Satellite choice
ON DEMAND MOVIE Sully, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
CLINT EASTWOOD directs Tom Hanks in this solid true story of pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed a jet on the Hudson river in 2009. Sully’s dignity under questioning by bureaucrats and the dramatic landing itself are the highlights.
FOOTBALL Barcelona v Juventus, 7pm, BT Sport 2
BARCELONA have reached the last eight of the Champions League ten years in a row. That record run looks like ending, with Juve sitting on a three-goal advantage — but if anyone can overcome such a deficit, it’s Neymar, Suarez, Messi et al . . . Meanwhile on BT Sport 3, Dortmund need to win at Monaco, having lost the first leg 3-2 in Germany.
WEDDING PLANS Badass Brides, 9pm, 5Star
IN A neatly edited new reality series, British brides-to-be plan the big day with their other halves and say things such as: ‘In our relationship, it is give and take — but if he says no, I’ll keep pushing until I get it.’ There is an acute moment of tension when Verity (pictured) is trying on a dress, and her mum says it ‘looks a little bit tight’.
REGAL SITCOM Henry IX, 9pm, Gold
IN THE final part of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais’s gentle comedy, the King’s gay son arrives and they chat, rather sweetly, about what will happen after he abdicates. The Queen (Sally Phillips) is enraged and surely has a plan to torpedo the whole thing. Unless the prince’s plans for a gay royal wedding do that all on their own . . .
BANGED UP Orange Is The New Black, 9pm, Sony Channel
ONE of Netflix’s best shows has its UK TV premiere. Sony will be showing the first two seasons of this graphic U.S. mix of drama and comedy, which follows a quirky, wet liberal (Taylor Schilling, pictured) whose misjudgments lead her to be locked up with a cast of combustible characters.
TERROR ATTACK Voices Of 9/11, 9pm, National Geographic
THE emergency calls, fire department radio chatter and, most shatteringly, messages of people who would not survive the attacks provide the spine of this new documentary. A strong reminder of how what you hear can be just as powerful as what you see.
CYBER THRILLER Mr Robot, 9pm, Universal
IT CAN be terribly uneven, but there’s no doubting the style of this U.S. drama about a socially inept hacker who sets out to change the world with the crusading ‘Mr Robot’ (Christian Slater). This is the start of the new, second season, the whole of which is also available, on demand, on Amazon.
VIETNAM CLASSIC Apocalypse Now, 9pm, Spike
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA sets Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness in the jungles of South-East Asia for his Vietnam War masterpiece. Martin Sheen is the U.S. Army captain journeying deep behind enemy lines on a mission to assassinate Marlon Brando’s renegade Colonel Kurtz. (Freeview 31, Freesat 141, Sky 160, Virgin 154)
BALTIC DRAMA The Fencer, 10.10pm, Sky Premiere
BASED on the life story of fencing champion Endel Nelis, this drama offers a fresh angle on some familiar themes. Endel (Mart Avandi) flees the KGB in the wake of World War II and ends up inspiring children in Estonia with his skills.