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ANIMATED ACTION Pacific Rim: The Black, Netflix
GRANDLY animated spin-off series from the Hollywood blockbusters about duelling monsters and giant robots. The plot follows two siblings in search of their parents across a war-ravaged Australia.
FOOTBALL Liverpool v Chelsea, 7.30pm, Sky Main Event & Premier League
FULHAM manager Scott Parker welcomes his former club Spurs to Craven Cottage in the early evening kick-off (5.30pm, BT Sport 1), while West Brom host Everton (5.30pm, Sky). Then, it’s the Reds vs the Blues in what could prove to be a crucial match in determining who finishes the season with a place in next year’s Champion League.
SWEET CONTEST Candy Land, discovery+
KRISTIN CHENOWETH goes inside a bewildering real-life re-creation of a sweet-based board game in this new show, in which teams of professional confectioners compete.
CLASSIC CARS Bangers And Cash, 8pm, Yesterday
A COSY new series with the Yorkshire auctioneers. Under the hammer is a car once owned by Roy Orbison, while Derek puzzles over the appeal of the Austin 7 — you can barely drive it today, but it is still prized by collectors. ‘Worst car on the road ever produced,’ he declares.
CLIMATE CRISIS Can We Cool The Planet?, 8.40pm, PBS America
NEW documentary that uses snazzy visuals to illustrate the scale of the challenge we face in tackling climate change. Scientists explore solutions, such as clever technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ways of recycling our emissions.
CRIME FIGHTERS Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 9pm 5 USA
IN THIS penultimate episode of season 20, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and the team investigate an assault on a Muslim woman inside a synagogue. Is this a racially motivated crime, or is there more to the case than first appears?
SCI-FI COMEDY Resident Alien, 9pm, Sky One
THERE are two new arrivals this week. The first is a stern military figure, played by Terminator’s Linda Hamilton, who is hot on the trail of Harry’s UFO. The second is Harry’s replacement, a perfect doctor who looks like a soap actor, whom Harry (Alan Tudyk) hates on sight.
TELLY SPOOF This Time With Alan Partridge, 9pm, Gold
STEVE COOGAN’S Alan is back on the BBC in this six-parter from 2019, making life awkward for everyone as he presents a One Show-style series. It’s perfectly performed, especially by Susannah Fielding (pictured with Coogan) as the co-host who stoically puts up with him. This repeat from the start concludes tomorrow.
FILM DRAMA State Of Mind, 10pm, Sky Premiere
BASED on a real-life psychiatric case study, this stars Richard Gere as a doctor treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients who all believe that they are Jesus Christ.
BEHIND THE CAMERA Amma Asante: Life Cinematic, 10.45pm, BBC4
AFTER a screening of her 2016 film A United Kingdom (see previous page), the British Ghanaian director Amma Asante talks to Edith Bowman about the films that have helped to shape her life and career. Amma also discusses her process for choosing and making the projects she is renowned for.