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Sunak v Starmer: The ITV debate
9pm, ITV
It’s time for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Opposition Leader Keir Starmer to go head-to-head in the first televised debate ahead of the July 4 general election. ITV news presenter Julie Etchingham will host the show and take questions from a live audience. Sunak and Starmer said they were looking forward to the debate, but given the somewhat bumpy start to the campaign, it could be a harrowing hour of television. Holly Richardson
The Great British Sewing Bee
9pm, BBC One
Patrick Grant and Esme Young set themselves travel challenges as the sewing competition continues. Nautical paraphernalia is transformed into bags and there’s a made-to-measure challenge featuring outfits inspired by the French Riviera. Healthy fun. Phil Harrison
24 hours in police custody
21:00, Channel 4
A Luton man was ambushed on his doorstep, shot three times and slashed with a machete – before his attackers fled the scene in a getaway car which they later set alight. Miraculously he survives. But with no witnesses, Bedfordshire detectives are banking on one possible clue: a bulky gold chain with a Tasmanian devil attached… Ali Catterall
In the Amazon with Robson Green
21:00, Channel 5
In the final episode of this hilarious South American travelogue, Robson traverses the Anavilanas Archipelago, a patchwork of islands and lagoons teeming with rare and impressive wildlife. He also learns to fish with a bow and arrow and meets an alarmingly large baby caiman. PH
Queenie
22:00, Channel 4
“You’re overreacting, Queenie!” That line is at the heart of this funny, clever comedy based on the novel by Candace Carthy-Williams. Queenie is a twenty-something Jamaican journalist navigating different cultural contexts and dating a white boy (“Why is this family so afraid of spice?”)—but her relatives have very different ideas about her problems. Dionne Brown is a sharp, warm host; Sally Phillips and Joseph Marcel also star. PH
Tokyo Vice
10.40pm, BBC One
Ansel Elgort’s shaggy-haired American journalist continues his yakuza investigations as the second season of this intriguing thriller draws to a close. Here he takes a break and returns to Missouri – but the story won’t leave him alone for long, as a death in Chihara-kai causes turmoil and sends the investigation in a new direction. PH
Movie selection
Watercolor (Victor Kosakovsky, 2018), 11.35pm, BBC Four
He subsequently did research on pig and concrete, but Viktor Kosakovsky’s 2018 documentary has a more diffuse subject: water. From ice to ocean, waterfall to hurricane, this nearly silent film is a reverent celebration of the majesty and menace of our blue planet. When people show up, they are in danger or overworked—in cars stuck in ice or on a yacht battling rough seas; a warning about our relationship with the natural world. But it’s also stunningly beautiful, with ripples that look like molten tar and almost abstract blizzards of spray. Simon Wardell
The Blue Kaftan (Mariam Touzani, 2022), 1 am, film 4
Just like Phantom Thread, Maryam Touzani’s delicate, poignant drama uses tailoring as a metaphor for the intertwined threads of love and desire. The taciturn Moroccan kaftan maker Halim (Saleh Bakri) and his more sociable wife Mina (an outstanding Loubna Azabal) lead a low-key but contented life, although he sometimes has sex with men in the local hammam. However, this unresolved state of affairs faces disruption by Ayub Misiwi’s devoted new apprentice, Youssef, and Mina’s deteriorating health. SW
The Watermelon Woman (Sheryl Dooney, 1996), 2.50am, Channel 4
Cheryl Duney’s groundbreaking 1996 work, the first feature by a black lesbian director, is far more playful—and sexier—than its canonical status suggests. It’s a mockumentary/drama about Philadelphia video store worker and aspiring filmmaker Cheryl (played by Dune) who decides to investigate the life of a lost black film actor from the 1930s known only for humiliating “mom” roles. With voice-overs, comic digressions, real-life chats with the likes of Camille Paglia and a romantic subplot featuring Guinevere Turner, it’s a loose experience but makes its political points hard. SW
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