Satellite choice
ONE-DAY CRICKET Northamptonshire v Warwickshire, 12 noon, Sky Sports 2
IAN BELL led Warwickshire to success in last year’s Royal London One-Day Cup in his first season as skipper. The Bears are away for their opening game this time round. Somerset v Surrey follows tomorrow.
MOVIE MATINEE The Prince And The Showgirl, 2.25pm, Sky Select
MARILYN MONROE and Laurence Olivier star in a drama that’s been somewhat overshadowed by tensions on set. Monroe is the actress being wooed by Olivier’s European prince.
FRISKY MINISERIES The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, 1pm, True Entertainment
ENJOYABLE Jilly Cooper adaptation, first shown in 1997. Lysander (Stephen Billington) is terribly attractive to the fairer sex, which often lands him in trouble — until his friend Ferdie (Hugh Bonneville, pictured) hits on a way to use this to the benefit of all. Concludes tomorrow.
FOOTBALL Manchester City v Manchester United, 7pm, Sky Sports 1
A HUGE derby game, with a Champions League place potentially at stake. United knocked City out of the League Cup in October, but City narrowly edged a 2-1 win in their Premier League meeting in September.
FREEVIEW THRILLER The Two Faces Of January, 7.05pm, Film4
KIRSTEN DUNST (pictured) and Oscar Isaac star in this adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel from the Sixties. The warm Mediterranean hues hide cold, dark dealings.
COURTROOM DRAMA The Good Fight, 9pm, More4
TONIGHT’S case deals with an episode of a Law & Order-style show that was quietly shelved by a TV network; it’s a reference to a real episode of Law & Order: SVU, with a similar plot — about a Donald Trump style Presidential candidate facing accusations — that was shelved by NBC in the U.S.. Also, Diane gets a financial lifeline.
KIDNAP DRAMA Seesaw, 9pm, True Movies
THIS well-plotted ITV thriller from 1998, written by Deborah Moggach (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), tells the destructive story of an abduction from both sides. David Suchet and Geraldine James star in a two-parter that ends tomorrow. (Freeview 74, Freesat 302, Sky 321, Virgin 424)
AMERICAN EXORCIST The Demon Files, 10pm, Quest Red
RALPH SARCHIE (pictured) is keen to distinguish himself from mere ‘paranormal investigators’. The ex-NYPD man is a demonologist, sees the demons as perpetrators in the haunting of homes, and pursues them with pragmatic purpose in this new reallife series. (Freeview 38, Sky 162, Virgin 215)
DOUBLE ACT The Trip To Spain, 10.05pm, Sky Atlantic
ON THE fourth leg of their amusing tour of the gastronomic delights of Spain, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue to rub each other up the wrong way as they pay a visit to the cathedral at Siguenza. Then, they head to Cuenca — where Steve is annoyed by a travelling musician.