TV tonight: a new Pride & Prejudice drama – but not as you know it

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The Other Bennet Sister

Sunday, 8pm, BBC One

“To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough; but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed.” While the current Austen-mania is in danger of creating fatigue (this is one of three big new dramas pegged to the author’s 250th anniversary), here’s a sparky reimagining of Pride & Prejudice told from studious, overlooked sister Mary’s perspective. Based on Janice Hadlow’s novel of the same name, Mary (Ella Bruccoleri) falls for an optician who her mother (a very snippy Ruth Jones) deems too lowly for the Bennet family. Will Mary ever find joy away from her sisters? And the courage to find herself? Cue her journey to becoming “the intellectual one”. Hollie Richardson

The Capture

9pm, BBC One

Did the real gunman really just walk into the heart of the counter-terrorism unit? At the end of last week’s opener of this terrifyingly close-to-the-bone deepfake thriller, Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) thought the man she just saw shoot dead the home secretary was standing in front of her – but will anyone believe her? And has she got it wrong? HR

Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants

5pm, Sky Nature

This charming film was shot at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro and follows a trio of elephants with disarmingly human names and oddly relatable habits. Craig, Pascal and Esau are at different stages of life and each embodies different truths about their world. From survival to breeding and playfulness, these huge beasts are surprisingly complex. Phil Harrison

Gone

9pm, ITV1

To further fox us as we try to guess whether Michael (David Morrissey), the chief suspect and husband of the deceased, is actually guilty, the febrile crime drama introduces a second, arrogantly unhelpful middle-aged man who might have done it. Then convenient CCTV and some inexplicable supporting-character behaviour keep the pot stirred. Jack Seale

Boarders

10pm, BBC Three

The irresistibly fun comedy-drama about five Black teenagers at an elite boarding school returns for a final run. With A-levels looming, Femi (Aruna Jalloh) is distracted by a new crush, while Leah (Jodie Campbell) has the opposite problem, as she wriggles out of her situationship with Xiang (Zheng Xi Yong). Hannah J Davies

Oscars Live

10.15pm, ITV1

Time to roll out the red carpet! Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic Sinners is the first film in history to earn 16 Oscar nominations. But the competition is stiff with Paul Thomas Anderson’s counterculture caper One Battle After Another and its 13 noms. Jonathan Ross is our host. HR

Film choice

The Martian, 10pm, BBC Two

Although Ridley Scott’s output has been hit-and-miss in recent decades, his 2015 sci-fi movie is up there with his best work. The always engaging Matt Damon is astronaut Mark, who is stranded alone on Mars after a Nasa mission goes wrong. He has four years until possible rescue, but not enough resources to survive. The solution? “I’m going to have to science the shit out of this.” In essence, this is a space procedural, where the technical problems Mark faces provide all the drama you need. Simon Wardell

The Son, 11pm, Channel 4

The last in Florian Zeller’s trilogy of plays (after The Mother and The Father) gets the screen treatment. It’s a more straightforward take on family strife than the earlier two, though the emotional turbulence is just as acute. Hugh Jackman plays Peter – father to teenager Nicholas (Zen McGrath), divorced from Laura Dern’s Kate and now married to Beth (Vanessa Kirby) with a new baby. Nicholas is showing signs of depression so Peter lets him come to stay. But, as a doctor says, “love is not enough” and Peter – who has a fractured relationship with his own dad – doesn’t have the tools to deal with a mental health crisis. SW