Eurovision semi-finals 2019
8pm, BBC Four
It is like Eurovision Christmas Eve, as 17 acts of variable quality and sequinned ridiculousness compete for a place in Saturday’s main event. Charisma juggernaut Rylan Clark-Neal, presenting live from Tel Aviv with Scott Mills, is the ideal host. Among the delights are a Depeche-Mode-loving folk quartet from Poland, a shouty protest song from Iceland and a flamboyant effort from Australia. The UK’s entrant, Michael Rice, will be on hand to give an insight into his Eurovision experience. Hannah Verdier
Years and Years
9pm, BBC One
A helter-skelter narrative arc, great jokes, a starry cast and a surging soundtrack: this is the latest dramatic masterpiece from Russell T Davies. Set in the near future, it is a cautionary chronicle of a tumultuous 15 years in Britain viewed through the eyes of the Lyons family – and it is brilliant. Mike Bradley
Bear’s Mission With David Walliams
9pm, ITV
If you thought Man vs Wild with Will Ferrell was entertaining, just wait until you see what happens when the action man off-roads into the wilderness with Walliams in tow. The pair develop an instantaneous rapport as they abseil, roast fresh rats and reminisce by the fireside. MB
Mary Kills People
9pm, More4
Fancy a comedy-drama with a decidedly flaky premise? Then this Canadian show about Mary Harris – an emergency-room doctor who moonlights as an angel of death, offering euthanasia for the terminally ill – may be your bag. The comparisons with Dexter are a given, but this has a more homespun, domestic feel. MB
Don’t Forget the Driver
10pm, BBC Two
This has been the apotheosis of the modern sadcom: delicate and bereft, but with an undertow of hope that its characters will find their place. Embodying that bittersweet balance is the show’s co-writer, Toby Jones, as the titular coach driver, for whom redemption may – in this season finale – be near. Jack Seale
Bob Fosse: It’s Showtime
10.15pm, Sky Arts
Can we trace the jerky steps from the 1966 musical Cabaret to Beyoncé’s Homecoming? This documentary is willing to try. Aficionados might find some of the analysis superficial – Fosse was “almost like the Picasso of choreographers,” according to Will Young – but it works as a lively introduction. Ellen E Jones
Film choice
Let Me In (Matt Reeves, 2010), 11.10pm, Syfy
Matt Reeves’ US remake of the haunting Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In abandons some of the original’s sly humour in favour of a less ambivalent horror fix. But with teen superstars such as Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz, the youthful emotion survives alongside the bloodlust. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cycling: Giro d’Italia Noon, Eurosport 1. Stage four, a 228km route from Orbetello to Frascati.
ODI cricket: England v Pakistan 12.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The third match in the series, from the County Ground, Bristol.
Championship football: West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa 7.45pm, Sky Sports Main Event. With Villa 2-1 up from the first leg, a place in the play-off final at Wembley is at stake.
