Another busy day on the box as Cobie Smulders stars in US drama Stumptown, Stephen Graham heads the cast of new comedy Code 404, Station 19 is back for a third run, and Channel 4 asks: What's It Like to Catch Coronavirus?
Pick of the Day
Stumptown, 9.00pm, Alibi
Former How I Met You Mother star Cobie Smulders leaves Robin Scherbatsky well behind as she heads the cast in this promising crime drama as Dex Parios, a sharp-witted military veteran, who struggles to get by and take care of her younger brother.
She also struggles with PTSD from her time as a Marine in Afghanistan, where she worked in military intelligence until she was injured by an explosion which killed her childhood sweetheart and former lover.
Burdened by heavy gambling debts and unable to hold down a steady job, she becomes a private investigator to solve problems where the police cannot get involved.
Don't Miss
The Repair Shop, 8.00pm, BBC One
Anyone into vinyl records will love this edition of the show that magically mixes craft work (geddit?) and sentimentalism.
Gramophone guru Tim Weeks takes on the repair of an antique wooden phonograph, brought into the Repair Shop by Nicola Dean, whose father was an avid collector.
This particular model was his prized possession and the centrepiece of his collection. But it suffered badly in a collision with overenthusiastic small children, and the distinctive wooden horn has become separated from the main body of the item.
New or Returning Shows
Code 404, 10.00pm, Sky One & NOW TV
Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin star in a new comedy that basically combines the premises of two old shows: Randal and Hopkirk (Deceased) and The Six Million Dollar Man.
DI John Major had it all. He was one of the UK’s best coppers, He had a loving wife, Kelly, who stuck with him through thick and thin. He had a great life. At least until he died.
But, one year after he was murdered, Major gets rebooted and reunites with his partner and best mate DI Roy Carver.
Making a dramatic resurrection thanks to an experimental police AI project, Major immediately goes on the hunt for his killer. But some wires have been crossed and Major’s not quite all there.
Station 19, 10.00pm, Sky Witness & NOW TV
Shonda Rhimes’ fire-fighting drama returns for its third season, kicking things off with a special crossover episode with her much-loved medical series Grey’s Anatomy.
Andy and Sullivan lead the team of firefighters as they work to rescue their fellow crew mates Ben and Pruitt, Grey Sloan doctors and interns, and bar patrons before the building crumbles.
What’s It Like to Catch Coronavirus? 9.00pm, Channel 4
The crisis continues and people practise social distancing in an effort to avoid Covid-19 - but what’s actually like for those who have caught the virus?
Here, people from all over Britain document their experiences of living with the disease.
The personal stories reveal how different people respond in different ways, and how the virus impacts on people's mental and economic health.
New to Download
A Secret Love, Netflix
This documentary, produced by Ryan Murphy, tells an incredible love story between Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, whose relationship spans nearly seven decades.
Terry played in the women’s professional baseball league, inspiring the hit movie A League of Their Own. She also fell in love with Pat, but the couple stayed in the closet during very conservative times.
Now facing the hardships of ageing and illness, their love proves resilient as they enter the home stretch.
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story, Netflix
After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question in this exploratory documentary.
Ending Today
The Act, 9.00pm, RTÉ
This superb but heartbreakingly grim first season of the anthology series based on real events comes to an end, with both Joey King and Patricia Arquette outstanding in their roles as Gypsy Blanchard and her mother, Dee Dee.
Gypsy is excited to start over with Nick in Wisconsin, but their new life does not match the happily-ever-after she imagined and her anxiety worsens as past transgressions catch up.
Gypsy fights for her life by defending her actions, while Mel and Lacey realize that behind closed doors things were not always as they seemed.
Mister Winner, 10.00pm, BBC Two
The day of Jemma and Leslie's wedding finally arrives, and all he has to do is get to the venue on time and in one piece.
Jemma is very emotional and Leslie is worried she is having second thoughts, so they meet at the castle gates for a heart-to-heart, disaster follows when Leslie gets his hand trapped in a wall.
In My Skin, 10.45pm, BBC One
With Trina sectioned again and Bethan at her lowest ebb, she decides to fight back - throwing herself into the running for head girl and competing against Poppy.
Repeats of the Day
Smokey Robinson Live in Hyde Park, 12.00 midnight, BBC Four
The soul and Motown legend performs a rousing headline set as part of BBC Radio 2's Festival in a Day event, which took place in 2013.
Along with a little help from the crowd in London's Hyde Park, Smokey sings a selection of classics from his repertoire, including You've Really Got a Hold on Me, The Tears of a Clown, I Second That Emotion and The Tracks of My Tears.
The History of Comedy, 9.00pm, Sky Arts
Documentary tracing comedy's evolution and its influence on the social and political landscape, starting with a look at female comedians' struggle against sexism.
Worth watching just for the great, late Joan Rivers. Here's a clip from early in her career:
Daytime Film Choices
Sunshine on Leith, 4.540pm, Film4
Musical featuring songs by the Proclaimers, starring George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Peter Mullan and Jane Horrocks.
Two soldiers return home to a Scottish port town after finishing their tour of duty in Afghanistan. While they struggle to adjust to life as civilians, the parents of one of the squaddies prepare to celebrate their 30th anniversary in style.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2.55pm, Sky Cinema Greats
The Coen brothers' comedy inspired by Homer's Odyssey (and something of a tribute to the great screwball comedy director Preston Sturges), starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman and Holly Hunter.
Three bumbling crooks escape from a chain gang and strive to get their hands on some hidden loot, but encounter all manner of scrapes and strange characters along the way.
The Dirty Dozen, 3.50pm, TCM
Second World War yarn starring Lee Marvin, Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson and Donald Sutherland.
An uncompromising major is placed in charge of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy a French chateau being used as a base by Nazi officers.
Needing tough but expendable soldiers for the task, he recruits 12 hardened criminals from a military prison to get the job done.
Prime Time Movie Picks
The Bodyguard, 8.00pm, Sky Cinema Drama
Romantic thriller, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, where the latter threw her tonsils around Dolly Parton classic I Will Always Love You.
A famous singer subjected to death threats by an obsessive fan is persuaded to hire a former secret service agent as her bodyguard, but neither of them realise the effect they are about to have on each other's lives.
The Wolf of Wall Street, 10.00pm, Sky Cinema Greats
Martin Scorsese's hugely enjoyable fact-based drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey.
A New York stockbroker rises from unemployment to become one of the richest men in the city's financial elite through an illegal scheme to defraud investors.
His wealth brings him an outrageously debauched lifestyle, but comes at a price as the FBI become suspicious of his manipulation of the markets.
The People vs Larry Flynt, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema Drama
More fact-based drama, this time about the notorious American strip-club owner whose move into publishing fuelled a major obscenity trial - during which he suffered a gunshot wound which paralysed him from the waist down - and made him an unlikely champion of free expression.
Woody Harrelson is excellent in the lead role, with Courtney Love doing a pretty good job as Mrs Flynt.
Late Late Flick Picks
Bad Neighbours, 12.00 midnight, Film4
This comedy - starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne - is about a couple in suburbia adjusting to new parenthood and determined to prove they’re still cool to a pile of students next door.
But when their raucous neighbours' wild parties disrupt their lives, they decide to fight back, leading to a vicious cycle of one-upmanship.
Hitchcock, 2.15am, Channel 4
Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson head the cast in this drama about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
The film-maker is forced to fund the controversial project personally in the face of disinterest from the studios, while the financial strain and his lecherous behaviour begin to take their toll on his relationship with wife and creative partner Alma Reville.
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