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SEVENTIES SITCOM Robin’s Nest, 10am, Talking Pictures TV
SO 1970S it hurts, this spin-off from Man About The House follows the relationship of Robin and Vicky (Richard O’Sullivan and Tessa Wyatt), and begins a repeat from the start here. Some of the jokes might sound quite jarring in our more politically correct age.
FESTIVE FILM The Wishmas Tree, 4.25pm, Sky Premiere
FESTIVE animation following the misadventures of a young possum whose wish for a white Christmas brings an especially unwelcome cold front to her home town.
FOOTBALL Leicester City v Fulham, 5pm, Sky Sports Premier League & Main Event
CAN Fulham add to their solitary Premier League victory at highflying Leicester this evening? It’ll be a tough task, but Scott Parker’s side can take heart from the fact that the Foxes have lost three times already this season at the King Power Stadium. In the late kick-off, it’s West Ham v Aston Villa (7.30pm).
NEW DATING SHOW Love Bites, 6pm, ITV2
SCARLETT MOFFATT (pictured) hosts a frothy new mix of cooking and dating, in which three hopefuls have the same box of ingredients to make a three-course meal for the object of their affections — who will then take one of them on a date. Our lovelorn chefs go in without recipes, so let’s hope no one gets food poisoning.
RENAISSANCE MAN Leonardo: The Works, 7pm, Sky Arts
THIS new, two-part drift between Da Vinci’s works in various galleries is slow — but then, it’s nice to have the time to appreciate his paintings as you would in a gallery. We move from piece to piece, amid expert insight into his art and life.
ON-DEMAND DRAMA Eternal Beauty, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
BOLD dark comedy from writerdirector Craig Roberts, with an extraordinary performance by Sally Hawkins as a woman looking for ways to alleviate her schizophrenia.
CANINE PATIENTS The Dog Rescuers With Alan Davies, 9pm, 5Select
THERE are animals in need at the Harmsworth Animal Hospital and, at the start of a new series, Alan Davies is ready to lend a hand. Here, he helps out when a fight between two Staffordshire bull terrier sisters leaves one in need of treatment. (Freeview 55, Freesat 133, Sky 153, Virgin 152)
BIG REVEAL The Undoing,g, 9pm,p, Skyy Atlantic
WE’VE certainly been led round the houses over the course of HBO’s six-part mystery, but it’s the finale tonight. So, whodunit? Was it Jonathan (Hugh Grant)? His wife, Grace (Nicole Kidman, pictured with Grant), whose mysterious walk remains unexplained? Or even her dad (Donald Sutherland)? Heck, why not one of the lawyers?
LIVING WITH ILLNESS Locked In: Breaking The Silence — Storyville, 10pm, BBC4
THE film-maker Xavier Alford has Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder that steadily disables the nerves. He’s also a husband and a father, and it’s got to the point where he can no longer ignore the illness — so he’s decided to make a film about it, and this is the poignant result.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Jonah Hex, 10pm, Paramount
JOSH BROLIN growls his way through a series of violent set pieces as DC Comics’s supernatural cowboy Hex, the bounty hunter who, thanks to some Native American magic, can temporarily bring the dead back to life. John Malkovich is his main target. (Freeview 32, Sky 150, Virgin 187)