Satellite choice
FACT-BASED FILM Can You Ever Forgive Me?, 6pm,p, Skyy Premiere
MELISSA McCARTHY and Richard E. Grant (pictured) make quite a double act in this drama about a struggling writer who makes money from literary forgeries. McCarthy is cat-loving Lee Israel, with Grant as her friend and drinking buddy, Jack Hock.
FOOTBALL Chelsea v Arsenal, 7.30pm, BT Sport 1
ARSENAL’S new manager, Mikel Arteta, will be out for revenge today. In the sides’ last meeting, Arteta’s first home game in charge, Chelsea made a stunning late comeback from a goal down to win 2-1. The Gunners will also be hoping that Sheffield United, their rivals in the battle for a top-six finish, drop points at home to Manchester City (7pm, BT Sport 2)
SITTING PRETTY Portrait Artist Of The Year 2020, 8pm, Sky Arts
SITTING still for four hours is harder than it looks — especially if, like Bodyguard’s Anjli Mohindra, you’re a ‘fidgety bottom’. Joining her as the celebrity sitters in the first of a new series are Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan and young English actor Asa Butterfield.
STATELY HOMES An American Aristocrat’s Guide To Great Estates, 8pm, Smithsonian
JULIE MONTAGU was born in the U.S., but became a Viscountess when she married Viscount Hinchingbrooke. The entrepreneurial ‘all-American girl’ starts her cheery new tour at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE The Goldfinch, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
DONNA TARTT’S novel about a life transformed is a tough one to film, and this boxoffice misfire doesn’t come close. But it does look nice.
PRIVATE EYE Frankie Drake Mysteries, 9pm, Alibi
IT’S new season, new haircut for Twenties Canadian gumshoe Frankie Drake (Lauren Lee Smith, pictured), and her short blonde bob is repeatedly commented on as she sashays through London in this fun opener. During her stay, Frankie is hired by Agatha Christie (Honeysuckle Weeks) to solve a disappearance.
MADE IN BRITAIN David Jason’s Great British Inventions, 9pm, More4
THE Only Fools star used to be a mechanic, and loves figuring out how things work. His first subject in this new series is the wheel and, while David (pictured)ctured) struggles with bikes — he is teased for being too small to mount a penny-farthing — his enthusiasm goes through the roof when we hit railways.
HIGH-END HOUSES My Lottery Dream Home, 10pm, HGTV
DAVID BROMSTAD helps U.S. lottery winners to buy homes in this chirpy new series, which begins on the day that Home channel becomes HGTV. The first port of call is Montana, where there are just six people per square mile. (Freeview 42, Freesat 166, Sky 158, Virgin 279) RW
FUNNY FILM Better Start Running, 10.10pm, Sky Premiere
QUIRKY road trip comedy in which a shop worker (Alex Sharp) goes on the run with his crush (Analeigh Tipton) — and his granddad (Jeremy Irons).