Satellite choice
FOOTBALL PAOK v Chelsea, 5.15pm, BT Sport 2
MAURIZIO SARRI is one of three new managers of British clubs tackling the Europa League tonight, as his Chelsea side travel to Thessaloniki in Greece. Meanwhile, Steven Gerrard’s Rangers are in Villarreal (5.15pm, BT Sport 3), then Unai Emery’s Arsenal host Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava (8pm, BT Sport 2). Also at 8pm, Celtic play Rosenborg (BT Sport 3).
BRITISH FILM Modern Life Is Rubbish, 6pm,p Skyy Premiere
THE Brit pop Brit pop music music scene of times gone by is the backdrop for this romantic drama. Freya Mavor and Josh Whitehouse (pictured) star as the opposites who attract.
WILD IDEAS World War Weird, 8pm, Yesterday
DURING World War II, Winston Churchill supported a plan to carve a mile-long aircraft carrier out of an iceberg. This ‘ice ship’ would patrol the Atlantic for the Allies against U-boats, and it makes for a fascinating first subject in this returning series.
ANCIENT WONDER Drain The Oceans, 8pm, National Geographic
THRILLING new episode partly built around a digital recreation of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the lost Seven Wonders of the World. In ancient times, it was said that a stone dropped from the top of the ‘Pharos’ would take two days to reach the bottom.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Deadpool 2, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
THE joke is thinner in this sequel adventure for the wisecracking immortal superhero, in which he builds a team and takes life slightly more seriously. It’s still fun, if you can take all the violence.
MUSIC AWARDS Mercury Prize 2018 Live: Album of the Year, 9pm, BBC4
ANNIE MAC hosts the ceremony at which the 12 shortlisted albums will be whittled down to one. Contenders include Who Built The Moon?, from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds; Lily Allen’s No Shame; and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, by 2006 winners Arctic Monkeys.
NEW TO FREEVIEW Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, 9pm, Pick
JAMES NESBITT (pictured) plays the London detective who is charmed (or cursed?)?) with supernaturally good luck in Sky’s drama, which feels like a U.S. series filmed with a British cast. It’s glossy, occasionally mildly hammy and not short on ambitious action sequences.
THRILLER SEQUEL Mechanic: Resurrection, 9pm, Film4
AFTER Jason Statham’s hit man fakes his own death, he is lured out of sunny retirement for three kills. Jessica Alba and Tommy Lee Jones co-star in a run-of-the-mill sequel to the 2011 actioner.
COSMETIC SURGERY Sex, Knives & Liposuction, 10pm, W
CHERRY HEALEY is ‘speeding towards 40’ and looking into using surgery to turn back the clock. Before she takes the plunge, she seeks advice from plastic surgeons and meets other women who are going under the knife, including Keisha (pictured with Healey) who is off to Turkey for a full cosmetic surgery package.