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SCI-FI ACTION Ghost In The Shell, 12.10pm, 8pm, Sky Premiere

VISUALLY, this Hollywood adaptation of the hit Japanese manga comics franchise is a fully immersive experience experience, but it suffers with a plot that is full of bugs. Scarlett Johansson (pictured) is the Major clinging to her humanity as a rebuilt human consciousn­ess in a powerful robotic body.

FREEVIEW MOVIE Our Man In Havana, 2.55pm, Film4

CAROL REED directs this Graham Greene thriller that’s funnier than the source novel, with Alec Guinness as the man of the title. Guinness stars as a vacuum cleaner salesman in Cuba, who is recruited to the British secret service — where he fabricates a series of fabulous tales.

RUGBY UNION Gloucester v Ospreys, 7.15pm, BT Sport 2

GLOUCESTER will be looking for a bonus-point win in this AngloWelsh Cup tie to put pressure on West Country rivals Bath, who are currently in pole position in Pool One and play Pool Four leaders Newcastle tomorrow.

EPIC TREK Harry’s South Pole Heroes, 8pm, Yesterday

THE prince is a jolly presence in this two-part account of the Walking With The Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge. Harry led a group of British ex-service personnel in a race against internatio­nal teams on a daunting 125-mile trek to the South Pole.

STADIUM ROCK Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s Guide To The Music Business, 9pm, BBC4

PART two is a fascinatin­g record of the rise of live music into a global industry, peppered with stories from Phil Collins and U2’s Adam Clayton. Our assured guide is John Giddings, a 40-year veteran promoter who runs U2’s tours.

CRIME SQUAD NCIS, 9pm, Fox

THE kidnapping case is a sideshow to the big developmen­t this week, which is a new lady in the life of Gibbs. She is Jacqueline Sloane and, as played by Maria Bello (pictured), is very much his type — a beautiful, toughtalki­ng coffee-lover who will take precisely none of his nonsense.

SWEDISH MYSTERY Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders, 9pm, More4

WHY is Anki, the woman who found Mildred’s body, so on edge? (Apart from finding the body, of course.) The truth is elusive in part two and is still preventing Rebecka from returning to the big city — but is keeping us glued to our screens.

U.S. INVESTIGAT­IONS Dirty Money, Netflix

PUNCHY series exposing corporate deceit, looking at the car and drugs industries. There’s a particular­ly strong film (The Confidence Man) that frames Donald Trump’s rise as that of a showman rather than a successful businessma­n.

SUITED & BOOTED Secrets Of The Shining Knight, 10.15pm, PBS America

THE top medieval suits of armour were the ‘Rolls-Royces of the day’, but how were they made? This fascinatin­g film draws on old techniques to create a new suit and explores how the armour held up

against guns on the battlefiel­d.

FILM FUN The Blues Brothers, 11pm, ITV4

JOHN LANDIS directs this cult caper about two criminal brothers trying to save an orphanage from closure. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi are the musical duo putting ‘the band back together’ and ripping their way through ‘Sweet Home Chicago’.

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