Twenty Twenty Six
10pm, BBC Two
Is the mood music around this summer’s World Cup compatible with a sitcom? After all, the main host nation is threatening to turn the event into an apocalyptic drama. Enter bumbling Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) in his new role as director of integrity for a (redacted) sporting body, whose relationship with the concept is already a punchline. While the tone is subtly different from that of W1A and Twenty Twelve – in those shows, no one really said anything; here, everyone shouts at once – the satirical intent is similar. David Tennant’s narration adds a satisfying extra layer of snark as issues of staging and environmental impact are tossed into the corporate meat grinder. Phil Harrison
Michael Jackson: An American Tragedy
9pm, BBC Two
How did the lavishly gifted child star become the troubled, troubling figure of his later years? It’s a familiar but still intriguing story told in this new three-part series. Childhood friends and family members feature as Michael Jackson’s difficult youth is exhumed. Telling diversions include a look at the star’s spell as a door-knocking Jehovah’s Witness, a period he treasured because, as he puts it, “I was totally deprived of seeing people.” PH
Help! I Bought It at Auction With Sarah Beeny
8pm, Channel 4
Three couples take on houses at auctions and try to fix them up in the face of significant risks. This episode’s challenges include the renovation of a cottage in the South Downs and a couple in Somerset who want to add an outdoor kitchen to their home. Micha Frazer-Carroll
Ambulance
9pm, BBC One
The challenges of working in rural areas of Yorkshire are the focus of this episode. Sam and Sophie have been sent to help a woman who has had a seizure in a forest. But finding her isn’t easy. PH
The Copenhagen Test
9pm, Channel 4
With its benighted Washington DC setting and hunky leading man, this new US import will appeal to fans of Netflix’s cloak-and-dagger hit The Night Agent. Simu Liu is an intelligence analyst caught up in a hall-of-mirrors conspiracy, all predicated on some unsettling (or just plain silly) biohacking surveillance tech. Graeme Virtue
The Assembly
10.05pm, ITV1
The first season of this show in which celebrities are grilled by neurodivergent people was a revelatory delight. The questions ranged from the offbeat to the devastatingly acute and brought the best out of everyone. ITV’s second run begins with Stephen Fry being asked about drugs, identity and sexual orientation. PH
Film choice
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2001), 10.45pm, Film4
With hindsight, it’s obvious that a gangster thriller from Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin, The Zone of Interest) would not be cut from the usual cloth. So, for his tense debut feature, we get a heist movie where the act itself is almost an afterthought. The main thrust of the piece is watching retired criminal Gal (a star-making turn from Ray Winstone) receive a visit at his Costa del Crime villa from Ben Kingsley’s supremely chilling Don, who wants him for a job and most definitely won’t take no for an answer. An exquisitely sweaty tale with an eye for a surreal image. Simon Wardell
Sport
Champions League football: Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool 7pm, TNT Sports 1. The quarter-final, first-leg tie.
