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Ellen E Jones, Mark Gibbings-Jones, John Robinson, Ben Arnold, Candice Carty-Williams, Graeme Virtue and Paul Howlett

Sunday’s best TV: Call the Midwife; Endeavour

Sister Monica Joan and friend.
Sister Monica Joan and friend. Photograph: Ollie Upton/BBC/Neal Street Productions

Call the Midwife

8pm, BBC One

It is all hands on deck for this series finale. The closure of a nearby maternity home means Nonnatus House is overrun with expectant mothers in desperate need, just as news from the United States (it’s November 1963) rocks the wider community. This is all particularly tough for Sister Monica Joan, whose birthday celebrations must be put on hold. Eagle-eyed viewers can amuse themselves by spotting the increasingly inventive ways in which the props department attempts to hide actor Helen George’s baby bump. Ellen E Jones

Dancing on Ice: The Final

6pm, ITV

Holly and Phil host the annual final of the figure-skating perennial, following the tense skate-off that saw Love Island’s Kem Cetinay crash out. Of the finalists, Jake Quickenden is favourite to take the title but that won’t dampen the determination of Brooke Vincent and Max Evans. Mark Gibbings-Jones

Endeavour

8pm, ITV

The excellent Morse prequel winds up investigations in 1968. As ever, this series has brought us broad-strokes period mood – this time experimental rock and sexual attitudes – while also growing Morse’s identity as a square peg. Tonight he investigates a disappearance, and new boy Fancy gets an important assignment. John Robinson


Sir Bruce Forsyth: A Celebration

9pm, BBC One

Brucie’s old pal Tess Daly hosts this tribute to the light-entertainment legend Bruce Forsyth, who died last August. Filmed at the London Palladium, showbiz friends and family celebrate Forsyth’s life in true variety style, with song and dance numbers that were close to his heart. Ben Arnold

Homeland

9pm, Channel 4

The fourth episode of the espionage drama continues to keep viewers on the edge of their seats as Saul’s nightmare worsens. But for Carrie things are looking up at last, as her mission to free 200 imprisoned members of the intelligence community develops after she follows a new lead. Candice Carty-Williams

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

9pm, E4

After being zapped into a bleak future where the Earth is cosmic rubble and humanity has been enslaved by big blue meanies the Kree, Coulson tries to figure out how to fix everything while poor Simmons attempts to adjust to life as a gold-flecked space geisha. But where the blazes is techie brainbox Fitz? Graeme Virtue


Film choice

Laura, 2.45pm, BBC Two

Clifton Webb and Gene Tierney in Laura.
Clifton Webb and Gene Tierney in Laura. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Narrated by Clifton Webb’s astringent critic Waldo Lydecker, Otto Preminger’s thriller casts a jaundiced eye over the conventions of film noir. So we have a maybe-murder, with Gene Tierney the enigmatic victim and Dana Andrews the bemused cop, falling in love with the very thought of her. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Test Cricket: South Africa v Australia Day three of the second Test. 8am, Sky Sports Main Event

Premier League Football: Arsenal v Watford Bournemouth v Spurs to follow. 12.30pm, Sky Sports Premier League

Six Nations Rugby: Wales v Italy From the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. 2.30pm, BBC One

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