Satellite choice
COURTROOM CLASSIC 12 Angry Men, 2.50pm, Film4
A CRAMPED, sweaty jury room is the setting for the vast majority of Sidney Lumet’s tense, talky classic. Henry Fonda is the levelheaded man trying to persuade his fellow jurors to give a poor young man a chance at a fair trial.
FOOTBALL Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion, 7pm, Sky Main Event & Premier League
THE Seagulls are flying high as they face their biggest rivals on the back of a fine run of form that has seen them climbing to fourth in the Premier League. Can Patrick Vieira’s Eagles bring them back down to earth at Selhurst Park tonight?
TUBE STATION The Architecture The Railways Built, 8pm, Yesterday
YOU’LL never see a man as happy to be on the underside of an escalator as you will tonight. Tim Dunn is behind the scenes at London’s Charing Cross station, before moving on to railway marvels in Sweden and Manchester.
AUSSIE SLEUTH My Life Is Murder, Acorn TV
ALEXA (Lucy Lawless) is a private eye repeatedly lured out of retirement in this likeable drama, which is back for a new, weekly second season. She’s a quirky sort — once, Alexa goes to see
Ed Sheeran in concert, and says he looks like ‘somebody’s grandfather’.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE The Courier, BT Film Store/Sky Store/Virgin
COLD WAR thriller based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a businessman who ferried Soviet secrets to the UK. Benedict Cumberbatch is the spot-on
star of this Le Carre-style tale.
FROM SOURCE TO SEA The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes, 9pm, More4
ROBERT LINDSAY narrates this new soar over 4,000 miles of the Amazon river, from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic. Highlights along the way include the Rainbow Mountain, a guide to the Inca fortress of Ollantaytambo and,
of course, Machu Picchu.
PRISON DRAMA For Life, 9pm, Sky Witness
NICHOLAS PINNOCK returns for the final season of this grim-faced U.S. drama about a prisoner-turnedlawyer fighting for justice from the inside. Aaron (Pinnock, pictured) has a retrial, and innocence should be within his grasp, but the system moves against him . . .
TRUE CRIME Murdertown, 9pm, C+I
ANITA RANI hosts the new run of this true-crime series, which has arguably the most pretentious opening credits of the genre. The first location is Milton Keynes, and the case is the murder of Rachel Manning. We hear from her boyfriend, Barri White, who was wrongfully convicted of Rachel’s murder. (Sky 156, Virgin 209)
CARTOON COMEDY American Dad!, 9.30pm, ITV2
AS THIS knockout U.S. comedy resumes new episodes, Stan is in the denial stage of grief over the death of his dad. He’s acting like a child, playing music with the cool kids in the garage and, when he enters stage two — anger — things don’t get much better. Will a seance help? Don’t count on it . . .
SONG & DANCE Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, 10pm, E4
A NEW, second season for this vibrant U.S. musical comedy. Jane Levy (pictured) stars as socially awkward Zoey, who, after a freak accident, finds she is able to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs. Tonight, Zoey finds a lot has changed in her life after the death of her dad.
FUNNY FILM Reboot Camp, 10pm, Sky Premiere
SATIRICAL comedy set at a fake self-help retreat set up by two brothers (David Lipper and Keli Price). A large ensemble cast — including Chaz Bono and David
Koechner — gets in on the act.