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Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Phil Harrison, Jack Seale and Simon Wardell

TV Tonight: Champion continues its south London sibling rap battle

Vita (Deja J Bowens) in Champion.
Vita (Deja J Bowens) in Champion. Photograph: Dan Fearon/BBC/New Pictures Ltd

Champion

9.15pm, BBC One

Family tensions thicken in this promising south London-set drama about the Champions – two twentysomething siblings who go head to head on the rap scene. Vita (Déja J Bowens) has finally stepped out of her brother Bosco’s (Malcolm Kamulete) shadow to record a single – but it’s not plain sailing. Meanwhile, Bosco’s success dwindles and he is served the ultimate humiliation on stage. Hollie Richardson

The Voice Kids

7.30pm, ITV1

The blind audition phase of the teenybopper sing-off wraps up with coaches will.i.am, Pixie Lott, Ronan Keating and Danny “McFly” Jones looking to complete their rosters ahead of next week’s final. The hopefuls may be young but the song choices often skew old, from a Bryan Adams hit to some rasp-free Rod Stewart. Graeme Virtue

The Good Fight Club

8pm, Sky Documentaries

Possible pushy parent syndrome in the penultimate episode of this series about a London MMA school. Coach Steve’s daughter Chloe is preparing for her first fight back after an operation. But is her heart in the game or is she trying to please her dad? To his credit, Steve himself is willing to consider the latter possibility. Phil Harrison

Beck

9pm, BBC Four

A meaty case for the Swedish detectives, spiced with just the right amount of personal intrigue. The death of a flea market trader seems innocuous until the security services mysteriously poke their noses in – a tightly plotted story ends up exposing more than one detective’s weakness. Jack Seale

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz digs deep.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz digs deep. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Today at Wimbledon

9.15pm, BBC Two

The tournament enters its second week, with Qasa Alom presenting nightly highlights. It starts with the sixth day’s play at the All England Club, featuring matches in the third round. HR

Crime

10.05pm, ITV1

The Irvine Welsh adaptation continues, and Dougray Scott’s sober DI Ray Lennox is so tormented after discovering missing schoolgirl Britney’s body on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill that a relapse feels imminent. Meanwhile, somebody walks into the police station claiming to be the killer. HR

Film choice

Broker, Saturday, 10.15pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
A heartwarming Korean drama about two men who sell abandoned babies for adoption on the black market seems improbable. But in the hands of director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who made Shoplifters, and amiable star Song Kang-ho (the working-class dad in Parasite), it works beautifully. Song’s laundry owner and his young sidekick (Gang Dong-won), who was adopted himself, are joined by the birth mother (Lee Ji-eun) as they hit the road in search of a buyer for her newborn child. An unexpected quirky pleasure. Simon Wardell

Train to Busan.
Train to Busan. Photograph: Photo 12/Alamy

Train to Busan, Saturday, 1.40am, Film4
A film that kicks off with a zombie deer is bound to be fun. And so it proves with Yeon Sang-ho’s South Korean action horror. The passengers on a train journey from Seoul to Busan are our focus amid a wider apocalyptic scenario as infection turns the populace into violent, undead killers. A mixed bunch include a neglectful father and his young daughter, a pregnant woman and her husband, and a school baseball team (the bats come in handy). The railway carriages are soon turned into an obstacle course of murder and mayhem, cowardice and courage. SW

Live sport

Test Cricket: England v Australia, Sat, 10.15am, Sky Sports Main Event
The third day of the third Ashes Test from Headingley.

Tennis: Wimbledon 2023, Sat, 11am, BBC Two
The second week begins, with the end of the third-round singles.

Women’s T20 Cricket: England v Australia, Sat, 6.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
The final T20 game from Lord’s.

Women’s Golf: US Open, Sat, 10.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Day three from Pebble Beach.

Cycling: Tour de France, Sat, 11.30am, ITV4
Stage eight, 201km from Libourne to Limoges.

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