PICK OF THE WEEK

SATURDAY

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.35pm)

Way back in Movie Week, we had dances to songs from Chicago and Hairspray, as well Avatar and Back to the Future. But tonight, it’s going to be all showtunes as the remaining couples take to the floor for Musicals Week. So, we should expect plenty of jazz hands and a lot of talk about getting into character as the celebs try to impress judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood, as well as the viewers at home. Who will get rave reviews, and who will be facing the final curtain in tomorrow’s dance off?

Paul McCartney at the BBC (BBC2, 7.55pm)

For many Beatles fans, the week’s biggest TV event is Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary Get Back, which comes to Disney on November 25 and will reportedly challenge the received wisdom that the making of Let It Be was a joyless experience for all involved. However, for a reminder that there was life after the Fab Four, BBC2 is dedicating an evening to the solo career of Paul McCartney. It begins with this show, which rounds up five-decades worth of clips of Britain’s most successful singer-songwriter, ranging from appearances on Top of the Pops to the Electric Proms and featuring songs including Band on the Run, Jet, Coming Up and Live and Let Die. There’s also backstage footage, interviews and a recent encounter with Bob Mortimer.

The Madame Blanc Mysteries (C5, 7.55pm)

Dom’s wife Georgina arrives in Sainte Victoire out of the blue. And although she tries to explain her extended absence and declare her love for him, he remains unconvinced. Does Georgina have another agenda? Elsewhere, with her ring back, Jean prepares to bid farewell to Sainte Victoire, but as she spends her final nights in the South of France, a shadowy figure slips inside Jean’s cottage, clearly looking for something. They knock over an antique, waking Jean-but the figure escapes before Jean can identify them. Niall and Celine decide to throw a goodbye party for Jean. But when Jean doesn’t arrive on time, everyone starts to wonder where she is.

Empire State of Mind (C4, 9pm)

The British empire left a highly contentious legacy and in this two-part documentary, writer Sathnam Sanghera explores the ways in which it has shaped modern Britain. He begins by looking at the way empire informed attitudes towards race as he travels back to his hometown of Wolverhampton and the house where his parents lived after arriving from India in 1967 – one year before local MP Enoch Powell delivered his notorious ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech. The presenter speaks to the writer Alex Renton, who recently discovered that his ancestors were involved in slavery, and Sathnam also uses his own Sikh heritage as a starting point to discover whether Britain has always repaid the loyalty of the soldiers from other countries that have served in the UK military.

Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber (Sky Arts, 9pm)

Classic FM has joined with Sky Arts to champion some of today’s most exciting young classical artists. Recorded as live with an audience and with the performers and the 12 Ensemble standing in the round, the programme follows Lloyd Webber as he introduces each in turn to perform music from composers such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Antonio Vivaldi and Steve Reich. Among those featured are violinist and influencer Esther Abrami, French trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary, American violinist Randall Goosby, Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe and pianist and cellist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.

SUNDAY

Doctor Who: Flux (BBC1, 6.20pm)

Although they might not have a Daleks-rivalling catchphrase, the Weeping Angels are arguably the most iconic villains to have been created since Doctor Who returned to our screens in 2005. So, many fans will be glad to see they are at the heart of this episode, even if that’s bad news for the Doctor and her companions. The episode takes us back to Devon in 1967, where a little girl has gone missing, Professor Eustacius Jericho is conducting psychic experiments – and there’s one headstone too many in the local graveyard. It’s up to the Doctor to find out why Medderton is known as “the cursed village”, and what the Weeping Angels want.

An Audience with Adele (STV, 7.25pm)

There’s no doubt that Adele is one of the most successful British artists of all time – she’s sold a staggering 11.5 million albums in the UK alone, and her most recent single, Easy On Me, has also been breaking records. But just in case you needed further proof that she’s an allround treasure, ITV is giving her the Audience