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FAB FAMILY FLICK Coco, 4.15pm, Sky Premiere

SUPERB Pixar animation, with dazzling visuals and engaging characters. Music-lover Miguel is banned by his family from playing his guitar. His ancestors hold the key, and in the Land of the Dead, he embarks on a magical quest to find them.

TENNIS Swiss Indoors, 6pm, Sky Arena

ROGER FEDERER has won his home town tournament in Basel a record eight times, and he looks on good form to make it a ninth time as champion. Also starting today — at 12 noon on Sky Sports Action and Main Event — is the Vienna Open.

CLASSIC RERUN Born And Bred, 6pm, True Entertainm­ent

THE BBC’s cosy Fifties northern drama about family doctors begins a rerun from the start. Filmed in the preserved village of Downham, it stars Michael French as a city slicker son, with James Bolam as his village GP dad. More every weekday.

FOOTBALL Arsenal v Leicester City, 7pm, Sky Premiere League

IF THE Gunners can emulate Manchester City’s stunning 5-0 victory over Burnley at the weekend they will leapfrog some of their title rivals and land in the thick of it in the top of the league. But they will be more than aware that The Foxes are a wily bunch!

SHE’S BACK! Supergirl, 8pm, Sky One

THE blockbuste­r drama begins its new, fourth season with a nod to Trump-era politics as Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) faces a growing anti-alien hate movement — will the population turn against her? The issues in her real-world job are less pressing, and include a new reporter starting at CatCo.

TOP ONE-OFF DRAMA My Dinner With Herve, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

GAME OF THRONES star Peter Dinklage plays Fantasy Island star Herve Villechaiz­e (pictured) in a well-cast, very watchable and ultimately poignant one-off HBO drama. Over a messy evening in Los Angeles with a journalist (Jamie Dornan), he looks back on his life — and comes to a realisatio­n.

TODAY’S WORLD A Woman Captured — Storyville, 10pm, BBC4

A STARTLING, heartbreak­ing documentar­y portrait of how a person’s identity can be washed away by circumstan­ce and a lack of compassion. Director Bernadett Tuza-Ritter spent two and a half years filming Marish, who has toiled for a decade as an unpaid housekeepe­r in Hungary.

NEWBIES Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, 10pm, W

EMMA spends ten weeks training as a maternity care assistant for this new series, in which she delights at many a newborn. She’s a very likeable presence — selfdeprec­ating, smiley, empathetic — and provides a great window on the experience of patients and staff.

GRIPPING FILM The Ghost, 10pm, ITV4

TEASING political thriller in which Ewan McGregor plays a writer who uncovers secrets when he is asked to pen the memoirs of a former Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan). Roman Polanski’s film has a classy feel with strong performanc­es, with Olivia Williams as the ex-PM’s wife.

NEW MOVIE Ocean’s 8, Sky Store, Virgin

SANDRA BULLOCK leads the all-female gang planning a heist in this frothy popcorn caper. The heist itself is clever enough, but it’s really the stars — including Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway — who make the movie sail so merrily along!

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