My Brain: After the Rupture
9pm, BBC Two
“Music was my greatest ally, and now it’s like my toxic friend.” A film following the remarkable story of Clemency Burton-Hill, who was 38 years old when a brain injury left her unable to speak or walk. Before that, she was a violinist who had also achieved a double first from Cambridge and had a successful career as a broadcaster and writer. Through recordings from her early days of recovery, we trace an inspiring journey as she is reunited with her “ally”, the violin. Hollie Richardson
Beyond Paradise
8pm, BBC One
A politically complicated case kicks off series three, after a Cornish local drowns in a river that is on the border between Devon and Cornwall – “it’s a question of jurisdiction”. Was it the tragic result of a drunken car accident or, as Humphrey suspects, could there be something – or someone – more calculated at work? Ali Catterall
Gardeners’ World
8pm, BBC Two
The clocks go forward on Sunday, and Monty Don is already planning for more gardening hours – from sowing broad beans in the veg garden to revitalising the winter-trodden lawn. Elsewhere, Nick Bailey investigates the art of matrix planting, and a man shows off 35 trees in his semi-detached house’s garden. HR
Death in Paradise
9pm, BBC One
With his birth mother’s murder finally solved, Mervin (Don Gilet) is packed up and ready to leave Saint Marie behind. But when a young woman’s body is found in his beach shack, the bewildered detective is compelled to stay put and clear his name. The upshot is a typically twist-filled season finale for the good-vibes-only whodunnit. Graeme Virtue
The Flatshare
10pm, Channel 5
The Post-it date flirtation of Tiffany (Jessica Brown Findlay) and Leon (Anthony Welsh) has finally blossomed into face-to-face contact, far away from their shared living space. But does a Brighton day trip, in search of the elusive Johnny White, really count as a date? Meanwhile, Tiffany’s dastardly ex, Justin (Bart Edwards), is definitely up to something. Ellen E Jones
Hacks
10pm, Sky Max
With season four not far off, season three of this superlative showbiz comedy kicks off with a quadruple bill. Standup comic Deborah (Jean Smart) and gag-writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) are temporarily estranged, but soon bond again over an argument about whether Deborah will look like Sesame Street’s Big Bird in her favourite yellow frock. Jack Seale
Film choice
Jackie Chan’s Police Story (Jackie Chan, 1985), 6.25am, 2.05am, Sky Cinema Greats
Arguably the Hong Kong star’s greatest action film starts with the near total destruction of a shantytown then a man v doubledecker bus chase. It barely lets up from there, as our cop hero pursues a drug lord while trying to protect Brigitte Lin’s witness. There is some slapstick content (cakes do feature), but this is a more serious affair than Chan’s subsequent screen persona would suggest. The climactic fight sequence in a shopping centre is a riot of smashed glass and battered bodies, with one stunt so impressive we see it three times. Simon Wardell
