Satellite choice
RUGBY UNION
England v Spain, 1.30pm, ITV4
THE 2014 Women’s World Cup holders England, who are unbeaten this year, will expect to see off Spain in the opening fixture of this year’s tournament. This evening, the hosts, Ireland, will face Australia (6.30pm, ITV4).
FILMROMANCE
FILM ROMANCE
Racing Hearts, 4.40pm, Sky Premiere
THE Fall’s Jamie Dornan (pictured) goes cute for this romantic drama. He’s a businessman in Belgium to close an unusual deal, but finding his heart is no longer in it when he falls in love.
FOOTBALL
Colchester United v Aston Villa, 7.30pm, Sky Sports Football & Main Event
COVERAGE from the first round of this year’s League Club. The Us lost their League Two opener 3-1 away at Accrington on Saturday, but will be hoping to cause a cup upset with their home crowd behind them.
SALON RIVALS
Spa Wars, 8pm, ITVBe
WITH his tattooed eyebrows, claimed connection to the spirit world and glamorous manner, Daniel is the undoubted star of this new slice of the salon contest. But what will his rivals, Jo and Sam, make of the treatments the ‘only male beauty therapist in Crewe’ decides to visit upon them?
CAKE MAKERS
Bakers vs Fakers, 9pm, Food Network
PROFESSIONAL bakers face off against amateurs in a new U.S. contest, but we don’t discover who the ‘fakers’ are until the end. So it’s a bit of a guessing game for the viewer, hosted with the minimum of fuss by Lorraine Pascale.
PASTORAL ART
In Search Of Arcadia, 9pm, BBC4
JANINA RAMIREZ (pictured) reads poetry on the bank of the Thames in a borderline woolly new documentary y that explores the work of the ‘Arcadian’ writers, poetsets and artists. These 17th- and 18th-century creative types were inspired by a sense of unity with nature and by the book The Compleat Angler.
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison of Belief, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
STARTLING documentary that builds a portrait of a paranoid institution. Movie director and former member Paul Haggis is one of the most prominent contributors to a film that also explores the involvement of Tom Cruise and talks to ex-Scientologists.
PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIE
Free Fire, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
CILLIAN MURPHY and Brie Larson star in this Seventies-set drama about a weapons deal gone wrong. Ben Wheatley (Kill List) is the keeneyed director of a helter-skelter blend of violence and humour.
URBAN ACTIVIST
Citizen Jane, 10pm, BBC4
THIS new film explores the work of the journalist, author and activist Jane Jacobs, who, in the face of a destructive pprogrammeg of ‘urban renewal’r in New York in the Sixties, stroves to protect the city’s sense ofo community. TheT film makes a lot of interesting points, even if it takes its time in doing so.
FREEVIEW FLICK
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 10.15pm, ITV4
THIS technically brilliant sequel came seven years after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s time-travelling cyborg first set out to crush the future of humanity. This time, Arnie’s one of the good guys; his foe is the deeply sinister morphing cyborg Robert Patrick.