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Cecil: The Lion and the Dentist

At 10pm on Channel 4
There was global outrage after the 2015 shooting of a Zimbabwean lion, Cecil, by American trophy hunter Walter Palmer. This documentary examines the story from several angles. There’s the build-up story – Palmer becomes an outcast in the wake of his bleak vacation. But there is also a preserved history of the Hwange National Park where Cecil lived, his role in the local economy and the vexing question of the value of nature (spiritual and financial) to society. Phil Harrison

House built by George Clark

8pm on Channel 4
“I would rather go to the Maldives…” says Sophie, whose renovation costs exceeded her budget. As in Clark’s gentle real estate series, there’s more to it: Sophie is driven by the desire to bring her former ancestral home back to life – and outfit her own pink kitchen island. Hannah J. Davis

Grantchester

9pm on ITV1

A timely, if somewhat choppy, season finale to a police drama directed by Robson Green and a revolving door of priests. Wilbur’s fascist church was attacked during a visit to Cambridge University, prompting one student to plead innocence (“I couldn’t make a bomb – I could hardly boil an egg!”). HJD

Murder Trial: The Suffolk Strangler

9pm on Channel 5
Steve Wright, already serving a life sentence for the murders of five Ipswich women in 2006, recently returned to the news after pleading guilty to the 1999 murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall. This film revisits the 2008 court case in which the former merchant seaman nicknamed the “Suffolk Strangler” claimed he was innocent. Graeme Virtue

Gold hunting in remote areas

9pm, U&Y

In 1931, prospector Harold Lassiter died while trying to find a cache of gold that he insisted was buried in the central Australian outback. Can two cheerful men named Jeff and Brendan fulfill their childhood dream of proving Lassiter right? The first episode of this new series features some exciting metal reveals. Jack Seale

Random acts: 1763

At 12:05 pm on Channel 4
The Random Acts series has always been the place to discover new talent in the film and television industry; Anything goes offer for short, experimental visionaries. The latest release is Nicola Steed’s look at what happens after a woman flees domestic abuse, focusing on how Greater Manchester Police deal with cases of abuse. Ellen E. Jones