PICK OF THE DAY

Black Earth Rising

9PM, BBC2

Written, produced and directed by Bafta-winner Hugo Blick, this powerful eight-part thriller stars Harriet Walter as Eve Ashby (right), a leading human rights lawyer whose adopted daughter, Kate (Michaela Coel), survived the horrors of the Rwandan genocide as a child. Kate is now working as a legal investigator in the same chambers as her mother, run by Michael Ennis (John Goodman). But when Eve agrees to prosecute an African militia leader once regarded as a hero for fighting the genocide, the mother-daughter relationship is strained to breaking point.

Travel Man

8.30PM, CH4

A seventh series of the lighthearted travel show in which Richard Ayoade embarks on 48-hour minibreaks to various destinations, each time accompanied by a different travelling companion. This week, he and Frank Skinner enjoy a whistle-stop tour of Zurich, home to a football museum, Dada art and fondue.

Strangers

9PM, ITV

Opening with a shocking scene, this eight-part drama stars John Simm as Jonah Mulray, whose world is turned upside down by devastating news – his wife has been killed in a car crash in Hong Kong, where she worked for half the year. After flying out to collect her body, Jonah soon realises how little he knew the woman he loved.

The Undateables

9PM, CH4

The award-winning series is back for a ninth run, following more extraordinary single people as they go in search of someone equally extraordinary with whom to share their lives. This week, we meet Charlotte, who has Asperger’s (and is a ‘sucker for romance’), James, who has Down’s syndrome, and Mitch, who was born deaf.