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TENNIS Madrid Open, 11am, Sky Main Event & Arena

RAFAEL NADAL is going for his sixth win, having lifted the trophy for the first time in 2005. He beat Dominic Thiem last year in the final of this clay-court tournament.

SPY MOVIES Midnight In St Petersburg, 12.10pm, 5Spike

MICHAEL CAINE stars in a trio of spy thrillers, starting with this sequel to Bullet To Beijing, which follows at 2pm, and sees Caine reprising his Harry Palmer from The Ipcress File. The Jigsaw Man (at 4pm), is inspired by the life of MI5 double agent Kim Philby.

VINTAGE SERIES The Love Boat, 6pm, CBS Drama

GLAMOROUS by the standards of the time, this mix of love, comedy and hi-jinks set on board a cruise ship ran on U.S. TV from 1977 to 1986. The series casts off again tonight, in the first of a weekday repeat from the start. (Freeview 71, Sky 147, Freesat 134, Virgin 197)

SWAN SONG Danceworks: The Dying Swan, 7.30pm, BBC4

IN THE first of four beautifull­y shot, daily films about dancers at different points in their careers, 43-year-old ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky (pictured) gives her final performanc­e. She reflects soulfully on giving up such a big part of her life and her last dance — which her two small children watch from the wings — is very moving.

ON-DEMAND MOVIE Most Likely To Murder, BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin

FORMER high school king Billy returns to his hometown in this taut comedy. There, he suspects his ex’s new boyfriend (Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser) of being a murderer. Or is Billy just jealous?

DOCUMENTAR­Y The Road To Palmyra, 9pm, BBC4

HISTORIAN Dan Cruickshan­k and photograph­er Don McCullin are on a truly dangerous mission for this sad, moving new documentar­y. They travel through Syria to the ancient city of Palmyra, to see first hand the damage done by Isis. Their anger at the destructio­n is clear to see.

SCI-FI SERIES Westworld, ,p 9pm, , Sky y Atlantic

WE SEE inside another park tonight, but not the one all but the most eagle-eyed of viewers will have been expecting. We meet a mysterious, maverick new character with a map at the same time while, back in the west, Dolores and her unsteady Teddy (pictured) make a stand against park security . . .

FILM DRAMA My Cousin Rachel, 9.50pm, Sky Premiere

RACHEL WEISZ dominates this magnificen­t, ice cool adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s 1951 novel. Her powerfully enigmatic Rachel slowly enchants Sam Claflin’s naive, petulant cub.

FREEVIEW PREMIERE Grimm, 10pm, 5 USA

THE Freeview premiere of a U.S. fantasy drama with a cracking premise. Nick, a police detective who looks like a storybook prince, is in for a shock when an ailing relative visits and reveals his true identity: Nick is a Grimm, a hunter of fairytale foes who are very real, and hide all around him in human form.

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