Black Waters: The Sea Empress Disaster
9pm, BBC Two
“Horror. Absolute horror.” It has been 30 years since the Sea Empress oil spill disaster caused one of the UK’s most serious marine pollution incidents. Within hours of hitting rocks in Milford Haven port, Wales, 70,000 tons of oil poured into the sea and spread across the coastline of Pembrokeshire. In this documentary, those who saw the awful event tell their stories. HR
Tonight: Supermarket Prices – Does Loyalty Pay?
7.30pm, ITV1
It seems as if every supermarket receipt could be nearly halved by signing up to storecards, but just how much do we benefit from these loyalty schemes? With food prices now up to 40% higher than in 2020, Kate Quilton investigates how to really cut costs. HR
Alexander Armstrong in India
8pm, Channel 5
The final leg of Armstrong’s tour starts with him taking the Metro to Aarey Forest – Mumbai’s “green lung” – which is fringed by a Bollywood studio. In the forest, he learns the mating dances of the jumping spider, before moving on to Bangalore and a club that Winston Churchill used to visit. HR
Queens of Mystery
8pm, U&Drama
One of Aunt Jane’s crime novels, The Macbeth Duality, has been adapted by a local theatre company. Cue “technical gremlins”, infighting and anxiety over a critic’s impending review. Worst still, a sandbag kills star actor Sir Lawrence Shaw during rehearsals. AC
The Apprentice
9pm, BBC One
The candidates are instructed to gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich. Naturally, it elicits the response: “What is Cutty Sark? It sounds Japanese or something.” It’s all a preamble for the task: sailing to the Isle of Wight to find nine items associated with it, for the best price, including an iguanodon (“That’s an animal, isn’t it?”). AC
Murderer Unmasked: True Crime Presents
9pm, ITV1
Alex Davies was a carefree but resilient 18-year-old who loved trainspotting, Abba and hanging out with his friends in rural Lancashire. Then an internet-arranged rendezvous went very wrong. Investigating officers, forensic psychologists and local journalists tell Alex’s story. EEJ
