Casualty returns with a gripping new 12-part series titled Lethal Legacy on BBC One at 8.50pm. The Holby team braces for a hellish ordeal as a mysterious illness threatens to spark another pandemic. Alongside the medical crisis, personal demons also loom for the staff. It promises to be a traumatic but compelling watch.
Other TV Highlights
Secret Africa: Into the Wild
At 7pm on Channel 4, explorer Lucy Shepherd continues her survival trek through remote Tanzania. She and local guides must reach a resupply point before tackling the Serengeti, facing curious elephants, killer bees, and digestive issues along the way.
Black British Music at the BBC: Volume 2
At 8.50pm on BBC Two, DJ Spoony curates a playlist of his 40 favourite tracks from 125 years of Black British music, spanning soul, ska, reggae, rap, and garage. The show features artists from Shirley Bassey to FKA twigs, including the Selecter, Soul II Soul, and Seal.
The Palace and the Presidents
At 8.50pm on Channel 5, a look at the history of transatlantic meetings between British royalty and US presidents, featuring Kay Burley. It explores what might happen when King Charles III returns a visit to Donald Trump.
The Neighbourhood
At 9pm on ITV1, the curtain-twitching popularity contest continues. The first family is voted out, and there's a snub over instant coffee. Sweet Montague and Capulet-style chemistry develops between teenagers of warring families, with Graham Norton's wry voiceover.
Saturday Night Live UK
At 10pm on Sky One, Nicola Coughlan, star of Derry Girls and Bridgerton, hosts. She promotes new comedy drama Big Mood. Foo Fighters perform music for sensitive frat boys.
Film Choice
Apex
Out now on Netflix, Baltasar Kormákur's thriller offers sweaty-palmed climbing tension. Charlize Theron plays Sasha, whose solo kayaking adventure in the Australian outback turns perilous when a local man (Taron Egerton) shows interest. Theron is perfect as a physical but not superhuman survivor.
Eddington
Screening at 8.45am and 10.25pm on Sky Cinema Premiere, Ari Aster's modern western satire stars Pedro Pascal as a mayor imposing a lockdown during Covid, opposed by sheriff Joaquin Phoenix. The film tackles conspiracy theories, Black Lives Matter, and social media, with increasingly manic comedy.
Living
At 9pm on Channel 4, Bill Nighy stars in this British adaptation of Kurosawa's Ikiru. His 1950s civil servant finds redemption after a terminal cancer diagnosis, aided by Aimee Lou Wood and Tom Burke. A touching tale about giving meaning to existence.
Gold Run
At 11pm on BBC Four, this fact-based drama follows Fredrik Haslund (Jon Øigarden) who organises the transport of Norway's gold reserves as Germany invades in 1940. A stirring thriller amid dramatic scenery.
Live Sport
- Snooker: World Championship, 10am, BBC Two: Day eight from the Crucible.
- Women's Super League Football: Brighton v Man City, 11.30am, Sky One. Tottenham v Man United on Sun at 11.50am.
- Women's Six Nations Rugby: England v Wales, 1.45pm, BBC Two from Ashton Gate.
- Prem Rugby Union: Saracens v Leicester, 2.45pm, TNT Sports 2. Northampton v Bath at 5.15pm.
- FA Cup Football: Man City v Southampton, 4.45pm, BBC One. Chelsea v Leeds on Sun at 2pm on TNT Sports 1.
