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AFTERNOON MOVIE Johnny Guitar, 2.45pm, 5Spike
THERE weren’t many gun-toting gals in the Old West (excluding the kind who kept a pistol in her garter), so it’s a pleasure to watch Joan Crawford as strongwilled saloon owner Vienna. Keeping bad company, Vienna riles the townsfolk, and when the chips are down, she comes out fighting. (Freeview 31, Freesat 141, Sky 150, Virgin 154)
WILDLIFE WONDER March Of The Penguins 2, Sky Store/Virgin Movies
MORE than a decade after his original documentary, film-maker Luc Jacquet returns to Antarctica for this visually stunning film.
FOOTBALL Juventus v Manchester United, 7pm, BT Sport 2
AFTER Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford, tonight sees Paul Pogba back in Turin. When the sides first met, Jose Mourinho admitted the gulf in class, but as United try for the runners-up spot in the group, he will want to pick up at least a point. Back in Manchester, City are hosting Shakhtar Donetsk in Group F (7.15pm, BT Sport 3).
BELGIUM’S FINEST Poirot, 8pm, ITV3
AFTER 70 films over 24 years, this was David Suchet’s final outing as the mustachioed Belgian. It’s a gripping story, shot through with tragedy, that opens on a physically weak Poirot and his reunion with a widowed Hastings. The detective is still mentally sharp, but is he up to cracking his final case?
TITLE DECIDER Taskmaster, 9pm, Dave
THE grand final of the best season of this madcap contest in a long while. Will Rhod Gilbert’s (pictured) habit of pushing everyone to their limit serve him well when the points are tallied? Or will early favourite Kerry Godliman’s no-nonsense approach (‘get in, do the job, bosh’) get her over the line?
BODY IMAGE Plus-Sized Love, 10pm, W
WHY does Western society regard being overweight as unattractive? Is it the health risks that go with it, or the perceived lack of control it implies? Canadian film-maker Jeff Sterne is having none of it and, for his thoughtful new film, the self-confessed ‘chubby chaser’ shines an intriguing light on how attitudes to body size have shifted.
EMERGENCY WORKERS 9-1-1, 10pm, Sky Witness
SOME shows would have been content just to have an earthquake, deal with the immediate fallout, then move on — but not 9-1-1. Oh no. Tonight’s riveting new episode, Help Is Not Coming, digs even deeper into the consequences for the overtaxed emergency services, including new dispatcher Maddie.
FUNNY LADY The South Bank Show, 10pm, Sky Arts
MELVYN BRAGG’S bastion of cultural coverageg has been on our screens since 1978 and begins a new, allfemale run of episodes with comedian Tracey Ullman (pictured). Guests to follow later in the series include singer Beverley Knight,ht publisher Gail Rebuck and soprano Danielle de Niese.
FILM THRILLER The Nile Hilton Incident, 10pm, Sky Premiere
GRIPPING thriller, set in Cairo in the run-up to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Fares Fares is the detective investigating the death of a pop singer whose body is found in a hotel suite, with only an immigrant maid as a witness. Any hopes of justice are bogged down in rampant corruption.