A Very English Scandal 9pm, BBC One
Ben Whishaw romps on in part two of Russell T Davies’s nifty comedy, playing itinerant oddball Norman Scott as a whining mess of a man who is nevertheless, through ignorance and indignation, an indestructible nemesis. Almost as good is Hugh Grant, cadaverous beneath creepy stubble, as Jeremy Thorpe MP. In the early 70s, personal grief and political success prompt Thorpe to wish his ex-lover dead – but everything that touches Scott turns to black farce. The phrase “National Insurance card” gets funnier every time Whishaw says it. Jack Seale
The London Palladium: The Greatest Stage on Earth 8pm, ITV
Bradley Walsh fronts a nostalgic look back at the history of the London Palladium. As well as tales from backstage and archive footage, there’s a long-lost recording of Morecambe and Wise, and wistful contributions from Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ben Arnold
The Handmaid’s Tale 9pm, Channel 4
Having explored stifling and perverted domesticity, series two of The Handmaid’s Tale is shaping up to be broader in scope, showing us more of the formation and reality of Gilead. Welcome to life – and death, lots of death – in the Colonies, where undesirables are banished. Elsewhere, June is moved again. Jonathan Wright
Patrick Melrose 9pm, Sky Atlantic
After last week’s harrowing flashback, we reunite with Benedict Cumberbatch’s adult Patrick, listlessly floating round New York’s social scene in 1990. With such a shaky grasp on sobriety, can he hold it together at a fancy party thrown by ex Bridget, especially with a rogue royal in attendance? Graeme Virtue
Imagine 10.30pm, BBC One
A trip to Istanbul with the best possible guide: Nobel prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk. Political controversy nearly forced him into exile from his home city, but Pamuk still knows and loves these winding backstreets well enough to take Alan Yentob around all the spots that inspired his most important works. Ellen E Jones
Jonathan Meades on Jargon 10.30pm, BBC Four
Scathing, lucid and hilarious: it’s wonderful to have Meades back on TV. This erudite verbal and visual essay takes a hatchet to jargon (“the language of the trained liar”). Along the way, he mourns the death of the public intellectual; in this at least, he’s premature as he himself carries the torch with relish. Phil Harrison
TV film
Spy, 9pm, Film4
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Melissa McCarthy is lowly but brilliant CIA operative Susan Cooper, directing Bond-like agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) in the field. When he comes to a very un-Bondlike end, she steps out from behind her desk. Jokes abound in Paul Feig’s smart spy spoof, many of them having fun with the chauvinist thinking behind the agency. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Tennis: The French Open The opening day of the grand slam event from Roland Garros in Paris. 9.30am, Eurosport 1
Test Cricket: England v Pakistan The penultimate day’s action from Lord’s. 10am, Sky Sports Cricket
Formula 1: Monaco Grand Prix The sixth round from Circuit de Monaco. 1.45pm, Channel 4