Satellite choice
ONE-DAY CRICKET South Africa v England, 10.30am, Sky Cricket & Main Event
EOIN MORGAN leads out the World Cup winners in Cape Town in the first of three ODIs. Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer are being rested, so some new faces have a chance to shine.
BORN FIGHTER My Life, 5.30pm, CBBC
AS A baby, Danny was diagnosed with the rare Alfi’s syndrome, and doctors warned he might never walk or talk. Danny did both, but in 2017, an operation to alleviate another symptom of Alfi’s left him paralysed. This new film follows this funny, indomitable 13-year-old as he tries to walk once more.
EIGHTIES SITCOM Hi-De-Hi!,, 6pm,p, Drama
AFTER the pilot in 1980, this was tthe first regular eepisode of the holiday camp comedy, and tonight is the sstart of a weekday repeat. Look out for EastEnders’E Gillian Taylforth as a teenage girl whose romantic links to Jeffrey send Gladys (Ruth Madoc, pictured) into a spiral of jealousy, and may also look wildly inappropriate to 21st-century viewers.
CRIME DRAMA November Criminals, 6.15pm, Sky Premiere
ANSEL ELGORT plays the highschooler who takes matters into his own hands after his friend is killed in what the police believe to be a gang-related shooting. PENCILS AT THE READY Life Drawing Live!, 8pm, BBC4 THE channel’s latest experiment with ‘slow TV’ is a life drawing class presented by Josie d’Arby. This is a more interactive proposition than usual, though — a constant clear shot of the subject will be provided so people can draw along at home, and handy tips will be offered, too.
OUT IN THE COLD Life Below Zero, 9pm, DMAX
SUSAN AIKENS toils at Kavik River camp, a refuelling station 197 miles above the Arctic Circle, and does it all on her own. ‘It’s a challenge that keeps me going,’ says Susan in the opening episode, in which she cuts a formidable figure while stalking a bear. (Freeview 37, Freesat 150, Sky 172, Virgin 171)
TOP SURGEON The Good Doctor, 9pm, Sky Witness
AFTER a winter break, autistic savant surgeon Dr Shaun Murphy (carefully played by Freddie Highmore) returns for a new run of episodes of this easy-towatch U.S. drama. As it begins, Shaun is still reeling from the death of his father and from the impact of growing close to Lea.
FILM COMEDY Late Night, Amazon Prime
A COMMANDING Emma Thompson (pictured) stars as a talk show host who’s ‘a little old and a little white’, and has her image reinvented by a new writer (Mindyy Kaling)Kaling). FunnyFunny, if a little lacking in edge by the end.
FIFTIES THRILLER The Snorkel, 10pm, Talking Pictures TV
MANDY MILLER is the teenager convinced that her stepfather, Paul (Peter van Eyck), is responsible for the deaths of both her parents. Paul’s modus operandi is certainly unusual. This Hammer thriller is directed by cinematographer-turneddirector Guy Green.
SEQUEL SERIES The L Word: Generation Q, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
AS THE U.S. lesbian drama returns after a tenyear gap, Jennifer Beals’s character, Bette Porter (pictured), is running to be the mayor of Los Angeles. Bette and her generation are a much calmer lot than they were in the racy original show, and it’s left to a new generation to pick up that side of things.