Wild Cherry
9pm, BBC One
Gossip Girl meets Boarders – with a splash of blood – in this dark private school takedown by Bafta-winning writer Nicôle Lecky. It follows two wealthy pupils at Richford Lake, Grace (Imogen Faires) and Allegra (Amelia May), who are pulled up by the teachers for a shocking video being shared among pupils. But when their mothers come in, Juliet (Eve Best) and Lorna (Carmen Ejogo), it’s clear that there are dramas at home, too. Hollie Rchardson
Alan Carr’s Picture Slam
A faithful entertainer … Alan Carr’s Picture Slam on ITV1. Photograph: BBC/OMG Scotland/Alby Grainger
5.40pm, BBC One
Hurrah for more Alan Carr on our screens! Fresh from winning The Celebrity Traitors, the comedian returns with his gameshow in which identifying pictures unlocks up to £10,000 cash. First are a mother and daughter from Liverpool who shout their answers – as people at home will also be doing. HR
Strictly Come Dancing
6.25pm, BBC One
Blackpool is one week away and the pressure is on for the eight remaining couples to make it to the famous ballroom, including La Voix and Aljaž with their couples’ choice to Barbra Streisand, Vicky and Kai’s jive to Girls Aloud (Sound of the Underground), and Alex and Johannes’s waltz to some good old Barry Manilow. HR
Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
8pm, BBC One
“The words ‘Joey Essex on dentistry’ is the reason I love this show,” says McIntyre of the reality star and his specialist subject. Also helping him to answer questions are Stacey Dooley, Maisie Adam, Oti Mabuse, Asim Chaudhry, Ricky Wilson and Omid Djalili. HR
New Zealand By Train
8pm, Channel 4
The second of two trips by rail around New Zealand, narrated by Julie Walters. We’re now on the North Island, where the Northern Explorer sets off from Auckland – destination Wellington. On the 420-mile trip between the two cities are long bridges leading up to a volcanic plateau, followed by rainforest and the ocean. It’s all very Middle-earth. Jack Seale
Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator
9pm, Channel 4
When American soldiers entered Hitler’s bunker shortly after his suicide, a colonel had the foresight to cut a piece of blood-soaked material from the couch where he died. This documentary explores the analysis of this sample and the questions it raised. Was Hitler neurodivergent? And did he have Jewish ancestry? Phil Harrison
Film choice
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, 4pm, ITV1
Planet-hopping quests … Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker on ITV1. Photograph: Lucasfilm Ltd./AP
Carrie Fisher’s untimely death before shooting means that the final instalment in JJ Abrams’s trilogy loses the Leia-guided focus that would have neatly tied off the series (following episodes seven and eight’s reliance on Han and Luke). So the love-hate relationship between new Jedi Rey (Daisy Ridley) and bad boy Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) has to do the heavy lifting amid all the planet-hopping quests and CGI wonders. And it’s best not to wonder how ex-emperor Palpatine could be back – just enjoy another gleefully evil cameo from Ian McDiarmid. SW
Live sport
Golf: DP World Tour Championship, 7am, Sky Sports Main Event Day three of the season’s final event.
Women’s Super League Football: Man City v Man United, 1pm, BBC One At Etihad Stadium.
Men’s International Rugby Union: England v New Zealand, 2pm, TNT Sports 1 Wales v Japan is at 5.30pm, then Ireland v Australia at 7.45pm.
Men’s International Football: Liechtenstein v Wales, 4.45pm, BBC Two Greece v Scotland is at 7.15pm.
