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FOOTBALL Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham, 7.30pm, Amazon Prime
WITH Spurs’ tie against Aston Villa having fallen foul of a Covid outbreak, they instead face Fulham in a London derby postponed from December 30. Earlier, Manchester City look to extend a six-game run of wins with the visit of Brighton & Hove Albion (5.30pm, BT Sport 1).
PAINTING CONTEST Landscape Artist Of The Year, 8pm,p Skyy Arts
THE contenders are at Winston Churchill’s old home of Chartwell in Kent for the first of a new series hosted by Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell (pictured). The artists have four hours to complete a landscape, and must choose which elements of their lovely surroundings to capture.
SUPERHERO SEQUEL Wonder Woman 1984, BT TV/ Virgin Movies/Amazon
IT APPEARED briefly over here in cinemas, but you can now rent this frothy sequel from the comfort of your own home through various digital outlets. At £15.99. the rental is on the pricey side for now, but at least the popcorn’s cheaper.
ON LOCATION Abandoned Engineering, 8pm, Yesterday
THERE’S a Hollywood twist to this first of a new series, in which the eerie sites have cinematic connections. First, we go to Tunisia, which doubled as Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s home planet in the original Star Wars. Stop two involves The Shawshank Redemption.
FILM DRAMA Rialto, 8pm, Sky Premiere
TOM VAUGHAN-LAWLOR (Love/ Hate) stars in this drama as the fortysomething Dublin dock worker who takes a close look at his life and his sexuality after losing his job.
NEW U.S. MYSTERY Briarpatch, 9pm, Alibi
IN A noirish new, ten-part drama with a touch of Twin Peaks, Rosario Dawson (pictured) stars as Allegra Dill, who returns to her Texas home town to investigate the death of her sister. San Bonifacio is full of corruption and secrets, not to mention animals — problems at the zoo mean that a tiger is loose on the streets.
FOUR-WHEEL DEALS Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars, 9pm, Quest
DREW PRITCHARD is ‘off buying tatty chairs somewhere’ in tonight’s new episode, so Paul Cowland is flying solo at an auction. He’s very excited by all the options, and Drew is worried his car expert colleague will buy some ‘gold wheel disaster from the Eighties’. But then, a 1959 MGA catches Paul’s eye . . .
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Being A Human Person, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
UNEXPECTEDLY compelling documentary that follows Swedish director Roy Andersson as he makes his latest film. It’s a very moving account, not least for the way it reveals the role of alcohol in the 77-year-old’s life.
CULTURAL LEGACY Queen Victoria: My Musical
Britain, 11.30pm, BBC4
FOR this grand one-off, Lucy Worsley explores how Queen Victoria used music to bind the country together. Worsley also focuses on the musical legacy left by the monarch and her husband, Prince Albert, through the establishment of the Royal College of Music and the Royal Albert Hall.
TEST CRICKET Sri Lanka v England, 4am, Sky Cricket & Main Event
AFTER hitting an impressive 74 not out in last week’s warm-up match, Joe Root captains England at the Galle International Stadium for the first of two Tests.