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Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue and Stuart Heritage

TV tonight: a super trouper night in for Abba fans

When Abba Came to Britain on BBC Two
When Abba Came to Britain on BBC Two Photograph: Unknown/BBC

When Abba Came to Britain
9.35pm, BBC Two

From bowling over Eurovision fans in Brighton to taking their hologram concert to London nearly 50 years later, here’s a joyous oral history of Abba’s relationship with the UK. As well as unheard clips from Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Björn, we meet journalists and superfans who saw the pop magic happen – even if the band completely bombed amid British cynicism after Eurovision … until SOS. Hollie Richardson

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
7pm, ITV1

In the mix this week are Take That and Lenny Rush of Am I Being Unreasonable? fame – but the big event is I’m a Celebrity … Get Out of Me Ear: the Revenge, where the hosts are forced to do pranks by Alison Hammond, Dermot O’Leary, Craig David, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell. Jack Seale

Bettany Hughes’ Treasures of the World
7pm, Channel 4

Another of the professor’s jaunts: in this new series, she’s traversing Albania’s Adriatic coast, following in the footsteps of Julius Caesar. First, she hears the story of Albania’s most famous freedom fighter and joins a team who are diving into the freezing Lake Ohrid in search of ancient secrets. Phil Harrison

Pointless Celebrities
7.45pm, BBC One

Former Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts took bronze in Dancing on Ice last month but can she and fiancee Kate Holderness win a Pointless Celebrities gold? Other pairs hoping to bag the trivia title include a double-act of comics (Dave Gorman and Jarred Christmas) and a two-man England rugby team (Matt Dawson and Martin Bayfield). Graeme Virtue

Our Dream Farm With Matt Baker
8pm, Channel 4

The National Trust is looking for landlords to take on a 10-year lease of Wallington Estate in Northumberland – and Matt Baker is helping to choose from seven applicants. First, he needs to put them through their paces: how will they get on with making maternity sheds for 60 ewes during lambing season? HR

The Jonathan Ross Show
9.35pm, ITV1

Lulu is about to head on her final tour after 60 years in the business – but first she stops off in Ross’s studio for a chat. They’re joined by Michael Palin, who just went on a Himalayan trip for BBC Four, boxing star Anthony Joshua and comedian Laura Smyth. Music comes from Jungle. HR

Film choice

The Blair Witch Project, 10pm, BBC Three

We’re about as far as we can get from Halloween, but there’s a strong argument that this is the best way to experience The Blair Witch Project. Hyped beyond all sense of itself on release in 1999, the film still retains the ability to shock and surprise in equal measure. The film’s final third in particular, where a cacophony of offscreen noises pile up beyond all reasonable expectations, is still one of the most frightening things ever committed to screen. Perhaps the only way to experience the purity of that moment again is to accidentally stumble across it during the Easter holidays. Who knows? Stuart Heritage

Live sport

Premier League Football: Crystal Palace v Man City, 11am, TNT Sports 1
Followed by Brighton v Arsenal at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.
Champions Cup Rugby: Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby, 2.30pm, TNT Sports 2
Bordeaux Bègles v Saracens at 5.15pm, and Leinster Rugby v Leicester Tigers at 7.45pm.

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