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Entertainment
Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison, Mike Bradley, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

Friday’s best TV: Broad City; The Simpsons; Grantchester

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in series 5 of Broad City
Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in series 5 of Broad City. Photograph: Comedy Central

Broad City
11pm, Comedy Central

Broad City was once the irreverent web-series-to-TV hit touted as Girls for slackers. Five years on, however, and gags about pubes and weed have been supplemented with cameos from everyone from Hillary Clinton to RuPaul, and an endless seam of Donald Trump jokes (co-creator Ilana Glazer recently described the process behind the fourth season as “bizarrely political”). As this final series continues, expect this successful, if sometimes worthy, formula to continue, as Ilana launches a WeWork-style space and Abbi clashes with her landlord. Hannah J Davies

The Simpsons
8pm, Sky One

And so it goes on: a remarkable 30th season begins in Springfield, but with little sign that the once unmissable cartoon will ever approach its former glories. That said, this is one of the better recent episodes, with Bart landing in hospital, pretending he went to heaven and becoming the face of a Christian movie. Phil Harrison

The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts
9pm, BBC Two

Ignore the fact that it’s not a Victorian house (it’s a Cotswold Tudor house, built in 1922) and enjoy a tearful final episode of the crafting challenge. It sees the participants divided into pairs, tasked with making a weather vane, a decorative mirror and an edition of an Arts and Crafts magazine. Mike Bradley

Grantchester
9pm, ITV

Laid-back new vicar Will is pretty, rides a throbbing BSA motorbike and is kind to labradors – hell, even Mrs C’s stern facade is starting to crack. So it is good to discover that the new arrival has a few demons, when Geordie enlists his help to investigate the case of a deaf boy being blamed for the death of his mother by his religious fanatic of a father. MB

Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel
9pm, Channel 5

Here’s a culture clash of a travel review show: Corrie’s Nigel Havers and Sally Lindsay take turns luxuriating as hotel guests and labouring as hotel staff. But are these two really upstairs/downstairs enough to make the format sing? Let’s have Kerry Katona/Jacob Rees-Mogg for the True Detective-style reboot. Ellen E Jones

Friday Night Jukebox Live!: The BBC Four Request Show
9pm, BBC Four

In the first of a new studio-based show, Phill Jupitus and Clare Grogan present songs, stories and requests chosen by viewers. Tonight’s theme is friendship and we can expect music from Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and REM, interspersed with live performances. MB

Film choice

Nastassia Kinski in Cat People (1982)
Nastassia Kinski in Cat People (1982) Photograph: Allstar/RKO

Cat People
2.20am, Horror Channel
Paul Schrader’s gory but seductive remake of the 1942 horror stars Nastassja Kinski as Irena, who turns into a panther when sexually aroused, and Malcolm McDowell as her likewise afflicted brother. Prowling through the erotic and visceral, Kinski is mesmerising, even if the film lacks the claws of the old classic. Paul Howlett

Today’s best live sport

Tennis: St Petersburg Ladies Trophy, BT Sport 1, 10am
Quarter-final action.

Test Cricket: West Indies v England, 1.30pm, Sky Sports Cricket
Day two of the second Test from Antigua.

International Rugby Union: France v Wales, 7.25pm, BBC One
The Six Nations gets under way.

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