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

There's Rian Johnson's excellent Knives Out, a bit of a Robbie Williams night on BBC Two, Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow returns, and some more fun with Strictly Come Dancing and The Masked Dancer . . .

Pick of the Day

Knives Out, 9.30pm, RTÉ One

Writer/director Rian Johnson's comedy crime thriller, starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, is a joy from start to finish.

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.

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Don’t Miss

Strictly Come Dancing, 6.30pm, BBC One

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present as the celebrities take to the dance floor once again.

This week, the pressure is really on, with viewers given the chance to vote for their favourite couples for the first time.

As ever, judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke will be offering their own words of wisdom and waving their scoring paddles.

None of the duos will want to be the first to leave, but one of them will be waltzing off into the sunset when the results are announced tomorrow evening.

The Masked Dancer, 6.30pm, Virgin Media One

Joel Dommett hosts as the remaining eight celebrities battle it out together as they target a place in the semi-final, but two will be unmasked at the end of the show.

With judges Oti Mabuse, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Peter Crouch.

New or Returning Shows

Robbie Williams: Reel Stories, 8.45pm, BBC Two

The singer sits down with Dermot O'Leary to look back at the key moments of his life and career through 30 years of archive clips, from his pre-boyband days on stage in Oliver!, through to his homecoming show at Port Vale.

The programme also takes in the break-up of Take That, Williams going solo at Glastonbury, his ground-breaking Knebworth concert, and the triumphant Take That reunion tour with Gary, Mark, Jason and Howard.

Then at 10.15pm there’s Robbie Williams: One Night at the Palladium, as the former Take That star performs an evening of swing music and his own solo songs, recorded at the London Palladium on November 8 2013 and taken from his album Swings Both Ways.

Featuring special guests Lily Allen, Rufus Wainwright and Muppet megastars Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog.

Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow, 9.30pm, Virgin Media One

The comedian returns with the programme in which some of the UK's all-time favourite game shows are rebooted, beginning this third season with an edition of Play Your Cards Right.

Athlete Mo Farah, presenter Clare Balding, comedian Russell Kane and actor Jimi Mistry play the higher or lower game to be in with a chance of turning the cards in the Epic Endgame and winning the jackpot for their chosen charity.

The Graham Norton Show, 10.30pm, Virgin Media One

A night after its debut on BBC One, Graham is joined by actor David Tennant, who is currently appearing on the West End stage in political classic Good.

Also appearing are fellow actors Jamie Lee Curtis and Lydia West - promoting Halloween Ends and Inside Man respectively, while Monty Python star and comedy icon Eric Idle talks frankly about his recent battle with cancer.

Plus, pop superstar Robbie Williams chats and performs his current single Lost.

New to Stream

She Will, Sky Cinema & NOW

Alice Krige, Malcolm McDowell and Rupert Everett star in this horror from director Charlotte Colbert.

It’s about an aging film star who retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery.

While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the land where witches were burned.

Saturday Cinema

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, 8.45pm, Channel 4

Sci-fi's greatest franchise strikes again with this adventure sequel, starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford and Adam Driver.

Read our review of The Force Awakens

A stormtrooper fighting for an evil regime turns against his masters.

He joins forces with a desert scavenger, and together they are drawn into the search for legendary war hero Luke Skywalker, who disappeared years previously.

Meanwhile, a terrible weapon is about to be unleashed, that will allow the forces of evil to dominate the galaxy once again.

Family Flicks

Kung Fu Panda 3, 3.00pm, BBC One

Amusing animated comedy sequel, with the voices of Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman.

The clumsy hero is reunited with his long-lost father, whose help he will need when a supernatural foe threatens all of China.

Father and son travel to a secret village populated by other pandas, and must train them in martial arts so they can defend their home.

Peter Rabbit, 7.00pm, RTÉ One

Herte’s a charming family comedy based on Beatrix Potter's stories, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rose Byrne, with the voices of James Corden and Margot Robbie.

A mischievous rabbit has the run of a farm and its vegetable patch when the owner unexpectedly dies.

When a relative inherits the property, he strives to rid his land of the rabbit and his woodland friends - but his feelings for a nature-loving woman complicate the battle of wits with the animal kingdom.