7PM, TV2
SHORTLAND STREET
Have a hanky ready to say goodbye to one of the Street's core cast. Sarah's resentment of Huia grows and Scarlett says a tearful goodbye.
7.30PM, TV ONE
NETBALL: NZ VS AUSTRALIA
Lavina Good hosts live coverage of the final match in the three-test series between
the world champion Silver Ferns and Australia from Christchurch, with commentators Brendan Telfer, Julie Coney, Anne Sargeant and Jenny May Coffin.
8.30PM, TV3
THE UNIT
The Unit must protect a Mexican dignitary from a planned assassination, and the rescue his wife and two children from kidnappers.
9.30PM, TV2
GREY'S ANATOMY
A two-hour special in which Meredith grows increasingly dissatisfied with the unknown details of Derek's life, and a sexually transmitted disease breaks out and affects several members of the hospital staff.
MOVIES
[rating out of 5]
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SAMUEL PEPYS
Herald rating: * * * *
Not-so-typical costume drama starring Steve Coogan as a high ranking and widely respected Admiralty official who was also a cheat, a wife-beater and a liar. In 1679, Pepys was put on trial for embezzling Navy funds. His diaries can save him from a death sentence but they may also expose his true character. (2003)
9.55PM, SKY MOVIES 1
WALL STREET
Herald rating: * * * *
The Oliver Stone-directed classic that examines the corporate greed of the 1980s. Charlie Sheen plays an ambitious young stockbroker who must choose between the values of his father (Martin Sheen) or his mentor, ruthless Wall Street player Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas), (1987)
10.15PM, SKY MOVIES 2
BLUE VELVET
Herald rating: * * * *
David Lynch's small town nightmare about a cabaret singer (Isabella Rossellini) and her dysfunctional, abusive relationship with boyfriend Frank (Dennis Hopper), as witnessed by a young innocent (Kyle MacLachlan). (1986)
SPORT
9.30PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
CRICKET: ICC CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
NEW ZEALAND v SOUTH AFRICA
The Black Caps are at full strength but have a lot of key players returning from injury. They've struggled in the past against South Africa but the slower pitches in India could help.
