Satellite choice
ONE-DAY CRICKET England v Ireland, 10.30am, Sky Sports 2
BRISTOL hosts the first of two 50-overs games, with the teams heading to Lord’s on Sunday. Ireland will be looking to double their all-time victory tally against the hosts, following their shock World Cup win in Bangalore in 2011.
FOOTBALL West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur, 7pm, Sky Sports 1
HARRY KANE scored twice for Spurs when they beat West Ham 3-2 in November. The striker has now scored five in their past four meetings, and will be looking to add to that number as Spurs try to keep up the pressure on leaders Chelsea.
CARTOON FAMILY The Simpsons, 8pm, Sky 1
THIS week’s solid new episode is on a Friday rather than the usual Sunday and takes the place of the Carters Get Rich finale (which is now on Sunday). Here, the folk of Springfield become obsessed with Peekimon Get (a spoof of Pokemon Go), and Bart is forced to spend time with Skinner’s mother.
ACTION MAN Jason Bourne, 8pm, Sky Premiere
MATT DAMON (pictured) is back — older and more grizzled, but still with a chip on his shoulder. The film is directed with gusto by Paul Greengrass, and there’s plenty of frantic, globetrotting action.
NEW HORIZONS The Mars Generation, Netflix
THE infectious enthusiasm of American youngsters at Space Camp, hoping to land on Mars, is captured in Netflix’s documentary. ‘It’s our duty to breathe fire into the imaginations of these young people,’ says scientist Michio Kaku in an uplifting hymn to hopes, dreams and the allure of space travel.
PARIS POLITICS Spin, 9pm, More4
EVERY week, this thriller delivers bombshell after bombshell and yet still manages to remain faintly plausible. Last week’s key development was the pregnancy of the President’s mistress, and it’s only a matter of time before spin doctor Kapita will have to deal with that. For now, he’s got a hostage crisis to keep him occupied.
MANCHESTER TALES The Street, 9pm, ITV3
ORIGINALLY shown on BBC1, although it was actually produced by ITV, Jimmy McGovern’s Baftaand Emmy-winning drama begins a repeat on ITV3. The first story finds Angela (Jane Horrocks), a married mother of three, embarking on an affair with a neighbour, which turns sour.
NEW WORLD DRAMA Jamestown, 9pm, Sky 1 SCI-FI SERIES Sense8, Netflix
THE Wachowski siblings’ ambitious, global drama about eight people who share a telepathic link — and are being hunted by mysterious forces — returns with ten new episodes.
SEVENTIES HITS Classic Albums: Carly Simon — No Secrets, 10pm, BBC4
CARLY SIMON reflects on the album that gave us You’re So Vain. So, who was it about? Her manager says they never said for sure, partly because they were always asked: ‘The answer wasn’t as important as the game.’ Still, Simon says verse two was definitely about Warren Beatty.