TV Tonight: our highlights for Saturday, Feb. 5

TV tonight - Figure skater PJ Hallam on the ice.
Figure skater PJ Hallam on the ice. (Image credit: BBC)

On TV tonight, see what it takes to make it to the top of the ice skating world in Freeze: Skating on the Edge on BBC3, it's the semi-final of The Masked Singer on ITV and actor Rosie Jones stars in a dramatic episode of Casualty on BBC1. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.

  • Our hand selected recommendations for what's on TV tonight include three TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set 
  • Keep up to date with the latest soap spoiler storylines on TV tonight with our daily soap synopsis 
  • For more information about what’s on TV tonight see our TV Guide

What's on TV tonight

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

Best TV shows on TV tonight

Freeze: Skating on the Edge, 9pm, BBC3

TV tonight ice skater Billy Wilson-French

Ice skater Billy Wilson-French. (Image credit: BBC)

Dancing on Ice fans are in for a treat with this real-life series, which follows the highs, lows and serious injuries of Britain’s elite skating team, as they fight to be the best. And there are plenty of falls – and fallouts! PJ is already British Men’s Champion, but ever since returning to the ice following lockdown, he’s been unable to land his triple axel. Meanwhile, ice dancer Billy is searching for a partner to be Jayne Torvill to his Christopher Dean. But when he has a try-out with US Junior Bronze Medallist Kat, will she meet his exacting standards? 

★★★★ HD

The Masked Singer UK, season 3, 7pm, ITV

TV tonight Joel hosts the semi-final

 Joel hosts the semi-final. (Image credit: ITV)

It’s the semi-final and just five costumed crooners remain  – they’ll need to dazzle the studio audience with their vocal skills and personalities as two more contestants will be unmasked by the end of the show. Once again, our star detectives have called for reinforcements to help them unscramble the cryptic clues to the stars’ identities, so the one and only Dame Joan Collins (!) will be joining Jonathan Ross, Davina, Rita, and Mo on the panel. Which three singers will secure a spot in next week’s final? Join Joel Dommett to find out… 

★★★★★ SP

Casualty, 9.30pm, BBC1

TV tonight Paula faces heartbreak

Paula faces heartbreak. (Image credit: BBC)

There are powerful performances from William Beck and Rosie Jones when Dylan helps Paula deliver her daughter tonight. Pithy humour goes hand-in-surgical-glove with emotional punches as Dylan breaks the heart-wrenching news that social services plan on removing baby Ena (named after Paula’s gran, ‘The only person ever to see past my CP to who I really was – a prat’). With an urgent hearing held that afternoon, will Paula cruelly lose her child on the same day as giving birth? Elsewhere, Robyn panics when she realises she might be pregnant. Just to be sure, she does four tests... 

★★★★★ ER

Best box set to watch on TV tonight

The Teacher, episodes 1-4, My5

TV tonight Samuel Bottomley as Kyle and Sheridan Smith as Jenna.

Samuel Bottomley as Kyle and Sheridan Smith as teacher Jenna. (Image credit: Channel 5)

English teacher Jenna Garvey (Sheridan Smith) is popular with staff and pupils alike, but outside of work her life is going off the rails – and after one particularly drunken night out, she’s horrified to be arrested for sleeping with one of her 15-year-old pupils, Kyle (Ackley Bridge’s Samuel Bottomley). As she desperately tries to piece together her memories of that night, Jenna has to face her own demons and ask herself: is she capable of such a despicable act? Thanks to a sharp script and top-notch performances, this four-parter – also starring former Strictly champ Kelvin Fletcher – will keep you guessing.

Best film to watch on TV tonight

Ocean's Eight, 9pm, ITV2

TV tonight The plan is coming together!

The plan is coming together! (Image credit: ITV)

Sandra Bullock leads a bunch of feisty women in this fun caper that retains the zip and zing of the boys’ version led by George Clooney (Bullock’s unseen brother). It’s a great cast, with Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, Sarah Paulson and Awkwafina as the rest of the crew, out to nab the rocks off diva Anne Hathaway’s neck during New York City’s Met Gala. It’s a cracking romp with everyone on top form, even if Gary Ross doesn’t match Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen director Steven Soderbergh’s visual mastery. 

Live Sport

  • Winter Olympics 2022, from 6am, BBC2 & BBC1
  • FA Cup, Kidderminster Harriers v West Ham United, 12pm (k-o 12.30pm), BBC1
  • Six Nations Rugby, Ireland v Wales, 1.30pm (k-o 2.15pm), ITV
  • Six Nations Rugby, Scotland v England, 4pm (k-o 4.45pm), BBC1

If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…

Don't miss Freeze: Skating on the Edge on TV tonight – an eye-opening insight into the reality of life as a pro ice skater.

Not found anything you want to watch on TV tonight? Check out our TV Guide

Happy viewing!

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Joanne Lowles
Freelance writer and editor

Joanne Lowles has been writing about TV since 2002. After graduating from Cardiff University with a Postgraduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism, she worked for All About Soap magazine covering the ups and downs of life on the cobbles, the square and the Dales. 

Next came nearly 10 years at TV Times magazine as a writer and then deputy features editor. Here she spent many happy days interviewing the biggest names in entertainment and visiting the sets of some of our most popular shows including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing

With a love of nature and wildlife she’s also interviewed the leading experts in this area including David Attenborough, Chris Packham and Steve Backshall. She’s also travelled the world visiting Mongolia, Canada and South Africa to see how the best in the business make the most brilliant natural history documentaries. 

Freelance since 2013, she is now is a digital writer and editor for What to Watch, previews the best on the box for TV Times mag each week and loves being constantly surprised, entertained and informed by the amazing TV that she is lucky enough to watch.