India 1947: Partition in Color
9pm, Channel 4
As a part of tonight’s three reveals to mark 75 years since partition, right here’s the primary half of an illuminating two-part documentary that makes use of newly colourised archive footage to disclose the atrocities round Britain’s withdrawal from India – which brought about greater than 1 million deaths. Beginning with Lord Mountbatten’s appointment as viceroy in 1947, contributors corresponding to Midnight’s Furies creator Nisid Hajari, Prof Shruti Kapil and Prof Priya Satia assist to inform the tough story. Hollie Richardson
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra on the Proms
6.25pm, BBC Two
The Proms will get some emotional heft with this efficiency – lots of this orchestra’s musicians have fled their dwelling nation. Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri Lynn-Wilson leads them by a tour of Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin. Maybe most shifting is a celebration of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, who escaped Kyiv earlier this 12 months. Henry Wong
Queen Victoria and the British Maharajah
7pm, Channel 4
When Queen Victoria’s godson Prince Victor (who was additionally the grandson of the Sikh ruler of Lahore) married Girl Anne Coventry, the queen allegedly instructed them to not have youngsters. There's a hearsay, nonetheless, that he had a secret inheritor with one other girl. Gurinder Chadha explores Victor’s outstanding life – together with his involvement with Indian independence. HR
Van Der Valk
8pm, ITV
The Amsterdam-set cop reboot returns for a second sequence, with Mark Warren’s prickly detective assigned a windmill-adjacent homicide involving nasty mutilation and an archaic riddle. If the plotting veers into the fanciful, Piet’s behavior of relocating his crew to the pub is extra enjoyable than the lanyard-heavy incident rooms of UK police dramas. Graeme Advantage
The Actual Windsors: Queen of Metal
8pm, Channel 4
What's the way forward for the royal household after Queen Elizabeth? That’s what this provocative three-parter appears to reply. Greater than 80% of the nation suppose the pinnacle royal has “executed job” – however the subsequent technology may not be as accepting of a brand new monarch. HR
One Shot: The Soccer Manufacturing unit
9pm, Sky Documentaries
In per week of soccer reveals to mark the brand new season (with zero specializing in the ladies’s sport), right here’s a movie following gamers who've honed their abilities in south London’s fenced-in, synthetic pitches – “the cages” – and the scouts who look to recruit them for professional golf equipment. HR
Stay sport
MotoGP: The British Grand Prix, 12.25pm, ITV The twelfth spherical of the season, from Silverstone.
Tremendous League Rugby: St Helens v Castleford Tigers, 12.30pm, Channel 4 From Completely Depraved Stadium.
Premier League Soccer: West Ham v Man Metropolis, 4pm, Sky Sports activities Important Occasion From the London Stadium. Preceded by Man United v Brighton from Previous Trafford at 2pm.
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