Satellite choice
FOOTBALL MATINEE CLASSIC
The Desert Fox, 11am, Film4 AN EARLY effort to tell the story of one of those ‘good’ Germans who opposed Hitler. James Mason (pictured) stars as Erwin Rommel, a respected tactician who eventually tired of Hitler’s delusions of what could be achieved in battle. This sets the record straight on the demise of a principled military man. p Rommel Liverpool v Leeds United, 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1 DANIEL STURRIDGE was man of the match when Liverpool beat Spurs to set up this League Cup quarter-final. However the Reds — who have won the Cup a record eight times — will have to do without the striker tonight.
CANVASS OPINION
Landscape Artist Of The Year, 8pm, Sky Arts THE final comes from aweinspiring Loch Ness, where the remaining artists vie for the £10,000 commission to paint Petworth House in West Sussex. Joan Bakewell and Frank Skinner are the genial hosts.
TRAGIC TALE
The Cult That Stole Children, 9pm, BBC4 IN THE Sixties and Seventies, the yoga teacher Anne Hamilton-Byrne ran an apocalyptic sect in Australia, and acquired children through adoption scams. This well-crafted new film meets some of them, and reveals the heartbreaking legacy of the conditions in which they were raised.
LAST-EVER EPISODE
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, 9pm, 5 USA THE last-ever episode of the Criminal Minds spin-off ends with a cliffhanger, which isn’t the best way to close out a series. Still, one thing makes it worth watching — a scarily good performance from 3rd Rock From The Sun’s French Stewart, as an evil mastermind.
TOP DRAMA
Westworld, 9pm, Sky Atlantic IN THE exciting penultimate episode, Dolores, Bernard and Teddy all come to a new understanding, while the scheming Maeve — Thandie Newton (pictured) this show’s equivalent to Cersei in Game Of Thrones, if Dolores is its Daenerys — has a proposal for Hector.
FREEVIEW FILM
Horns, 9pm, Film4 WHEN his girlfriend is raped and murdered, Ignatious Perrish (Daniel Radcliffe) is prime suspect. As he sets out to prove his innocence, he sprouts horns that give him supernatural powers, as well as an almighty headache. As surefooted as Radcliffe’s performance is, the film itself follows an uneven, treacherous path.
A DRAMA IS BORN
New Tricks, 10pm, Drama THE pilot episode from 2003 was the first of what would be a 107-episode run. After a kidnap case goes wrong, Det Supt Pullman is put in charge of cold case unit UCOS, and hires retired detectives in order to save cash. In walk Jack Halford, Brian Lane and Gerry Standing, and a legend is born. Continues every weekday.
ACTION FLICK
Collateral, 10.30pm, Sky Select MICHAEL MANN’S LA-set noir makes Tom Cruise the bad guy, playing mean against Jamie Foxx’s innocent taxi driver. Cruise is impressive as a merciless hit man who makes Foxx drive him from job to job. But as the peril increases so does Foxx’s chagrin . . .