Satellite choice
ONE-DAY CRICKET England v West Indies, 12noon, Sky Sports Cricket & Main Event
AFTER Jonny Bairstow eased England to victory with his maiden one-day century at Old Trafford on Tuesday, the teams now head to Trent Bridge as the West Indies attempt to level the series.
FUNNY FILM Groundhog Day, 4.20pm, Sky Comedy
SMART, funny, with a twist of romance and just a hint of darkness. Bill Murray is the miserable weatherman stuck in a small town where he relives the same day over and over.
CLEVER NEW SITCOM The Good Place, Netflix
A DEAD woman (Kristen Bell) wakes up in a heaven-like utopia run by a chirpy man (Ted Danson, pictured with Bell). But is she supposed to be somewhere else? This dry and brilliant new U.S. comedy is a must-see, partly for the freshness of the concept and partly for Bell’s delightful facial contortions as fish-outof-water Eleanor.
GOLF Tour Championship, 6.30pm, Sky Sports Golf
ATLANTA is the venue for this final event in the four-tournament FedEx Cup play-offs, won in 2016 by Rory McIlroy. This year, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have been the standout players so far.
GETTING TO THE TRUTH British History’s Biggest Fibs, 8pm, BBC4
FOR this series, Lucy Worsley takes some of our nation’s defining events and strips out the mythology to reveal what actually happened. She starts with the Wars of the Roses, to which the phrase ‘history is written by the victors’ soon feels very relevant.
POLICE CHIEF Tin Star, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
IF YOU thought the events of part one would be the extent of the horrors visited upon police chief Jim (Tim Roth), then part two made it one step worse. One character’s fate hangs in the balance over this third instalment, which jumps back and forth in time, taking in some stunning Canadian scenery in the process.
STAR BAKER John Bishop: In Conversation With Nadiya Hussain, 9pm, W
NADIYA (pictured with Bishop) has had an extraordinary journey and still seems stunned by going from stay-at-home mum to Bake Off celebrity This interview swiftly takes quite a deep turn, as she discusses the way she coped with her panic disorder during Bake Off — including how she tried to quit.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Good Kill, 9pm, Film4
ETHAN HAWKE and January Jones star in this thought-provoking exploration of drone warfare. The technology bears a resemblance to games consoles, but the human targets are all too real.
TOPICAL COMEDY The Russell Howard Hour, 10pm, Sky 1
‘WHEN was the last time you saw the news and weren’t terrified?’ asks Russell Howard in his new, 14-week series, in which he plans to ‘mock the madness’ and ‘celebrate the heroes’ in a troubling world. Among those helping him are a young army of global correspondents.