PICK OF THE DAY

Strike – Career Of Evil

9PM, BBC1

Following the success of the stories that aired last summer, Tom Burke returns as J.K. Rowling’s troubled private eye, Cormoran Strike, for a new, London-set twopart drama. This first episode begins with his sidekick, Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger), receiving a parcel that she is horrified to find contains the severed leg of a young woman. Though addressed to her, it’s clearly meant as a message to Strike, who wears a prosthetic leg himself – but who sent it, and why? Meanwhile, Robin finds her job causing problems on the home front.

Call The Midwife

8PM, BBC1

Barbara, Nurse Crane and Fred are on hand to offer support when mother-to-be Pearl Davidson is tragically widowed soon after arriving in Poplar with her family. But will the stoical new arrival accept it? Elsewhere in this sixth episode of eight, Sister Monica Joan braces herself in preparation for her cataract surgery.

Top Gear

8PM, BBC2

The petrolheads return for a new series, which begins with Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid driving the latest V8 sports cars from McLaren, Ford and Jaguar on a turbo-charged road trip across America’s Wild West. Plus, Rob Brydon goes for his third spin on the Top Gear test track, this time in the Reasonably Fast Car.

Hannibal’s Elephant Army: The New Evidence

8PM, CH4

In 218BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal led an army of 40,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 37 elephants across the Alps. But until now, little detail has been known of Hannibal’s incredible mission. This film meets the scientists shedding new light on one of history’s most celebrated events.