What's on? Top TV for the weekend

If you're going no further than the sofa, here are some tips on what's worth watching on the box over the weekend. As ever, it’s a busy one...

Pick of the weekend

Sir Bruce: a Celebration, 9.00pm Sunday, BBC One
Filmed at the London Palladium - where Bruce Forsyth first became a TV star back in the 1950s - this very special tribute hosted by Tess Daly sees a variety of famous faces and friends honour the late, and much-loved, entertainer and broadcaster.

As well as featuring some of Bruce’s favourite songs, the show will also include dance performances, onstage tributes and fond memories of him from guests with whom he shared a special connection.

Dave Arch and his Strictly Come Dancing band and vocalists as well as the BBC Concert orchestra will be onstage to accompany the performances.

Here's the Strictly tribute:

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New or Returning Shows

Nashville, 10.00pm Friday, Sky Living & NOW TV
As the soapy drama about life in the capital of country music returns for its final season, Deacon remains at the helm of Highway 65 and trying to keep the departed Rayna’s dream alive, while also struggling with loneliness.

Juliette is on the ropes with her own career as she deals with the lingering effects of her plane crash and - after suffering a public meltdown - she looks to change her life with help from an unlikely source.

Meanwhile, Scarlett and Gunnar deal with their pregnancy and the questions that surround their relationship.

Rough Justice, 9.00pm Friday, More4
Walter Presents continues with this moody Belgian detective drama in which straight-talking Superintendent Liese Meerhout leads the homicide division of Antwerp's police force.

The body of a news-hungry journalist is found near Antwerp's harbour, with all the clues pointing towards a criminal network of smugglers. But then a second body is discovered, and the superintendent and her team find themselves in a race against time before the killer strikes again.

Putin: The New Tsar, 9.00pm Friday, BBC Two
Admired by Trump and feared by his rivals, on the eve of his almost certain re-election as president of Russia, here's the story of Vladimir Putin’s extraordinary rise to power - from a lowly KGB colonel to Boris Yeltsin’s right-hand man and ultimately his successor.

There are revelations from Putin’s inner circle at the Kremlin, including former confidante Sergei Pugachev, who helped Putin to power, before falling from favour.

Below the Surface, 9.00pm Saturday, BBC Four
If you missed it on RTÉ 2 last year and you're not averse to subtitles, check out this tasty Danish drama.

In Copenhagen an underground train judders to a halt and masked men take 15 passengers hostage. Philip Norgaard of the Counter-Terrorism Task Force heads a hastily convened team to lead the rescue effort.

Philip is an ex-serviceman who has had his own experience of hostage taking, but his first challenge is to determine who these men are and what they want.

Ending this weekend

Call the Midwife, 8.00pm Sunday, BBC One
Following last week's heartbreaking episode, the team rally and prepare for Sister Monica Joan's birthday. Meanwhile the closing of a nearby maternity home brings an influx of expectant mothers to the Nonnatus midwives.

Elsewhere, Lucille meets Olive Mawson, whose father Stanley Hodgkiss has a secret he can no longer keep.

Harry Hill's Tea Time, 5.30pm Saturday, Sky One
This delightfully pointless show - where Harry Hill mocks cookery programmes and has the odd food fight - completes its run with a compilation of the best moments of the current season.

Dancing on Ice, 6.00pm Sunday, TV3
Hosted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, the final three celebrities compete to become this year’s Champion of the Rink.

Skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean lead the judging panel alongside expert choreographer Jason Gardiner and dance supremo, Ashley Banjo.

The last show of the run also sees the skating legends Torvill & Dean take to the rink for a very special performance.

Crufts: Best in Show, 7.00pm Sunday, Channel 4
On the final day, Clare Balding presents live from the annual dog show at Crufts, with judging of the Vulnerable Breeds, Utility and Toy Groups.

The theme is Rescue Dogs, so there's a look at the renovation of Manchester and Cheshire Dogs' Home and Kate Bevan asks why people give up their dogs following an influx of French bulldogs to rescue homes.

Here's some fun from last year's event:

New to Download

Love: Season 3, Netflix
As Mickey and Gus take big leaps in their personal and professional lives, they struggle to keep their self-sabotaging impulses in check.

Marvel's Jessica Jones: Season 2, Netflix
Just in case you missed the news, this hugely enjoyable, noir-ish Marvel drama starring Krysten Ritter in the titular role has returned for a second season.
Jessica grapples with more demons from her past as she hunts down the source of her powers and faces off with a mysterious killer.

Don't Miss

Dancing with the Stars, 6.30pm, Sunday, RTÉ One

The final five couples will compete in the quarter finals on Sunday. After last week's Dance Off between Erin and Alannah we reckon it's gonna be another emotional week.

Dancing with the Stars

Hitchcock's Shower Scene: 78/52, 9.00pm Saturday, BBC Two
You don't have to be a movie buff to appreciate that Alfred Hitchcock's murder scene in Psycho changed the course of cinema. It drastically altered the plot of Psycho too, of course.

It took a week to film, one quarter of the film's entire production schedule, and the scene required 78 set-ups and 52 cuts to complete.

Here, Alexandre O Philippe's gripping documentary takes an unprecedented look at Hitchcock's infamous and iconic shower scene and its enduring legacy.

Later on you can catch two Hitchcock classics: Dial M for Murder at 11.15pm and The Lady Vanishes at 12.55am.

Chat Show Line-ups

The Late Late Show, 9.35pm Friday, RTÉ One
This week, Ryan Tubridy is joined by Pippa O'Connor, Louise O'Neill and Brendan O'Connor, with music from Thanks Brother

The Ray D’Arcy Show, 9.45pm Saturday, RTÉ One
Ray will be chatting to Made in Chelsea star and Queen of the Jungle Georgia Toffolo, Can't Stop Dancing's Bláthnaid Treacy and her mum Anne plus Christy Hennessey’s children, Hermione, Amber and Tim will pay tribute to their dad ten years after his death. Richard Satchwell will also talk to Ray about what the last year has been like since his wife Tina's disappearance.

Weekend movies

Despicable Me 2, 6.35pm Saturday, RTÉ One
It's more Minion madness in this superior sequel as Steve Carrell revives his role as Gru, a super villain turned into something of a hero.

This time around Gru teams up with Lucy from the Anti-Villain League to stop a really bad baddie.

Also...

Laura, 2.45pm Sunday, BBC Two
A superb Sunday afternoon sofa-filler, this Otto Preminger-directed 1944 film noir is pretty peerless, and stars Gene Tierney as a young woman who is apparently murdered in New York.

Box Set Binge

Westworld Season One, Sky Box Sets & NOW TV
Ahead of the arrival of season two, here's a chance to catch up with or revisit this impressive TV reboot of the film of the book, starring the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and Thandie Newton.

In a futuristic theme park staffed by artificial beings called hosts, guests can live out their wildest fantasies. That is, until the hosts begin to run amok, and the guests find themselves in a world where anything can happen.

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