Friday’s best TV: The Bridge; Tap America: How a Nation Found Its Feet (original) (raw)
The Bridge
9pm, BBC Two
Out of jail and out of hospital, Saga wants to return to work. Step forward, Henrik, who drafts Saga (“I need her more than she needs me”) on to the team investigating the killing of immigration official Margrethe Thormod. But is even the implacable Saga up to returning to duty so soon after such traumatic events, especially when there’s soon a second murder to deal with? And can she cope with hot-desking? Enigmatic, tense and scripted so that you are genuinely never sure what’s coming next. It’s a police procedural like no other. Jonathan Wright
Tap America: How a Nation Found Its Feet
8pm, BBC Four
“What is tap?” asks actor Clarke Peters as he sets off on a personal journey to understand the significance of an art form as American – and African-American – as hip-hop. Indeed, he discovers that Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly owed a great debt to black dancers who didn’t achieve their level of fame. Candice Carty-Williams
Trump’s Takeover
9pm, PBS America
It turns out there is a lot more to Donald Trump than praising white supremacists and paying hush money to alleged mistresses. His presidency has reshaped the Republican party from the inside out. This documentary talks to insiders, from unabashed fans to horrified observers of the unfolding chaos. Phil Harrison
Frankie Boyle’s New World Order
10pm, BBC Two
With Theresa May still clinging rigidly to the frozen cliff face, as imagined in the best monologue from last year’s episodes, Frankie Boyle returns with more standup, discussion and audience interaction. Sara Pascoe, Katherine Ryan and Mona Chalabi compete with the host’s verbal grenades. Jack Seale
Friday Night Dinner
10pm, Channel 4
In a somewhat peculiar turn of events, mum Jackie (Tamsin Greig) arranges her own surprise birthday party, hoping that none of her friends will find out that she is behind it. So it’s down to dad Martin to pretend that he arranged it instead; obviously, the plan quickly goes awry when he realises he has got the date wrong. Ben Arnold
High & Dry
10.30pm, Channel 4
The desert island disgrace continues in this new comedy, as the castaways run out of airline food. Douglas offers to utilise his hunting expertise but, sadly, his survival skills are more Gentle Ben than Bear Grylls. Brett has a plan for uncovering Harriet’s secret and Ventolin vamp Susan tries to seduce Douglas. Mark Gibbings-Jones
Film choice
Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde. Photograph: Allstar/Focus Features
Atomic Blonde
11.45am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Charlize Theron reveals a talent for bone-crunching martial arts moves in David Leitch’s end-of-the-cold-war action spy thriller. She’s a top MI6 agent being debriefed in London about a Berlin mission that went badly wrong. There’s a mole in their midst and Theron has to get to the truth. Paul Howlett
Live sport
Cycling: Giro d’Italia 12pm, Eurosport 1. Stage 13 from Ferrara to Nervesa della Battaglia.
One-Day Cricket: Durham v Yorkshire 1.55pm, Sky Sports Main Event. From Chester-le-Street.
League Two Football: Notts County v Coventry City 7.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event. The play-off semi-final second leg from Meadow Lane.