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Wednesday's tv guide is headlined by a remarkable Channel 4 premiere -- Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future drops artist Sir Grayson Perry into Silicon Valley for an encounter with AI companions, self-driving taxis, and one woman who married a chatbot. BBC One closes out Ambulance with its Yorkshire series finale at 9pm, Channel 5 continues the gripping Missed Call thriller, and Arsenal host Sporting CP in a Champions League quarter-final that could define the Gunners' European season. Three strong claims on the 9pm slot, plus a sitcom with Hugh Bonneville and the spy thriller's final two episodes running past midnight.

Thursday's tv guide is dominated by a five-way 9pm pile-up that should be illegal -- The Apprentice series finale on BBC One celebrates 20 years of boardroom carnage, Taskmaster continues its 21st series on Channel 4, and Bergerac returns on U&Drama with a new series opener. Add Missed Call on Channel 5 and Inside Barlinnie on BBC Two, and broadcasters have clearly declared war on your remote control. It's also Europa League quarter-final night, with Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, and Crystal Palace all in European action. Nicola Coughlan's Big Mood returns late night on Channel 4 for a second series. A lot is happening tonight.

Tuesday's tv guide ends Stefan Golaszewski's heartbreaking Babies on BBC One -- one of the finest dramas of the year closing out its six-episode run -- and also wraps up Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon on the same channel. Channel 5 launches the birdwatching bromance Sam and Ade Go Birding while Gordon Ramsay goes undercover on Channel 4, and England's Lionesses take over ITV1's entire evening with a live Women's World Cup qualifier against Spain at Wembley. Two series finales, a new series launch, and a major free-to-air sporting event -- Tuesday barely pauses for breath.

Monday night television throws up a proper four-way fight at 9pm: BBC One has the penultimate episode of Babies, BBC Two launches the warmly funny Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me, Channel 4 opens its coldest true-crime special in years with 24 Hours in Police Custody, and Channel 5 kicks off the five-part thriller Missed Call with Joanna Scanlan. Factor in Euphoria's long-awaited third series premiere on Sky Atlantic, Manchester United v Leeds United live on Sky Sports, and Monty Don hosting Have I Got News for You, and Monday's tv guide asks you to make some properly difficult decisions.

Two enormous drama series reach their conclusions on Sunday night: The Other Bennet Sister wraps with a double finale on BBC One at 8pm, and The Capture delivers its series three climax on BBC One at 9pm -- while ITV1 fights back with a two-hour Grace special and Channel 4 launches its warm, music-soaked new series Your Song. Factor in the Olivier Awards on BBC Two, the Masters final round, Chelsea v Manchester City live on Sky, and four Premier League games on Match of the Day, and Sunday's tv guide is an embarrassment of riches.

Saturday's tv guide is absolutely stacked: the Grand National is live on ITV1 from 3:15pm (race at 4pm) as the biggest race in the calendar, Casualty on BBC One at 8:45pm pulls a clever structural trick with its CQC inspection episode, and ITV1's Celebrity Sabotage at 8pm sends Sam Thompson into a field dressed as a bale of hay. Throw in a Freddie Flintoff biography on National Geographic, the Women's Six Nations on BBC One and Two, the Masters round 3 on Sky Sports Golf, and Paul McCartney tracking down a stolen bass on BBC Two, and Saturday barely gives you a moment to breathe.

Friday night's tv guide has proper range this week: BBC One brings back The Young Offenders for series 5 episode 2 at 9:30pm, Beyond Paradise does Dark Morris dancing and a latex poisoning at 8pm, and Have I Got News for You hands the keys to Monty Don at 9pm alongside Chris McCausland and Helen Lewis. Channel 4 has Gogglebox at 9pm and a new First Dates at 10pm, ITV1 has I'm a Celebrity South Africa running into The Assembly with Nicola Sturgeon, and BBC Four devotes its evening to Shania Twain. A Friday tv guide that gives you options at every hour.

Taskmaster returns for series 21 on Channel 4 at 9pm with a belting new line-up including Kumail Nanjiani, Joel Dommett and Armando Iannucci, while The Apprentice reaches its nerve-shredding interviews round on BBC One at 9pm. Channel 4 also launches Paul Merton: Driving Amazing Trains at 8pm, BBC Two opens its two-part Inside Barlinnie at 9pm, and English football heads to Europe with Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace all in Europa and Conference League quarter-final action. A jam-packed Thursday TV guide.

Champions League quarter-final night delivers PSG v Liverpool on TNT Sports 1 from 7pm and Barcelona v Atletico Madrid on TNT Sports 2 from 7:30pm, while BBC Two launches the Michael Jackson documentary series at 9pm. BBC One has a touching new series of The Repair Shop at 8pm, Channel 4 kicks off US spy thriller The Copenhagen Test with a double-bill, and Hugh Bonneville returns as Ian Fletcher in the World Cup comedy Twenty Twenty Six on BBC Two. Not a bad Wednesday tv guide at all.

Sky Atlantic launches Ligas tonight at 9pm -- a slick new Italian legal drama with Luca Argentero as a Milan defence attorney whose personal life and professional judgment are impossible to separate. BBC One has episode four of Babies at 9pm as Amanda hits her lowest point yet, plus Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon at 8pm. Channel 4 airs the finale of The Hunt: Prey vs Predator at 10pm with the 拢100,000 prize up for grabs, and BBC Two kicks off a brand new documentary series about HMS Queen Elizabeth. A strong Tuesday TV guide.

ITV1 launches I'm a Celebrity... South Africa at 9pm -- the all-stars edition is back with Ant and Dec, twelve returning legends and the promise of a live final voted by the public. BBC One counters with the third episode of Babies at 9pm, as Paapa Essiedu and Siobh谩n Cullen face the news no couple wants to hear. And if you haven't caught Ronan Keating reconnecting with his Irish roots on BBC Two, tonight's the night to start -- his Wild Atlantic series is as unexpectedly moving as it sounds.

Easter Sunday television is genuinely stacked this year. BBC One celebrates David Attenborough's 99th birthday with the new nature series Secret Garden at 6pm, ITV1 runs a feature-length Grace at 8pm with John Simm investigating stalking on a university campus, and The Capture continues its deep-state thriller at 9pm. Channel 4 brings a new Celebrity Bake Off at 7:40pm and Sarah Millican's stand-up special at 9pm, while The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes closes out BBC One at 10:30pm. Happy Easter -- the schedules have come through.

Channel 4 makes history tonight, broadcasting The Boat Race live for the first time in 99 years -- and that's before you get to the FA Cup quarter-final on BBC One, Bill Bailey's Vietnam finale on Channel 4, and the big new ITV1 entertainment gamble Celebrity Sabotage. Sky Atlantic's Heated Rivalry -- the queer ice hockey drama that broke the internet in January -- repeats tonight for anyone who missed it. A packed Saturday tv guide with sport, comedy and proper drama across Freeview and Sky.

Good Friday TV is a proper treat this year: BBC One brings the Irish comedy back for a fifth run with The Young Offenders at 9:30pm, and before that Beyond Paradise continues its series 4 run at 8pm and Have I Got News for You hosts Roy Wood Jr alongside Armando Iannucci at 9pm. ITV1 has Vera in a two-hour special from 8:30pm, Channel 4 goes inside the Cadbury factory at 8pm, and Sky Atlantic airs the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series finale. A Friday night tv guide worth staying in for.

The Apprentice tackles the pet industry on BBC One at 9pm while Brenda Blethyn pulls double duty -- her epic run as Emma Harte reaches its series finale on Channel 4 at 9pm, and Vera wraps up a penultimate case on ITV1 at 8:30pm. BBC Two brings the harrowing story of the 1989 Kegworth air disaster at 9pm, Channel 5 closes out The Teacher with its gripping series finale, and BBC One follows it all up with Harry Clark Goes to Rome at 10:40pm. A proper Thursday TV guide.

Channel 4 pulls double duty tonight with A Woman of Substance at 9pm -- Barbara Taylor Bradford's sweeping WWI drama in its penultimate episode -- followed by the Hatton Garden documentary at 10pm that finally asks where all the stolen millions actually went. BBC One pairs The Repair Shop at 8pm with Ambulance at 9pm, BBC Two has the Women's Champions League Chelsea v Arsenal quarter-final from 7:30pm, and Sky One launches The 'Burbs -- a brand-new comedy-horror series starring Jack Whitehall and Keke Palmer. Not a bad Wednesday TV guide at all.

Babies continues on BBC One at 9pm with episode two -- and tonight the drama ratchets up considerably as Lisa's fears resurface and Dave causes havoc. England host Japan at Wembley in an international friendly on ITV1 from 7pm, with kick-off at 7:45pm. Channel 4 has The Dog House at 8pm, E4 launches Vicky Pattison: Maybe, Baby? at 9pm, and BBC Four's late slot brings a Norwegian documentary that starts with a man announcing he's about to give birth.

BBC One launches its most talked-about new drama of the spring as Paapa Essiedu and Siobhan Cullen star in Babies at 9pm -- a six-part series about the rocky road to parenthood that continues tomorrow night. ITV1 goes deep into true crime territory with Hunting the Silver Killer at 9pm, while Channel 5 kicks off its third series of The Teacher with Victoria Hamilton taking over the classroom. And BBC Two wraps up Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China with a finale episode that feels even more urgent than part one did.

The clocks went forward last night -- welcome to BST -- and Sunday evening television makes it worth staying up. ITV1 launches series 6 of Grace at 8pm with Rishi Nair as a Brighton property developer whose wife has vanished, BBC One runs a double bill of The Other Bennet Sister before The Capture tightens the deep-state screws at 9pm, and Channel 4 drops a new Celebrity Bake Off episode with 3D biscuit showstoppers that go entertainingly wrong. Plus Toy Story 2 on Channel 4 at 5:50pm if you need something excellent before the evening proper begins.

BBC One brings the curtain down on The Walsh Sisters with the series finale, then goes full West End with Big Night of Musicals 2026 hosted by Jason Manford live from Manchester. Channel 4 marks 40 years since Chernobyl with a gripping new documentary, while BBC Four launches the second series of Hidden Assets -- the Irish crime drama that moves its action from Belgium to Spain. Don't forget the clocks go forward tonight: BST begins at 1am, so you lose an hour of sleep. Our full Saturday tv guide has everything you need.

Death in Paradise signs off after 15 series with tonight's finale on BBC One at 9pm -- a genuine end of an era for one of the BBC's most reliably watched dramas. Before that, Beyond Paradise kicks off series 4 at 8pm, making it a full Paraverse evening on the nation's favourite channel. ITV1 has England v Uruguay live at Wembley from 7pm, Channel 4 airs a new Gogglebox and a live Last Leg, and Sky Arts has the Billy Idol documentary at 9pm. A proper Friday night TV guide.

The MasterChef: The Professionals series final crowns a winner on BBC One at 8pm in a two-hour event that's been building all series -- and it's a strong enough cast of finalists to make it genuinely uncertain. Channel 4 continues A Woman of Substance at 9pm, The Bear drops new episodes on Sky Atlantic, and two World Cup play-off semi-finals -- Wales v Bosnia on BBC Two and Italy v Northern Ireland on BBC Three -- make this a proper night of telly for anyone with a stake in how England's neighbours are getting on.

BBC One's Ambulance returns for series 16 at 9pm with another hour from the Leeds crews that will, reliably, leave you with a lump in your throat. Channel 4 launches two new series back-to-back -- Sarah Beeny's property auction show at 8pm and the Brenda Blethyn-led A Woman of Substance at 9pm -- while ITV1 brings The Stolen Girl to its series finale and BBC Two kicks off Captive Audience, a new true crime doc about a kidnapping that's stranger than any drama could get away with.

Martin Clunes plays Huw Edwards against type in Channel 5's stark and unsettling Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards at 9pm -- nearly two hours that earns every minute. ITV1 counters with a chilling new true crime documentary on the murder of Stephanie Hansen, BBC One has MasterChef: The Professionals heading to South Tyrol for its semi-final, and BBC Two goes live for Arsenal v Chelsea in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg.

MasterChef: The Professionals reaches its final four tonight on BBC One at 9pm -- the last chefs standing cook for 27 of the UK and Ireland's top Michelin-starred names at the Goring Hotel. ITV1 delivers the series finale of Gone at 9pm as DS Annie Cassidy confronts David Morrissey's Michael for the last time, BBC Two debuts its timely two-part documentary Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China, and Channel 4 has new cooking show Batch from Scratch at 8pm plus the second episode of survival reality The Hunt: Prey vs Predator at 9pm.

Channel 4 launches the new Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer tonight with six comedians in the tent -- including reigning champion Joe Wilkinson and the brilliantly unpredictable Jon Richardson -- plus guest judge Cherish Finden at 7:40pm. BBC One serves up a double bill of The Other Bennet Sister before The Capture turns up the spy thriller tension at 9pm, while ITV1 debuts the mystery drama Gone and Channel 4 drops its new survival reality series The Hunt: Prey vs Predator. Afternoon sport fans had the Carabao Cup Final to enjoy -- Arsenal v Manchester City live at Wembley -- and the Athletics World Indoor Championships wraps up its final day on BBC Two.

Sky One launches Saturday Night Live UK tonight -- the first ever British version of the legendary American sketch show, live from London at 10pm with a cast that includes Ania Magliano, Emma Sidi and Hammed Animashaun. BBC One serves up Casualty drama, The Walsh Sisters and a bumper early evening of Gladiators and Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, while Josh O'Connor's five-star Italian film La Chimera on BBC Four is the late-night discovery of the week. Plus Britain's Got Talent kicks off in Birmingham, and Match of the Day wraps up the Premier League action. The Carabao Cup Final is Sunday 22 March.

It's Red Nose Day 2026, and BBC One clears three hours of prime time from 7pm for Comic Relief: Funny for Money -- Catherine Tate as Nan, Alison Hammond, Romesh Ranganathan, new Traitors sketches and more. BBC Two offers a quieter parallel evening with the Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Series 6 finale at 8:30pm. ITV1 has Beat the Chasers with all six Chasers at 9pm, Channel 4 serves up Gogglebox and The Last Leg as usual, and the late-night film pick is the 4.5-star In Camera on BBC Two. A full Friday TV guide.

Thursday night has a proper spread: BBC Two goes deep on the Sea Empress oil disaster of 1996 in what sounds like the most sobering documentary of the week, The Apprentice sends its candidates on a chaotic Isle of Wight treasure hunt on BBC One, and Channel 4 continues A Woman of Substance with Brenda Blethyn's Emma edging closer to the wealth that will cost her dearly. ITV1 launches a new true crime series about a dating-app murder in Lancashire, and Alexander Armstrong wraps up his India series on Channel 5 with robots, Bangalore's tech boom, and a spider doing something that reminds him of Ibiza.

Wednesday night belongs to the finales: Hostage ends on BBC Two with the unresolved question of whether John Cantlie was a traitor or a survivor, We Might Regret This reaches its darkly comic conclusion on BBC Two at 10pm, and Ellis wraps its second series on Channel 5 with DCI Sharon D. Clarke closing in on whoever is panicking at Quinn Artisan Stone. Channel 4 launches A Woman of Substance, BBC One has Ambulance's most quietly devastating episode of the series, and The Marlow Murder Club returns to U&Drama with a new poisoning mystery and a very good reason to be suspicious of your tea.

Three series finales land simultaneously at 9pm tonight: The Summit wraps on ITV1 with Ben Shephard and a heart-rending sacrifice at altitude, Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing reaches its 拢100k finish line on Channel 4, and RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World crowns its winner on BBC Three. Europe on the Edge also ends on BBC Two, MasterChef: The Professionals crosses over with Great British Menu via Michelin-starred John Chantarasak, and BBC Four has a quietly devastating Norwegian documentary about fatherhood and loss that is the best thing on television tonight.

Small Prophets reaches its series finale tonight on BBC Two -- Mackenzie Crook's folk-horror comedy ends with Gremlins-style set pieces, mysteries resolved and a folk score by Cinder Well that's been one of the quiet pleasures of the year. BBC Two also has Inside the Rage Machine at 9pm, Marianna Spring's documentary on how social media algorithms turn attention into extremism and outrage. On BBC One, MasterChef: The Professionals begins its semi-finals with a no-waste vegetarian invention test judged by Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Matt Tebbutt -- plus Panorama examines whether assisted dying is coming to the UK, and Trying returns for a double bill.

BBC One premieres The Other Bennet Sister tonight -- Mary, the awkward middle sibling from Pride and Prejudice, finally gets her own story, with Ella Bruccoleri, Ruth Jones and Richard E Grant. Meanwhile ITV1 carries the 98th Academy Awards live from Hollywood with Jonathan Ross hosting, and BBC Three's Boarders returns for its third and final series -- Daniel Lawrence Taylor's comedy about five Black teens at a posh private school. Plus Forensics: The Real CSI on BBC Two, a 1972 Hedda Gabler with Janet Suzman, Ian McKellen and Tom Bell on BBC Four, and the Winter Paralympics Closing Ceremony live on Channel 4.

Six Nations Super Saturday absolutely owns the schedule today -- Ireland v Scotland on ITV1, Wales v Italy on BBC One and the Grand Slam decider France v England back on ITV1 from 7:20pm. Sandwiched around the rugby: Gladiators first semi-final on BBC One at 7:15pm, Liza Minnelli's 80th birthday celebrated with a full documentary night on BBC Two, The Turkish Detective series finale double bill on BBC Four, Bill Bailey in Da Lat on Channel 4, and Julia Roberts doing double duty on Film4. This Saturday's TV guide barely pauses between kick-offs.

The Claudia Winkleman Show makes its long-awaited debut on BBC One at 10.40pm with Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen as opening guests -- and yes, she's already warned everyone she'll be awful. Death in Paradise delivers its penultimate episode at 9pm, Astrid: Murder in Paris reaches its series finale on More4, and BBC Four goes full Irish for a St Patrick's Day music celebration. It's a Friday TV guide with something genuinely worth staying up for.

The Dunblane documentary is the unmissable hour of the week: BBC Two's Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns brings the story of the 1996 massacre and the campaign that changed British law forever. BBC One pairs Dragons' Den with a new Apprentice at 9pm, ITV1 has the Cheltenham Festival all afternoon then a gripping true-crime premiere, and Channel 4 launches A Woman of Substance with Brenda Blethyn. Thursday's TV guide doesn't leave you short of options -- there's something serious and something silly for every mood.

Channel 4 launches A Woman of Substance at 9pm -- a bold new adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's iconic novel with Brenda Blethyn at her very best as the formidable older Emma Harte. BBC One has Ambulance series 15 in Yorkshire at 9pm, while ITV1 carries the Cheltenham Festival's Queen Mother Champion Chase live from 12:45pm. There's also The Stolen Girl on ITV1 at 9pm, the harrowing Hostage documentary on BBC Two, and the series finale of Boys from the Blackstuff on BBC Four. A genuinely strong Wednesday night TV guide.

Channel 5 launches what looks like the crime drama of the spring with Ellis at 9pm -- Sharon D Clarke commanding the screen as a DCI who barely needs to raise her voice. BBC One pairs a new series of Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon at 8pm with MasterChef: The Professionals Knockout Week at 9pm, and ITV1 carries live Cheltenham Festival racing from 12:45pm including the Champion Hurdle -- the biggest race of the entire Festival. There's also The Summit on ITV1, European political journalism on BBC Two, and the Aldi vs M&S supermarket showdown on Channel 4. A strong Tuesday TV guide.

Bill Lawrence's long-awaited Steve Carell comedy Rooster launches on Sky One at 10pm -- and it's the kind of new series premiere that doesn't come along every week. Before that, ITV1 continues the new mystery drama Gone at 9pm with Eve Myles and a very unsettling David Morrissey, BBC One delivers Death in Paradise at 9pm and the sharp return of Would I Lie to You? at 8:30pm, and BBC Two rounds off AI Confidential with Hannah Fry at 9pm. The FA Cup fifth round continues on TNT Sports 1 with West Ham v Brentford at 7:30pm. A solid Monday TV guide with something for everyone.

Two series finales, two brand-new premieres and one five-star film make this one of the most event-packed Sunday nights of the year. BBC One closes out Call the Midwife with a wedding and a heartbreak at 8pm, then launches The Capture's gripping new series at 9pm, while ITV1 introduces Eve Myles and David Morrissey in the new thriller Gone. Channel 4 crowns its Great Pottery Throw Down champion, Crufts Best in Show is live from 7pm, and Sky Arts airs the five-star Cold War classic The Manchurian Candidate. It's International Women's Day -- and a night the TV guide absolutely delivers on.

Absolutely stacked from start to finish: BBC One has Gladiators quarter-finals, Casualty and The Walsh Sisters, while ITV1 counters with Britain's Got Talent from Blackpool, The 1% Club and The Jonathan Ross Show. Channel 4 airs the British premiere of Bill Bailey's Vietnam episode two, plus The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry with Jim Broadbent. And that's before we get to the sport -- an FA Cup triple-header, a Six Nations double-header, and the Australian F1 qualifying. Saturday's TV guide barely pauses for breath.

The Winter Paralympics opening ceremony lights up Channel 4 from 6.30pm with Billy Monger, Ade Adepitan and Ed Jackson anchoring coverage from Verona. BBC One pairs the FA Cup fifth-round Wolves v Liverpool tie at Molineux with Ted's second season debut on Sky One at 9pm. Big Cats 24/7 returns to BBC Two while The Last Leg goes live on Channel 4. A sport-heavy, genuinely packed Friday TV guide.

Channel 4 devotes its 9pm slot to Molly vs the Machines, a devastating documentary about social media's role in a teenager's death, while BBC One sends The Apprentice candidates to Egypt and Dragons' Den welcomes back Susie Ma. EastEnders sees Clare return to Walford after 30 years, Crufts takes over Channel 4 and More4, and BBC Four screens Kathy Bates's Oscar-winning turn in Misery -- a Thursday TV guide that demands your full attention.

A colossal night of Premier League football dominates the sports calendar with four simultaneous matches across TNT Sports, while BBC Two launches gripping new documentary series Hostage about missing photojournalist John Cantlie. Sky Arts crowns its Landscape Artist of the Year in a dramatic final at the Falkirk Wheel, Channel 4 delivers a harrowing 24 Hours in Police Custody double bill, and ITV1's The Stolen Girl continues to tighten the screws. A midweek TV guide with more drama than most Saturdays.

BBC Two launches the brand new Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler, a sharp-eyed travelogue through a continent in flux, while BBC One closes out Silent Witness with Nikki in real danger. ITV1 shows The BRIT Awards 2026 from Manchester with Jack Whitehall hosting and Harry Styles performing, Channel 4 pits Nando's against KFC in a new food doc, and Channel 5 heads to Stonehenge with Jason Watkins. A cracking Tuesday TV tonight across every major channel.

BBC Two delivers a double punch with AI Confidential with Hannah Fry tackling driverless car deaths at 9pm and Mackenzie Crook's Small Prophets earning rave reviews at 10pm. ITV1 wraps up The Lady starring Philip Glenister and Mia McKenna-Bruce, Channel 4 launches the bonkers new reality show Handcuffed with Jonathan Ross, and Sky Atlantic premieres DTF St. Louis from the creator of Patriot starring David Harbour. Add in the Industry series finale on BBC One and live Championship football -- a Monday that refuses to behave like one.

BBC One closes out Lord of the Flies with a gripping finale at 9pm, while ITV1 takes The Lady to the south of France in episode three at 9pm. Channel 4 crowns a Secret Genius and serves up a Pottery Throw Down semi-final, Sky Atlantic wraps up A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Premier League delivers Arsenal v Chelsea at 4.30pm -- a Sunday TV guide that simply will not let you rest.

The BRIT Awards 2026 take over ITV1 from Manchester -- the first time the ceremony has left London in 49 years -- with Jack Whitehall hosting and nominees including Sam Fender, Olivia Dean and Sabrina Carpenter. BBC One counters with Casualty, The Walsh Sisters and Michael McIntyre's Big Show featuring Jade Thirlwall, while Channel 4 launches Bill Bailey's Vietnam and Alice Roberts continues her Roman Empire rail journey. A packed Saturday TV guide that barely pauses for breath.

Death in Paradise serves up a Shakespearean poisoning on BBC One at 9pm, while BBC Two unleashes Big Cats 24/7 with Sir David Attenborough narrating life-and-death drama on the Botswana savannah. Channel 4 asks why Britain can't sleep, Channel 5 sends Steve Backshall face-to-face with hippos, and Sky Atlantic wraps up Under Salt Marsh with Kelly Reilly. A packed Friday TV guide with something for every mood.

Channel 4 airs the powerful Dunblane Tapes documentary at 9pm, BBC One pairs Dragons' Den with guest Jenna Meek at 8pm and The Apprentice flower task at 9pm, while BBC Two launches This Farming Life and the gripping Murder Case true-crime strand. Over on Channel 5, Michael Portillo bids farewell to Spain in Ibiza and Alex Polizzi returns for a new Hotel Inspector. Europa League play-off action fills TNT Sports and The Last of Us reaches its penultimate episode on Sky Atlantic -- a Thursday TV guide that barely lets you catch your breath.