Pick of the day

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Pearl, 9.30pm

Britain's super-spy Austin Powers must travel back to the 1960s to track down his mojo and thwart Dr Evil's latest diabolical plan to take over the world. Mike Myers (above) stars as both Austin and Dr Evil, with Heather Graham as Felicity Shagwell, and cameos from Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York and Rob Lowe among others.

History Of Britain: Beginnings

BBC World, 5.10pm

Award-winning historian Simon Schama presents a new 15-part story of key lives and events in Britain's rich past. This prelude covers the 4,000 years before the Battle of Hastings, from the country's stone age origins to the legend of King Alfred burning his cakes.