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SNOOKER Northern Ireland Open, 12.45pm, 6.45pm, Eurosport 1
OVER the next seven days at the Belfast Waterfront, 128 of the world’s best players will be contesting the title. Mark King won last year’s event, beating Barry Hawkins 9-8 to claim the Alex Higgins Trophy.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Private Lives Of The Monarchs, 9pm, Yesterday
THE historian Tracy Borman (pictured) takes us behind the public image of Queen Victoria in this first of a new series. We hear how, with Winston Churchill, she chewed gum that was ‘laced with cocaine’, and learn how she took her laudanum — first thing in the morning.
FESTIVE FUN Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, 8pm, Sky Christmas
MACAULAY CULKIN’S resourceful Kevin McCallister is once again separated from his family at Christmas. This time, he fends for himself in the Big Apple.
GENEALOGY The Secrets In My Family, 9pm, W
THIS emotive blend of Long Lost Family and Who Do You Think You Are? continues with 25-year-old artist Hollie, who wants to find the father who left before she was born. Alex Jones is on hand to help, along with experts in DNA and genealogical research.
SAD TALE My Mother’s Lost Children, 10pm, BBC4
WHEN Lillian’s children, Andrew and Michelle, went missing in the Fifties, why did she not go to the police? This new documentary, directed by Danny Ben-Moshe — also one of her offspring — is set across five countries, and unpicks an extraordinary web of lies.
TOP COMEDY Curb Your Enthusiasm, 10pm, Sky Atlantic
YOU’D think that Larry David’s comedy of embarrassment would be excruciating to watch, but because Larry doesn’t seem to care how much he offends people, we can just sit back and laugh at him. Tonight, Bridget asks him for a favour, which is sure to become very complicated . . .
DRAMA Blue Murder, 11.05pm, ITV3
CAROLINE QUENTIN lends charm to an uninspiring but perfectly watchable police drama that was first shown in 2003. She plays DCI Janine Lewis (pictured), the super-competent, pregnant mum-of-three, who juggles family life with her work as a Manchester detective. This weekday repeat begins with the first episode.
QUIRKY FILM The Darkest Universe, 11.15pm, Film4
OFFBEAT British indie comedy, set along London’s canals and shot on a shoestring. Will Sharpe stars as a depressed City trader who, in desperation, starts a video blog in the hope of tracking down his sister, who went missing while on a narrowboat with her boyfriend.
SUPER-HERO MOVIE Spider-Man: Homecoming, BT TV Store, Sky Store, Virgin
A SCHOOL-AGE Spider-Man (Britain’s Tom Holland, pictured) tries to impress Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man in a funny, exciting film that presents the school side in a very believable way.