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Evolution
9pm, BBC Two
Which animal was the first to poo? Chris Packham’s belting biology lesson continues with the story of the bat – and the origins of its insatiable hunger are in the urbilaterian, an animal that floated about in the waters of the Ediacaran period, about 570m years ago. Food entered and exited through one hole … until a vital mutation: “The anus was a breakthrough!” Hollie Richardson
The Ghettos & the Holocaust
11.50am, PBS America
“Today, the Jewish ghetto was officially created,” wrote Warsaw resident 15-year-old Miriam Wattenberg in her journal in November 1940. “Where is the Moses who can free us from this oppression?” Historians, archive footage and unearthed diary extracts found in metal boxes bring the terrible era and conditions to life in this poignant documentary. Ali Catterall
24 Hours in A&E
9pm, Channel 4
A 23-year-old woman is rushed to Queen’s Medical Centre after falling off a horse, which then rolled on top of her. Meanwhile, a five-year-old boy is brought into A&E after badly cutting his hand at school, and doctors urgently need to determine if a man in his 20s is having a stroke. Priya Elan
House of the Dragon
9pm, Sky Atlantic
“The patient hunter gets the kill,” says suave antagonist Ormund Hightower (James Norton), as the reign of Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) fractures and frays. As attacks from within and without threaten to take the queen’s throne from her, Daemon (Matt Smith) wants to quite literally fight fire with a lot more fire. Jack Seale
Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives
10pm, Channel 4
Behind the very 00s title, this new reality series is surprisingly wholesome and boasts a bona fide, Gemma Collins-esque star in Traveller influencer Trewley Precious Temple. This week, Trewley unveils a beauty collab, the perfect project for someone who, says her manager, “came out of the womb in lashes”. Hannah J Davies
Secrets of the Celebrity Sex Tapes
12.05am, Channel 4
When Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta reality TV star Mimi Faust featured in a 2014 sex tape, it triggered a media frenzy in the US (not least because of an unintentional bit of slapstick involving a shower rail). The likable Faust reflects on the whole tawdry affair. Graeme Virtue
