Storyville: Queendom
10pm, BBC Four
Gena Marvin is a gloriously brave and avant garde non-binary performance artist from a small town in Russia, who uses their art to challenge violence against the LGBTQ+ community and the war in Ukraine. It’s hard to tear your eyes away from Marvin in Agniia Galdanova’s powerful documentary, which follows Marvin as they defiantly continue their mission and put their life in danger. Hollie Richardson
Between the Covers
7pm, BBC Two
Sara Cox welcomes back regular guest Tom Allen to her popular book club, along with newbies Neneh Cherry, Olly Smith and Sophie Raworth. Their own recommendations include Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and Warren Ellis’s Nina Simone’s Gum. HR
Interior Design Masters for Children in Need
8pm, BBC One
Think Jon Richardson’s a dab hand at elegant design? Reckon it would be wise to trust Joanne McNally with chic decor even though her main claim to design fame is: “I love an overall”? Hopefully it will be, for the sake of the young carers’ centre in the Black Country that they’re revamping. Alexi Duggins
The Great British Bake Off
8pm, Channel 4
Pray that one of the bakers will fashion a space hopper from sponge – it’s 1970s week. The first task is to make an icon of the era: choux pastry. But who will impress with their profiterole stack? Of course, there’s a gateau for the showstopper, and with four places in the semi-final, the heat is on. Hannah Verdier
Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul
9.15pm, Channel 4
It’s full steam ahead and this week Sue stops in Strasbourg. First, it’s time to channel her inner mermaid and bathe in a tub of beer. Then she takes a sports car to Munich, where she does a spot of Bavarian dancing as part of the Pride parade. HR
Revolutions That Changed History
9pm, Sky History
This new series examining the complex truth behind ancient uprisings begins in England, 1381, as an angry mob – pitchforks and all – close in on the Tower of London, pausing only to behead a few tax collectors en route. Historians explain the inciting factors, which include the familiar-sounding blend of desperate poverty and a recent pandemic. Ellen E Jones
Film choices
Deadpool & Wolverine (Shawn Levy, 2024), Disney+
The two (mostly) indestructible superheroes team up for their introduction to the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe in Shawn Levy’s bromance jokefest. It’s more a Ryan Reynolds film than a Hugh Jackman one, with copious swearing, violence and fourth-wall-breaking quips as the duo fight among themselves, then against Emma Corrin’s Cassandra – evil twin of X-Men’s Charles Xavier. A slew of multiverse cameos (it’s nice to see Jennifer Garner’s Elektra and Wesley Snipes’ Blade again) should have fans racing for their MCU Wiki pages. Simon Wardell
Road to Perdition (Sam Mendes, 2002), 10.45pm, ITV1
Adapted from a graphic novel, Sam Mendes’ arresting crime drama adopts its source’s heightened play of light and shadow for a tale of trust and betrayal. Tom Hanks goes against type – at least initially – as Sullivan, the right-hand man to Paul Newman’s Illinois mob boss John Rooney. When Sullivan’s son Michael (Tyler Hoechlin) witnesses a killing by Rooney’s jealous, erratic heir Connor (Daniel Craig), the two are forced to go on the run. It’s here that Hanks’s innate decency comes through, as Sullivan tries to keep them ahead of Jude Law’s single-minded assassin. SW
