Satellite choice
FOOTBALL Wales v Denmark, 7pm, Sky Football
WALES, under new manager Ryan Giggs, know that victory over Denmark tonight will see them promoted to the top tier of the UEFA Nations League. But the Danes are ranked tenth in the world and can also clinch top spot with a win.
T20 CRICKET England Women v South Africa Women, 7.30pm, Sky Cricket & Main Event
THIS is a crucial Group A match for captain Heather Knight and her England team, with only the top two going through to next Thursday’s semi-finals.
FUNNY FILM Game Night, 8pm, Sky Premiere
JASON BATEMAN and Rachel McAdams (pictured) star in this cut-above comedy thriller about competitive couples getting suckered into playing a mystery game — with dodgy and deadly results.
IN THE MONEY The Heist, 9pm, Sky One
SIMILAR to Channel 4’s Hunted, Sky’s ambitious real-life heist ’n’ hide series finds the thieves — all residents of Thirsk, North Yorkshire — feeling confident enough to start spending their ill-gotten gains in episode two. The hunters, meanwhile, are really getting into the chase and have the scent in their noses . . .
NEW COMEDY DRAMA The Kominsky Method, Netflix
MICHAEL DOUGLAS (pictured) stars in a mature series about the life of a legendary acting coach. It’s been created and written by Chuck Lorre, the man behind Two And A Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, but is subtler than that CV implies. It’s billed as a comedy, but don’t expect laughs — only amused nods — as Kominsky teaches classes, dates and grieves.
DOING THE TIME 24 To Life, 9pm, Lifetime
XYRJAH GOLDSTON is a single mother who has 24 hours left before she starts a four-year prison sentence. She’s one of two subjects in tonight’s new episode of a sad, real-life U.S. series that counts down the hours of that final day — and doesn’t reveal the full nature of the crime until the end.
CRIME SQUAD NCIS: New Orleans, 9pm, Fox
IN AN explosive new episode, Pride (Scott Bakula) is woken in the middle of the night by a call that ultimately takes him to South America — although at the start, details of the mission are so vague that you almost believe someone is setting him up for a surprise birthday party.
WESTERN MOVIE The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, Netflix
ACQUIRING the Coen brothers’ new western was a coup for Netflix. The film tells six different stories of life on the frontier, with an eclectic cast that includes Tom Waits as a prospector.
DJ PROFILE Reggae Fever: David Rodigan, 10pm, BBC4
NOW 67, David Rodigan fell in love with reggae music in the Fifties, and by the Seventies, he’d turned his passion into a profession. This fond profile looks at his life and career — lately, his live DJ appearances have been attracting younger audiences — and is followed by a repeat of Reggae At The BBC.