Satellite choice
GOLF Qatar Masters, 7.30am, 11am, Sky Sports Golf & Main Event
DARREN CLARKE and Paul Lawrie are set to be among those competing in Doha. They will be joined by Europe’s 2018 Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn, and his vice-captain, Robert Karlsson, both of whom have won here.
THIRD REICH Nazi Victory: The Post-War Plan, 8pm, Yesterday
HITLER had firm ideas about how he wanted buildings to look after the Nazi victory. Guy Walters reveals how Berlin, the global capital, could have had a triumphal arch nearly 400ft high and a domed ‘People’s Hall’ twice the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
SITCOM PREQUEL Young Sheldon, 8.30pm, E4
THIS nicely pitched new prequel to The Big Bang Theory (which returns at 8pm) follows genius Sheldon (Iain Armitage, pictured) at school. On his first day, he turns up in a bow tie and is very honest with everyone. Bad move. There’s a depth to this show that should give it mileage, and the humour is less cartoonish than that in Big Bang.
MOVING MESSAGES My Wonderful Life, 9pm, Sky One
LINDA BANKS (pictured) reflects on facing death in the second new episode of Sky’s admirable celebration of lives passed. She has planned a ‘campaign of fun’ — a mix of surprises and messages for loved ones — that will begin six months after she dies. This programme follows that legacy.
FASCINATING FACTS From Ice To Fire: The Incredible Science Of Temperature, 9pm, BBC4
PART two of Dr Helen Czerski’s eye-opening series focuses on how important temperature is to living beings, especially to those that cannot regulate their own, such as butterflies. She also explores the effect water has on the level of heat on our planet.
GALACTIC EXPLORERS The Orville, 9pm, Fox
AND they had been getting on so well . . . Tonight, the last remaining secret between Ed and Kelly, the divorced captain and first officer of the Orville, finally leaks out in an episode that transports the crew to an extraordinary two-dimensional world. Some spectacular technological jargon about quantum bubbles ensues.
LOGISTICAL FEATS Mega Transport: Superyachts, 10pm, History
THE first subject in this new series is a ‘ship that ships ships’. The craft being shipped are luxury yachts, and our journey with them opens with loading in Miami, a tricky process that the voiceover compares to ‘juggling raw eggs’.
FILM FRIGHTS Freehold, 10.20pm, Sky Premiere
BRITCOM horror in which a cocky estate agent gets his just deserts. The manner in which it happens will make you want to check under your bed and in your cupboards . . .
FREEVIEW MOVIE Happy-Go-Lucky, 11.20pm, Film4
DIRECTOR Mike Leigh’s infectious comedy stars Sally Hawkins (pictured) as irrepressible ray of sunshine Poppy, a North London schoolteacher who remains buoyant even when people try to drag her down. Sadly for Poppy, not everyone is happy to accept her naturally upbeat outlook on life . . .