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FAMILY TALE Four Kids And It, 12.10pm,p, 8pm,p, Skyy Premiere
WITH an introduction from author Jacqueline Wilson at 7.30pm, this adaptation of her 2012 novel is full of the joy and wonder of the 1902 E. Nesbit classic that inspired it. The cast includes Michael Caine, Matthew Goode and Russell Brand, along with Billy Jenkins (pictured).
CARTOON COMEDY The Simpsons, 8pm, Sky One
THE Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons pops up as himself in a new episode that turns on the invention of a wildly successful cryptocurrency by the eccentric Professor Frink. What follows is an endearing insight into the life of a character who is usually the butt of jokes.
U.S. HOSPITAL Chicago Med, 8pm, Sky Witness
DR MARCEL has butted heads with almost everyone in the hospital since he swept in, not so long ago, full of confidence. Tonight, it’s the turn of Dr Manning as they clash over an abusive husband. Meanwhile, Dr Halstead’s anxiety levels rise over the safe injection site.
FUNNY FILM Coffee & Kareem, Netflix
THE Hangover’s Ed Helms is paired with his girlfriend’s 12-year-old son in Netflix’s lively odd-couple police comedy.
FOLK ROCKERS Mumford & Sons: Live From South Africa, 9pm, Pick
THE band toured South Africa in 2016, and this is a film of their Pretoria concert in front of 50,000 fans, with Marcus and co belting out I Will Wait and many more. They received a big welcome down there, and the film captures some of that.
CRIME SQUAD NCIS, 9pm, Fox
GIBBS (Mark Harmon) is fully focused on his team in tonight’s new episode, in which two of his agents end up in hospital — and one might not make it out. The case that follows leads the remaining squad to a wildly irresponsible character who is so intentionally irritating that he barely seems plausible. Can all be as it seems?
MURDER CASE Michael Peterson: Down The Back Staircase, 9pm, Sky Crime
IN 2003, the U.S. author Michael Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife. His case was dissected to fascinating effect in the Netflix series The Staircase and, in this interesting new show, Peterson gives his thoughts on it all. (Sky 121, Virgin 135)
FREEVIEW MOVIE Creed, 9pm, 5Star
THIS Rocky reboot was a big hit. Michael B. Jordan stars as Adonis Creed (the son of Apollo), who goes after the title, with help from an ailing Rocky (Sylvester Stallone).
SCI-FI DRAMA Tales From The Loop, Amazon Prime
AMAZON’S newnew, eighteight-part series tells stories of the strange effects of a mysterious research centre on a small U.S. town, and does so with a mix of gentle sci-fi magic and a bleak Scandinavian view of the human struggle. At its heart are the founder of the centre and his grandson (Jonathan Pryce and Duncan Joiner, pictured).
AMERICAN MUSIC Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You, 9.30pm, BBC4
THE acerbic comedian travels from Tennessee to Texas to show us the less familiar side of country music in this intriguing film, during which he ably demonstrates just how much variety there can be in one genre. ‘Cosmic’ and ‘redneck’ country are just two of the subdivisions.