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The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

9pm, Channel 4
Pedro Pascal’s brutal Game of Thrones death, a controversy on Bake Off and Nigella Lawson’s “meecro-wah-vey” are just some of the topics in Jimmy Carr’s ultimate quiz on all things television. Babatunde Aléshé, Daisy May Cooper, Natasia Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, Judi Love and Russell Howard form the teams. Hollie Richardson

Our Lives: Darts City

7.30pm, BBC One
The Northern Ireland bordercity of Newry is home to the oldest darts league on the island of Ireland and one of the biggest leagues in Europe. This lovely documentary tells the story of why the sport is so special in the community and follows four of the competitors in the month before finals night. Tense but also touching stuff. HR

Mozart, Mendelssohn and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

8pm, BBC Four
In 1826, the 17-year-old Felix Mendelssohn, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, composed an orchestral overture, the expanded version of which forms the highlight of this concert from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Scotland’s Chamber Choir. Ali Catterall

Orangutan Jungle School

8pm, Sky Nature

Borneo’s fun-loving creatures are always good value as they go from nursery to graduation in the jungle. School’s back and newcomer Bumi is determined to be the centre of attention, causing chaos among the other, more well-behaved orangutans. Meanwhile, chief geek Valentino starts college. Hannah Verdier

Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me

9pm, BBC Two

An outspoken critic of the practice of badger culling … the Queen guitarist, second from left, in Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me. Photograph: Screengrab/BBC/Athena Films

Queen guitarist Brian May is an outspoken critic of the practice of badger culling, which is meant to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis. He believes the animals are being killed unnecessarily, and this documentary follows him as his wildlife trust researches the causes of the disease and helps to cure cattle. HR

The Golden Cobra

10.05pm, BBC Three
The latest animated dispatch from Wales’s grimmest Indian takeaway. Nick and Jub are skint, so when they hear of a man called Martin Bastard, who needs a couple of delivery drivers to take a package to Aberdare, they can’t resist. Phil Harrison

Film choice

A classic of its kind … Lee Marvin, James Stewart and John Wayne in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962), 1.55am, Sky Cinema Greats
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” So says a newspaperman in John Ford’s 1962 western, which teams up two of the big beasts of the genre – James Stewart and John Wayne – for a yarn in which the march of civilisation is scrappy and less than honourable. Stewart’s tyro lawyer arrives in the town of Shinbone with a vision of bringing democracy to the wild west, but Lee Marvin’s robber Liberty has other plans, while Wayne’s cowboy is caught between the rule of law and the survival of the fittest. A classic of its kind. Simon Wardell



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