The fourth season of mystery thriller Dark Winds begins with a shootout in a diner, marking a thrilling start to the series that has quietly built a devoted following over the years. Set in the 1970s, Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon return as Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. This season, they search for a runaway school student while a killer is also on the hunt.
Strictly’s Icons Week and more TV highlights
On Strictly Come Dancing: Icons Week at 6.15pm on BBC One, tributes include Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin and David Bowie. Melanie and Aljaž will not perform their planned Bonnie Tyler routine, and Delta is sitting out due to injury. Cach and Maddie will dance the foxtrot, Lacey and Vito perform the American Smooth, and John and Katya take on a paso doble.
At 9pm on BBC Four, Talking Pictures: World Cinema Classics sees Celia Imrie return to celebrate international films, starting with Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, which Christopher Nolan showed to his team while making The Odyssey. Imrie also examines works by directors Agnès Varda, Francois Truffaut, Luis Buñuel and Ingmar Bergman.
Marble Hall Murders and Saturday Night Live UK
In episode four of Marble Hall Murders at 9.20pm on BBC One, book editor Susan (Lesley Manville) is woken by police and told she is the prime suspect in a hit-and-run involving her author Eliot (Jamie Blackley). She must prove her innocence.
Saturday Night Live UK at 10pm on Sky One features James Norton as host, with The Streets as musical guest. The show has not misfired yet thanks to its sharp writing, so expectations are high.
Krapopolis and film choices
At 11.45pm on BBC Three, Krapopolis features Richard Ayoade as a fusspot king trying to modernise his ancient Greek city in this animated comedy from Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon. The marathon of six episodes includes a trip to Hades, a melancholy hydra, and voice cameos from Susan Sarandon and Steve Buscemi.
In film, Tenzing is out now on Apple TV, telling the story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), the Tibetan-Indian mountaineer who joined Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston) and Col John Hunt (Willem Dafoe) on the historic 1953 trek to the summit. Tenzing called the peak by its Sherpa name Chomolungma, meaning “holy mother”, and the film explores themes of ambition, colonialism and class.
On Saturday at 9.45pm on BBC Four, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a 1962 Agnès Varda classic. As Florence (Corinne Marchand), a singer known as ‘Cléo Victoire’, awaits cancer biopsy results, she wanders Paris meeting friends and strangers, getting tarot readings and going to the cinema, alternating between despair, resignation and ecstasy.
At 11.40pm on Sky Cinema Greats, Goodfellas stars Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, an “average nobody” who gets mixed up with wiseguys Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro), Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Paulie (Paul Sorvino). It is considered the greatest mafia film of all time.
Live sport
Track Cycling: World Championships 2026 airs at 10.15am on BBC Two with the women’s madison and individual pursuit. Racing from Ascot is on ITV1 at 12.45pm with all seven races on Champions Day. Premier League Football: Everton v Chelsea is at 11am on TNT Sports 1, and Newcastle play Aston Villa at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.
