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PICKS OF THE DAY

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Football: Live FA Cup Football, ITV, 6.45pm

Kicking off at 7.15pm, tonight’s match sees Peterborou­gh United up against Manchester City. Award-winning presenter Laura Woods sums up all the action from the fifth-round tie at Peterborou­gh’s Weston Homes Stadium. Peterborou­gh beat fellow Championsh­ip outfit Queens Park Rangers 2-0 here in the previous round, but now face the toughest of tests against the reigning Premier League champions, who eased past Fulham 4-1 in round four and are the favourites to lift the trophy. With in-depth analysis from Roy Keane and Joe Cole, commentary by Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon, and reports from Gabriel Clarke.

Travel: Patagonia With Huw Edwards, BBC4, 9pm

In this one-hour special, Welsh journalist Huw Edwards travels back in time and fulfils a lifelong dream to explore Patagonia. Here, the newsreader follows in the footsteps of settlers who journeyed all the way from Wales to Patagonia 150 years ago with the intention of creating a colony where their language and culture would endure. On arrival in South America, Huw meets descendant­s of the original immigrants and examines how much of their spirit lives on.

Film: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Film4, 11.05pm

Spin-off prequel from the action fantasy X-Men film series, starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston. Two mutant brothers live for more than a century fighting in various US conflicts before being recruited to Team X by William Stryker. When one brother leaves the team, Stryker conspires to play the siblings off against each other for his own gains. From the same director who brought us Eye In The Sky.

Interiors: The Big Design Challenge, Sky Arts, 7pm

Radio DJ and TV presenter Lauren Laverne hosts as contenders take on a new brief from successful restaurate­ur Mourad Mazouz to create a lighting design for a home-dining experience. The project is inspired by Mazouz’s Mayfair restaurant Sketch, which comprises food, music and art all in one space. With judges, artist Morag Myerscough and designer Tej Chauhan, giving their verdict.

Crime: Predator: Catching The Black Cab Rapist, C5, 10pm

Documentar­y offering new insights into the police investigat­ion of the prolific serial rapist John Worboys, who is believed to have drugged, raped and sexually assaulted more than 100 victims in the back of his cab between 2000 and 2008. With access to some of his victims, and the police team that finally solved the case once flaws in the original investigat­ion emerged, this analysis explains why it took years to bring his campaign of terror to an end.

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