Satellite choice
T20 CRICKET
England v Australia, 5.30pm, Sky Cricket & Main Event AN ASSURED performance from England’s attack followed by a sublime innings by Jos Buttler saw England taking the series victory on Sunday. Can they complete a 3-0 series whitewash against the Aussies at Southampton?
FAMILY TALE
Brightheart, 6.30pm, Sky Premiere BRIGHTHEART is a celebrity firefly who is a hero to her fans — but faces a challenge to her popularity from a robot called Aurora. Colourful Chinese-U.S. animation.
FOOTBALL
Denmark v England, 7pm, Sky Football & Main Event AFTER an unconvincing start to their Nations League campaign that saw them needing Raheem Sterling’s injury-time penalty to take the points against Iceland, can Gareth Southgate’s England move up a gear in Copenhagen?
INFAMOUS CASES
The Curious Life And Death Of . . . , 8pm, Smithsonian MEDICAL historian Lindsey Fitzharris’s past fascinations have included books bound in human skin. For this new investigative series, Lindsey (pictured) teams up with a rather bemused-looking former Scotland Yard detective, and their first case is Lizzie Borden.
FILM THRILLER
Black And Blue, 8pm, Sky Premiere ACTION thriller starring Naomie Harris (pictured) as a rookie New Orleans police officer who is caught in the crossfire betweenn the black community and corrupt white cops. Tyrese Gibson also stars.
UPCYCLING EXPERT
Restoration Workshop, 8pm, Yesterday GARY WALLIS’S latest find is a huge, sun-bleached piece of driftwood that he rescued from a friend’s house. The antiques dealer plans to turn it into a garden seat, and that’s not the limit of his ambitions tonight — Gary is also after a vintage motorbike to work on.
CHRISTIE CLASSIC
Miss Marple, 8pm, Drama THIS first of the Joan Hickson Miss Marples — The Body In The Library — was originally shown over Christmas in 1984, and it’s one of the best the BBC made. You know you’re in safe hands from the opening scene, and the very human (and funny) way the body is discovered.
CANINE FACTS
Dog Tales: The Making Of Man’s Best Friend, 9pm, BBC4 DOGS have been at our side longer than any otherothe animal in history, and a this fascinating documentary examines how that bond b was formed. This show unravels the latest scientific secrets s to explain what makes a dog, well, a dog. Next week — it’s cats.
CRIME DRAMA
Prodigal Son, 9pm, Sky One MALCOLM, the son of a serial killer, has a gleam in his eye in this new episode of a U.S. show that stays just the right side of bonkers. His memories of an old trip with dad (a constantly shifting Michael Sheen) lead him to a lot of dead bodies, and a productive team-up with his reporter sister.
FREEVIEW MOVIE
Star Trek Into Darkness, 9pm, E4 THE rebooted USS Enterprise crew, headed by Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk, face Benedict Cumberbatch’s evil Khan. Meanwhile, Bones (Karl Urban) has plenty to grumble about, Scotty (Simon Pegg) goes rogue, and Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Kirk’s bromance is sorely tested.