Satellite choice
T20 CRICKET
Leicestershire Foxes v Birmingham Bears, 6pm, Sky The Ashes & Main Event WEST INDIES bowler Fidel Edwards was star of the show in the reverse fixture in the T20 Blast, taking three wickets in his first over on debut for the Bears in a seven-wicket victory.
ON-DEMAND MOVIE
Better Start Running, Sky Store/Virgin Movies JEREMY IRONS co-stars as a grumpy grandpa in this sweet but meandering American road trip about a young couple on the run.
DEADLY TRADE
Stacey Dooley: Face To Face With The Arms Dealers, BBC3 (via iPlayer) IN A compelling report, Dooley meets a U.S. family who supply weapons to 100 countries. She also visits a gun factory and learns to shoot one one of the world’s most powerful rifles as she investigates the international arms trade.
MILITARY INDUSTRY
War Factories, 8pm, Yesterday AS THE historian Alexandra Churchill puts it, the U.S. Army went into ‘hibernation’ in between the two World Wars. As such, the nation had little military industrial capacity to help to fight the Nazis — and this episode explores how its car industry was put to work.
REALITY STAR
Gemma Collins: Diva Forever, 9pm, ITVBe THE reality TV star Gemma Collins is a mesmerising presence, especially when she has a tantrum or starts talking about herself in the third person. This new series — a five-parter, no less — begins with ‘the GC’ rising with the lark to be a guest presenter on Good Morning Britain.
BRITS ABROAD
Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun, 9pm, 5Star BRITONS reflect on trips gone wrong for this new series. They include Tom, who felt ‘bulletproof’ at the start of a hard-partying trip to Thailand. Fast-forward an alarmingly short amount of time and he was on his knees, begging for his life in front of a knifewielding hotel owner.
PEDAL TO THE METAL
Speed Freaks, 9pm, ITV4 IN 2015, Idris Elba set a land speed record on sand by gunning a Bentley Continental to 180mph across the Pendine Sands. For this new series, ‘land speed records legend’ Zef Eisenberg (pictured) is determined to beat that, and not by a fraction — he wants to hit 200mph, and sets about the task with enthusiasm and pragmatism.
TIME-HOPPING TALE
Outlander, 9pm, More4 IT’S 1968, and Claire (Caitriona Balfe, pictured) is looking fabulous and excelling as a surgeon. On the inside, though, she’s falling apart — giving up hope of seeing Jamie again has hit her hard. Then, a visitor brings her a fresh perspective on the future and the past, making this an episode fans won’t want to miss.
SCI-FI FLICK
Pitch Black, 10pm, 5Star DO BE afraid of the dark (as that’s when the beasties come out) in this sci-fi horror. A film that works well on its own merits, but is best remembered for introducing hero Riddick (Vin Diesel), bringing out the big guns.
MURDER MYSTERY
Unforgotten, 10.10pm, ITV3 A WELCOME repeat for series one of this top cold-case drama. It opens with the discovery of a skeleton that could be 5,000 years old. ‘Is a crime less serious because time’s passed?’ counters DCI Stuart (Nicola Walker) when asked why she’s putting so much effort into learning how this man died.