TV tonight: it’s England v Croatia! Bring on the football fever

Location, Location, Location

8pm, Channel 4 With England playing Croatia on ITV1, it’s slim pickings across the rest of the channels, but anyone immune to football fever can always count on Kirstie and Phil. This week, they are in London to revisit two couples: in the east, Molly and Sam have finally bought in Walthamstow; down south, Alan and Rachel have spent three years doing up their Victorian terrace in Crystal Palace. Hollie Richardson

Inside the Tower of London: The Mystery of the Mary Rose

8pm, Channel 5 This week, the Tudor expert Tracy Borman is investigating the great mystery of what made Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, sink. Elsewhere in the Tower of London, the team are making plans to mark VJ Day on 15 August. HR

Saint-Pierre

9pm, U&Alibi Fitz already considers Premier Robert O’Brien (Eric Johnson) his nemesis. So when Arch and Fitz are hastily summoned to his bachelor party gone terribly wrong (is there any other kind?) to find O’Brien standing over a dead body with a murder weapon in his hand, can Fitz keep his personal feelings in check lest they compromise the integrity of the case? Ali Catterall

W Stephen Gilbert Remembers: Only Connect

10pm, BBC Four

In 1979, the TV play Only Connect told the story of the socialist pioneer and gay rights activist Edward Carpenter. Today, it is considered a landmark moment in television. To mark Pride month, it airs again at 10.15pm after this reflection from its producer. HR

Best of Iris: Cardiff Charm 2026

1am, Channel 4 It has been 20 years of the Iris prize festival celebrating LGBTQ+ short films; this is a compilation of three that have been produced through it. A lively night at a kebab shop, a zany black-and-white romcom and a drama about always expecting the worst when love comes along – complete with a talking lobster – are all here. HR

From

2am, Sky OneThe horror drama that offers convoluted mythology with a side order of gory special effects continues. For four seasons, the residents of Fromville have fantasised about being able to leave their purgatorial town. Now, the lawman Boyd (Harold Perrineau) thinks he may have found a way out. But at what cost? Graeme Virtue

Film choice

Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022), Netflix

What an utterly lovely, delicately heartbreaking film Charlotte Wells has made. The mysteries of adulthood and the loss of innocence are all wrapped up in a summer holiday in Turkey taken by 11-year-old Sophie (a cheeky, adorable Frankie Corio) and her dad, Calum (a superbly layered performance by Paul Mescal). Amid lazy days by the hotel pool, buffets, boat trips and excursions to ancient ruins, Calum’s hidden melancholy surfaces. It’s mitigated by the tenderness and comfort of his relationship with his daughter, but there’s something gnawing at him that we struggle to fathom. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Men’s Test cricket: England v New Zealand 10am, Sky Sports Main Event. The second Test starts at the Oval.

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