The Voice Kids
7.45pm, ITV
What could be better than a Saturday night singing contest, you ask? The answer, of course, is a Saturday night singing contest populated entirely by seven-to-14-year-olds likely to take being blanked by Will.iam and co far worse than their adult counterparts. Expect the usual array of flops, surprises and why-didn’t-they-turn shockers – just a little bit littler. Alternately crushing and raising self-esteems alongside Will are Danny-from-McFly and Pixie Lott. Hannah J Davies
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2017
7pm, BBC2
The RA’s Summer Exhibition is arguably the art world’s most eccentric delight, and one of its most enduring; every year since 1769, it has welcomed everyone from amateurs to professionals to submit their work. Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus present this preview, meeting some of the artists featured and illuminating the vast behind-the-scenes logistics, which this year involved hanging more than 1,200 works in eight days. Andrew Mueller
Doctor Who
7.15pm BBC1
There’s an Edgar Rice Burroughs/steampunk flavour to tonight’s Mark Gatiss-penned adventure, which sees Victorian soldiers looking to conquer Mars for the glory of the empire. This poses something of a headache for the Doctor, who’s vowed to protect humanity. Which side will he take: that of the invading imperialist armies or the hordes of militant Ice Warriors, whose hive the gung-ho clots are about to trample over? A keen political allegory for any time zone. Ali Catterall
Big Brother
9pm, Channel 5
A roundup of today’s highlights: the games, the diary time, the laughs, the artificially induced bust-ups as well as reactions to the first eviction. Who might that have been? The stripper? One of the sisters? One half of the married couple, Imran and Sukhvinder, whose presence is a BB first? Perhaps audiences might like a mass eviction instead, with the floor giving way, sending every last tedious attention-seeker sliding into a bottomless pit? Worth considering. David Stubbs
Cardinal
9pm, BBC4
The Canadian serial-killer drama benefits, in this second double bill, from a switch of focus. We’re mostly with the killers, not the ludicrous whispering-maverick cop who’ll no doubt intuit the solution out of nowhere next week. That means swapping one set of cliches for another: a gaffer-taped victim, tortured and intimidated in a cellar, hopes to trick or fight his way out before his tormentors tire of him. But those scenes ably build tension, so when it breaks … whew. Jack Seale
Isle of Wight Festival 2017
8pm, Sky Arts
From David Guetta to Rod Stewart, this year’s IOW isn’t exactly about the wildcards. As such, tonight’s headliners Arcade Fire, with their fiddly indie rock, are possibly a challenge – though their theatrical presentation and Wilco-like new single Everything Now will hopefully provide an entry point for the unconverted. Edith Bowman, Maya Jama and Ricky Wilson (busy chap, he’s also playing with Kaiser Chiefs) present highlights. John Robinson
Royal Pains
5pm, Universal
“Doctor-for-hire” dramedy Royal Pains returns for its eighth – and final – season, with Dr Hank Lawson and Evan prepping for their dad Eddie’s (Henry Winkler) unexpectedly announced, hastily organised wedding to the cosmetic surgery-fixated Ms Newberg. Surely nothing to worry about there, right? Elsewhere, Hank takes on Diana Underhill (Teri Polo) as a patient, a would-be senator whose big plans don’t include slowing down to take stock of her health. Ben Arnold
Film choice
Cold Mountain (Anthony Minghella, 2003) 9pm, W
Minghella’s sombre, subtle US civil war drama stars Jude Law as the wounded Inman, on a desperate odyssey from the battlefront back to his young wife Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman), who is barely surviving on Cold Mountain. Paul Howlett
Elles (Malgorzata Szumowska, 2011) 12.20am, BBC2
Juliette Binoche is typically compelling as Parisian magazine writer Anne, who is researching an article on student prostitution. It’s a sexually graphic drama that draws slightly dubious parallels between the situation of the sex workers she meets and her own inadequate home life, with a cold and demanding husband. The film never quite matches the committed performance of its star, but it’s an absorbing drama nonetheless. PH
The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) 1.15am, Film4
Friedkin won an Oscar for this superlative crime thriller. In a grim, grainy depiction of New York’s druggy underworld, Fernando Rey’s Marseilles-based crimelord is making a lucrative killing. Driving the film furiously forward is Gene Hackman’s blistering performance as cop Popeye Doyle, who is scarcely less brutal than the lowlife he hunts. PH
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997) 3.10am, Channel 5
The original adventures of Austin Powers, the secret agent cryogenically frozen in his 1960s heyday and reactivated in the dull 90s to do battle with his nemesis, Dr Evil. Funnyman Mike Myers is inspired in both roles in this hilarious, high-camp spoof. The groovy lingo, Jason King-style outfits and general psychedelic silliness are right on. PH
Live sport
Champions Trophy Cricket: England v Australia 10am, Sky Sports 2 Coverage of the final Group A match for both sides in the one-day tournament from Edgbaston
Football World Cup Qualifier: Scotland v England 4.30pm, ITV All the action from the Group F fixture at Hampden Park.
International Rugby Union: Argentina v England 8pm, BBC2 The opening match of the two-Test series from San Juan.
