Ammar Kalia Jack Seale Graeme Virtue Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett 

TV tonight: how prison can rehabilitate rather than just punish

A timely documentary looks at US prisoners, many of whom are from BAME communities, working to get degrees while incarcerated. Plus: Michaela Coel’s rollercoaster ride continues. Here’s what to watch this evening
  
  

A Bard Prison Initiative class in BBC Four’s College Behind Bars
A Bard Prison Initiative class in BBC Four’s College Behind Bars. Photograph: Screen grab/BBC/Skiff Mountain Films

College Behind Bars
10pm, BBC Four

An inspirational and moving documentary, executive produced by Ken Burns, on the Bard Prison Initiative, a rigorous and highly competitive American programme that aims to allow inmates to gain college degrees while incarcerated. Amid the chaos of prison, we meet prisoners who are part of the 300-person programme – many of whom have been in jail since they were 16, and most of whom are people of colour. It is a timely reminder on how far the prison system is built to punish rather than rehabilitate. Ammar Kalia

Sun, Sea and Selling Houses
4pm, Channel 4

Series four of the breezy property show, which is more about two families of British estate agents in Spain than the punters who are looking to buy new homes. This week, the Garners help a couple from Coventry find a villa in Almería, while the Rodriguez clan assist with a flat hunt in Alicante. Jack Seale

Inside the Factory: Keeping Britain Going
8pm, BBC Two

Rhapsody in brew: cups of tea have undoubtedly been a comfort for millions over the past few months. Gregg Wallace first toured Typhoo’s factory in 2017, and, after looking back at some of those highlights, he revisits workers to find out how they have adapted. Graeme Virtue

Murder in the Car Park 
9pm, Channel 4

The brutal axe murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan has remained unsolved since he died in March 1987. In this new series we gain an unprecedented insight into the multimillion-pound, 33-year investigation that traced Morgan’s killing from the ranks of the London Met to the tabloid press. AK

Comedians: Home Alone
10pm, BBC Two

The lockdown sketches continue with appearances from Tim Key, who provides a noirish spoken-word interlude on social distancing, Morgana Robinson’s Cheryl Cole on snoozing self-care and the return of Charlie Higson’s lascivious Swiss Toni. Plus Tez Ilyas has some absurdist tips on solo exercise. AK

I May Destroy You
10.45pm, BBC One

Episode three of Michaela Coel’s exceptional rollercoaster ride of a drama about consent, relationships and the pressures of success. Terry (Weruche Opia) visits Arabella (Coel) in Italy, where their partying takes them to both unexpected and uncomfortable places. Continues tomorrow. Hannah J Davies

Film choice

Sausage Party, 11pm, 5Star In Seth Rogen’s tastelessly entertaining animated comedy, frankfurter Frank (Rogen) and bun Brenda (Kristen Wiig) are among the food products yearning to be trolleyed from the supermarket shelves to the Great Beyond – or, as it turns out, the kitchen, to be flayed, fried, chopped and chomped. Paul Howlett

 

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