Below the Surface
9pm, BBC Four
Saturday night’s foreign drama slot comes to life with season two of Jesper Bernt’s Danish thriller. It opens with a suspiciously slow exposition, but it’s not long before Philip Nørgaard (Johannes Lassen), former head of the PET Terror Task Force, finds himself back (albeit unofficially) on his danger-strewn beat. This time, the plot ignites when he’s contacted by June al-Baqee, a frightened Danish national back from fighting Isis in Syria, but before she can explain, she is kidnapped by terrorists. The hunt is on. Electric. Mike Bradley
Zone of Champions
6.25pm, ITV
John Thomson and Jessica Knappett add so much comedy as hosts Jack Bullman and Nicky Brimble that it would be a crime to dismiss this clipshow as just another web-style mash-up. This time out we enjoy hilarious footage of Self-Inflicted Nunchuck Thwacks and Heavyweight Supercar Exiting. MB
Crossrail: Where Did It All Go Wrong?
8pm, Channel 5
Costly, way behind schedule and smothered by logistical problems. Sound familiar? But here’s the annual report of the UK’s other massive folly, Crossrail, supposed to launch last December. How has Europe’s biggest engineering project become so derailed? Ali Catterall
Egypt’s Greatest Treasures With Bettany Hughes
9pm, Channel 5
Seemingly never more than 10ft from the Nile, the ever-reliable historian returns with a one-off doc on some of ancient Egypt’s greatest triumphs, including the Sphinx, the tomb-lined Valley of the Kings, and the Great Pyramid of Giza, which remains a baffling feat of construction. Hannah J Davies
Atlanta: Robbin’ Season
10.30pm, BBC Two
Van and Al take their turn to stumble through a metaphor in solo episodes. Van goes to a party full of would-be influencers at Drake’s mansion, then Al endures a much shabbier local odyssey. Both stories gesture, a bit airily, at the idea of fame as a curse, a hustle, an unattainable dream. Jack Seale
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
10.30pm, BBC Four
Fans of new BBC Two drama Fosse/Verdon should make a date with this superbly assembled celebration of the legacy of Gwen Verdon, who overcame rickets, two tempestuous marriages and the Hollywood system to become Broadway’s greatest dancing star. MB
Film choice
The Awakening, 12midnight, BBC One
In post-first world war England, Rebecca Hall’s Florence Cathcart is exposing fake spiritualists preying on grief-stricken customers. But when she’s called to an apparently haunted school, her rationalism is tested, in Nick Murphy’s atmospheric and creepily effective supernatural tale. Paul Howlett
Sport choice
Test Cricket: England v Australia, 10.15am, Sky Sports The Ashes
The third day from Edgbaston.
Cycling: The RideLondon Classique, 5pm, Eurosport 1
The riders complete 3.4km circuits in central London.
Championship Football: Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion, 5.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
From the City Ground.
