Satellite choice
POST-WAR PRACTICE
Doctor Finlay, 2.20pm, Drama
DAVID RINTOUL stars in this Nineties revival of the nostalgic medical drama, which begins a weekday repeat from the start today. It opens in 1946 as Finlay is demobilised; returning to his now ailing private practice, he finds a typhus outbreak in the village.
FANTASY TALE
Pinocchio,, 6pm,p, Skyy Premiere
THIS live-liveaction spin on the famous children’s story comes from director Matteo Garrone, known for modern crime drama Gomorrah. Starring Roberto Benigni as Geppetto and Federico Ielapi as his puppet creation (pictured), it’s far darker than the 1940 Disney animation.
FOOTBALL
Paris St Germain v Manchester City, 7pm, BT Sport 2
THE League Cup is theirs again and the Premier League title’s firmly in their grasp, but City won’t feel their season’s been a true success unless they lift the Champions League trophy in Istanbul next month. First, though, Pep Guardiola must get past PSG’s superstars in their two-leg semi-final.
SHARP MIND
The Codebreaker, 8.40pm, PBS America
ELIZEBETH SMITH FRIEDMAN is an absolutely fascinating character, as this new profile reveals. A ‘code-breaking Quaker poet who hunted Nazi spies’, Friedman, also a mum-of-two, started decoding messages during World War I, when the U.S. military turned to her for help.
IDEAL HOMES
Building The Dream/ Grand Designs Australia, 9pm/10pm, More4
TWO aspirational architecture shows begin new series tonight. First, Charlie Luxton is in Hertfordshire to help Bob and Wendy with their back garden plot. At 10pm, there’s a build in New South Wales with stunning views.
AUSSIE DRAMA
Harrow, 9pm, Alibi
WHO is James, the character with the wandering accent, who turned up with murder in his wake and claimed to be Harrow’s son? While Harrow (Ioan Gruffudd) is distracted by an upsetting case, his genuine offspring, Fern (Ella Newton, pictured), meets James in less than auspicious circumstances.
U.S. LAUGHS
The Grinder, 9pm, Fox
DEBBIE (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) finally gets a storyline of her own in this new double bill of the hilarious Rob Lowe comedy as she struggles with the etiquette of breaking in a new assistant. It’s quite a power struggle. Meanwhile, actor-turned-lawyer Dean (Lowe) tries to live life as a regular guy, and delights in ordering his own coffee.
FREEVIEW MOVIE
The Fugitive, 9pm, ITV4
THIS thrilling update of the Sixties TV series is a mix of chase movie and whodunit. Harrison Ford stars as a doctor on the run after being wrongly convicted of murder; Tommy Lee Jones is the U.S. Marshal searching every ‘warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse’.
EXTREME FISHING
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline, 10pm, Discovery
A NEW, second series for this Deadliest Catch spin-off, which spices up the extreme reality fishing formula with a mystery element. That mystery comes from the death of Captain Phil Harris and the quest of his son, Josh, to understand potentially lucrative marks left by his dad on Hawaiian charts.