The Count of Monte Cristo
9pm, BBC Four. Following last year's adaptation starring Jeremy Irons and Sam Claflin, a new French-language version of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel arrives. Originally released as a film in 2024, it has been divided into four episodes for television. By the end of the first instalment, Edmond Dantès is attempting a prison break.
Blankety Blank
6.25pm, BBC One. Bradley Walsh hosts another low-scoring edition of the vintage word-matching quiz. Contestants seek help from Joe Marler, Sue Perkins, Trevor Nelson, Josh Pugh, Tasha Ghouri, and Sara Barron, none of whom prove particularly useful.
Secret Africa: Into the Wild
7pm, Channel 4. Explorer Lucy Shepherd embarks on the final leg of her journey across Tanzania, encountering hippos for the first time. She and the team trek to a sacred volcano, passing dangerous lion prides along the way.
World's Most Secret Hotels
8pm, Channel 4. This series explores unusual luxury retreats, including caves in South Africa, a lighthouse in Sweden, and the old Bodmin Jail in Cornwall, now transformed into an opulent hotel.
Casualty
8.45pm, BBC One. The Holby team discovers that last week's panic was a false alarm; it is a chemical issue rather than a pandemic. Elsewhere, doctors perform a grisly procedure to remove a blood clot from a patient's skull.
Saturday Night Live UK
10pm, Sky One. The British version of the US sketch show continues with host Aimee Lou Wood, star of The White Lotus, and musical guest Meek.
Film Choice
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
8am, 4.10pm, 10.25pm, Sky Cinema Premiere. Fifteen years after the band split, filmmaker Marty DiBergi documents their reunion concert in New Orleans. The film features starry cameos from Paul McCartney and Elton John.
From Here to Eternity
4.35pm, Talking Pictures TV. Fred Zinnemann's Oscar-winning drama, set on an army base in Hawaii in 1941, focuses on two intense romances rather than the Pearl Harbor attack.
Black Box
Midnight, BBC Two. This 2021 French thriller follows air-crash investigator Mathieu as he analyses a cockpit voice recorder after a plane crash. He descends into a conspiracy where the truth may be elusive.
Live Sport
- Snooker: The World Championship, 10am, BBC Two. The second semi-final continues.
- Women's Champions League Football: Lyon v Arsenal, 1.30pm, BBC Two. Arsenal take a 2-1 lead to France for the semi-final second leg.
- Horse Racing: Newmarket, 1.15pm, ITV 1. Including the 2,000 Guineas.
- Premier League Football: Arsenal v Fulham, 5pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Man United v Liverpool is on Sunday at 2pm; Aston Villa v Tottenham is on Sunday at 6pm on TNT Sports 1.
