House of the Dragon
Sky Atlantic, 2am/9pm
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) may have seized King’s Landing, but she has had a miserable time holding it. The balance of power could tip again in tonight’s finale, which sees Rhaenyra’s forces close in on James Norton’s cunning Ormund Hightower. Unknown to Rhaenyra, however, one of her dragonriders has switched sides.
Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip
Channel 4, 8pm
Likeable father-and-son duo Martin and Roman Kemp set forth on a three-part road trip across Ireland, with a focus on the country’s myths and legends. Tonight they travel to Cork to hear tales of Clíodhna, Queen of the Banshees, and visit Spike Island, an ex-prison known as “Ireland’s Alcatraz”.
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace
ITV1, 9pm
How could a mother abandon their baby? It is a question that Michael, discovered as a newborn in a box, wrestles with tonight. Yet 77-year-old Christine, who was found in a Waterloo train carriage, has more sympathy than most, having given up a child herself to adoption as a teenager.
The Sky at Night
BBC Four, 10pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has transformed scientists’ understanding of black holes and the evolution of the universe. Tonight, Professor Brian Cox joins the team to discuss some of the telescope’s most exciting revelations.
Warren’s Vortex
Sky Comedy, 10.10pm/10.40pm
The team behind Wellington Paranormal returns with another delightfully offbeat Kiwi comedy – a surreal sci-fi set around ordinary dad Warren (Maaka Pohatu) and the interdimensional vortex lurking in his shed. Tonight’s two-part premiere opens with a parallel universe in which Dalek-style sentient fridges have taken over the world. Refrigerate! SK