Satellite choice
ANIMATED MOVIE Rock Dog, 12 noon, 7pm, Sky Premiere
CUTE animation about a mastiff called Bodi, who guards sheep on a Tibetan mountain (where music is banned). But he pines for a new life — like that of Angus Scattergood (voiced by Eddie Izzard) — when he hears rock ’n’ roll on the radio.
ONE-DAY CRICKET Essex v Nottinghamshire, 1.25pm, Sky Sports 2
FORMER England captain Alastair Cook has been Essex’s surprise top one-day batsman. Today, the top team from the South Group face Nottinghamshire — who saw off Somerset in a high-scoring play-off — in this One-Day Cup semi-final.
UNDER-21 FOOTBALL Sweden v England, 4pm, Sky Sports 1
THE Under-21 European Championship kicks off in Poland with England up against Sweden, who were surprise champions in the 2015 tournament. Both sides were unbeaten in qualifying.
CLASSIC COMEDY Last Of The Summer Wine, 6.40pm, Drama
THE pilot for a sitcom that lasted an incredible 295 episodes. The late Peter Sallis (Cleggy) appeared in all of them, and is joined in this starting line-up by Bill Owen (Compo) and Michael Bates (Blamire). Here, starting as he means to go on, Compo swipes Nora’s bloomers.
SIXTIES MEMORIES The Summer Of Love: How Hippies Changed The World, 9pm, BBC4
PART two explores the commercialisation and darkening of the counterculture as the hippies of Haight-Ashbury became a San Francisco tourist attraction. The stories of the women are particularly interesting, including those who relate how the men used ‘free love’ as an excuse for violence.
WILD WEST ACTION Texas Rising, 9pm, H2
BLOODY drama about the war between Mexico and Texas, this starts in 1836, as General Houston (Bill Paxton, pictured) decides whether to send help to the Alamo. Paxton is joined by some familiar faces, including Ray Liotta and Brendan Fraser, for this swaggering series. (Sky 531, Virgin 273)
SETTLERS’ SAGA Jamestown, 9pm, Sky 1
HENRY (Max Beesley) has returned from the wilderness, clutching what he says is silver, with a fresh perspective on his violent temper. (‘I’m a prisoner of my own deeds,’ he mourns.) Beesley is on cracking form here as Henry faces the colonists one by one — all of them have something to say to this damaged man.
CRIME FIGHTERS NCIS, 9pm, Fox
THE season 14 finale is full of nice details about the characters, threaded around a decent mystery that takes Gibbs and the team down to Paraguay, to a town where the locals ‘don’t talk to strangers’. It all builds to a thrilling cliffhanger conclusion that will, thankfully, be resolved in season 15.
LEADER QUESTIONS The Putin Interviews, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
THE first part of Oliver Stone’s mammoth interview with Vladmir Putin, which is the product of more than a dozen chats and covers his personal relationship with President Trump, legacies of past leaders and more. All four parts are available on Sky On Demand and Now TV.
FREEVIEW FILM The Shawshank Redemption, 9pm, ITV4
AN EERIE calm runs through this magnificent prison tale, based on a story by Stephen King. Tim Robbins is the lifer who slowly, carefully plots his escape.