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TEEN FILM DRAMA Honey: Rise Up And Dance, 4.40pm, Sky Premiere SKYLER (Teyana Taylor) is the Atlanta teen trying out for a street dance crew and a shot at a college scholarship, despite the disapproval of her family. SOCCER Arsenal v Sporting Lisbon, 8pm, BT Sport 2 ARSENAL manager Unai Emery won the Europa League three times with Seville and has made a perfect start as he aims for his fourth title, with Danny Welbeck scoring the only goal in Lisbon last month to make it three wins out of three. Chelsea are also aiming to maintain their 100% record as they play BATE Borisov in Belarus (5.15pm, BT Sport 2). BRIGHT SPARK Young Sheldon, 8.30pm, E4 THE return of this warm and funny prequel to The Big Bang Theory. Young Sheldon is so much smarter than those around him, it’s easy to forget that he is still a child – but that becomes very clear at the start of this new, second season as he disappoints his father. CIA STORY Berlin Station, 9pm, More4 MORE twists from this spy thriller, which has one of the best choices of intro music in the genre: David Bowie’s I’m Afraid Of Americans. Tonight, the powers-that-be sweep into the Berlin CIA station, looking for answers about the leak, while Danny (Richard Armitage) is looking for ways to keep motivated. FIFTIES MOVIE Town On Trial, 9pm, Talking Pictures A THRILLER enjoyable as much for the glimpse of a bygone era as it is for the neat mystery. When a woman is found dead at a posh tennis club, abrasive superintendent John Mills is called in – only to be met by a wall of silence. TOPICAL COMEDY THE energetic comedian (pictured), who can veer from cute to cutting in the space of a sentence, is back for a second run of weekly takes on the news. In a new section, he tries out allegedly lifeprolonging activities, with the help of familiar faces such as Greg Davies, Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty. JUST FOR LAUGHS Comedy Legends: Bob Hope, 10pm, Sky Arts ‘SHE said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.’ Bob Hope was the king of the oneliners. Here Barry Cryer looks back at the career of the comic, writer and actor which lasted 80 years. SKETCH SHOW Key & Peele, 11pm, Comedy Central THE foul language aside, this smart US show is undoubtedly in a league of its own. Highlights in this week’s instalment include a constantly joking man’s visit to the doctor and an easily scared traffic reporter taking a ride in a helicopter. SCI-FI DRAMA Equals, 11.10pm, Sony Movie Channel IN A bland, ice-blue future, citizens are medicated to control their emotions – most of all love and desire. Kristen Stewart (pictured) and Nicholas Hoult are the whiteclad drones who, despite this, fall for one another, and face a desperate, clandestine battle to free themselves. (Sky 321)