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The Walsh Sisters

Sat, 9.15pm, BBC One

Finally, Marian “Queen of the Romcom” Keyes is bringing her flawed, hilarious and painfully relatable characters to the small display screen. It begins with Rachel being compelled into going through her relationship with alcohol – however does she actually assume she has an issue? Meanwhile, outgoing single mum Claire is finalising her divorce. Heart-tugging and considerate, with that cracking Irish comedy laced all through. Hollie Richardson

Sailing the Shipping Forecast With the Rev Richard Coles

6.15pm, Channel 4

Visibility good … Sailing the Shipping Forecast With the Rev Richard Coles on Channel 4. Photograph: Channel 4

The Rev finds the delivery forecast so soothing that he considers it a form of prayer. For the penultimate leg of his beautiful journey marking the radio broadcast’s centenary, he’s exploring the space of Wight, a stretch of the Channel. He begins on the Isle of Wight the place the annual regatta is going down in Cowes, earlier than coaching up for seven-star service at a superyacht faculty. HR

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

8.15pm, BBC One

B*Witched are pranked in Unexpected Star; Shane Richie and Gillian Taylforth contribute to a particular EastEnders-themed TV Takeover; and Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy are the first ever couple on Remember Me. They might or might not recall who sang at their marriage ceremony … however somebody undoubtedly remembers their secondary faculty crush. Ali Catterall

Roman Empire By Train With Alice Roberts

8.15pm, Channel 4

The newest archaeological odyssey with Prof Roberts stops off, inevitably, in Rome and she or he appears delighted to discover such a richly historic metropolis. Then she hops on a motorbike for a bone-rattling detour on the Appian Way, the historic however sturdy highway that helped a voracious empire develop. Graeme Virtue

The Jonathan Ross Show

9.25pm, ITV1

One for Grey’s Anatomy fans: Patrick Dempsey is plugging his new thriller Memory of a Killer in Ross’s studio this week. They’re joined by Jack Whitehall, final seen having a hoot as a nasty nanny in final yr’s Malice, and Self Esteem – AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor – who’s at the moment on the West End stage in a revival of Teeth’n’Smiles. HR

Dinosaur

10pm, BBC Three

In this series-closing double invoice of the good Glasgow sitcom, a museum open day brings the love triangle to a pointy level and there’s additional iniquity from antiquities (“Grave robbing and boyfriend robbing?!” says Evie). Then some recommendation from her beautiful colleague Declan sends Nina on a splash to declare her emotions. Ellen E Jones

Film alternative

The Fabelmans, 9.15pm, Channel 4

First encounters … The Fabelmans on Channel 4. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy

Steven Spielberg mines his personal historical past for his most private movie but, a Fifties-set drama about household, rising up and the energy of cinema. It follows Sammy Fabelman (performed by Gabriel LaBelle as a youngster), who turns into obsessive about movie-making at a younger age and persists together with his celluloid dream as the household relocate from New Jersey to Arizona to California. Although there’s nostalgia for the postwar age of alternative, there’s antisemitism, too – and home turbulence between his very totally different mother and father (Michelle Williams and Paul Dano). Simon Wardell

Live sport

Winter Olympics 2026, 9am, BBC Two The penultimate day begins with the four-man bobsleigh heats.

Snooker: Players Championship, 12.30pm, Channel 5 The first semi-final from Telford.

Six Nations Rugby Union: England v Ireland, 1pm, ITV1 England captain Maro Itoje will hope for an enchancment from his facet at Twickenham. Followed by Wales v Scotland at 4pm on BBC One.

Premier League Football: West Ham v Bournemouth, 5pm, Sky Sports Main Event Followed by Man City v Newcastle at 7pm on TNT Sports 1.

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