Britain’s Got Talent Final
7.30pm, ITV
After a week of whittling down the acts, the live final is here. Two-and-a-half hours of it. That’s a lot of dancing dogs. There’ll be the usual theatrics from Cowell, Walliams, Dixon and Holden as they activate their red buzzers, but it’s up to the viewers to decide who wins £250,000. Why they don’t just let that shiny-suited man who sang the Chicken and Chips song perform at the Royal Variety Performance is one of life’s great mysteries. Hannah Verdier
Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution: With Howard Goodall
9pm, BBC2
As part of the celebrations surrounding its 50th anniversary, Howard Goodall walks us through this groundbreaking sonic laboratory, helping us to hear many of these songs as if for the first time – from the destabilising bass notes in Lucy… (“Don’t get too comfortable”), to the “emotionally and politically mature” She’s Leaving Home, and Ringo’s disorientating tom fills in A Day in the Life. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Ali Catterall
Take Me Out
6pm, ITV
A final Saturday evening splattering of swagger for the current series as Paddy McGuinness continues his quest to introduce romance into the lives of 30 single women from within his chamber of judgment. Tonight’s aspirants include a property developer from Richmond, a Michael Jackson impersonator from Southport and a ventriloquist from Reading. The latter at least having the option of providing some supportive voices on his own. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Doctor Who
7.35pm, BBC1
Telly’s new trend for portraying totalitarianism reaches Doctor Who. The show has always dealt with dictators, of course, but this vision of Earthlings ruled by the brainwashing Monks still feels bracingly apposite. In fact, it would have been nice to spend longer in grey dystopia with fearful but resolute Bill (the sensational Pearl Mackie), although when we do veer into the usual quest to press reset, her fierce humanity is wisely retained at the story’s core. Jack Seale
Cardinal
9pm, BBC4
Downbeat music, icy landscapes and unsettling details seen from odd angles. No, we’re not in Sweden but northern Canada, where (obsessive, troubled) cop John Cardinal is about to be called back to homicide work after a body is discovered. Is a serial killer on the loose as Cardinal has long suspected? Meantime, should Cardinal’s colleagues entirely trust him? Impressive, despite wearing its Scandi-noir influences on its sleeve. Jonathan Wright
Parched
9pm, National Geographic
It is depressingly possible that this series amounts to dispatches from a near future in which competition for fresh water becomes increasingly ruthless. This episode demonstrates that it will not be confined to countries stricken by drought or poverty: it recalls the ongoing scandal in which Flint, Michigan, seeking to save money, started sourcing its water supply from the local river, with grim consequences for the health of citizens. Andrew Mueller
The President Show
11pm, Comedy Central
More hilariously depressing presidential antics from Anthony Atamaniuk, this week pivoting on Trump’s gaffe-tastic “six-day, sold-out world tour”. Cringe as he catalogues the various gifts he’s received – as well as that mystery orb from Saudi Arabia, which seems to have a powerful, soothsaying grip over Peter Grosz’s Mike Pence – and wince as he fails to find any positive news coverage from his globe-trotting jaunt. Ben Arnold
Film choice
Legend, (Brian Helgeland, 2015), Saturday, 9pm, Channel 4
Adapted from John Pearson’s The Profession of Violence, this account of the gangster Kray twins in their 60s pomp is a brash and punchy crime drama. Legend catches the brothers at the height of their violent careers, running West End clubland and dabbling in transatlantic deals with the mafia. What raises it above standard Brit gangster fare is Tom Hardy’s muscular, nuanced performances as both the unstable Ronnie and the smarter Reggie; he even gets into a punch-up with himself. Paul Howlett
The Sapphires, (Wayne Blair, 2012), 10pm, BBC2
If Apocalypse Now put rock’n’roll into the Vietnam war, this feelgood film adds the Motown soul. It starts in the Aussie outback in 1968, where boozy Irish musician Dave Lovelace (Chris O’Dowd) becomes the manager of an Indigenous Australian girlband, introducing them to soul and taking them to Saigon to entertain the GIs. Paul Howlett
The Spectacular Now, (James Ponsoldt, 2013), 11.35pm, BBC1
Ponsoldt, who explored the grim realities of alcoholism in Smashed, returns to the subject in rather gentler, more engaging style here. Adapted from Tim Tharp’s novel, it’s the immensely winning coming-of-age tale of tricky teenager Sutter (Miles Teller), who is already leaning too heavily on the bottle when he meets sweet and shy Aimee (Shailene Woodley); a completely charming chemistry bubbles between the awkward couple. Paul Howlett
Miss Bala, (Gerardo Naranjo, 2011), 1.30am, BBC2
Stephanie Sigman’s Laura is a young woman from Tijuana whose decision to enter a beauty contest leads her into the hands of extremely brutal gangsters and corrupt cops. From there on, Laura’s only ambition is survival amid the cross-border carnage. It’s a bit like Machete, but with a beauty queen instead of Danny Trejo. Paul Howlett
Live Sport
Tennis: The French Open Third-round singles action from Roland Garros in Paris. 9.30am, ITV4
Rugby Union: Provincial Union XV v British & Irish Lions Coverage of the opening match of the tour, which takes place at the Toll Stadium in Whangarei. 8am, Sky Sports 1
Champions League Football: Juventus v Real Madrid The final from Cardiff. 7pm, BT Sport 2
