Satellite choice
TENNIS Shanghai Masters, 6am, Sky Sports Arena & Main Event
ROGER FEDERER has only won in Shanghai once, but with Andy Murray (a three-times winner including last year) not competing, he will fancy his chances. Old rival Rafa Nadal will have other ideas . . .
PRIMEVAL BEASTS Expedition Mungo, 7pm, Discovery
‘IF EVER there was a place like Jurassic Park, this is it.’ Paul ‘Mungo’ Mungeam is on the trail of a dinosaur-like creature in Liberia in the first of a concluding double bill. Then, a trail of carnage in Namibia has him looking for a strange ‘dog-headed pig monster’.
SLAVE REBELLION The Birth Of A Nation, 8pm, Sky Premiere
BIOPIC of Nat Turner, a slaveturned-preacher who led a revolt in 1831 that became a pivotal moment in American history. A labour of love for actor-director Nate Parker (pictured with Armie Hammer).
SPY THRILLER X-Company, 9pm, History
ELECTRIFYING new drama series about World War II espionage agents and their home base in Canada, the top secret Camp X, where a stiff Brit and a practical Canadian argue over strategy. Liar’s Warren Brown (pictured with Honor Kneafsey) plays one of the agents, who are deployed in France in a pacey opener full of hard twists and snazzy filming.
PLANE SPEAKING Concorde: A Supersonic Story, 9pm, BBC4
IT’S nearly 14 years since the supersonic airliner was retired from service. This nostalgic new film looks back on its story, with help from Michael Heseltine and Joan Collins, and recalls the amusing tale of how the project nearly fell apart because of AngloFrench quarrelling over the spelling.
U.S. COPS Murder In The First, 9pm, Fox
TERRY gets angry, and Hildy looks at new dating options as this polished crime drama from Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue) continues. There are some really well-observed character moments throughout the episode, although it does open with an unpleasant — if inventive — torture scene.
SEVENTIES STORY The Deuce, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
SINGLE lines can feel like cliches in David Simon’s NYC drama, but the overall characters run deeper. In part three, Candy looks for a way off the streets, while Vincent opens his Mob-backed bar. Neither path is easy, but Vincent’s is a lot less lonely.
PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIE Cardboard Gangsters, Sky Store/Virgin Movies
STYLISH, pacey and even moving Dublin gangster drama that comes with a neat line in bleak humour. It is terribly violent, though.
SCI-FI FLICK I Origins, 11.25pm, Film4
MIKE CAHILL’S thoughtful sci-fi drama plays with big ideas, but is rooted in a story of love, loss and hope. Michael Pitt (pictured with Astrid Berges-Frisbey) is the scientist researching the evolution of the human eye.