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TOTS’ TALE CBeebies Bedtime Stories, 6.50pm, CBeebies
STRICTLY’S Oti Mabuse returns to the storytelling chair, and we have to hope that the book she’s chosen, Dance Is For Everyone, won’t inspire a last-minute rally in energy from the nation’s sleepy youngsters. (Freeview 202, Freesat 601, Sky 608, Virgin 702)
RUGBY LEAGUE St Helens v Catalans Dragons, 7pm, Sky Main Event & Mix
THE new Super League season begins with a rematch of the 2021 Grand Final, which Saints won 12-10 to claim their third consecutive title.
FOOTBALL Liverpool v Leicester City, 7pm, BT Sport 1
ADEMOLA LOOKMAN came off the bench to give Leicester a 1-0 victory — after Kasper Schmeichel had saved a Mohamed Salah penalty — when these sides met in December. Now, the Reds will want their revenge as they try to close the gap on Manchester City.
NEW MYSTERY Magpie Murders, BritBox
LESLEY MANVILLE (pictured) stars as a sleuthing editor in this six-part Anthony Horowitz adaptation, which is best enjoyed with tea and cake. It’s a twin mystery: the search for the missing chapter of a whodunnit author’s final work, and the case of who killed him — and why.
COTSWOLDS CRIME Agatha Raisin, 9pm, Pick
AGATHA is branded an ‘amateur’ by the local newspaper and sets about trying to prove the opposite in a case of death threats and dancing. Anna Wilson-Jones plays Agatha’s posh, angry client to an absolute T — and, in an intriguing point of trivia, is married to her screen husband here (Steve John Shepherd, pictured with Wilson-Jones) in real life.
LITERARY TOUR Britain’s Novel Landscapes With Mariella Frostrup, 9pm, More4
PART two of this interesting tour takes Frostrup to Cornwall, and reveals the landscapes and experiences that inspired Daphne du Maurier to create Rebecca,
Jamaica Inn and The Birds — all three of which became films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
POWER BOOST Vintage Voltage, 9pm, Quest
IN THE workshop of Richard ‘Moggy’ Morgan, this week’s electric makeover is a 1960s Mini. The owner has a glint in his eye as he requests a huge power upgrade, from 35bhp to 300, via a Tesla engine — and the moment they take it out on to the track is worth waiting for.
GRIPPING THRILLER The Fear Index, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
JOSH HARTNETT (pictured) stars in a new thriller that steadily dials up the tension over this opening hour. Dr Hoffman (Hartnett) is a scientist turned investment tycoon who receives a mysterious book, then suffers an attack that makes him question everything and everyone around him.
TORONTO DETECTIVE Murdoch Mysteries, 9pm, Alibi
THERE’S much talk about volleyball in this new episode of the Victorian drama. One character worries it may have damaged her ‘womanly parts’, while another ponders taking it up as a cure for depression. Meanwhile, Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) is engaged in a manhunt.