Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family
BBC One, 8pm
Dog lovers may anthropomorphise their pooches, but one item in this episode of the fascinating wildlife series shows that grief and loneliness is not confined to humans, as scientists discover why healthy wild dogs separated from their pack die.
No Place Like Home
Channel 5, 9pm
This interesting series, which melds an individual’s personal recollections of a place with its broader history, continues in Greater Manchester. Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire recalls growing up in Littleborough, a time marred by her father’s violence, and goes on to discover things she never knew about the area – including the local factory owner who saved German Jews from the Nazis.