Satellite choice
FAMILY FILM Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon, Amazon Prime
SHAUN and friends look after a stranded alien in this delightful and very British comedy from Aardman Animations. A truly universal entertainment, it’s like a classic of the silent era.
FOOTBALL Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, 8pm, Sky Premier League & Main Event
AFTER bottom-of-the table Norwich host Southampton (5pm, also on Pick and Sky One), Spurs and United return to Premier League action. The North Londoners will have to hit the ground running if they’re to maintain hopes of a top-four finish.
ACTION FLICK Gemini Man,, 8pm,p, Skyy Premiere
THIS thriller was in ‘development hell’ for years. The finished film stars Will Smith (pictured) as a black ops assassin for whom retirement is not an option when he’s targeted by a clone of his younger self.
MATERIAL PROBLEM Plastic Wars, 8.30pm, PBS America
DISTURBING footage of a sea turtle injured by plastic opens this new U.S. documentary, which probes the past of the plastics industry to better illustrate its present. We learn about plastic that can’t be recycled and what happens to it, and hear from industry insiders.
BELGIAN COPS Code 37, 9pm, More4
IN THE second half of this cinematic opener to season three of the down-to-earth crime drama, the case takes a personal turn for Hannah (Veerle Baetens). She has learned that Vincent Manteau is Roos’s uncle, and knows from personal experience that family secrets can cause trouble.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH The Sinner, Netflix
IN THE new, third season of the absorbing ‘whydunnit’, Bill Pullman’s Detective Ambrose uncovers another complex case of individuals haunted by past choices. The impossibly goodlooking Matt Bomer (White Collar) stars in this tale of a serious car crash in which there is one survivor.
LAND GRAB Secret Wars Uncovered, 9pm, Sky History
IN 2014, Vladimir Putin ordered the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in the biggest landgrab in Europe since World War II. This illegal act resulted in Russia’s suspension from the G8, and this first in a new series explores how it happened, step by step, and looks at the consequences.
ITALIAN DRAMA My Brilliant Friend, 9pm,p, SkyAtlantic y
THIS elegant coming-of-age drama returns. Lenu (Margherita Mazzucco) is on the verge of either breaking up with her boyfriend or getting married, while her friend Lila (Gaia Girace, pictured with Mazzucco) is married — and she seems even more sophisticated than ever. That sophistication is hiding something.
POWER HUNGRY The Politician, Netflix
RYAN MURPHY’S drama about an evolving politician focuses on a New York Senate election in its new, second season, which involves dark moral choices, racy encounters and plenty of Bette Midler (pictured with Judith Light) as enjoyably ruthless political operator, Hadassah Gold. Season two should have a broader audience than its school-based predecessor.