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The Trouble With KanYe

9pm, BBC Two

From wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt to posting antisemitic statements on social media and announcing he will be running for US president – how did Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) reputation change from genius musician to controversial political figure? Describing him as “an artist that has become a megaphone for hate and division”, journalist Mobeen Azhar travels to the US to investigate. Hollie Richardson

The Repair Shop: NHS Special

8pm, BBC One

A Thomas the Tank Engine food trolley used on a children’s ward and a daily diary kept by the author and poet Michael Rosen’s nurses while he was in a coma during the pandemic are carefully restored in this extra-moving visit to Jay Blades’ workshop, to celebrate 75 years of the NHS. HR

The Overlap on Tour

9pm, Sky Max

Legendary Manchester United defender Gary Neville is deep undercover in enemy territory this week, as he and fellow commentator Jamie Carragher pose as tour guides at the Anfield ground in Liverpool. There’s time for a visit to the Cavern Club and even a ferry ’cross the Mersey before the two reunite on stage with Roy Keane at the M&S Bank Arena. Ellen E Jones

Cursed Treasures

9pm, Sky History

“A curse upon a historical treasure can come in many forms,” intones the narrator of this talking head-fuelled look at ancient artefacts. Those “forms” apparently include storms surrounding the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon hoard and a ruby a lot of people fought over. Might another form include superstitious nonsense? Alexi Duggins

Trunk call … Linda (Bridget Christie) finds a welcome in the forest. Photograph: Emilie Sandy Photography/Channel 4

The Change

10pm, Channel 4

It’s town hall meeting day in Bridget Christie’s brilliant comedy about a menopausal woman who goes to stay in a forest community. Tony’s trousers sweepstake, the eel festival and the coalface Morris men controversy are all on the agenda – but it’s an update on a building development in the forest that makes Linda decide to stay and help. HR

Staged

10.40pm, BBC One

Halfway through season three, a flashback episode about whether or not to do season three. Michael (Michael Sheen) and David (David Tennant) are hiding in the car and the loft respectively, hoping to avoid filming another run of a show they fear has lost its meta mojo. They needn’t worry. Jack Seale

Live sport

Cricket: England v Australia, 10am, Sky Sports Main Event Day one of the second Ashes test, at Lord’s in London.

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