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Aces of Tennis: The ATP No 1 Club

10pm, Channel 5
Just in time to enjoy Wimbledon, this four-part series highlights the careers of just 29 players who have reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings. It begins in the 1970s (perhaps the liveliest period in tennis history) with the controversial but charismatic Ilie Năstase, a Romanian with a good reputation and a bad boy. Phil Harrison

Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port

8pm, Channel 4
From a car that looks like it doesn’t have a seat suitable for a small child to the arrest of a runaway on a lorry bound for France, all the action goes on during the night in the port of Dover. Later in the museum, there is excitement as the Galeón Andalucía, a magnificent 17th-century sailing ship, reaches the English mainland for the first time. Nicole Vassell

The Brokenwood Mysteries

8pm, U&Drama

Christina Ionda as Gina Kadinsky in The Brokenwood Mysteries. Photo: Matt Klitscher/U&Drama

That’s not Neapolitan sauce on Ray Neilson’s apron, when he opens Romano Ray’s Porky Piccione restaurant one morning. Trudy is devastated and wearing claret – and her friend Betty Reynold lies dead in the next house. Mike, Kristin and their partner soon realized that there were few people who wanted to make this happen. Ali Catterall

24 hours in A&E

9pm, Channel 4
Lots of medical challenges from Nottingham in this fun but reliable series. Meanwhile, painter and decorator Philip found himself in A&E after falling from a ladder onto concrete. There is also young Jonah who pulled an elbow while playing with his mother. Wow. PH

Dragon House

9pm, Sky Atlantic
After last week’s devastating season opener, the fallout of Dance of the Dragons continues. Setting the tone for the thrilling third season, Queen Alicent Hightower is inconsolable as her son Aegon goes after Caesar the Younger, throwing things and yelling in everyone’s ear. Priya Elan

Sex Tape Secrets

11.05pm, Channel 4
This series has its cake and eats it: analyzing the scenes of famous sex tapes while loving them wrongly. This time it’s Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee: how did their tape get out, how did they try to keep it from spreading, and what did Lee’s lions say about the gender politics of the 90s? PH

Film selection

Stranger Things (Billy Wilder, 1948), 12.55pm, Film4

Life is a cabaret … Marlene Dietrich in a Strange Affair. Photo: RGR Collection/Alamy

Hollywood director Billy Wilder stretched love-blind tolerance to absurdity with “Nobody’s Perfect!” the closing line of the 1959 classic Some Like It Hot. But, there’s ignoring a few flaws in the name of true love, and then there’s an American GI who gets involved with a Nazi cabaret singer (Marlene Dietrich) in post-war Berlin. This is how Captain Pringle (John Lund) continues in this screwball comedy from the early cold war era. And, all the while, the lovely Iowa congresswoman (Jean Arthur) looks on in dismay. Ellen E Jones

Live sports

Tennis, Wimbledon 10.30am, BBC Two. Britain’s Emma Raducanu is 30 years old when the competition starts.



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