Satellite choice
SNOOKER
Welsh Open, 10am, 12.45pm, 6.45pm, Eurosport 1 THE ranking tournament continues at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, where Stuart Bingham is defending champion, having taken the last two frames to edge out Judd Trump in a 9-8 thriller of a final last year. Also showing on Quest at 12.45pm.
FREEVIEW MOVIE
Destry Rides Again, 12.35pm, Film4 A CRACKER of a comedy western with a touch of glamour amid the dirt and dust. James Stewart is the deputy dallying with dance-hall dame Marlene Dietrich.
COMPETITIVE PAINTING
Portrait Artist Of The Year 2018, 8pm, Sky Arts FOUR amateurs and five professionals compete here, and their sitters are Anita Rani, Michael Ball and Robert Bathurst. Ball is excited: ‘I’m thrilled, I love this programme.’ But will his jovial request for ‘20 years younger and two stone lighter’ be honoured?
FAST TRACKED
Impossible Railways, 8pm, Yesterday SPEED is the word for this last part, which visits an extreme track in New Mexico where the U.S. Air Force conducts testing — and where the land speed record has been broken seven times. There’s also a visit to Japan to learn about their amazing bullet trains.
ACTION ADVENTURE
The Mummy, 8pm, Sky Premiere IT WAS meant to launch a new cinematic universe of famous phantoms to rival Marvel’s superheroes. Instead, it’s Tom Cruise on a Mission: Impossible with monsters. Sofia Boutella is the demonic presence from ancient Egypt who takes a shine to him.
MISSING BOY MYSTERY
The Disappearance, 9pm, Universal MOODY new six-part Canadian thriller about a boy who vanishes during a treasure hunt on his tenth birthday. There’s an aching quality to the string music threaded through it and a low-key naturalism from a cast that includes Aden Young (pictured) and Camille Sullivan as the boy’s parents.
FAMILY TIES
Here And Now, 9pm, Sky Atlantic IN PART two of this drama from Alan Ball (Six Feet Under), the meaning of the Farsi words from Ramon’s dream becomes apparent. That might or might not be significant, but it hardly matters — the complex family drama that sits underneath it all is enough by itself.
BREAKING UP
Divorce,, 10.10pm,p, Skyy Atlantic BACK for a second series comes this bittersweet comedy, written by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe). Frances and Robert (Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church, pictured) have now finalised their divorce, and it’s time to move on — and that means Robert shaving off his moustache.
BEHIND THE CAMERAS
Unreal, Amazon Prime THE return of the brutally cynical drama set behind the scenes of a U.S. TV dating contest, run by a manipulative producer and her immensely capable but unstable underling. Season three mixes things up by featuring a female suitor instead of a male one. A new episode arrives every Tuesday.
ONE-DAY CRICKET
New Zealand v England, 12.30am, Sky Sports Cricket & Main Event AFTER the hosts won a close encounter in Hamilton with just four balls to spare, the teams contest the second of five 50-over games at Mount Maunganui’s Bay Oval, where England have not played before.