Lockerbie: The Search for Truth
9pm, Sky Atlantic
The drama, starring Colin Firth, is based on the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bomb that exploded over Lockerbie, killing 270 people. Firth plays GP Jim Swire, whose daughter was on the plane and who dedicates his life to finding out what happened and leads the quest for justice. It's charming, well-made, and sensitively told, but there's no escaping the palpable horror in this opening episode, which begins on the night of the bombing. Holly Richardson
Connect only Champion of Champions Special
8pm, BBC Two
A monumental success, Only Connect has been steadily drawing in even more viewers lately, thanks to the popularity of the New York Times' connection puzzles, which are an ideal way to procrastinate. In this round of Champion vs. Champion, Victoria Coren Mitchell asks the connection between Lutorinidae skin, diluted birds, Adifolia, and flatulent dry cloth. Ali Catterall
Inside the ambulance
8pm, U&W
This long-running documentary series depicts even more high-pressure actions by West Midlands paramedics. This week, paramedics will be dealing with a vulnerable patient in his 90s suffering from a head injury, a possible ruptured appendix and the coronavirus. Human resources department
Witness to the massacre: Nanjing in 1937
8:50 p.m., PBS America
A familiar combination of basic presentation and engaging subject matter, PBS focuses on the infamous atrocities committed by the Japanese military in China in 1937. A few outsiders stayed behind to observe and help. This two-part work begins with a lovely potted biography of them. jack seal
Big Fat Quiz on Everything
9pm, Channel 4
How about this as a council of wisdom: Harry Hill, David Mitchell, Róisín Conaty, Sophie Whelan, Josh Pugh, Fatiha El Gholy. They battle questioning master Jimmy Carr with the help of Mitchell Brook Elementary (adorable) and Charles Dance (strict). Carr asks tough questions about the court of Henry VIII and meme culture. Ellen E. Jones
Sweets and sweets we have loved and lost
9pm, Channel 5
It's like a pub conversation someone made into a TV documentary. But this two-part nostalgic journey, with contributors including John Sargent, Janet Ellis and Christopher Biggins, reminisces about tophos, pear drops and sequins from a lost youth, as a light-hearted history of British confectionery. also works. PH
