On TV tonight, the BRIT Awards celebrates musical talent, there are some iconic love songs on BBC Two, and The Masked Singer sees our remaining mystery celebs taking to the stage. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
The Brit Awards, 8:30 pm, ITV1
Get your snacks sorted and settle in as the stars gather for this year’s BRIT Awards. For the first time in the event’s history it’s taking place on a Saturday! Honouring the best albums and recording artists of the past 12 months, the ceremony – coming live from London’s O2 Arena – will once again be fronted by the Lateish Show host Mo Gilligan, who will be unleashing his cheeky banter onto some (possibly quite refreshed) celebrities. Among those performing are Lizzo, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Harry Styles and Wet Leg. Let’s hope it’s going to be a night to remember for all the right reasons… Don’t miss BRIT Awards: Red Carpet earlier (7.30pm, ITV2).
★★★★ VW
Love Songs at the BBC, from 8pm, BBC Two
BBC Two is wearing its heart on its sleeve tonight as it gazes doe-eyed towards Valentine’s Day on Tuesday. A new compilation, Love Songs at the BBC: Volume 2 gets the love-in started, followed by new Heartbreakers at the BBC (9pm) and Love Songs at the BBC: A Valentine’s Day Special (10pm).Then ,there’s Barry White in Concert 1975 (11pm) – and fans of the singer shouldn’t miss The Barry White Story: Let the Music Play on Tuesday (8.30pm, Sky Arts). The evening ends in a blaze of power ballads with Celine Dion at the BBC (11.50pm).
★★★★ JP
The Masked Singer, 7 pm, ITV1
Just five costumed celebrities remain in the competition as we reach the semi-final – have you managed to work out who they are yet? We have to admit that our hit rate has not been that great this series – we’re still reeling from the revelation that Pigeon was Katherine Ryan because we were absolutely convinced it was fellow comedian Catherine Tate!
Fortunately, we’ll be getting some extra help tonight as special guest Peter Crouch joins the panel, fresh from his speculating stint on The Masked Dancer last year. But lock your guesses in fast because two more celebrities will be unmasked before the end of the show in a double elimination…
★★★★★ SP
Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace, 9 pm, Channel 5
It’s 40 years since breakfast TV launched, so there’s no better time to look again at one of its most popular presenters. Frank Bough was respected for Nationwide and Grandstand before joining Breakfast Time in 1983. But in 1988, a scandal ended his career. Janet Street-Porter is among those sharing memories of the broadcaster, who died in 2020 aged 87.
★★★ NT
Best box set on TV tonight
Disney Plus is home to plenty of superhero stories, but Extraordinary couldn’t be more different from the typical Marvel project if it tried. In this new British comedy, we’re introduced to a version of Earth where everyone develops a superpower at the age of 18. Well, everyone except our 25-year-old protagonist, Jen (Máiréad Tyers). She’s left feeling (literally) powerless and is forced to look for a bit of hope in her everyday life. Extraordinary is fun, fresh and feels very original.
MS
Best film on TV tonight
Imagine a wedding romcom crossed with Die Hard and you’ll get an idea of what to expect from this goofy comedy-thriller starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel as a couple whose fancy nuptials get hijacked by pirates. Tom (Duhamel) has talked Darcy (Lopez) into staging their wedding on an island in the Philippines, with Darcy’s warring divorced parents (Cheech Marin and Sônia Braga), her alpha-male ex (Lenny Kravitz) and Tom’s mother (Jennifer Coolidge) looking likely to supply the drama – until the heavily armed pirates make their appearance. Lopez and Duhamel are on appealing form, and while this is unlikely to linger in the mind, it’s enjoyably silly fun while it lasts.
★★★ JB
Live Sport
- Six Nations: Ireland v France, 1:25 pm (Kick-off 3 pm), BBC One
- WSL: Manchester City v Arsenal, 12 pm (Kick-off 12.30 pm), Sky Showcase
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