Satellite choice
FOOTBALL Porto v Chelsea, 7pm, BT Sport 2
THE 14-match unbeaten start to Thomas Tuchel’s tenure came to an abrupt end with the 2-5 defeat to West Brom on Saturday. Now, the Blues need to regroup as they head to Seville for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Also this evening, Bayern Munich face PSG (7.15pm, BT Sport 3).
BRIDES & GROOMS The Wedding Coach, Netflix
IN THIS anti-Bridezillas reality show, U.S. comedian Jamie Lee (pictured with Savannah and Cesar) helps couples to diffuse wedding drama and focus on what really matters. ‘Wedding perfection is unattainable,’ observes Lee, who aims to treat prenuptial stress as if it were a medical condition.
FILM DRAMA The Sunlit Night, 7.30pm, Sky Premiere
ADAPTATION of the novel by Rebecca Dinerstein, starring Jenny Slate and Alex Sharp as two people meeting under the ever present daylight skies of the Arctic circle.
TOP PROPERTIES Scotland’s Home Of The Year, 8pm, BBC Scotland
THE WAVE is the first contender in this new series. It’s an astonishing, flowing build in the Borders that makes the most of its views, and judge Anna Campbell-Jones finds much to like. (In Scotland: Freeview 9, Freesat 106, Sky 115, Virgin 108. Outside Scotland: Freesat 174, Sky 457, Virgin 162)
TAKING CONTROL Propaganda: The Art Of Selling Lies, 8.35pm, PBS America
‘WHEREVER there is power, there is propaganda.’ This documentary takes a fascinating look at the everyday process of manipulation, dealing in its history and theory, with examples including the election of Donald Trump.
DOCTORS & NURSES Grey’s Anatomy, 9pm, Sky Witness
LAST week’s crossover with firefighter spin-off Station 19 continues with a season-opening double bill from the venerable U.S. soap. It’s seismic stuff, not so much because of the fallout from last week’s fire, but more because of who’s back — it’s McDreamy himself (Patrick Dempsey).
RURAL LIFE Matt Baker: Our Farm In The Dales, 9pm, More4
WHEN Matt’s mum was knocked over by sheep, he and his family moved back to the farm to help to run it, and this four-part series is the result. In part two, Matt brings in an old family friend to help with his new road project, and there’s delight when the puppies are born.
U.S. SITCOM The Grinder, 9pm, Fox
ROB LOWE stars as Dean, an actor who finishes work as a maverick TV lawyer, then moves in with his brother — an actual lawyer — and thinks he’d like to try this courtroom thing for real. Lowe (pictured) has a lot of fun as the egomaniac Dean, bouncing off Fred Savage as his straight man sibling, Stewart.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Stiff Upper Lips, 9.05pm, Talking Pictures TV
A LIVELY pastiche of the period drama (think Merchant Ivory), full of national treasure stars who wouldn’t be out of place in the real thing, including Peter Ustinov and Prunella Scales.
DEBUT PLAY Lights Up: Sitting, 10.30pm, BBC4
PEOPLE sit for portraits and unload onto the artist in this TV version of Katherine Parkinson’s well-weaved debut play, which hits a nice mix of humour and poignancy. Parkinson (pictured) performs in it here, as ex-punk single mum Mary — a name that could well be an EastEnders reference.