First Date
10pm, Channel 4
The funny, sweet and sometimes toe-curling dating show is back. Fred Sirix invites a variety of people to his restaurant: 24-year-old William, who has never kissed a woman and is going on his first date; Glenn, who rather boldly compares himself to Christian Grey from “Fifty Shades”; and, perhaps most memorably, Sarah, who has a pornographic Marge Simpson tattoo on her arm and is looking for “someone who isn’t a jerk.” Good times await. Phil Harrison
Cooking with the Stars
8pm, ITV1
This week, can Linford Christie create a tastier meal from his pantry than Ellie Symons? And can Katherine Ryan survive a fierce cooking showdown with reality TV legend and name-drop Biggins, also using canned and frozen ingredients? Emma Willis and Tom Allen oversee the culinary adventures. Jack Seal
Body Detectives
9pm, Channel 4
Police officer turned TV presenter Dave Grimstead investigates some gruesome yet intriguing crime cases. In this episode he looks at the case of the so-called “North Sea Man”, whose mysterious, unidentified body was discovered 30 years ago. Can a forensic clothing analyst, oceanographer and forensic psychologist fill in the gaps surrounding the final hours of his life? Philippines
Battle in the box
9pm, U & Dave
Jess Knappett and Ellie Taylor step into one end of a rectangular container in this game that combines Big Brother and Taskmaster. On the other side, Nabil Abdulrashid bonds with his partner Jamie Laing when they win the task and are able to move the dividing wall to expand their territory. “Now I see why you guys have so much fun colonising!” JS
Elsbeth
9pm, Sky Witness
How you enjoy this Good Wife spinoff depends on how you feel about Carrie Preston’s character, who can be infuriatingly stupid or charmingly eccentric. Elsbeth encounters the villainous producer of exploitative reality show Rubbish Ladies after one of its stars is found dead in her bathroom. Philippines
Women on death row
12:05am, Channel 4
The series, which examines the cases of some of the 51 inmates on America’s death row, continues with Emilia Carr, who was convicted along with her boyfriend of the murder and kidnapping of Heather Strong in 2009. Carr maintains her innocence, so why is she the only one sentenced to death? Philippines
Live Sports
Olympics: Paris 2024, 8am, BBC One Sky Brown will return to the women’s park skateboarding event, plus the women’s 200m track and field final.





