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TEENAGE DETECTIVE Enola Holmes, Netflix
STRANGER Things’ Millie Bobby Brown (pictured) is Enola, the little sister of Sherlock (Henry Cavill) who’s been brought up wild by their enigmatic mother (Helena Bonham Carter). She goes on an empowering and starry adventure in Netflix’s film, which is well-timed in such a sparse cinematic year.
FOOTBALL Fleetwood Town v Everton, 7.30pm, Sky Football & Main Event
JOEY BARTON — who supported Everton as a boy and played in their youth academy — now hosts the Toffees in this League Cup third-round fixture as manager of League One Fleetwood.
DANGEROUS WORK War Factories, 8pm, Yesterday
THE last part tells the poignant story of Barnbow Factory, near Leeds. Its well-paid workers, 93 per cent female, produced critical munitions for World War I — and in 1916, 35 of them died in a explosion that was hushed up. The factory was working 24 hours later.
OPERA PERFORMANCE ENO’s La Boheme Live At The Drive-In, 8pm, Sky Arts
THE English National Opera returns to live performance with a unique drive-in experience. This 90-minute production of Puccini’s tragic romance, starring Natalya Romaniw, is staged for audiences sitting in their cars at Alexandra Palace.
GOOD AS NEW Salvage Hunters: The Restorers, 9pm, Quest
DREW PRITCHARD has picked up a real gem this week. It’s an old police lantern, and he’s brought in lighting specialist Jolene Famer to work her restorative magic on the piece. Meanwhile, mohawk-sporting metal artist Ted Edley has a 19th-century French copper bath to restore.
VIKING DIET Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, 9pm, National Geographic
GORDON herds reindeer in Norway, and takes a nasty spill off a snowmobile in the process. Elsewhere, in his quest to become ‘a real Viking’, the chef dives for his own scallops, eats blood pancakes and reindeer stew, and puts together a feast for the locals.
ON SONG Celebrity Karaoke Club, 10pm, ITV2
SCARLETT MOFFATT (pictured with singer
Tallia Storm), drag queen Courtney Act and DJ and presenter Melvin Odoom are among the familiar faces in a new singing contest set in an intimate karaoke bar. The stars judge each other, but are also each others’ only audience. There is no shortage of enthusiasm during the songs or Big Brotherstyle chatting in between.
MUSIC AWARDS Mercury Prize 2020: Album Of The Year, 10pm, BBC4
LAUREN LAVERNE guides us through the 12-strong list, which includes Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa, a fourth nomination for Laura Marling with Song For Our Daughter, and Charli XCX’s How I’m Feeling Now, created in 39 days under lockdown. There will also be performances from around the UK.
GERMAN MOVIE Shepherd: Hero Dog, 10.15pm, Sky Premiere
UNSENTIMENTAL drama, set during World War II, in which a Jewish family are separated from their pet dog by the Nuremberg Laws.
FREEVIEW FILM Outlander, 10.50pm, Paramount
TAKING the story of Beowulf and mixing it with sci-fi isn’t as bad an idea as it sounds. Jim Caviezel stars as the alien space cop who crash-lands in Iron-Age Scandinavia, and joins the locals (among them John Hurt and Sophia Myles) for drinking and adventure. (Freeview 31, Freesat 132 ,Sky 150 ,Virgin 187)