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TEST CRICKET England v Pakistan, 10am, Sky Cricket & Main Event
ENGLAND will be desperate to get back to winning ways at Lord’s this week. Not one of Joe Root’s side had a winter to remember Down Under, but Alastair Cook will be especially keen to prove that he still has what it takes as a Test opening batsman.
ROYAL ROMANCE C Nicholas And Alexandra, 8pm, Yesterday y
WHAT stand out in this new, two-part history, presented by Suzannah Lipscomb (pictured), are the letters between Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II andd hihis wife, if the Empress Alexandra. Around 1,700 examples of the couple’s notes survive and they can be startlingly intimate.
FILM ROMCOM A Good Year, 6.45pm, Film4
RUSSELL CROWE shows off his sunnier side in Ridley Scott’s comedy, based on the novel by Peter Mayle. Miscast, but throwing himself into the job, Crowe is a banker discovering what really matters in life — and falling for Marion Cotillard’s cafe owner.
COMEDY SHOW The Horne Section Television Programme, 9pm, Dave
TASKMASTER’S Alex Horne also has his own band — The Horne Section — and here, they perform a one-off twist on the traditional variety show at the London Palladium. Guests walking into their unpredictable mix of live music and comedy include Sue Perkins and Sara Pascoe.
MARTIAN MYSTERY Missions, 9pm, BBC4
SO, HOW did a cosmonaut from 1967 find himself on Mars, alive and unsupported? And what happened to the U.S. mission that beat our European heroes to touchdown on the Red Planet? The questions for Renoir and the rest of the crew continue to mount in this hidden gem of a French sci-fi mystery.
TRUE-ISH TALE Urban Myths: Public Enemy, 9pm, Sky Arts
IN 2015, rappers Public Enemy caught a lift in a fan’s Ford Focus to a gig in Sheffield after a taxi failed to turn up. Philip Glenister (pictured with Paterson Joseph and Abdul Salis) plays Kevin, the driver, in this amusing new comic recreation, many of the laughs in which come from outlandish band member Flavor Flav (Salis), who is all gold teeth and catchphrases.
LEGAL DRAMA The Good Fight, 9pm, More4
EVER since we left behind the story of Maia’s dad — which really belonged in season one — this U.S. legal drama has been going great guns. Tonight, Liz and Maia take flak at the firm over their choice of client, and Diane receives a surprise from her accountant.
SPY STORY Deep State, 9pm, Fox
THE finale of a thriller that has, over its eight parts, revealed a riveting story that is less blackand-white than it first appeared. ‘Blood begets blood, and it never ends,’ Mark Strong’s spy-turnedfamily man-turned spy lamented last week. Will the cost of letting his children survive be his life?
FREE VIEW W WESTERN WESTERN Jane Got A Gun, 10.40pm, Film4
A TROUBLED D production dogged this western after r the original director, Lynnene Ramsay,Ramsay left the project. Natalie Portman (pictured) is the frontierswoman who doesn’t flinch when her badly injured husband brings trouble — and, in turn, an old flame (Joel Edgerton) — to her door.