Satellite choice
FOOTBALL
Norwich City v Liverpool, 7pm, Sky Main Event & Football
FOLLOWING five straight league defeats (including 0-3 to Liverpool on the opening weekend), Norwich could be forgiven for feeling less than optimistic about this Carabao Cup clash against the unbeaten Reds. But the Canaries did beat Bournemouth 6-0 in the previous round — away from the pressure of the Premier League, could they cause an upset at Carrow Road?
ON-DEMAND MOVIE
Reminiscence, BT Film Store/Sky Store/Virgin
NOIRISH sci-fi set in a sweltering future Miami, with Hugh Jackman as a ‘private investigator of the mind’ who becomes lost in memory when a sultry client vanishes.
FUNNY MAN
Rik Mayall: Lord Of Misrule, 9pm, BBC4
A CELEBRATION of the comedian and actor Rik Mayall, whose sudden death in 2014 left a big hole in British comedy. Simon Callow narrates a blend of archive footage and interviews with those who knew and admired him, such as Michael Palin, Simon Pegg, Lenny Henry, Ben Elton and Jools Holland.
HISTORY TOUR
Walking Wartime Britain, 9pm, 5Select
EX-ROYAL Marine Arthur Williams continues his scenic and informative tour. He’s in Devon tonight, following the stories of evacuee children at a Torquay grammar school, as well as hearing about U.S. GIs and D-Day. (Freeview 55, Freesat 133, Sky 153, Virgin 152)
NEW-TO-FREEVIEW
The Rookie, 9pm, Pick
NATHAN FILLION plays an unlikely law enforcer in this U.S. drama. John Nolan (Fillion) is a divorced 40-year-old who becomes the oldest rookie in the LA police force and, even if that sounds like a cheesy premise, the show is actually a class act all round — with laughs, drama and impressive action.
DETECTIVE
DRAMA Annika, 9pm, Alibi
A CASE hits unusually close to home in the finale of this excellent drama, and forces Annika (Nicola Walker, pictured) to keep DS McAndrew at arm’s length. The high point of this episode encapsulates what’s so good about the show: Annika trapped in a car boot, calming herself by talking about Twelfth Night.
POP QUIZ
Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 9pm, Sky Max
GREG DAVIES hosts the revival of the BBC’s anarchic music quiz, for which he’s joined by team captains Daisy May Cooper and Buzzcocks old-timer Noel Fielding. It has every chance of success, too, between the money Sky has clearly put behind it and the level of cheeky banter in this first episode.
AUSSIE FILM
High Ground, 10pm, Sky Premiere
AUSTRALIAN western starring Simon Baker (pictured — TV’s The Mentalist) as the World War I veteran caught up in colonial tensions. Twelve years after a shocking massacre by white men, he reconnects with the Aboriginal boy he saved.
COMEDY CHAT
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, 10pm, Dave
ANOTHER quartet of comedians gather round Alan Davies’ large table in this new episode of his free-wheeling chat show. The attendees are Andy Field, Geoff Lloyd, Lou Sanders and Guz Kahn, and the subjects range from parties to pills to small mistakes with huge consequences.