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GOLF Scottish Open, 10.30am, Sky Sports 4

RORY McILROY is joined by Rickie Fowler, Patrick Reed and last year’s British Open winner, Henrik Stenson, in a strong line-up at the Dundonald Links in Ayrshire.

FAMILY ANIMATION Aladdin, 11.35am, 8pm, Sky Disney

A MAGIC carpet ride based on the Arabian Nights tale, this is spiked with the kind of humour only the late Robin Williams — ad-libbing away as the genie — could provide.

T20 CRICKET Middlesex v Surrey, 6pm, Sky Sports 2

THE local rivals meet in front of a full house at Lord’s for a Twenty20 game that could feature Kevin Pietersen for Surrey, as well as England’s T20 heroes Dawid Malan (Middlesex) and Tom Curran (Surrey).

BACK IN TIME Outlander, 9pm, More4

IN PART three, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) is settling into 1740s life — she’s put her Forties nursing skills to good use and has let her eye wander more to Jamie. Yet it isn’t long before she is confronted with the harsh realities of the time, including an intimidati­ng man of God (Tim McInnerny).

POWER OF NATURE Decoding Disaster: A Timewatch Guide, 9pm, BBC4

FROM the eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 AD to the tidal wave that crashed into the South Wales coast 400 years ago, natural disasters are great subjects for documentar­ies. Here, Professor Danielle George delves into the archive to see how the science has changed over time.

MAN’S BEST FRIEND Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family, 9pm, Sky 1

FOR this accessible and lovingly filmed new series, Patrick Aryee digs into the canine family tree to throw fresh light on the character of domestic dogs and how they have evolved. To start, though, there is a super-cute sight — fluffy puppies mucking about in Mongolia.

SLICK U.S. DRAMA How To Get Away With Murder, 9pm, Sky Living

THIS twisty U.S. drama from the Shonda Rhimes stable (Scandal) moves from Universal to Sky for the first of its new, third season. Viola Davis (pictured) stars as the ruthless lawyer and criminal-law Professor — a woman of action and secrets — at its core. Seasons one and two are on Netflix.

FREEVIEW MOVIE The Equalizer, 9pm, 5Star

DEPENDABLY heroic, Denzel Washington revives the character originally played by Edward Woodward in the Eighties TV series. He’s a former covert operative who blasts his way out of retirement to turn vigilante and wash the Russian mob off the streets of Boston. Unflinchin­g.

FAR NORTH Yukon Men,, 10pm,p, Discovery y

IT’S not a patch on The Last Alaskans, but there’s some magic to this returning series about the remote way of life in Tanana, Alaska. Courtney is out searching the hunting grounds, looking for moose and passing on wisdom to her daughter, Carrie (pictured with Courtney) — who is wearing a sweet woolly hat and copies everything her mum does.

CRIME THRILLER Dog Eat Dog, 11.55pm, Sky Premiere

DIRECTED by Paul Schrader and adapted from Ed Bunker’s 1995 novel, this blackly comic thriller keeps Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe up to their necks in trouble.

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