TV tonight: a devastating drama about the mass removal of Canada’s Indigenous children

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Little Bird

9pm, Sky Atlantic
A devastating drama about the “Sixties Scoop” – when Canadian authorities enabled a mass removal of Indigenous children from their families and put them into the welfare system. Twentysomething Esther Rosenblum is investigating how she came to be adopted as a five-year-old in Montreal and is looking for her estranged siblings. Flashbacks to 15 years earlier show what happened after the night they were taken from their parents. Hollie Richardson

Race Against the Tide

7.30pm, BBC Two
The Bake Off-ification of TV continues apace, with this super-gentle sand-sculpting contest based on a Canadian series. Iain Stirling hosts, as pairs of pros and amateurs team up to craft impressive beach-based artworks. But who will be the ace of spades, and who will be all washed up? Hannah J Davies

The Great ADHD Myth?

8pm, Channel 4
This provocatively titled show has already received a backlash from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) charities. “It’s certainly not a medical condition as far as I’m concerned,” says one GP, alongside others ready to question the disorder. NHS psychiatrist and writer Max Pemberton investigates and meets a young boy hoping to stop taking ADHD medication. HR

Celebrity MasterChef

9pm, BBC One
Love Island’s Shakira Khan, Olympic weightlifter Emily Campbell, ex-boybander Jay McGuiness, comedian Joe Pasquale and presenter Jason Mohammad try their luck in the kitchen. Whose trademark technique is “dash dash, sprinkle sprinkle”, and who’s asking for yet another plaster as they make a Frankenstein-inspired dish? Hannah Verdier

9pm, U&Gold

The patchiness of Ricky Gervais’s subsequent career doesn’t detract from the lightning-in-a-bottle brilliance of his and Stephen Merchant’s first creation The Office. The final of these sitcom journeys sees Joe Wilkinson and David Earl meet cast members, endure Gervais’s hyena laugh and cheerfully traipse around the filming venues (most of which have been knocked down). Phil Harrison

The Vampire Lestat: Interview with the Vampire

11.05pm, BBC Two
“That’s right, I’m finally going to talk about … the queen.” The troubled vampire Lestat (Sam Reid) goes to great lengths to make new music (see: scorching himself in daylight to reach a perfectly pained pitch). More flashbacks explain why he’s so obsessed with music – and his time with the terrifying Queen Akasha. HR