TV tonight: jolly hockey sticks as Rob and Romesh head for goal

The comedy duo chance their arms at being goalie and paddling a slalom canoe. Plus: the terrible legacy of Anders Breivik’s terror attacks. Here’s what to watch this evening

Rob & Romesh vs Team GB
9pm, Sky One

The comedic guinea pigs Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan continue to try their hands at learning new skills, coached by professionals, after stints attempting to become revered conceptual artists, avid golfers, and raucous drag queens. The first of their new batch of episodes sees them tackling Olympic sports with the help of Team GB. Mallory Franklin and Kimberley Woods first send them canoe slaloming, then Maddie Hinch coaches them in hockey goalkeeping, before the pair sign up for a spot of weightlifting. Ammar Kalia

Terror: The Island. Norway, 2011

PBS, 8.40pm

The last in this series exploring recent history’s most notorious terror attacks and their legacies revisits Anders Breivik’s horrific 2011 car bombing in Oslo and mass shooting at a summer camp on the island of Utøya. We witness how his actions have since touched disparate people, from his lawyer to the mother of a victim, and a young survivor. AK

Dragons’ Den
9pm, BBC One

Tonight’s series finale offers plenty of sustainable suggestions for investment. A digital entrepreneur is touting an online hypno-birthing platform, a duo from the north-east present a recycled building system, and there’s even eco-friendly chewing gum. Luckily, it isn’t pre-chewed. Ellen E Jones

Diana’s Decades
9pm, ITV

Danae Brook, who lived in the same block of flats as Lady Diana Spencer in the late 70s
Danae Brook, who lived in the same block of flats as Lady Diana Spencer in the late 70s ... Diana’s Decades. Photograph: Getty Images

A three-part documentary chronology to sate the bottomless appetites of Diana fans begins with a focus on the 1970s – a pivotal decade that encompassed her courtship with Prince Charles. We hear from unexpected sources such as Diana’s family’s TV repairman on her impact. AK

Escape to the Chateau: Make Do and Mend
9pm, Channel 4

After all that time spent fixing up their lovely French pad, Dick and Angel Strawbridge have a ton of DIY savvy to share. Tonight’s UK projects whose instigators seek advice from the handy couple include a boozy cellar makeover, an exacting bridal bouquet and a trip to the Shetland Islands to sort out a croft house. Graeme Virtue

The South Bank Show 2021
9pm, Sky Arts

Melvyn Bragg’s cultural survey continues its slate of special programmes profiling the young artists nominated for the Times Breakthrough award 2021. Tonight, Bragg interviews 16-year-old actor Noah Jupe about his roles in recent hits such as The Undoing, The Night Manager and A Quiet Place. AK

Film choice

Man of Aran.
Hardship and community ... Man of Aran. Photograph: pr

Man of Aran (Robert Flaherty, 1934), 1am, Talking Pictures TV
An early example of the creation at the heart of even the most “realist” documentary, Robert Flaherty’s 1934 film is a tale of hardship and community on the west coast of Ireland. More a recreation of a lost way of life – many practices shown had died out – than a fly-on-the-wall tale, but fascinating nonetheless. Simon Wardell


Live sport

Golf: The Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open 8am, Sky Sports Main Event. Opening day’s coverage.

Cricket: England v Pakistan 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event.
First in the three-match ODI series.

Baseball: Miami Marlins v Los Angeles Dodgers 5pm, BT Sport 1. National League match at Marlins Park.

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