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Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
9pm, BBC Two
A visceral, involving documentary recalling the global turmoil triggered by the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. It explores the events themselves, the protests and counter-protests that followed. But it manages a degree of intimacy, too, hearing from Khady Gueye, a Black woman who grew up in rural Gloucestershire who recalls the casually racialised discourse that was a constant backdrop to her childhood. Phil Harrison
The Repair Shop on the Road
8pm, BBC One
The gang leave the big shed behind and take their repairing skills on tour. They begin in Dumfries and Galloway, where they meet firefighter Rodger who was one of the first responders on the scene of the Lockerbie attack. Can they preserve his treasured book of photographs commemorating the victims of the tragedy? PH
Location, Location, Location
8pm, Channel 4
Kirstie and Phil brave the mean streets of Surrey, where their clients this week are young families with challenging expectations. One set of parents can’t get their out-of-budget dream house out of their minds, while the other have too many nice places to choose from, the poor loves. In both cases, the right deal needs to be struck. Jack Seale
Race Across the World
9pm, BBC One
We’ve reached the halfway point in the race, and the foothills of the Himalayas await. The next checkpoint is McLeod Ganj, a beautiful hill station home to the Dalai Lama. However, the gap between the leaders and stragglers is growing and the members of one team are struggling with homesickness. PH
Britain’s Most Expensive Houses
9pm, Channel 4
This show is like Selling Sunset, only British, and with all the drama of the speaking clock. Still, if you’re nosy, you might find it appealing – not least when the agents fling open the doors of an obscenely huge country pad built in the 1850s and a “James Bond-style” Cornish bolthole christened Bargesi. Hannah J Davies
David Frost Vs
9pm, Sky Documentaries
Lulu, Paul Gambaccini, Guardian critic Alexis Petridis, Sarah Ferguson and this edition’s subject, Elton John, are among the talking heads reflecting on the unlikely four-decade friendship between urbane interlocutor Frost and the often chaotic Rocket Man. Vintage clips – notably a revealing 1991 interview – illustrate the pair’s strong but spiky bond. Graeme Virtue
Film choice
Tommy (Ken Russell, 1975) 7.55am, Sky Cinema Greats
The Who’s bombastic rock opera album gets the bombastic celluloid treatment it deserves courtesy of – who else? – British cinema’s wild man Ken Russell. Singer Roger Daltrey plays Tommy, a boy who loses his sight, hearing and speech after witnessing his mother’s adultery. But the traumatised kid shows a talent for pinball that inspires a messianic movement. The film has dated badly in places, but for sheer chutzpah and verve there’s little that compares to it – from Tina Turner’s devilish Acid Queen to Elton John and his sky-high boots as the Pinball Wizard. Simon Wardell
Live sport
Europa League Football, Tottenham v Man United, 6pm, TNT Sports 1
The final from San Mames, Bilbao.
Live Women’s International T20 Cricket, England v West Indies, 6pm, Sky Sports Main Event
The first T20 in the three-match series from Canterbury. The second is at 6.30pm on Friday from Hove.
