Strictly Come Dancing
7pm, BBC1
After last week’s cruel ousting of the UK’s No 1 entertainer Ed Balls, who fell victim to the mysterious cha-cha challenge, the studio is a more sombre place. Still, the show must go on and the remaining five couples are bringing Broadway razzle dazzle for Musicals Week. By now, each pairing is trained to within an inch of its life and throwing out some top-notch dances. This polished perfection is no match for Balls’s Gangnam Style, but there you go. Hannah Verdier
China: Between Clouds and Dreams
7pm, Channel 4
In the last of this engrossing series about the private side of life in China, we meet Gama, a novice monk studying at Wumingsi, the country’s largest Tibetan monastery, which houses 20,000 monks and nuns. Meanwhile, in central China, intrepid reporter Xu heads a band of volunteers who are battling, at some personal risk, the practice of “electro fishing”, in which swaths of fish are killed using powerful bursts of electricity. Ben Arnold
The X Factor
8pm, ITV
For a while it seemed The X Factor would be yet another harbinger of this year’s illogical, burn-everything Brexageddon, with offensive cod-rapper Honey G refusing to be eliminated until well after the usual watershed for novelty turns. Now she’s finally been capped, voters can get on with the comforting task of choosing between blandly competent singers in this week’s semi-finals. Conveniently, each judge has one act left as a Christmas theme takes over. Jack Seale
Britain at Low Tide
8pm, Channel 4
This archaeology series is slight but diverting Saturday evening fare – like the BBC’s Coast, it’s been a reminder of the revelatory fragments of Britain’s past that await discovery in apparently humdrum places. Tonight, Tori Herridge and Alex Langlands conclude their maritime tour in Essex, investigating the remains of a fort dating back to Henry VIII and uncovering a stranded U-boat that is stuck, quite literally, up a creek without a paddle. Phil Harrison
Modus
9pm, BBC4
The stylish Nordic noir continues with a double bill that, truth be told, may not leave you much the wiser as to why a series of murders is blighting the Swedish festive season. Then again, much of the fun, if that’s the right word, lies in the drama’s misdirection. Plot-wise, bishop Elisabeth’s widowed husband Erik (Krister Henriksson of Wallander fame) is hiding something, Rolf suspects husband Marcus is being unfaithful and TV chef Isabella’s body is belatedly discovered. Jonathan Wright
Atlanta
10pm, Fox
Double bill wrapping up season one of Donald Glover’s exceptional comedy-drama. In the opening instalment, it’s Earn’s on-off girlfriend Van who is hustling for a change, roping the would-be rap mogul into posing as man and wife at a ritzy networking bash. After that palaver, the actual finale seems pretty low-stakes – a Hangover-style odyssey to retrieve a lost jacket – but Atlanta’s shaggy dog stories tend to have unexpected social bite. Graeme Virtue
Ghosts of Pearl Harbor
9pm, National Geographic
It’s 75 years since Japan staged its infamous surprise attack on the US Navy’s Pacific fleet as it lay at anchor in Hawaii. Although Pearl Harbor is one of the most analysed and mythologised events in the history of modern warfare, this film is worth a look – a commendably unfussy documentary making judicious use of the little footage of the raid that exists, analysis from historians and interviews with veterans of both sides. Andrew Mueller
Film choice
Duplicity
(Tony Gilroy, 2009), 9pm, Universal Channel
A glossy tale of spies, sex and shampoo starring Julia Roberts as (ex-CIA) Claire and Clive Owen as (ex-MI6) Ray. Now working for rival bathroom-products corporations, they’re in hot pursuit of a secret formula, and each other. But is it love, or just tricks of the trade? Gilroy’s dizzy plot is full of great twists and double-crosses. Paul Howlett
Ill Manors
(Ben Drew, 2012), 12.15am, BBC2
Ben Drew, AKA rapper-singer Plan B, makes his directing debut with this east London crime drama following a bunch of characters that include Riz Ahmed’s former criminal trying to go straight, as their paths cross and recross, often violently. It’s meant earnestly – as an anthem to doomed, alienated youth – but ends up an uneasy mix of Guy Ritchie and Tarantino, set edgily enough to Plan B’s own music. PH
Rob Roy
(Michael Caton-Jones, 1994), 12.45am, Movie Mix
Historical adventure as meaty as a good haggis, seasoned with a salty, intelligent script. Based loosely on the Highland legend, it pits Liam Neeson’s noble crofter against Tim Roth’s effete Cunningham, a rapier-sharp English gentleman-rapist, heading bloodily towards a slashing, climactic duel. It has stunning landscapes and powerful performances from Jessica Lange, John Hurt and Brian Cox. PH
Live sport
Premier League Football: Manchester City v Chelsea 11.30am, Sky Sports 1
In-form Chelsea visit fellow title challengers City.
Snooker: UK Championship 1.15pm, BBC1
Coverage of the opening semi-final from York.
International Rugby Union: England v Australia 1.30pm, Sky Sports 2
The final autumn international of the season from Twickenham.
