Jason Manford makes his Waterloo Road debut, while Ross Kemp returns with another eye-opening documentary series

UEFA Nations League: England vs Finland

ITV1, 7.45pm

Fans will be hoping for more from England after their dismal performance in the last UEFA Nations League, which saw them relegated to League B. The team flew past Ireland 2-0 on Saturday, can interim England manager Lee Carsley make them two for two against Finland?

Waterloo Road

BBC One, 9pm

Jason Manford is Waterloo Road’s charming new headteacher, Steve Savage, in the 14th series of the hit secondary school drama. He’s not the only new face on the block: No Offence’s Saira Choudhry portrays lazy maths teacher Nisha Chandra, while The Last Kingdom’s Olly Rhodes plays Steve’s son Billy. With Waterloo Road now an academy, teachers and students alike are struggling to work out where they stand and, when one bad mistake leads to tragic repercussions, all hell breaks loose.

24 Hours in Police Custody

Channel 4, 9pm

Last night’s episode saw a woman found with her throat slit in her own home, police scrabble for clues. While they had a few suspects, no evidence linked any of them to the crime. Everything changes in tonight’s episode when they finally discover the murder weapon and, better yet, the presence of DNA on the blade. The investigation gets tricky, however, when testing confirms 1 in 12,000 people could match the DNA. In the victim’s home town of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, that could equate to three potential killers.

Ross Kemp: The Mafia and Britain

Sky History, 9pm

Ross Kemp is back with a fascinating new documentary exploring Britain’s deep-rooted links to the Mafia. His investigation leads him from London to New York, Italy, Colombia and Spain, uncovering a relationship with the mob that stems from Britain’s global history. On his quest for answers, he speaks to Mafia insiders, top investigators and those affected by the Mafia’s crimes. His findings are both surprising and worrying.

The Children Act (2017)

BBC Two, 11.05pm

Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, and Fionn Whitehead star in this Ian McEwan-penned drama, based on his book of the same name. Thompson puts on a moving performance as a judge who has to rule on whether a boy with leukaemia (Whitehead) should receive a potentially life-saving blood transfusion against his religious parents’ wishes. Meanwhile, her relationship with her husband (Tucci) suffers due to her heavy workload. As this synopsis suggests, The Children Act is a thought-provoking film. There are no right or wrong answers here, only powerful emotional drama.

The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard

Channel 4, 11.05pm

Gypsy Rose Blanchard stole headlines and spawned many a true crime podcast when she pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard in 2016. For years, Gypsy Rose’s mother had forced her to use a wheelchair and pretend to be ill - going so far as to shave Gypsy Rose’s head to give the illusion of a chemotherapy patient. Filmed on the eve of her December 2023 parole hearing, Gypsy Rose Blanchard shares her side of the story that took the media by storm.

Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with my Father

Netflix

Filmed in 2023, comedian Jack Whitehall is about to become a father, and how better to celebrate than with a new series with his retired theatre agent father Michael Whitehall. As we learnt in Travels with my Father and Christmas with my Father, the pair are as alike as chalk and cheese - so their undoubtedly contrasting views on parenting are sure to grab laughs. In the four-part series, the father and son duo attend an antenatal class together and step into the metaverse to explore what the future might hold for Jack’s child.