Satellite choice
FOOTBALL Croatia v England, 7pm, Sky Main Event
IT’S 12 weeks since Kieran Trippier raised hopes with an early free kick in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia in Moscow. England’s hopes of a better outcome in this UEFA Nations League encounter will have been boosted by the fact that Spain thumped Croatia 6-0.
RUGBY UNION Leinster v Wasps, 7pm, BT Sport 2
The 2018-19 European Champions Cup gets under way at the RDS Arena, home of defending champions Leinster. Wasps have been strong on the road in the Premiership, winning all three away games, but they face a daunting trip to Dublin tonight.
FROCK FINDER Second Chance Dresses, 8pm, TLC
LOVE ISLAND’S Olivia Buckland (pictured) selects ‘preloved’ dresses for brides to choose from in this new series. ‘Pre-loved’ sounds like a fancy term for ‘second-hand’, but it’s a good choice of words here — the brides actually meet the loving owners of the old dresses. (Sky 140, Virgin 167)
SUPERHERO STORY Black Panther, 8pm, Sky Premiere
EXHILARATING Marvel action, set in the fantastic fictional African nation of Wakanda, which hides its wealth and power from the world.world Chadwick Boseman is T’Challa, aka Black Panther, facing off against his embittered cousin N’Jadaka, aka Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan pictured above left with Boseman).
QUIRKY NEW DRAMA The Romanoffs, Amazon Prime
GLOBE-TROTTING new eight-part drama about people who believe themselves descendants of Russian royalty. It comes from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner and features different characters each week, some played by familiar faces from that show. This opening double bill stars Aaron Eckhart and Noah Wyle. A new episode arrives every Friday.
FANTASY SAGA A Discovery Of Witches, 9pm, Sky One
LINDSAY DUNCAN’S vampire mum munches on a fox in tonight’s new episode, as a way of putting Diana — the breathy witch, much less the academic than she is in the books — off her son. But will seeing vampires red in tooth and claw disgust Diana or simply encourage her?
HARLEM CONCERT Living On Soul, 10pm, Sky Arts
THERE are some great characters in this new film about the on and offstage action at a 2014 soul concert in New York’s Y Harlem, chief among them Sharon Jones. The legendary singer s — who talks about a being cancer-free here, but sadly died from it in 2016 — is one of o those performing.
HIT SKITS My Favourite Sketch, 10pm, Gold
SKETCHES from Russ Abbot and Hale and Pace anchor Jason Manford’s choices, which also include the subversive work of the Americans Key and Peele. Six years after the 2012 sketch Manford picks here — about a slave auction — Jordan Peele won an Oscar for writing Get Out.
SCARY TALE The Haunting Of Hill House, Netflix
NETFLIX’S new modern horror story might be one to save for Halloween. It’s the confident, well-acted and seriously creepy tale of the hold a haunted house exerts on a family (headed by a tortured dad played by Timothy Hutton) long, long after they have left. That creepiness is enhanced by a deft use of sound, especially the many long and uncomfortable silences.