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WWII MOVIE The Great Escape, 2.15pm,p, Skyy Select
THE ultimate PoW film,film starring the ultimate wild man, Steve McQueen. It’s based on real events, and you will get behind the gang as they irreverently put their big plan into motion.
NEW COMEDY FILM My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, 3.35pm, Sky Premiere
IN THIS follow-up to her runaway 2002 hit, Nia Vardalos returns for another epic family celebration. This time, she’s a mother — of a teenager every bit as smothered as she once was.
YOUNG CHEFS Chopped Junior, 4pm, Food Network
THE contenders in this new U.S. food contest are treated like grown-ups, and seem keen to impress. They include the confident Mark from Mississippi and Jack from Texas: ‘You name it and I can cook it — well, hopefully’. (Freeview 41, Sky 248, Virgin 291, Freesat 148)
FOOTBALL Bournemouth v Arsenal, 7.30pm, Sky Sports 1
AFTER home wins over Liverpool and Leicester, the Cherries will not feel daunted by the arrival of the Gunners. But Alexis Sanchez did score twice to secure a 3-1 win in the reverse fixture in November.
SUPERSTARS’ STORY The Beatles Live: The Touring Years, Amazon Prime
RON HOWARD’S excellent documentary has Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney looking back on the band’s glory days. It’s not just memories, though — this is a riveting study of friendship and fame, told from within, and with plenty of rare archive footage.
ACTION CLASSIC The Bourne Identity, 9pm, ITV2
MATT DAMON turned action hero with this first in a series of welldone, successful thrillers. Damon is Jason Bourne, although he doesn’t know it yet. With people out to kill him, he needs to find out who he is — and fast. Can Franka Potente’s stranger (pictured) help our hero?
CRIME DRAMA Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 9pm, 5USA
IN THE Freeview premiere of season 15, Benson remains the prisoner of William Lewis, who drags her from place to place, committing terrible acts as he goes. Her team, including Rollins, are on the case, but this is a tough experience for Benson — and the viewer.
ROYAL BIOPIC Victoria, 9pm, ITV Encore
THERE’S a lot to like in ITV’s lavish biopic of Queen Victoria, especially in its early episodes, which feature a finely played tension between the young Queen (Jenna Coleman) and Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell), who serves as a curious mix of father figure and romantic interest. This repeat continues daily, in double bills
SLEUTHING DRAMA Elementary, 9pm, Sky Living
FOR the 100th episode, Watson and Holmes are put up for an award — she wants the recognition, but he really, really doesn’t. That sounds small, but it places their relationship under great strain, and gives the series its best characterbased instalment for a while.
MODERN HISTORY Mussolini, Monuments And Modernism, 10pm, BBC4
JONATHAN MEADES is always worth listening to, even if it isn’t immediately obvious what he’s talking about. Here, Meades delivers his perspective on Fascism and the architecture it leads to — there is a lot to unpack in every sentence, and the glint of humour is rarely far from his eyes.