Satellite choice
TENNIS Shanghai Masters, 6am, Sky Action & Main Event
NOVAK DJOKOVIC comes here on fine form having won the U.S. Open. In what will be an impressive line-up, he is set to be joined by Juan Martin del Potro — the losing finalist in New York — and superstar Roger Federer.
OUTER SPACE The Planets And Beyond, 8pm, Discovery
NEW series of a visually epic show that seeks to explain the wonders of space. First, Mike Massimino, a professor of mechanical engineering and a former astronaut, reveals how our planet was formed, and explores the probability that other similar worlds exist.
POET PROFILE Return To T.S. Eliotland, 9pm, BBC4
THE novelist A.N. Wilson presents this inquisitive and rewarding documentary. His subject is T.S. Eliot, in particular the events in the great poet’s life that informed such great works as The Waste Land, and how those finished products reflected back on his life.
RICH KIDS Made In Chelsea, 9pm, E4
E4 BARELY gives the glossy-faced folk of Chelsea a break these days — they must be breaking up and making up with people in their sleep
DOWNWARDLY MOBILE Rich Kids Go Skint, 9pm, 5Star
AS THIS series returns, the relaxed Patrick is the latest privileged Brit to live with a poor family. Patrick, used to Rolexes, £1,000 trainers and his dad’s credit card, sees his time with single mum Katrina as a learning experience and rarely looks uncomfortable.
COMEDY AMBASSADOR Why Does Everyone Hate The English?, 9pm, History
FOR this new series, Al Murray visits foreign comics and winds them up about long-held national rivalries with England. His first target is Eurotrash’s Antoines de Caunes (pictured far left with Murray) in France, who rises beautifully to Murray’s teasing banter — they have a particularly funny spat over Napoleon.
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE The Walking Dead, 9pm, Fox
THE new, ninth season opens with a feature-length episode set 18 months after the misery of season eight, and Rick is feeling optimistic. ‘It’s about all of us, together,’ he says of the human communities uniting g as oneone. Well,Well all except Rick,Rick of course — Andrew Lincoln (pictured with Danai Gurira and Chloe Garcia) is leaving the show this season.
FREEVIEW MOVIE True Lies, 9pm, Film4
THERE was a time when James Cameron had a sense of humour — as this exhilarating, actionpacked spy spoof proves. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a secret government agent whose bored wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) goes off in search of adventure. Their worlds collide in spectacular style.
FILM DRAMA Permission, 10.20pm, Sky Premiere
REBECCA HALL and Dan Stevens star as a solid-as-a-rock couple who make a joint decision to sleep with other people. With great performances, the drama is both believable and poignant.