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Big cats 24/7

9pm on BBC Two
Back in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, where intrepid filmmakers are once again joining the growing Xudum lion pride – in fact, now the largest recorded in the world. But the males are missing and the females are left to face the intruding lions. Meanwhile, we meet Lediba the cheetah, who is forced to bolster her pride, and Bobby the cheetah, who is trying to keep her two cubs alive. Holly Richardson

How to sleep better

8pm on Channel 4
It’s the secret we all want to know, and Denise Van Outen does the research for us in this one-off programme. She talks to experts about everything sleep disorders, from food to menopause to snoring, and experiments with tools and treatments that can help. Human resources

Death in heaven

9pm, BBC One
An actor dying on stage is not the most original mystery. Here, it takes place during a production of The Tempest set on a Caribbean beach. development? While the actor appears to have been poisoned, his fellow actors were drinking from the same bottle. Another head scratcher for Don Gilet’s DI Wilson. Phil Harrison

Jay Montgomery Jay Mont Spelling B Australia

9pm, BBC Three

This silly panel show makes use of authentic ’70s-style production design and wardrobe. In the latest double bill, his cheerful, cheerful host puts several Australian comics through their spelling spelling paces – and at one point combs through their old social media posts for inspiration. Graeme Virtue

Under the salt marsh

9pm, Sky Atlantic
“I want to ask you something, Nisha, and I want you to answer me as honestly as possible…” As a violent storm ravages Morva Hallen, Jackie and Paul try to discover the truth in the series’ important climax. Will the Welsh village give up its secrets before a flood washes away the evidence? Ali Catterall

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm, on BBC One
There seems to be a viral clip emerging from every episode, so it can be hard to pick the best clips. Expect this two-part compilation to include Kate Winslet throating Eminem’s ass and a Miriam Margolyes making even Alexander Skarsgård blush. Ellen E. Jones

Choose a movie

Scrapper (Charlotte Regan, 2023), At 11pm on BBC Two

Charlotte Regan’s delightful debut film takes a slice of social realism and gives it a peak of quirky wit and poignant optimism. Lola Campbell is a real revelation as 12-year-old Georgie, who is secretly living alone in her east London home after the death of her mother, stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Allen Ozon) to pay for them. She’s a skilled and resourceful evasive, so she’s extremely upset when her long-absent father, Jason (Harris Dickinson), comes to take care of her. The development of the parental bond is slow and painful: Jason struggles with the mysteries of fatherhood, while Georgie – despite her brave front – remains mired in grief. With such charming drama, Reagan is one to watch. Simon Wardle

Paul McCartney: The Man on the Run (Morgan Neville, 2025), Prime Video
Another day, another Beatles movie. But Neville’s documentary is a fascinating time capsule, covering the period from 1969, when the foursome split, to 1980, when John Lennon was murdered. Voice-over interviews with McCartney, his family, and bandmates, as well as home movies and private photos, provide an intimate look at an effortlessly creative if sporadic musician trying to find his way as a solo artist. While he recreated the band format (somewhat profitably) in Wings, he was clearly playing on the principle of equality. Southwest

In the Blink of an Eye (Andrew Stanton, 2026), Disney+
There’s a major film 2001: A Space Odyssey that parodies Andrew Stanton’s new live-action sci-fi adventure, though Darren Aronofsky’s muddled epic The Fountain also comes to mind. The WALL.E creator’s ambitious film about life, death, and humanity crisscrosses three timelines: a Neanderthal family; A contemporary love story between anthropologist Rashida Jones and a fellow student (Daveed Diggs); A 25th-century scientist (Kate McKinnon) is on a spaceship on her way to colonizing a new planet. Southwest

Dead of Winter (Brian Kirk, 2025), Paramount+
If you’re dying to see Emma Thompson seething with heat, this is the movie for you. Kirk’s thriller is very much set alongside Fargo in its wintry Minnesota setting, darkly comedic bloodlust and constant use of the phrase “oh heck” as a curse word. Thompson plays hardware store owner and recent widow Barb. An ice fishing trip on a remote lake is interrupted when she finds a young woman (Laurel Marsden) being held captive by a gun-wielding couple (Judy Greer and Mark Menchaca). It’s tightly plotted and tense, with Thompson’s extremely capable heroine taking advantage of the cold climate to aid her rescue attempt. Southwest

Jurassic World: Rebirth (Gareth Edwards, 2025), 7.10am, 8pm, premiere at Sky Cinema
There are no characters from previous iterations, but Edwards’ effective reboot genre gets a script by Jurassic Park writer, David Koepp. And there’s a definite return to focus on the wonders of dinosaurs, as mercenaries Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali, paleontologist Jonathan Bailey and top pharmaceutical executive Rupert Friend head to a forbidden island to sample its genetically mutated animals. The kind share is provided by a family who was shipwrecked on a sailing trip. Cue running and screaming… Southwest