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WORLD CUP CRICKET West Indies v Pakistan, 10am, Sky Cricket & Main Event
WEST INDIES’ record-breaking batsman Chris Gayle plays in his fifth and final World Cup as the current T20 World Cup holders take on Pakistan at Trent Bridge in their opening game.
AMATEUR CROOKS Good Girls, Netflix
THE sharp returning comedy drama about suburban mums who pull off a heist to make ends meet returns for a second series. Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks stars.
FILM THRILLER Searching, 8pm, Sky Premiere THIS intriguing thriller, about a dad (John Cho) searching for his missing daughter, is told entirely on phone and computer screens. Tracing her digital footprint, he realises he doesn’t know her at all. WELL DRESSED Curvy Brides Boutique, 8pm, TLC
THE gown-choosing series returns for a new run, and among the brides joining Alison Law and Jo Cooke (pictured) at their Essex boutique is 47-yearold Vanessa, who is looking for a dress to marry 26-yearold Nathan. He is clearly besotted with her, but they disagree on whether she should wear white. (Sky 140, Virgin 167)
POLICE WORK NCIS, 9pm, Fox
THE team close in on a shady vigilante network with tentacles that seem to reach to the highest levels of government. ‘Follow the money,’ barks the dauntless Gibbs, whose life is thrown into jeopardy as the investigation escalates into something that feels close to the stuff of superhero movies.
COLONIAL TALE Jamestown, 9pm, Sky One
‘NOW, I’ll tell you a tale of pirates and slaves,’ says Willmus to the widow Castell as their partnership advances to the next level. In the darkest moment, the ever crazier Yeardley reveals the twisted logic behind his views on slavery.
TRUE-LIFE DRAMA When They See Us, Netflix
IN 1989, five teenagers in New York — four black, one Hispanic — were convicted of a rape they didn’t commit, and 25 years would pass until their names were cleared. This four-part dramatisation of the case of the Central Park Five is acted with a rare power, and the heartbreak of the parents in the opening episode as they see the injustice unfolding is terrible to watch.
FUNNY FANTASY Good Omens,, Amazon Prime
AN ADAPTATION of Terry Pratchett’s story was the author’s dying wish, and his co-writer, Neil Gaiman, has done a fine job bringing it to TV, with no expense spared. David Tennant and Michael Sheen (pictured) are well-cast as the demon and angel conspiring to stop the apocalypse in a grand, funny and multistranded drama that draws tighter as it goes on.
LEGAL GENIUS Bull, 10pm, Fox
THIS U.S. drama has an impressive variety of cases. Last week, jury expert Dr Bull was called in to help the ‘good’ son of a Mafia boss; now, he’s in court to help a guard who left a flooding prison to save his family; the storm killed two inmates. What follows is a tangled affair that twists beyond first impressions.
CRIME FIGHTERS Hawaii Five-0/NCIS: Los Angeles, 10pm/11pm, Pick
TWO slick U.S. dramas begin new-toFreeview runs. In the pacey season seven opener of the Hawaii Five-0 reboot, a vigilante stalks the island, and there’s an echo of original series star Jack Lord. In the first of the NCIS spin-off’s sixth season, Callen is trapped on a submarine.