TV this night: Ross Kemp learns the reality about his shipwrecked ancestor

Who Do You Think You Are?

9pm, BBC One
In Ross Kemp’s circle of relatives, the legend is going that Pop, his great-grandfather, used to be shipwrecked all the way through his time within the service provider military. As he follows his circle of relatives tree, Kemp sifts truth from fiction. The actor additionally desires to understand why his great-uncle Albert used to be recognized through the circle of relatives as a “bad man” who used to be blacklisted from pubs – and learns the sorrowful rationalization. Then, he discovers the four-time great-grandfather who served within the Napoleonic wars. Hollie Richardson

Dad’s Army on the BBC

7.30pm, BBC Two

As a part of the VE Day commemorations, this particular – narrated through Toby Jones – harks again to the imperial segment of Dad’s Army, when the liked solid have been continuously out on manoeuvres around the BBC. The trove of clips come with a Morecambe and Wise dance-off, an come across with Lulu and a 1970 seek advice from to Buckingham Palace. Graeme Virtue

Stacey & Joe

8pm, BBC One
What does Christmas imply for the circle of relatives of truth TV veterans at Pickle Cottage? Panto commitments, in fact. Joe has a starring function this season, whilst Stacey is taking pictures a TV advert. Let’s hope they may be able to make it house in time to reconnect with the youngsters on a seek advice from to the Christmas tree farm. Ellen E Jones

Night Coppers

9pm, Channel 4
The sequence that shadows Brighton police at the beat returns. The first evening sees the staff racing to discover a determined particular person on a cliff edge, a suspect who allegedly threw a passenger out of a car, and a bunch suspected of violently attacking anyone with a crowbar. HR

Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham

9pm, Sky Max
Lycett strikes his cheerful travelogue to Birmingham, Iowa, the place no longer a lot is occurring – however the home from Grant Wood’s American Gothic is in a the city a couple of miles away and it might be churlish to not seek advice from. Plus, Birmingham itself gives aged group volunteer Harry, who’s a pointy comedy spouse for our host. Jack Seale

Matlock

9pm, Sky Witness
Kathy Bates continues to excel within the apparently tailored function of Madeline Matlock on this felony drama. Olympia is confronted with a difficult war of pastime as a girl seeks help with a posh divorce agreement. The corporate quickly realises it’s carefully hooked up to figures at the different facet of the litigation, too. Phil Harrison