Michael Sheen's Secret pound million prize
Monday, 9pm, Channel 4
Michael Sheen is attempting to “debt robbery.” I use my £100,000 of my own money to buy £1 million in debt from people in South Wales and write it down. How is this possible? In the documentary following his mission, the scene explains the secondary debt market and how the high-cost credit that has ruined so many lives. But this is not a billionaire vanity project. It reveals the evils of the UK's current credit system (the bank made a profit of £44.3 billion in 2023, he says). He talks to people trapped in debt, like illegal loan sharks, seeking a fair system, listening to Gordon Brown and the government, and talking about how to make a difference. Holly Richardson
Chess Master: Endgame
8pm, BBC 2
From Netflix's hit drama The Queen's Gambit to the real scandal of Magnus Carlsen, to denounce opponents for cheating with Anal Beads, Chess has rebranded its game as the most exciting game in recent years. Sue Perkins is holding this new series. In this series, 12 charismatic players, including Swashbuckler and Killer Queen, participate in games and tasks to become grandmasters, with experts analyzing techniques. HR
Vildie
9pm, BBC 1
“I'm going to surrender – in one unnegotiable state.” In the penultimate episode of this great crime thriller, DCI Harry Vildie is in the hospital after his near death by Wasp Sting, suffering anaphylactic shock. Ali Qatar
Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to October 7th
9pm, BBC 2
The final part of Normap Percy's hefty-doll series about the decades leading up to the attack on October 7, 2023. It will be featured in 2017 as Donald Trump tries to make peace “the way he does” and Benjamin Netanyahu tries to present his “new Middle East.” Trump's former Israeli ambassador, David Friedman, is just one of the top political figures giving important insights. HR
au pair
9pm, Channel 5
Chaos descends into the idyllic (if any) life of tailor Zoe Dalton, when the looting of that mystical foreign nanny, Antedirvia, joins the house. But what is the mysterious Sandrin (Ludmilla Makowski) hidden? Sally Breton and David Schuntet will star in a four-part psychological thriller where you can set your grandfather's watch. Ali Qatar
White lotus
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Mike White's satire about Mike White's group of unfortunate characters, the feeling that it's moving too slowly this year dissipates a bit as half of the cast go on a sexy, tense boat trip. Returning to dry land, the violent, childlike guard Tayme Thapthimthong suffers from a catastrophe that is completely self-harmed. Jack Seal
