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TOUCHING TALE A Street Cat Named Bob, 4.15pm, Sky Premiere

LUKE TREADAWAY stars in this biopic of James Bowen. But all eyes are on Bob, the ginger tom cat who helped the recovering heroin addict to get his life back.

STAR WARS Forces Of Destiny, y, 5pm,p , Disneyy

THE first of a punchy new,new daily series of animated shorts that flesh out the characters of Rey and Princess Leia. Daisy Ridley returns as the voice of Rey, while Shelby Young does a fair imitation of Carrie Fisher. (Sky 609, Virgin 724)

WWII DOCUMENTARY Nazi Megastructures, 8pm, National Geographic

THERE are some eerie moments in this first of a new series, which tours the relics of the Nazi rail network. The railways were not just used for supplies and troops, but also for Hitler himself to move more easily between his forces in his special mobile command train.

FOOD ON FIRE John Torode’s Korean Food Tour, 9pm, Good Food

THE chef’s jolly jaunt starts in a sweltering Seoul, as he eats boiling chicken soup to combat the heat. This idea comes from a principle in eastern medicine of ‘fighting fire with fire’, which has a British parallel in how people insist on drinking cups of tea in summer. (Sky 133 Virgin 278)

IT’S BACK! Game Of Thrones, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

THE new, penultimate season of HBO’s fantasy drama seems likely to deliver an almighty string of battles. But how many of the living will have to die before they realise the error of their ways, and band together to defeat the Night King (pictured)? Or should we not expect a happy ending?

DRAMA Death In Paradise, 9pm, Drama

THE first of a weekday repeat from the start for this cosily watchable e Caribbean murder mystery, in which Ben en Miller plays the British detective who insists on wearing suits on the island of Saint Marie — despite the tropical weather. Seasons one to four are also available on Netflix.

FREEVIEW ACTIONER The Drop, 9pm, Film4

SATISFYING crime drama, penned by Dennis Lehane. Tom Hardy stars as a Brooklyn bartender, skirting the edges of crime as trouble and violence escalate around him. Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini also star.

UP IN SMOKE . . . Storyville: The Great European Cigarette Mystery, 10pm, BBC4

IN 2012, John Dalli left his post as the EU Commissioner of Health, after being accused of being in the pocket of ‘Big Tobacco’. This new documentary looks for evidence of a conspiracy, but finds a secret source that takes the story in a strangely humorous direction.