AFTERNOON MOVIE FILM COMEDY DRAMA Satellite choice U.S. COMEDY RETURNS RECORD TALES
Rebel Without A Cause, 4.25pm, Sky Greats
JAMES DEAN cemented his reputation as the voice of a generation in Nicholas Ray’s dissection of a ‘delinquent’ youth — who is just an alienated teen at odds with the world around him.
ATHLETICS Diamond League: Doha, 5pm, Eurosport 2
BRITISH middle-distance runner Shelayna Oskan-Clarke is set to compete in the 800m as this year’s Diamond League series gets under way in Qatar. Robbie Grabarz and Nathan Douglas will be hoping to give British fans something to cheer about in the high jump and triple jump.
COOKING FOR KIDS Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch, 5pm, CBBC
THIS perky mix of reality and cooking show returns for a new, second series, and Matilda is on the beach in LA with her parents, Gordon and Tana. There, she surfs with a dog, before cooking fried chicken with her secret spice mix.
Ricki And The Flash, 8pm, Sky Premiere
MERYL STREEP (pictured) teams up with her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer to play a mum and daughter with issues in this affable tale. Streep is the rock star who abandoned her family to pursue her own dreams.
Grace And Frankie, Netflix
THIS slow, soft comedy, starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as women thrown together by their husbands’ love affair, returns for a second series.
WYOMING SHERIFF Longmire, 9pm, 5 USA
THE new-to-Freeview fourth season of this punchy and dryly witty modern western passes its midpoint, and Walt has to deliver some awkward news to Vic. Still, that’s nothing compared to the awful situation that awaits him at the office.
MURDER CASE NCIS, 9pm, Fox
THE casting department certainly got it right when they picked Robert Wagner to play Tony’s dad — every time he comes back, the characters look more and more alike. In tonight’s episode, a new project for Tony Sr brings him closer to his son, while the team look into a murder of a man; two women — his wife and his mistress — have accused each other of the killing.
When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World Of The Concept Album, 10pm, BBC4
ROCK legend Rick Wakeman takes a suitably light-hearted approach to this insight into the genre’s weightier and more self-regarding albums. He looks at offerings by the likes of Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys and — of course — his old group, Yes.
MOCKUMENTARY Hoff The Record,, 10pm,p, Dave
THE goofy spoof documentary returns for a new series, and David Hasselhoff’s (pictured centre) career has reached a new low — so his management has decided to pretend he’s dead. Cue a day of national mourning in Germany, a rise in his popularity and game tributes from Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell.
FREEVIEW THRILLER Fight Club, 11.35pm, 5Star
A BRUTAL examination of masculinity — or the lack of it — from David Fincher, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s bestseller. Edward Norton is the salaryman being led astray; Brad Pitt is the enigmatic salesman who pulls no punches.