Satellite choice
MATINEE NOIR Spellbound, 12.35pm, Talking g Pictures TV
HITCHCOCK’ psychological noir includes a dream sequence by Salvador Dali. Ingrid Bergman stars as a psychiatrist setting out to prove the innocence of a confused Gregory Peck (pictured).
FOOTBALL Dynamo Kiev v Ajax, 7.45pm, BT Sport 2
KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR continued his bright start to the season in the last round, scoring in Ajax’s 5-2 aggregate win over Standard Liege. The group stages of the Champions League await the winners of this crucial two-legged tie.
LIFE & MEANING The Joy Of Winning, 9pm, BBC4
DR HANNAH FRY explores the way people make choices, and shows how we can use mathematics to weigh the options to get the best results — a field called game theory. Along the way, she meets poker champion Liv Boeree, who has a firstclass physics degree.
CRIME DRAMA Harrow, 9pm, Alibi
DASS and Harrow’s relationship is about to become more complicated in this new episode, as she isn’t allowed to tell him about finding the car. The pathologist has plenty to occupy him for now — he’s been ordered to work with Dr Fairly, which leads to a lot of bickering, but that won’t last for ever.
TV ADAPTATION Stephen King’s It, 9pm, True Movies
LAST YEAR’S movie adaptation of King’s creepy clown tale did terrific business at the box office. Here’s a chance to see the TV miniseries that came before it, starring an incredibly sinister Tim Curry as predator Pennywise. (Freeview 74, Freesat 302, Sky 319, Virgin 424)
FUN SHOW Cooper’s Treasure, 10pm, Discovery
THE penultimate episode of this colourful treasure hunt, which has its beginnings in photos taken from space by the astronaut Gordon Cooper in 1963. There’s real excitement tonight as Darrell finds what looks very much like gold spread over the sea bed. Could his search be at an end?
CHARMING SITCOM The Green Green Grass, 10.35pm, Yesterday
BOYCIE (John Challis) and Marlene are forced to flee to the country in this Only Fools spin-off after he, in a somewhat surprising show of nobility, testifies against the dreaded Driscoll brothers — who are then released . . .
A SHALLOW LIFE? The Secret Life Of Rockpools, 11pm, BBC4
THE creatures of Britain’s rockpools are used to surviving the inquisitive prodding of small children. In this memorable documentary, the palaeontologist Richard Fortey reveals how they also manage to survive in between the tides, and tells us a lot more besides.
QUIRKY MOVIE The Mexican, 9.50pm, Sky Greats
BRAD PITT and Julia Roberts (pictured) play volatile lovers in this quirky crime thriller. Pitt, a lowbrow criminal, panics when his ex-girlfriend (Roberts) is kidnapped.