PICK OF THE DAY

The Assassination

Of Gianni Versace:

American Crime Story

9PM, BBC2

On the morning of July 15, 1997, fashion designer Gianni Versace was fatally shot on the steps of his mansion in Miami Beach. From the team behind The People v O.J. Simpson, this terrific, fact-based nine-part drama depicts events before and after that fateful day as the police began the hunt for Andrew Cunanan, a killer who had struck at least four times before. Edgar Ramirez (right) is an eerily convincing Versace, alongside Darren Criss, Ricky Martin and, as Gianni’s sister, Donatella, Penelope Cruz.

The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes

8PM, BBC2

In the first of a new series, Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin visit architectural wonders in Portugal. They begin with a vast house with two swimming pools, hidden behind a wall in an upmarket area near Lisbon. ‘One of the biggest privileges of my life,’ gushes Caroline,

‘is to be in a house like this.’

The Supervet

8PM, CH4

New series following the work of veterinary genius

Noel Fitzpatrick. In the first of six episodes, he meets a tiny ‘Jackahuahua’ puppy in need of emergency spinal surgery after being attacked by another dog, a bouncy Labrador in need of a replacement elbow, and a Bernese mountain dog with a cyst that needs to be removed.

Violent Child, Desperate Parents

9PM, CH5

The series going behind closed doors to meet parents who are being terrorised by their own children returns. In the first of a four-part run, pioneering child psychologist Laverne Antrobus meets eight-year-old Joe, whose disturbing rages have left his family at breaking point. Can Laverne bring peace and harmony to the home?