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FILM ADVENTURE The Wind And The Lion, 4.45pm, Movie Mix
RIP-ROARING historical romp set in early-20th-century Morocco, which is being fought over by Britain, Germany, France and the U.S. Sean Connery plays a Berber hero/thief who meets his match when he kidnaps an outspoken American woman (Candice Bergen).
FOOTBALL Zorya Luhansk v Manchester United, 5.30pm, BT Sport 3
IN THEIR final Europa League group game, Jose Mourinho’s men are away in Ukraine against the side they just managed to sneak past 1-0 at home, with a goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. A point will be enough to ensure they progress.
Southampton v Hapoel Be’er Sheva, 7.45pm, BT Sport 2
IT WAS a dour goalless draw when these sides met in Israel. But the Saints have since beaten Inter Milan at home, so will hope for a positive result against the Israeli champions to secure second place in Group K — though a score draw or a defeat would see them eliminated.
SUPERHERO ACTION DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow, 8pm, Sky 1
EVERYONE in this show looks as though they’re having a grand old time. Here, the Legends are back in the 1870s, trying to stop Quentin Turnbull from taking over the Old West. There’s a big bar fight, high drama in an old mine and someone catching a bullet in their teeth.
GREAT CITY Vienna: Empire, Dynasty And Dream, 9pm, BBC4
SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE’S (pictured) epic new series is a history of Vienna, the city on the Danube that has been key to European power and politics for 1,000 years. This is a tale filled with brazen, larger-than-life characters, and starts with the empire of the Habsburgs.
FREEVIEW ROMCOM The Rewrite, 9pm, Film4
HUGH GRANT slips into a cosy role in this romcom, as a past-his-prime Hollywood screenwriter forced to take a teaching job and behaving badly. Marisa Tomei (pictured with Grant) is the student and single mum who sees past his bluster and helps him to reboot his life.
POPISH PLOT The Young Pope, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
‘I’M GOING to remain Pope until the day I die,’ says Pius XIII — a day that, given the global protests against his ruling on abortion, may come sooner than he thinks. This episode picks up pace when he travels to Africa and really soars towards the end.
U.S. THRILLER Blindspot, 9pm, Sky Living
‘WE’RE making an action movie every week,’ says Blindspot creator Martin Gero, and you can see his point. This episode even features a mainstay of action movies as the team don fancy outfits and go undercover at a museum. There, they encounter a woman who can outfight Jane. Who could she be?
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Suicide Squad, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
MARGOT ROBBIE’S twisted Harley Quinn is the best reason to see this spectacular but messy movie about a super-team of baddies, which also includes Will Smith’s Deadshot and Jared Leto’s Joker.
PET SCIENCE Horizon: The Secret Life Of The Cat, 10pm, BBC4
‘LEADING cat scientists’ have been drafted in to analyse the behaviour of 50 felines in the Surrey village of Shamley Green. The moggies have been fitted with cameras and GPS receivers, and this documentary unpicks the results with sheer joy.