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Tonight’s TV: a £50,000 secondhand watch, and other preloved luxury items

Second Hand for 50 Grand
10pm, Channel 4


Take a peek into the lucrative world of luxury secondhand sales in this documentary looking at Xupes, a small business shifting everything from preloved handbags to watches and jewellery. Window cleaner Grant is on the hunt for a Cartier watch, similar to the one his mum gave him, and which could cost him £5,000. Rebecca is looking for a Prada bag to replace the one she had bought with her late mother and which was stolen. Insurance broker Mark also delves into his £500,000 vintage watch collection. Ammar Kalia

The Repair Shop
8pm, BBC One


Jay Blades and his team bring four more family heirlooms back to life. That’s a dirt-encrusted portrait of Charles II, a broken engagement ring with a deeply romantic story behind it, an ornate wooden chest from Oman, and a toy donkey that acted as a comfort blanket during two family tragedies. Ali Catterall

Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
8pm, ITV


This week, Paul is being put through his paces by “the canine equivalent of Captain Mainwaring” and getting snapped at by an overexcited beagle cross. Little Marley should have learned not to bite at the teat, but lockdown demand for pets has meant the premature separation of many puppies from their mothers. Ellen E Jones

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty
9pm, BBC Two


The illuminating documentary series about 1970s police corruption continues. This episode is interested in one thing and one thing only: Soho pornographers, who provided dirty coppers with an underground playground where greed and sleaze could run riot. Jack Seale

Catfish UK
9pm, MTV


Hosts Julie Adenuga and Oobah Butler take over from their US counterparts Nev Schulman and Kamie Crawford in this British version of the online sleuthing show, tracking down internet daters who are yet to meet their beaux face to face and working out if they really are who they say they are by picking apart their profiles and DMs. AK

The Day Sports Stood Still
9pm, Sky Documentaries


With sporting events still not back at full audience capacity, this documentary recounts the eve of a March 2020 basketball match, which was cancelled last minute after a player tested positive for Covid-19. We then go on to see how the following months saw sporting contests put on hold globally. AK

Film choice

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (9pm, Horror Channel)

Kenneth Branagh’s attempt at a faithful re-creation of the horror story is short on shivers – he overplays as the baron and Helena Bonham Carter as his fiancee, Elizabeth, is in Merchant Ivory mode. Robert De Niro, however, makes a compelling creature and there are moments of visceral drama. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Premier League Football: Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton
5.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Aston Villa v Man City is at 8pm.
FA Women’s Super League Football: West Ham v Aston Villa 5.30pm, BT Sport 1. Live from Academy stadium.

NBA Basketball: Portland Trail Blazers v Denver Nuggets 3am, Sky Sports Main Event. Western Conference match.