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Entertainment
Jack Seale , Hannah Verdier, Ellen E Jones, Andrew Mueller, Ben Arnold, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

Saturday’s best TV: Hard Sun; Modus

Agyness Deyn and Jim Sturgess in Hard Sun.
Agyness Deyn and Jim Sturgess in Hard Sun. Photograph: Robert Viglasky/BBC/Euston Films

Hard Sun

9.30pm, BBC One

Neil Cross’s end-times thriller concludes its first season (the writer has said he’d like to do five) with all the frantic helping of showdowns, revelations and double-crosses that a finale demands. Right to the end, however, it maintains its unsettling combination of eventful narrative and resigned atmosphere. The case of the week is creepy rather than violent – Cross can conjure either with ease – and more urgent for ensnaring one of the team. Hard Sun’s uncompromisingly odd tone means it probably deserves at least one more run. Jack Seale

Village of the Year Final with Penelope Keith

8pm, Channel 4

The delightful Penelope Keith presents as the four finalists break out their cliffs, hotdogs and maypoles. Beer in Devon, Broughshane in Northern Ireland, Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire and Bamburgh in Northumberland are the villages in the running. Hannah Verdier

The Voice UK

8.15pm, ITV

It is the penultimate round of blind auditions on TV’s most inner beauty-focused singing contest and places are running short. Coaches Will.i.am, Olly Murs, Jennifer Hudson and Tom Jones must select team members based on their vocal talents alone. Only then
can they spin their chairs. Ellen E Jones

Charles I’s Treasures Reunited

9pm, BBC Two

An accompaniment to the exhibition at the RA, bringing together the collection amassed by Charles I for the first time since his execution. Brenda Emmanus introduces the works – including pieces by Titian, Holbein and Van Dyck – and relates the story of their dispersal and retrieval. Andrew Mueller

Modus

9pm, BBC Four

Proving that not all Scandi dramas are created equal, Modus returns for a second series, with the US president, played by Kim Cattrall, visiting Sweden. But psychologist Inger Johanne Vik has history with the president’s FBI boss, who’s tagged along. Dreadful dialogue only upstaged by the stilted performances. Ben Arnold

The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith

10.30pm, BBC Four

A posthumous rerun celebrating Hip Priest of Mancunia Mark E Smith. Smith’s uncompromising working methods are foregrounded at the expense of any serious exploration of his singular artistry but there’s some great archive footage and an interview with the man himself. Phil Harrison


Film choice

Truly, Madly, Deeply, 10pm, BBC Two

Truly, Madly, Deeply.
Truly, Madly, Deeply. Photograph: Allstar/BBC

Seen as the Brit answer to Ghost, Anthony Minghella’s film is less sentimental, more emotionally true and funnier. He’s helped by a fine cast: Juliet Stevenson as Nina inhabits grief in all its runny-nosed misery, while Alan Rickman does a funny ghostly turn as Jamie, invading her flat with a bunch of fellow ghouls. PJH

Live sport

Winter Olympics 2018 More skidding, sliding, jumping hi-jinks from Pyeongchang. 6am, BBC One and Two

Six Nations Rugby: Ireland v Italy With England v Wales kicking off at 4.45pm. 1.30pm, ITV

Premier League Football: Manchester City v Leicester City The Champions elect welcome 2016’s unlikely title winners. 5.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event

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