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FUNNY MOVIE Hail, Caesar!, 1.30pm, 10pm, Sky Premiere
A HOMAGE to Hollywood’s golden age, the Coen brothers’brothers screwball satire crams in a lot.lot George ClooneyClooney, Channing Tatum (pictured) and Scarlett Johansson are just some of the stars in its zany firmament.
FUN FOR KIDS Justin’s House: Cat’s First Christmas, 5pm, CBeebies
THE festive spirit is in full flow for a special edition of a show that can feel like a junior Noel’s House Party. The young audience is almost as excited as Justin as he tries to make Cat’s first Christmas as great as great can be. He may receive help from the North Pole . . .
FOOTBALL Everton v Arsenal, 7pm, BT Sport 1
CAN Arsenal finally end their 13year wait for the Premier League title? Much will depend on their ability to keep star striker Alexis Sanchez fit and to win tricky games such as this one, away to the talented Toffees.
Norwich City v Aston Villa, 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
THE Canaries take on Aston Villa in the Championship. Both are now in mid-table after being relegated from the Premier League last season — Norwich won this fixture 2-0 in that ill-fated campaign.
TRUE-CRIME SPOOF Sexy Murder, BBC3 (via iPlayer)
AMUSING parody of series such as Making A Murderer, with Rich Fulcher as American ‘televisionary’ Christoph Spinetti (‘Call me Christ’), who swiftly sensationalises a very mundane missingpersons case.
FOLK ROCKERS The Levellers: Live At The Water Rats, 8pm, Vintage TV
A LIVELY concert with the Brighton band, who perform The Road, 15 Years and more. Later tonight, at 10.30pm, there’s another new programme as Neil McCormick talks to Meat Loaf for his Needle Time series. (Freeview HD 82, Freesat 505, Sky 369, Virgin 343)
STRANGE TALES Nazi Weird War Two, 8pm, National Geographic
WERE crocodiles really responsible for the deaths of more than 900 Japanese soldiers during World War II? Dr Sam Willis investigates for this first of a new series, an interesting film that takes him into memories of his grandfather’s wartime experience.
NEW YORK SLEUTHS Elementary, 9pm, Sky Living
DOES Joan (Lucy Liu) still want to be a detective? Sherlock (Johnny Lee Miller) is concerned as the slick U.S. take on the Conan Doyle stories kicks off season five with the hunt for a serial bomber who has returned, six years after his last reign of terror ended. Could one of Sherlock’s ex-patients help to identify the bomber?
SCI-FI FLICK The Host, 9pm, Film4
AN ADVENTURE adapted from a novel by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. Saoirse Ronan is the plucky young woman struggling to hold on to her human identity on an Earth taken over by a parasitic alien race.
SEPARATE WAYS Divorce, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S deft performance as one half of a divorcing couple has been the best thing about HBO’s uneven mix of comedy and drama. In the finale, Frances (Parker, pictured) is opening that long-awaited art gallery, and tensions between her and Robert seem to be easing — at least, until her lawyer makes a ruthless move.