Hal and Harper
ITVX
Building its portfolio of oddball comedy-dramas, ITVX’s newest import, this time from indie darling Cooper Raiff, takes some time to set up itself with its elliptically structured narrative, however regularly acquires an actual heat and emotional heft as siblings Hal (Raiff) and Harper (Lili Reinhart) and their dad (Mark Ruffalo) grapple with private loss, codependency and arrested improvement.
Secrets of the Bees
Nat Geo Wild, 7pm
Bertie Gregory is our information to the superb world of bees for 2 genuinely fascinating hours that reveal these creatures’ intelligence and ingenuity, in addition to how central they’re to our survival and what more we are able to do to assist them.
Warship: Life within the Royal Navy
Channel 5, 8pm
While JJ Chalmers follows Royal Marine Commando coaching and Dwayne Fields digs into the historical past, 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 type of real-life drama that makes for gripping tv.
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, found in 1994, with its palaeolithic cave work saved protected for 1000’s 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, eleventh anniversary of the infamous theft, this documentary hears from insiders, together with one of many robbers, as they recount a heist that captured the nation’s consideration; however will they reveal the whereabouts of the lacking thousands and thousands? GT
