Satellite choice
ANIMATED FANTASY Alice In Wonderland, 1.20pm, 8pm, Sky Disney
LEWIS Carroll’s much-loved tale is made over with kaleidoscopic visuals and a theme song that has since become a jazz standard. This was slated at the time, but is now regarded as a Disney classic.
ENGLISH SOCCER Middlesbrough v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 7pm, Sky Sports 1
JUST three days after their defeat at Blackburn, Boro have the chance to get their push for automatic promotion back on track as they face mid-table Wolves at the Riverside.
TICKLING THE IVORIES Perfect Pianists At The BBC, 8pm, BBC4
DAVID Owen Norris plays Chopin’s piano – and provides insight into the styles of pianists – in this new collection of archive performances by Myra Hess, Vladimir Horowitz and many others.
POLITICAL PR
Spin, 9pm, More4
IN a gripping new episode that feels like Homeland, the hostage crisis deepens and the body count grows, just as the President’s health declines. Still, spin doctor Simon finds time for a row with his daughter and a romantic interlude with Gabrielle.
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS
Country At The BBC, 9pm, BBC4
AN entertaining collection of country performances culled from the BBC’s archives. The footage comes from concerts and studio appearances on BBC shows. Artists tonight include Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride and Willie Nelson. There’s also Emmylou Harris singing on The Old Grey Whistle Test and Glen Campbell on The Val Doonican Show.
CRIME FIGHTERS
NCIS, 9pm, Fox
EVER since we saw Jake (Jamie Bamber) escaping the bomb in Dubai, there’s been doubt about his moral character – is he doing work that’s too secret to discuss, or could Bishop’s husband be a traitor? That’s resolved in tonight’s new episode, in which Bishop has a heart-to-heart with Gibbs, who seems more disposed to intimate chats since his brush with death.
ACTION COMEDY
Stretch, 10.15pm, Sky Premiere
IN Hollywood, if they’re not working as waiters, failed actors drive limos, which is what Patrick Wilson is doing in this action comedy. His life hits the skids when he can’t pay a debt, leading him on a destructive thrill ride around LA.
CHILLING TALES True Nightmares, 11pm, Investigation Discovery
THE allegedly true stories behind urban legends are the business of this new series, which is presented by Todd Robbins in hilariously OTT fashion, as if we were all sitting around a campfire, toasting marshmallows. Todd begins with a tale of unrequited love, murder and hungry pigs, hinged around a lovesick farmhand in early 20th-Century Indiana.
POWER PLAY
House Of Cards, Netflix
SEASON three of the political drama ended with a split in the White House that could be the undoing of Frank (Kevin Spacey, pictured). How will Claire (Robin Wright) deal with this new distribution of power, in this new, fourth season? It’s going to be brutal . . .