Pick of the day: Small Town, Big Riot
9pm, BBC Three
In a timely and eye-opening two-part series, journalist Mobeen Azhar heads to the Merseyside town of Kirkby to investigate how a peaceful protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers turned into a riot in February 2023. Along the way, he uncovers a blueprint for a national wave of violent riots that, eight months later, would take place across the country in the summer of 2024, with online allegations against the asylum seekers stirring up violent street protests. Can he discover whether the truth about these allegations before all the doors in Kirkby are closed against him after an anonymous Facebook post warns locals against speaking to him?
Jamie: What to Eat This Week
8pm, Channel 4
Mr Oliver concludes his autumnal dishes with a homemade tagliatelle with seasonal squash in a cheese sauce, some box-grown mushrooms in a curry with ginger-infused rice, and a “zingy” dressing for his remoulade made with his own homegrown celeriac and a blackberry cobbler.
My Mum, Your Dad
9pm, ITV1
The second week of this often-moving dating show for single parents begins with one couple getting closer as another hit a bump in the road, while a seaside date features an intervention from the children. Elsewhere, an intimate moment between two parents causes their kids to reach for the cushions, while a game of truths brings the parents together before Davina McCall delivers a revelation.
Mozart: Rise of a Genius
9pm, BBC Two
This enlightening, star-studded reappraisal of the life and career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart now looks at how the 25-year-old composer faced an uncertain future in 1781 after moving to Vienna, a city where he had few friends. Mozart found solace and security with the Webers, falling in love with their daughter Constanze, whom he married against his father’s wishes and for whom he wrote the “Great Mass in C Minor”. Mozart achieved fame and success, but ruffled the feathers of the elite patrons who supported his rise with his opera The Marriage Of Figaro, which was seen as an attack on the ruling classes.
We Might Regret This
10pm, BBC Two
The concluding episode to this beautifully acted “comedy” feels so, well, conclusive that it is hard to imagine it going to a second series. It’s the 15th anniversary of Sam’s death – “he’s been dead as long as he was alive,” says his mother, Jane (Sally Philips), during a blood-letting family therapy session – before Freya (Kyla Harris) hosts a party in Sam’s honour. As the title puts it, she might regret this.
In My Own Words: Jackie Kay
10.40pm, BBC One
From 2016 until 2021, Jackie Kay was the Makar, the national poet for Scotland. Here she recounts her extraordinary life story: born to a Scottish mother and Nigerian father, she was adopted as a baby by Helen and John Kay, two active Communist Party members. Reflecting on her journey from adopted child to award-winning poet, Kay recounts the adversity that she has experienced: from the racist bullying she endured at primary school to the motorcycle accident which ended her sporting ambitions – but set her on her path to being a writer. She also touches on the long and emotional journey that she undertook to find her birth parents.