Bored Essex girl tries to cash in on her new image; BRIAN McIVER'S PICK OF THE DAY.

Byline: BRIAN McIVER

How to Snare a Millionaire Channel 4, 7.30pm

A FRANK and humorous documentary, following an insolvent 28-year-old singleton from Essex, embarking on a quest to bag a man with the means to take her away from the boring necessity of earning a living.

Rebecca Arnold transforms herself from tomboy to glamour girl as she visits an elite nightclub, meets a sugar daddy old enough to be her father and is whisked off to Cannes in a helicopter.

The Frankincense Trail BBC Two, 8.00pm

THIS new four-part series explores the trade routes of the Middle East.

The first programme looks at Oman and Yemen 3000 years before the birth of Christ when frankincense and its sweet-smelling smoke were more valuable than gold.

Presenter Kate Humble embarks on a journey to follow the trade route that carried it from the Arabian Sea to the lands of the Pharaohs and Caesars.

The Tudors BBC Two, 9.00pm

THERE'S some nasty business with a red-hot poker as Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) punishes the traitors who rose against him. But he also reconciles with his estranged daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, in time for the Christmas holidays.

Thomas Cromwell reaps the rewards as the Yorkshire noblemen face the consequences of their rebellion with Henry brutally repressing them after making assurances for peace.

Meanwhile Jane Seymour is struggling to give Henry the heir he longs for.

UEFA Super Cup Live: Barcelona v Shaktar Donetsk ITV, 7.30pm

LIVE coverage from the Stade Louis II in Monaco as the mighty Spanish side - conquerors of Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome - start their European season in the showcase tournament (kick-off 7.45).

Their mercurial striker Lionel Messi is joined in attack by new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic to take on Ukranian Uefa Cup winners Shaktar Donetsk.

Andy Townsend and Robbie Earle join presenter Matt Smith in the studio.

Florence and the Machine at Reading BBC Three, 8.05pm

COVERAGE of this year's Reading festival is brought to us by presenters Edith Bowman and Reggie Yates.

It kicks off with a set by South London's Brit Award-winning Florence Welch.

Her album, Lungs, has divided those who think she's the new Janis Joplin from those who consider her over-hyped.

Mercury nominees Friendly Fires also feature, plus the usual backstage reports and interviews from a host of artists.

Please Sir! Channel 4, 1.25pm

BIG-SCREEN version of the TV comedy, starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, Joan Sanderson and Richard Davies.

A put-upon form teacher at an inner-city secondary school, who struggles to cope with his disruptive pupils, tempts fate by taking them on a fortnight's trip to an outdoor pursuits centre.

Ladies of the House Five, 3.10pm

DRAMA, starring Pam Grier, Florence Henderson and Donna Mills.

Three women take responsibility for rebuilding a run-down house owned by their church so it can be sold to raise money for charity.

Once they realise the expense involved in hiring professionals, they decide to do the work themselves while also coping with a series of personal crises.

CAPTION(S):

LIONEL MESSI: ITV, 7.30pm KATE HUMBLE: BBC Two, 8.00pm PAM GRIER: Five, 3.10pm