Satellite choice
ON-DEMAND MOVIE
Words On Bathroom Walls, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies STYLISH, well-cast and almost too cute for its own good, this U.S. high-school drama tells the story of a schizophrenic teen (Charlie Plummer) who has hallucinations.
FOOTBALL Chelsea v Atletico Madrid, 7pm, BT Sport 2
OLIVIER GIROUD’S overhead kick has given Chelsea an invaluable 1-0 lead in their last-16 tie, leaving Spanish league leaders Atletico needing a win at Stamford Bridge — a tough task against a Blues side unbeaten under Thomas Tuchel.
PAINTING CONTEST Landscape Artist Of The Year Canada,, 8pm,p, Skyy Arts
THE UK versioni isi over for f another year, but the Canadian contest, hosted by Sook-Yin Lee (pictured), has arrived to replace it. Tonight, six amateur and professional artists gather to compete for the $10,000 cash prize.
RAF BASE Abandoned Engineering, 8pm, Yesterday
THE series that specialises in conjuring mystery takes us to the desolate site of RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk, once under the command of the USAF. Another stop is a sinister complex on Green Island in Taiwan, which was a brainwashing centre for political prisoners.
WILDERNESS LIFE Alaska: The Next Generation, 9pm, National Geographic
THE Alaskan life attracts people who love the freedom of not having to turn up to an office every day. Kaleb Rowland spent a couple of years in the city before realising it wasn’t for him, and he and his family are some of the hardy subjects for this new real-life series.
NORTHERN ROUTE Arctic Ice Railroad, 9pm, DMAX
IN CANADA, the Ontario Northland Railway ferries supplies to almost 100 settlements. It’s been in service for nearly 120 years, and this new series is our guide to the hardy crews and engines that rattle along its 675-mile track. (Freeview 38, Freesat 150, Sky 172, Virgin 171)
MURDER CASE Cruise Ship Killers, 9pm, C+I
SUCCESSFUL estate agent and ladies’ man Steve meets a violent end on this new edition of the true-crime show. Could a boozefuelled confrontation over the poker tables provide the key to understanding his death? Or did it have more to do with the stormy conditions? (Sky 156, Virgin 209)
FREEVIEW FILM RoboCop, 9pm, 5Star
REMAKES and reboots don’t always work, especially when the original was so good, but this update of Paul Verhoeven’s exhilarating (and violent) 1987 sci-fi crime thriller is a good effort. Joel Kinnaman is the shot-down cop getting a heavily upgraded new body — in stylish matte black.
CRIME THRILLER Finding Steve McQueen, 9.05pm, Sky Premiere
CRIME thriller inspired by a real robbery from 1972. Travis Fimmel (pictured) stars as the man getting the gang together. A big fan of actor Steve McQueen, he plans to steal the supposedly illegal slush fund for President Richard
Nixon’s political campaign.
FUNNY GAMES Hypothetical, 10pm, Dave
THE comedians are asked to reinvent themselves as wrestlers this week, and the results are very funny indeed. Sally Phillips really gets into it (‘I want to be covered in silver and I want to be magic’), while Joel Dommett casts himself as a manager. Later, the comics stage Sally’s funeral.