Satellite choice

ONE-DAY CRICKET England v South Africa, 10.20am Sky Sports 1 & Mix

WITH New Zealand and Australia still to come, this is a crucial World Cup game for England’s women — the victors will be looking secure in the top half of the table and on track for the semi-finals.

CYCLING Tour de France, 12 noon, Eurosport 1 & ITV4

THIS fifth stage is from Vittel to La Planche des Belles Filles in the Vosges mountains, and it ends with a short but taxing climb. Chris Froome won here in 2012, before finishing second overall to Bradley Wiggins.

MOVIE MUSIC Sound Of Cinema, 8pm, BBC4

NEIL BRAND’S series ends with more rewardingly offbeat anecdotes. The soundtrack to Forbidden Planet was the first fully electronic film score and only came about by accident after the composers, who were asked for 20 minutes of effects, got carried away.

SCI-FI STORY Colony, 9pm, Sky 1

DON’T worry if you missed season one of this lowkey alien invasion drama, starring Lost’s Josh Holloway (pictured). Season two starts with a flashback to the day the aliens arrived — placing a wall around LA in a jaw-dropping moment — so it’s a good place to start. If you do want more, season one is on Netflix.

TEXAN TALE Hap And Leonard, 9pm, AMC

IN A drama shot through with worldweary wit, James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams play two men at the bottom of the pecking order in rural Eighties Texas. Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks (pictured) co-stars as Hap’s (Purefoy) refoy) tempting ex, who sashays into their lives with a way to make ‘easy’ money. (Sky 192, BT TV 332)

FREEVIEW FILM Point Break, 9pm, Spike

GIVE the recent remake a wide berth and head back to Kathryn Bigelow’s original adrenaline-pumped cult heist movie. Keanu Reeves stars as a rookie FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of surfers who rob banks so that they are free to ride the waves. Patrick Swayze is the gang’s charismatic leader. (Freeview 31, Freesat 141, Sky 160, Virgin 154)

MURDER CASE Criminal Minds, 10pm, Pick

DEAN CAIN, of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman, plays an angry-looking gambler whose ‘luck is going to turn around’ in this week’s episode as the BAU head to Atlantic City to investigate a murder. Let’s hope the case is an easyy one, as the team aren’t quite firing on all cylinders — Garcia has a massive hangover.

BEDTIME BLUES The Secrets Of Sleep, 10pm, More4

ESTHER became particularly alarmed by her sleepwalking — which began when she was five — after she awoke to find she had moved her son between rooms in her sleep. Also iin this hi final fil episode, there is hope for mum Yvette, whose narcolepsy and constant exhaustion have had a terribly sad emotional impact.

FRENCH DRAMA The Measure Of A Man, 10pm, Sky Premiere

PIERCING social drama starring Vincent Lindon as a middle-aged man who is let go from his job. When he finds new work, it comes with strings that test his sense of fairness.

PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIE Trespass Against Us, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies

BRENDAN GLEESON and Michael Fassbender power this small-scale tale of a son trying to escape his dad’s criminal ways.