Satellite choice
ALIEN ACTIVITY Men In Black, 6.55pm, Film4
TOMMY LEE JONES and Will Smith have great chemistry in this rollicking sci-fi comedy. Smith is the NYPD cop who joins a unit that polices extraterrestrial life on Earth.
FOOTBALL Belgium v Scotland, 7pm, Sky Main Event
IN ONLY his second game in charge, new Scotland boss Steve Clarke faces a truly tough test in this Euro 2020 qualifier, away to the top-ranked side in the world. Belarus v Northern Ireland, meanwhile, is on Sky Premier League, and Hungary v Wales is on Sky Football.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE A Private War, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
‘I SEE it so you don’t have to.’ The story of fervently committed war correspondent Marie Colvin is brought to life by an incredible performance from Rosamund Pike.
ANCIENT MYSTERIES Mystic Britain, 8pm, Smithsonian
MORE from Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota’s entertaining history series. Tonight, Clive is in Yorkshire, where he dons antlers in the name of learning about shamanistic rituals and our country during an ice age, while MaryAnn (pictured) delves into a murder mystery. (Freeview 99, Freesat 175, Sky 195, Virgin 295)
U.S. JUSTICE Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 9pm,p, 5 USA
THE season finale continues the story of that twisted prison officer at Rikers Island, whose wife decides she has something to say — and it changes the case for everyone. The guard is playedyed by Everybody Loves Raymond’s Brad Garrett (pictured), who is clearly relishing the opportunity to play nasty.
BOXING LEGEND What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
IT’S hard for any documentary about Ali to fail, simply because the subject is so magnetic. And this — directed by Southpaw’s Antoine Fuqua and hailing from HBO — is very far from a failure. This first of a polished two-parter uses rare archive footage and plenty of Ali’s own words to tell his story.
KIWI CRIME The Bad Seed, 9pm, Alibi
THE New Zealand crime drama based on Charlotte Grimshaw’s novels comes to a close. Mereana is sure that Simon sent someonemeone to attack her, while Simon is struggling to persuade the police to accept his new insight into the murder. At least election day means Roza (Chelsie Preston-Crayford, pictured) has something to celebrate.
SEA DOGS Searching For Sugar Man, 9pm, Vice
THE extraordinary tale of Detroit musician Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, who bombed in the U.S. but became huge in South Africa via bootleg recordings. Rodriguez was said to be dead, but here, two fans go in search of his story. (Sky 183, Virgin 219)
SEA DOGS Deadliest Catch, 9pm, Discovery
‘WHEN it comes time to catch crab, we don’t have time to be nice.’ Fraternal spirit is in short supply among the fishermen in the new season of this reality show as they force each other away from valued territory. As they do so, the footage of the ships is impressive.
FILM COMEDY All Square, 10.10pm, Sky Premiere
ENERGETIC and well-played comedy in which Michael Kelly plays a sportsman-turned-illegal bookmaker, who starts taking bets on youth baseball games.