Terror in Paradise
9pm, BBC Two
Easter Sunday 2019 saw one of the worst Islamist terror attacks since 9/11 when more than 270 people were killed by a series of eight bombs triggered across churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. Reporter Jane Corbin tells the harrowing story of the attack’s survivors, as well as piecing together comprehensive CCTV footage to detail how the suicide bombers were radicalised – one even from his time spent in the UK. A chilling account, with the survivors’ testimony nonetheless providing hope through their resilience. Ammar Kalia
HealthCheck UK Live
10am, BBC One
Week two of the daily morning show intended to reassure the nation, with Michelle Ackerley – who outed herself as a huge Columbo nerd on Celebrity Mastermind – joined by Dr Xand van Tulleken in the studio and Angela Rippon via video link. Advice, updates and a workout with Mr Motivator are on the menu. Graeme Virtue
Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet
9pm, BBC Four
Boasting the oldest living poetry tradition in the world, China has an often overlooked literary history. This one-off analyses the legacy of Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, a civil servant whose works documented his era’s cultural expansion and ultimate collapse into devastating violence. Ammar Kalia
Malory Towers
5.30pm, CBBC
Based on the beloved Enid Blyton novels following the adventures of Darrell Rivers as she attends an all-girls’ boarding school, this 13-part adaptation is bound to keep the kids transfixed. We open with new girl Darrell trying to make friends and keeping her exit from her old school a close secret. Ammar Kalia
Yellow Is Forbidden
10pm, BBC Four
Chinese designer Guo Pei was introduced to the wider world when Rihanna wore one of her dresses – a 55lb confection of gold thread and yellow fox fur – to the 2015 Met Gala. This portrait investigates the stresses and surprises of being the first success in a previously forbidden profession. Ellen E Jones
Film choice
Queen of the Desert, 3.20am, Sony Movies
Gertrude Bell, the “female Lawrence of Arabia”, is the subject of Werner Herzog’s curiously conventional and respectful biopic. Nicole Kidman bestrides the desert heroically, irritating and/or enchanting British army officers, and earning the admiration of the Bedouin tribes. Paul Howlett