10pm, Channel 4 From the makers of Homeland, this suave, weighty, Emmy-nominated period drama finally lands on UK telly. It is both a romance and a thriller, following Hawk (Matt Bomer) and Tim (Jonathan Bailey) who meet in Washington DC during the height of McCarthyism, and develop a sexual relationship across the next three decades. Hollie Richardson 8pm, BBC One More emotional tales from inside the workshop and across the UK.
Will a record player with a connection to three continents be brought back to life? And is there any hope for a 1950s Rolleiflex camera that once snapped portraits of the royals, but is now in need of a highly delicate restoration? Hannah J Davies Louis Theroux is the first brave celebrity to sit for his portrait in this week’s competition.
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci and actor Joanna Scanlan also take a seat. As is becoming tradition, there will be tears for one of them. HR 9pm, BBC Two Queen Camilla inherited a love of reading from her father, who found comfort in literature while held in a German prisoner-of-war camp.
In this one-off documentary, she shares more about her passion for books before meeting four people whose lives have also been changed by stories. HR 9pm, ITV1Overblown presentation chafes against a bog-standard whodunnit as Bristol cops look into the double shooting of a couple in their own home, but Richard Armitage’s brilliant eponymous pathologist provides all the breakthroughs. Humdrum secrets and betrayals are treated as if they’re intense psychodramas.
Jack Seale 9pm, Channel 4 Twenty-five years ago, Chris and Gill took on a 19th-century woollen mill near Huddersfield, restoring its historic shell while packing the inside with steel, glass and enough exorbitant hi-tech gadgetry to rival a Bond villain. Now Kevin McCloud returns to say “Hmmm”. Does the couple’s radical approach still look cutting-edge – or simply very, very 2001?
Ali Catterall Track cycling: World Championships, 11.30am, TNT Sports 1Day one from Shanghai, China, with Emma Finucane due to feature. Uefa Champions League football: Lask v Liverpool, 5pm, TNT Sports 2 Man City v PSG is on TNT Sports 1 at 7pm. Aston Villa v Fenerbahçe is on TNT Sports 2 at 7.45pm.
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