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Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Hannah Verdier, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: a hard-hitting drama on the Los Angeles crack epidemic

The game has changed ... Snowfall.
The game has changed ... Snowfall. Photograph: FX/BBC

Snowfall

10.30pm, BBC Two

The crime series on the 1980s first-wave crack epidemic in Los Angeles, co-created by the late John Singleton, reaches its third season. Young dealer Franklin found himself facing a murder charge at the end of the last series, and this double bill opens with his family betrayals put to rights and his gang back on the streets. But his time away in prison leaves him reckoning with the changing nature of the game, while Teddy searches for new supply routes. It’s a hard-hitting start as the police close in on the operation. Ammar Kalia

The Greatest Dancer

6.30pm, BBC One

The four weeks of auditions are up: it is now time for the remaining acts to go live with the greatest performance they can summon. Let’s hope that our four dance captains – Todrick, Cheryl, Matthew and Oti – have mentored them well. There is £50,000 at stake, and a chance to strut some stuff on Strictly. Ali Catterall

The Masked Singer

7pm, ITV

Double trouble ... The Masked Singer.
Double trouble ... The Masked Singer. Photograph: Vincent Dolman/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

The most majestic Saturday night TV show of the modern era brings another dose of frolicking mystery celebrities, wild guesses and the growing feeling that Rita Ora might be a laugh on a night down the pub. After last week’s shocking loss of Daisy (Kelis), tonight sees a double elimination. Hannah Verdier

Great American Railroad Journeys

8pm, BBC Two

Michael Portillo’s leisurely railway run around Alaska continues, from the former gold rush settlement of Talkeetna to the state capital, Juneau. He witnesses the majesty of the northern lights along the way, as well as learning how to photograph the landscape. AK

The Voice UK

8.30pm, ITV

The blind auditions reach their fifth week in the spinning-chair singing contest. With standouts such as Leeds busker and shop worker Oli Ross already being snapped up by new judge Meghan Trainor for her operatic rendition of the Awolnation track Sail, the other judges will be battling it out for the remaining talent. AK

Casualty

9.15pm, BBC One

It’s not always the patient who suffers most. In this episode, paramedic Lev struggles to come to terms with the severity of his son Luka’s diagnosis, while Charlie searches anxiously for Duffy. The nurse has been made vulnerable by dementia and the weather conditions are only getting worse. Ellen E Jones

Film choice

A hint of postwar romance ... Frantz.
A hint of postwar romance ... Frantz. Photograph: Allstar/Mandarin Films

Frantz, 11.35pm, BBC Four

François Ozon’s elegant black-and-white reworking of Ernest Lubisch’s 1932 drama Broken Lullaby focuses on the marvellous Paula Beer’s young German Anna, mourning her fiance at the end of the first world war, when charming Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney) arrives, hinting at romance. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Tennis: Australian Open 8.30am, Eurosport 1. The women’s singles final.

Six Nations Rugby Union: Wales v Italy 1.40pm, BBC One. The opening fixture from Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

Six Nations Rugby Union: Ireland v Scotland 4pm, ITV. Andy Farrell coaches his first Six Nations match for Ireland.

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