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MATINEE MUSICAL South Pacific, 1.55pm,p , Sky y Select
CURIOUS adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, starring John Kerr, Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi. It’s not the best movie musical, but the songs hit the right notes.
TENNIS Dubai Duty Free Championships, 7am, 3pm, BT Sport 1
BRITISH number one Johanna Konta will look to build on her Sydney International win. But Karolina Pliskova, Angelique Kerber and Agnieszka Radwanska are set to be in a tough field.
FOOTBALL Newcastle United v Aston Villa, 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
THE Magpies continue their bid for automatic promotion as they host Steve Bruce’s Villa, who are nearer the bottom than the top. Their last meeting ended 1-1, with an unlikely late Villa equaliser. DEEP DOCUMENTARY Life, Animated, 9pm, BBC4 ‘IT’S like someone kidnapped our son,’ says the dad of Owen Suskind of his son’s diagnosis with autism in 1994. They found a way through his silence by speaking to him in dialogue from Disney films (which Owen had memorised), and that heartfelt connection forms the core of a hopelessly moving, Oscarnominated documentary.
ANGLING Robson Green Grand Slam Fishing, 9pm, Travel
ANOTHER early start for the actor, as he rises at 4am to go fishing for salmon on the Kenai river in Alaska. Whatever your level of interest in fishing, Robson’s enthusiasm and the beautiful scenery make this easy to watch
FILM BIOPIC Ray, 9pm, Sony Movie Channel
JAMIE FOXX (pictured) won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in this finely tuned biopic. Ray’s incredible story encompasses not only blindness from childhood, but also racism and heroin addiction. From this, he emerged as a dignified musical trailblazer. (Freeview 32, Sky 323, Virgin 425).
PERIOD CRIME DRAMA Murdoch Mysteries, 9pm, Alibi
THE witnesses in a murder case begin dropping like flies, pushing Murdoch to a truly demented course of action to bring the killer to justice. This hysterical new episode also raises a question: How is the fabulously incompetent Henry still employed?
U.S. SERIES RETURNS Criminal Minds, 9pm, Sky Living
ROSSI is at the centre of the story as this series returns for a new run. For years, the legendary profiler’s birthdays have been marred by the annual taunting by his serial killer nemesis, Tommy Yates — can he finally put a stop to that tonight?
FREEVIEW WHODUNIT Elementary, 10pm, Pick
THE U.S. series continues its Freeview premiere. Here, Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan (Lucy Liu) continue to find their balance as a double act while pursuing a child predator. Sherlock might be capable of staying up all night to sift information, but it’s only when he explains it all to Joan that he makes the vital connections . . .
NEW MOVIE The Goob, 10pm, Sky Premiere
NORFOLK is the setting for this bold coming-of-age drama. Goob (Liam Walpole) is a struggling country boy whose life starts to look up when he meets a pretty foreign worker.