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Entertainment
Phil Harrison, Ali Catterall, Graeme Virtue and Ellen E Jones

TV tonight: Zola, Eto’o and Vieira come out of retirement for Ukraine

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Andriy Shevchenko.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Andriy Shevchenko. Photograph: United 24

Game4Ukraine
5pm, Sky Max

This football match at Stamford Bridge – equal parts fundraiser and morale-booster – is the brainchild of Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Andriy Shevchenko. It will be streamed free in Ukraine and feature legends including Gianfranco Zola, Samuel Eto’o and Patrick Vieira. There’s also a musical element – during a Super Bowl-style interval there’ll be performances from the Pretenders, Alesha Dixon and Ukrainian artists Vakarchuk and BoomBox. Phil Harrison

Elizabeth II: Making a Monarch
6.15pm, Channel 4

What confluences of fate prepare an individual for having their face on a stamp? This two-parter explores QE II’s early life, from childhood to motherhood and statecraft, via previously unseen photos and videos. In part one: her birth in 1926 and formative years in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Ali Catterall

Matt Baker’s Travels in the Country: USA
8.15pm, Channel 4

Matt Baker and python hunter Dusty Crum.
Matt Baker and python hunter Dusty Crum. Photograph: Big Circus

He’s long been an explorer of the British countryside. But now Matt Baker is travelling to the US to investigate rural communities in Texas, Arizona, California and, this week, Florida. He visits the Everglades and meets a man whose job is to keep farming land free of Burmese pythons. PH

Champion
9.15pm, BBC One

Candice Carty-Williams’s fizzy family drama about siblings jostling for fame abandons a south London milieu for an emotionally charged trip to Jamaica. The talented Vita, mum Aria and estranged dad Beres might be there for a funeral, but reconnecting with old family and friends churns up some long-buried secrets. Graeme Virtue

Irvine Welsh’s Crime
10pm, ITV1

The Scottish detective drama earns that author’s name in its title with this barnstorming finale featuring some Renton-worthy dialogue from DI Dougie (Jamie Sives) and the boss (Ken Stott). Can Lennox (Dougray Scott) overcome his troubled past and put away the repugnant Mr Confectioner (John Simm) for good? Ellen E Jones

Andrew: The Rise and Fall of the Playboy Prince
10.15pm, Channel 5

This week, C5’s regular royal slot is concentrating on the disgrace of Prince Andrew. It’s an inevitably sordid tale of privilege, greed and, eventually, debauchery as the Duke of York plunges into the circles of the nefarious likes of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and leaves a trail of damage and destruction in his wake. PH

Live sport

Women’s World Cup Football, 6am, BBC One/ITV1: Switzerland v Spain The first of two round-of-16 matches. Japan v Norway is at 8.30am.

Women’s Hundred Cricket, Manchester Originals v London Spirit, 10.30am, Sky Sports Cricket From Old Trafford, featuring England star Sophie Ecclestone.

SPFL Football, Celtic v Ross County, 11.30am, Sky Sports Main Event The Scottish season gets under way at Celtic Park.

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