WW2: Women on the Frontline
7pm, Channel 4
This fascinating series explores the frequently untold stories of the many extraordinarily courageous women who took on frontline roles in the second world war. Among them are wireless operator Noor Inayat Khan, Dutch teenagers Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who specialised in luring German soldiers into woods and shooting them dead, and cabaret performer Josephine Baker, who effortlessly pivoted from high-kicking to high-level intelligence work when the Nazis invaded Paris. Phil Harrison
Britain’s Most Beautiful Road
8pm, Channel 4
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors complete the 516-mile motoring pilgrimage that is Scotland’s North Coast 500 – this show meets some of them, and the people they might encounter on the way. While rookie motorhomers Jon and Sue adjust to their new abode, we drop in on a wannabe ranger and a couple whose surf school requires its customers to brave frigid seas. Jack Seale
High Country
9pm, BBC One
The Aussie crime drama finishes in style, as its buried tangle of secrets in a rural community touches every character and slowly envelops cop on the case Andie (Leah Purcell). The location of the Victorian Alps, with thick forests to hide in and sheer drops bad people could very easily fall off, plays a major part. JS
Changing Ends
9.30pm, ITV1
The Carr family need a break from fourth-division football in this semi-autobiographical, 80s Northampton-set sitcom. Their caravanning holiday is, however, a damp disappointment. That is until young Alan makes a middle-class friend, who introduces him to Moroccan tagine, Angela Lansbury’s stage career and other cultural delights. Ellen E Jones
Piglets
10pm, ITV1
The mildly irreverent cop-com continues to provide the odd snigger but no real guffaws, as the new recruits are excited to be in uniform for the first time. The cast is fine – particularly Sarah Parish’s world-weary Julie Spry and Mark Heap’s oddball Bob Weekes – but the script doesn’t hit its comic or satirical beats hard enough. PH
Love & Death
10.30pm, ITV1
This telling of an 80s suburban American murder case benefits from a magnetic lead performance from Elizabeth Olsen as unlikely axe-wielder Candy Montgomery. This week, a deceptive return to introspection and normality for Candy – until Pat makes a worrying discovery. PH
Film choice
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Out now, Disney+
For all the attention it gives to Marvel and Pixar, perhaps the best corner of Disney+ is the one with all the Planet of the Apes films in it. They’re all there, from the Charlton Heston original and its increasingly unhinged 1970s sequels to the more sombre new additions. And now the collection is up to date, thanks to the addition of this year’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Set 300 years after the last movie, Maze Runner director Wes Ball’s adventure serves as both a gripping and grownup exploration of political tribalism and a bridge to a potential full Planet of the Apes remake. Maybe not the most essential instalment ever, but it’s still pretty darn great. Stuart Heritage
Live sport
The Olympic Games, 8am, BBC One
The women’s 100m final in the athletics, plus team dressage and men’s and women’s rowing eights.
The Hundred Cricket: Birmingham Phoenix Men v Southern Brave Men, 2.15pm, BBC Two
Coverage from Edgbaston.
Super League Rugby: Hull FC v St Helens, 3pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Followed by Salford Red Devils v Leeds Rhinos at 5.30pm.
