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Waiting to go out

9.25pm, BBC One

Dennis Kelly’s prison drama, the first must-see show of the year, reaches the halfway mark. Philosophy teacher Dan (Josh Finnan) is feeling good about life again, but his unresolved past with his father catches up with him. Meanwhile, on the inside, it’s Dries’ (Francis Lovehall) release date, but there’s a mix-up in his paperwork. Holly Richardson

Best Houses in New Zealand with Phil Spencer

5.25pm, Channel 4

“I’ll tell you what: New Zealanders are very serious about their indoor and outdoor lives,” says Phil. Today he visits three homes with endless gardens and river views, from the paradisiacal Stables House in Waikato to the Crinkle Cut, an open-plan oasis. (“There aren’t a lot of doors,” says the architect. “But don’t worry, there are doors in the toilets.”) Ali Catterall

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

6.45pm, BBC One

More variety shows are launching with crowd-pleasing storyboards. This week, YouTuber turned entrepreneur KSI had his phone hijacked, but will Idris Elba and Dua Lipa answer his suggestive messages? And Sophie Ellis-Bextor is a very good sport, in a prank that sees her judging a terrible talent competition. Hannah J. Davis

The Masked Singer

7pm on ITV1

Little Mix alumna Perrie Edwards joins the judging panel of the secret singing competition. Of the 12 initial nominees, eight are still in the running — including Toastie, who looks like an annoyed manta ray — but two will be revealed before karaoke night is over. Graeme Virtue

Boston Strangler: An Unheard Confession

9 p.m., Sky Crime

This is the case of Albert DeSalvo, who was convicted of murdering 13 women in the 1960s. This feature-length documentary listens to chilling confession tapes released publicly for the first time and speaks to the people who know the case by heart. Human resources

Hot competition

9pm, Sky Atlantic

“I’m coming to the hut.” It’s the latest double bill of the hit hockey romance drama, featuring the line that made the Internet scream when it first aired in America. After Scott and Kip’s relationship becomes public, Shane and Elijah are forced to finally make decisions about their endless longing. Human resources

Choose a movie

Zone of Interest Saturday, 9.45pm, Channel 4

Other award-winning films may come and go, but this drama will inspire fascinated discussion for decades to come. Christian Friedel – unrecognizable from his role in The White Lotus – plays Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz who lived with his wife (Sandra Höller) and children in an idyllic country house adjacent to the notorious concentration camp. For the Hoss family, domestic life goes on as usual, while the screams of industrial-scale murder are often audible over the garden wall. Jonathan Glazer’s film is an engrossing historical drama, but it also offers a chilling commentary on our current moment, and humanity’s ability to persist in a time when genocide is occurring. Ellen E. Jones

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nothingness, Disney+, available now

Two Prestige TV favorites – The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Succession’s Jeremy Strong – team up in the Golden Globe-nominated Bruce Springsteen biopic. Playing the leader during a downbeat period of his life when he was holed up in his home in Colts Neck, New Jersey, White reflects on his childhood trauma and tinkers with the demo that would eventually evolve into the 1982 bedroom-recorded album, Nebraska. Strong plays Jon Landau, a loyal manager and producer, who has always supported Bruce with the brand. Eig

Live sports

Tennis: Australian Open, 2 a.m., TNT Sports 1 Day 8. It continues throughout the week.

Premier League: West Ham v Sunderland, 11am, on TNT Sports 1 Followed by Bournemouth vs Liverpool at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event.

Women’s Super League: Chelsea-Arsenal, 12.15pm, BBC One At Stamford Bridge.

Premiership Rugby: Harlequins v Leicester Tigers, 2.45pm, TNT Sports 1Followed by Sale Sharks vs Northampton Saints, at 5.15pm

International Cricket: Sri Lanka vs England, 8.45am, TNT Sports 2 The final ODI will be played on Tuesday at 8.45 am on TNT Sports 1.