Satellite choice
SCI-FI ACTION
Ghost In The Shell, 12.10pm, 8pm, Sky Premiere
VISUALLY, this Hollywood adaptation of the hit Japanese manga comics franchise is a fully
immersive experience, but it suffers with a plot that is full of bugs. Scarlett Johansson (pictured) is the Major clinging to her humanity as a rebuilt human consciousness in a powerful robotic body.
FREEVIEW MOVIE
Our Man In Havana, 2.55pm, Film4
CAROL REED directs this Graham Greene thriller that’s funnier than the source novel, with Alec Guinness as the man of the title. Guinness stars as a vacuum cleaner salesman in Cuba, who is recruited to the British secret service — where he fabricates a series of fabulous tales.
FOOTBALL
Dunfermline Athletic v St Mirren, 7.15pm, BT Sport 1
THE Saints are now in pole position at the top of the Championship, but they had an afternoon to forget on their last visit to East End Park, back in September, when they lost 3-0 and finished the game with nine men on the pitch.
EPIC TREK
Harry’s South Pole Heroes, 8pm, Yesterday
THE prince is a jolly presence in this two-part account of the Walking With The Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge. Harry led a group of British ex-service personnel in a race against international teams on a daunting 125-mile trek to the South Pole.
STADIUM ROCK
Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s Guide To The Music Business, 9pm, BBC4
PART two is a fascinating record of the rise of live music into a global industry, peppered with stories from Phil Collins and U2’s Adam Clayton. Our assured guide is John Giddings, a 40-year veteran promoter who runs U2’s tours.
CRIME SQUAD
NCIS, 9pm, Fox
THE kidnapping case is a sideshow to the big development this week, which is a new lady in the life of Gibbs. She is Jacqueline Sloane and, as played by Maria Bello (pictured), is very much his type — a beautiful, toughtalking coffee-lover who will take precisely none of his nonsense.
SWEDISH MYSTERY
Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders, 9pm, More4
WHY is Anki, the woman who found Mildred’s body, so on edge? (Apart from finding the body, of course.) The truth is elusive in part two and is still preventing Rebecka from returning to the big city — but is keeping us glued to our screens.
U.S. INVESTIGATIONS
Dirty Money, Netflix
PUNCHY series exposing corporate deceit, looking at the car and drugs industries. There’s a particularly strong film (The Confidence Man) that frames Donald Trump’s rise as that of a showman rather than a successful businessman.
SUITED & BOOTED
Secrets Of The Shining Knight, 10.15pm, PBS America
THE top medieval suits of armour were the ‘Rolls-Royces of the day’, but how were they made? This fascinating film draws on old techniques to create a new suit and explores how the armour held up
against guns on the battlefield.
FILM FUN
The Blues Brothers, 11pm, ITV4
JOHN LANDIS directs this cult caper about two criminal brothers trying to save an orphanage from closure. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi are the musical duo putting ‘the band back together’ and ripping their way through ‘Sweet Home Chicago’.