9pm, Channel 5Back to the lovely fictional Yorkshire village of Darrowby as the bucolic veterinary drama returns. It’s spring 1941 and Siegfried is struggling to keep the surgery going in the absence of James and Tristan. However, he might be in luck as uncertainty surrounds James’s RAF deployment. As ever, the success of this reboot hangs on its entirely reasonable reluctance to depart too radically from the vibes and values of the original. Phil Harrison
8pm, BBC TwoMonica Galetti and Rob Rinder are blown away by the Argos in Cappadocia, Turkey: a hotel built into a network of caves. The slopes and stone steps provide a physical test when Galetti works with the hotel staff, while cleaning brings challenges – the ceilings must be swept daily, to stop them shedding rocky flakes on to the carpets. Jack Seale
8.30pm, ITVRobert Moore travels to Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia to speak to swing voters about the big decision that lies ahead. Are they concerned about Donald Trump’s possible cognitive decline and the sketchy relationship with truth displayed in last week’s debate? PH
9pm, BBC One
As a newlywed proud Essex lad, X Factor star Olly Murs is keen to discover more about his heritage, starting with the grandfather who came to Britain from Latvia after the second world war. And it turns out that performing runs in the family. Ellen E Jones
9pm, Channel 4More absurdist fun as this latest series of the comedy challenge gets into its stride. This week, Greg Davies and Alex Horne try to make sense of everything from unlikely babies to unlikely TV heroes. Oh, and lots of wildfowl. PH
9pm, Sky MaxOur ragged heroes are in retreat as the spin-off reaches its penultimate episode. Maggie’s failed rescue crew are fleeing through the methane-filled New York sewers, where things much worse than mutant ninja turtles dwell. Graeme Virtue
Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010) 9pm, BBC Three
Watching this early Emma Stone comedy, a present-day riposte to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s moral novel The Scarlet Letter, it seems inevitable that she would become a big name. As 17-year-old Olive, who becomes the subject of fake news at school when gossip spreads that she has lost her virginity, Stone carries the movie. Olive is smart and witty but convincingly wounded as she tries to manipulate the gossip mill to her advantage. Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci are terrific as the parents we would surely all want – effortlessly funny but endearingly sympathetic. Simon Wardell
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