TV tonight: finding answers about children deported from Ukraine

Dispatches: The Hunt for Ukraine’s Stolen Children

11.05pm, Channel 4

Olena Zelenska tells this week’s Dispatches that Ukraine needs “the help of the whole world” in the search for the thousands of children who were deported and brainwashed. The documentary follows its team’s investigation into evidence to prosecute Vladimir Putin, and speaks with a 15-year-old boy who was abducted by soldiers from his school and taken to a correctional boarding school in Russia. Hollie Richardson

Between the Covers

7pm, BBC Two

Actor (and returning show favourite) Adrian Edmondson, DJ turned novelist Annie Macmanus, and comedians Angela Barnes and Chris McCausland are this week’s book clubbers. They delve into Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s historical thriller The Square of Sevens (not everyone is a fan) and Roddy Doyle’s Booker prize winner Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. HR

Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

9pm, BBC Two

The star-studded documentary-drama about the bard’s life continues, picking up in 1596 when he had made his name as London’s most successful playwright. But it’s not enough for him, and with his eye on the upper classes, he plans a new theatre. Adrian Lester and Martin Freeman help tell the story. HR

The Playboy Bunny Murder

9pm, ITV1

In 1975, 21-year-old Eve Stratford, who worked as a Playboy bunny, was murdered in London. In this two-part documentary (which concludes on Tuesday), Marcel Theroux says two subsequent murders of women could be connected. He talks to Eve’s boyfriend at the time, who was briefly a suspect, and a former fellow bunny, who is furious that people “were trying to make out that she was doing something untoward to get murdered”. HR

Grime Kids

10pm, BBC Three

A fun new five-part, coming-of-age drama, in which a group of east London millennial teenagers embark on their “last summer as kids” as they try to break into the UK garage scene. The year is 2001, and in this first episode, Dane, Junior, Kai, Bishop and Bayo are trying to sneak into the biggest club night of the year. HR

Big Zuu’s Big Eats

10pm, Dave

The exuberant presenter meets his high-energy match in Nabil Abdulrashid, the comedian who made the Britain’s Got Talent final but crashed out of Celebrity MasterChef (he still holds a grudge). The two bond over Malaysian and Nigerian dishes, while wingman Hyder dazzles them both with a slow-cooked Kurdish recipe that has a high-risk finish. Graeme Virtue