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CHILDREN’S TALE CBeebies Bedtime Stories, 6.50pm, CBeebies
ON THE opening day of the Paralympics, JJ Chalmers, the ex-Royal Marine and Invictus Games cycling gold medallist, reads What Happened To You? It’s the story of young Joe, who always has to explain what happened to his missing leg, rather than just be able to play.
T20 CRICKET Yorkshire Vikings v Sussex Sharks, 6pm, Sky Cricket
AFTER Saturday’s thrilling conclusion to the inaugural The Hundred competition, the slightly longer 120-ball format returns with the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast, played over the next four evenings. First up, the Sharks — with Hundred champions Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills and George Garton in their squad — take on the Vikings at Chester-le-Street.
AVIATION HERO Thirties In Colour: Countdown To War, 9pm, 5Select
IN 1930, Hull’s Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia, and her stupendous achievement is the first to be celebrated in this engaging new history series. (Freeview 55, Freesat 133, Sky
153, Virgin 152)
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE Annika, 9pm, Alibi
THIS offbeat crime drama really hits its groove in the new, second episode. DI Strandhed (Nicola Walker) is investigating a murder case with Viking overtones, while her daughter has been drinking vodka at school and has to accompany her to work. Some near-death moments add action to a near-perfect mix here.
ROMAN SAGA Britannia, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
GENERAL PLAUTIUS (David Morrissey, pictured) thinks he has druid leader Veran (Mackenzie Crook) over a barrel as Sky’s anarchic fantasy set in Roman-occupied Britain returns. Plautius reckons without the power of local magic, though, in a show that likes to undercut the pretensions of its genre with dry one-liners.
ACTION THRILLER Brothers In Arms, 9pm, Film4
THE male bonding here goes to the extremes that can only be provided by a cocktail of testosterone and the stress hormone cortisol. Jai Courtney stars as the cop and U.S. Marine reserve who intends to break his halfbrother (Nat Wolff) out of prison after he accidentally kills a man.
COMEDY CHAT Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, 10pm, Dave
COMEDIAN Grace Campbell is the daughter of Alastair Campbell, and has stories to tell about her dad — chiefly, how he loves to ‘pull his trousers down’ in the street on holiday, as a joke for Grace and her mum. Lee Mack is also on tonight’s episode, but it’s hard to top that.
FILM DRAMA Once Upon A River, 10pm, Sky Premiere
BEAUTIFULLY filmed coming-ofage story about a girl (Kenadi DelaCerna, pictured) making her way in the wilderness around the fictional Stark river in Michigan. A modern Huckleberry Finn.
BIG BOAT Building Giants: World’s Toughest Ice Ship, 10pm, More4
THE fact-filled series returns for a new run, and focuses on the construction of the REV Ocean, the world’s largest fully fledged polar expedition vessel. The 600ft vessel is being built by thousands of workers at two shipyards during the frozen Norwegian winter.