Satellite choice
FILM THRILLER 23 Paces To Baker Street, 5.15pm, Film4
OUTSTANDING London-set tale from American Henry Hathaway — perhaps best-known for the original True Grit — who directs Van Johnson as a blind playwright who overhears a plot to kidnap a child. When no one believes him, he takes matters into his own hands.
PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIE Brooklyn, BT TV/Virgin Movies/Sky Store
BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated drama, adapted from Colm Toibin’s novel by Nick Hornby. Saoirse Ronan comes of age as the Irish colleen looking for her future in the land of the free in the Fifties.
CYCLING Track World Championships, 7pm, Eurosport 1
BRADLEY WIGGINS, Mark Cavendish and Laura Trott are all set to compete in London, but first up are the men’s and women’s team sprints — Jess Varnish and Katy Marchant took silver in this event at the World Cup in Hong Kong in January.
FOOTBALL Liverpool v Manchester City, 7.15pm, BT Sport 1
JUST three days after losing to City on penalties in the League Cup final at Wembley, the Reds get a chance for revenge, as Manuel Pellegrini’s side come to Anfield for this Premier League encounter.
COMIC-BOOK ACTION
Arrow, 8pm, Sky 1
AFTER its lighter spin-off, The Flash, returned yesterday, this darker superhero series is now back from its mid-season break. Will Felicity survive? Either way, Oliver is on a quest for revenge against Damien Darhk.
STRIVING FOR JUSTICE The Prosecutors: Real Crime And Punishment, 9pm, BBC4
PART two of this collaboration with the Open University looks at proof and what happens when the lawyers of the Crown Prosecution Service decide they do not have enough evidence to prosecute. Victims now have a right to appeal such decisions, which are made through a methodical process that this fascinating and careful film lays bare.
U.S. FIREFIGHTERS
Chicago Fire, 9pm, 5 USA
THIS soapy drama from Dick Wolf, which has aired on Sky, makes its Freeview debut. The show boasts some well-staged action sequences, and at the head of its good-looking cast is House’s Jesse Spencer (pictured). Like Wolf’s Law & Order, Fire has spin-offs: Chicago PD, which is on 5 USA and Amazon Prime, and Chicago Med, which is set to start on Universal on March 20.
NATIONAL INTEREST
Discovering Britain, 9pm, More4
LARRY LAMB learns the history of the Welsh mountain pony as this jolly series continues to dig into British wonders. Plus, Emilia Fox is on the Jurassic coast, where she developed a love of fossils as a child — and Janet Ellis investigates a Victorian railway line.
MELANCHOLY COMEDY Inside Llewyn Davis, 9pm, Film4
THE Coen brothers’ muted drama about a struggling folk singer in Sixties New York stars Oscar Isaac, moping about with an escapologist ginger cat in tow. Co-stars include Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan (pictured) and John Goodman.
TREASURE QUEST Billion Dollar Wreck, 10pm, History
MARTIN BAYERLE’S last attempt to recover the gold of RMS Republic collapsed in 1987; a few years later, he spent time in prison (for the manslaughter of a man associated with his estranged wife). This new series details an expedition with his son to finally get the gold.