Satellite choice
CRICKET Australia v Bangladesh, 1pm, Sky Sports 2
THE Aussies will hope their pace attack, spearheaded by left-hander Mitchell Starc — the second-ranked ODI bowler in the world — will be potent enough to win at the Oval.
NEW FAMILY SHOW Where In The World?, 4.30pm, CBeebies
CHILDREN in other countries may seem to live different lives, but their concerns are often reassuringly familiar. This new series opens in Jordan, where we meet Hamza, who is unhappy about the number of stairs he has to take on a shopping trip with his dad.
FREEVIEW ACTION Star Trek, 8pm,p E4
JJ.JJ. ABRAMS’s reboot sees a new cast of younger-generation actors taking on the familiar roles of Kirk, Spock, Bones and Scotty. Thanks to some ‘angry future Romulans’, they’re off on all-new adventures.
ON-DEMAND SERIES American Gods, Amazon Prime
THERE’S a lot of travelling and negotiation in this week’s new episode — number six — of Neil Gaiman’s atmospheric clash-of-deities drama, as Shadow’s ex learns about life after death.
THRILLER MOVIE The Game, 9pm, Sony Movie Channel
MICHAEL DOUGLAS is the banker who has it all in this downbeat thriller, until his comfortable life is turned upside down. (Freeview 32, Sky 323, Virgin 425)
DATING CONTEST Love Island, 9pm, ITV2
OLIVIA is among those looking for love, or something like it, as the breathtakingly crass dating contest returns for a new run — and at a new villa. The first episode, inn which the scantily clad contenders eyeball each other and decide who they most like the look of, is the most socially awkward.
NEW U.S. DRAMA Ransom, 9pm, Universal
THIS slick new 13-episode U.S. drama is centred on Eric Beaumont, a professional hostage negotiator with principles. He’s behaving oddly y towards a new recruit, though — why? If you’re after something new, but not extraordinary, this could well fit the bill.
DOCUMENTARY Hunt For The Actic Ghost Ship, 9pm, More4
IN 1845, a 129-man expedition to conquer the Northwest Passage for the British Empire vanished. This evocative film slips between dramatisations of the worsening plight of those aboard HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and the 2014 voyage that found one of the ships.
COMEDY CHALLENGES A League Of Their Own: U.S. Road Trip 2.0., 9pm, Sky 1
JAMIE REDKNAPP, Jack Whitehall and Andrew Flintoff hit the road with James Corden (pictured) again for a new series of wild challenges and laddish banter. The great time they very clearly have isn’t always so fun for the viewer, but tonight’s monster truck race is quite the spectacle.
APOCALYPSEAPO DRAMA Fear The Walking Dead,Dead 9pm, AMC
THE prequel series, which has a more hopeful,hop family-focused feel than the zombie drama it comes from, returnsreturn for a new run. As season three begins, the survivors, including MadisonMadis and Travis, look for new refuge on the U.S./Mexico border. (Sky 192, BT TV 332)