What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Saturday

There’s a Bruce Springsteen night, more chat with Tommy Tiernan, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, the final episodes of The Promise – and some superb movies . . .

Pick of the Day

Bruce Springsteen: A Secret History, 9.00pm, BBC Two

A musical hero and inspirational figure to many millions, Bruce Springsteen went from being just another Bob Dylan wannabe to becoming as big and important as Elvis.

This Saturday night nod to The Boss is divided between documentary and a movie inspired by his music.

A Secrrey History is a documentary, first broadcast in 1998, featuring the American singer-songwriter talking about his life and career.

The interview is largely recorded in his New Jersey home, and the orogramme also features him performing an acoustic version of Born in the USA in a bar in Asbury, in his native New Jersey.

Blinded by the Light, 10.00pm, BBC Two

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Given the crap that’s going down in Ukraine, here’s a cracking movie that should cheer you up.

It’s a feel-good, coming-of-age drama set in 1980s’ England, starring Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir and Meera Ganatra.

As Thatcherism takes a firm grip in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family in Luton learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Don’t Miss

The Tommy Tiernan Show, 10.05pm, RTÉ One

Vladimir Putin could turn up as a guest on this show and Tommy would have him eating out of his hand.

We all know the score here. Every show’s a goldmine and sometimes you get diamonds too. Tommy Tiernan's the real gem though.

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, 7.00pm, Virgin Media One

It’s the ultimate in Saturday evening entertainment.

This week, singer Adam Lambert is in the Star Guest announcer booth, Fleur East is back with the Takeaway Rainbow and there’s a West End spectacular in an End of the Show Show featuring Mary Poppins The Musical.

Plus, another lucky player gets the chance to Win the Ads. That’s the ITV ads, by the way!

The Perfect Morecambe & Wise, 8.00pm, BBC Two

Another selection of classic sketches and routines from the legendary double act's much-loved TV shows.

Tonight, the boys re-enact a classic scene from Singin' in the Rain, and Eric also decides to take on the role of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Flora Robson is the virgin queen, Eric goes back to school in Top of the Form, and Cilla Black has some good news for Ernie regarding his recording career.

New to Stream

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Sky Cinema & NOW

Here’s a bit of horror. Leave your brain at the door and you’ll have fun.

Having survived the deadly traps of one Escape Room, six survivors find themselves unwittingly trapped in an all new, even deadlier series of puzzles.

The six strangers must find out what they each have in common in order to survive, but with cruel, faceless facilitators pulling the strings, is the game rigged from the start?

Ending Today

The Promise, 9.00pm, BBC Four

This French police drama has several minor flaws, but it’s been a gripping series so far as we come to the final two episodes.

First up, following yet another infraction, Sarah is pulled off the case. Frozen out by her colleagues, she continues to investigate behind their backs.

In the finale at 9.55pm, the DNA found on Charlotte's boots proves to be a vital piece of evidence. But a resolution of the case is still a long way off.

Family Flick

Sing, 6.35pm, RTÉ One

Typically sweet animated comedy, with the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson and more.

In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling koala's attempt to save his theatre with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates.

Especially as the finalists of the contest find that their lives will never be the same again.

Saturday Cinema

Knives Out, 9.00pm, Channel 4

This murder-mystery is just so much fun.

Writer/director Rian Johnson strikes a superb balance between comedy and drama, in a respectful tongue-in-cheek pastiche, starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.

Wealthy crime novelist Harlan Thrombey invites his kin to an 85th birthday party at his mansion, but festivities are cut short by arguments.

When the writer apparently commits suicide, Detective Lieutenant Elliott and Trooper Wagner attend the scene, while private detective Benoit Blanc hovers in the background, closely observing family members.

The Apartment, 1.00pm, BBC Two

Here's a sensational Saturday afternoon double-bill, consisting of two of the greatest movies ever made.

First up, a Billy Wilder comedy classic. One of many. Wilder remains my favourite director as so many of his films are masterpieces.

Here, a lowly insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) tries to curry favour with his seedy manager (Fred McMurray) by lending him his flat for his extramarital flings.

But the clerk soon grows wise to the nastiness of corporate ethics and infidelity when his heartless boss seduces the elevator girl (Shirley MacLaine), who he secretly adores.

That’s followed by Brief Encounter at 3.00pm, David Lean's superbly stilted romantic drama from 1945, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and arguably the most romantic movie ever made.

A suburban housewife meets a married doctor by chance in a railway station waiting room. Later, their paths cross many times until they become friends and their meetings develop into a regular fixture.

But as their feelings for each other transform from friendship into passion, both come to realise the affair is doomed to fail in the uptight England of that period.

It’s all fiercely stiff upper lip and prim, which only adds to the psychodrama – and the Rachmaninoff soundtrack perfectly reflects the inner trauma and repressed carnality of the clandestine couple.