TV tonight: our highlights for Saturday, August 16, including ITV drama, One Night

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We also have new episodes of Casualty and Annika to enjoy.

One Night stars Jodie Whittaker, Nicole de Silva and Yael Stone.
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Here's our TV tonight picks for Saturday, August 16 (for more information about what's on TV, see our TV Guide)...

One Night, ITV1, 9.30pm

Jodie Whittaker as Tess with Kat Stewart as Tess' partner Vicky, Jude Hyland as Tess' son Arthur and Harper Simon as Tess' daughter Lily

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Doctor Who and Toxic Town’s Jodie Whittaker is one of the stars in this thriller, previously shown on Paramount Plus. She plays Australian Tess, whose friendship with her childhood pals Simone (Wentworth’s Nicole da Silva) and Hat (Orange Is the New Black’s Yael Stone) fractured after Tess was sexually assaulted two decades ago. As Tess returns Down Under from the UK, she is quickly drawn back into Simone and Hat’s orbit, but the discovery that Simone has written a book based on the attack brings fresh tension and Tess grows determined to find closure about that night. With memory muddling fact, can she uncover the truth? Also released as a box set on ITVX.

Casualty, BBC1, 8.25 pm

Iain Dean outside the swimming pool looking very worried, wearing a white t-shirt and an orange backpack. Two police officers can be seen standing in the background.

(Image credit: BBC STUDIOS.)

Iain Dean (Michael Stevenson) finds himself wedged between a rock-solid friendship and a hard decision after Faith’s ultimatum on reporting Jacob for morphine thefts. As long-standing fans of the series know, Jacob was best man at Iain’s wedding for a reason… Tonight, Iain bites the bullet and confronts his closest friend head-on. Sadly, it isn’t long before the paramedic pals are hurling accusations and getting pushy-shovey and Jacob tells Iain to look for the culprit closer to home – meaning Faith. Jacob reacts like an innocent man, but is that truly the case? Either way, battle lines are drawn…

Annika, BBC1, 9.10pm

Annika (Nicola Walker)

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The Marine Homicide Unit is back on home ground in Glasgow, but the team members are far from settled. Annika (Nicola Walker) and Michael (Jamie Sives) have a strained relationship, Tyrone is considering taking another job and Blair will be taking maternity leave soon. Meanwhile, after Annika heads up a high-profile press conference when a billionaire is found dead in his aquarium, a deepfake video of her appears online, which is apt as her to-camera chats in this episode concern Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and the author’s views on duality of existence…

Match of the Day, BBC1, 10.20pm

Gabby Logan, Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates sitting on a table in smart outfits - and Gabby is holding an old fashioned leather football

(Image credit: BBC / Charlie Clift)

The new football season kicks off with Gabby Logan, Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates taking over from Gary Lineker and splitting the live hosting duties for the famous football highlights show. There are some intriguing matches to dissect, too, including Manchester City’s visit to Wolves.

Champions Liverpool began their title defence at home to Bournemouth last night and there’ll be highlights of this encounter. The biggest Sunday matches, featured on Match of the Day tomorrow (10.30pm BBC1) are Manchester United at home to Arsenal, plus Club World Cup Champions Chelsea travelling to Crystal Palace. Will the new presenters prove to be a winning team?

Claire Crick
Claire Crick
Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch

Claire is Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch and has been a journalist for over 15 years, writing about everything from soaps and TV to beauty, entertainment, and even the Royal Family. After starting her career at a soap magazine, she ended up staying for 13 years, and over that time she’s pulled pints in the Rovers Return, sung karaoke in the Emmerdale village hall, taken a stroll around Albert Square, and visited Summer Bay Surf Club in sunny Australia. 


After learning some tricks of the trade at websites Digital Spy, Entertainment Daily, and Woman & Home, Claire landed a role at What’s On TV and whattowatch.com writing about all things TV and film, with a particular love for Aussie soaps, Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off. 


She’s interviewed everyone from June Brown — AKA Dot Cotton — to Michelle Keegan, swapped cooking tips with baking legend Mary Berry backstage at the NTAs, and danced the night away with soap stars at countless awards bashes. There’s not a lot she doesn’t know about soaps and TV and can be very handy when a soapy question comes up in a pub quiz! 


As well as all things soap-related, Claire also loves running, spa breaks, days out with her kids, and getting lost in a good book. 

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