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CHARMING STORIES ON-DEMAND MOVIE Satellite choice

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SNOOKER China Championsh­ip, 7.25am, Eurosport 2

MARK SELBY, ranked number six in the world, is defending champion in Guangzhou. He beat the current world number five, John Higgins, 10-9 in a close final last year.

Moon And Me, 5.45pm, CBeebies

THE first of a new run for this unbelievab­ly sweet show from Andrew Davenport, the sure hand behind In The Night Garden and the co-creator of Teletubbie­s. Here, his house of babbling toys hear a story about size from the Moon Baby — and there’s more daily.

Aladdin, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies

WILL SMITH is the Genie in Guy Ritchie’s live-action remake of the Arabian tale, which lives in the shadow of the 1992 animation with Robin Williams’s great performanc­e. If you can put that aside, it’s a solid, good-looking affair that also beefs up the role of Princess Jasmine.

ANCIENT WORLD This Is Greece, 7.50pm, PBS America

HUNKY classicist Dr Michael Scott hosts this fact-packed new fivepart tour, which feels as if it were produced for a travel company. ‘Welcome to Thessaloni­ki,’ enthuses the good doctor in part one, which takes us to the breathtaki­ng Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. Continues daily.

YOUNG MEDICS Junior Doctors: On The Front Line, BBC3 (via iPlayer)

A NEW run for this riveting series documentin­g the lives of first and second-year doctors. It was filmed over the winter months, an especially tricky time for the NHS.

FEUDING FAMILY Succession, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

THE uncertaint­y swirls on for the Roy heirs in this new episode of the caustic U.S. drama, which finds them London-bound for a meeting with their mum (Harriet Walter). Walter is great in the role and, unlike when a U.S. show normally visits the UK, this is refreshing­ly low on landmarks.

STAR MIDWIFE Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, 10pm, W

THE last episode finds Emma (pictured) cramming her written work to qualify as a maternity care assistant. ‘The last time I had to do anything like this was 27 years ago,’ she despairs. On the wards, though, you can see how far Emma has come — the mere idea of taking blood used to make her sweat.

TRUE-TALE FILM Papillon, 10.20pm, Sky Premiere

BASED on Henri Charriere’s prison memoir, this doesn’t have the punch of the 1973 film with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen. This time, the stars are Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam (pictured).

TELLY HONOURS 71st Emmy Awards, 11pm, Sky One

THE U.S. TV ceremony is likely to be dominated by Game Of Thrones, which has scooped a whopping 32 nomination­s for its final season. On the comedy side, the brilliant Fleabag has picked up 11 nods for its second series, including two for Phoebe Waller-Bridge as writer and star.

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