The Jennings vs Alzheimer’s
9pm, BBC Two
If you were going to get dementia, would you want to know? Part terrifying, part hopeful, this documentary follows the children of Carol Jennings who, after her Alzheimer’s diagnosis in the 80s, lobbied for research into the disease being hereditary, which led to confirmation of a mutant gene. Charting what happened since, the film takes us to the question: are we in the Alzheimer’s treatment era? Hollie Richardson
Blue Lights
9pm, BBC One
No one throws sweet Tommy under a bus and gets away with it. The response unit deals with the aftermath of dodgy twosome Canning and Shane sending Tommy into the club and taking a beating as part of their “way of doing things”. For the loyal but impetuous Annie, this means putting her own job on the line. HR
The Fortune Hotel
9pm, ITV1
Stephen Mangan slips into his Birkenstocks for ITV’s answer to The Traitors. In an exotic hotel, 10 pairs of guests are each given a suitcase – one holds the £250k cash prize, eight are empty and one contains the dreaded Early Checkout card. It’s then time to play the game, where the aim is: find the money … and keep hold of it. HR
Meet the Richardsons
9pm, Dave
Jon wants to buy a field while Lucy brandishes a quiche after a bottomless brunch in the latest episode of the mockumentary, made poignant by news of the pair’s split. That’s if watching a couple argue over hiring topless handymen and masturbating in front of badgers can ever be poignant. Hannah Verdier
The Jinx: Part Two
9pm, Sky Documentaries
The eventual outcome is public knowledge, but this forensic dive into the 2020 trial of slippery tycoon Robert Durst continues to fascinate. As prosecutors try to place him in LA at the time of Susan Berman’s murder in 2000, they focus on two of Durst’s oldest friends. But are the married couple technically part of his legal team? Graeme Virtue
Me and the Voice in My Head
10pm, Channel 4
Actor Joe Tracini has borderline personality disorder and lives with a voice inside his head that he calls Mick. He has attempted suicide six times and battles with addiction and panic attacks. In this personal documentary, he introduces us to Mick, as he prepares for a career-saving comedy show. HR
Film choice
Outland (Peter Hyams, 1981), 9pm, 5Action
Basically High Noon in space, Peter Hyams’s 1981 sci-fi thriller is one of the better films to come out in the wake of the groundbreaking Alien (that film’s composer, Jerry Goldsmith, contributes a similarly unnerving score here). Sean Connery is the last good man standing as the federal marshal of a mining colony on Jupiter’s moon Io. When he gets in the way of the (company-approved) illicit trade in performance-boosting amphetamines, hitmen are sent after him. Grimy and gripping. Simon Wardell
