Satellite choice
AFTERNOON MOVIE
Monkey Business, 2.50pm, Film4 A WONDERFULLY daft screwballer from Howard Hawks, with Cary Grant as the scientist with a formula for eternal youth — and a cheeky monkey with a mischievous streak.
FOOTBALL
England U-21 v Romania U-21, 6.30pm, ESPN WITH a place in this summer’s European Championship already secured, England manager Stuart Pearce can begin to develop his team in the build-up to Israel. First up is this friendly at Adams Park.
CRICKET
New Zealand v England, 9pm, Sky Sports 1 ENGLAND’S tour of New Zealand concludes in the same place it started: Eden Park, Auckland. Will the rain hold off for long enough this time for a winner to be decided?
YOUNG MUMS
The Baby Bomb, 9pm, BBC3 THREE sets of young, new parents and one single mum (Esther, pictured) move into a block of flats together and share the joys and miseries of raising babies in this lively new series. A lot of lessons will be learned…
GETTING AWAY WITH IT
The Untouchables, 9pm, PBS America IT’S more than four years since the toxic loan crisis, and no senior Wall Street executives have been arrested. Partly, it seems that the FBI have been too busy with antiterrorist activities; partly, it’s due to the difficulty of proving fraud. In any case, the picture this oddly gripping documentary paints of life at one loan company during their ‘heyday’ is terrifying: ‘If they can fog a mirror, we’ll give them a loan.’
LEGAL EAGLES
Suits, 9pm, Dave SEASON two of this hardball U.S. drama has focused on Harvey, but Louis has been quietly gathering character in the background. Once just the angry rat who bit the underperforming associates, he’s become far more three-dimensional. Now, all that we know about him is put to the test as Daniel and Jessica make pleas for his vote.
FILM DRAMA
The Day Of The Locust,
9.05pm, Sky Classics HOORAY for Hollywood? Donald Sutherland and Karen Black are among the no-hopers following their dreams in John Schlesinger’s deliberately downbeat Tinseltown drama.
SEVENTIES DRAMA
Abigail’s Party, 10pm, BBC4 ALISON STEADMAN (pictured) stars in Mike Leigh’s uncomfortable, satirical study of middle-class tension, brimming with bitterness and anger seeping through the party guests’ bland facades.
FREEVIEW MOVIE
Training Day, 10.35pm, ITV4 DENZEL WASHINGTON is LAPD cop Alonzo Harris, who gets results, but whose methods are questionable — indeed, downright dirty. Ethan Hawke plays a rookie who questions his methods. Washington’s charismatic antihero is a refreshing change of style.
POLITICAL DRAMA
Boss, 11pm, More4 NEW drama starring Kelsey Grammer as the mayor of Chicago, a ruthless shark oof a man who is diagnosed with a Parkinson’s-like disorder. The pilot is directed by Gus Van Sant and has both style and heft, with a powerhouse performance from Grammer (pictured) at the centre. The story proves itself capable of being darker and more subtly vicious than you would have thought possible — it’s a gangster drama in different clothes, and Grammer is its Tony Soprano.