9/1 Tonight’s Telly

TV Pick: Arctic with Bruce Parry, BBC2, 9pm

Intrepid explorer Bruce Parry heads to Qaanaaq, an Inuit town in the far north of Greenland, where he is shown the skills that have enabled the native people to survive amid the harsh wilderness, including dog-sled driving and extracting water from sea ice.

Hunting also remains a key part of life for the community, with supermarket prices for some staple foods set at 50 per cent more than in mainland Europe - but Bruce discovers the impact of global warming could lead to this traditional way of life dying out entirely.

Film Pick: The Men Who Stare at Goats, BBC2, 10pm

A journalist desperate to be posted to a war zone encounters a special forces agent, who claims to have been part of a top-secret project to endow soldiers with superhuman powers.

As the reporter joins the supposed psychic on a journey across Iraq, he discovers the bizarre story behind the experiment.

Satirical comedy, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey.