Sunday, 9pm, BBC One The highly acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s rich tapestry of a Tudor trilogy concludes with The Mirror and the Light. It is 1536 and King Henry (Damian Lewis) has ordered the beheading of Anne Boleyn (a very brief return for Claire Foy) to marry Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips), leaving Mark Rylance’s ambitious son-of-a-blacksmith Thomas Cromwell more paranoid and morally muddled as he continues to claw his way up the ranks. His first priority is to get Henry’s daughter Mary (Lily Lesser) to declare she is no heir, while saving his own neck and dealing with squabbling nobles.
The tension is palpable as it transports you to the court royal corridors. Hollie Richardson 6.20pm, BBC One It wouldn’t be autumn without some lavishly escapist David Attenborough action on a Sunday evening, and this series continues to offer beautiful sights and sounds from Asia.
We’re at high altitude, meeting cave-dwelling swifts, mountain elephants and, most excitingly, the incredibly elusive red panda. Phil Harrison 8pm, Channel 4 A journey on the Royal Scotsman really is something special – and not just because it’s rarely delayed or cancelled. Rail enthusiast and lover of the glamorous life Alan Cumming boards the train in Edinburgh – led by a bagpiper – and shows us the luxuries as they chug towards Loch Lomond.
HR 8pm, Sky Arts A fresh angle on remembrance comes with two documentaries dedicated to artistic renderings of conflict. First, there’s a prof.