Classic Films: The Story of “Encounter”

8pm, Sky Arts
A new series of Ian Nathan’s gripping film stories begins with David Lean’s masterpiece. It’s often described as the most romantic film ever made, but did its story of fleeting, forbidden love strike a chord because of its timing? Released in 1945, it marked the end of fear and uncertainty, but also a return to normality after World War II. And what role did its author Noël Coward’s hidden sexuality play in its themes? Phil Harrison

Eyewitness to history: Norma Percy on Watergate

8pm, BBC Four
It’s Watergate night on BBC Four. Filmmaker Norma Percy introduces her 1994 documentary about the presidential scandal that spawned thousands of “-gate” suffixes, recalling the challenges she faced in making it. Then comes the ultimate Hollywood version of the affair: All the President’s Men. PH

Interview with the vampire

9pm, BBC Two
This clever, entertaining series manages to make the best of both worlds: it capitalizes on the kitschy, campy atmosphere of vampires in Paris while simultaneously raising eyebrows at the genre assumptions that underpin it. Louis’ quiet life is thrown into disarray by a trip to the theater. Claudia, however, is smitten. PH

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

9pm, Sky Max
Most Walking Dead spin-offs feel like rehashed old stuff. But this one – in which Norman Reedus’ dirty biker somehow finds himself stranded in zombified France – has a pleasant Gallic feel. Daryl and his saintly ally Sister Isabelle (Clémence Poésy) have to contend with a gang of wild children and some disturbing flashbacks. Graeme Virtue

Live at Apollo Bites

21:50, BBC Two
How many hearty laughs can a talented comedian pack into 11 minutes? This week’s mixed bag of stand-up tidbits includes great gags from Father Ted veteran Ardal O’Hanlon, the fresh and witty perspective of the son of Kurdish-Iraqi refugees, Kae Kurd, and Lou Sanders discussing her love life. Ellen E. Jones

Fantasies

10pm, Sky Comedy
A double bill of Julio Torres’s digressive comedy that is both an autobiographical sitcom and a fever dream. First, Julio learns about a program that promises to free the mind from the body. But then, in the second episode, it looks like he’s landed a superhero role in a new movie. PH

Live sports

Olympic Games 2024, 8am, BBC One
Katarina Johnson-Thompson will compete in the heptathlon as well as in the men’s 200-meter final and the women’s 400-meter hurdles final.