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Storyville: Eternal Spring – The Heist of China’s Airwaves

10pm, BBC Four
In 2002, activists from the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong managed to commandeer a Chinese state news broadcast to rebut what they saw as slander by the authorities. Two decades later, the comic-book artist Daxiong, who took part in the audacious plot, has painstakingly researched the guerrilla operation that changed his life. Featuring striking animation, this gripping film dramatises the hijack and its aftermath, including police raids that forced Daxiong to flee the country. Graeme Virtue

Sort Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon

8pm, BBC One
Katrina Bowen, a newly single mum, needs a fresh start. Having moved herself and her four children to the Welsh countryside, she calls on Stacey to help her sort through years of accumulated possessions. But “things” aren’t just “things”, are they? These items also tell the story of a difficult few years for the Bowens. Ellen E Jones

School Swap: UK to USA

8pm, Channel 4

This new documentary series charts two plucky groups of teens – one from a diverse south London secondary school, the other from a rural Arkansas high school – as they trade places. Despite a very real sense of cultural dislocation, everyone’s heart seems to be in the right place as they get to grips with energised cheer squads and scratchy school blazers, respectively. GV

Waterloo Road

9pm, BBC One
Professional judgments clouded by personal dilemmas, love lives under threat and an 8.30am breathalyser test – sounds like another chaotic day at Waterloo Road. After learning that her abusive ex is getting married, Amy intervenes in the relationship of two of her students. Hollie Richardson

Mussolini: Son of the Century

9pm, Sky Atlantic
What is particularly fascinating about this drama on Mussolini’s rise to power in Italy is how he bypassed established levers of democracy. Now, as his authority hardens, Il Duce (Luca Marinelli) uses the party list system to undermine rival political groups. Jack Seale

Matlock

9pm, Sky Witness
Kathy Bates excels as a lawyer on a secret mission to avenge her daughter’s death. The list of suspects at the law firm is shrinking, which means Matty has to consider whether the answer is the one she doesn’t want. As usual, the case of the week – a pregnant woman apparently fired for trying to unionise – keys smartly into that theme. JS