TV tonight: can Ed Stafford survive on the streets?

The survival expert tackles homelessness, while Julia Bradbury has a more comfortable trip to the Australian outback. Here’s all the best TV to tune in for

60 Days on the Streets
9pm, Channel 4

Affable survival expert Ed Stafford has made countless TV shows about coping with extreme environments, from arid deserts to shark-infested mangroves. But his latest challenge is much closer to home: documenting himself sleeping rough in the UK over the recent winter. Future instalments of this eye-opening three-parter will see Stafford pitch up in London and Glasgow but he begins in Manchester, learning first-hand about the harsh and often volatile reality of life on the streets from those dealing with it every night. Graeme Virtue

Australia With Julia Bradbury
8.30pm, ITV

Julia’s travels continue in the coastal city of Perth, where she gets pally with some boat-building millionaires. Then it’s a 2,000km journey north to Broome (long, even by Western Australian standards), where she enjoys a flutter at the races and experiences outback hospitality with her indigenous host family. Ellen E Jones

Shadow Commander: Iran’s Military Mastermind
9pm, BBC Two

Characterised by adversaries as a highly competent “Darth Vader-like figure”, General Qassem Suleimani is considered the brains behind Iran’s military strategy, his legend built in the Iraq war. This film examines his rise and the shifting relationship between Iran and the west. David Stubbs

Better Things
10pm, BBC Two

Pamela Adlon in Better Things.
Beautifully funny ... Pamela Adlon in Better Things. Photograph: FX

Pamela Adlon’s horribly realistic portrayal of single mother juggling reaches its season finale with Sam planning a weekend away with her mum (Celia Imrie). After realising she can’t go through with it, Sam heads home for some me-time, which is duly interrupted by calls from the school. Her low-key frustration is beautiful and funny. Hannah Verdier

The Bachelor UK Final
10pm, Channel 5

A feature-length finale for the dating contest starring Sloaney personal trainer Alex and a bevy of glamorous, gossipy women. As they venture to Antigua, it is time for Alex to choose who he’ll be coupling up with for a life of Instagram fitness videos and overpriced cocktails. Hannah J Davies

Porters
10pm, Dave

The sweary and sometimes surreal sitcom about life among hustling hospital porters returns for a second series. Indecisive gofer Simon is still mooning after nurse Lucy while his streetwise mentor Frankie reignites a feud with an old nemesis (Daniel Mays). But where has golf-loving veteran Tillman (Rutger Hauer) gone? GV

Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater in True Romance.
Hot and heavy 90s thriller ... Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater in True Romance. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros

Film choice

True Romance 11pm, AMC from BT
Hot and heavy 90s thriller from Tony Scott, a master of the craft. Christian Slater is a comic-book shop assistant, Patricia Arquette a sex worker: they fall in love and hit the road for Hollywood, with pimp Gary Oldman’s coke stash. Christopher Walken is the mobster on their trail. Gwilym Mumford

Today’s best live sport

PGA Golf: The Players Championship, 11.30am, Sky Sports Golf Day one from Sawgrass, Florida.

Europa League Football: Arsenal v Rennes, 7.30pm, BT Sport 2 Dynamo Kiev v Chelsea airs at 5.55pm on BT Sport Extra.

Rugby League: Huddersfield Giants v St Helens, 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event Super League action.

Contributors

Hannah J Davies, Ellen E Jones, Gwilym Mumford, David Stubbs, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue

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