Asian Gracefully
7.30pm, Channel 4
Director Fozia Khan's heartbreaking but enlightening documentary, part of Channel 4's First Cut strand, offers a delicate insight into an exclusively Asian care home, Aashna House, situated in South London. Through the use of nostalgic photographs interspersed with intimate interviews, we discover why a number of elderly Asians find themselves in Aashna House, among them Mrs Ramjee, who's lost her memory as a result of a stroke. Candice Carty-Williams
Benidorm
9pm, ITV1
Among the new arrivals this week are dear old Noreen, better known as Geoff's Mum before Johnny Vegas left the series. Tonight, she has in tow the obnoxious Pauline, whose accent has been mangled by residencies in South Africa and then Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Nick breaks the awkward silence with Madge concerning her current plight, and a not very plausible ginger-haired halfwit continues to pursue the ladies. It's not exactly Alan Bennett, but it proceeds amiably enough from one well-worn double entendre to the next – and Tim Healy's transvestite barman alone banishes the temptation to channel-hop. David Stubbs
Friday Night Dinner
10pm, Channel 4
The boys arrive home to find Dad still naked from the belt upwards. But that's the least of their worries when they spy him behaving very oddly through the window. Paul Ritter, as dad Goodman, continues to be a comic revelation. How is this his first leading role in a sitcom? Writer Robert Popper's now-established comic rhythm is pacy and fresh in a way you wouldn't expect of a family sitcom. And this episode concludes with a last line that wraps it up so perfectly, you'll want to wind back and watch it again. Julia Raeside
The Simpsons
8pm, Sky1
Springfield's gay community comes out to play in tonight's premiere. Smithers helps Moe turn his Tavern into the town's hottest new gay bar, and watches as Moe's popularity soars – but only because everyone thinks he's now a man-loving man. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner bribes Bart to take out Melody (Alyson Hannigan), the daughter of new music teacher Miss Juniper (Kristen Wiig). There's more US comedy elsewhere on Sky1 tonight with new episodes of The Middle, Modern Family and Raising Hope. Rebecca Nicholson
Ron Sexsmith: Love Shines
9pm, BBC4
Canadian songwriter Sexsmith has swigged long from the poisoned chalice of the cult following. He earns delirious reviews, is admired by his peers – Steve Earle and Elvis Costello testify in this documentary – but generally sells records only to the same people who buy all his others. Douglas Arrowsmith's film serves not merely as a profile of Sexsmith, but of any artist who arrives in middle age knowing how good he is, but aware that he may never climb from between the cracks through which he has fallen. Andrew Mueller
Treme
10.15pm, Sky Atlantic
One of the most notorious anecdotes in jazz concerns how Miles Davis was beaten up by a police officer outside a nightclub. The vignette was adapted by Spike Lee in Mo' Better Blues – and now by David Simon, in tonight's episode of Treme. This time, it's lovable rogue Antoine who catches the beating, but the most serious pain he feels is at the loss of his trombone. As ever, the pace is stately, but the ending is worth hanging on for, as Albert says farewell to one of his tribe. John Robinson
