Satellite choice
GOLF
Women’s British Open, 10.30am, 3pm, Sky Golf, Mix & Main Event
ENGLAND’S Georgia Hall will be hoping to reclaim the title she won in 2018 — and defending champion Hinako Shibuno is also among the field at Royal Troon. Meanwhile on the European Tour, the Wales Open tees off at Celtic Manor in Newport (1.30pm, 6pm).
WARTIME HEROICS
Carve Her Name With Pride, 2.50pm, Talking Pictures TV
VIRGINIA McKENNA stars in this fact-based World War II drama, which follows Violette Szabo, one of the most famous of female spies. After her husband is killed at El Alamein, Violette resolves to devote her life to the war effort.
COOKING COMPETITION
MasterChef Australia, 7pm, W
THIS 12th series has been the first to change the core judging trio, and the new lot have been supported by a lot of familiar faces. Tonight, it’s the turn of Aussie chef Curtis Stone, familiar not only from many previous MasterChef series, but also from his stint on Celebrity Gogglebox USA.
ARCTIC SIGHTS
Joanna Lumley In The Land Of The Northern Lights, 8pm, BBC4
THE national treasure pursues her dream to see the aurora borealis in a bewitching documentary originally shown on BBC1. Lumley heads into the Arctic Circle, and nothing can prepare her for the wonder of what she witnesses.
SITCOM STORY
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years, 9pm, Dave
IN THE final part, the cast reflect on the scientific roots of some of the space comedy’s more thoughtprovoking episodes, and the illfated U.S. version of Red Dwarf. Robert Llewellyn, as Kryten, was the only cast member to carry over to a show that — fatally — cast a hunk to play the slobby Lister.
FUNNY GAMES
A League Of Their Own, 9pm, Sky One
ROMESH RANGANATHAN (pictured) is in charge for the first of this new series of the sports-based panel game, the hosting duties for which will fall mostly to him, with single turns in the chair for Jamie Redknapp and Freddie Flintoff. In episode one, they are joined by Andy Murray, Jimmy Carr, Helen Skelton and Rob Beckett.
OUT IN THE COLD
Arctic Alone, 10pm, Sky History
SMALL things become very important in this series, in which contenders attempt to last 100 days alone in the Arctic. Nearly a quarter of the way through, Joel is pouring his efforts into making g a chair, while Kielyn (pictured) is pleased to have washed her underwear and given herself an ‘Arctic bob’.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE
Come As You Are, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
IN A frank and unusual road trip movie based on a true story, a carful of young men with disabilities head for a brothel they’ve heard great things about in Montreal, Canada. Much sweeter than it sounds.
FILM THRILLER
Rosy, 10.15pm, Sky Premiere
OFFBEAT romantic thriller, with Nat Wolff as a socially awkward man who kidnaps an aspiring actress (Stacy Martin) in a wildly misguided attempt to get to know her.
AN ACTOR’S LIFE
Talking Pictures: Maggie Smith, 10.30pm, BBC4
THERE’S some top interview footage in this reflection on the actress’s career. On BBC2’s Acting In The 60s, she talks drily about the start of her first roles, a cigarette constantly on the go. In 1970, she talks with fabulous reserve about winning an Oscar: ‘It is a bit suspicious when things go well.’