Will Katie Price be the highlight of this weekend’s TV? (And other stuff to watch)

Celebrity Big Brother (Channel 5, Saturday & Sunday, 9pm)

In the olden days of Big Brother, the weekend shows were barely worth bothering with and rarely rated as well as the weekday bulletins from the house. That all changed last weekend when suddenly Channel 5 put back the show by an hour on Saturday night to cope with the grimly awful behaviour of Jeremy Jackson and Ken Morley (who, if anything, was even more offensive than Jackson and should have been chucked out that night rather than a few days later). So who knows what gripping madness might ensue this weekend, once the Mysterious New Housemate Who Will Obviously Be Katie Price arrives? I once had dinner with Pricey at her house and sat next to her all night while she proceeded to complain about intrusions unto her life, a life which, let’s not forget, she has cunningly monetized for years, by taking part in stuff like Celeb BB. She’s going to be unmissable, though, because in unedited, off-the-cuff situations she comes up with some right old nonsense. Cannot. Wait.

Planet’s Got Talent (ITV, Saturday, 6.30pm)

Meanwhile if you want some equally freaky entertainment, but of the rather less intense variety, and minus squawking Americans, you could do worse than check this new series which gather up clips from the various international variations on the Got Talent format. Of which there are 67, no less. Lovely Warwick Davis introduces us to the likes of a Korean chap who rubs wasabi in his eyes, a bloke who plays the violin with wine glasses, a ball and four shots on his bow, an Indian man who can stuff 200 straws into his mouth at the same time, and my favourite – a German fellow who kicks himself in the face. Please bring this chap to BGT so David Walliams can pass comment.

Call The Midwife (BBC1, Sunday, 8pm)

From the ridiculous to the sublime: here’s a new series of the drama that feels like the standard Sunday night cosy-vision period fare we know and love but is in fact rather more challenging than that, dealing as it does with actual social issues and stuff. Don’t let that out you off, though, because with a cast including Miranda Hart, Jenny Agutter and newbie Charlotte Ritchie out of Fresh Meat (she plays Oregon), taking over from the sadly departed Jessica Raine. Ritchie’s character gets over-happy on the booze at a welcoming party, while the main heart-rending story features a ludicrously cute little urchin looking after his littler sisters. What’s the story with the rest of his family? Prepare to sob as their story unfolds.

And don’t forget… The current third series of the drama from the best writer in television, Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey), is knocking it out of the park every week, and this weekend Last Tango In Halifax (BBC1, Sunday, 9pm) it all gets deeply moving as Sarah Lancashire’s Caroline grapples with the aftermath of the death of her partner Kate.