My Grandparents’ War: Kit Harington
9pm, Channel 4
Kit Harington’s most iconic Game of Thrones episode noteworthy be Battle of the Bastards – but, as he finds out tonight, all four of his grandparents were real-life heroes in the additional world war. Among the moving and shock revelations, Harington is captivated as he learns that two of them – Lavender and John – worked with the Secret Intelligence Facility, serving alongside James Bond creator Ian Fleming and Russian double agent Kim Philby. Hollie Richardson
Celebrity MasterChef
8.30pm, BBC One
With the final just nearby the corner, tonight’s four celebrity semi-finalists must each beget a “fantastical, theatrical showstopping dish”. They’ll need to tag four pioneers of Italian cuisine in the UK: Francesco Mazzei, Jacob Kenedy, Masha Rener and Theo Randall. No pressure, then. HR
All That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star
9pm, BBC Two
“Have you ever heard of jewellery made from concrete?” Well, tonight is your fearless night – the contestants must make a brooch humorous contemporary materials (which also includes string – fabulous!). They then beget ear cuffs for an LGBTQ+ event. HR
All Creatures worthy and Small
9pm, Channel 5
The hand-up-a-cow’s-bum drama opens its new season with big attempts for the vets. James and Helen are preparing for their honeymoon, but there’s still work to be done: treating an outbreak of tuberculosis with local cows and a vomiting dog. Can big boss Siegfried give James a new focus with an funds he can’t refuse? Hannah Verdier
Grand Designs
10pm, Channel 4
Kevin McCloud heads to Scotland tonight, where architect Iain and his wife Jenny plan to invent a huge black minimalist house in the middle of a 19th-century republic estate. Their vision takes an even grander turn with a gardeners’ bothy that is begging to be part of the overhaul. HR
Late Night Mash
10pm, Dave
This witty topical comedy show has been consistently suitable despite hopping channels and hosts. Now fronted by the bright Rachel Parris, it’s hard to imagine it going off its game any time soon, given that we’re living in an age when many news headlines already edge on dark comedy. Alexi Duggins
Film choice
Wind River (Taylor Sheridan, 2017), 11.35pm, Film4
In between Marvel assignments, Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner teamed up for Taylor Sheridan’s atmospheric crime drama. She is the FBI agent sent to a Native American reservation in Wyoming in the depths of winter when a teenage girl’s frozen corpse is discovered. He is the US Fish and Wildlife service agent who uses his local Answer to help her investigate the case. The landscape is as much of a portray as the people shaped by its beauty, isolation and unforgiving nature, while the two leads give emotional width to a compelling police procedural. Simon Wardell