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Jack Seale, Ellen E Jones, Jonathan Wright, Ali Catterall, John Robinson Paul Howlett

Friday’s best TV: Our Wildest Dreams; The City & The City

David Morrissey in The City and the City.
David Morrissey in The City and the City. Photograph: Des Willie/BBC/Mammoth Screen

Our Wildest Dreams

8pm, Channel 4

At 52 and with a young daughter in tow, London resident Mari is relocating to the Ecuadorian rainforest, her husband’s native home. Her adjustment to life in a remote community forms the first episode of a documentary series about British people moving to harsh, exotic places. Mari’s open-hearted approach to a radically different life is certainly endearing, but the programme never asks the hard questions about the family’s long-term future: just as they start to settle in, it stops and next week we’re somewhere else. Jack Seale

Sounds Like Friday Night

7.30pm, BBC One

ToTP meets Saturday Night Live in this surprisingly successful stab at bringing live music back to television. This week George Ezra performs his new single Shotgun, and co-host Dotty guides another act through the Gig in a Minute challenge. They will be hoping to knock Gary Barlow off the top spot. Ellen E Jones

Unreported World

7.30pm, Channel 4

Marcel Theroux visits Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, where respiratory diseases are rampant, thanks to air pollution. According to Unicef, cases of respiratory infections in the country have tripled over the last 10 years as pollution surges, and respiratory illness is now the biggest killer of children under five. Phil Harrison

The City & the City

9pm, BBC Two

Having violated the border laws that divide Ul Qoma and Besźel, Borlú finds himself in custody. Things don’t look good, except Breach has need of Borlú’s services. The final episode of the sci-fi police procedural is, much like China Miéville’s source novel: dazzling and bamboozling. Jonathan Wright

Jeff Beck: Still on the Run

9pm, BBC Four

Fellow Yardbirds Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton pay tribute to the “guitarist’s guitarist”, fifth in Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest guitarists of all time. This spans Beck’s career, from the aforementioned incubator for guitar heroes to the Jeff Beck Group, whose alumni include Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart. Ali Catterall

Lee and Dean

10pm, Channel 4

Concluding episode of the sitcom about Stevenage builders. This has been almost as effective as Him & Her at showing how warm intimacy and ghastly behaviour can go hand in hand. It’s Lee’s stag night, but it’s at Nikki’s hen do where the seeds of disaster are sown. And when the two groups meet? Carnage. John Robinson

Bad tidings … The Gift.
Bad tidings … The Gift. Photograph: Allstar

Film choice

The Gift 11.10pm, Film4

Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall are well-off LA couple Simon and Robyn, whose move to a swish new house prompts unwanted attention. Because here comes Simon’s down-at-heel onetime school chum Gordo (played by debut director Joel Edgerton), bearing peculiar housewarming gifts. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Snooker: The World Championship 10am, BBC Two. Day seven at the Crucible.

Premiership Rugby: Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons 7pm, BT Sport 1, Coverage from Welford Road.

Championship Football: Fulham v Sunderland 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Fulham’s push for promotion continues.

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