Bookish
8pm, U&Alibi
An atmospheric postwar drama created by and starring Emmy-winning writer Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentleman, Sherlock). He plays enigmatic bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who has a taste for solving crimes – armed with a letter from Winston Churchill that allows him to investigate crime scenes. His first case is a bunch of remains “tossed together like a skeletal salad” at a nearby bomb site, with his bewildered new worker Jack (Connor Finch) in tow. Hollie Richardson
The Haggis Hunters
7pm, BBC One
Every year, small butcher shops head to Perth to battle it out in Scotland’s biggest haggis contest. This short film follows four competing families, each armed with their own recipe (and one of them, controversially, from England). We meet them on their farms as they prepare, and follow them on the day of the big competition. HR
The Sycamore Gap: From Roots to Ruin
7.30pm, BBC Two
In September 2023, a 150-year-old sycamore in a dip alongside Hadrian’s Wall became the most famous tree in the world. Locals and visitors were devastated to find that it had been chopped down overnight. Two men were found guilty of criminal damage – but the big question is why was the tree destroyed? This documentary investigates. HR
Can’t Sell, Must Sell
8pm, Channel 4
Sibling property developers Stuart and Scarlette Douglas are in south Wales, transforming two unlovely time capsules from the 60s and 70s. Can they turn these nightmares into buyer-friendly dream homes with just £3,000 – or will the properties remain stuck on the market? Ali Catterall
Side Hustlers
8pm, U&W
The female entrepreneurs in this US reality show have been polishing up their products – from hot sauce to emergency undies – under the tutelage of model-turned-mogul Ashley Morgan and savvy Londoner Emma Grede. Their latest task involves learning to apply the dark arts of marketing to their nascent brands … and themselves. Graeme Virtue
Stories from Tate Britain
9pm, Sky Arts
Going behind the masterpieces … Kate Bryan at Tate Britain. Photograph: Robbie McKane/Unity House Productions
A lovely two-parter in which Kate Bryan finds stories behind the masterpieces in Tate Britain in London, starting with star of the Romantic period William Blake, and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood – looking at one of the museum’s most popular paintings, John Everett Millais’s Ophelia. Other artists include David Hockney and Tracey Emin. HR
Live sport
Women’s International One-Day cricket: England v India, 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The first ODI in the three-match series in Southampton. England will be led out by new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt.
Women’s Euro 2025 football, 7.15pm, ITV1. The opening quarter-final game. The second is on Thursday at 7.15pm, and the third is on Friday at 7.15pm (or BBC One at 7.30pm).
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