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PRIME PREDATORS Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family, 12 noon, Pick
BOTH halves of a bright, two-part documentary that’s filled with stunning up-close footage of lions, tigers and clouded leopards in action. The latter are ancient cats that evolved in the jungle, and their acrobatic and climbing skills are incredible to watch.
MONSTER MOVIE Kong: Skull Island, 12.10pm, 8pm, Sky Premiere
A LOUD and brash reboot for cinema’s biggest ape, offering action, adventure and Tom Hiddleston (pictured with Brie Larson and Thomas Mann) in a semi-macho makeover. The Apocalypse Now nods go somewhat overboard.
TENNIS Qatar Open, 12.30pm, Eurosport 2
WHILE Andy Murray prepares for the Australian Open in Brisbane (3am, Eurosport 1), Novak Djokovic is set to return to the court in Doha, with a third successive title in his sights.
FAMILY FILM Paddington, 2.35pm, Film4
THE talking bear from darkest Peru won our hearts all over again in a film positively bursting with wit and charm. Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and Nicole Kidman are among the human stars in an adorable tale all ages can enjoy.
FOOTBALL Everton v Manchester United, 5.15pm, Sky Premier League & Main Event
WAYNE ROONEY scored in the Merseyside derby and in Everton’s recent victories over Newcastle and Swansea, before missing the Toffees’ last two games through illness. Can he pick up where he left off when his old club comes to Goodison Park?
FANTASY ADVENTURE The Last Dragonslayer, 6.30pm, Pick
FREEVIEW premiere of Sky’s grand tale in which an orphan (Ellise Chappell, pictured) becomes an unwilling dragonslayer in a world where money is replacing magic. It’s based on the first of Jasper Fforde’s books, and some jokes and well-staged magic keep it all flowing along nicely.
SONG & DANCE Moulin Rouge!, 8pm, Sky Musicals
COLOURFUL and chaotic story from Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom), set in fin-de-siecle Paris. Ewan McGregor is the writer who falls head over heels for courtesan Nicole Kidman.
SEVENTIES STARS Tell Me Another, 8.30pm, Talking Pictures
ANECDOTES are the business of this talk show from the Seventies, in which stars from the time relate stories of their lives to Dick Hills. Here, Dick’s guests are Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips, Humphrey Lyttleton and Bernard Manning.
CHART TOPPER The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody, 9pm, BBC4
AT SIX minutes long and with an opera-style section, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody broke the rules of what a hit single should sound like. It reached number one in 1975 and in 1991, after the death of Freddie Mercury. Here’s the inside track on how the song and that
amazing video were made.
MOTOR TRADE Wheeler Dealers, 9pm, Discovery
IN THIS new, 14th series of the amiable car show, Ant Anstead replaces Edd China as the mechanic who spruces up cars bought by dealer Mike Brewer, and has promised to be honest about whether he likes them. The first is a 1995 Ford Escort RS Cosworth.