Satellite choice
ANIMATED MOVIE Zombillenium, 6.25pm, Sky Premiere
SET in a Halloween theme park that is secretly built over a gateway to Hell and staffed by real monsters, this will be too creepy for youngsters, but has a stylish edge for tweens and up.
FOOTBALL Spain v England, 7pm, Sky Main Event
GARETH SOUTHGATE’S men face a tough challenge in Seville against the Spanish side who beat them 2-1 at Wembley last month before thumping Croatia 6-0.
WORLD CHEF Jack Stein: Born To Cook, 7pm, Good Food
RICK STEIN’S son is still in Australia for series two of his amiable cookery show, which takes him to a part of the country he’s never been to before — the Kimberley region. Jack learns about chia seeds, which grow there, and makes a very boozy rum baba . . . (Sky 133, Virgin 278)
ON-DEMAND FILM The Happy Prince, BT TV/ Sky Store/Virgin Movies
IN A real passion project for Rupert Everett, the actor directs himself as Oscar Wilde in a raw and moving portrait of the great wit’s declining years. Everett also wrote the script.
LITERATURE’S HEART Barneys, Books and Bust Ups: 50 Years Of The Booker Prize, 9pm, BBC4
THE first controversy came in 1971, when judge Malcolm Muggeridge resigned from the literary prize in disgust, describing most of the entries as ‘pornography’. There are lots of other good stories, too, such as the time Philip Larkin threatened to jump out of a window unless his favourite won.
FREEVIEW THRILLER Hell Or High Water, 9pm, Film4
WESTERN-styled thriller set in present-day Texas, where trucks replace horses as the outlaws’ mode of transport. Chris Pine and Ben Foster (pictured) are the robber brothers, with Jeff Bridges as one of the lawmen on their trail. It’s cut from quality hide, with strong acting, storytelling and soundtrack.
SWEET TOOTH ’N’ NAIL Ridiculous Cakes, 9pm, Food Network
THIS new series packs a lot of ambitious cake-making into one episode, including a project for the Jim Henson Company that recreates the world of Fraggle Rock. Other confections include a replica of the Taj Mahal and of Earth itself.
FUN & PAROCHIALISM Why Does Everyone Hate The English?, 9pm, History
AL MURRAY travels to Wales in part two of his amusing tour of national rivalries, and proceeds to mercilessly wind up Welsh comic Elis James about sheep and male voice choirs. Murray touches a particular nerve when it comes
to the Welsh language.
ROAD TRIP Two Wheels One Love, 9.30pm, Together
STRICTLY’S Danny John-Jules heads to the island of Dominica for this cheery new series. There, he rides his motorbike, investigates his family’s Caribbean roots and campaigns to raise awareness of prostate cancer, which affects one in four black men. (Freeview HD 93, Freesat 164, Sky 173, Virgin 269)