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SPEEDWAY World Cup, 5.45pm, BT Sport 1 RUSSIA, Denmark and Latvia take on 2015 winners Sweden in Vastervik. The winners will join Great Britain and hosts Poland in next week’s final. PAY-PER-VIEW FILM Hidden Figures, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies THE incredible true story of the African-American women who were critical to Nasa’s success requires no embellishment and is delivered in simple, inspirational style in this wellacted drama. Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner star. CHRISTIE CASE Miss Marple, 8pm, Drama IN ONE of the finest Joan Hickson Marples, the sleuth (pictured) p is hired by the late millionaire J Jason Rafiel (of A Caribbean Mystery) to investigate his death. She’s sent off on a coach trip to do so and meets m some won de rf wonder fully lly well-well drawn dr a characters along the way — especially the poor lady in charge . . . SCI-FI FLICK Morgan, 8pm, Sky Premiere SYNTHETIC life is grown in a lab, but can’t contain its violent urges. Kate Mara is the woman from ‘corporate’ sent in to do a risk assessment. Curiously bland, with a predictable twist. NATIONAL PARK PARKLIFELIFE The Yorkshire Dales And The Lakes, 9pm, More4 NEW series that’s full not just of stunning scenery, but also of people who love working in the midst of it. ‘It’s never work,’ says John Dawson of running his farm. Another John (pictured with wife Jules), once of Manchester, now delights in running a rural grocery store that specialises in cheese wedding cakes. HOME MAKEOVER Nate And Jeremiah By Design, 9pm, TLC WHAT distinguishes this from similar shows is that Nate and Jeremiah really seem to care. In the last episode, the duo help Sherry, who was trying to fix the family home, but ran out of money looking after her sister. (Sky 125, Virgin 167) AUTUMN YEARS The Baby Boomers’ Guide To Growing Old, 10pm, More4 WHAT hobbies are fun for our famous OAPs? To John Prescott, none — he sees work as the only worthwhile pastime and resists all attempts to convince him otherwise. Also tonight, Edwina Currie dresses like a punk and tries to sing like one — on stage at a pub in Birmingham — and Esther Rantzen tells us why she has always preferred the over-65s. MYSTERY RETURNS The Leftovers, 10pm, Sky Atlantic MANY people hated Damon Lindelof’s drama in its first season. Over time, its story of missing people gathered depth and now, for this final season — which is available in its entirety on Sky On Demand and Now TV — it has hit new levels of artistry. Don’t expect solid answers, but there’s satisfaction here. FREEVIEW MOVIE Experimenter, 11.20pm, Film4 INTELLIGENTLY handled and utterly fascinating dramatisation of the work of social psychologist Stanley Milgram, whose famous Sixties research into obedience exposed some shocking truths about human nature. Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder (pictured) star.