On TV tonight, Strictly Come Dancing celebrates 100 years of the BBC, it's the grand final of The Masked Dancer and Michael McIntyre is spinning The Wheel once again.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Strictly Come Dancing 2022, 6.40pm, BBC One
What better way to celebrate 100 years of the BBC than with a special edition of the show that’s arguably been the jewel in the Corporation’s crown in recent years. Tonight, Britain’s best-loved dance show is going back through the archives with this special themed episode which sees our remaining couples perform a ballroom or Latin routine to a theme tune from an iconic BBC programme — anyone for Grandstand?! And with two special performances — including one featuring Strictly’s professional dancers ‘crashing’ some of the BBC’s flagship shows — this should really be a sight for square eyes.
★★★★★ VW
The Masked Dancer UK 2022, 6.30pm, ITV
The biggest mysteries of the dance world are finally revealed in tonight’s finals as we discover which three celebrities have been strutting their stuff incognito for the last eight weeks. Special guest panelist Dawn French joins the team tonight as Davina, Oti and Peter make their final deductions, with John Bishop sitting in for Jonathan Ross. Last year’s finale saw Take That’s Howard Donald and West End leading lady Bonnie Langford unmasked before revealing Olympic gymnast Louis Smith as our winner, but have you got your final guesses locked in — or do you need a few more clues?
★★★★ SP
The Wheel, 5.40pm, BBC One
Michael McIntyre is spinning more celebs around the studio and providing the laughs and questions as his fun game show returns. Anton Du Beke, Kadeema Cox, Emma Barnett and Tony Blackburn (who is hoping he fares better than last time he was on the show) are among the famous faces helping contestants to win big money prizes. Tonight’s specialist categories include the West Country, Love Island and Rock and Roll, prompting a mini-singalong of Elvis hits courtesy of This Morning’s Josie Gibson.
★★★★ TL
The BBC at 100, 7pm, BBC4 and BBC2
As the BBC celebrates its 100th anniversary, there are plenty of programs marking the event, including special editions of Antiques Roadshow (Sunday, BBC One) and The Repair Shop (Wednesday, BBC One), ‘mockumentary’ The Love Box in Your Living Room from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse (Thursday, BBC2 Two) and, tonight, a documentary on How the BBC Began (7pm, BBC Two). But there’s also a huge trawl of the Beeb’s extensive archive, with BBC Four giving over much of its schedule to classic comedy. Tonight, from 8pm, you can see Morecambe and Wise and Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, with the rest of the week including Hancock’s Half Hour (Sunday), Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em (Monday), The Liver Birds (Tuesday), As Time Goes By (Wednesday) and The Fast Show and Nighty Night (Thursday).
★★★★ JP
Gogglebox, 9pm, C4
Moved to Saturday this week because of last night’s one-off Friday Night Live on C4, here’s a catch-up of the week’s TV from the Gogglebox gang.
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
Versailles, BBC iPlayer
If there’s a Bridgerton-shaped hole in your viewing, try this drama which formerly aired on BBC Two. It follows ‘Sun King’ Louis XIV’s elaborate plan to base his court at Versailles, complete with a new palace. ‘A king without a castle is no king at all,’ his late mother warns Louis in a feverish dream. His ministers are aghast at being stuck in a ‘backwater’, not least because there’s always someone planning to kill Louis. You’ll have to concentrate at first as lots of the men look quite similar (a bit like the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz, which was obviously a look in 17th-century France) but thankfully George Blagden and Alexander Vlahos stand out as Louis and his brother Philippe.
★★★★ JP
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Spectre, 8pm, ITV2
As speculation continues over who will be the next Bond, here’s a chance to enjoy Daniel Craig’s penultimate outing as 007 in a great Saturday night movie. There are lots of nods, nudges and witty allusions to past escapades, although Christoph Waltz’s Bond villain is a bit underwhelming. As love interest Madeleine Swann, Léa Seydoux is smart, sexy and handy with a gun – and reprised her role in the next film, No Time to Die, which can be seen on Prime Video.
★★★★ JB
Live Sport
- Live Rugby League World Cup: England v France (Kick-off 5.00pm), BBC Two
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Strictly Come Dancing to see your favourite couples busting some moves to iconic BBC television themes. What a great way to celebrate 100 years!
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Happy viewing!
