Virgin Media’s V Festival
7pm, ITV2
With August bank holiday approaching, the festival season would have been drawing to a close, but for the pandemic. So the team behind V festival are providing a weekend of virtual performances from Hylands Park, Chelmsford, to sate our appetites for live music. Broadcast from tonight and over the weekend, hosts Maya Jama and Joel Dommett will be introducing sets from Olly Murs, Anne-Marie and Dizzee Rascal, as well as reliving memorable moments from the archive. Ammar Kalia
The Gadget Show
7pm, Channel 5
There’s a retro feel to this week’s episode of the tech review show, as Jordan Erica Webber runs down the best rebooted video games and Jon Bentley refurbs an old motor with some cutting-edge kit. Plus Ortis Deley visits a library of 15m gadget sounds. The microwave “ping” is only the beginning. Ellen E Jones
Unreported World
7.30pm, Channel 4
As if the pandemic wasn’t enough to contend with, swarms of locusts are devouring crops in Kenya and threatening millions with starvation. Reporter Sahar Zand reports on how the worst swarm for 70 years could create dire consequences. AK
Travel Man’s Greatest Trips
8pm, Channel 4
Richard Ayoade ends this entertaining compilation series of his best moments as the Travel Man before handing over to a new host, the comic Joe Lycett. Tonight he narrates his greatest moments of mental and physical wellbeing, like a Tai Chi session in Hong Kong with Jon Hamm and a smoke sauna with Paul Rudd. AK
Secrets of the Luxury Super Yachts
8pm, Channel 5
To Tuscany, Barcelona and Monaco for a snoop around the weird world of the super-rich and their massive boats. While brokers try to score deals for new vessels worth tens of millions, former super-yacht crew members pump us full of gossip about what exactly happens on board. Jack Seale
The Young Offenders
9.30pm, BBC One
The craic continues as the Irish comedy about teen delinquents reaches the penultimate episode of its BBC One airing. Beef between the “young offenders” and a local boxing champion and his girlfriend sees Jock thrust into the ring – with Conor as his coach – and the whole town egging them on. It really is Cork-ing stuff. Hannah J Davies
Film choice
Lady Bird (Great Gerwig, 2017), 9pm, BBC Two
A tremendously funny and moving coming-of-age debut from writer-director Greta Gerwig. It’s about rebellious Catholic high-school teen Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), her friends, boyfriends and acting ambitions – but mostly about her intense relationship with her demanding mother, Marion (Laurie Metcalf). Paul Howlett
Live sport
Rugby Union: Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs 5.30pm, BT Sport 2. Top-flight match from AJ Bell Stadium.
UEFA Europa League 7pm, BT Sport 1. Live coverage of the league final.
PGA Tour Golf: The Northern Trust 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Day two of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
