Saturday's best TV: Being The Brontës; Follow The Money; Saturday Kitchen Live

The lives of the literary sisters are explored, the Danish corruption thriller continues in stylish fashion, and James Martin signs off as host of Saturday Kitchen

Being The Brontës

9pm, BBC2
It is one of the most extraordinary backstories in all of literature – the concurrent authorship of three enduring novels by three sisters sharing the same Yorkshire home. This documentary sees Martha Kearney, Lucy Mangan and Helen Oyeyemi visiting Haworth and attempting to reimagine the period in the mid-1840s in which Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and Agnes Grey were written. See also The Brontës At The BBC, on BBC4 at 8pm on Sunday, a new series reflecting on decades of BBC adaptations of Brontë novels. Andrew Mueller

Saturday Kitchen Live

10am, BBC1
It’s a landmark Saturday morning as James Martin presents his last show after 10 years of serving up comfort TV to sofa-bound viewers. Guests include Claude Bosi from Hibiscus, Cinnamon Club’s Vivek Singh, Paul Ainsworth and Sat Bains, with Susie Barrie picking the wine. There’ll also be the usual clips from the food archive, with a look back on Martin’s best moments. He’ll be a tough act to follow: this is a man who makes cooking and keeping the conversation flowing with guests on a live show look so easy. Hannah Verdier

Can’t Touch This

BBC1, 6.10pm
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the producers of Ninja Warrior must be fanning their flushed faces right now. BBC1’s latest Saturday primetime offering is essentially identical, foolishly replacing Chris Kamara with cold hard capitalism. Contestants must tackle an assault course – seemingly borrowed from Pat Sharp’s Fun House – while attempting to touch prizes as Sue Perkins trots out Acerbic Voiceover Template 26. The contestants aren’t the only ones falling flat on their faces. Mark Gibbings-Jones

Shakespeare’s Tomb

8pm, Channel 4
“Blessed be the man that spares these stones, and cursed be he that moves my bones.” So reads the legend carved on William Shakespeare’s grave at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon; and, even after 400 years, no one’s dared disinter him. We’ve all seen the ending of Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Fortunately, as documented here, state-of-the-art radar technology has allowed geophysicists and historians a glimpse into what lies beneath, without disturbing old Shakey – and some surprises are in store. Ali Catterall

Follow The Money

9pm, BBC4
“You’re good at getting people to like you.” So notes lawyer Claudia of her boss, Energreen CEO Sander. Which is why he’s so dangerous, because, as the stylish Danish thriller continues, he’s emerging as someone who, close up, shows signs of psychopathy. For evidence, witness his behaviour on a finance-raising trip to an appropriately Ballardian Abu Dhabi. If only the periods when Sander isn’t involved were always as strong – in particular, the predictable plotline involving inept thieves Nicky and Bimse. Jonathan Wright

André Rieu & Friends: Live In Maastricht VII

8pm, Sky Arts
Dutch violinist André Rieu is one of the kings of light classical music. Every year, he plays a massive homecoming concert in Maastricht’s town square, and this event from 2013 features guests including Jermaine Jackson, Trini Lopez and, on lachrymose bandoneon, Argentina’s Carlos Buono. Audience reactions are a big part of these films so if the waltz-time romance pales, enjoy instead the weeping fiftysomethings and – particularly – the enthusiastic man in the bow tie. John Robinson

Coastal Walks With My Dog

9pm, More4
This week on Coastal Walks With My Dog, TV property expert Phil Spencer is joined by his cocker spaniel Jessie, following the coast from the port at Dover along the White Cliffs. Musing what the journey would look like from Jessie’s point of view, he attaches a GoPro to the hound’s back. Turns out it’s lower and jerkier. Who knew? A waste of time and effort for all concerned. Elsewhere, Ben Fogle hits the Llŷn Peninsula with his labrador, and Angela Griffin takes a puppy to Whitby. Ben Arnold

Film Choice

Duel
(Steven Spielberg, 1971) , 8am, Horror Channel
The low-budget chiller that announced the arrival of an exceptional talent. The 23-year-old Spielberg’s menacing road movie has Dennis Weaver’s businessman terrorised by a beat-up old oil tanker on a remote American highway. We don’t see the truck driver: it’s simply an implacable (Jaws-like) force intent on running Weaver off the road. There are undertones of urban alienation to Richard Matheson’s story, but basically it’s a riveting, suspense-drenched thriller. Paul Howlett

The Heat
(Paul Feig, 2013), 9pm, Channel 4
Following the side-splitting success of Bridesmaids, director Paul Feig and his outrageous star Melissa McCarthy team up for a similarly hilarious female take on the odd-couple cops thriller. McCarthy is a foul-mouthed Irish-American police officer reluctantly paired with Sandra Bullock’s by-the-book FBI agent to bring down a Boston drug lord. Great, gross-out gags abound. PH

Jane Eyre
(Cary Fukunaga, 2011), 10pm, BBC2

A respectful, atmospheric adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s gothic romance. Australian actor Mia Wasikowska is a pale and oppressed Jane, sent to live at the forbidding manor of Michael Fassbender’s gloomy Rochester, where Judi Dench’s housekeeper Mrs Fairfax holds sway. The moors are pleasingly bleak, and it’s all choked with repressed longings. PH

Today’s best live sport

T20 World Cup Cricket: Bangladesh v New Zealand
The ever-resourceful Kiwis take on Bangladesh. 9am, Sky Sports 2

Snooker: Players Championship
The opening semi-final from Manchester. 12.45pm, ITV4

Premiership Rugby Union: Saracens v Exeter Chiefs
Coverage from the match at Allianz Park. 3pm, BT Sport 1

International Football: England v Germany
A testing friendly for England against the current World Cup holders. 7.30pm, ITV

Contributors

Andrew Mueller, Hannah Verdier, Mark Gibbings-Jones, Ali Catterall, John Robinson, Jonathan Wright, Ben Arnold, Paul Howlett

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