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FUN FILM The Adventures Of Jurassic Pet, 6.30pm,p Skyy Premiere
FAMILY comedyd iin which hi h schoolboy Chris (Kyler Charles Beck, pictured) becomes the owner of an adorable dinosaur called Albert — and must save him from a mad scientist.
T20 CRICKET Yorkshire Diamonds v Surrey Stars, 7pm, Sky The Ashes
NATALIE SCIVER was England’s standout performer in an otherwise disappointing Ashes series. The Surrey captain will want to return to winning ways as her defending champions get their Super League campaign under way in Leeds.
FOOTBALL Portsmouth v Birmingham City, 7.30pm, Sky Football & Main Event
THE League Cup first round starts on the south coast between two sides that went out in the first round last year. Can Birmingham do better this time with Spaniard Pep Clotet at the helm?
MILITARY MYSTERIES World War Weird, 8pm, Yesterday
THIS Boy’s Own-style history show kicks off its new, third series with the colourful tale of ‘The Bell’, which may have been a Nazi attempt to create a particle accelerator or anti-gravity device. Historians such as Alexandra Churchill and Guy Walters deliver the story with enthusiasm.
ROCKET POWER Revolutions: The Ideas That Changed the World, 9pm, BBC4
THE enlightening and exciting series from Jim Al-Khalili focuses on the rocket, a revolutionary device that can be used for celebration, destruction or exploration. The more you think about the rocket, the more incredible it seems — it enabled travel into the very heavens, fundamentally changing our relationship with the world.
U.S. THRILLER Manifest, 9pm, Sky One
IN EPISODE two of this diverting drama about a plane that goes missing for five years, the now-returned passengers are finding it difficult to pick up past relationships, both with other halves and children. And why do some of them keep hearing music?
TV WRITER The South Bank Show, 10pm, Sky Arts
HEIDI THOMAS found enormous success with Call The Midwife, which is now filming its ninth series. For this new interview, she recalls to Melvyn Bragg how ‘everybody’ told her that no one would watch her show, which is proof that anyone who seems certain of anything in showbusiness is deluded.
TEEN DRAMA Euphoria, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
HBO’s grounded new drama series stars Zendaya (pictured below), who plays Mary Jane in the recent Spider-Man films. Here, she brings real weight to the role of drug addict Rue, one of a cast of characters tackling sex, school and social media in a show that will be
too graphic for some.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Dinner For Schmucks, 11pm, 5Star
PAUL RUDD plays straight man to Steve Carell in this comedy of comeuppance. Tim (Rudd) is asked to join a group of high-flyers at a dinner party to which they invite people they intend to mock. Enter Carell, the ideal candidate, but events then take a surprising turn…