There's The Voice UK Final, Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream, Halloween Strictly, the Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts, Dusty Springfield, Sad Songs and Danish thriller Justice: Those Who Kill . . .
Pick of the Day
The Voice UK Final, 8.10pm, Virgin Media One
This season has flown in.
Emma Willis (below) hosts the final of the reality talent show in which unsigned singers compete for the chance to win a record deal with Universal, a huge cash prize and a holiday.
The finalists also sing duets with coaches Will.i.am, Tom Jones, LeAnn Rimes and McFly duo Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, and there are guest performances from Perrie Edwards and 2023 winners Hunni.
New or Returning Shows
Moonage Daydream, 10.10pm, Channel 4
Here’s an HBO documentary with a difference. And why not? It’s about a man who made a major difference to music during the late 20th Century and beyond.
It’s an immersive and kaleidoscopic journey through David Bowie's incredible life and musical career in an acclaimed - and authorised - profile.
The film combines some elements of a traditional documentary including interviews, clips from movies that may have inspired Bowie, and archive footage, alongside rearranging of media to create new or fresh perspectives.
Sad Songs at the BBC, 8.10pm, BBC Two
Yet another collection of tunes with a common theme.
The difference with this one is that you really shouldn’t watch it alone – unless there’s a full box of Kleenex by your side.
It’s a journey through a selection of some of the saddest - but finest - songs from the BBC's music archives, with tear-jerkers from Paul McCartney (above), Kate Bush, the Smiths, Randy Crawford, Coldplay, Dolly Parton, Eric Clapton and Eric Carmen.
Justice: Those Who Kill, 9.00pm, BBC Four
The subtitles on Saturday slot on BBC Four is taken up by this Danish thriller, starring Natalie Madueno.
Alongside her partner, Frederik Havgaard, new criminal profiling teacher Louise Bergstein takes on the case of a gang member gunned down on his release from jail.
Meanwhile, a former gang member Kim Jensen is dragged back into his old ways.
Episode two follows at 9.45pm, where forensic evidence concludes that the same person killed Patrick and Pernille.
As Louise and Frederik investigate the link between the two victims, an old gang-related double murder emerges, suggesting a potential quadruple killer.
Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts, 9.00pm, Channel 4
Now this is what I call a niche TV series. Should be fascinating.
As the title implies, it’s an exploration of the Ottoman Empire's rich history, travelling across Turkey and beyond via its local railway routes.
In the first episode, Alice Roberts starts her journey in Adana, near Syria. She visits a historic mosque and uncovers the origins of Turkish delight.
She also catches a train across the Taurus Mountains to Konya, to learn about whirling dervishes and the Ottoman leaders' elaborately decorative tombs.
Don’t Miss
Strictly Come Dancing, 6.25pm, BBC One
It's Week 6 as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present the Halloween special, which sees the couples performing lots of tricks and treats to wow the judges and win viewers' votes.
For one couple, this will be a nightmare weekend as they face elimination tomorrow evening.
Dusty Springfield at the BBC, 9.10pm, BBC Two
Here’s a second selection of archive appearances on the BBC by singer Dusty Springfield through the decades.
The selections in this programme include performances of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Son of a Preacher Man and The Look of Love.
After Later . . . at 11.05pm there's Volume One of Dusty Springfield at the BBC, followed at 12.05am by Definitely Dusty, a documentary revisiting her career.
New to Stream
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
This is a recent remake of the original 90s' movie of the same name.
It’s pretty much what you’d expect.
Seventeen-year-old Tanya Crandell (Simone Joy Jones) can't wait to spend the summer living it up with her friends in Spain before heading to Howard University in the fall.
But when her mom (Ms. Pat) decides to head to a much-needed wellness retreat in Thailand, Tanya is forced to stay home with her three siblings instead.
Following the unexpected death of their elderly babysitter (June Squibb), Tanya gets a job working for the confident and ambitious Rose (Nicole Richie).
Juggling work, family, and a complicated romance, Tanya faces the responsibility of adulthood at the cost of her summer of freedom.
Saturday Cinema
Gritty Irish crime drama, starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan and Niamh Algar.
Douglas 'Arm’ Armstrong has become a feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, while also trying to be a good father.
Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
Family Flick
The Wizard of Oz, 3.25pm, Virgin Media One
Although this is usually shown at Christmas time, it’s not a festive film. But it is brilliant.
Musical fantasy, with Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Frank Morgan.
Youngster Dorothy Gale is whisked over the rainbow by a tornado into the magical land of Oz, where she inadvertently kills a wicked witch - incurring the wrath of another.
Setting out to find the wizard who can show her a way home, she is joined on her journey by a scarecrow, a tin man and a cowardly lion, who all hope their own wishes will be granted.
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