Britain’s Most Historic Towns, C4, 8pm

ALICE Roberts visits Canterbury to explore the Plantagenet era, when the powerful house held the throne between 1154 and 1485. She discovers the secrets of the city’s cathedral, a centre of ecclesiastical power and also the site of the shocking murder of Thomas Becket. She also discovers the lasting impact of the Black Death and joins a modern-day pilgrimage in medieval garb.

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019, BBC2, 8.30pm

IT’S the world’s longest running and largest open-submission show, which means any artist can enter and stand a chance of hanging alongside the great and the good within these hallowed halls. Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus will be following three hopeful amateur artists, and delving into the process of curating and hanging the most complicated exhibition in the UK art calendar. They visit famous artists creating work for this year’s show including Bob and Roberta Smith, Polly Morgan and Jeremy Deller, and get to know this year’s co-ordinator Jock McFadyen.

There’s also a look behind the scenes of the opening night party, where viewers meet well known folks hoping to purchase an art bargain, and hear a live performance from chart-topping singer-songwriter James Bay.

Tyson Fury: Rise & Fall of the Gypsy King, Channel 5, 9pm

IN case you didn’t know it, the titular heavyweight boxer is one of British sport’s most controversial figures. The six-foot nine fighter became a force to be reckoned with four years ago when he defeated long reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko. However, Tyson Fury’s outspoken views on women, abortion and gay culture caused outrage. Though he looked like a broken man by the end of 2017, his fight against Deontay Wilder a year later proved he was far from over. Here he talks about his extraordinary career.

Killing Eve, BBC1, 9.15pm

CAROLYN introduces Eve to her new team before Eve briefs them on the Villanelle case, and Villanelle finds someone to take care of her while she recovers, conning an unassuming man into letting her recuperate at his house. Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw head the cast of the spy thriller.

Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, STV, 9.35pm

IN the autumn of 2018, at an age when he could have been enjoying his retirement, Harry Redknapp travelled to the Australian jungle for a series of stomach-churning challenges. Obviously for football fans he was already well known, but to those who knew little about him, he became an instant star.

Redknapp has spent the past few months reaping the rewards of winning I’m A Celebrity, including those money-spinning website adverts. Now he chats to Piers Morgan about the twists and turns of his life, including his near-death experience where he lost a friend.