Paul O'Grady warming the cockles of your heart with another trip to Battersea

In the second episode, Paul meets Staffie-cross Roxi, who has been at Battersea for five months, in part because even though she’s five years old, she has the energy of a puppy. It’s hoped a massage will calm her down for long enough to meet a new owner. By contrast, new arrival Dottie is very subdued and shy, but the staff hope her fellow bulldog Mo will help her become more confident. Floyd, a rare West African Azawakh, also seems unhappy, but Paul is just the person to lift his spirits.

Location, Location, Location

Location, Location, Location (Channel 4, 8pm)

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help two couples who’ve been battling the south London market. Kirstie’s go-getters are Elliot and James, who want to buy their first place together but are struggling to pin down exactly where. Their favourite areas are spots like Putney and Richmond, where their money doesn’t go as far as they’d like. Meanwhile, Phil is searching with Pam and Ross around Wimbledon, where former tennis pro Ross works. Having been stung in their native Glasgow after the 2009 housing crisis, they’re understandably cautious.

Esme Young and Patrick Grant – The Great British Sewing Bee judges

The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm)

It may have been the sixth series, but in 2020, The Great British Sewing Bee reached a whole new audience when it made the jump from BBC1 to BBC2. This year it’s back on the main channel, but it has made another move – Joe Lycett is welcoming the latest bunch of talented home sewers to a new location on the banks of London’s River Thames. Luckily, judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young have come along too as in this opening episode they set challenges based on wardrobe staples. The contestants begin with a pattern for a versatile sleeveless blouse, before transforming an old t-shirt into a whole new garment. Then for the made-to-measure, they have to whip up a post-lockdown essential, the buffet dress.

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty (BBC2, 9pm)

Who polices the police? In the hit drama Line of Duty, it’s AC-12, but this new documentary series explores the formation of the first internal anti-corruption unit, A10, prompted by a story that went to the top of the Met. The first episode begins in 1969, a time when British police were held up as the most trusted and effective force in the world. However, a different picture began to emerge when a desperate south London villain went to a newspaper with claims that a detective in the Metropolitan Police was extorting money from him. That would have been shocking enough, but further investigation suggested that rather than just one bad apple, there was a secret network of corrupt coppers at the heart of the Metropolitan CID.

Here Come the Gypsies!

Here Come the Gypsies! (C5, 9pm)

A new series explores the world of Gypsy and Traveller communities, and their struggle to keep their culture alive. The opening episode takes viewers to South Wales, where Romany Gypsy Jim ‘Beb’ Price is organising his first ever horse drive, a communal ride-out which acts as both a pub crawl and an opportunity to sell horses. It’s a chance for Beb to earn some cash, but it risks descending into chaos. Meanwhile, in Surrey, Romany Gypsy cage fighter Tony ‘The Rhino’ Giles arranges a bareknuckle fight – and at stake is the honour of two families.

Sudden Death: My Sister's Silent Killer

Sudden Death: My Sister’s Silent Killer (BBC1, 10.45pm)

Patrick was understandably shocked when his 19-year-old sister Lauren died of what was later registered as SADS, or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, a cause of cardiac death even the experts don’t completely understand. Now, he’s on a mission to learn why more than 600 seemingly healthy young people die every year from a Sudden Cardiac Death. Along the way, he meets other people who have lost siblings, and footballer Fabrice Muamba, who famously survived SADS after collapsing half-way through a match at White Hart Lane.