Rovers (Sky 1, 10pm)

'I haven't loved going to work and saying the words this much since the Royle Family," says Sue Johnston about teaming up with Craig Cash for the lower league football sitcom Rovers.

The former Corrie star has enjoyed switching from one Rovers (Return) to another to play gossip queen Doreen, who has lost her head over her love for struggling Redbridge Rovers. Johnston told TV Times that, at 72, she's too long in the tooth to take on roles she doesn't believe in and the Liverpool FC fan said she just had to sign up for Rovers as soon as she saw the scripts.

"I don't want my jobs to be a hard slog because I've done that. I just want enjoyment now and to do things that give me a buzz, and Rovers does that for me," she says.

Johnston is in the think of the action as Doreen because she runs the clubhouse where she's pulling pints, making cheese toasties and sharing the latest tittle-tattle before putting together another legendary meat raffle. "Doreen's quite bonkers, most of the characters are. She's kind, but not very bright, so she might not always get things – especially football. The show is about football, but mainly it's about the characters and how the agree or disagree on things, fall out, gossip and support each other. It's a really warm comedy and I think everyone will be able to identify with at least one of them," Johnston says.

Joe Wilkinson (Him & Her) and David Earl (Derek) teamed up to pen the down-to-earth comedy for Jellylegs, the production company co-founded by Craig Cash.

Adam MacDonald, director of Sky 1 has admitted: “They had me at meat platter.”

In the Club (BBC1, 9pm)

WITH Shelly keeping baby Sebastian with her on the ward overnight, an anxious Andrew and Nathan prepare to bring him home again. Andrew's convinced something's going to go wrong and that Shelly will change her mind, while Nathan struggles to keep him calm. But neither of them is prepared for the shock of what is waiting for them at the hospital. Meanwhile, Maxine's day is thrown into chaos when she gets a call from her husband Micky, saying he's on his way home, and things get increasingly complicated for Roanna as she and Ray continue to meet in secret.

How to Get a Council House (C4, 9pm)

CHANNEL 4's council homes double bill kicks off with this documentary. Cameras follows those who have come to the UK from abroad and have no option but to turn to the council for housing. They include Florin, his wife and their five children who have relocated from Romania for a better life in Britain but, without a home or a job, they face the prospect of having to sleep rough. Viewers also meet Monika from Poland and her Ugandan husband Frederick who have fallen behind on their rent and are now facing eviction.

Later Live - with Jools Holland (BBC2, 10pm)

FOR every Crosby Stills, Nash & Young, there is a NKOTBSB (the joining together of New Kids On The Block and The Backstreet Boys), and for some, the term supergroup conjures thoughts of bloated egos battling for control. Nevertheless, when it was rumoured that Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner was teaming up with The Rascals' Miles Kane to form The Last Shadow Puppets in 2008, the music Press and fans couldn't wait to hear what they came up with. Predictably, their debut The Age of the Understatement was a massive success. Eventually, a second album, Everything You've Come to Expect, did arrive last month, and tonight the lads join the host to play tracks from that record. Also on the bill is Californian singer and slide guitar player Bonnie Raitt, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and cellist Vincent Segal, East London neo soul performer Nao, Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero and veteran alt-rock band Dinosaur Jr.

Viv Hardwick