Entertainment Gab

The Bank That Almost Broke Britain
9pm, BBC Two

The 2008 banking crisis continues to drip poison into the bloodstream of British public life. This doc makes it clear that, but for an astronomical bailout, the effects could have been even worse. The huge, flimsy Royal Bank of Scotland is the focus: disgraced CEO Fred “the Shred” Goodwin declined to take part, but Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, and Alistair Darling, the chancellor who splashed the cash, are among those recalling a grim saga of private gain and national pain. Phil Harrison

Wanderlust
9pm, BBC One

The comedy is put on hold in this week’s ambitious edition of the relationship drama, which takes the form of an extended version of Joy’s therapy session. A two-hander between Toni Collette (Joy) and Sophie Okonedo (therapist Angela), it explores the secrets Joy has been hiding not just from loved ones but also from herself. Mike Bradley

Queen of the World
9pm, ITV

Her Maj hosts a historic summit for all 53 Commonwealth leaders, in the final part of this royal docusoap. Elsewhere, there is a special curry evening at the palace. Head chef Mark Flanagan frets: “The last thing we want is people going home saying, ‘It was amazing, but I didn’t think much of the canapés!’” Ali Catteral

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
9.15pm, Channel 5

“The most important currency in life is time,” says New Zealander Andy. So, following a near-death experience, he has given up city life to hit the open road in a converted school bus along with wife Amber and kids Jake and Daisy. Ben Fogle hears an uplifting story likely to inspire others to quit the rat race. MB

The Deuce
10pm, Sky Atlantic

The quality is not letting up in this David Simon co-created series as it voyages through the late 70s and a world gone disco. Tonight, Ashley and Abby seek the identity of a teenage sex worker killed in a fire; Candy looks for fresh faces to galvanise her latest production; and Vince witnesses the brutality of Rudy’s operation. David Stubbs

George Shelley: Learning to Grieve
10.45pm, BBC One

Former DJ and X Factor contestant George Shelley’s life came crashing down around him in May last year when his sister Harriet was killed in a road accident. He provides an intimate look at the relationship between grief and mental health. Not an easy watch but ultimately a very helpful one. MB

Film choice

Blazing Saddles 11.10pm, TCM

Mel Brooks’s anarchic spoof western gallops along, raising clouds of coarse, knockabout humour. Cleavon Little’s sheriff teams up with Gene Wilder’s alcoholic gunslinger, the Waco Kid, to save Rock Ridge from evil speculators. Like its infamous farting cowboys scene, the film works because it’s done with such gusto. Paul Howlett

Today’s best live sport

Snooker: European Masters 11.55am, Eurosport 1 Day two coverage from Lommel in Belgium.

Grand Prix of Darts 7pm, Sky Sports Action Dublin’s Citywest Hotel hosts the event, now in its 20th year.

Champions League football: Manchester Utd v Valencia 8pm, BT Sport 2 Hoffenheim v Manchester City airs at 5.55pm on BT Sport Extra.