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Entertainment
Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Ellen E Jones, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

TV tonight: Sheridan Smith hosts a musicals celebration

Musicals: The Greatest Show.
Musicals: The Greatest Show. Photograph: Guy Levy/BBC

Musicals: The Greatest Show

7.40pm, BBC One

Sheridan Smith hosts this special celebrating all things musical theatre from the London Palladium. Performances come from Nicole Scherzinger singing The Greatest Showman’s Never Enough, Michael Ball taking on You Can’t Stop the Beat from Hairspray, and a rendition of Hamilton’s You’ll Be Back from cast member Gavin Spokes. Idina Menzel also chats to Elaine Paige, while viewers submit their renditions of Any Dream Will Do. Ammar Kalia

Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve

8pm, BBC Two

With travel currently all but impossible, Reeve looks back on a few of his most memorable jaunts. Tonight, he’s recalling encounters with nature and offering good news about an Aussie-run humpback whale sanctuary he visited. But life is still perilous for the lemurs of Madagascar. Phil Harrison

After the Fires

8pm, Sky Nature

In recent years, wildfires around the world have been a terrifying example of an increasingly intense climate crisis. For Australia’s wildlife, already adapted to environmental extremes, 2020 was a cataclysmic year. This documentary tracks the human efforts to heal and rebuild these wild habitats. Ellen E Jones

The Ranganation

9pm, BBC Two

Comic Romesh Ranganathan is back in the studio – with his mum in tow – assembling his unique focus group of 20 people who represent a cross-section of modern Britain for a virtual musing on the most pressing issues of the day. That means discussions on leg-washing and what Gen Z really means. AK

Finding Alice

9pm, ITV

“How does pawning work?” The frantic but heartfelt drama about grief and looming insolvency continues, with a sleep-deprived Alice (Keeley Hawes) still scrambling to make ends meet. While the mix of F-bombs and probate talk can be a little jarring, it is the most distinctive thing ITV has done in years. Graeme Virtue

Deliver Us

11.05pm, Channel 4

Walter Presents screens another Scandi thriller, this time telling the story of small-town troublemaker Mike (Morten Hee Andersen), whose dangerous and unprovoked actions lead an embittered neighbourhood brigade to plan his murder. We open with Mike gleefully pushing the locals to the edge. AK

Film choice

Janis: Little Girl Blue.
Janis: Little Girl Blue. Photograph: Getty Images

Janis: Little Girl Blue, 1.05am, Sky Arts

Texas blues singer Janis Joplin was only 27 when she died, and Amy J Berg’s documentary explores the pressures of fame and heroin addiction that led to that. But there’s also a lot of her musical talent and vibrant personality on show too, revealed often through her letters to her parents, read by Cat Power. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Six Nations Rugby Union: Wales v Ireland 2.30pm, BBC One. Final game of the opening round.

Premier League Football: Liverpool v Manchester City 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Wolves v Leicester airs at 2pm.

American Football: Super Bowl LV 11.30pm, BBC One. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the showpiece event.

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