On TV tonight, the BAFTA Film Awards celebrates the biggest and best in film, the animals in Serengeti III prepare to face the harsh realities of the dry season, it's the season finale of Vera, The Gold starts on BBC One. and Liz Bonnin investigates in Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
BAFTA Film Awards, 7 pm, BBC One
Prepare to spend a night among the stars as Richard E Grant hosts the 76th BAFTA Film Awards from a packed Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. Hit films including Elvis, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin are expected to do well, and this evening viewers will see more of the action than ever before. Not only are the final four categories being broadcast live, but This Morning favourite Alison Hammond is also presenting the brand-new BAFTA Studio from backstage. We’re hoping for plenty of gossip and some very emotional winners!
★★★★★ SMA
Serengeti III, 4.35 pm, BBC One
We join the animals of the Serengeti as they prepare to face the harsh realities of the dry season. Kali the lioness and her pride are thriving, but will they emerge victorious as they attempt to dig warthogs out of their burrow? Bakari the baboon must lead his troop on a dangerous river-crossing, before engaging in warfare with a rival troop, and baby hippo Mafuta’s life is in danger as he flees the marauding male who has taken over his pod. Meanwhile, Nalla the elephant comes up with an ingenious way to find water for the herd.
★★★★★ NH
Vera, 8 pm, ITV1
Does Vera (Brenda Blethyn) have a hidden maternal side? Well, not exactly, but she’s definitely trying her best in tonight’s final episode when she stumbles across an abandoned baby. With a raging storm battering the area, Vera finds her route home blocked and it’s then she spots a deserted car with a tiny tot on the back seat. Unable to get a phone signal, Vera’s forced to take refuge at nearby Brockburn House, which belongs to her snooty relatives. A fitting finale which gives an intriguing insight into the detective’s estranged family as she attempts to work out what’s happened to the baby’s mother.
★★★★★ TL
Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs, 8 pm, BBC Two
Biologist Liz Bonnin has presented numerous wildlife shows, including Springwatch, Galapagos and Nature’s Epic Journeys. Now, she heads to Wyoming in the US, where she joins palaeontologists to investigate a mysterious dinosaur graveyard. The area contains more than a dozen skeletons including the fearsome Allosaurus and the mild-mannered Diplodocus, as well as fossilised plants. ‘The Jurassic came to life in ways I could never have imagined,’ says Liz. ‘It was a once-in-a-lifetime adventure I’ll never forget.’
★★★★ NH
The Gold, 9pm, BBC One
Getting their hands on £26million in gold bullion initially seemed like a fabulous result for the Brink’s-Mat robbers. But the reality is now sinking in for their fence Kenneth Noye (Jack Lowden) and his associate John Palmer (Tom Cullen), as a risky plan is set in motion to disguise the loot and get it back into the gold market as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the police are under their own pressure to retrieve the gold before it vanishes, and after detectives Nicki Jennings (Charlotte Spencer) and Tony Brightwell (Emun Elliott) obtain some useful information, links emerge to Kent – and Noye…
★★★★ CC
Best box set on TV tonight
American stalker and serial killer Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) brings murder and mayhem to London in this thrilling fourth series, which is split into two parts, with the second installment due on 9 March. Now living under the alias of university professor Jonathan Moore, Joe is managing to make a fresh start in the UK – until he becomes mixed up with a privileged group of socialites, including frosty art gallery director Kate (Ghosts’ Charlotte Ritchie) and popular aristocrat Lady Phoebe (ex-EastEnders star Tilly Keeper).
Then, when a night out at an elite members’ club ends in tragedy, Joe finds himself embroiled in a murder-mystery. Has the hunter become the hunted?
RM
Best film on TV tonight
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, 2:15 pm, BBC One
When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organisation can capture her. Animated comedy, with the voices of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes and Amalia Vitale.
Live Sport
- Arnold Clark Cup: Belgium Women v Korea Republic Women, 5:55 pm (Kick-off 6.15 pm), ITV4
- Super Sunday: Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United, 4 pm (Kick-off 4:30 pm), Sky Sports Main Event
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