An t-Eilean (The Island)
9pm, BBC Four
A tense start for this Gaelic crime drama – the first major BBC one of its kind. It might be set on the beautiful isle of Harris, but things get instantly grisly when Lady Mary Maclean is shot dead in her home. Newly qualified family liaison officer PC Kat Crichton (Sorcha Groundsell) is assigned to the high-profile case, which has its roots in a Hogmanay party thrown years ago – one that she attended … Hollie Richardson
Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids
5.50pm, Channel 4
Installing a roof on a derelict farmhouse during the winter months can be a real slog, as Amanda Owen, AKA the Yorkshire Shepherdess, discovers. Her ex-partner Clive is on hand to help, and the oldest of their nine children pops over from York to boost morale. Graeme Virtue
The Masked Singer
7pm, ITV1
Take it off! Take it off! It’s the grand final night, and what a series it has been, from Kingfisher being unveiled as Grayson Perry – not Harry Hill, as most of us thought – to Macy Gray’s gravelly voice giving her away as Toad in the Hole. But Dressed Crab, Pufferfish and Wolf are our three finalists, and Danny Jones is the guest judge. HR
Songs Inspired By the Movies at the BBC
8.35pm, BBC Two
Have the BBC repackaged so much of their archive footage of classic songs that they’re struggling to find new ways to do it? An uncharitable person might think so, given the niche angle for this show: music inspired by “big-screen stars and classic movie moments”, including Deep Blue Something’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Kim Carnes’s Bette Davis Eyes. Alexi Duggins
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
9pm, Sky Comedy
A star-stuffed quadruple bill of Saturday Night Live’s documentary series. First up: the auditions that got the likes of Amy Poehler noticed – and a shocking look at the famous faces who didn’t make the cut. A peek inside the writers’ room follows, plus an oral history of the famous More Cowbell sketch. Hannah J Davies
The Jonathan Ross Show
9.35pm, ITV1
Enough of those annoying highlights shows; here’s a new series with some fresh celebrity guests – and it’s a great lineup. Brian Cox, Christina Hendricks, Oti Mabuse and Chris McCausland will join Ross in the studio. Plus, live music from Snow Patrol. HR
Film choices
The Gorge, out now, Apple TV+
Lithuanian sniper Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy) and retired US Marine sharpshooter Levi (Miles Teller) are separately selected for the same top-secret job: to guard a mist-covered gorge in remote mountains and stop whatever is in there from getting out. They are stationed on opposite sides – one Russian-run, the other American – so their remote meet-cute develops into a romance across the divide. In Scott Derrickson’s sleek horror thriller, there’s plenty of tracer bullet gunplay and squishy combat with the mysterious creatures that dwell below, but it’s the chemistry of Taylor-Joy and Teller that lifts the piece – a sexy pair who just happen to be highly proficient killers. Simon Wardell
Compartment No 6, 10.45pm, BBC Four
Train-set films are a slam dunk for drama. There’s the enclosed space that forces characters to interact, while the ever-shifting landscape of the journey – in Juho Kuosmanen’s tender movie it’s from Moscow to Murmansk in deep winter – inspires personal change. For Finnish archaeology student Laura (Seidi Haarla), it begins with sharing a compartment with ostensibly boorish young Russian Lyokha (Anora’s Yura Borisov), but this brief encounter leads her into a realisation of the lives of others and an opportunity to re-evaluate her own. A first-class tale. SW
Nurse Betty, 1.40am, Comedy Central
It would be a shame if Renée Zellweger’s career ends up being defined solely by Bridget Jones, because in the likes of Neil LaBute’s delicious dark comedy drama she shows a range rarely seen in those Britcoms. Her Betty is a Kansas waitress obsessed with a hospital soap. After a shocking incident, she enters an altered state where she thinks the TV drama is real and sets off to LA to “win back” the lead character (a slimy Greg Kinnear). There are nods to The Wizard of Oz as Betty works through her fantasy cum mental breakdown. SW
Live sport
Premier League Football: Leicester v Arsenal, 11am, TNT Sports 1 At King Power Stadium. Followed by Crystal Palace v Everton at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.
Premiership Rugby Cup: Harlequins v Saracens, 3pm, TNT Sports 1 A pool match at Twickenham Stoop.
Super League Rugby: St Helens v Salford Red Devils, 5.15pm, BBC Two Both teams’ opening match of the season at Totally Wicked Stadium.
