The Claudia Winkleman Show
10.40pm, BBC One
It’s time for Claudia to take her rightful place as chatshow queen. Expect the identical vibe as The Graham Norton Show (they share the identical producer) with a bit extra pretend tan and eyeliner. Her first visitors are celebrities who at all times have a superb anecdote up their sleeves: Jeff Goldblum, Vanessa Williams, Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen. Plus, she’s promised to get the viewers at house and within the studio concerned, too. Hollie Richardson
Gardeners’ World
8pm, BBC Two
The springtime sunshine requires a new green-fingered sequence with Monty Don. First on the record: planting raspberries and potting dahlias. Elsewhere, Adam Frost has moved home and is attending to grips along with his new backyard, and Arit Anderson is on the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. HR
Death in Paradise
9pm, BBC One
The sun-drenched whodunnit has been enhanced by Gary Wilmot popping up sometimes as flamboyant, egotistical Saint Marie journalist Anton. He and his great cravat get loads of display screen time on this sometimes twisty instalment as DI Mervin and the squad examine the poisoning of a newspaper agony aunt. Graeme Virtue
Big Cats 24/7
9pm, BBC Two
It’s all gone a bit Real Housewives on this immersive wildlife sequence shot in Botswana. Last week, we realized that dominant male lion Big Toe had a complete different satisfaction on the aspect. Now the females and cubs of the Xudum satisfaction are scattered throughout the Okavango delta with nobody to guard them. Can they discover one another once more? GV
The Last Leg
10pm, Channel 4
Richard Ayoade, final seen coming second to Bob Mortimer in Last One Laughing, joins the Last Leg crew to start out the weekend. American comic Michelle Wolf may even be within the studio, as all people digests the predictably turbulent week that has been. HR
Other Voices 2026: Dingle, Ireland
10.05pm, BBC Four
The west of Ireland’s intimate music pageant is hosted by Annie Macmanus, Huw Stephens and MayKay this 12 months. Dermot Kennedy, Amble, Travy, Florence Road, Dove Ellis, Miles Kane and Wunderhorse are among the acts enjoying at St James’ Church in Dingle. HR
Film selection
Materialists (Celine Song, 2025), 8.35am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Celine Song’s follow-up to Past Lives has a superficially related setup of a girl caught between two males – one in all whom is from her previous. But right here the main focus for Dakota Johnson’s high-end Manhattan matchmaker Lucy is whether or not to go for love along with her ex – broke actor/waiter John (Chris Evans) – or marriage to the loaded, 10-out-of 10 “unicorn” financier Harry (Pedro Pascal). There are a lot of quotable strains concerning the enterprise of relationship and getting hitched, and the three stars are infinitely photogenic, whereas Lucy’s dilemma is ripe for heated post-viewing debate. Simon Wardell
Girl (Adura Onashile, 2023), 11pm, BBC Two
This splendidly assured debut function from Adura Onashile is a delicate portrait of immigrant life, and the useless weight of historical past with which many wrestle. Nightshift cleaner Grace (an distinctive Déborah Lukumuena) lives in a Glasgow block of flats along with her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu), however previous trauma has made her mistrustful of the skin world, even agoraphobic, and overprotective of her baby. However, Ama has a youthful need for new expertise, and finds a pal in cheeky neighbour Fiona (Liana Turner). SW
