TV Tonight: The terrifying story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s arrest in Iran | TV and radio

Prisoner 951

9pm, BBC One

“If you want to see your child again, you will cooperate.” The horrifying truth of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s six-year detention in Iran is told in this polished drama, which she helped produce. Narges Rashidi embodies Nazanin’s fear, confusion, and resilience after she is removed from her infant daughter at the airport and accused of being a spy. Meanwhile, Joseph Fiennes plays her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who returns home to London to campaign for her return. Holly Richardson

Chris McCausland: A vision for the future

8pm on BBC Two

The comedian and Strictly star also has a background in computing and a degree in software engineering. “I’m obsessed,” he says, as he explores new technology that could help him live more independently with the degenerative eye condition. Chris heads to the United States to test a self-driving car and try out talking glasses. Human resources

Wool Game: Britain’s best knitters

8pm on Channel 4

It’s Kids Week: contestants have just 12 hours to sew costumes for the little ones. Not to mention Dee and Sheila – how would the “wild two-year-olds” react to Lydia’s lion jumpsuit, Holger’s fox costume, and Elsa’s frankly adorable zebra? Additionally, they make interactive wall hangings for the children’s bedroom. Ali Catterall

Summerwater

9pm on Channel 4

We’re at the Henderson family cabin in this episode, where parents Rachel (Shauna MacDonald) and Ian (Jamie Sives) are trying to repair the trust broken by his financial mistakes. This leaves their secret hormonal offspring to make their own rash decisions, like paddling alone on the lake or meeting a mysterious man in the woods. Ellen E. Jones

alive

10pm Sky Max

It’s been more than a month since the dead came back to life in Wisconsin, and the governor has finally decided to go all out. Dana’s efforts to help her sick, “resurrected” sister are hampered by martial law. But it creates space for Shafi to fall out with her overbearing father, Sheriff Wayne. Graeme Virtue

Change endings

At 10.05pm on ITV1

More about Alan Carr: This time, it’s the return of his hilarious, semi-autobiographical comedy. It’s 1989, and teenager Alan (Oliver Savile) has reached his “raunchy age.” He posits that women are like olives: “They turn your stomach at first but you learn to love them.” But his real crush is on Jake at the Athena store. Human resources

Choose a movie

contessa barefoot, 2.55pm, Sky Arts

The first scene in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1954 film is the funeral of the titular movie star. So the tragedy is turned into a satirical drama in which Spanish nightclub dancer turned Hollywood icon Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) is seen through the eyes of the men who help or hinder her. Humphrey Bogart is at his best as director Harry, while PR man Oscar (Edmund O’Brien) and Italian Count Vincenzo (Rosano Brazzi) also reminisce about their time with an unknown woman at the end. Simon Wardle

Live sports

Football Championship: Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United, 11:30am, on ITV1 The derby at Hillsborough.

Premier League: Leeds v Aston Villa, 1pm, Sky Sports main event Arsenal vs Tottenham at 4pm.

International Rugby Union: Scotland v Tonga, 12.30pm, TNT Sports 1 England vs Argentina at 3.45pm.