The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Review

FINDING THE WAY BACK

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Sky Cinema Premiere/ NOW TV, 8pm

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While this isn’t quite a triumphant return to form for Ben Affleck, after formally stepping down

Sony Movies, 9pm

Edgar Wright’s infectious car-chase thriller, about a getaway-driving cutie-pie savant (Ansel Elgort, bringing a physical musicality to every onscreen task) whose every move behind the wheel is in Olympic-level sync with whichever song is pulsing through his iPod, will make you believe in magic. The editing is stunning and keeps the film a skip ahead of its forebears. Lily James, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx join the dance party.

To whet appetites for the bi-annual Comic Relief telethon on Friday, Ramsay hosts a charity edition of his new game. Banter features heavily as Ramsay welcomes his fellow Road Trip passenger and sparring partner Gino D’Acampo to play the money-stacking quiz show alongside his 18-year-old son, Luciano.

THE VOICE UK ITV, 8.30pm

Tonight’s two-hour singing extravagan­za sees 12 acts perform for a place in next week’s final. The judges grapple with having to choose which one of their singers to put

through, but help is on hand – guests Melanie C, James Bay, Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock and former judge Danny O’Donoghue offer advice.

MAN IN ROOM 301 BBC Four, 9pm & 9.45pm

This engrossing family saga has put Finland on the map as a Nordic noir player, even if it was written by Shaun of the Dead actress Kate Ashfield. Tonight’s first of a double bill builds tension as Mikko (Andrei Alén) discovers the identity of Tommi’s killer and an ugly family secret emerges. Meanwhile, Olivia (Leena Pöysti) has reason to fret over her daughters’ choice of boyfriends.

Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness reunite with Chris Harris

BBC Four, 9pm

Huw Stephens concludes his engaging survey with visits to Cardiff, Colwyn Bay, Swansea and Bardsey Island, exploring the 20th-century revolution

Channel 4, 9.15pm

The reality show that makes seduction by social media into an art form returns (following a celebrity version) for the next three weeks. As ever, popularity is everything as nine contestant­s set out to charm and/or deceive their way to the £100,000 prize.

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