l Restoration Home, The Home Channel, 20.00

Presented by Caroline Quentin, this show follows the plight of private owners of crumbling historic buildings as they save them from ruin and restore them into 21st- century homes. With the aid of architectural expert Kieran Long and social historian Dr Kate Williams, Restoration Home turns detective to unravel the properties’ history. As the new owners transform the buildings into their homes, the family trees of these crumbling ruins start to emerge.

l Forrest Gump, Sony Entertainment Television, 20.30

Tom Hanks stars as Forrest, a mentally challenged man with a naïve yet refreshingly simple approach to life. He accidentally finds himself in the middle of key moments in contemporary history, from meeting JFK to fighting in Vietnam, inspiring people such as Corporal Dan along the way. But this remarkable Everyman always comes back to his troubled childhood friend, Jenny, ultimately making selfless love his most extraordinary achievement.

l The Ghost and the Darkness, M-Net Action, 20.30

An engineer and a hunter stalk two lions killing a construction crew in East Africa.

l Rare Anatomy, BBC Knowledge, 22.00

Imagine breaking a rib just by coughing, or having an organ turn to bone. This show explores the science of blood, bone, muscle and skin, using cutting-edge animation to take viewers inside the bodies of people with extraordinary genetic conditions. Delve into the worlds of brittle bone syndrome and a condition that progressively encases a person in a second skeleton.