Satellite choice
MURDER MYSTERY Madeleine, 5.30pm, Talking Pictures TV
DAVID LEAN’S fact-based drama stars his wife, Ann Todd, as Madeleine Smith, the respectable Glaswegian tried for the murder of her French lover in 1857. It’s an intriguing case, explored with great style and flair, and it was resolved by a unique quirk of Scottish law.
FOOTBALL Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United, 7pm, Sky Premier League & Main Event
WOLVES knocked United out of the FA Cup last season, then went on to beat them in the Premier League. Can record signing Harry Maguire help to secure things for United at the back? After last weekend’s 4-0 defeat of Chelsea, the signs are looking good.
FILM COMEDY Clockwise, 8pm, Talking Pictures TV
JOHN CLEESE is the head teacher running out of time and losing the plot (pictured). He’s very much as irate and hapless as Basil Fawlty, though this isn’t half as perfect as Fawlty Towers.
SERIES FINALE Blue Bloods, 9pm, Sky Witness
THE tension between work and family is especially high in the NYPD drama’s season nine finale, which is built around the wedding of Jamie and Eddie. In the run-up to that, Jamie’s sister — a District Attorney — essentially accuses Eddie of lying at work.
U.S. COMEDY Single Parents, 9pm, Comedy Central
IT’S Halloween in the first of a new double bill of this U.S. comedy, which masks its mushy centre with a cynical wit. Mum Angie (Leighton Meester) is pulled between work and trick-or-treating, while dad Will’s daughter suddenly feels she’s too mature for the season.
GRAND DESIGNER Rams: Principles Of Good Design, 9pm, BBC4
THE German designer Dieter Rams has been working since the 1950s, and doesn’t hold back on his opinions in this stylishly presented new profile. Rams’s design philosophy of ‘less, but better’ is especially appealing in a world in which so many things are so needlessly confusing.
BLACK COMEDY Succession, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
THE strength of this US series lies in how it’s essentially a family drama about children trying to impress their dad — except that the children are now all messed-up adults, and they work for him. That’s never clearer than with the downtrodden Kendall, who finds fresh purpose in tonight’s new episode.
BABY BOOM Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, 10pm, W
A PATIENT comes in for a Caesarean for her fifth child in this new episode, but her blood pressure is high. Is it nerves, the stress of already having four kids, or something else? Emma (pictured centre) is told to take blood to investigate further — that certainly gives her a rush of nerves as she hasn’t done it for nine months.
FOUR WHEELS GOOD Sir Chris Hoy: From Velodrome To Le Mans, 10pm, BBC4
AFTER he left cycling behind, Olympic great Chris Hoy channelled his energies towards his childhood dream of competing at the peak of motor racing — the 24-hour contest at Le Mans. This finely made documentary follows him on that journey, and also observes the impact of the sport on his family life.