Satellite choice

CHILDREN’S COMEDY

Knight Squad, 5.30pm, Nickelodeon THE knights in training face a nocturnal test in a new, two-part special of this knockabout action comedy. It doesn’t go well and becomes known as The Pyjama Massacre — but it leads to a much greater adventure in the kingdom of Astoria. (Sky 604, Virgin 712)

NEW U.S. SITCOM

Forever, Amazon Prime AMAZON’S offbeat U.S. comedy has two very assured comic stars in Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen, who performed together on Saturday Night Live for six years. Here, they’re playing a suburban couple whose static but very pleasant (at least to him)m) existence is transformed by a single ski trip.

RUGBY UNION

Gloucester v Bristol Bears, 7pm, BT Sport 2 THE newly promoted Bears have signed South Africa international Zane Kirchner on loan to bolster their squad ahead of their short trip up the M5 for this West Country Premiership derby.

FOOTBALL

Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion, 7pm, Sky Football & Main Event THERE should be an electric atmosphere inside St Andrew’s for this Championship derby. Birmingham have yet to win this season, and manager Garry Monk — and the Blues fans — would love to kick-start their season with victory against their Midlands rivals.

MYSTERY MOVIE

Murder On The Orient Express, 8pm, Sky Premiere AN IMPRESSIVELY starry cast, led by Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, ppads out a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s wwhodunit. Among the train full of suspects are Michelle Pfeiffer’s scene-stealingtli CarolineC Hubbard and Judi Dench’s Russian princess (pictured with Olivia Colman).

TRAGIC SINGER

Classic Albums: Amy Winehouse — Back To Black, 9pm, BBC4 THIS fascinating edition is tinged with sadness as it looks at the making of the late, great Amy Winehouse’s second studio album. With hits such as Rehab, Back To Black transformed the girl from North London into a global star.

BELGIAN CRIME

Code 37: Sex Crimes, 9pm, More4 MORE from this down-to-earth drama, which has a flair for mining human frailty for humour or poignancy, depending on what’s required. This week, appealingly straight-talking vice squad chief Hannah Maes looks into the posting of an illegal video online.

HITTING THE BEAT

The Art Of Drumming, 9pm, Sky Arts NARRATED by the former Style Council drummer Steve White, this upbeat new series features some of the biggest names in drumming — from Ginger Baker and Ian Paice to Steve Gadd and Billy Cobham — who will be explaining the mystery

and magic behind their art.

FANTASY SAGA

A Discovery Of Witches, 9pm, Sky One SKY’S expensivelooking new supernatural drama is set in an England where witches, vampires and demons must hide their abilities. Teresa Palmer plays a witch with powers she won’t acknowledge, while Matthew Goode (pictured with Palmer) is perfectly cast as a vampire who is all too aware of his.