Satellite choice
FAMILY ADVENTURE Alpha, 2.55pm, Film4
A PREHISTORIC Call Of The Wild, this adventure is beautifully shot and a fine watch for all the family. Kodi Smit-McPhee is the young man who is separated from his tribe and, left for dead, forms a powerful bond with a wounded wolf.
PREMIER LEAGUE Everton v Crystal Palace, 5pm, Sky Main Event & Premier League
EVERTON beat Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park back in September, and Carlo Ancelotti will hope his side can produce a similar result back at Goodison as they aim to keep up their challenge for a top-four place. Wolves v West Ham follows at 8pm.
TRANQUIL JOURNEY Canal Boat Diaries, 7pm, BBC4
ROBBIE Cumming spent a spring and summer on a winding 480km journey from Ellesmere Port in Cheshire to Birmingham, along sparsely populated canals. This new, daily four-part series is his record of that enviable experience, punctuated by gentle hazards and tweeting birds.
SWEET TREATS Rachel Khoo’s Chocolate, 7pm, Food Network
THERE are recipes for chocolate dishes in this new series, but also an enthusiastic dive into the mechanics of taste and more – it’s an odyssey of sorts, and one Khoo (pictured) clearly loved making. In this double bill, she makes chocolate cardamom meringues and chewy cookies.
SINGING SENSATIONS Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World, 7.30pm, Sky Arts
IT says a lot about the impact of the concert that people are still talking about it, three decades on. This new documentary hears the inside story from José Carreras and Placido Domingo, and goes into the rivalries, hopes and challenges involved.
UNDERWATER FINDS River Hunters, 9pm, Sky History
‘RIVER-SEARCHING rookie’ Rick Edwards returns for a new series of digging history out of a variety of waterways. His first stop is Scotland’s River Garry, which has a curious distinction: this is where grenades were first used on British soil, back in 1689, during the Battle of Killiecrankie in
the first Jacobite revolt.
CARTOON COMEDY Family Guy/American Dad!, 9pm/9.30pm, ITV2
THESE raucous US animated comedies both return for new runs. In Family Guy, Peter takes a job as a nurse, then suffers a professional crisis when his nemesis is admitted. In American Dad!, the new season begins with Stan in Little Colombia, reflecting on a Miami Vice-style episode from his past.
KIWI COPS Wellington Paranormal, 9pm, Sky Comedy
GENTLY weird comedy series from New Zealand, in which officers O’Leary and Minogue (Karen O’Leary and Mike Minogue, pictured) encounter blatantly
FILM DRAMA Zeroville, 9.50pm, Sky Premiere
JAMES Franco directs and stars in this overambitious ode to Hollywood, set in the Seventies. He plays a carpenter who gets a job building film sets; Megan Fox and Seth Rogen also star.
ZOMBIE COMEDY Slaughterhouse Rulez, 11.05pm, Film4
THIS teen comedy horror benefits from having Michael Sheen and Simon Pegg as the adults in the room. They are the teachers at a boarding school that is under attack from underground beasties.