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TEST CRICKET England v India, 10am, Sky Cricket, Mix & Main Event
FAST bowler Jimmy Anderson was man of the match in the last Test played in Southampton, when England beat India in 2014. Alastair Cook also scored very handy runs, with 95 in the first innings, then an unbeaten 70.
EPIC ADVENTURE Outlander, 9pm, More4
THE war is going badly in the penultimate episode, and the spectre of Culloden looms large in the minds of Jamie and Claire (Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe, pictured). Is it too late to change history? Whatever the answer, there are surprises in an episode that largely unfolds in tense rooms, and places Claire in particularly awkward circumstances.
SCENT OF A WOMAN The No.5 War, 9pm, BBC4
THIS archive-rich documentary tells the intriguing story of Chanel No. 5, the perfume created by chemist Ernest Beaux and released upon the world by Coco Chanel. The war was between Chanel and her investors, the Wertheimer brothers, who vied for years for control of the lucrative scent.
GHOST HUNT Paranormal Lockdown UK, 9pm, Quest Red
NICK GROFF and Katrina Weidman begin their spook-hunt in Somerset’s Shepton Mallet prison, which has a long, grisly history. Just before the duo are shut in, their guide shows them a scar he claims came from a ghostly encounter . . . (Freeview 38, Sky 149, Virgin 215)
GAME FOR A LAUGH A League Of Their Own, 9pm, Sky One
JAMES CORDEN returns from America to host this new, 13th series of the sports quiz, which is now without panellist Jack Whitehall. Replacing him is busy comedian Romesh Ranganathan, who is a much drier presence, so it will be interesting to see how that change affects the show’s banter.
CRIME DRAMA Instinct, 9pm, Sky Witness
ALAN CUMMING’S enjoyably hammy ex-CIA man is back working with the police again in episode two. He’s called to the scene of the even hammier murder of a venture capitalist, and the ensuing case is solidly interesting — but the main business here is solidifying the chemistry between Dylan (Cumming) and his cop partner, Detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic).
SCI-FI MOVIE The Martian, 9pm, Film4
MATT DAMON is stranded alone on the Red Planet, using all his guile to survive until he can be rescued — if, indeed, he can be rescued. A gripping story, which goes to pains to feel realistic.
REVEALING CHAT John Bishop: In Conversation With Gabby Logan, 10pm, W
IN A new episode of the in-depth interview show, presenter Gabby Logan is John Bishop’s sole guest (both pictured below). Logan talks with emotion about her footballer father, Terry Yorath, who played for and later managed Wales, and about the death of her brother when he was just 15.
FILM ROMCOM The Boy Downstairs, 10.10pm, Sky Premiere
QUIRKY and quite sweet, this comedy drama stars Zosia Mamet as Diana, an aspiring writer who accidentally moves into the neighbouring flat of an ex-boyfriend (Matthew Shear).