Casualty returns with a gripping 12-part series titled Lethal Legacy, airing at 8.50pm on BBC One. The Holby team braces for a hellish time as a mysterious illness threatens to spark another potential pandemic. Alongside the medical crisis, the characters confront personal demons, making for a traumatic but compelling watch. Hollie Richardson previews the episode.
Other Highlights
Secret Africa: Into the Wild
At 7pm on Channel 4, explorer Lucy Shepherd continues her survivalist trek through remote Tanzania. She and local guides must reach a resupply point before tackling the Serengeti, facing curious elephants, killer bees, and digestive issues. Graeme Virtue reports.
Black British Music at the BBC: Volume 2
On BBC Two at 8.50pm, DJ Spoony curates a personal playlist of 40 favorite tracks celebrating Black British music, from Shirley Bassey to FKA twigs, covering soul, ska, reggae, rap, and garage. Ali Catterall highlights the show.
The Palace and the Presidents
Channel 5 at 8.50pm explores the history of transatlantic meet and greets, focusing on Donald Trump's visit to Windsor Castle and what might happen when Charles III returns the visit. Kay Burley provides insights.
The Neighbourhood
ITV1 at 9pm delivers a fun dispatch from a curtain-twitching popularity contest, with the first family voted out and a snub over instant coffee. Teenagers from warring families show Montague and Capulet-style chemistry, all underpinned by Graham Norton's wry voiceover. Phil Harrison reviews.
Saturday Night Live UK
At 10pm on Sky One, the expectation-defying variety show continues with guest host Nicola Coughlan, star of Derry Girls and Bridgerton, promoting her new series Big Mood. Foo Fighters perform. PH reports.
Film Choices
Apex
Now on Netflix, Baltasar Kormákur's thriller offers sweaty-palmed vertical tension. Charlize Theron plays Sasha, whose solo kayaking adventure in the Australian outback turns perilous when a local man (Taron Egerton) takes an interest. Theron is perfect as a physical but not superhuman survivor. Simon Wardell reviews.
Eddington
On Sky Cinema Premiere at 8.45am and 10.25pm, Ari Aster's modern western satire stars Pedro Pascal as a mayor imposing a lockdown and Joaquin Phoenix as a sheriff challenging him. The film tackles Covid, conspiracy theories, Black Lives Matter, and small-town politics in an increasingly manic comedy. SW writes.
Living
Channel 4 at 9pm presents a British adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, with Bill Nighy delivering a finely graded performance as a civil servant finding redemption after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Aimee Lou Wood and Tom Burke co-star. SW calls it a touching tale.
Gold Run
BBC Four at 11pm airs a fact-based drama about Fredrik Haslund, who organizes the transport of Norway's gold reserves during the 1940 German invasion. Jon Øigarden stars in this picture-postcard thriller. SW reviews.
Live Sport
- Snooker: World Championship - Day eight from the Crucible, 10am, BBC Two
- Women's Super League Football: Brighton v Man City - 11.30am, Sky One; Tottenham v Man United on Sunday at 11.50am
- Women's Six Nations Rugby: England v Wales - 1.45pm, BBC Two from Ashton Gate
- Prem Rugby Union: Saracens v Leicester - 2.45pm, TNT Sports 2; Northampton v Bath at 5.15pm
- FA Cup Football: Man City v Southampton - 4.45pm, BBC One (first semi-final); Chelsea v Leeds on Sunday at 2pm, TNT Sports 1
