Satellite choice
CRICKET England v Ireland, 1.30pm, Sky Cricket & Main Event
EOIN MORGAN and his World Cup winners face Ireland in the first of three one-day matches at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
FOOTBALL Fulham v Cardiff, 7pm, Sky Football & Main Event
FULHAM are in pole position in this Championship play-off semi-final second leg, having won 2-0 in Wales thanks to strikes from Josh Onomah and Neeskens Kebano that would be worthy of the Premier League.
RELICS OF THE PAST Abandoned Engineering, 8pm, Yesterday
IN THE U.S., we are taken around an eerie site that turns out to have housed radar to detect incoming Soviet nuclear warheads. Back in the UK, we visit a ‘vast defensive structure’ in Northumberland that turns out to be Hadrian’s Wall — less mysterious than usual, that one.
DECODING LIFE The Gene: An Intimate History, 8.30pm, PBS America
THIS major new fourhour series from U.S. documentary great Ken Burns is adapted from the book by Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee. It tells the story of the evolution of genetic science from a historical, social and ethical point of view.
SEASON FINALE Outlander, 9pm, More4
THE season’s final episode hinges on the rescue of Roger from the Cherokee, and the price that must be paid for the idiotic bargain that led to his predicament in the first place. The episode also explains Claire’s vision in the woods. Season five is available on demand on Amazon, if you’d like to skip ahead.
VAMPIRE SEARCH Buried Worlds With Don Wildman, 9pm, Discovery
NEW evidence of vampiric activity takes Don on a blood-curdling trip to Bulgaria, where he joins a team of vampire-hunters to search for demonic spirits in a dangerous mountain cave. Then, in Hungary, he visits the subterranean prison that once held the world’s most
famous vampire, Dracula.
FLAME GRILLED Tom Kerridge Barbecues, 9pm, Food Network
WITH summer here, it’s time to fire up the barbie — but cooking outdoors is easier said than done. Luckily, Tom Kerridge (pictured) is here with a new, 12-part series in which he shows us his favourite barbecue recipes, from sizzling steak to tasty fish, all served with Tom’s unique twists.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE Survive The Night, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
A HOSTAGE situation brings a doctor (Chad Michael Murray) and his tougher-than-tough dad (Bruce Willis) closer together in this cliche-filled action thriller.
AUSTEN TALE Becoming Jane, 9pm, BBC4
SHE wrote so eloquently about romance in the early 19th century, but what of Jane Austen’s own romantic life? Anne Hathaway (pictured) stars as the unmarried cleric’s daughter in this enjoyably whimsical film, which imagines a great deal about her relationship with Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy).
FANTASY THRILLER Otherworld, 9.45pm, Sky Premiere
JESSICA FALKHOLT stars as a down-and-out young woman who has the supernatural power of being able to absorb people’s fear. Predictably, it comes at a cost.