Satellite choice
FOOTBALL Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday, 7pm, Sky Football & Main Event
CARDIFF City Stadium has been a fortress for the Bluebirds so far this season and they remain unbeaten at home in the Championship. Victory there tonight would see them moving level on points with Wednesday.
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ Rock ’n’ Roll America, 8pm, BBC4
THE second of this enjoyable three-part history focuses on Jerry Lee Lewis, who talks about his sound, himself and his faith. The gyrations of Lewis and Elvis worried many in Middle America, who saw them — and rock ’n’ roll in general — as a corrupting influence.
FILM FRIGHTS Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, 8pm, Sky Premiere
A NEW batch of youngsters inadvertently unleash the monsters in an unpublished manuscript by horror writer R.L. Stine (Jack Black) in this spooky sequel. Slappy the dummy (pictured with Madison Iseman) takes delight in causing mayhem.
TALES OF ROMANCE Modern Love, Amazon Prime
THIS life-affirming series of stand-alone, dramatised real-life tales deals in love of all kinds, and is the kind of show that’s likely to leave you with a tear in the eye. It’s based on a New York Times podcast of the same name, and the first story features a woman who comes to rely on her doorman. Other episodes feature Dev Patel (two), Anne Hathaway (three) and Tina Fey (four).
MURDER CASE Perception, 9pm, 5 USA
IT’S the penultimate part, and thoughts of grand romantic gestures start to bubble through the mind of Dr Pierce (Eric McCormack). Will he throw a spoke in Kate’s wedding? One thing’s for certain — her fiance, Donnie, has a real reason to dislike Pierce in this episode, which tracks a murder case on the campus.
FILM DRAMA The Laundromat, Netflix
STEVEN SODERBERGH’S playful, Big Short-style drama about the Panama Papers centres on a widow (Meryl Streep) who unearths a network of corruption. Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas are among the starry cast.
ROYAL RULER The Crown Prince Of Saudi Arabia, 9.05pm, PBS America
ON OCTOBER 2, 2018, the journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He never walked out. This chilling documentary looks into Jamal’s death, and hears from the Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, who discusses the murder for the first time.
CLONE COMEDY Livingg With Yourself,, Netflix
WHAT if there were a way to get a better version of you to live your life — and what if they didn’t want to give it up? That’s the question at the core of this dark comedy, which doesn’t become the farce it could so easily have been. Paul Rudd stars as both versions of Miles, while Aisling Bea (pictured with Rudd) is on fine form as his wife.
GUITAR GREAT Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars, 9.30pm, BBC4
WHEN he was a young boy, Eric Clapton turned to music to ‘take the pain away’ of learning that his mother had rejected him at birth, and that the people he believed were his parents were actually his grandparents. This compelling and personal film explores the ups and downs in his life.