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GOLF Joburg Open, 8.30am, 12.30pm, Sky Sports Golf & Main Event

DARREN FICHARDT is the defending champion in this Sunshine Tour event, having beaten Brits Stuart Manley and Paul Waring into the runners-up spot last time. Meanwhile, the Dubai Ladies Classic continues at 10.30am on Sky Golf, Main Event and Mix.

CHILD’S EYE VIEWS 3 Kids On Three, BBC3 (via iPlayer)

CHILDREN give their engagingly unvarnishe­d opinions on topical issues in this entertaini­ng round-up. The subjects of rumination include Donald Trump, the gender pay gap and the shortage of beds in the NHS.

SIMIAN ANTICS Little Monkey House, 3pm, Nat Geo Wild

BRACE yourself for breathtaki­ngly sweet footage in a new one-off filmed at the Vervet Monkey Foundation. Their sanctuary is home to rescued and orphaned monkeys learning to ‘trust, heal and frolic’ once more. (Sky 528, Virgin 264)

MOVIE MUSICAL Thoroughly Modern Millie, 3.30pm, Film4

JULIE ANDREWS stars in this wonderful Twenties-set comedy musical as Millie Dillmount, the ‘flapper’ with a plan. In support, Mary Tyler Moore (in her bigscreen breakthrou­gh), Carol Channing and Beatrice Lillie help to make it a class act.

ACTION COMEDY Free Fire,, Amazon Prime

BRIE LARSON and Cillian Murphy star in this Seventies-set drama about a weapons deal gone wrong. Ben Wheatley is the director of a helter-skelter mix of violence and humour.

MOTO CHALLENGE Ross Noble: Off Road, 8pm, Dave

‘IT’S like doing a marathon and stopping to do a boxing match.’ Comic Ross Noble (pictured) is embarking on the Scottish Six Days Trial — a demanding motorbike race — in a new series which has an epic, Eighties soundtrack that constantly suggests a training montage is about to start.

EXPAT EXPLOITS Living The Dream, 9pm, Sky One

IN THE finale, Mal (Philip Glenister) and Jen (Lesley Sharp) are about to reopen the park. It all goes wrong, of course, giving Glenister plenty of space to show off his talent for tantrums. Later, a big mystery is finally answered — can you guess who Mr Strauss is before they do.

POACHERS’ PREY Blood Ivory, 10pm, Discovery

SOME upsetting footage features in a new series about attempts to save the East African elephant from the ivory trade. Beyond that, this four-part series provides a rigorous insight into the workings of anti-poaching teams. Some of their number are veterans in search of purpose after leaving the military, and include a Green Beret.

CULTURE CLASH When Rock Arrived In North Korea, 11pm, BBC4

IN 2015, Kim Jong-un invited a Western rock band to play in North Korea for the first time, and his choice took everyone by surprise — step forward Slovenian art-rockers Laibach (pictured). This low-key new documentar­y unpicks the bizarre and confusing journey that followed.

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