Satellite choice
MATINEE CLASSICS
The Cowboy And The Lady, 1.30pm, p , TCM A GARY COOPER double bill opens with this romantic western. Merle Oberon co-stars as the society lady hanging out with the help — and wooing Cooper’s down-to-earth cowboy — at the rodeo!
ONE-DAY CRICKET
Warwickshire v Northants, 1.55pm, Sky Cricket / 2pm, Sky Main Event WARWICKSHIRE went from winning the One-Day Cup in 2016 to finishing at the bottom of the North Group last year. New captain Jeetan Patel will want to bring back the glory days.
FAMILY FILM FUN
Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders, 4.40pm, Sky Premiere ANIMATED version of the Sixties TV series, with Adam West and Burt Ward voicing Batman and Robin. Splendid, nostalgic fun — full of biff, bang and pow!
WWII SECRETS
The Search For Hitler’s Bomb, 8pm, Yesterday HOW far did the Nazis get with their plans to build an atomic bomb? It had been thought that Hitler’s scientists abandoned their research, but this new documentary examines alarming evidence that they actually tested a nuclear weapon in March 1945.
ON-DEMAND COMEDY
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix THE welcome return of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s sunny and gag-packed U.S. comedy about a doomsday cult survivor. Netflix is splitting this final season in two.
TRUE-TALE MOVIE
The Post, BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin STEVEN SPIELBERG directs this rousing, All The President’s Men-style thriller about the press taking a stand against White House lies. Meryl Streep (the publisher) and Tom Hanks (the editor, pictured with Sarah Paulson) are his blue-chip stars in a top-tier rendering of a true story.
ACROSS THE POND
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made In The USA, 9pm, BBC4 IN PART one, Waldemar Januszczak told us how artists reacted to the Wild West. In part two, the focus is cities, and he begins in New York, that ‘Grand Canyon made of bricks and glass’, a symbol of progress that inspired such artists as Margaret BourkeWhite and Joseph Stella.
QUIRKY FUN
Taskmaster, 9pm, Dave CAN you measure a piece of string using a lobster? Such are the questions you find yourself pondering while watching Dave’s brilliantly madcap comedy game show. This week Liza Tarbuck’s irritation turns into revenge.
SEASON FINALE
Grey’s Anatomy, 9pm, Sky Living JO AND ALEX are getting married in the season finale and, of course, their big day will be subject to the same kind of dramas witnessed during any shift at the hospital. On the lesser end of the scale, this involves the bride and groom getting stuck in a shed
COMEDY CHARMER
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, 10pm, Dave THE comic is joined by Victoria Coren Mitchell (who worries about being watched at buffets) and Rob Beckett (who worries about nothing) to analyse concerns about food . . .