KEY POINTS:
7PM, TV2
TO CATCH A THIEF
The show not to watch if you've already left home for the beach with nothing but your togs, towel and carefree mood. That's one thing Des and Greer have done. The newly hitched couple are a bit lax on the home security front so Abe and Veronica pay them a visit to show them what they've got to lose.
8.30PM, TV3
SVU: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
A gang-related crime is actually a mission to rid the world of Aids. At least that's the God-playing view of the killer, who disposes of two gay men by scrawling the word "killer" on their bodies.
9.30PM, TV ONE
REAL LIFE: HEALER OR HOAXER
Documentary about John of God, the so-called spiritual healer from Brazil in whom three Kiwis with terminal illnesses have put their faith. There are wild estimates of him having cured up to 15 million people in the last 35 years, yet many see him as a charlatan.
MOVIES
8.30PM, PRIME
ANACONDA
Herald rating: * *
A documentary film crew is tricked into tracking a 40ft CGI snake up, or maybe down, the Amazon River. Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Eric Stoltz are snake-bait. (1997)
6.40PM, SKY MOVIES GREATS
THAT THING YOU DO
Herald rating: * * *
A fun pop music comedy, written, directed and starring Tom Hanks as the promoter of a pop group called the Wonders, who find success off the back of one very catchy song. Liv Tyler and Charlize Theron also star. (1996)
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
Herald rating: * * * *
Director Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, A Mighty Heart) depicts the filming of an unfilmable book with this comedy, based on a 1760 novel. Steve Coogan plays the unborn Shandy, Shandy's dad and a stylised version of himself as an actor. (2005)
