TV tonight: David Olusoga’s epic series about the British Empire | television

Empire with David Olusoga

9pm on BBC Two
By the 1770s, Britain was transporting 45,000 Africans into slavery every year. David Olusoga visits Ponce Island, where captive Africans were sold, to continue his epic series on the legacy of the empire. Then the fallout from the American Revolution took him to Australia – which, of course, had been home to Aboriginal people for at least 40,000 years, including the Tasmanian Truganini. Holly Richardson

Children in Need 2025

7pm, BBC One
So far, (hopefully) Sarah Cox has completed her 135-mile walk/jog/run challenge. You’ll celebrate at the annual fundraiser with presenters including newbies Big Zuu and Paddy McGuinness. There will also be a children’s choir with a poignant cover of Coldplay’s Yellow. Human resources

An unspoken world

7.30pm on Channel 4
Every year, hundreds of Arab citizens of Israel are murdered, but most cases remain unsolved. Krishnan Guru-Murthy investigates the matter, uncovering links to organized crime, arms smuggling in which security forces are allegedly involved, a community’s reluctance to place its trust in the Israeli police, and accusations, denied by the authorities, that the government is looking the other way. Ali Catterall

The world of gardeners

8pm on BBC Two
The gathering gloom of November may tempt you to scale back your efforts, but not Monty Don: At Longmeadow, he’s busy creating a new woodland garden from scratch, planting herbs and hellebores and potting hyacinth bulbs. Elsewhere, an Acer fan has 70 species of trees in her garden in Buckinghamshire. Jack Seale

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

9pm Sky Max

This zombie movie was very light on the action, with Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride) enjoying rustic tapas in a quiet Spanish enclave. But this part features the mother of all medieval violent confrontations as the walls of Solaz del Mar are besieged by a horde of invaders. Graeme Virtue

It’s all her fault

9pm, Sky Atlantic
“Your nanny, whom you hired, kidnapped her five-year-old son – do you really think you two are friends?” Rumors spread around the school gate, where Jenny (Dakota Fanning) helps Marissa (Sarah Snook) find Milo. But more theories about what happened began to spread among the media and authorities. Human resources

Choose a movie

Mickey 17(Bong Joon Ho, 2025), 12.35 pm, 8 pm, Sky Cinema premiere

Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning social satire Parasite is another sharp comedy about class and capitalism, this time set in space. A spaceship under the command of Trump politician Mark Ruffalo is on its way to colonize a distant planet. Robert Pattinson – quite the character actor – plays Mickey, the “expendable”: his identity downloaded so he can die any number of times and the crew reprints a new body. But when he reaches issue 17, an encounter with the lice-like denizens of the New World puts the spanner into action. It’s no small feat, but this is a comic action that Pattinson plays with gusto alongside Naomi Ackie and Toni Collette. Simon Wardle

Come and see me in the good light(Ryan White, 2025), Apple TV
Ryan White’s documentary Instant Cry follows performance poet Andrea Gibson as they deal with incurable ovarian cancer, with the support of their wife, fellow poet Megan Vale. It’s an intimate, fast-paced, love-filled story, as the couple comes to terms with the diagnosis, rounds of therapy, and Gibson’s desire to perform one last spoken word. Although not a household name in the UK, Gibson is a lively and engaging presence, with their verses often interspersed with very funny thoughts about living with death. Strangely life-affirming. Southwest

Belen, (Dolores Fonzi, 2025), Prime Video
Dolores Fonzi co-wrote, directed, and stars in Argentina’s Oscars entry, a political love thriller that should be on Oscar Avenue. It’s the true story of the legal injustice that occurred in 2014, when a young woman, known only as Belén, was jailed for murder after having a miscarriage. Fonzi plays her lawyer, Soledad Deza, who fights to overturn the decision, inspiring a national campaign against the conservative male establishment’s control over women’s reproductive rights. A historical snapshot that is unfortunately still relevant to this day. Southwest