Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
9pm, BBC One
The Queen would have been 100 this week and is, in loss of life, nonetheless considered one of the British royal household’s most marketable belongings, so right here’s a grand documentary that places her life in parallel with the greatest social adjustments of the late twentieth century. Contributors embody Helen Mirren, David Attenborough and Barack Obama. Jack Seale
Wild Philippines
5pm, Sky Nature
An unfussy two-part information to the tropical natural world of the Philippines, with the crisply filmed wonders compensating for the complete factor feeling like a vacationer board video. Episode one finds cuteness in flying foxes feasting on fruit, and child crocodiles studying tips on how to hunt by chasing after lovely blue dragonflies. JS
Secret Garden
7pm, BBC One
David Attenborough’s pleasant tour of Britain’s backyards takes him to a backyard in Cumbria, whose homeowners have been working onerous to encourage the native wildlife. Their pond provides us a glimpse into palmate newts’ perfume-wafting mating rituals, and their toolshed is residence to a barn swallow who has journeyed from southern Africa to reunite along with his lifelong associate – however she’s nowhere to be seen. Lucinda Everett
Antiques Roadshow: Royal Special
8pm, BBC One
The forty ninth season of the heirloom-appraising perennial will get below approach with an version marking the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s start. Fiona Bruce heads to Windsor Castle for a peek at some royal objects, together with Princess Elizabeth’s first pair of ballet footwear and her 1953 coronation robe. Graeme Virtue
Grace
8pm, ITV1
It’s the final on this run of the twisty Brighton-set crime drama, and the case at hand is the hit-and-run killing of a native hotelier. But, as is customary, Grace’s investigations quickly unearth a extra complicated thriller – this time involving a murky prison underworld. LE
Your Song
9pm, Channel 4
Who doesn’t love a good cry of a Sunday night? This week’s episode affords cathartic tears aplenty as a hospital volunteer sings for a D-day veteran on his 100th birthday, and a former soldier performs a observe that received him by way of PTSD. LE
Film selection
Despicable Me, 3.05pm, BBC One
With three sequels and a third spin-off prequel due in July, this 2010 animated comedy juggernaut is principally critic-proof. Luckily, it’s terrific. There’s a melodramatic, witty supervillain, Steve Carell’s Gru (who’s not too villainous), three cute orphaned ladies he takes in (who aren’t too cute) and, the clincher, the Minions: a posse of giddy little yellow employees who’re Gru’s model of the Oompa-Loompas and endlessly expendable. Aside from the odd adult-oriented gag (the Bank of Evil is “formerly Lehman Brothers”), it’s kid-focused enjoyable all the approach. Simon Wardell
Sport
Premier League Football: Everton v Liverpool, 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Man City v Arsenal is at 4.25pm.
