Satellite choice
SNOOKER International Championship, 6.30am, 11.30am, Eurosport 1
THE third day’s play in Daqing, North-East China. Mark Selby beat Ding Junhui 10-1 in last year’s final, and the ‘Jester from Leicester’ is safely through to round two to face fellow Leicester potter Tom Ford.
FOOTBALL AS Roma v Chelsea, 7pm, BT Sport 2
EDIN DZEKO has come into his own since leaving Manchester City and scored twice as Roma fought back in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge. In tonight’s other Champions League tie, Group A leaders Manchester United host Benfica at Old Trafford (BT Sport 3).
SPOOKY STORIES Creeped Out, 7pm, CBBC
IN THIS first of an excellent new series of loosely connected horror tales for children, Jessie (Sydney Wade, pictured) is constantly embarrassed by her parents’ behaviour— and says as much to a sinister puppet at the seaside. What follows is perhaps best not watched this close to bedtime, even on Halloween.
ANIMATED FILM FUN Hotel Transylvania, 7.05pm, ITV2
COUNT DRACULA is recast as a doting father and owner of a hotel for monsters. After his daughter turns 118 and yearns to fly the crypt, the Count must learn to let her fall in love — even if it’s with a human.
MILITARY ACTION Strike Back, 9pm, Sky One
THE new series of Sky’s special forces drama swiftly introduces us to its new duo of sparring soldiers: a Brit on the verge of court martial (Liar’s Warren Brown) and an undercover, undisciplined American. Joining them is Game Of Thrones’ Roxanne McKee as Captain Reynolds.
MEDICAL ADVICE Dr Christian Will See You Now, 9.15pm, W
DR CHRISTIAN JESSEN and his team of supportive specialists return to assist those in need — here, with unexplained weight loss and fertility problems. All of that feels moving and useful, but why did no one make his office look a bit more friendly?
COMEDY MUSINGS Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish, 10pm, Dave
AS HIS series of gentle rages against life’s lesser issues returns, the comic offers £20 to any audience member who can tell the difference between Weetabix and a supermarket’s own brand of ‘wheat bisks’. This leads him into an amusing ramble about branded goods and tribute acts.
FILM FRIGHTS Tales Of Halloween, 10pm, Sky Premiere
THIS horror anthology of ten shorts boasts a sprinkling of faces familiar to genre fans, including Lin Shaye and the film directors John Landis and Joe Dante.
GANGSTER DRAMA Snatch, 10pm, AMC
THIS new TV take on Guy Ritchie’s film, is so packed with colourful characters that it’s barely in contact with reality. Among its outlandish figures are Rupert Grint (pictured) as a London crook from the posh end of the spectrum and White Gold’s Ed Westwick as a fiery Cuban crimelord. (Sky 192, BT TV 332)
SCARY MOVIE Prevenge, 10.40pm, Film4
FILMED while its writer, director and star, Alice Lowe, was herself heavily pregnant, this British indie is unsettling and grisly, and just what Halloween calls for. Reeling from a tragedy, Ruth (Lowe) finds her pregnancy a horrifying and violent experience.