Satellite choice

MODERN ART

Horrible Histories, 5.25pm, CBBC SALVADOR DALI works as a supply teacher in this new episode, which is all about artists behaving oddly. We also meet Picasso, who pays for things with pictures, not cash (he actually did this), and visit 18th-century Paris, where it was scandalous to display teeth in paintings.

FAMILY FILM Storks, 6.20pm, Sky Premiere

THIS splendid animation has plenty to amuse the young, less young and positively grown-up. Adopted by a postal firm run by birds, human girl Tulip takes charge of a very special delivery!

GOIN’ LOCO Tornado: The 100mph Steam Engine, 8pm, BBC4

CHARMING BBC Yorkshire documentary that gives us an inside look at the workings of Tornado, the first British-built steam engine to travel at 100mph in 50 years. It’s a quintessentially British story, one that celebrates the enduring passion of local enthusiasts.

CHILLING FANTASY Game Of Thrones, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

THIS season has struck a nice balance between giving viewers what they want in terms of spectacle, and throwing some surprising spanners into the works of the plot. As such, there’s a real sense of urgency as we now head into the second half of this penultimate, seven-part run.

GRIPPING THRILLER False Flag, 9pm, Fox

IN PART two of this gripping Israeli thriller, secrets slip out as the group (pictured) are pulled in for questioning. For all the tension, though, False Flag doesn’t forget the need for humour — just

watch the moment Asia decides to try to flirt her way out of the situation, and then her reaction to the result.

ON-DEMAND Ghost In The Shell, BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin

GOOD-LOOKING live-action update of the Japanese manga adventure, starring Scarlett Johansson as the cyborg super-soldier looking for her past in a dystopian future.

CULINARY STUDY Inside Heston’s World, 9pm, Good Food

REVERENTIAL exploration of Heston Blumenthal’s fantastical cooking methods as he prepares to move his Fat Duck restaurant to Australia. The culinary side is quite familiar now; it’s the insight into the service side, and the cost of the enterprise to Heston, that makes this interesting. (Sky 133 , Virgin 278 )

GRITTY FLICK Criminal Activities, 9pm, Sony Movie Channel

FOUR FRIENDS lose their money when a stock market deal turns sour in this crime thriller. But things go from bad to worse when one of them reveals that he borrowed his share of the money from John Travolta’s deranged mobster.