Telling the history of the classic cars made in Coventry, including the Daimler, the Triumph, the Riley and the Jaguar

As part of the BBC’s creative highlights to mark Coventry’s role as UK City of Culture 2021, this documentary looks at the rise, fall and rebirth of the motor industry in the Midlands city. Coventry-born motoring journalist Mark Evans shares the story of the classic cars made in the city, from the industry’s beginnings in 1897 through to the present day. There are interviews, rare archive footage and photographs detailing the stories behind the creation of classic marques such as the Daimler, the Triumph, the Riley and the Jaguar, as well as the companies and people behind them.

New series The Pact with, from left, Eiry Thomas, Laura Fraser, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Heledd Gwyn

The Pact (BBC1, 9pm)

THIS new drama is worth a look for its impressive cast alone – it stars Laura Fraser, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Eddie Marsan, Aneurin Barnard and Adrian Edmondson, and that’s just for starters. However, just in case that isn’t enough to convince viewers to check it out, there’s also an intriguing premise. It follows friends Anna, Nancy, Louie and Cat, who all work at a local brewery, where they are thoroughly fed up with their bullying, spiteful young boss Jack. So, after a particularly drunken work function, they make the snap decision to bundle him in a car and dump him in the woods. It’s supposed to be a prank, but no one is laughing when Jack is subsequently found dead. The women agree to keep their actions a secret to protect each other, but that’s going to be harder than they anticipated.

Motherland: (L-R) Julia (Anna Maxwell-Martin), Liz (Diane Morgan), Meg (Tanya Moodie), Kevin (Paul Ready), Anne (Philippa Dunne) and Amanda (Lucy Punch)

Motherland (BBC2, 9pm)

It may be about the perils of parenthood, but we don’t see much of the characters’ kids in this acclaimed sitcom. However, they are growing up - some of them are now on the cusp of leaving primary school. It seems that’s come as something of a surprise to Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), who is panicking about the catchment area she lives in, and wondering whether a religious conversion might be the way to get her offspring into the right second school. Meanwhile, Liz (Diane Morgan) advises Kevin (Paul Ready) on divorce lawyers, only to make a discovery about her own situation in the process.

Innocent: Michael Stevenson as Brown, Laura Rollins as Paine, Shaun Dooley as Braithwaite and Janine Wood as Hollins.

Innocent (ITV, 9pm)

Don’t worry too much if you didn’t see the first series of Innocent, which starred Lee Ingleby as a man who claimed to be the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Admittedly, you did miss out on a gripping thriller, but the new second series picks up with a new cast and story, so you won’t be lost. This time around, Katherine Kelly heads the cast as teacher Sally Wright, who was convicted of murdering her 16-year-old pupil Matty Taylor, supposedly because she was trying to cover up their affair. Sally has always maintained she’s innocent, and after five years in prison, she’s cleared of the crime and freed to return to her home in the Lake District. But can Sally rebuild her life after losing everything? And if she didn’t kill Matty, who did?

Catching Paedophiles: Crime and Punishment

Catching Paedophiles: Crime and Punishment (C4, 9pm)

Every day, nearly 300 incidents of child sexual abuse are discovered online by investigators in the UK. It’s a shocking statistic, but Crime and Punishment is focusing on one particular case to show the difficulties in both bringing a successful prosecution and the toll these distressing investigations can take on the police. Cameras follow Detective Claire Lyons, who works for Hampshire Constabulary’s Internet Child Abuse Team. She is looking into a man who has been uploading indecent images and fears that he may also have been abusing two young children. Can she prove her suspicions?

Inside No.9: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith

Inside No 9 (BBC2, 9.30pm)

Ending a hugely popular drama isn’t easy – just look at the mixed response to the last episode of Line of Duty. As Inside No 9 is an anthology, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith don’t have quite that problem, but perhaps this latest edition still strikes a chord with them. It focuses on The Ninth Circle, a fantasy epic series generally considered to have gone out on a low with a disappointing finale. Show-runner Spencer Maguire is keen to put that behind him and move on to other projects, but it seems Ninth Circle obsessive Simon Smethurst has other ideas.