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FILM THRILLER Happily, 4.30pm, Sky Premiere
KERRY BISHE and Joel McHale (pictured) are the couple enjoying the 14th year of their ‘honeymoon h period’ in this darkly comic thriller. Their friends grow suspicious s — surely, this much happiness is inhuman?
EIGHTIES EXPATS French Fields, 5.25pm, Drama
HESTER and William (Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers) move to France in a repeat from the start for this follow-up to Fresh Fields. Watching now, it’s remarkable how much boozing goes on when you compare this to modern sitcoms. Then again, they are in France . . .
FOOTBALL Chelsea v Real Madrid, 7pm, BT Sport 2
BRILLIANTLY taken goals from Christian Pulisic and Karim Benzema saw the first leg of this Champions League semi-final ending in a 1-1 draw. Can the Blues make home advantage and that away goal count to book their place in the final in Istanbul?
FASCINATING FOOTAGE China On Film, 8.40pm, PBS America
THIS new, two-part documentary has the air of a detective story. It’s made up of experts watching footage of 19th- and 20th-century
China that was found at the British Film Institute, and placing it all into fascinating context. Things aren’t always what they seem.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Hacksaw Ridge, 9pm, Paramount
DIRECTOR Mel Gibson delivers a powerful, fact-based war drama. Emerging from the violence of the battlefield of World War II is soldier Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), who refuses to carry a weapon, and whose courage saves lives. (Freeview 32, Freesat 132, Sky 150, Virgin 187)
MAVERICK DOCTOR Harrow, 9pm, Alibi
IT FEELS so obvious that Harrow’s ‘son’ is a villain that their scenes together have become painful to watch. Put that irritation aside tonight, though, because Harrow, Fairley and Nichols are off on a camping trip together. It all goes horribly wrong, of course, which is great fun to watch.
LEGAL LAUGHS The Grinder, 9pm, Fox
ROB LOWE’S actorturned-lawyer is devastated when his legal drama is revived without him, and with hunky Timothy Olyphant as its star.
The Justified actor isn’t the only guest on tonight’s new double slice of this sharply wacky comedy, as Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander turns up as the drama’s arrogant creator.
NEW YORK KILLER The Sons Of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness, Netflix
IN THE Seventies, David Berkowitz terrorised New York with a series of shootings that killed six people. The ‘Son of Sam’ was caught in 1977 and is still in prison, but was he really responsible for every attack? This new series investigates.
NEW U.S. SITCOM The Guide To Surviving Life, 10pm, Fox
LIFE lessons are learned a little late in this new U.S. flatmate comedy, the main figure in which is Cooper Barrett (British-born Jack CutmoreScott). There are some sharp lines, especially for Kelly, Cooper’s aloof love interest across the hall.
PARAMEDIC COMEDY Bloods, 10pm, Sky One
JANE HORROCKS and Samson Kayo star as the mismatched paramedic duo at the centre of Sky’s new comedy, which has some very funny pairings elsewhere in its cast. A standout tonight is Lucy Punch as the insecure boss who fancies her grieving underling (Julian Barratt), and makes many a hilariously ham-fisted attempt at seduction.