TV tonight: Stacey Dooley on the UK's shocking rape conviction statistics
9pm, BBC ThreeProsecuting rape is notoriously difficult in the UK, with an estimated 5% of cases making it to trial, and only about 45% resulting in a conviction. Amid such discouraging headlines, four young women have allowed Stacey Dooley to tell their difficult, complex stories about reporting being raped by someone they know, in the three-year run-up to trial. Ellen E Jones
8pm, Channel 4More outrageously cute canine redemption stories, as pooches go on first dates with potential owners. Charlotte meets a badly behaved American bulldog cross. Will she see past Breeze's unfortunate first impressions? Elsewhere, terrified terrier Austin meets Eileen – but can his nerves take it? Phil Harrison
9pm, BBC Two
During the miners' strike, the tight-knit workforce of Polmaise Colliery near Stirling were the first to walk out in February 1984 and the last to return to work. Among flying pickets, they were known as the 'Polmaise Piranhas' for their tenacity and resolve. Via first-hand testimony and archive footage, this vivid documentary charts a tumultuous 56 weeks. Graeme Virtue
9pm, ITV1The second part of a jaw-dropping investigation in which women suddenly deserted by their partners discover that they were in fact undercover officers. Helen and Alison realise that their former partners belonged to a Metropolitan police squad that infiltrated leftwing groups. But who will believe their claims? Hollie Richardson
9pm, Sky AtlanticChris O'Dowd's oddball Ireland-set drama continues with the first day's shoot for I Am Celt. Christina Hendricks's Hollywood producer Wendy definitely isn't taking any nonsense, while local doctor Séamus Proctor (the awesome Paddy Considine) is about to receive a broken nose, during a glorious, if frankly unrepeatable, exchange. Ali Catterall
9pm, U&DramaUntil now, whispering widower Jim Bergerac (Damien Molony) and his mother-in-law Charlie Hungerford (Zoë Wanamaker) have been at odds in this moody reboot of the 1980s Jersey cop series. But they set personal feelings aside as they team up to investigate Arthur Wakefield (Philip Glenister), the bolshie tycoon caught up in Jim's murder-kidnap case. GV
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