FRIDAY

SPORT LIVE TEST CRICKET

It’s an early start for cricket fans as England face Pakistan in the second Test of the three-match series. The last Test series between the two sides took place behind closed doors due to the pandemic, but today’s match comes from a packed Multan Cricket Stadium where the atmosphere should be electric. Sky Sports Main Event, 4.30am

SPORT FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

Surprise package Japan or 2018 runners-up Croatia go head to head with pre-tournament favourites Brazil or South Korea in the first quarter-final, which takes place at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan (kick-off 3pm). Then the winners of Netherlands v USA and Lionel Messi’s Argentina v Australia are in action at the Lusail Stadium (k.o. 7pm). ITV1, 2pm & 6pm; BBC1, 2.30pm & 6.15pm

DOCUMENTARY UNREPORTED WORLD

Intrepid reporter Guillermo Galdos ventures deep into remote Mexico on the hunt for ‘bufo’, a powerful psychedelic drug derived from the venom of a toad that true believers insist will cure depression and other spiritual and psychological ills. He discovers a fiercely heated debate, in which some doctors endorse the claims while others warn of dangerous side effects. Channel 4, 7.30pm

FILM THIS IS CHRISTMAS

Kaya Scodelario (above) and Alfred Enoch star in this feelgood festive romantic comedy as strangers who take the same train into London every day. However, when the train breaks down in December, a Christmas miracle occurs and the passengers break the unwritten rule of silence and start talking to each other. Joanna Scanlan and Timothy Spall dependably buff up the star quality factor.

Sky Cinema Premiere, 9.15pm