TV tonight: warm up for Wimbledon with this lively look at tennis legends
The inside story of the men who ruled the tennis courts, starting in the 1970s. Plus: the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tapes. Here’s what to watch this evening
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Aces of Tennis: The ATP No 1 Club
10pm, Channel 5
Just in time to get you in the mood for Wimbledon, this four-part series explores the careers of the only 29 male players who have made it to No 1 in the ATP rankings. It begins in the 1970s (arguably the liveliest era in tennis history) with the controversial but charismatic figure of Ilie Năstase, a Romanian with a sweet backhand and a bad boy reputation. Phil Harrison
Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port
8pm, Channel 4
From a car spotted without an appropriate seat for a small child to detaining a man who escaped a France-bound lorry, it’s all systems go during an overnight shift at the Dover port. Later on in the upbeat docuseries, there’s excitement as the Galeón Andalucía, a stunning replica 17th-century ship, docks at the major English border crossing for the first time. Nicole Vassell
The Brokenwood Mysteries
8pm, U&Drama
That’s not Neapolitan sauce on Ray Neilson’s apron, when he opens up Romano Ray’s Porky Piccione restaurant one morning. Trudy is dazed and covered in claret – and fellow patron Betty Reynold is lying dead in the next booth. Mike, Kristin and co soon discover that quite a few people wanted the latter out of the picture. Ali Catterall
24 Hours in A&E
9pm, Channel 4
More medical mishaps from Nottingham in this formulaic but reliably cheering series. This time, painter and decorator Philip finds himself in A&E after plummeting from a ladder on to some concrete. There’s also young Jonah who has sustained a pulled elbow while playing with his mum. Ouch. PH
House of the Dragon
9pm, Sky Atlantic
In the aftermath of last week’s brutally explosive season opener, the fallout from the Dance of the Dragons continues. Setting the tone for a highly emotive third season, Queen Alicent Hightower is inconsolable while her son Aegon is going all Little Caesar, throwing things and screaming at everyone in earshot. Priya Elan
Secrets of the Celebrity Sex Tapes
11.05pm, Channel 4
This series has its cake and eats it: analysing the phenomenon of celebrity sex tapes while guiltily relishing them. This time round it’s Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee: how did their tape become public, how did they try to stop it spreading, and what did the lionisation of Lee say about the gender politics of the 90s? PH
Film choice
A Foreign Affair (Billy Wilder, 1948), 12.55pm, Film4
The great Hollywood director Billy Wilder famously stretched love-is-blind tolerance to absurdity with the “Nobody’s perfect!” closing line of the 1959 classic Some Like It Hot. But, there’s overlooking a few foibles in the name of true love, and then there’s an American GI taking up with a Nazi cabaret singer (Marlene Dietrich) in postwar Berlin. That’s how Captain Pringle (John Lund) carries on in this satirical screwball comedy from the early cold war period. And, all the while, an adorable Iowa congresswoman (Jean Arthur) looks on in heartbroken dismay. Ellen E Jones
Live sport
Tennis, Wimbledon 10.30am, BBC Two. Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu is seeded 30 as the tournament gets under way.

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