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ACTING MASTERCLASS All Is True, 6.15pm,p Skyy Premiere
KENNETH BRANAGHBRANAGH, whoh also l directs, stars as William Shakespeare in a drama that explores the playwright’s later life in leafy Stratford. Judi Dench (pictured with Branagh) is Anne Hathaway.
FOOTBALL Switzerland v Republic Of Ireland, 7.30pm, Sky Mix & Main Event
MICK McCARTHY’S Ireland remain unbeaten at the top of Euro 2020 qualifying group D, but they face a tricky fixture in Geneva. Meanwhile, England’s under-21s will be trying to keep up their 100 per cent record in qualifying for the 2021 Euro U-21 tournament as they play Austria in Milton Keynes (7.30pm, BT Sport 1).
BIG BEASTS Monster Croc Wrangler, 8pm, Nat Geo Wild
MATT WRIGHT has been described as a ‘modern-day Crocodile Dundee’, but he prefers to be compared to Steve Irwin. His seemingly fearless exploits are the basis of this returning series, which begins with him trying to save a rancher’s cattle from a marauding croc. (Sky 165, Virgin 264)
PAINTERS’ CONTEST Landscape Artist Of The Year 2019, 8pm, Sky Arts
STEPHEN MANGAN and Joan Bakewell return as the hosts for a new series of the polished painting challenge. In the first of the regional heats, a fresh batch of artists are challenged to capture Smeaton’s Tower lighthouse in Plymouth.
TELLY TALES Lenny Henry’s Race Through Comedy, 9pm, Gold
OVER the next three nights, Lenny Henry will be focusing on the iconic shows that have shone a light on Britain’s rich mix of multiculturalism. The first episode looks at the sitcom, and it’s a story of evolution, starting with Love Thy Neighbour and moving through Desmond’s to Chewing Gum.
MEDICAL DRAMA The Good Doctor, 9pm, Sky Witness
THIS slick U.S. drama returns for a third season, and autistic savant surgeon Shaun Murphy (deftly played by Britain’s Freddie Highmore, pictured) isn’t just focused on work any more. In this first episode, he goes on a date with Carly, for which he reads six joke books in preparation. It’s not an easy night.
SCI-FI FAVOURITE V: The Original Series, 9pm, Forces TV
JANE BADLER plays the face of an invading alien force in this first of a daily repeat for the 1983 drama. V may look silly on the surface, but at its core was a heartfelt comparison to the rise of Fascism. (Freeview 96, Freesat 165, Sky 181, Virgin 277)
BRIT SITCOM Zomboat!, 10pm, ITV2
THE group’s amusingly slow escape from Birmingham continues in part two as the canal boat arrives at a lock — and the shambling zombies on the banks start to catch up. We also meet a new character, a massive zombie nerd whom the computer jargon-spouting Kat (Leah Brotherhead) utterly idolises.
SIXTIES FILM Girl With Green Eyes, 10pm, Talking Pictures TV
RITA TUSHINGHAM is the naive Kate Brady, a good Catholic girl who embarks on an affair with an older man (Peter Finch). Lynn Redgrave co-stars as Kate’s friend, Baba Brennan, in a drama based on Edna O’Brien’s The Lonely Girl — which is also adapted for Radio 4 this week.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Ma, Sky Store/Virgin Movies
INTERESTING horror in which people are not allowed upstairs — rather than downstairs. Octavia Spencer stars as the eccentric figure who opens her basement to teens who want to drink.