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CRICKET England v Pakistan, 10.30am, Sky Cricket & Main Event
ENGLAND are back at Old Trafford to begin their second Test series of the summer. Joe Root will not want Pakistan opener Abid Ali to get comfortable at the crease — the 32-year-old made history last year by becoming the first batsman to make centuries on both his one-day and Test debuts.
OIL RICH War Factories, 8pm, Yesterday
THIS fact-filled show returns for a new series, and with some memorable turns of phrase from historian Alexandra Churchill. Here, she talks about the oil factories in Baku, founded by Robert Nobel with ‘25,000 roubles in his pocket and a plan to change the world.’
ANTIQUES TEAM Salvage Hunters: The Restorers, 9pm, Quest
DREW PRITCHARD’S army of artisans assemble for another week, and among the projects they’re working on is a rickety old cabinet. French polisher Alex Webster, pictured) is given the tricky task of bringing that back to life — it’s a challenge — while other items include a model of a Sopwith Tabloid biplane.
ATOMIC ENERGY Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield, 9pm, BBC4
FOR more than 60 years, Sellafield has quietly gone about its business, hidden from public gaze. As the debate continues over the future of nuclear power, physicist Jim Al-Khalili is given high-level access to the site, with the aim of calming public suspicions.
ANCIENT ROUTE Walking Britain’s Roman Roads, 9pm, 5Select
TO END his informative series, Dan Jones follows Stane Street from London to Chichester, a capital-tocoast route that’s followed by the A3 and A24. It was also an escape route for the Romans, and this episode lingers on their exit. (Sky 153, Freeview 54, Freesat 133, Virgin 152)
FREEVIEW FILM Babel, 9pm, Sony Movies
LIKE the biblical story the title refers to, this drama follows the domino effect of one event. Cate Blanchett is a U.S. tourist who is shot in Morocco while visiting with her husband (Brad Pitt) the repercussions are felt around the world.
ON-DEMAND ROMCOM A Rainy Day In New York, BT TV/Sky Store/ Virgin Movies
THIS much-delayed romcom from Woody Allen — dropped by Amazon — is only for completist fans of the director. He still attracts a good cast, though: Timothee Chalamet, Jude Law and Elle Fanning are among his actors here.
AUSSIE LAGS Wentworth Prison, 10pm, 5Star
THIS pacey modern take on Prisoner: Cell Block H returns for a new, eighth series. Three months after the siege, the arrival of former top dog ‘Fingers’ Kelly sends ripples through the prison, while outside Wentworth’s walls, Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson adopts a new identity.
SCARY MOVIE We Summon The Darkness, 10pm, Sky Premiere
HORROR, set in the Eighties, about three female friends (including g Alexandra Daddario and Maddie Hassan, pictured) who attend a heavymetal concert, where an afterfter party turns grislygrisly. Johnny Knoxville stars.
AUTHOR PROFILE Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, 10pm, Sky Arts
AN ARTFUL new profile of the writer, who died on this exact day last year. Her breakthrough novel was Song Of Solomon in 1977; in 1988, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved; and, in 1993, she became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize In Literature.
SOCCER STAR Anelka: Misunderstood, Netflix
‘I’M A footballer. I wasn’t there to have fun.’ The French former Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka tells his own story in this profile about the enigmatic ‘bad boy’ of the game.