Satellite choice
FOOTBALL
Liverpool v Crystal Palace, 1pm, Sky Sports Main Event
HONG KONG’S Premier League Asia Trophy starts with West Brom v Leicester City (10.30am). Palace’s new manager, Frank de Boer, then takes on Jurgen Klopp. The two meet again at Anfield in August.
England Women v Scotland Women, 7.30pm, Eurosport 2
THE two sides get their Euro 2017 campaigns under way against each other in Utrecht. England’s women have won all six competitive matches against Scotland, but this is their first meeting in a senior final tournament. There is also live coverage on Channel 4. HIT NEW YORK DRAMA
HITNEWYORKDRAMA
Mad Men, 8pm, AMC
THE very first episode of this perfectly styled Sixties drama, which tracks the slow-motion implosion of Don Draper (Jon Hamm), a troubled genius of the advertising industry, and the rise of his protegee, Peggy (The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss, pictured above right with January Jones and Christina Hendricks). The series is also available on Netflix. (Sky 192, BT TV 332)
CULTURAL FIGURES
The South Bank Show, 8pm, Sky Arts
THE new run opens with Amma Asante, the Bafta-winning director of A United Kingdom, who started out on Grange Hill in the ‘Just Say No’ era. One highlight here is Asante’s visit to her charming old stage school, which is like something out of a children’s book.
ACTION THRILLER
Shooter, Netflix
THE return of this high-octane U.S. series that follows a sniper (Ryan Phillippe) who is framed and forced to go on the run. A new episode arrives every Wednesday.
CRIME FLICK
Nocturnal Animals, 8pm, Sky Premiere
FASHION designer Tom Ford’s second feature is a dark and stylish thriller. Amy Adams (pictured), Jake Gyllenhaal and Aaron Taylor-Johnson lead the impressive cast.
CYCLE PIONEER
Pedalling Dreams: The Raleigh Story, 9pm, BBC4
THE bewitching story of Raleigh bikes, which was founded in 1888 by Frank Bowden, whom doctors had given six months to live. He took up cycling, thrived and soon after created Raleigh. Quality was a top priority, and some of those early bikes still work today.
CLOSE TO EVIL
Hitler My Neighbour, , 9pm, PBS America
UNTIL 1939, Edgar Feuchtwanger lived over the road from Hitler in Munich. ‘I shared a dentist with h Hitler,’ says Edgar (pictured) in one of many small stories that present the Germanman leader in a human light, which makes his crimes all the more incredible.
EMOTIONAL SERIES
Long Lost Family U.S., 9pm, Quest Red
A NEW series opens with a poignant tale. Sheryl is looking for the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption as a teenager. When she told her parents she was pregnant, her mum said: ‘What are our friends at the club going to think?’ (Freeview 38, Sky 162, Virgin 215)
FILM COMEDY
My Internship In Canada, 10pm, Sky Premiere
GENTLE political satire in which Canada is on the brink of war with the Middle East. Patrick Huard stars as the provincial MP with the deciding vote.