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Dame Judi and Jay: The odd couple

9pm, Channel 4

“To be honest, we have nothing in common,” says Jay Blades of The Repair Shop about Oscar winner Judi Dench. And yet, when they met on Blades' show last year, their differences sparked a new friendship. In this charming documentary, the two show each other their lives: Dench has to work on a busy market stall, while Blades, a dyslexic, reads Shakespeare on stage. Incredibly touching, smile-inducing stories. Hollie Richardson

Faye

7pm, Sky documentaries

Faye Dunaway's striking character is on top form in this riveting portrait of the actress. Beginning with the morning-after Oscars shoot, Dunaway and the people who know her best return to her childhood before examining the performances that established—and at times nearly destroyed—her legacy as one of Hollywood's greatest. Human Resources

Britten's War Requiem

8pm, BBC Four

A first Prom for the London Symphony Orchestra under its new conductor Antonio Pappano. It is a challenge: Britten's complex masterpiece, commissioned for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962, is both technically accomplished and unashamedly emotional, a balance that not all previous artists have managed to achieve. Jack Seale

Orlando Bloom: To the Edge

8pm, U&Dave

If you're craving another adventure series about a famous white man's midlife crisis, you're in luck. This documentary series follows Orlando Bloom as he attempts life-threatening, daring activities for fun. It starts with wingsuit jumping – a modified form of skydiving that makes participants look like flying squirrels. Nicole Vassell

Team GB returns home through the National Lottery

8:30 p.m., BBC One

They're coming home – with 65 medals, including 14 gold. The BBC have decided the biggest thank you they can give is an evening of performances by, er, Jess Glynne, Clean Bandit (they apparently had four number one hits) and Pete Tong. Better than nothing, I guess. Emma Willis and Vernon Kay will also be chatting to the Team GB heroes. Human Resources

The other woman Jordan

10:15pm, ITV1

Mary Turner Thomson is the star witness in this documentary series, recalling her sham marriage to William Allen Jordan – a bigamist, a con artist and so much more. Her chronicle is full of obvious warning signs, but Thomson's intelligence and eloquence make it difficult to judge her and the other victims too harshly. JS

Film selection

Strangers on the train, 12.20pm, BBC Two

This 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, based on Patricia Highsmith's first novel, is a prime example of the director's strengths. The tension never lets up as Farley Granger's tennis pro Guy meets the conspiratorial Bruno (a gleefully shady Robert Walker) and finds himself caught in a “perfect murder plot” – Bruno will kill Guy's estranged wife, and Guy will shoot the other's father in return. Then there are the recurring motifs (glasses, lighters), an academic subtext of provocation (homoeroticism), and cameos from not one but two Hitchcocks. Simon Wardell

The Mask, 4.30pm, BBC One
Jim Carrey built on the success of Ace Ventura by creating another vehicle for his on-screen con artist role. Chuck Russell's 1994 comedy even features an explicit reference to Loki: Carrey's reliable but boring bank clerk Stanley dons a mysterious old mask he finds in the river and transforms into a green-faced, superhuman pleasure-seeker. Stanley's Jekyll and Hyde chases Cameron Diaz's mob boss girlfriend and is heavily influenced by the Looney Tunes, with cartoonish slapstick scenes and plenty of gags. SW

Live sports

Premier League Football: Brentford vs Crystal Palace 1pm, main event on Sky Sports. Chelsea vs Man City is at 4pm.

Women's Cricket: The Hundred 2pm, BBC Two. The final at Lord's. Followed by the men's final at 5.30pm.