Tonight in HD: April 6

SoHo Highlight: The Sunset Limited (Sky 10, 8,30, 5.1) Samuel L Jackson, who also directed, and Tommy Lee Jones star in an HBO Films dramatisation of Cormac McCarthy’s play that explores the ongoing debate between belief and atheism, afterlife and nihilism, salvation and suicide. The Washington Post said it “more than overcomes the challenge of getting a satisfying piece of theatre to work on a TV screen” while Variety argued “the exercise isn’t entirely successful, but still proves eminently watchable, indeed almost hypnotic — something only HBO, frankly, would likely bring to the screen in such cerebral, uncompromising form”. But The Hollywood Reporter said: “All the early signs were right — this is an exercise in verbal gymnastics and no matter how famous the two leads are, it’s difficult to embrace their characters, because they have that air of stagey self-importance, as if the goal was to be viewed from seats in the distance, not welcomed into your living room.” (2011) ✮✮✮

Home & Away (TV3, 5.35) Brax fights despite his head injury; Xavier and Ruby have a fun night in; Romeo ruins his romantic evening with Indi. ✮✮

Friends (TV2, 6.35, R) Chandler unknowingly hits on Joey’s new girlfriend; Ross and Rachel play on each other’s jealousy; Phoebe discovers her voice is sexier when she has a cold. ✮✮✮✮

Glee (TV3, 7.00, 5.1) Double-episode: As the race for McKinley High President comes to an end, someone is caught trying to fix the results; Finn tracks down former teammate Sam Evans, and convinces him to come back to the Glee Club. ✮✮✮✮

The Graham Norton Show (TV3, 8.30) With Damian Lewis, Gerard Depardieu and Dominic West. ✮✮✮✮

Numb3rs (TV3, 12.05, 5.1) An undercover FBI agent is kidnapped when a feud breaks out between rival Chinese gangs working in the black market. ✮✮

Persons Unknown (TV3, 1.05, 5.1) Joe endures a series of visions designed to return him to the programme and to shift his focus from Janet. ✮✮