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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mike Bradley, Hannah Verdier, Hannah J Davies, Jack Seale and Paul Howlett

Saturday’s best TV: Last Night of the Proms; Massacre at Ballymurphy

Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Photograph: BBC/Mark Allan/Mark Allan

Last Night of the Proms

7.15pm, BBC Two

As the curtain falls on the 2018 season, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Singers unite under the baton of Andrew Davis to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war with a new work by Roxanna Panufnik in a programme that also includes music by Hindemith, Berlioz and Parry. In the second half, Jess Gillam performs Scaramouche by Milhaud and Gerry Finley sings Soliloquy from Carousel, before proceedings are brought to a close with the traditional favourites. Continues on BBC1 at 9pm. Mike Bradley

Strictly Come Dancing Launch Show 2018

7.35pm, BBC One

Winter’s shiny floor staple launches under the glamorous-gowned wings of Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. Within weeks the nation will be invested in the hoofing tribulations of CBeebies’ charismatic poo song-peddler Dr Ranj, Blue boybander Lee Ryan and YouTube supremo Joe Sugg. Hannah Verdier

Massacre at Ballymurphy

9pm, Channel 4

“If steps had been taken to examine what happened at Ballymurphy, Bloody Sunday would never have occurred,” says one contributor to this feature-length account of three days in August 1971 during which 11 people died when British troops opened fire on Catholics in west Belfast. Mike Bradley

The Plague

9pm, BBC Four

Is there a demon abroad? Was it the Beast? These are the questions that greet the news that another woman’s body has been found impaled in the harbour. Panic spreads and tensions rise still further when Mateo embarks on some detective work that leads him to the secret leader of the Protestants. Mike Bradley

Celebrity Big Brother

10pm, Channel 5

Controversy around Rodrigo Alves and Roxanne Pallett’s conduct has meant this year’s CBB has made headlines for the wrong reasons. As we approach Monday’s final, it seems that nothing can redeem the series – although perhaps a win for Pallett’s nemesis Ryan Thomas could redress the balance. Hannah J Davies

Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery

11pm, Quest Red

The success of the podcast Fatal Voyage shows we’re still intrigued by the death in 1981 of movie star Natalie Wood. This documentary should have advised its contributors to avoid a histrionic tone, but it competently sets out the basics for those not yet obsessed. Jack Seale

TV Film

Spotlight 9pm, BBC Two

Spotlight.
Spotlight. Photograph: Allstar/Open Road Films

Tom McCarthy’s studiously downbeat account of the Boston Globe’s 2001 exposure of child abuse by Catholic priests avoids sensationalism, concentrating instead on the journalistic digging that peels back the layers of a conspiracy of silence. Michael Keaton is the Spotlight investigative team’s editor. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Test Cricket: England v India The second day from the Oval. 10am, Sky Sports Cricket

Premiership Rugby Union: Wasps v Exeter Chiefs Coverage from the Ricoh Arena. 1.30pm, BT Sport 1

Uefa Nations League Football: England v Spain It didn’t quite come home. But Wembley should still be pleased to see Gareth Southgate’s team. 7pm, Sky Sports Main Event

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