Satellite choice
KIDS’ MOVIE Maya The Bee: The Golden Orb, 4.20pm, Sky Premiere
THIRD in a series based on the little honeybee created in Germany in 1912. Here, Maya and her friends are entrusted with a special mission.
FOOTBALL Faroe Islands v Scotland, 7pm, Sky Main Event
SCOTT McTOMINAY’S last-gasp winner against Israel on Saturday has sent Scotland four points clear in second place and on course for the second round of World Cup qualifying. But with Denmark to come next month, Steve Clarke’s side can’t
afford to slip up in Torshavn tonight.
ANIMAL MAGIC Inside The Zoo, 7pm, BBC Scotland
GO BEHIND the scenes at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park in this endearing new series — and hopes are high that polar bears Victoria and Arktos may produce a cub. (In Scotland: Freeview 9, Freesat 106, Sky 115, Virgin 108. Outside Scotland: Freesat 174, Sky 457, Virgin 162)
PREHISTORIC PEOPLE The Lost DNA, 7.30pm, PBS America
WE CAN learn interesting things about early peoples through the analysis of ancient DNA, as this new two-parter reveals. The subjects include a 4,000-year-old skeleton discovered on Rathlin Island, off the Irish coast, which points to
past migrations across Europe.
SCI-FI DRAMA Little Fish, 8pm, Sky Premiere
SCI-FI drama starring Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell (pictured) as the couple fighting to save memories of their relationship with a virus on the loose that causes rapid memory loss. Calling to mind the Covid age, it also explores the losses of dementia.
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT Breaking The Sound Barrier, 8pm, Smithsonian
THIS new series tells the story of humanity’s efforts to break the sound barrier without flourish, but it packs in a lot of information. Part one takes us to 1947 as Chuck Yeager pilots the Bell X-1 close to Mach 1, and experiences dangerous shockwaves as he does.
POP QUIZ Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 9pm, Sky Max
TEAM captain Daisy May Cooper spends more time laughing than talking tonight — at one point, she is laughing too much to even attempt to speak. Also in this new edition, guest Ella Henderson reveals the eye-watering backstage story of her ‘most emotional performance’.
UNSUNG HEROES Convergence: Courage In A Crisis, Netflix
FILMED in eight countries, with a personal and a global perspective, this moving documentary follows volunteers during the pandemic.
PATIENTS’ STORIES The Hair Loss Clinic, 10pm, Quest Red
FOR this moving new UK show, male and female patients reflect on the impact of their hair loss, and seek help from transplant surgeon Dr Edward Ball and specialist Eva Proudman. The full series is on discovery+ from today. (Freeview 39, Freesat 169, Sky 149, Virgin 170)
NEW PANEL GAME Question Team, 10pm, Dave
RICHARD AYOADE (pictured) hosts and competes in a new comedy contest that’s genuinely unpredictable. The contenders design a round of questions each — sometimes, that resembles a stand-up set and sometimes, something weirder — and first up are Bob Mortimer, Kerry Godliman and Thanyia Moore.
HORROR FLICK Malignant, BT Film Store/ Sky Store/Virgin
THIS horror movie about visions of murder is generally unremarkable, apart from the extreme turn it takes later on.