The Miniature Wife<\/p>\n
9pm, Sky Atlantic<\/p>\n
Succession meets The Borrowers? Matthew Macfadyen<\/a> and Elizabeth Banks are the warring couple \u2013 one a vain scientist, the other a flailing academic \u2013 at the heart of this scabrous, sweary comedy with a sci-fi twist. The opening episode maps out the catastrophic contours of their marriage before a fateful whoopsie with a shrink ray. Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n Race Across the World<\/p>\n 8pm, BBC One<\/p>\n This year\u2019s travelling pairs have greater cultural shifts ahead as they journey east towards Mongolia but, for now, they\u2019re in standard holiday-in-Europe territory. Having done Italy last week, they set off from Cephalonia and make their way through Greece. What\u2019s the quickest way to get to Istanbul<\/a>? Jack Seale<\/p>\n Paul Merton: Driving Amazing Trains<\/p>\n 8pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n Paul Merton is funny enough company to get a pass for this inessential but likable series in which old trains are put through their paces. Paul\u2019s dad was a tube driver, so in this opening episode it\u2019s a thrill for him to ride \u201cupfront\u201d on a Northern line train \u2013 albeit one that has been retired to the Isle of Wight. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n Inside Barlinnie<\/p>\n 9pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n This fascinating documentary series exploring life in Scotland\u2019s largest jail<\/a> returns. It\u2019s by turns alarming, sad and tentatively redemptive as we meet JP, a drug user who overdoses in the exercise yard, and Norry, led into crime by a difficult childhood and who is threatening suicide. PH<\/p>\n Taskmaster<\/p>\n 9pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n The group chemistry forms quickly as another bunch of comic performers (Joanna Page, Amy Gledhill, Armando Iannucci, Joel Dommett and Kumail Nanjiani<\/a>) assume their positions at the foot of Greg Davies\u2019s golden throne. There\u2019s fun with giant statues and a solo task that looks set to annoy a single contestant for the entire season. PH<\/p>\n Southern belle \u2026 Jane McDonald in Nashville. Photograph: Jet Set TVJane McDonald in Nashville<\/p>\n 9pm, Channel 5<\/p>\n