DRAMA MATERNAL DOCUMENTARY THE ROYALS: A HISTORY OF SCANDALS DOCUMENTARY PUTIN VS THE WEST

Trouble abounds for the trio again in the soapy medics’ drama. As Maryam faces a mental-health crisis over the adoption of Sami’s sister, it dawns on Helen just how serious Guy’s drinking problem is.

And what should be a routine operation turns into a nightmare for Catherine (Lara Pulver, below). ITV1, 9pm

Thanks to Prince Harry, the royals have been hitting the headlines a lot. But, as this new four-part series hosted by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb proves, it’s nothing new. More4, 9pm

This new three-part series charting a decade of Vladimir Putin’s aggressive foreign policy is essential viewing to understand how the international order stands on the brink in Ukraine. Then, filmmaker Adam Curtis brilliantly employs archive footage of the Soviet Union’s collapse in

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

(BBC4,

10pm).

BBC2, 9pm