Satellite choice
LEAGUE CUP Chelsea v Derby County, 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event
DERBY goalkeeper Scott Carson was the hero after the Rams knocked out Manchester United 8-7 in a penalty shoot-out at Old Trafford. Can Frank Lampard now continue his League Cup giant-killing against his old club Chelsea in this fourth-round tie?
MARVELLOUS MATTER The Secret Story Of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age, 9pm, BBC4
EVERLASTING dental crowns from 3-D printers? Self-extinguishing insulation made out of fungus? These are just two of the many small wonders Zoe Laughlin finds in her tour of the modern world of materials, some of which she tests out in the workshop.
DICING WITH DANGER Ben Hanlin’s Live & Deadly: Drowned, 9pm, ITV2
THE reality star Joey Essex and the magician Ben Hanlin (pictured) are shackled in an underground chamber that floods with water – and then must escape, live. In the run-up, Joey had this to say: ‘How hard can it be – isn’t escapology just something to do with saying sorry?’
GAME FOR A LAUGH Taskmaster, 9pm, Dave
THE tasks take peculiar directions in this penultimate episode – tonight’s challenges include hula hoops, fez-wearing and some art involving a placenta. This weirdness seems to push the buttons of the contestants, and James Acaster and Rhod Gilbert end up in some very enjoyable rows with taskmaster Greg Davies.
L.A. FIXER Ray Donovan, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
GRIEVING Ray (Liev Schreiber) spends a lot of this opening episode of a new season looking for opportunities to die or drink – but ultimately, he is a survivor. Schreiber’s utterly convincing portrayal of this broken-down bull of a man is what makes that struggle so compelling.
REVENGE FILM The Padre, Sky Store/ Virgin Movies
NICK Nolte stars as a grizzled US Marshal on the trail of revenge, which he plans to unleash on a conman in hiding – the ‘Padre’ of the title, played by Tim Roth – in a wellacted road movie.
SPOOKY MOVIE The Witch, 9pm, Film4
SET in 1630s New England, in the stark wilderness that colonial settlers made their home, this wellcrafted supernatural horror follows a family who have been banished by their Puritan brethren. Living in isolation, they fall prey to dark forces. Anya Taylor-Joy (pictured), Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie star.
HAUNTING MYSTERY The Thirteenth Tale, 10pm, BBC4
A WELL-PACED and finely acted story for Halloween night, unfolding between an outwardly meek but sharp-as-you-like interviewer (Olivia Colman) and an ailing author with an extraordinary tale to tell (Vanessa Redgrave). It was originally shown on BBC2 over Christmas 2013.
LATE-NIGHT FRIGHTS Terrifier, 11pm, Sky Premiere
ONE for Halloween, this is an especially grisly killer clown slasher, spun off from director Damien Leone’s All Hallows’ Eve. If you don’t like clowns and gore, stay well away.