Satellite choice
CLASSIC COMEDY The Ladykillers, 12.45pm, Film4
ALEC Guinness tops a fine cast in the much-loved comedy. He’s the gent who leads a gang of crooks in a plot to steal a fortune – if Katie Johnson’s sweet old lady lets them.
GOLF The Honda Classic, 1pm, Sky Golf & Main Event
JUSTIN Thomas returns to Palm Beach in Florida to defend his title. He’s set to be up against an impressive field that includes Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia and Jim Furyk.
FEELGOOD FILM Isn’t It Romantic, Netflix
LIVELY romcom satire in which cynic Rebel Wilson (pictured with Adam DeVine) wakes up in an alternate universe, that of the PGrated romcom – she can’t swear, and all the people seem perfect, such as a yoga ambassador played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Look out for Jennifer Saunders as her mum.
COMIC-BOOK ACTION The Flash, 8pm, Sky One
THIS superhero drama returns for new episodes, with its DC Comics stablemates Arrow and Supergirl set to follow suit next week. Tonight’s episode shifts the focus away from the fastest man on Earth and towards Caitlin, Cisco and the rest as they take on Silver Ghost – a new villain with a very cool car.
SIXTIES ROADSTER Car SOS, 8pm, National Geographic
IN THE first of a new series, Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw renovate a Triumph TR4, the loving owner of which has had a tragic run of luck and is now visually impaired after a stroke. The restoration job is so far-reaching that it’s almost as if he’s getting an entirely new car.
DIVE IN . . . Wild Swimming With Alice Roberts, 9pm, BBC4
ALICE Roberts, who is apparently made of sterner stuff than most, dives into rivers and underground lakes – and even goes without clothes into a moorland pool – for this film. Her quest is not aimless – she is following the text of Roger Deakin’s Waterlog, an ode to the delights of wild swimming.
FUNNY THOUGHTS Micky Flanagan Thinking Aloud, 9pm, Pick
COMEDIAN Micky Flanagan has been mulling life’s issues, and he expresses his thoughts in this themed series. First up, he’s considering men and women and some of the issues that arise between them – in romance, at home and in the workplace.
SPECIAL FORCE Strike Back: Silent War, 9pm, Sky One
JAMIE Bamber (pictured) is pitchperfect as Section 20’s new chief, a posh burn-out who would rather be touring distilleries and picking fights with anyone who says ‘last orders’. In this eye-wateringly action-packed opener, he orders his people not to use force on a mission – needless to say, they pay no attention.
SCI-FI MOVIE Future World, 10pm, Sky Premiere
MAN (James Franco) and beautiful machine (Suki Waterhouse) travel through a post-apocalyptic wasteland in a film that desperately wants to be Mad Max.
PUBLIC RELATIONS Flack, 10pm, W
ROBYN has an idea to reinvent the image of a young singer in part two of this PR drama, which is even more breathtakingly cynical than the first. As the plot turns, we see more of Robyn’s ruthless boss, Caroline, who dispenses threats by phone as she receives Botox injections and is played with total steel by Sophie Okonedo (pictured).