This opener sets the tone for the grubby takeaway-set cartoon series. Plus: modern movie soundtracks at the Proms. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, BBC Three

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Two sisters and their sweet but pathetic dad hit rock bottom. Plus: the boxing star who became mayor of Kyiv. Here’s watch to watch this evening

9pm, BBC ThreeSex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood proves her comedy chops once more in this new father-and-daughter sitcom. She plays Gemma, a spirited twentysomething hairdresser who gets pregnant after a one-night stand, and panics when her flatmate moves out. To solve her financial worries and living situation, she moves in with her sweet but slightly pathetic dad, Malcolm (David Morrissey), who is struggling after Gemma’s mum left him and took their money. To make this family dynamic even messier, Gemma’s mouthy but lovable sister Catherine (Sharon Rooney) is in prison. Cue a sweet, funny and touching story of repairing relationships after things hit rock bottom. Hollie Richardson

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Revisit Chloe Ayling’s shocking story of being drugged and held for ransom in 2015. Plus: adventurous celebs attempt to navigate South America. Here’s what to watch today

9pm, BBC ThreeA dramatisation of a disturbing true story: in 2017, 20-year-old British model Chloe Ayling was kidnapped in Milan on her way to a shoot. She awoke, drugged and tied up, in the boot of a car and was taken to a remote farmhouse. The kidnapper, Lukasz Herba, demanded €300,000 for her release and threatened to sell her into sex slavery. This series has been made with the blessing of Ayling herself and stars Nadia Parkes in the lead. Phil Harrison

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The ex-cricketer takes his teenage team from Preston on a life-changing trip to India. Plus: two celebrity cook-offs. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC One“I wanted the boys to learn to be outside their comfort zone.” Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was planning this follow-up to his 2022 show about a cricket club for teenage boys in Preston when the unthinkable happened and he was dragged outside his own comfort zone. This series was shot before and after Flintoff was involved in a car accident on the set of Top Gear, which left him with serious injuries. In this first episode, his team are off to India. It will be an intense and life-changing experience for everyone involved, Flintoff included. Phil Harrison

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Conservationist’s personal and moving documentary follows big cat clan in northern India. Plus: a forensics team heads to a murder scene. Here’s what to watch tonight

9pm, BBC TwoTigers, it seems, get their claws into you. This documentary is a very personal reminiscence from film-maker Valmik Thapar who, decades ago, left Delhi behind and headed for India’s northern tiger reserve of Ranthambore. He never left. Instead, he filmed generations of tigers as they were born, had families, were menaced by poachers and eventually thrived. It’s a fascinating and moving record of a life well lived. Phil Harrison

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Paris promises a spectacular end to the games, including a Hollywood stunt. Plus: rooftop races and fisticuffs in Vienna Blood. Here’s what to watch this evening

7pm, BBC One

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Inside the turbulent but fabulous life of a Hollywood great. Plus: the touching finale of Alan Carr’s comedy. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky Documentaries

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Celebrity PopMaster TV is back with Toyah Willcox, MistaJam and others in the music business put to the test. Plus Miriam Margolyes in Australia. Here’s what to watch today

8pm, Channel 4Ken Bruce’s amiable – if frequently pretty challenging – music quiz returns with a pair of celebrity editions. Can the people who earn their living from music retain the same exhaustive knowledge as the fans? This opener features Toyah Willcox, Richard Blackwood, Sally Lindsay, MistaJam and Kimberly Wyatt. Phil Harrison

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An engaging film history looks at the enduring tale of forbidden love. Plus: the presidential scandal of Watergate. Here’s what to watch today

8pm, Sky ArtsA new series of Ian Nathan’s engaging film histories begins with David Lean’s masterpiece. It is often described as the most romantic film of all time, but did its story of transient, forbidden love strike a chord because of its timing? Released in 1945, it marked the end of fear and uncertainty, but also a return to normality after the second world war. And what role did the hidden sexuality of its writer, Noël Coward, play in its themes? Phil Harrison

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Matt Frei looks at how Kamala Harris has shaken up the US election. Plus: Irvine Welsh’s Crime returns. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Channel 4With less than four months to go until polling day, the US presidential race has suddenly become very interesting indeed. Joe Biden’s withdrawal has seemingly supercharged Democrat hopes of averting the catastrophe of a second Donald Trump term. Kamala Harris presents a very different kind of challenge and suddenly Trump is the candidate looking elderly and vulnerable. Matt Frei presents this documentary exploring the race. What does Harris stand for? Will the Republicans have to completely rethink their campaign, thanks to her arrival? And what on earth was Trump thinking when he chose the abrasive, charmless JD Vance as his running mate? Phil Harrison

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The First Dates restaurant opens its doors again. Plus: Linford Christie faces off against Ellie Simmonds in the kitchen. Here’s what to watch this evening

10pm, Channel 4The funny, sweet and occasionally toe-curling dating show is back, with Fred Sirieix welcoming a varied bunch to his restaurant. There is William, a 24-year-old who has never kissed a girl and is on his first date; Glen, who, rather boldly, compares himself to Christian “Fifty Shades” Grey; and, perhaps most memorably, Sarah, who has a pornographic Marge Simpson tattoo on her arm and is looking for “someone who’s not an arsehole”. Good times await. Phil Harrison

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Stand by for a blazing showdown. Plus: questions about the conviction of Britain’s most notorious neonatal nurse. Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, Sky AtlanticRhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) has raised her dragon-flying “army of bastards”. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) is having a breakdown. Daemon (Matt Smith) is being bossed around by a gutsy little boy. And the dragons are getting more screen time than ever before – even Silverwing is back with a Flea Bottom drunk on her back. The season finale is ripe for a blazing showdown, and with no previews available, anything could – and most likely will – happen and change the course of the story. Hollie Richardson

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