On TV tonight, new sci-fi series Night Sky arrives on Prime Video with Oscar-winners J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek leading the cast. If you need a little bit of peace and quiet on a Friday night then World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys is for you on Channel 5, or for a blast of fresh sea air try Cornwall's Wildest Wave on BBC One and it's the final of racy reality series Let's Make a Love Scene on C4. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
- Our hand selected recommendations for what's on TV tonight include four TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Night Sky, Prime Video
Of all the things you might expect to discover in your own backyard, a portal to another world is not one of them. However, that’s the intriguing premise for this eight-part sci-fi series. Oscar-winners Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons star as Irene and Franklin York, who discover a chamber buried in their garden, which transports them to a deserted planet. They’ve never divulged their other-wordly secret to anyone, although a nosy neighbour suspects they are hiding something. When they tell their granddaughter about it, she advises them to move out of their house, but Irene is determined to find out where this adventure will lead them.
★★★★ IM
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys, 8pm, Channel 5
One of the most effective ways of unwinding after a long, hard week involves little more than switching on the TV, putting your feet up and letting the soothing tones of Bill Nighy wash over you as he provides the voiceover to another railway journey with stunning views. The first of this new series takes us from the north-west coast of Scotland to the east coast, beginning in Kyle of Lochalsh in the county of Ross-shire. The journey also takes in Aberdeen as well as the ‘whisky region’ of Speyside (which has the most distilleries in Scotland), and if you think a wee dram will enhance the experience, who are we to stop you?
★★★★ JP
Cornwall's Wildest Wave, 7.30pm, BBC One
The Our Lives strand’s survey of life in the British Isles continues with the fascinating story of Tom Butler, one of the great big-wave surfers, and his attempt to track down Cornwall’s legendary ‘monster wave’. To do so he needs the wind and the weather to be perfectly in sync. As he waits all winter for a moment of surfing glory, he’s wondering if the wave is going to elude him.
★★★★ SM
Let's Make a Love Scene, 10pm, C4
The ‘Blind Date goes to the movies’ show concludes with rugby player Lailand as the romantic lead in three scenes from famous films. After watching replays of re-enactments from Mr and Mrs Smith, 91/2 Weeks and Out of Sight, which singleton will Lailand choose to go on a date with? Trish, Maisie and Marta are ready for their close-ups, but will any of them generate enough screen chemistry with Lailand to become his leading lady? An enthusiastic Ellie Taylor presents.
★★★★ SM
Best box set to watch on TV tonight
The Lincoln Lawyer, season 1, Netflix
The Undoing and Big Little Lies’ creator David E Kelley is behind this drama series starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as attorney Mickey Haller, who runs his Los Angeles law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. It’s based on the novel The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (slightly confusingly, the 2011 movie The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey as Haller was adapted from Connelly’s novel of the same name). The series also stars Scream’s Neve Campbell as Mickey’s first ex-wife, Maggie, who’s the Deputy District Attorney, and Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton as Lorna, Mickey’s second ex-wife, who works as his office manager.
Best film to watch on TV tonight
Sneakerella, Disney Plus
Putting a modern twist on the classic Cinderella tale, this musical comedy tells the story of El from Queens (Hawaii Five-0’s Chosen Jacobs), who works in a shoe store. He secretly aspires to be a sneaker designer, but his lack of confidence means he hides his artistic talent. Then El meets Kira (Lexi Underwood), the daughter of former basketball star and trainer tycoon Darius King, and romantic sparks fly. With the support of his best friend Sami and his own fairy godmother, can El find the courage to lace up and dream big?
Live Sport
- Premiership Rugby Union, Wasps vs Sale Sharks, 7pm (k-o 7.45pm), BT Sport 1
Soaps on TV tonight
- Emmerdale, 7.30pm, ITV
- Coronation Street, 8pm, ITV
- Hollyoaks, 6.30pm, C4
- Neighbours, 6pm, Channel 5
- Home and Away, 6pm & 6.30pm, 5Star
If you watch just one thing on TV tonight…
Don't miss Night Sky on TV tonight – an intriguing new series with an out of this world cast.
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Happy viewing!
