Pick of The DAY

GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL 12.55PM, ITV1 ★★★★

Join Ed Chamberlin and his team of experts at Aintree for the world’s most famous horse race. Tune in for all the build-up and the first four races before the Grand National itself begins at 4pm. Last year’s champion, Corach Rambler, is among the 34 runners hoping to win the event. Who’s your money on?

ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY

7PM, ITV1 ★★★

The weekend antics of the Geordie duo (below) are coming to an end after 20 series, so don’t miss this two-hour live send-off show, which promises a suitably starry line-up, including Girls Aloud, Simon Cowell, Alison Hammond, Holly Willoughby, Rylan, Oti Mabuse and Richard Madeley. Plus, there’s a nostalgic – and hilarious

– SNT retrospective.

OUR DREAM FARM WITH MATT BAKER 8PM, CH4 ★★★

In the first episode of this rural reality contest, we met the applicants hoping to become the new tenants of a coveted

National Trust farm in Northumberland. Now, we follow the hopefuls as they demonstrate their agricultural prowess, preparing a beaver lodge and mucking out a pig shed. Host Matt is having a great time befriending the contestants, but which of them will impress the most and be chosen to sleep in the Grade Ii-listed farmhouse?

KURT COBAIN: MOMENTS THAT SHOOK MUSIC 9.25PM, BBC2

★★★★ The Nirvana front man has gained almost mythical status since he took his own life 30 years ago, but this new documentary uses unseen archive footage to demystify that sad event. At 10.10pm, watch When Nirvana Came To Britain to discover how the US group hit the big time in the UK, making ‘grunge culture’ mainstream with their unforgettable album Nevermind. And don’t miss former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl rocking Reading Festival in a broadcast of Foo Fighters’ 2019 headline set at 11.10pm.

HOW ABBA WON EUROVISION 9.30PM, CH5 ★★★

‘Brighton 1974 – it changed musical history,’ says one of the Abba authorities in this programme, which celebrates 50 years since the then unknown Swedish quartet stormed the singing competition with Waterloo – and became international stars overnight. But this reveals how the performance nearly didn’t happen, as the group’s first Eurovision attempt, with entry Ring Ring, flopped. We get the whole inside story from musicians who have played alongside Abba as well as former Eurovision contestants and experts.