Satellite choice ON-DEMAND MOVIE
EIGHTIES FAVOURITE The Karate Kid, 6.25pm, Sony Movies
RALPH MACCHIO is Daniel, a bullied new boy who gets a helping hand from handyman Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita) – philosopher, friend and kindly karate master. Macchio returned for two film sequels as well as the recent reboot, Cobra Kai (available on Netflix).
COUNTRY STROLL Winter Walks, 7pm, BBC4
THE author Lemn Sissay (pictured) takes a stroll around Cumbria’s Dentdale, stopping to examine the ground beneath his feet in a way you never bother to do in a city. Sissay chats easily to those he meets, including a keen bagpiper – with no neighbours – in Cowgill.
SOCCER Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford, 7pm, Sky Football & Main Event
THE Bees have seen off Premier League sides Southampton, West Brom, Fulham and Newcastle to reach this League Cup semi-final. Can the Championship outfit shock José Mourinho’s Spurs, too, and make it all the way to Wembley?
STATION MASTER The Architecture The Railways Built, 8pm, Yesterday
IF YOU missed this series the first time around, do tune into this repeat – the presenter, Tim Dunn, is one of a kind. He begins his enthusiastic history in a disused London Tube station, where he finds Churchill’s wartime bunker.
STATELY HOME Chatsworth House: A Great British Year, 9pm, More4
AFTER last week’s Christmas special, this new series about the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Peregrine Cavendish and his wife Amanda, rewinds to the start of the year, when the estate hoped to attract 600,000 paying visitors. ‘What could possibly go wrong?’ asks the voice-over. Well . . .
ANCIENT TOMB Tutankhamun In Colour, 9pm, BBC4
THE colourised footage of the tomb’s discovery brings the story to life in this documentary, but what really sets it out is the remarkable knowledge of its presenter, Elizabeth Frood.
U.S. DRAMA Six Feet Under, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
A CHANCE to see HBO’s masterly drama from the start. It tells a family story in a most unusual setting – a funeral home – and stars an excellent Michael C. Hall as dutiful middle child David. His siblings, including prodigal son Nate (9-1-1’s Peter Krause), are far more rebellious characters.
TITANIC EVIDENCE History’s Greatest Mysteries, 9pm, Sky History
‘TITANIC... its very name evokes a chill,’ intones Laurence Fishburne at the start of a new series of mysteries probed by the actor. At the core of this first are unseen notes from the inquiry into the sinking, presented by Viscount Mersey, the great-great-grandson of the judge who conducted it.
Tenet, Sky Store/Virgin Movies
IF YOU haven’t wanted to pay full whack to buy and watch Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending backwards thriller, it’s now available to rent. Robert Pattinson and John David Washington star in an impressive tale of time manipulation.
FILM THRILLER Eyes Of Laura Mars, 11pm, Sony Movies Classic
SONY’S classic movie channel returns after devoting itself to festive films over the holidays. In this thriller, Faye Dunaway (pictured) stars as a photographer seeing through the eyes of a killer. (Sky 319)