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SNOOKER European Masters, 12 noon, 6pm, Eurosport 1
THE Belgian city of Lommel is the venue for this ranking event. In last year’s revived tournament, held in Bucharest, Judd Trump won the last three frames to claim a 9-8 victory in a thrilling final against Ronnie O’Sullivan.
VINTAGE Classic Coronation Street, 2.40pm, ITV3
THE start of a weekday run of vintage episodes of the soap, beginning in 1986. Look out for Ken and Deirdre (pictured), and for the first appearance of Weatherfield villain Alan Bradley, who would later have an unfortunate encounter with a tram in Blackpool
SONG’S STRENGTH Music & Power With Suzy Klein, 9pm, BBC4
BBC4’s most thought-provoking series in a while starts in Germany, with Klein exploring how music can be used as a way to protest against power or to control the masses. When a song is sung in a group, singers can utter sentiments they might not consider speaking as individuals.
QUIRKY COMEDY Joel & Nish vs The World, 9pm, Comedy Central
COMEDIANS Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar are both willing to look like idiots, which is just as well — as that’s exactly how they look tonight while trying to fit in and train at a Shaolin temple in China. It’s hard to envy the poor soul in charge of their training.
FREEVIEW FILM I Love You, Man, 9.50pm, 5Star
PAUL RUDD is Peter, a sensitive New Man type who sets out to make male friends after he realises that he has no one to be best man at his wedding. Mishaps ensue, with Jason Segel causing his fair share.
CRIME DRAMA NCIS: Los Angeles, 10pm, Pick
THE fifth season of this slick investigative drama has its Freeview premiere on Pick, and it might be better to read no further if you’ve been following season four on 5 USA — where it’s showing tonight. Here, Sam (LL Cool J) and Deeks are reeling from Sidorov’s torture, while the team look for the missing nuclear weapons.
NEW MOVIE Bridgend, 10pm, Sky Premiere
DOWNBEAT drama, set in the Welsh town of the title, which has made headlines as an area with a high proportion of teen suicides. Hannah Murray stars as the new girl trying to fit in among young people struggling to come to terms with the deaths of their friends.
ON-DEMAND DRAMA Whitechapel, Netflix
THE fourth and final season for ITV’s moody, historically inspired London crime thriller has arrived on Netflix. This time, DI Chandler investigates the death of an ex-spy with links to the 16th century.
COMEDY ON-DEMAND Josh, BBC3 via iPlayer
JOSH WIDDICOMBE’S comedy makes a funny return, especially in the hysterical scenes between Kate and her mother, played by Beattie Edmondson and her reallife mum, Jennifer Saunders.
HIT RETURNS Curb Your Enthusiasm, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
LARRY DAVID’S masterly comedy of embarrassment returns after a six-year break, and nothing has changed — this is not a show in which the main character learns anything, and that’s the point.At the start of season nine, Larry (pictured) is trying to get rid of a useless assistant.