Tonight's TV picks include Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures, there's Casualty on the double, a new Scandi drama from Denmark, and some cracking movie options . . .
Pick of the Day
Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures, 9.30pm, BBC Two
This series has been excellent so far, so expect nothing but TV gold here as ten photographs are produced to reveal more about the defining moments in the legendary boxer's remarkable life and career.
It features interviews with those who knew him best - including his daughter Jamillah Ali, journalist Gary Younge and Olympic swimmer Janet Evans.
The film follows a young Cassius Clay as he 'shook up the world' in more ways than one, before his controversial name change and membership of the Nation of Islam, all the way through to the lighting of the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996.
Don’t Miss
When We Were Kings, 10.30pm, BBC Two
In a superb piece of scheduling, the Beeb have this running directly after Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures.
Quite simply, this is one of the greatest documentary films ever made. You don’t have to be a boxing fan, or even an admirer of Muhammad Ali, to be swept away.
Leon Gast's Oscar-winning documentary charts the challenge of an ageing Muhammad Ali for George Foreman's World Heavyweight boxing title held in Zaire in 1974.
The film explores the impact of Ali's visit to Africa before focusing on the epic fight, dubbed the `Rumble in the Jungle", which has gone down in history as one of the greatest of all time.
Spike Lee and Norman Mailer are among the contributors offering personal opinions on its importance to them.
This is the moment when black America and black Africa embraced. And Muhammad Ali became a true sporting legend.
Casualty, 8.40pm, BBC One
There’s a double episode of the Beeb's much-loved and long-running medical drama this week.
First up, Lev is unwilling to return to the hospital since being outed by Faith, and throws himself into motocross racing.
He puts himself dangerously on the line to help a fellow rider with cancer who is in desperate need of a big win.
A training manager running a leadership course brings back memories for Charlie and a very stressed Ethan, while Jade and Marty struggle to connect as they both grapple with their issues.
Then, at 9.20pm, in the second episode of this double bill, Jade returns to the bar where her drink was spiked, hoping to catch someone in the act, and persuades Robyn to act as bait.
New or Returning Shows
Blinded: Those Who Kill, 9.00pm, BBC Four
Some more Scandi drama with this sequel to Danish crime drama Darkness: Those Who Kill.
In the opening episode, criminal profiler Louise Bergstein investigates an unsolved serial killer case.
Then at 9.45pm, episode two sees Louise start her new job and the police identify the latest victim.
As they try to find a link between the murders and a motive, the killer plans his next attack.
Age of the Big Cats, 8.00pm, Sky Nature & NOW TV
You might think you know big cats pretty well, but this global journey through cats of the present reveals that there’s much more to learn on the cats of the past.
The new series utilises recent scientific discoveries to shed new light on the extraordinary prehistory of big cats to unpack the extraordinary trajectory of their ascent to predator status.
Over three parts, it uses new night vision systems, super slow-motion cameras and 3D computer-generated imagery to reveal a secret world of incredible and unexpected stories from the lives of the world's most charismatic predators.
New to Stream
Buddy Games, Sky Cinema & NOW TV
Josh Duhamel (Transformers) stars and directs this PC-free comedy that’s garnered some impressively negative reviews.
After six life-long friends have a five-year falling out, Bob (Duhamel), aka 'The Bobfather’, reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, an insane competition of absurd physical and mental challenges with the chance to win a $150,000 pot.
Now all bets are off, as the determined competitors fight, claw, and party for the big bucks in this star-studded bro-fest featuring Dax Shepard (Idiocracy), Olivia Munn (The Newsroom) and Kevin Dillon (Entourage).
Saturday Night at the Movies
Game Night, 9.45pm, RTÉ2
This is fun. And nicely played out.
A black comedy, starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen and Sharon Horgan, it pretty much fulfils the general need for a bit of fun on a Saturday.
Here's our review of Game Night.
A group of friends who meet for game nights become entangled in a real mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by gangsters.
Maze, 9.45pm, RTÉ One
Starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward and Martin McCann, this is pretty much an anti-date night movie if you’re not into prison breakouts.
It’s a drama inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from the Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since the Second World War.
As Paddy Kehoe, formerly of this parish, put it in his review: ‘You will be riveted to your seat in what is a refreshingly authentic film, which has not one false note.’
Den of Thieves, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Director Christian Gudegast's crime drama, starring Gerard Butler and Jordan Bridges, is one for action fans.
An elite unit of the Los Angeles county sheriffs' department investigates a series of perfectly executed heists, and uncovers a criminal gang composed of military veterans, whose strategic and combat experience make them an elusive foe.
The investigators set out to bring them to justice before they can carry out their biggest robbery yet - stealing $120 million from the Federal Reserve Bank.
Family Flick
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Blimey. Yet another animated sequel, this time featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez.
Count Dracula and company participate in a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that their boat is being commandeered by the monster-hating Van Helsing family.
