Satellite choice
FUN ANIMATION The GadgetGang! In Outer Space, 4pm, Sky Premiere
CHEAP and cheerful animation in which a colourful gang of human children help out a spaceship full of little green aliens when they crash on Earth.
TENNIS Miami Open, 8pm, Sky Arena & Main Event
IT’S the quarter-finals in Miami. Roger Federer won here in 2017 after an 11-year gap, beating Tomas Berdych at this stage before going on to overcome Nick Kyrgios in a thrilling semi-final and Rafael Nadal in the final.
ASSASSINATION PLOT Mission: Kill Hitler, 8pm, Yesterday
A NEW account of Operation Foxley, the Special Operations Executive’s unfulfilled plan to assassinate Hitler. The film draws on documents that were declassified in the late Nineties, giving an intriguing insight into how easily the course of history can be changed.
SITCOM STORIES dinnerladies diaries, 8pm, Gold
THE final part moves on to other cast members, such as Celia Imrie, who played the buttoned-up Philippa from HR. Also up for discussion is the set’s toaster, which actually worked. During delays in the filming, it was used to make toast for the audience.
INSPIRATIONAL TALE Chariots Of Fire, 8pm, Sky Classics
FACT-BASED drama following the paths of two men (Ben Cross and Ian Charleson) from very different backgrounds to the 1924 Olympic Games. The memorable music is by Vangelis.
BRITISH THRILLER Save Me, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
IN THE penultimate episode, is Nelly’s dangerous plan to find his daughter really helping, or is he just taking action because there’s nothing else in his life? And there is still the slim possibility that he’s involved in her disappearance. Whatever the truth of it all, the situation brings Nelly (Lennie James, pictured) and Claire even closer tonight.
ALL STITCHED UP Make! Craft Britain, 9pm, BBC4
JAMIE CHALMERS found crossstitch by accident: ‘I was looking for something to do on a long-haul flight.’ Now, he teaches it and makes a great case for the technique’s calming virtues in this workshop. The necessarily careful pace of cross-stitch seems to slow people down, in a good way.
MOVIE HOMAGE Fanarchy, 10pm, Sky Arts
THIS new documentary explores the passion-driven world of fanmade tribute films (‘more passion, less skill’), starting with a shotfor-shot remake of Raiders Of The Lost Ark. This was created by a group of teenagers over seven years in Mississippi, and they took incredible risks to make it. One even set himself on fire.
JAPANESE FILM An (Sweet Bean), 10.40pm, Sky Premiere
TOUCHING drama about a baker selling sweet pancake-like treats, who hires an older woman (Kirin Kiki, pictured) to make an exquisite bean-paste filling. Soon, business is booming . . .