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Wisting
9pm, BBC Four
Fans of this popular Scandi crime drama have waited a while for the second part of the third series (it paused last year) – but it rewards patience with an intriguing new case. Norwegian detective William Wisting (Sven Nordin) is recovering from his accident when he receives an anonymous note about an unsolved disappearance. Could it have anything to do with the shifty waitress who has just gone into the woods on her motorbike? Hollie Richardson
Sarah Beeny’s New Life in the Country
5.30pm, Channel 4
It’s time to zhuzh up the greenhouse – a space which, during her chemotherapy, Beeny used as a sanctuary. She now wants it to be an escape for all seasons, so adds an antique wood-burner. Then it’s on to building a home for the family’s rescue hens. HR
Gladiators
5.50pm, BBC One
No amount of time on a treadmill set with a high incline can prepare challengers for the Travelator – but that’s what the challengers face in the Eliminator if they want a place in the quarter-finals. There are another five savage events to conquer before that, though, with Bradley and Barney Walsh hosting proceedings. HR
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show
6.50pm, BBC One
Michael McIntyre continues his attempt to bottle some of Saturday Night Takeaway’s magic and serve it up on the BBC. This weekend’s family-friendly japes include Heather Small getting stuck in a lift and darts megastar Luke Littler surprising a member of the public. Alexi Duggins
The Masked Singer
7pm, ITV1
After Mel Giedroyc was revealed as Teeth last week, we are now down to seven singers in the 2025 edition of the rowdy karaoke competition. Who among Wolf, Snail, Bush, Kingfisher, Bear, Dressed Crab and Pufferfish can put in a good enough showing to save themselves from a double elimination? Joel Dommett attempts to maintain order. Graeme Virtue
North Shore
9.30pm, ITV1
“Well, I think it’s fair to say that the shit and the fan are about to come together.” In the penultimate, tumultuous episode of the Anglo-Australian murder mystery, Abigail makes a startling announcement, Meg and Max come closer to the truth about Sophie’s death – and there’s a key breakthrough concerning Lloyd’s patio. Ali Catterall
Film choice
You’re Cordially Invited, out now, Prime Video
In the same way that 2022’s Ticket to Paradise felt like a comforting throwback thanks to Julia Roberts and George Clooney’s easy romcom patter, this feels like a treat for nostalgists. It stars Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon as two people who double-book a wedding venue with inevitable slapstick repercussions. It’s the sort of unapologetically broad comedy that doesn’t get made any more, complete with gratuitous alligator wrestling. Will you remember it a year from now? No. Will you have the time of your life watching it now? Certainly. Stuart Heritage
I Saw the TV Glow, 9.40am, 10.35pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Jane Schoenbrun’s 2021 film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair was memorably unsettling, but this follow-up runs laps around it. A horror about two young people whose nostalgic connection to an old TV show warps their sense of reality, the film manages to visually mimic the old VHS horrors of the 1980s while maintaining a strong modern message about gender identity. Martin Scorsese is a fan, calling it “emotionally and psychologically powerful.” More than anything, though, it will creep you out to a stupendous degree. SH
Open Fire, 11.10pm, Talking Pictures TV
For those wondering how Paul Greengrass was able to transition from ITV journalist to Hollywood power player, the answer is with films like Open Fire. This is his first work of filmed fiction; a 1994 made-for-TV movie about the real-life manhunt for escaped criminal David Martin, and the police blunder that led to a national scandal. As a finished piece of work it’s undoubtedly a little rough around the edges, and very much of its time. But as an artefact of Greengrass’s progress, it’s endlessly fascinating. SH
