FRIDAY

DOCUMENTARY LOCKED AWAY: OUR AUTISM SCANDAL

The Dispatches strand follows a hardhitting look at the ambulance service with this powerful documentary by autistic director Richard Butchins as he explores the experiences of autistic people in mentalhealth units, drawing on their own videos, which were made in secret.

Channel 4, 7.30pm

FILM THE BLACK PHONE

Highly effective horror film in which 13-year-old Finney (Mason Thames) is abducted by a serial killer dubbed The Grabber

(Ethan Hawke, above). In his cell, Finney begins receiving calls on a mysterious black phone on the wall from the Grabber’s previous victims, who give him advice on how to escape.

Sky Cinema Premiere, 8pm

DRAMA

DRIFT – PARTNERS IN CRIME

The German buddy-cop drama begins with a double bill, starring Ken Duken and Fabian Busch as brothers Ali and Leo Zeller. They may have both grown up to be cops, but the siblings have been estranged for a decade – until a botched operation forces them to work together. Sky Atlantic, 9pm & 10pm

COMEDY THE CLEANER

Greg Davies (below) returns as crime-scene cleaner Wicky, who is landed with clearing up after a lethal pub brawl. Unfortunately, he’s promised his new girlfriend he’ll stay off the booze… BBC1, 9.30pm

SPORT LIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Bolton Stadium Hotel is the venue for the vacant IBO World Light Heavyweight title. Braian Nahuel Suarez has lost only once, but this is his first fight outside his native Argentina, so Lyndon Arthur (right), who earned this shot at the title after stopping Walter Gabriel Sequeira and Joel McIntyre, will fancy his chances. Channel 5, 10pm