The Coronation of HM the King: The Preparation
7.30am, BBC One
It is going to be a long weekend for Kirsty Young and her coronation team, starting with this near three-hour warm-up of films and interviews. The actual ceremony starts at 10.15am, with Charles III and the Queen Consort travelling from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, where they will be crowned. The celebrations begin at 1pm, with the royals making their traditional balcony appearance. Hollie Richardson
In for a Penny
6.30pm, ITV1
Snarky but effervescent Stephen Mulhern’s irreverent mobile gameshow continues to travel the country. He sets members of the public unusual tasks and offers an unpredictable range of cash prizes (they can win thousands or snare their bus fare home). This week, he arrives in Hull. Phil Harrison
In With a Shout
7pm, ITV1
Some gameshows are deceptively simple. This one is insultingly so: it is literally showing people things and asking them to name them. In the cavernous, dystopian blackness of the studio, Joel Dommett does his best to entertain as the Trupia-Melluish family from Milton Keynes play the Murrays from Newcastle. Jack Seale
Britain’s Got Talent
8pm, ITV1
Now that new judge Bruno Tonioli has settled in with typical fabulousness, the BGT panel gird themselves for another parade of starry-eyed hopefuls. Highlights include a sonorous all-male Welsh choir, dancing dogs and a young fan of Broadway smash Wicked who gets to live out her musical dream. Plus: a singing cat? Graeme Virtue
Magpie Murders
9.15pm, BBC One
The meta murder-mystery ends this week and – for everybody’s sanity – we need Susan to find the missing final chapter of murdered author Alan Conway’s novel. “We have a long drive. I will explain it all,” are detective Atticus Pünd’s last words in it, certain he knows the culprit. Back in the real world, Susan might also be about to catch Alan’s murderer red-handed. HR
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
9.30pm, BBC Two
All eyes and ears are on Liverpool’s music scene ahead of Eurovision, which is a nice excuse to celebrate Merseyside’s musical exports. This archive of live performances at the BBC ranges from the Beatles to Atomic Kitten. HR
Film choice
Matilda, 3pm, ITV1
The musical version may have usurped it in the public’s affection, but Danny DeVito’s 1996 film of Roald Dahl’s children’s novel has a touch of magic too. Dahl’s cartoonishly violent childhood world remains intact, along with his delight in a good education and loathing of bullies. Mara Wilson is the bookish child who discovers she has the power to move objects with her mind, while a fine supporting cast includes DeVito and Rhea Perlman as Matilda’s blithly uncaring parents and a terrifically nasty Pam Ferris as school principal Miss Trunchbull. Simon Wardell
Homeward, 9pm, BBC Four
Nariman Aliev’s Ukraine-set road movie was filmed in 2019 – before the most recent Russian invasion – but the sense of a country unsettled by its past is tangible. Domineering Tatar father Mustafa (Akhtem Seitablaev) plans to drive his dead soldier son’s body from Kyiv to annexed Crimea to bury it illegally in his homeland, with his surviving son, student Alim (Remzi Bilyalov), forced to join him on the long journey. Family resentments, religious differences and historical trauma slip through the often silent tension between the two as they struggle towards their goal. SW
Live sport
Cycling: Giro d’Italia, 1pm, Eurosport 1 The season’s first grand tour starts with a time trial from Fossacesia Marina to Ortona, with last year’s Vuelta winner Remco Evenepoel (pictured above) tipped for victory.
Premier League Football: Man City v Leeds, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event From the Etihad. Followed by Liverpool v Brentford at 5pm.
Wheelchair Rugby: European Championship, 3.30pm, Channel 4 The first semi-final at Principality Stadium, Cardiff. The final is on Sunday at 2.30pm.
Premiership Rugby Union: Bristol Bears v Gloucester Rugby, 3.30pm, BT Sport 1 Bath Rugby v Saracens is on at the same time on BT Sport 2.
