Satellite choice
EIGHTIES SITCOM Brush Strokes, 5.25pm, Drama
KARL Howman plays the lothario painter-decorator who ‘appreciates’ every woman he meets in this now slightly creepy BBC comedy created by Esmonde and Larbey (The Good Life). Forty episodes were made, and a weekday repeat from the start begins here.
FILM DRAMA The Argument, 8pm, Sky Premiere
COMEDY with Emma Bell and Dan Fogler (pictured) as a couple who, after a quarrel, refuse to let it go. Their plan to re-enact the fight to prove each other wrong spirals out of control.
TRUE CRIME The Beverley Allitt Tapes, 9pm, Pick
IN 1993, the nurse Beverley Allitt was convicted of murdering four children in 1991 in a hospital in Grantham. This three-parter hears from the police who were on the case, from parents and from Allitt herself, via her chillingly calm interview tapes.
TESTS OF STRENGTH Strongest Man In History, 9pm, Blaze
STRONGMEN such as Eddie Hall test their might against that of warriors of old in this new series. Knight Fight, in which people fight while dressed as knights, follows at 10pm – it’s also new, and is even more enjoyably ridiculous.
LION’S TALE Cecil: The Legacy Of A King, 9pm, Nat Geo Wild
CHRIS Packham narrates this new documentary, which kicks off Big Cat Week on Nat Geo Wild. It’s the sad but well-told story of Cecil, a 13-year-old lion who was a major draw at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, until he was killed by a hunter in 2015.
UNSEEN ART Britain’s Lost Masterpieces, 9pm, BBC4
ART historian Bendor Grosvenor and social historian Emma Dabiri (pictured) reveal more surprising stories of art in storage in this new episode. Tonight, they are in Brighton, visiting the Royal Pavilion and inspecting paintings by unknown artists that tackle religious subjects.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Saint Maud, Sky Store/ Virgin Movies
ACCOMPLISHED, seriously chilling British psychological thriller with Oscar potential, starring Jennifer Ehle as an injured dancer whose nurse (Morfydd Clark, in an amazing performance) clings tightly to her religion.
REVENGE THRILLER Reprisal, 9pm, Sony Movies
PLOTTING justice and revenge are a bank manager (Frank Grillo) and his ex-cop neighbour (Bruce Willis). When a security guard is killed during a robbery, Jacob (Grillo) goes after the man responsible, a dangerous criminal who is not going down without a violent fight.
FANTASY SAGA
American Gods, Amazon Prime THERE’S no Blythe Danner this week, but we do get more of Laura’s story, and there’s a twist in the tale for Wednesday.
CREATIVE PROTEST Craftivism: Making A
Difference, 10pm, BBC4
THE world could always use more kindness, and the idea of protesting through knitting – rather than rioting – seems like a nice step in that direction. Jenny Eclair explores the world of ‘craftivism’ in this new documentary, and meets those whose creations make points about the world.