FUNNY FILM Satellite choice
Sword Of Trust, 6.15pm, Sky Premiere
INDIE comedy following the fortunes of an antique sword — and the four people who hope to make a killing from it. Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Marc Maron and Jon Bass star.
DARTS Grand Slam Of Darts, 7pm, Sky Action & Main Event
GERWYN PRICE won this tournament last year after a run of three victories by Michael van Gerwen. The nine-day event continues today in Wolverhampton with second-round matches.
WAR DOCUMENTARY Nazi Megastructures, 8pm, National Geographic
ENTHUSIASTIC historian James Holland (pictured) presents a guide to Adolf Hitler’s plan to invade the UK in this first of a new series. The deadly examples of Nazi engineering he encounters include the long-range K5 gun (‘It really is a beast!’) and the targeted bombing by the Luftwaffe, which brought hell to the streets of Britain.
THE REAL DEAL? Britain’s Lost Masterpieces, 9pm, BBC4
DOGGED art detectives Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri visit the National Museum Cardiff to investigate a badly overpainted Madonna, which is currently attributed to a follower of Botticelli. But could the piece actually be by the Italian master himself? All will be revealed in an astonishing climax.
FINAL EPISODE Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, 9pm, 5 USA
IN THE emotional season two finale — and last-ever episode — of the U.S. crime drama, an American ballerina falls prey to a creep in Russia, and Thunderbirdlike Agent Garrett (Gary Sinise) decides that he’ll stomach no interference from the Kremlin on this one. ‘A girl’s life hangs in the balance,’ he solemnly intones.
WILDLIFE FILM King Of The Desert Lions, 9pm, Smithsonian
FIVE nomadic lions are the subject of a sweeping documentary that calls them the ‘Five Musketeers’ and follows their adventures ‘in search of their own kingdom’. It was shot over the course of six years on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast and is a breathtaking piece of wildlife film-making.
ACTRESS & ACTIVIST Jane Fonda In Five Acts, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
‘I GREW up in the shadow of a national monument,’ observes the eloquent Jane (pictured) of her father, Henry, in this HBO profile, which dives well beneath the surface. The interviews and old footage are seamlessly edited together, but the actress’s frankness really puts this film over the top.
BRITISH COMEDY The Cockfields, 10pm, Gold
THIS Isle of Wight comedy keeps up the quality in part two as Sue (Sue Johnston) insists on taking son Simon and his girlfriend, Donna, to see Alan Titchmarsh’s house. There’s also a fantastically passive-aggressive moment when Donna (Diane Morgan) tries to make a meal for everybody.
GRISLY HORROR Pledge, 11.50pm, Sky Premiere
THREE nerdy college freshmen (among them the film’s writer, Zack Weiner) undergo the hazing from hell in this grisly but decent horror. Invitations to cool parties come at a cost.