Sunak v Starmer: ITV debate
9pm, ITV
Ahead of the general election on 4 July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Opposition Leader Keir Starmer will face off in the first televised debate, moderated by ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham and in front of a live audience. Both Sunak and Starmer have said they are looking forward to the debate, but given their somewhat shaky start to the campaign, it may be a painful hour of TV. Holly Richardson
The Great British Sewing Bee
9pm, BBC One
As the sewing competition continues, Patrick Grant and Esme Young have set up travel-themed challenges, including transforming nautical paraphernalia into bags and customising outfits inspired by the French Riviera. Fun stuff! Phil Harrison
Police detention for 24 hours
9pm, Channel 4
A Luton man was ambushed on his doorstep, shot three times and hacked with a machete before the attacker fled the scene in a getaway car, which he then set on fire. Miraculously, the man survived, but with no witnesses, detectives in Bedfordshire are relying on one clue: a large gold chain with a Tasmanian devil on it… Ali Catterall
Robson Green and the Amazon
9pm, Channel 5
In the final instalment of this delightful South American travelogue, Robson traverses the Anavilhanas Archipelago, a chain of islands and lagoons home to rare and incredible wildlife, learns to fish with a bow and arrow, and encounters an astonishingly large baby caiman. Philippines
Queenie
10pm, Channel 4
“You’ve taken it too far, Queenie!” That phrase is at the heart of this funny, smart comedy based on the novel by Candice Carty-Williams. Queenie is a twenty-something Jamaican-British journalist who navigates mixed cultural backgrounds and dates a white boy (“Why is this family so afraid of condiments?”), but her relatives have very different ideas about her problems. Dionne Brown plays the sharp, warm-hearted lead, and the cast also includes Sally Phillips and Joseph Marcel. Philippines
Tokyo Vice
10:40pm, BBC One
The bushy-haired American journalist, played by Ansel Elgort, continues his investigation into the Yakuza as the second season of this intriguing thriller draws to a close, where he takes a break and returns to Missouri, but the story can’t leave him alone for long, as a death within the Chihara-kai causes chaos and takes the investigation in a new direction. Philippines
Movie selection
Aquarella (Victor Kossakovsky, 2018), 11.35pm, BBC Four
While he’s since done studies of pigs and concrete, Viktor Kossakovsky’s 2018 documentary tackles a more obscure subject: water. From ice to oceans, waterfalls to hurricanes, this nearly wordless film is an awe-filled ode to the majesty and threat of our blue planet. Wherever humans appear, they’re either endangered or overwhelmed. On a car trapped in ice or a yacht struggling with stormy seas, it’s a cautionary tale about our relationship to the natural world. But it’s also strikingly beautiful, with waves that look like melted tar and a blizzard of almost abstract spray. Simon Wardell
The Blue Caftan (Maryam Touzani, 2022), 1:00 AM, Film4
Like Phantom Thread, Mariam Touzani’s delicate, moving drama uses the craft of dressmaking as a metaphor for the tangled threads of love and desire. A taciturn Moroccan caftan maker, Halim (Saleh Hakri), and his gregarious wife, Mina (a superb performance from Lubna Azabal), live a modest but contented life, although Halim occasionally has sex with a man at the local hammam. But this unresolved situation is thrown into disarray by the failing health of Ayoub Missioui’s devoted new apprentice, Yousef, and Mina. Southwest
Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Danney, 1996), 2:50am, Channel 4
Cheryl Dunier’s groundbreaking 1996 film was the first feature film directed by a black lesbian, and it’s far more playful and sexy than its canonical status would suggest. It’s a mock documentary/drama in which Cheryl (played by Dunier), an aspiring filmmaker working in a Philadelphia video store, decides to research the life of a lost black movie actor known only for his role as “The Mammy” in the ’30s. With audience reactions, comedic asides, real-life conversations with actresses like Camille Paglia, and a romantic subplot featuring Guinevere Turner, it’s a freewheeling experience yet one that makes a powerful political statement. Southwest
