Satellite choice

FREEVIEW FAMILY FUN The Simpsons Movie, 11am, , Film4

AMERICA’S favourite cartoon family made their big-screen debut with this cracking extended episode, tackling everything from environmental issues to, erm, spider pigs. It’s gag-tastic.

GOLF WGC Bridgestone Invitational, 7pm, Sky Sports 4

AN ELITE field featuring the world’s top 50, plus winners of the past year’s tournaments, will be in action at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

FOOTBALL Brighton v Nottingham Forest, 7pm, Sky Sports 1

WHAT is sure to be another hotly contested Championship season kicks off at the Falmer Stadium. The Seagulls hope to have boosted their striking potency with the signing of Tomer Hemed

NEW ANIMATION The Boxtrolls, 7.15pm, Sky Premiere

A TYPICALLY surreal animation from Laika, the stop-motion specialists who made ParaNorman. Eggs is the human raised by trolls, who unwittingly becomes a hero.

FREEVIEW ACTIONER Transporter: The Series, 9pm, Spike

THIS drama might be formulaic and repetitive, but it undoubtedly delivers on fast and stylish action. This week, there’s a window into Frank’s past as the enigmatic hero (Chris Vance) helps an old friend from his CIA days to clear his name. (Freeview 31, Freesat 141, Sky 160)

DETECTIVE DRAMA

Unforgettable, 9pm, Sky Living

WHEN a coastguard is murdered, Carrie (Poppy Montgomery) and Al research a link between a celebrity chef with a fiery temperament and a cache of missing explosives.

STAR PROFILE Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All, 9pm, BBC4

NEW series from acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney, assembled from archive material and focusing on the first 60 years of Frank Sinatra’s (pictured) life — he would have been 100 this year. Featuring concert footage, interviews, home videos and commentary from friends and family, it is one of those screen biographies that gets eerily close to its subjects.

FREEVIEW W THRILLER Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 9pm, More4

A CLASSY update of the old TV series, based on John le Carre’s Cold War novel. Among a quite remarkable cast, Gary Oldman an (pictured behind John Hurt) is George Smiley, the disgraced intelligence agent called back in to root out a sleeper.

LIVE MUSIC

BBC Proms 2015, 10.15pm, BBC4

FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane is known for his voice — not only does he speak for characters on his hit animated sitcom, but he can also carry a big tune. Here, he belts out a programme devoted to Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra.

OFF-BEAT COMEDY Bored To Death, 12.50am, Sky Atlantic

ANOTHER super-dry tale of the unexpected, in which George (Ted Danson) wants help to sabotage his daughter’s marriage to older man Bernard, before having a catty run-in with a rival (Oliver Platt). Ray, meanwhile, is thrown out of the house after a chicken-related incident, and is led into

temptation.