Satellite choice

England v Pakistan, 12.30pm, Sky Cricket & Main Event

PREPARATIONS for the World Cup, which starts on May 30, and auditions for the England team continue as captain Eoin Morgan leads out his side in this third of five ODIs, from Bristol. Can batsman Jos Buttler set off the fireworks once again?

Breath,, 6pm,p, Skyy Premiere

THE directorial debut of actor Simon Baker (The Mentalist) is based on Tim Winton’s bestselling novel set in midSeventies coastal Australia. This coming-of-age drama follows two teenage friends chasing waves with an older, bolder surfer (Baker, pictured). The Night Manager’s Elizabeth Debicki co-stars.

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa, 7.45pm Sky Football & Main Event

THE second leg of the Championship play-off semi-final comes from The Hawthorns. Tammy Abraham’s late penalty has given Villa a 2-1 lead going into the match, but the Baggies will be confident of overturning the deficit. SINGING COMPETITION

Eurovision Semi Finals 2019 8pm, BBC4

THE UK is already through to the final, and we have voting rights in the second of the semis (Thursday, 8pm), which includes the entry from Ireland. Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal provide the commentary here — Graham Norton is keeping his powder dry for the main event on Saturday.

Abandoned Engineering, 8pm, Yesterday

THE last episode takes us to an abandoned village in England, home to a school where pegs and desks remain eerily undisturbed. This is Tyneham and, during the World War II, its people were asked to leave so their home could be used for military training. They never returned.

Our World War, 9pm, PBS America

FIRST shown on BBC3, this shattering three-parter uses veterans’ accounts to dramatise the World War I from the soldiers’ perspective. It starts in August 1914, with the outgunned British awaiting the Germans at Mons. What follows engages the eyes, ears and emotions at every turn. Continues daily.

Mary Kills People, 9pm, More4

IN A new Canadian drama series that’s occasionally smart enough to justify its bleak subject matter, Caroline Dhavernas plays a doctor who, as a sideline, helps people to end their lives. The first few scenes are on the crass side, but the show deepens after that.

Chernobyl, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

AS THE scientists, played by Jared Harris and Emily Watson, explain what might happen next to the disbelieving Soviet bureaucrats, the horror of the situation sinks in further — and viewing this, we can share that horror because it makes us realise how close we came to an even bigger catastrophe.

The Bad Seed, 9pm,p Alibi

THIS new drama from New Zealand opens with a murder that’s horrible to witness. The main suspect is Simon (Matt Minto, pictured with Jodie Hillock), a doctor and family man with a past his wife doesn’t know about, and the steady disclosure of his secrets is handled well in this first of five parts.