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SNOOKER World Open, 6.25am, 11.25am, Eurosport 1
REIGNING world champion Judd Trump went into this event in Yushan in China as a favourite for the title after he won August’s International Championship in Daqing. That won’t have changed following his 5-0 first-round victory over Zhang Jiankang.
POP SCENE Almost Never,, 5pm,p, CBBC
WHEN we leftlft theth bandsbd att theth end d of series one of CBBC’s jolly comedy drama, Girls Here First were touring Europe, while The Wonderland (Oakley Orchard, Nathaniel Dass and Harry Still, pictured) had found a new reason to perform — and been signed, to boot. Ex-JLS star Aston Merrygold joins the cast for this new, second series.
FUNNY FILM The House Of Tomorrow, 6.30pm, Sky Premiere
INDIE comedy starring Asa Butterfield as Sebastian, who gets into the teen spirit when he joins the punk band of his new friend, Jared (Alex Wolff).
FINAL SHOWDOWN MasterChef Australia, 7pm, W
NOT only does tonight mark the finale of season 11, it’s also the last time MasterChef Australia will be hosted by Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris. The warm trio have been a big part of the show’s appeal, so it will be interesting to see how it fares without them.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Nativity Rocks!, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
THIS fourth in the comedy series about big Christmas school productions is a relative return to form, and especially suitable for younger children. Craig Revel Horwood joins the cast as a flamboyant impresario.
VIVID HISTORY Britain In Colour, 8pm, Smithsonian
ROYALTY is the theme for this first of an engaging new series, which starts with colour footage of Queen Victoria at Balmoral in 1896, and is at its most interesting in charting the visits of foreign royals such as Edward VII’s nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE 999 Rescue Squad, 10pm, W
THE work of Yorkshire’s Hazardous Area Response Team is the subject of this returning series. An explosion at a block of flats is the first port of call, and this takes a dangerous turn when it’s discovered that the flats have no gas supply — raising the possibility that a bomb may be the cause.
WARTIME EXPLOITS X-Company,y 10pm, History y
THE dayd off theth AlliedAllid attack tt k arrives in the gripping penultimate episode, and a frazzled Aurora returns to the other spies to help — but they see her as damaged goods at best. Victories, losses and sacrifices follow in the next hour, which also features an Enigma machine and several Hollywood moments for Aurora (Evelyne Brochu, pictured with Warren Brown).
FREEVIEW FRIGHTS February, 12.15am, Film4
SCREAM queen Emma Roberts stars in a supernatural horror that is big on style, shocks and suspense. She plays a young woman who escapes from an asylum and heads to a Catholic school, where her connection to the shocking satanic events that took place there is slowly revealed.