David Walliams hosts the returning It'll Be Alright on the Night, there's a piano night on BBC Two that includes a classic Billy Joel concert, David Niven stars in the classic A Matter of Life and Death, and the final World Cup quarter-finals . . .
Pick of the Day
It'll Be Alright on the Night, 10.20pm, Virgin Media One
Here’s the return of a show that’s been on the go for nearly half-a-century.
Celebrating 45 years of the classic bloopers show, David Walliams introduces clangers from Coronation Street, Bargain Hunt, Pointless, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and The Real Housewives of Cheshire.
Chaos also unfolds for the teams on BBC News, This Morning and Love Island.
Don’t Miss
The Old Grey Whistle Test, 10.45pm, BBC Two
Here’s a chance to see Billy Joel in Concert with a 1978 performance in which the American singer-songwriter performs songs from his then current album The Stranger.
Songs featured included Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), Just the Way You Are and Only the Good Die Young. Introduced by Whistle Test legend 'Whispering’ Bob Harris.
A Matter of Life and Death, 2.00pm, BBC Two
This isn’t just a magnificent movie, it’s quite a life-affirming experience.
Powell and Pressburger's romantic fantasy, starring David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey and Marius Goring, also looks marvelous.
From the clever and whip-smart opening to the film’s finale, it’s a joy from start to finish.
Presumably, this is the 4K restoration of the film, which had a cinema release a few years ago. If so, this will look stunning on a big, modern telly.
Niven stars as a Second World War bomber pilot who inexplicably survives jumping out of his stricken plane without a parachute and falls in love with the radio operator he spoke to during the fateful flight.
A heavenly messenger is sent to tell him he should have died and that his presence is required in the afterlife, but he remains determined to continue his life on Earth and insists on a trial to resolve the issue.
New or Returning Shows
Piano Greats at the BBC, 9.15pm, BBC Two
This looks tasty.
It’s a collection of songs from the kings and queens of the keyboards, whose performances have captivated audiences over the decades across a selection of the BBC's best-loved music shows.
From piano pioneers such as Little Richard (above), Nina Simone and Ray Charles, who showed the world that the new sounds of pop and rock didn't just revolve around guitars, right through to modern maestros such as Elton John, Lady Gaga and Jools Holland.
Feeling Good: The Radio 2 Piano Room, 8.35pm, BBC Two
Another musical treat from the Beeb.
Performances by Craig David, Sigrid, Paolo Nutini and Michael Bublé alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Maida Vale Studios.
It also features cover versions including Sam Smith performing Des'ree, Olly Murs honouring Coldplay, and Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott singing a George Ezra hit.
Saturday Cinema
Emma, 6.35pm, BBC Two
This is first-time movie director Autumn de Wilde's fine adaptation of Jane Austen's much-loved (and much-filmed) novel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn and Josh O'Connor.
In Regency-era England, wealthy Emma Woodhouse searches for a new companion after her governess, Miss Taylor, marries. The well meaning but selfish young woman proceeds to interfere in the romantic affairs of her friends.
Bridget Jones's Baby, 9.30pm, RTÉ One
Comedy sequel – the final Bridget Jones film - starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson and Sally Phillips.
It’s not great but it does have a few laughs. You could do worse.
Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she can only be 50 per cent sure of the identity of her baby's father after a pair of one-night stands.
Is the dad old flame Mark Darcy or US dating guru Jack Qwant?
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, 9.30pm, RTÉ2
Another comedy sequel, starring Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart, Bruce McGill and Regina King.
The dizzy blonde heroine graduates as a qualified lawyer and heads straight for Washington, DC determined to persuade Congress to put a stop to the testing of cosmetics on animals - and swiftly proves her mettle in fighting adversity as well as red tape.
Murder on the Orient Express, 9.15pm, Channel 4
Star-studded Agatha Christie mystery, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi and Johnny Depp.
An American businessman travelling on the Orient Express from Istanbul to Paris tries to hire Hercule Poirot to be his bodyguard as he has had death threats made against him.
The sleuth refuses, but wakes up the following morning to learn the man has been stabbed to death while the train was held up by heavy snow - and there is no shortage of suspects among the passengers.
The film wasn’t terribly well received by the critics, but it’s vastly superior to the utter snooze-fest that followed with Branagh’s tedious remake of Death on the Nile.
Family Flick
Arthur Christmas, 6.35pm, RTÉ One
Animated festive comedy, featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent and Bill Nighy.
Santa Claus' gift-giving routine has developed into a complex hi-tech operation.
But when one girl is accidentally missed out, his youngest son Arthur takes control of the family sleigh to deliver her gifts the old-fashioned way.
But following in his father's footsteps is not as easy as it looks.
World Cup Watch
FIFA World Cup Live, RTÉ2
Streaming on RTÉ Player
The quarter-finals conclude today.
Clare MacNamara is joined by Kevin Doyle as she presents coverage of the third quarter-final, as Morocco face Portugal (KO 3.00pm).
England v France (Kick-off 7.00pm). Coverage of the fourth quarter-final, which comes from Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. Joanne Cantwell is joined in-studio by Didi Hamann and Shay Given.
The winners of today's games will meet in next Wednesday's semi-final.
Today’s highlights are at 11pm.
