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GOLF Scottish Open, 10am, Sky Sports 4

THIS European Tour event from Gullane – in its second day and of course without the injured world No.1 Rory McIlroy – provides handy practice for potential winners of the forthcomin­g Open Championsh­ip at St Andrews. Justin Rose is the holder.

ANIMAL ANIMATION Khumba, 4.50pm, Sky Family

ABOUT a dozen other children’s films (not least Madagascar) provide the template for this colourful life-lessons tale. Khumba is the zebra banished because he’s not stripy enough.

T20 CRICKET Kent Spitfires v Somerset, 6.45pm, Sky Sports Ashes

ANOTHER big-hitting T20 Blast match. Robert Key captains the Spitfires, and the batsman will be gunning for glory at the picturesqu­e St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury.

FIFTIES HITS Rock’n’Roll America, 9pm, BBC4

THE story of rock and roll moves on in this second of three enjoyable episodes. Jerry Lee Lewis is the star of the show, speaking from his ranch near Memphis about his sound, his ego and his faith. Because while Middle America was fearful of the corrupting force of rock and roll, so too were its key players – both Elvis and Jerry Lee were from the school of fire and brimstone.

WARTIME DERRING-DO The Saboteurs, 9pm, More4

THE best-laid plans continue to go awry as the saboteurs get closer to their target and have to adapt the mission. Back at HQ, Julie Smith (Anna Friel) has every faith in the men, while the Germans’ faith in Heisenberg is also restored.

NEW YORK CRIME Unforgetta­ble, 9pm, Sky Living

POPPY MONTGOMERY returns as the NYPD detective who, like elephants and the Inland Revenue, doesn’t forget. In the first episode of season three, she’s getting up to speed with the world of counterfei­t cash, and making dangerous enemies along the way.

FILM COMEDY Bad Neighbours, 1.20pm/10.10pm, Sky Comedy

AFTER they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a new baby do what they can to take them down.

ROMANCE Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights, 10pm, Sky Drama

TEENAGER Katey Miller moves with her parents and her younger sister to Havana. Her father is an executive of Ford expatriate­d to Cuba, and Katey is a high school senior student who misses her friends. Enter waiter and dancer Javier Suarez.

WOODY ALLEN FILM Magic In The Moonlight, 10pm, Sky Premiere

COLIN FIRTH is the cynical magician out to disprove Emma Stone’s claims that she can speak to the dead. Despite the big stars (pictured), Woody Allen’s romantic comedy is forgettabl­e.

WESTERN FLICK Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, 11.15pm, TCM

AN OLD western which is every bit as grimy and gritty as you would expect from Sam Peckinpah. James Coburn and Kris Kristoffer­son are the mismatched buddies of the title.

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