Satellite choice
ONE-DAY CRICKET Yorkshire v Lancashire, 10.55am, Sky Sports 2
THE first Roses match of the season is in the 50-overs competition. Lancashire will want to put to bed last year’s humiliation, when they were skittled out for just 84.
MOVIE CLASSIC High Noon, 5.20pm, TCM g
THE classic western from Fred Zinnemann stars Gary Cooper as a town marshal who, before he can hang up his holster, has a date with destiny. Grace Kelly (pictured) and Lloyd Bridges also star.
NEW FOR YOUNGSTERS Ketchup TV launch, Freeview Channel 96
THE on-demand children’s service comes to Freeview, where episodes of series such as Noddy In Toyland are available for free!
GRIPPING DRAMA American Gods, Amazon Prime, Episode 1
A QUIET ex-con is pitched into a battle between gods on Earth in a bloody, brooding and dark-skewing new drama based on the novel by Neil Gaiman (Coraline). Give this first part 20 minutes to work its spell — that’s the moment Ian McShane arrives as charismatic deity Wednesday — and you’ll probably be hooked. A new episode arrives every Monday.
TEEN FILM Sadie’s Last Days On Earth, 4.10pm, Sky Premiere
SCHOOLGIRL Sadie writes a list of things to do before the end of the world. But is her apocalypse real, or just teenage angst?
CITIES’ PROFILES Amsterdam: An Art Lovers’ Guide, 9pm, BBC4
JANINA RAMIREZ and Alastair Sooke take chatty city breaks and probe the local culture in a broad new series that overdoes the banter. When they settle down and focus on the topic at hand — in part one, Amsterdam’s riches and the culture that flowed from them — this finds its groove.
GRITTY STUFF The Equalizer, 9pm, 5Star
DENZEL WASHINGTON (pictured) stars in Antoine Fuqua’s revival of the Eighties TV series starring Edward Woodward, with Washington’s retired special forces operative reluctantly entering the fray . . . MODERN MUSICAL Billy Elliot: The Musical, 9pm, Sky Arts THE musical of the film ran for 4,600 performances at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. That’s even more impressive when you consider the number of 11to 13-year-old boys who had to be cast in the lead across its 11-year run — more than 40. See it here!
NEW CRIME SHOW Real Detective, 10pm, True Crime
TRUE-CRIME show that aspires to re-create the atmosphere of the HBO drama True Detective, and partly succeeds. It’s a mix of interviews with real detectives and high-end dramatic stagings, starting with Michael Madsen as a Texas Ranger after justice. (Freeview 60, Sky 185, Freesat 143)
ADULT DRAMA Harlots, 10pm, ITV Encore
IT’S a bawdy affair on the surface, but there’s serious acting talent at the core of this tale of women selling themselves in Georgian London, which is written by Moira Buffini (Viceroy’s House). Tonight, earthy madam Margaret (Samantha Morton) has a meeting with Sir George that takes a dark, dark turn.