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TENNIS ATP World Tour Finals, 12 noon,, Skyy Sportsp 3
LIVE coverage from London’s O2 Arena of the day two of the ATP Tour’s season-ending ccompetition. World number one Novak Djokovic (pictured) has wonwo the men’s singles title for the past two years.
MOVIE WESTERN Walk The Proud Land, 2.15pm, 5 USA
THIS is anything but a traditional western. Audie Murphy, hero in real life and on screen, here plays John Clum, the man who negotiated peace with the Apache — a man of words, not action.
YOUNG & TALENTED Junior MasterChef, 4.30pm, CBBC
MORE incredibly talented children compete in a new run of the contest, overseen and encouraged by Donal Skehan and John Torode. Their first challenge is to make the ultimate burger — after giving their hands a good wash.
KIDS’ FILM Harriet The Spy, 4.25pm, Sky Family
A CHARMING adaptation of Louise Fitzhugh’s cautionary novel. Michelle Trachtenberg is Harriet, the lass learning the hard way to keep her opinions to herself.
FELINE MYSTERY The Secret Life Of Cats, 9pm, ITV3
REPEAT for this illuminating oneoff about the behaviour and sensory abilities of the nation’s felines — of which there are an astounding 8.5 million — and the story of how they’ve learned to adapt to our world.
WORKPLACE COMEDY
Trollied, 8.30pm, Sky1
AISLING BEA (pictured) joins the cast of Sky’s supermarket comedy in episode two of the new run, playing the clueless heir to the Valco empire. She’s a childlike creature, gazing through her pigtails and claiming to understand things she doesn’t have the first hope of tackling.
CRIME DRAMA Broadchurch, 9pm, ITV Encore
AHEAD of the eagerly awaited (and not yet scheduled) second series of this riveting murder mystery, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman, ITV Encore is repeating the whole of the first series. The story opens with the disappearance of a child — a familiar starting point for crime drama, but the cast is superb, and the mystery is plotted with rigour and flair.
MOVIE SCI-FI Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, 9pm, Film4
A SPECTACULAR reboot of the Apes series for the 21st century. James Franco is the scientist opening the floodgates, and altering the course of humanity.
NEW U.S. DRAMA
Stalker, 10pm,m, Sky Living
DYLAN M DERMOTT and Maggie Q investigate stalkers in a slick new U.S. drama with a generally pessimistic view of human nature. Nikita’s Maggie Q (pictured) is the best reason tot watcht h — she’sh’ a martial-arts specialist with a history of doing her own stunts, and her character isn’t afraid to add ‘the personal touch’ when nobody’s looking.
MOVIE HORROR
Gremlins, 10pm, Sky Christmas
WONDERFULLY tongue-incheek (and only lightly festive) horror from king of the horror spoof Joe Dante. Zach Galligan is the teen given a deceptively cute critter for Christmas.