Winter Paralympics
6.30pm, Channel 4
The high drama of snowy sports isn’t over just yet! It’s now the turn of the Winter Paralympics, with its opening ceremony at the Arena di Verona. Look out for GB curler Jo Butterfield, who is hoping to be the first British athlete to win at the summer and winter games. This year, hosts Ade Adepitan, Billy Monger and Ed Jackson are joined by GB’s most decorated Paralympian, Sarah Storey, and multi-gold medallist swimming champion Alice Tai. Hollie Richardson
500 Words With The One Show
7pm, BBC One
It is perhaps an awkward time for visitors at Windsor Castle but Queen Camilla has invited Alex Jones and Roman Kemp to host the final of the children’s writing competition. Paddington will be there, obviously, and Big Zuu and Jodie Whittaker will help with revealing the winners. HR
Gardeners’ World
8pm, BBC Two
The year is young and spring is about to burst forth. This final compilation will put you in the mood as Monty Don revisits stories from the past year. In Yorkshire, the team explore the beautiful garden of a retired GP. And in Stroud, there’s a tranquil space inspired by a gardener’s Tibetan heritage. Phil Harrison
Hippo Watch With Steve Backshall
8pm, Channel 5
In the concluding part of this short but wide-ranging series, the naturalist is in St Lucia, South Africa, where hippos wander the streets at night. Watching from a distance with night-vision cameras is dramatic – and preferable to being up close when they shake dung off their backsides. Hannah J Davies
Big Cats 24/7
9pm, BBC Two
The Okavango delta in Botswana is teeming with life, particularly when the annual flood rolls in, and a roaming group of male lions seem keen to muscle in on the territory. Gordon Buchanan and the rest of the crew keep close tabs on these so-called rogue boys as they sniff out the local Xudum pride. GV
Ted
9pm, Sky One
Seth MacFarlane’s potty-mouthed stoner bear is back for a second run of this crude 90s prequel series. John (Max Burkholder) is starting senior year with Ted in tow, and harbours hopes of becoming “cooler”. Cue a lot of penis jokes, bong action and a game of Dungeons & Dragons. HR
Film choice
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malik, 1998), 9pm, Great! Action
After 20 years away, the return of Terrence Malick to film-making caused a fervour of anticipation. Luckily, his loose 1998 adaptation of James Jones’s second world war novel is a resplendent, exhilarating experience. The body-strewn progress of a US infantry battalion up a hill heavily defended by Japanese troops on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal is interspersed with existential musings by the soldiers – hopes, fears, memories – that speak to a loss of innocence on the battlefield. A ridiculously stacked cast includes Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Elias Koteas and Ben Chaplin. Simon Wardell
Live sport
Six Nations rugby union: Ireland v Wales, 7.20pm, ITV1
From Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
FA Cup football: Wolves v Liverpool, 7.45pm, BBC One
The fifth-round tie at Molineux.
