Satellite choice
ANIMATED ACTION Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
THIS clever and funny animated adventure brings together SpiderMen from different universes (one, Peter Porker, was bitten by a radioactive pig). Better than plenty of live-action superhero films, it scooped both an Oscar and a Bafta.
FOOTBALL Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion, 7.30pm, Sky Premier League & Main Event
THE Seagulls find themselves on shaky ground at the foot of the Premier League. The last thing they need is a trip to Spurs’ shiny new stadium to play a Tottenham side who’ll be happy to face other opponents after three games against Manchester City.
WAR STORY Abandoned Engineering, 8pm, Yesterday
IN NORMANDY, a large concrete structure sits on a peninsula, surrounded by craters. This turns out to be a Nazi gun emplacement, and the story of the pre-Day Allied mission to take it out is one of extraordinary courage against overwhelming odds.
FREEVIEW MOVIE Blended, 8pm, 5Star
IN THIS frothy romcom, two single parents become a blended family — whether they like it or not. Drew Barrymore (pictured) and Adam Sandler are the singletons who go on a disastrous first date, only for fate to bring them together — with their children — on holiday at an idyllic African resort.
OLD MASTER Looking For Rembrandt, 9pm, BBC4
IN THE last of this insightful three-part documentary, the Dutch painter (voiced by Toby Jones) is reflecting on his golden days and his struggle — in his later years — to stay out of debtors’ prison. There’s poignancy here and it makes for the best episode of the run.
U.S. JUSTICE Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 9pm, 5 USA
THE victim in this new-to-Freeview episode isn’t too sympathetic at the start. Kristi is a video blogger who insists on filming everything — even her interview with the police about her alleged rape — and that doesn’t do the prosecution of her case any favours. Matters take a turn later, though.
LUNAR QUEST Budget Mission To The Moon, 9pm, National Geographic
ON APRIL 11, the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet nearly became the first privately funded unmanned lander to touch down on the moon. This new film follows the passion and the preparations that led up to the moment this £76million vessel crashed on to the surface.
CRISIS DRAMA 9-1-1, 9pm, Sky Witness
AFTER last week’s flashback, we return to the perilous situations that were left hanging — Maddie’s abduction by her ex-husband, Doug, who also stabbed Chimney and left him for dead. ‘This is your fault,’ says Doug to an anguished Maddie as he drives her away, and the first responders swing into action.
INTO THE PAST Timeless, 10pm,p, E4
NO EXPENSE is spared in the first of this two-part finale to the U.S. timetravel drama as the team — including Jiya and Wyatt (Claudia Doumitmit and Matt Lanter, Lanter pictured) — head to the Wild West to save Rufus and the world from the evil Rittenhouse. As befits a show in which the timeline can change at the drop of a hat, this is a twistfilled ride. Concludes next Tuesday.
FILM THRILLER The Neighbour, 11pm, Sky Premiere
WILLIAM FICHTNER stars as the middle-aged man who is drawn into a drama next door, fuelled mainly by his fascination with a young woman he suspects is being abused by her husband.