Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal
9pm, BBC Two
The endearing celebrity pilgrimage series returns – this time starting in Valença, where they trek for two weeks to the holy site of Fatima. Among the cosy group are practising Muslim funnyman Nabil Abdulrashid, Pentecostal born-again Christian Shane Lynch (of Boyzone fame), and “not very Jewish” actor Rita Simons. Vicky Pattinson, who doesn’t practise any religion, has a particularly emotional moment when she reveals through tears that she envies the faith she has witnessed in the group. Hollie Richardson
Gardeners’ World
8pm, BBC Two
Monty has some new additions this Easter weekend in the shape of peas, shallots and potted lilies. Meanwhile, Carol heads to Mothecombe Gardens in Devon: with its nectar-dripping daisies, it’s a buzzing spot for pollinators. Ali Catterall
Redemption
9pm, ITV1
A tense exchange between DI Colette Cunningham (Paula Malcomson) and the Garda Organised Crime Unit all but confirms her suspicions of foul play where her daughter’s death is concerned. Elsewhere, a snide remark from Patrick Fannon (Keith McErlean) sees Colette unleash a loaded threat. Danielle De Wolfe
Drift: Partners in Crime
9pm, Sky Atlantic
The German-language police action thriller finds yet more excuses for shootouts and snowmobile chases in the Bavarian Alps, as Ali (Ken Duken) chooses this spectacular location to hide. Meanwhile, his more cautious brother Leo (Fabian Busch) makes a daring attempt to unveil the conspirators, and lawyer Maryam is also going public. Ellen E Jones
The Cleaner
9.30pm, BBC One
Newly single Wicky (Greg Davies) is agonisingly close to the pub when he is called to deal with a grisly electrical shop crime scene. While wiping away blood spatter, he has a meet-curt with aloof night-shift worker Karl (Asim Chaudhry). Can the sad-sack scrubber and prickly prepper find common ground? Graeme Virtue
Late Night Lycett
10pm, Channel 4
Beckham baiter and all-round national treasure Joe Lycett continues his revitalisation of Friday-night telly, live from Birmingham. With a look back on the week, a shoal of celebrities and plenty of gameshows and sketches, it’s nonstop entertainment, living up to Lycett’s promise of a show that’s “queer, fun and very Brummie”. Hannah Verdier
Film choices
The Portable Door (Jeffrey Walker, 2023), 2.30pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
The first book in Tom Holt’s JW Wells & Co series of fantasy novels hits the screen in Jeffrey Walker’s spiffing comedy. It’s all a bit Harry Potter and the Half-Witted Intern, as Patrick Gibson’s eager but seemingly unqualified trainee joins a firm of “paranatural engineers”. They use magic to change people’s actions – such as a meet-cute or a family reunion – but owner Humphrey Wells (Christoph Waltz) has bigger plans. With a scene-stealing Sam Neill as Wells’s colleague and plenty of Pratchett-like oddity, it’s a fun addition to the venerable legacy of British weird fiction. Simon Wardell
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982), 5.45pm, ITV2
You could go the obvious route on Good Friday and watch King of Kings (10am, BBC Two) with Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus. Or you could get your Easter fix with a cute little alien in Steven Spielberg’s family sci-fi thriller-cum-Christ allegory. After being sent down to Earth, ET suffers the little children, brings things back to life, dies and is resurrected, then ascends to the heavens (and his human friend Elliott’s mother is called Mary). Spielberg’s childlike sense of wonder and suspicion of the adult world pervade a film of many miraculous moments. SW
