TV Tonight: Our highlights for Friday, May 12

The cast of I'm a Celebrity South Africa
I'm a Celebrity South Africa concludes tonight. (Image credit: ITV)

On TV tonight, it's the I'm a Celebrity: South Africa final, Susan Calman is back with more Grand Days Out, there's a documentary about the National Trust, and Eurovision Song Contest: Everyone's a Winner looks back at some bangers. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.

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What's on TV tonight

Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight... 

Best TV shows on TV tonight

I'm a Celebrity: South Africa, 9 pm, ITV1

After three weeks of daring challenges and stomach-churning trials on the South African savannah, it’s time for the remaining campmates to face one last demanding night in the wilderness before chirpy hosts Ant & Dec name the first-ever winner of the pre-recorded spin-off series. 

Which of the most memorable campmates of the past 20 years will be crowned the inaugural I’m a Celebrity… Legend? 

★★★★ NC

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out, 8 pm, Channel 5

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out

(Image credit: Channel 5)

Susan hits the road in her vintage camper van, named after Helen Mirren, one of her heroines, for another series of fun adventures. This time, she explores the stunning valleys of Yorkshire, where her first stop is the stately home of Newby Hall in Skelton-on-Ure. There, Susan visits The Bear House, home to 1,000 vintage teddies including her childhood love, Fozzie Bear from The Muppet Show, and reveals that it was Fozzie and Billy Connolly who inspired her to become a stand-up comedian. Also on Susan’s itinerary is the magnificent York Minster cathedral in York and Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms and the spa in Harrogate. 

★★★★ JE

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, 9 pm, BBC Two

Mike McCartney

(Image credit: BBC)

High on a hilltop in Derbyshire stands the imposing Elizabethan country house Hardwick Hall, the first port of call in a fascinating restoration series. We see the house’s conservators examine a 400-year-old portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, before it is transported across the Atlantic to be exhibited in New York. Also making the trip is the remarkable Sea Dog Table, which is being eaten away by woodworm. Can the experts at the Royal Oak Foundation Conservation Studio – a sort of Repair Shop for priceless antiquities – stop the rot?

 ★★★ IM

Eurovision Song Contest: Everyone's a Winner, 7:30 pm, BBC One

Sam Ryder playing the guitar during the Eurovision 2022 Grand Finale.

(Image credit: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

On the eve of the Eurovision final, Fleur East presents a countdown of the contest’s 20 most popular losers. Sam Ryder’s Space Man makes the list, of course, but there are surprises, including a dancing ape from Italy. Fleur is joined by celebrity superfans including Claire Sweeney, Duncan James and Lauren Layfield. 

★★★★ HD

Best box set on TV tonight

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton StoryNetflix

India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgeron Story

(Image credit: Liam Daniel/Netflix)

We’ve all fallen in love with the scurrilous court gossip of Bridgerton in recent years, and now we get a chance to find out how the colourful and competitive world of ‘the Ton’ came to be in this six-part spin-off. Set decades before the main drama, this prequel tells the story of the 17-year-old Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio) and her bittersweet romance with husband King George III (Corey Mylchreest). It’s an intimate glimpse into a lavish world and unmissable viewing for Bridgerton fans. 

SMA  

Best film on TV tonight

Minority Report, 9 pm, E4

Tom Cruise in Minority Report

(Image credit: 20th Century Fox)

Cop John Anderton is forced to go on the run when a supposedly infallible trio of psychics foretell he is about to kill a man he has never heard of. Convinced their prediction is false, he kidnaps one of the so-called precogs to prove his innocence - and stumbles across a complex conspiracy. Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller, starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Max von Sydow.

Soaps

Live Sport

  • EFL: Peterborough United v Sheffield Wednesday (Kick-off 8 pm), Sky Sports Main Event

If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…

Don't miss I'm a Celebrity: South Africa on TV tonight.

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Happy viewing!

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Lucy Buglass
Senior Staff Writer

Lucy joined the WhatToWatch.com team in 2021, where she writes series guides for must-watch programmes, reviews and the latest TV news. Now she works for our sister site TechRadar in the same role. Originally from Northumberland, she graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in Film Studies and moved to London to begin a career writing about entertainment.

She is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and has a huge passion for cinema. She especially loves horror, thriller and anything crime-related. Her favourite TV programmes include Inside No 9, American Horror Story, Stranger Things and Black Mirror but she is also partial to a quiz show or a bit of Say Yes to the Dress