Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads
8pm, Channel 5
Given that the phenomenon of reality television has bestowed immense fame and fortune upon scores of people who would be flattered by being described as useless, it's nice that a few people who work hard at a difficult job have also been rewarded. This is the second episode of the second series of a spin-off from Ice Road Truckers, in which the Arctic hauliers from the original show pit themselves against rugged roads elsewhere in the world. Tonight, the truckers continue to tiptoe their machines along Bolivia's infamous Death Road, the stress of which gets a bit much for two of them. Andrew Mueller
T In The Park
From 8pm, BBC3
Festival season continues apace with coverage across the weekend of this rumbustious north-of-the-border number. BBC3's coverage is, rightly, skewed towards homegrown acts, tonight promising performances from Florence + The Machine and Tinie Tempah among others. No word yet on whether the grim spectacle of Snow Patrol's headline set will blight our screens, but don't bet against it. Edith Bowman and Greg James do the presenting bit. Gwilym Mumford
Parents
8.30pm, Sky1
This new sitcom boasts a prestigious cast, including Sally Phillips and Tom Conti, and a strong premise with lots of contemporary relevance – Phillips is sacked from her job after a violent clash with a co-worker, meaning that she and her family, including her useless "entrepreneur" of a husband – must move back in with her ageing parents in Kettering. All of this may yet yield something good, but this opening episode is clunky, cardboard stuff in the main that fails to make the leap from paper to screen. There's no laugh track but for all we know there could have been a primed studio audience watching who simply failed to chuckle throughout. David Stubbs
Nikita
9pm, Sky Living
After one of those "I'm not really dead" moments at the end of last season, Nikita (Maggie Q) returns for more assassination-based shenanigans. As ever, tight leather is her friend, but now she's also teamed up with love interest Michael. They're on the run with a black box full of Division's most deadly secrets and they're hoping to use them to bring it down. The pair had better look over their shoulders, though, because someone is out to steal that mysterious black box. Nikita's former fox-in-training, Alex, has now turned against her mentor, so could well be the woman to scupper her plans. Hannah Verdier
Episodes
10pm, BBC2
Episodes delivers a finale that is nearly all sit and hardly any com. It's Merc's big night at the Man Of The Year Awards, which gives a great opportunity for all the characters to be in the same place. Trouble is the show takes an age to set all this up, forgetting to include any actual jokes as it clumsily moves the pieces into place and reminds us what they've all got at stake. We're left with some desperate, lumbering slapstick and shouting in the final few minutes, the sort of thing a bad soap opera does when it tries to be funny. Phelim O'Neill
