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Evolution

9pm, BBC Two
Chris Packham begins his extraordinary five-part series by a watering hole in Kenya, poking fun at the amazing creature that is the African elephant. No one can make meat like that, so how did it come to be? The answer is the story of 4bn years of famine, conflict and natural disasters on the planet, which made the survivors stronger. Jack Seale

Animal Control

6pm, Sky One
Four seasons have already aired in the US, and now this sitcom about Seattle zookeepers is making its way to the UK. The opener consists of a plot about a weed in the attic and another in which one of the group slips snacks into the other’s pocket as they approach a dozen ostriches. Alex Duggins

24 hours in A&E

9pm, Channel 4
Back to the busy Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham for an emergency review. Parents of a 10-week-old baby suffering from choking; Is there milk in his lungs? Elsewhere, a former bus driver has been admitted with a nasty-looking leg infection that turns out to be life-threatening. Graeme Virtue

Dragon House

9pm, Sky Atlantic
The crown weighs heavily on Rhaenyra Targaryen’s head: after taking the Iron Throne, she now realizes how much evil she is up against. With even the arch-schemer Daemon revealing devastating secrets, the Game of Thrones prequel offers a masterful exploration of the difference between power and control. JS

Foreign Horrors: The Falconio Murder

9pm, U&W

Twenty-five years after the case that shocked Australia – a man was shot in the countryside while walking with his girlfriend – a forensics expert who worked on the Soham double murder case and a retired FBI historian who was part of the Madeleine McCann investigation team up to solve the problem. Two-part nail biter. Priya Elan

How to Cheat Your Way on the Property Ladder

10pm, Channel 4
To hypnotize a real estate agent? Selling a £20 pair? Putting cells in Guantánamo Bay? This could be Oobah Butler pulling off a domestic challenge – including hooking up with Andy Burnham – while trying to climb the ladder. But there is no predicting the last minute when his career will take an unexpected turn. Hollie Richardson