Satellite choice

SNOOKER Scottish Open, 12.45pm, Quest & Eurosport 1

THE third of four Home Nations Series tournaments gets under way at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena. Mark Allen is defending champion, having beaten Shaun Murphy 9-7 in last year’s final.

FOOTBALL West Ham United v Arsenal, 7pm, Sky Premier League & Main Event

THE Gunners take the short trip across the capital to the London Stadium. They lost 1-0 there in January, the first defeat in their 12 visits to the Hammers.

SLIPPERY SLOPES ES Ski A&E, 8pm, W

THIS new daily series, filmed in the French Alps, meets the people who injure themselves on the slopes — and those who rescue them. Poor Joe injures his knee on his first day in Val Thorens, and his friend isn’t that sympathetic: ‘You thought you were God’s gift to skiing, and now look at you,’ he comments as Joe lies in bed.

SEASONAL SONG Lucy Worsley’s Christmas Carol Odyssey, 9pm, BBC4

DURING the World War I Christmas truce, soldiers from both sides sang Silent Night over the trenches. That’s one of the stories related by Worsley in this new history of carols, which also comes with performances from the Kingdom and Hampton Court choirs. An early Christmas treat.

JET J SET Made In Chelsea: Buenos Aires, 9pm, E4

AS THE gang jet off to Argentina for this new series, Habbs is appalled to learn tthat Jamie (pictured) has been messaging other women. Not exactly a surprise, perhaps, but will the land of the tango provide herh with a romantic replacement for the McVitie’s heir?

DARK NEW THRILLER Traces, 9pm, Alibi

THIS new, six-part crime drama, based on an idea by Val McDermid and written by Amelia Bullmore, has an unusual plot. It follows a lab assistant (Molly Windsor, pictured) who realises a ‘practice case’ is based on her mum’s unsolved death, and starts to pick at the scabs of her past. Continues tomorrow on Alibi at 9pm, then next Monday and Tuesday.

U.S. MEDICS New Amsterdam, Amazon Prime

IF YOU’VE been watching this polished, principled hospital drama on More4, here’s the first part of the new season from the U.S., which opens three months after season one.

REALITY SHOW Katie Price: My Crazy Life, 10pm, Quest Red

THE first of two new episodes, the second of which (next Monday) serves as a low-key Christmas special. Tonight, ‘the Pricey’ hits rough emotional and financial waters, and meets up with three exes, including Dane Bowers. It’s almost like A Christmas Carol . . . (Freeview 38, Sky 149, Virgin 170)

HOSTAGE DRAMA Bel Canto, 10.45pm, Sky Premiere

ADAPTATION of Ann Patchett’s 2001 bestseller. Julianne Moore stars as an American opera singer who, while performing in South America, is taken hostage by rebels.

FREEVIEW MOVIE American Honey, 10.50pm, Film4

SASHA LANE is Star, the captivating lead in Andrea Arnold’s beautifully filmed punk road movie. With nothing to lose, she joins a door-to-door sales team, all youngsters who travel together and live, love, party, steal and fight together.