 1.55pm, Sky Sports Main Event Round eight at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
