Satellite choice
BRONTE TALE Jane Eyre,y, 1.50pm,p, Drama
RUTH WILSON had her breakthrough TV role in this strong 2006 Charlotte Bronte adaptation, all four parts of which are on today. Wilson plays Jane Eyre, governess to the young ward of the grumpy Edward Rochester, who is played by Toby Stephens (pictured with Wilson).
FOOTBALL Liverpool v Sheffield United, 7pm, BT Sport 1
CAN the Blades keep up their strong record against the big names this season? They’ve beaten Arsenal and drawn with Spurs and Manchester United, while Liverpool scraped a 1-0 win at Bramall Lane in September.
Derby County v Barnsley, 7.30pm, Sky Main Event
NOW that we’re into a new year, Derby’s player-coach, Wayne Rooney, is eligible to play for the Rams, and is keen to get them back in the top flight. Can he get them moving in the right direction with a debut victory against the Tykes?
FREEVIEW MOVIE Bend It Like Beckham, 7.30pm, E4
GURINDER CHADHA’S groundbreaking comedy drama follows two teenage girls as they carve themselves a future as footballers. The movie proved a game-changer for its fleet-footed stars — Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra.
MOTOR MAKEOVER Goblin Works Garage, 9pm, Quest
THE car experts return for a new run of restorations, and Helen isn’t enthused by their first project: to convert a Fiat 500 (or Cinquecento) to electric. That’s partly because she hates cute cars (‘I’m too tall’), but also because none of them has performed a conversion before.
COMEDY STAR I Am Richard Pryor, 9pm, Sky Arts
THIS nuanced new profile presents the comedian as a man at war with himself — at least, in his early years. Pryor came from a very troubled background, but tried to sanitise his act for white audiences so he could find success in the way Bill Cosby had. Eventually, the strain of that split identity took its toll.
U.S. MEDICS New Amsterdam, 10pm, More4
DR BLOOM is away in this new episode of the slick medical drama, and her replacement is shaking things up in a way that, at first, seems great. Also, the hospital board tries to force profit-hungry changes on the medics, but Fulton (Alias’s Ron Rifkin) is determined to make a stand.
NEW YORK DRAMA The Deuce, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
AIDS hangs like a spectre over the new, third season of this accomplished drama from The Wire’s David Simon. It opens in late 1984, as change comes for everyone, including Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal), whose position as a feminist porn director looks shaky.
MOVING FILM What They Had, 10.15pm,p Skyy Premiere
POIGNANT family drama starring Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon as the siblings faced with having to put their mother (Blythe Danner, pictured with Swank), who has Alzheimer’s, into a care home.
ON-DEMAND THRILLER The Informer, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
NO TIME To Die’s Ana de Armas co-stars in this decent thriller about an undercover ex-con who’s abandoned by his FBI handler (Rosamund Pike).