9pm, Sky AtlanticA devastating drama about the “Sixties Scoop” – when Canadian authorities enabled a mass removal of Indigenous children from their families and put them into the welfare system. Twentysomething Esther Rosenblum is investigating how she came to be adopted as a five-year-old in Montreal and is looking for her estranged siblings. Flashbacks to 15 years earlier show what happened after the night they were taken from their parents.
Hollie Richardson 7.30pm, BBC TwoThe Bake Off-ification of TV continues apace, with this super-gentle sand-sculpting contest based on a Canadian series. Iain Stirling hosts, as pairs of pros and amateurs team up to craft impressive beach-based artworks. But who will be the ace of spades, and who will be all washed up?
Hannah J Davies 8pm, Channel 4This provocatively titled show has already received a backlash from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) charities. NHS psychiatrist and writer Max Pemberton investigates and meets a young boy hoping to stop taking ADHD medication. HR 9pm, BBC OneLove Island’s Shakira Khan, Olympic weightlifter Emily Campbell, ex-boybander Jay McGuiness, comedian Joe Pasquale and presenter Jason Mohammad try their luck in the kitchen.
Whose trademark technique is “dash dash, sprinkle sprinkle”, and who’s asking for yet another plaster as they make a Frankenstein-inspired dish? Hannah Verdier The patchiness of Ricky Gervais’s subsequent career doesn’t detract from the lightning-in-a-bottle brilliance of his and Stephen Merchant’s first creation The Office. The final of these sitcom journeys sees Joe Wilkinson and David Earl meet cast members, endure Gervais’s hyena laugh and cheerfully traipse around the filming venues (most of which have been knocked down).
Phil Harrison 11.05pm, BBC Two“That’s right, I’m finally going to talk about … the queen.” The troubled vampire Lestat (Sam Reid) goes to great lengths to make new music (see: scorching himself in daylight to reach a perfectly pained pitch). More flashbacks explain why he’s so obsessed with music – and his time with the terrifying Queen Akasha. HR Super League Rugby: Hull KR v Warrington 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event.
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