Satellite choice
WORLD WAR II TALE The War Lover, 2.45pm, 5Spike
STEVE McQUEEN plays cocky and self-serving U.S. bomber captain Buzz Rickson. His second-in-command, Ed Bolland (Robert Wagner), admires Rickson’s skill as a pilot, but the final straw comes when Rick son makes Rick son makes a move on Bolland’s woman (Shirley Anne Field, pictured with McQueen). (Freeview 31, Freesat 141, Sky 150, Virgin 154)
FOOTBALL Leeds United v Reading, 7pm, Sky Football & Main Event
COULD eccentric Argentinian manager Marcelo Bielsa be the man to take Leeds back to the Premier League for the first time since 2004? The fans certainly think so and will be roaring their side to victory at Elland Road tonight.
Lyon v Manchester City, 7.15pm, BT Sport 3
CITY can seal first place in their Champions League group with victory in France tonight. Meanwhile, Manchester United host Switzerland’s Young Boys at Old Trafford (7pm, BT Sport 2).
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
THE joyful sequel to the joyful original jumps back and forward in time, exploring the early life of Meryl Streep’s character, Donna. Look out for an utterly extraordinary appearance from Cher as Donna’s mother, Ruby.
SITCOM STORY Saluting Dad’s Army, 8pm, Gold
THE final part of Alexander Armstrong’s fine appreciation looks at other incarnations of Dad’s Army, including stage, radio, film and U.S. TV versions. We see the equivalent of the ‘don’t tell him, Pike’ scene from the U.S. pilot, which was the only episode ever made.
PICTURE THIS Landscape Artist Of The Year 2018, 8pm, Sky Arts
IT’S the big finish next week, and just eight hopefuls remain to paint the port of Felixstowe in tonight’s semi-final. Hosts Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan are on hand as the remaining artists settle down inside some all-weather pods to give it their best shot.
PIRATE ACTION Black Sails, 9pm, History
THE final episode of this Treasure Island prequel gets right down to the core of the main characters — what they want and what they’re willing to trade for it — in a brutal last battle for Flint and his pirate crusade. Black Sails hasn’t always been so masterly, but this is full of blood and gusto.
GAME CHANGERS Out Of Their Skin, 10pm, ITV4
FOOTBALL was very different in the Seventies. In the first of a startling new two-parter, Ian Wright reflects on the abuse black players used to receive in stadiums — thereh iis some chilling hilli footage of Nazi armbands — and the changes seen since the debut of Viv Anderson (pictured) as England’s first black player in 1978.
PULLING PINTS The Reluctant Landlord, 10pm, Sky One
IN THE penultimate episode of Sky’s spiky comedy, the increasingly mad Romesh has installed cameras in the pub, and they reveal a secret about his dead dad. Julie (Yasmine Akram, who does a lot with an eyebrow), meanwhile, quietly looks for happiness outside all the madness.
AUSSIE MOVIE Sweet Country, 11.45pm, Sky Premiere
BEAUTIFULLY shot Australian western in which racial tension between white settlers and indigenous farmers explodes into violence. Sam Neill (pictured), Hamilton Morris and Bryan Brown star.