Urban Myths: Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder
9pm, Sky Arts
Did it really take Marilyn Monroe 47 attempts to nail one three-word line of dialogue on the set of Some Like It Hot? Does it matter? Accurate fact‑finding was never really the point of this original and fun anthology series, which takes dubious stories from pop culture history and imagines how they might have gone down. In this, the first episode of the second series, James Purefoy and Gemma Arterton have a ball playing Billy Wilder and his mischievous muse. Ellen E Jones
Living With the Brainy Bunch
8pm, BBC Two
Jack and Hollie are students at Chessington community college in London. With GCSEs approaching, they are struggling to cope. Fortunately, TV has a solution: moving them in with high-achieving, goody-two-shoed pupils from their year and subjecting them to the same disciplinary domestic conditions. David Stubbs
Not Going Out
9pm, BBC One
Lucy finds out that the lollipop man has, aptly, been giving the kids lollipops every day. This prompts her to send the family on an enforced health kick, much to Lee’s disdain. Lee wrestles hilariously with guilt when he is tasked with asking the elderly and lonely lollipop man to stop handing out treats. Candice Carty-Williams
Civilisations
9pm, BBC Two
Simon Schama returns to the helm of the BBC’s much-ballyhooed survey of the history of art. This episode explores the uses of colour – from such masters as Titian and Bellini to woodcuts popular in 19th-century Japan – and, as shown by Goya, the dramatic effect of withdrawing colour from the view. Andrew Mueller
The Investigator: A British Crime Story
9pm, ITV
Mark Williams-Thomas continues to investigate unsolved murders, tonight focusing on the deaths of Anna Kenny, Agnes Cooney and Hilda McAuley and potential links to suspect Angus Sinclair. But conclusively placing the suspect at crime scenes 41 years later is no simple task. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Indian Summer School
9pm, Channel 4
It is end of term for the Britons exported to India’s elite Doon school. TV-friendly moments persist – Ethan writes a school newspaper article about being gay and out; Jack goes on a Himalayan trek – but, as the boys resit their GCSEs, one question might be tougher to answer. Has any of what we have seen surprised us? John Robinson
Film choice
The Ninth Gate 9pm, Horror Channel
Roman Polanski’s occult thriller is in a similarly rich-blooded vein as his classic Rosemary’s Baby, with Johnny Depp starring as an antiquarian book dealer hired by saturnine Frank Langella to find the ancient tomes that will summon Satan. An intelligent gothic chiller. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Commonwealth Games 2018 6am, BBC Two. Beach volleyball and lawn bowls action.
Racing: Grand National festival 2pm, ITV. The opening day of the meeting at Aintree.
Europa League football: CSKA Moscow v Arsenal 7.30pm, BT Sport 2. The quarter-final second leg from Russia.
