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Entertainment
David Stubbs, Graeme Virtue, Mike Bradley, Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

Saturday's best TV: Crikey! It's the Irwins; Black Lake; The Voice UK

Strewth! Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin with a friend at the Australia Zoo.
Strewth! Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin with a friend at the Australia Zoo. Photograph: Animal Planet/Jason Elias

Black Lake

9pm, BBC Four

It will be for future TV historians to figure out why, in the early 21st century, TV murder dramas always had to have a lake attached. Meanwhile, in the final two episodes of this Scandinavian series, a prequel to the original, Oscar has gone missing, leading to a general manhunt; further grisly discoveries are made and speculation rises that the real culprit might be just be the environment itself; “this island has always demanded blood.” Just hop on a boat, maybe? David Stubbs

Crikey! It’s the Irwins

6pm, Discovery

Steve Irwin may have died in 2006 but his spirit of khaki-shorted exuberance lives on at Australia Zoo. This series shadows his wife Terri and children Bindi and Robert as they calmly contend with a blind tiger and a pregnant koala, with all the behind-the-scenes action intercut with vintage footage of Steve in full flight. Graeme Virtue

Michael McIntyre’s Big Surprises

7pm, BBC One

The host reviews the best bits from four series of his Big Show. Ed Balls, Alexander Armstrong and Carol Vorderman recall playing Celeb Send to All and Gino D’Acampo relives finding McIntyre in his bedroom on Midnight Gameshow. Plus a musical number from Unexpected Star Anush Hydros. Mike Bradley

The Greatest Dancer

8pm, BBC One

Week three of the talent contest that’s Britain’s Got Talent if you skipped through the dog acts, but good fun nonetheless. Having voted through JSD Minis and the masterly Chris last week, who will get the nod here? And when will Cheryl, Matthew Morrison and Oti Mabuse get to do some actual judging? Hannah J Davies

The Voice UK

8pm, ITV

The third week of blind auditions dawns and already there have been a fair few chair-turning singers. Jennifer Hudson has even performed her trademark shoe throw (for the uninitiated, it means she likes what she’s hearing) so the standard must be high. Hudson, Olly Murs, Tom Jones and Will.i.am sift through the contestants. Hannah Verdier

Drake’s Royal Voyager

9pm, Channel 5

As well as telling a rollicking tale of 16th-century life on the high seas aboard the Golden Hinde, this doc paints a surprising portrait of her master: pirate-turned-legit mariner and servant of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake. A timber-shivering story of a mission to plunder Spanish ships in the Pacific. Mike Bradley

Film choice

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. Photograph: c.Miramax/Everett / Rex Features

Kill Bill: Vol 1, 10pm, Syfy

Quentin Tarantino’s bloody extravaganza has a wronged Uma Thurman wreaking vengeance on her erstwhile boss, Bill (David Carradine) and the rest of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who left her for dead on her wedding day. Basically a series of sensational set-pieces, all done with irresistible energy. Paul Howlett

Today’s best live sport

Snooker: The Masters, 1.15pm, BBC One

The opening semi-final.

Premier League Football: Arsenal v Chelsea, 5pm, BT Sport 1

Wolves v Leicester airs 12.30pm on Sky Sports Main Event.

Champions Cup Rugby Union: Munster v Exeter Chiefs, 5.05pm, Channel 4

Anglo-Irish clash. BT Sport 2 airs two more games from 12.30pm.

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