TV TOP PICKS

7 p.m. on HIST

World War II: Race to Victory This new three-part, six-hour documentary series, airing on successive Sundays, looks back at one of the most thrilling “races” in history, as three towering icons and the superpowers they represented teamed up to fight a greater evil, culminating in V-E Day. The saga of how Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin — of Great Britain, the United States and Russia, respectively — joined forces starts in “Mortal Peril,” as 350 Japanese planes attack the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.

7 p.m. on HMM Movie:

Timeless Love

Rachel Skarsten (Batwoman) stars in this somewhat surreal romance as Megan, a young woman who is enjoying a close-to-perfect life with Thomas (Brant Daugherty), her handsome and devoted husband, and their two precious children. That idyllic life implodes, though, when Megan is stunned to find herself coming out of a coma and discovering she is not married. Fate intercedes when Megan meets Thomas in real life. Can she make him fall in love with her to ensure their happily ever after, however?

9 p.m. on PBS

Beecham House on Masterpiece Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) co-wrote and directed this original series, set primarily in Delhi near the dawn of the 19th century. As the six-part drama opens, former soldier John Beecham (Tom Bateman), about to start business as a trader, buys an imposing mansion surrounded by exotic woods and pristine lawns. The secrecy that surrounds his life quickly attracts speculative gossip from his new neighbors, however. Lesley Nicol (pictured), Lara Dutta, Leo Suter and Dakota Blue Richards also star.

9 p.m. on ABC

Match Game

Host Alec Baldwin welcomes a diverse array of celebrity guests for this new episode, including ABC game show colleague Joel McHale (Card Sharks); Amy Sedaris (At Home With Amy Sedaris); filmmaker Kevin Smith; Raven-Symoné (Raven’s Home), singer-songwriter Ne-Yo; and actress Malin Akerman (Billions). Tonight’s contestants trying to match the stars’ answers are Kimberly Clark of Kansas City, Mo.; Jasmine DeGroat of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Danielle Johnson of Wilmington, Del.; and Nate Dicken of Chicago.