Twisted Metal
Midnight, BBC One
“All these assholes want what I’ve got – and that’s where the cars and the guns come in.” Anthony Mackie has a hoot as a mouthy outsider delivering cargo from one walled city to another in an apocalyptic wasteland. This action-packed comedy is based on the PlayStation game of the same name, and previously streamed on Paramount+, where it was perhaps unfairly overlooked. Hollie Richardson
Strictly Come Dancing
6.20pm, BBC One
It’s hard to believe that Karen Carney and Carlos Gu’s rip-roaring jive to Blondie was only a week one dance – but Karen became the first footballer in 18 years to top the leaderboard with it, and they are the couple to beat. This week, the first elimination takes place on Sunday, so the rest will have to step it up a notch. HR
Win Win
7pm, ITV1
The interactive quizshow presented by the ever cheerful Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins continues. This time, Millionaire’s Row builds as another home viewer joins the roster of studio players – who traded their prizes in previous episodes – for a chance to win the even bigger prize of £500k. Phil Harrison
Grand Ole Opry Live: 100 Years of Country Music
8.40pm, BBC Two
Having been based exclusively in Nashville since 1925, the Opry celebrates its centenary by moseying across the pond and broadcasting live from the Royal Albert Hall. Luke Combs brings his record-breaking country anthems to London, alongside the likes of Ashley McBryde and Mumford & Sons. Ali Catterall
The Essex Murders: Who Killed Goldfinger?
9pm, Sky Documentaries
John Palmer, notorious criminal and melter of gold stolen in the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, was found dead in his garden in 2015. What was first considered a natural death was soon revealed to be a murder by gunshot, still unsolved to this day. This first episode of a pacy three-part documentary series sets the scene. Nicole Vassell
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue
9.30pm, BBC One
So, whose body isn’t in the morgue? Cue flashbacks to the Mexican jungle, where one of the plane-crash survivors has been killed by another in the middle of the night. And that’s not the only thing unsettling the paranoid, hungry group in Anthony Horowitz’s moreish “who’s-next?” thriller. HR
Film choice
The Lost Bus, out now, Apple TV+
As the director of 9/11 drama United 93, Paul Greengrass has form in fictionalising real-life disasters. So it’s no surprise that his new film, about a school bus trying to flee the epically destructive 2018 Camp Fire in California, is a tense, thick-of-the-action thriller – one that may have you checking your hair for singeing by the end. Matthew McConaughey (at the frazzled end of his handsome spectrum) is driver Kevin McKay, who picks up a bunch of kids, plus teacher Mary Ludwig (America Ferrera), as an inferno surges towards the town of Paradise. Greengrass keeps a vice-like grip on the plot, and our emotions, as the temperature rises and their options narrow. Simon Wardell
Play Dirty, out now, Prime Video
Novelist Richard Stark’s ruthless thief character Parker has been seen in many films under many names (the best being Point Blank), and now director Shane Black takes his turn in this zippy caper. Mark Walhberg plays the professional robber, who is double-crossed on a bank heist by Latin American revolutionary Zen (Rosa Salazar). But he then joins her on an even bigger job, which raises the ire of the Outfit, a criminal concern he has history with. Cue comically scrappy fight scenes, a high body count and foolproof plans that fall spectacularly apart. SW
The Titfield Thunderbolt, 10.40am, BBC Two
This is another of those gentle Ealing comedies that sets a small community up against the faceless power of bureaucracy. Here we have the imminent closure of a branch railway line, which inspires local characters such as the young squire Gordon (John Gregson), train-mad vicar Sam (George Relph) and sozzled financial backer Valentine (Stanley Holloway) to try to preserve it as a volunteer-run service. But sabotage from bus owners – look out for a fantastic traction engine v steam engine duel – puts a spanner in the works just before a vital inspection. SW
Rosalie, 9pm, BBC Four
Rosalie (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) is nervous before her marriage to cafe owner Abel (Benoît Magimel) – but not for the reasons you might think. Her excessive body hair, hidden up to now, threatens to make her an outcast from him and her new neighbours in Stéphanie Di Giusto’s heart-tugging, 1870s-set French drama. It’s a tale of coming out, voyeurism and scapegoating, with Rosalie’s bravery and faith in innate human goodness put to a series of tests. Will folk be able to look past her physical differences or is she destined for the circus freakshow? SW
Live sport
Premier League Football: Leeds v Tottenham, 11am, TNT Sports 1 Followed by Chelsea v Liverpool at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.
Women’s Super League Football: Man City v Arsenal, 11.30am, Sky Sports Main Event At Manchester City Joie Stadium.
Racing: Ascot, 1pm, ITV1 Headlined by the Bengough Stakes.
Prem Rugby Union: Leicester v Harlequins, 3pm, TNT Sports 1 Followed by Saracens v Bristol at 5.15pm. Gloucester v Northampton is on Sun at 2.30pm.
Super League Rugby: Hull KR v St Helens, 5.15pm, BBC Two The second semi-final.
