Satellite choice
CARTOON FUN Lego Star Wars Holiday Special, Disney+
IN 1978, the cast of Star Wars appeared in an ill-advised, low-rent festive TV outing that finished on a song. This new special both pokes fun at it and serves as a sequel.
COMING-OF-AGE TALE Never Rarely Sometimes Always, 6pm, Sky Premiere
THIS powerful drama follows 17year-old Autumn (Sidney Flanigan, pictured) as she travels,ravels with her cousin, to New York for an abortion.
ODD SPORTS
We Are The Champions, Netflix
SURVEY of quirky sporting events from around the world, from cheese rolling in Gloucestershire to a dog dancing contest.
RENAISSANCE GENIUS Brunelleschi’s Impossible Dome, 7pm, Sky Arts
THE dome of Florence Cathedral was finished in 1436, and remains the largest masonry dome ever built. This new two-parter provides insight into the great brain of the man who designed it, Filippo Brunelleschi, and, most interestingly, into how secretive he was about the process.
FOOTBALL Spain v Germany, 7.40pm, Sky Football
SPAIN could only draw with Switzerland on Saturday — with
Sergio Ramos missing two penalties — to leave Germany ahead by one point at the top of Nations League Group A4. Luis Enrique’s side now need to win in Seville to make m the semi-finals.
SPOOKY CASTLE Abandoned Engineering, 8pm, Yesterday
THE location that opens this new episode would have been a goodgoo one for Halloween — Cachtice Castle in Slovakia, where Elizabeth Bathory is said to have killed up to 600 young girls. We also travel to a Cold War warning system in Alaska, and a creepy old factory.
PRIME MINISTER Thatcher: A Very British Revolution, 9pm, BBC4
INTERESTING context for Netflix’s new season of The Crown and just a brilliant series in its own right, this five-part profile of Mrs Thatcher’s rise and fall is riveting in its frankness. Nigel Lawson, Kenneth Clarke and Michael Heseltine are among those reflecting on the ups and downs of her time in office.
STATELY HOME Secrets Of The National Trust, 9pm, 5Select
ALAN TITCHMARSH returns for a new series of interesting insights into our best homes and gardens. He starts at the estate of Kingston Lacy in Dorset, and learns about the eclectic tastes of its former owner, William Bankes. (Freeview 55, Freesat 133, Sky 153, Virgin 152)
CORNISH CLASSIC Jamaica Inn, Acorn TV
A DARK BBC adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel from 2014. Jessica Brown Findlay stars as Mary, who discovers sinister goings-on at her aunt’s hostelry.
GRITTY DRAMA The Black Stuff: Play For Today, 10pm, BBC4
ALAN BLEASDALE’S one-off drama was first shown in 1980, and led to the sequel series Boys From The Black Stuff (which is on BritBox). Bernard Hill and Gary Bleasdale (cousin of Alan) star in this searing time capsule about a Merseyside tarmac gang in recession-hit Britain.
MODERN CULTURE Offended By Irvine Welsh, 10pm, Sky Arts
THE Trainspotting author (pictured with novelist Nadifa Mohamed) is fascinated by what causes offence, and the way that social media has allowed people to become offended by things before they even understand them. For this interesting if selfcongratulatory one-off — which is, naturally, not for the easily offended — he explores the issue.