Satellite choice
RUGBY UNION Hurricanes v British & Irish Lions, 8am, Sky Sports 1
THE Lions get a chance to play in Wellington, the venue for the vital second Test. This is the last chance for Warren Gatland to experiment ahead of Saturday’s must-win clash against the All Blacks.
RAGS-TO-RICHES Queen Of Katwe, 5.50pm,p, Skyy Premiere
THE delightful tale, set in Uganda, of a poor girl who becomes a talented chess player.p A heartwarming true story, starring newcomern Madina Nalwanga (pictured).
NOIR DRAMA Chance, 9pm, Universal
THE danger of falling for a woman with two personalities — not to mention a violent husband — becomes clearer in this new episode, as psychiatrist-on-the-slide Chance (Hugh Laurie) and Jaclyn/Jackie (Gretchen Mol) have a close encounter. Just what is she asking him to do, exactly?
DODGY LAWYER Better Call Saul, 9pm, AMC
THE first episode of this Breaking Bad prequel, a show with a vintage visual style and a mesmerising lead character in Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a lawyer who steadily drifts towards the bad. Seasons one to three are available on Netflix. (Sky 192, BT TV 332)
JAPANESE ART Hokusai: Old Man Crazy To Paint, 9pm, BBC4
THE artist behind The Great Wave (pictured) had a flair for innovation, as this absorbing new profile reveals. While he was showing his skills to the shogun, Hokusai dipped a rooster’s feet in red ink and let it scamper across a blue painting, calling the result Autumn Leaves On The Tatsuta River.
MAKING OF AMERICA Robert Redford’s The West, 10pm, History
FILLED with grand reconstructions and contributions from such alpha screen males as Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland and Redford (pictured), this new series places the American West in context. It starts in the wake of the Civil War, when the frontier provided a new start for many.
KEEPING BUSY The Baby Boomers’ Guide To Growing Old, 10pm, More4
THIS week’s episode is more handson as the famous OAPs try out later-life careers. Stanley Johnson is helping in B&Q, Amanda Barrie and Kenny Lynch are running a B&B, and — most promisingly — smooth-tongued cricket commentator Henry Blofeld is a wine waiter.
FANTASY ADVENTURE Preacher, Amazon Prime
CHARISMATIC performances help this gritty comic-book adaptation to bubble along. Dominic Cooper plays a powerful preacher in search of God, who led his flock to a revelation in the season one finale. As season two opens, he, his girlfriend and an Irish vampire are on the road. A new episode arrives every Tuesday.
FREEVIEW MOVIE The Road, 10.05pm, ITV4
BASED on the brutally efficient novel by Cormac McCarthy, this apocalyptic drama follows a father and son (Viggo Mortensen and Kodi SmitMcPhee) as they struggle to survive in a world ravaged by an unspecified cataclysm. Bleak and haunting, with only faint glimmers of hope.