Satellite choice
TENNIS
Italian Open, 10am, BT Sport 2
LIVE coverage of the day’s action on the clay courts in Rome. Serena Williams landed the women’s singles title in 2013 — 11 years after her first Italian Open victory.
FAB KIDS’ SHOW
Strange Hill , 5pm, Cbbc
‘MATHS is 'useless’ says Mitchell before being presented with a situation in which it isn’t. His life is about to get even harder in this fun new episode of the ingenious school comedy, as a teacher sets them all Assignment 51: the world’s hardest piece of homework
QUIRKY FILM COMEDY Little Miss Sunshine, 5.55pm, Sky Select
A SWEET, surreal, and often surprising road-trip comedy, which boasts a heavyweight cast in spite of its limited budget. Young Abigail Breslin is the little girl whose unusual ambition sends her family on what turns out to be a life-changing journey.
FOOTBALL Germany v Poland, 7.30pm, BT Sport 1
WITH this summer’s World Cup looming larger on the horizon, Germany step up their serious preparations with this friendly from Hamburg.
SLICK SCI-FI DRAMA
Almost Human, 9pm, Watch
MORE from the slick future police drama that doesn’t take itself too seriously, as Kennex (grouchy human played by Karl Urban) and Dorian (nice if unpredictable robot played by Michael Ealy) banter their way through a lightly noirish case set in the android sex industry. This is a well-cast show with high production values and a fun script.
FILM THRILLER
Unknown, 9pm, Film4
IN THIS tense thriller, reborn action hero Liam Neeson is the doc who wakes from a coma to find that someone has taken over his life — but was it ever really his?
U.S. DRAMA RETURNS Devious Maids, 10pm, TLC
THE enjoyably soapy U.S. drama from the creator of Desperate Housewives returns for a new, second season. The story revolves around a mysterious maid who disapproves of Marisol’s relationship . . . Why?
NEW HISTORICAL DRAMA SERIES
Vikings, 10pm, History
GABRIEL BYRNE is the shifty leader of the Norsemen, including the ambitious Ragnar (Travis Fimmel, pictured below) in this big, bloody new series that turns upon their invasion of England. It has a grim swagger that pulls you in, and the rest of the first and second seasons can also be watched on Amazon Prime.
QUIRKY CHALLENGE 24 Hours To Go Broke, 10pm, Dave
IN THE first of a Brewster’s Millions-style new series, David Baddiel and Richard Herring have 24 hours to blow £8,000 in Armenia. Among their odd purchases are an exclusive coffee — the beans for which have passed through a cat — and a fortune-telling session. The booze consumed seems to aid their bravado and, so long as you can stomach Herring’s swearing, this is fun, reminiscent of Giles Coren and Sue Perkins’s Supersizers series.