Satellite choice
FANTASY ADVENTURE
Find Me In Paris, 6.30pm, Nickelodeon GRAND new time-hopping romance series that’s split between Paris in 1905 and 2018. The link is Lena, a Russian princess and ballerina who’s propelled forwards in time by accident. This deserves to be a big hit. (Sky 604, Virgin 712)
FOOTBALL
Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion, 7pm, Sky Premiere League & Main Event CAN the Saints repeat their win over Brighton in the League Cup three weeks ago, when Charlie Austin’s 88th-minute header gave them their first win of the season?
PAN HANDLING
MasterChef Australia, 7pm, W LAST week, we had Nigella. This week, expect the contenders to be even more awestruck as Gordon Ramsay swaggers in as a guest judge. The chef, who can just as easily intimidate as be the most supportive mentor, starts with a British-themed challenge.
NEW CAR SHOW
Modern Wheels Or Classic Steals, 8pm, Dave GENTLY competitive new series with a simple premise. The buyer comes in with a budget and a desire (here, for a fun weekend car), and Rebecca Jackson and Elo (pictured) then try to persuade them to opt for either a modern motor (first, a Caterham 7) or a classic (a Mustang).
FILM THRILLER
The Post, Amazon Prime STEVEN SPIELBERG directs this rousing, All The President’s Menstyle thriller about the Press taking a stand against White House lies. Meryl Streep (the publisher) and Tom Hanks (the editor) are his blue-chip stars in a true story with present day relevance.
POLITICIAN PROFILE
Reflections, 9pm, BBC Parliament A NEW run of the simple, elegant and admirably unscripted profile series focuses on the nearly-Prime Ministers, starting with Michael Heseltine. Sadly, the BBC have announced this will be the last original series produced by BBC Parliament. (Freeview 232, Freesat 201, Sky 504, Virgin 605)
POLYNESIA
Oceans Apart: Art And The Pacific With James Fox, 9pm, BBC4 PART two of this exploration of the good and bad consequences of Captain Cook’s voyage focuses on the Polynesian islands. In one highlight, James Fox shows us an elegant artefact made of 28 sticks bound by string. It resembles an abstract sculpture, but it is in fact a map for navigating between the islands of the Pacific.
FREEVIEW MOVIE
We’re The Millers, 9pm, 5Star QUIRKY road-movie comedy starring Jason Sudeikis as a smalltime marijuana dealer forced into smuggling a large quantity of the stuff across the U.S.Mexico border. Jennifer Aniston n (pictured with Sudeikis and Will Poulter) plays a lap dancer roped into posing as hisis wholesome wife wife. Highly entertaining silliness.
MAKING THE CUT
Super Salon, 10pm, E4 ‘IT’s not a comb I need, it’s a wand,’ remarks one of the stylists as he ponders what to do with a client who hasn’t had her hair cut in three years. This ‘real-life Rapunzel’ is the first to walk through the door in a new series about a Sheffield salon run by Cherise, who wants to offer the clients unlimited cocktails.
SCI-FI-HORROR
Devil’s Gate, 10pm, Sky Premiere ‘WEIRDNESS is starting to pile up round here,’ proclaims Shawn Ashmore’s cop as he and his FBI colleague investigate what a farmer is keeping locked in his basement. So-so sci-fi thrills.