Hal and Harper
ITVX
Building its portfolio of oddball comedy-dramas, ITVX’s latest import, this time from indie darling Cooper Raiff, takes a while to establish itself with its elliptically structured narrative, but gradually acquires a real warmth and emotional heft as siblings Hal (Raiff) and Harper (Lili Reinhart) and their dad (Mark Ruffalo) grapple with personal loss, codependency and arrested development.
Secrets of the Bees
Nat Geo Wild, 7pm
Bertie Gregory is our guide to the amazing world of bees for two genuinely fascinating hours that reveal these creatures’ intelligence and ingenuity, as well as how central they are to our survival and what more we can do to help them.
Warship: Life in the Royal Navy
Channel 5, 8pm
While JJ Chalmers follows Royal Marine Commando training and Dwayne Fields digs into the history, Kate Humble takes to the seas with the HMS Iron Duke – and is on hand when the ship is ordered to intercept a stranded Russian submarine amid a fearsome storm: the sort of real-life drama that makes for gripping television.
Chauvet: Humanity’s First Great Masterpiece
BBC Four/iPlayer, 9pm
This sedate, absorbing French documentary tells the story of the Chauvet Cave in south-east France, discovered in 1994, with its palaeolithic cave paintings kept safe for thousands of years by a landslide. Who created them and how can they be preserved?
Hatton Garden: The Great Diamond Heist
Channel 4, 10pm
Marking the, er, 11th anniversary of the notorious robbery, this documentary hears from insiders, including one of the robbers, as they recount a heist that captured the nation’s attention; but will they reveal the whereabouts of the missing millions? GT