Radio Times- Week 39

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I don’t know how he does it… There’s a new Steven Knight drama starting this week, an eight-part saga that follows the fortunes of Sir Benjamin Guinness’s four children after his death (p18). It’s glamorously gritty, with echoes of Peaky Blinders, which is due to return as a feature film in 2026.

It’s the prolific showrunner’s third drama this year, with A Thousand Blows and SAS Rogue Heroes both commissioned for another run. How he has time to juggle three TV series, a cinematic sequel and seven children, I have no idea. There’s also the small matter of a Bond film that he’s writing. And I thought editing a weekly magazine (yes, Shem is still missing, with the next clue on p61 – thanks Sky!) and two kids was a lot to manage! The sensational Slow Horses also returns this week and alongside interviews with Jackson Lamb’s finest, we talk to Will Smith, another showrunner with a lot on his plate. Although sadly Smith is stepping away from his hit, revealing from p15 that writing season five while editing season three and preparing to shoot season four, was too much alongside a deadline for series six. It appears some showrunners are human, after all.

Somewhat less prolific but no less brilliant is showrunner

Neil Cross, the man behind Luther, who returns with The Iris Affair next month –don’t miss your chance to watch the first two episodes of his exciting new thriller and see him on stage alongside stars Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar (inset above) at our exclusive premiere with Sky on 6 October. For free tickets go to radiotimes.com/theirisaffairscreening*

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THIS WEEK FEATURES

Costumes galore! 6

Ever wanted to see the outfits from Bridgerton and Downton up close? Now’s your chance

Domhnall Gleeson 8

The Irish star on proper journalism — and working in an Office-adjacent comedy

What’s it like… 9 to cast kids in dramas? We find out from the agency behind the hit drama Adolescence

Viewpoint 11

Michael Portillo on Britain’s obsession with railways — and how we’re falling behind

Slow Horses 12

It’s not just viewers anxious to know what happens next... the stars who play spies are, too!

House of Guinness 18

The unlikely partnership that has brewed an intriguing drama

All Creatures Great and Small 24

Rachel Shenton on returning to Darrowby — and winning an Oscar

Strictly 27

Say hello to the new professionals

Caroline Frost 29

Why do teen dramas chime with older audiences?

Simon Barnes 30

The Ryder Cup represents the eternal mystery of team sport

Radio Lead 110

Melvyn Bragg explains why he’s calling time on In Our Time...

View from my sofa 146

Industry star Marisa Abela

◀ TRAVEL Centre pages

How to get more from your hols

YOUR RT

Books 132

Actor Joanna Page’s memoir

Gardening 134

Joe Swift on autumn colour

Travel 136

The beauty of Italy’s Amalfi Coast

Money 138

Financial advice from Paul Lewis

Puzzles 139

All your favourite brainteasers

Feedback 142

Your letters — plus ITV at 70!

YOUR GUIDE

Sport 31

The pick of this week’s fixtures

Streaming 32

Your guide to on-demand TV

Television 40

The week’s programmes

Podcasts 113

Listen to the latest releases

Radio 114

Our unbeatable daily guide

House of Guinness

Marisa Abela

TV

Strictly Come

Dancing Launch Show Saturday

6.40pm BBC One

The sequins, sambas and megawatt smiles are back, as Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly introduce us to a line-up of celebrities that’s arguably the most obscure to date.

FEATURE P27

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Saturday 9.00pm C4

It’s the late 21st century and John David Washington’s ex-soldier is pitched into the struggle between humanity and artificial intelligence.

The plot’s a bit knotty, but the sci-fi design is impeccably realised.

The Hack Wednesday 9.00pm ITV1 (full series on ITVX)

David Tennant (above) and Toby Jones star in a brash and punchy Jack Thorne-penned drama about the phone hacking scandal, set between 2002 and 2012. TV

STREAMING

Slow Horses Series 5, episode 1 available Wednesday Apple TV+

The Slough House spies are spooked when Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), the tech genius who’s a social disaster, gets himself a girlfriend. Is Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman, right) on the sticky trail of a honey-trapper?

INTERVIEW P12

In Our Time Available now

If you’re bereft at the loss of Melvyn Bragg from your Thursday morning after he announced he is stepping down from hosting In Our Time, find solace in the 1,000-plus archive editions available on BBC Sounds.

INTERVIEW P110

TV

All Creatures

Great and Small

Thursday 9.00pm 5

Call for Mrs Hall! The housekeeper has been away, but the veterinary practice is falling apart in her absence. As the wholesome drama returns, James (Nicholas Ralph, right, with Thomas Riches as Jimmy) and Tristan make a mercy dash to convince her to return. FEATURE P24

STREAMING

House of Guinness

All 8 eps available Thursday Netflix

James Norton stars in a rollicking period saga created by Steven (Peaky Blinders) Knight, set in Dublin and New York and charting a turbulent time for the world-famous Guinness family. INTERVIEWS P18

FILM

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Wednesday 10.40pm BBC

One (11.10pm N Ire; 12.10am Scotland) Jake Gyllenhaal follows in Patrick Swayze’s blood-spattered footsteps in this robust remake of the 80s favourite. He plays the tough former fighter who’s recruited to mete out justice as the head bodyguard at a besieged dive bar.

RADIO

Railway 200

Monday from 8.30am Radio 4 Extra

A celebration of 200 years of the railways with the schedules filled with train-themed programmes across the week, from Edwardian thriller stories to Jarvis Cocker travelling on a night train, with many documentaries in between.

TV

Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators

Wednesday 8.00pm U&Alibi

Lu (Jo Joyner, above) and Frank (Mark Benton) may specialise in cracking cases, but they’ve now cracked their partnership. The private eyes aren’t seeing eye to eye in series five of the light whodunnit, which has a new home on U&Alibi.

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WATCH IT!

There is a behind-the-scenes tour of Cosprop with its deputy general manager

Mia Wallden and a full interview with John Bright, available now on RT’s YouTube channel

ON DISPLAY

STITCHED TO PERFECTION COSTUMES

Think of any period production — All Creatures

Great and Small, Bridgerton, Peaky Blinders, The Crown, Downton Abbey, to name a few — and most of the costumes will have come from Cosprop, a costume house working across film, television and theatre, that provides real and re-created clothes from 1100 to 1960.

Cosprop was founded by Oscar and Bafta-winning costume designer John Bright in 1965. His first TV job (with designer Joyce Hammond) was to make Maxine Audley’s Miss Havisham dress for the BBC’s 1967 Great Expectations series. Today, the costumier is celebrating six decades of fashion with the Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop exhibition at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum, with more than 80 costumes going on view.

To celebrate, RT visited Cosprop’s north London base, an Aladdin’s cave housing more than 350,000 pieces. The vast rooms are comprised of rails and rails of clothes in men’s, women’s and children’s departments; the millinery; the

dyeing and breakdown department (where things are made to look older and lived-in); the workroom; alterations and returns. There is even a room dedicated to just accessories, including umbrellas, canes, rings, sunglasses, watches, bags, brooches and cigarette cases. Items can be used over and over again in different productions — meaning these clothes and accessories have had multiple lives on screen.

“It’s really exciting to give people an idea of how things really were at a particular time,” says Bright, who at 85 still works at the coalface — from fittings and ironing to making big business decisions. “You get the clothes right, and then the actors bring something special to the part that completes the circle — the way they put a hat on or their gloves on — and it’s magic when it happens.”

LAURA RUTKOWSKI

COSTUME KING

Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop is on at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London from 26 September 2025 to 8 March 2026. Buy tickets at fashiontextilemuseum.org

John Bright with Helena Bonham Carter

◀ JENNA COLEMAN

Victoria (2016)

“For research, I looked at paintings of the wedding, and the actual dress, which was on display at Kensington Palace,” says Victoria’s costume designer Rosalind Ebbutt. “Victoria was keen to use British fabrics, and not wear gold or silver, which were normal for royal brides. She picked white Spitalfields silk, and the veil, skirt flounce and trimmings were of Honiton lace. Her dress actually popularised the lasting tradition of brides wearing white.”

◀ ALAN RICKMAN

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

“The heart of Cosprop’s work is taking something that already exists and modifying it to what works for the actor, the scene, the script,” says film and theatre historian Keith Lodwick, who curated the Costume Couture exhibition with John Bright. “Many things have elements of original period costuming. This is something John and [fellow costume designer] Jenny Beavan pieced together from the Cosprop stock and adapted to fit Alan Rickman.” A new film of Sense and Sensibility is in the pipeline starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Cosprop will provide the costumes again. “There are books people come back to... Jane Austen definitely,” adds Bright.

◀ HELENA BONHAM CARTER

A Room with a View (1985)

“The film is 40 years old this year. It was quite a low-budget film, but it touched a chord with audiences,” says Keith Lodwick. “John Bright and Jenny Beavan have worked together on 12 films, primarily for Merchant Ivory Productions. John is anchored by authenticity, and Jenny has a flair for character and telling stories with her clothing.” A Room with a View won an Academy Award and a Bafta for best costume design in 1987.

GRAPEVINE

The TV stories that are getting us talking…

WHAT’S OCCURIN’?

Gavin & Stacey creators Ruth Jones and James Corden are back. Not as Nessa and Smithy, but as estranged siblings Lisa and Ben. The pair are developing The Choir, an Apple TV+ comedy drama in which a small town’s struggling choir could help unite brother and sister when Ben returns home after living abroad for many years.

HUSHED TONES

MERYL STREEP ▶

Out of Africa (1985)

“Most of Meryl Streep’s wardrobe for Out of Africa was created at Cosprop,” says Keith Lodwick. “Milena Canonero, one of the most important costume designers in the history of film, and John flew to New York and took 60 costumes. They fitted Meryl into 45 over two days. The film had such a big impact on fashion designers at the time... Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors and Donna Karan did a whole range of safari-style outfits that were influenced by it.”

Paloma Faith and 2022 Eurovision star Sam Ryder are to mentor singing hopefuls in a new Channel 4 show from the team behind The Piano. As with Mika and Jon Batiste on that show, Faith and Ryder will be hidden from view at a string of locations as amateurs take to the stage to perform songs with personal meaning to them. Bake Off’s Alison Hammond will preside. YOU’RE BROOKED!

A decade since he lampooned British police dramas in Sky’s A Touch of Cloth, Charlie Brooker is back on the spoof beat for his next Netflix project. The Black Mirror creator has penned an as-yet untitled four-parter with House of the Dragon’s Paddy Considine as “a tormented detective from the northern city of Bleakford” on the trail of a serial killer. Georgina Campbell (Black Mirror) and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) are also attached. ROBIN PARKER

CATE BLANCHETT ▶

Elizabeth (1998)

“My aim was to reflect the freedom and innocence of youth,” says costume designer Alexandra Byrne, who created all the looks for Elizabeth and its sequel, Elizabeth: the Golden Age, earning herself an Academy Award for best costume design. “Elizabeth was a young woman, free in the company of her circle of friends, all young women. She is well educated and has an independent spirit. I tried to reflect all these qualities in her dressing style, creating a credible world without being bound by historical accuracy.”

10 QUESTIONS WITH DOMHNALL GLEESON

He may be playing a journalist in his latest comedy, but the actor is wary of the press — so no personal questions!

The CV of Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson makes for interesting reading, ranging from Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films to an imperial baddie in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a character called, er, Doofus in Frank of Ireland, an Irish comedy series co-created with his actor brother Brian. Now the 42-year-old is the star of Sky Max’s The Paper, a workplace comedy from the makers of the US version of The Office, playing a print-loving editor trying to turn around a struggling Midwestern newspaper.

Thank you for supporting print journalism, Domhnall. Do you read newspapers?

I do. I subscribe to a few different newspapers, but the one that I buy physically is The Irish Times, because I like doing the crossword.

What is the value of proper journalism — and in the case of the fictional Toledo Truth Teller — proper local journalism? It’s incredibly important, in terms of keeping an eye on the place where you live, and on the people who find it easier to get away with things because [what they do] is seen as low-level. Those decisions can matter even more to people on the ground than the ones taken at the very highest level.

What did you think of journalists before taking on this role? I’m probably always a little bit

defensive because you’re trying to look after yourself. When I talk to journalists, I want to talk about work; sometimes they want to talk about private stuff. It can be tricky to navigate.

In the style of the Truth Teller’s clickbait-chasing online version, what’s the most egregious nonsense you’ve read about yourself on the internet?

I don’t think I’d pick one thing. Because then you’re pointing more people at it!

But I’m aware how it works. If we do an interview and I say something that is more interesting to your readers than it is to me, that’s going to be the headline. I do understand the desire not to have the headline “Actor cares about current project” – no one’s like: “Oooooh!”

Gleeson

DARK SIDE

played General Hux in the Star Wars prequel trilogy

Did you speak to Steve Carell about what it was like being the boss in the US Office? I did. Steve is one of those extraordinary people who leads by example. He told me, “If you get a chance to work with Greg Daniels [series co-creator], you have to

do it. He’s the best.” He was right about that. John Krasinski [who co-starred] said the same thing. They’re both amazing actors and have done very well out of The Office. So, all you can do is try and be good in your own show.

That show was a multiaward-winning behemoth of broadcasting. What’s the pressure like when you’re following that and you’re the man

who’s leading from the front?

If there’s pressure on the show, it’s pressure that it’s brought on itself because it’s described itself as in “the same universe as...” We’ll probably have a tricky time explaining to people that it’s not a remake of The Office. But this character is so different to all the bosses from the different versions of The Office. He’s more of a straight man.

Before The Paper even aired, it was renewed for a second series. The US Office had nine seasons, with 201 episodes — given that you currently live in Dublin, are you ready for a multi-series,

(left)

‘The people I like most in the world are the people who make me laugh’

American-based commitment?

No. What I’m prepared for is, if the show just keeps on going, it will be because people are responding to it in a positive way. And if we don’t, it’ll be because of the opposite. But I really look forward to doing more of it, because I think we can make it better.

The Office changed TV, with the mockumentary becoming a whole new style of show. But it’s changed again since then. Now dramedies like The Bear and Hacks win comedy Emmys. Is there still room for a straightup comedy like The Paper? I really hope so. I still seek out

TELLING IT IN TOLEDO

ON THE RISE

Amélie Pease as Lisa (centre) in Adolescence

comedies. A lot of the time, what I need is something unabashedly interested in making you laugh. The people I like most in the world are people who make me laugh. The truth is no different when it comes to TV shows. With something like [Channel 4’s] Stath Lets Flats, I’m like: “For the following half an hour, I will be happy.” That’s a cool gift to give people.

Do you find comedy harder than serious roles?

Not really. All the time, you’re trying to access the truth of the project. So, you need a good script. You need good people to play with. You need a good overseer. That’s true of whatever you’re doing, whether it’s drama or comedy.

You made a very convincing drug-dealing villain opposite Julianne Moore in recent Apple TV+ film Echo Valley. Was it a lot of fun being able to lean into a chewy, out-and-out bad guy?

I absolutely loved it. Characters like that have such an immediate effect on the scene. When they walk into the room, things change. Actually, when I worked with Steve Carell on The Patient [the 2022 thriller series], it was a similar thing. I was playing a serial killer and he was a therapist I had kidnapped to try and keep me on the straight and narrow. So, yeah, I love that and will certainly be looking to do more of that in the future.

CRAIG McLEAN

The Paper is on Friday at 9pm and 9.35pm on Sky Max/Showcase

WHAT IT’S LIKE… to discover the next child star

Drama school and casting agency Articulate, set up by Stacey Burrows in Bradford, provided 150 child extras for Adolescence, the Emmynominated Netflix hit. Main cast members Amélie Pease (Lisa, Jamie’s sister), Fatima Bojang (Jade) and Austin Haynes (Fredo) all came through the school, as did Rory Wilmot, who has been cast as Neville Longbottom in the new Harry Potter TV series.

LAYING DOWN THE LAW In

2013, I was working as a barrister but looking to give back, so I set up a weekly public speaking school for kids. CBeebies came across it, asked me to do a bit of vocal coaching on a series, and I agreed as long as I could get some of the kids in as extras. They kept asking for more children so I dropped the legal stuff and the agency really took off in 2015.

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

We’ve just opened up to adults, but our focus is on children and young performers up to the age of 25 — those who need support with an audition, a self-tape, or reading a call sheet. We

represent kids from all over the UK, and many are from diverse or disadvantaged backgrounds. Our classes are about £8 a week, and we offer scholarships.

CASTING

CALL A casting director sends us a detailed brief of the characters they’re looking for, we suggest who we think might be suitable and send off their CVs. Then they tell us who they want to audition. We have weekly drop-in sessions with all of our clients. I often go to school plays, then I could be in LA to watch a movie premiere!

PARENTAL GUIDANCE

HELPING HAND

Stacey Burrows, founder of

A lot of agents say they don’t want to deal with kids because of annoying parents, but we don’t have that. Some of the kids have actor parents, but for those who don’t, we help them navigate the industry. One parent often has to give up their job. When you’re in a global franchise [like Harry Potter], you lose a bit of your normal life. We try to keep our kids grounded and make sure they’re enjoying it. Because if they’re not, they shouldn’t be doing it.

LAURA RUTKOWSKI

Gleeson as editor Ned Sampson (front centre) with his co-stars from The Paper

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STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS

As the founders of the modern railway, why have we fallen so far behind, asks Michael Portillo

I fell in love with railways when I was five years old. I would take a 13-hour journey from London, on a train called the Starlight Special, to see my grandparents in Fife. Steam engines were on the main line, so it was a great adventure. You could see the world go by at a stately pace and appreciate the change in landscape and light.

The British are particularly captivated by railways because their story began 200 years ago in England, in Stockton and Darlington, where history was made with the world’s first public railway to transport goods and passengers using steam locomotives. As a catalyst for a second industrial revolution, railways transformed our economic life, expanding our horizons. It’s these origins, told in our BBC documentary, that help maintain our national nostalgia about railways.

But it’s a nostalgia chequered today by bad decisions. We were the first country to introduce public railways, and that made us lazy. We stopped innovating and stuck with steam for too long. British Rail became obsessed with replacing steam with diesel, without considering a move to electric. Less than 40 per cent of our network is electrified, which is poor compared with most developed countries, and we are decades behind in high-speed rail.

For an alternative, look to Japan. In 1964 they produced the high-speed train, which was way ahead of anyone else and made a huge contribution to the restoration of national pride following the war. Their railways – which are nationally

run – are associated with reliability, safety and prestige. Every train leaves on time. We have underinvested in our railways and as a result we respect them less. The situation isn’t helped by strikes – they make the service unreliable.

There are some good news stories. We are introducing new trains and that does lift passengers’ morale. But we’ve gone for a very high specification of high-speed train. That’s extremely expensive. HS2 is designed to run at

‘We need new railway lines but the cost has gone through the roof’

225mph – faster than today’s Japanese Shinkansen, and with greater frequency.

In 1996, while in government, I drew up plans to privatise the railways. At the time, there were nearly 800 million passenger journeys a year. Just before the pandemic, the figure was 1.7 billion. The number of passenger journeys under privatisation rose by about a billion, so I think that was pretty successful. But the railways have not, since the earliest days, run at a profit, and whether they’re privatised or nationalised, they’re reliant on taxpayer subsidy.

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Britain needs new railway lines but we have allowed the cost to go through the roof, sabotaging the benefits. When people get a junction built near where they live, they’re less likely to object to motorways. One of the problems in places affected by HS2 – which has been described by the Public Accounts Committee as “a casebook example of how not to run a major project” – is they don’t get a benefit, because the trains go rushing past them.

Our decision-making has been absurd when it comes to environmental concerns. We built motorways without exaggerated environmental measures that would have made them uneconomic. Suddenly now, railways must be in tunnels wherever they cross a pretty landscape. I don’t accept that. A railway crossing a beautiful landscape very often enhances it. A viaduct across the valley can sometimes be beautiful.

Some 200 years on since 27 September 1825 and the birth of the modern railway, when George Stephenson’s Locomotion No 1 hauled wagons of coal, flour and passengers at 15mph along the Stockton and Darlington tracks, it’s not impossible to get back to a system that we’re proud of. But it will require a vast amount of money and time. I hope we’re prepared to make the sacrifice.

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HISTORY ON THE LINE

Michael Portillo with a replica of the legendary Locomotion No 1

Michael Portillo’s 200 Years of the Railways continues on Tuesday at 8pm on BBC Two and is on iPlayer

SLOW HORSES GALLOPS AHEAD

Perhaps even Jackson Lamb’s slowest horses aren’t quite ready for the knacker’s yard?

Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Tom Brooke are hot to trot

INTERVIEWS BY

MARK LAWSON

Series 5, episode 1 available Wednesday Apple TV+

CHRISTOPHER CHUNG PLAYS RODDY HO

it’s over the top and man-child. It’s another example of the way that every season gives a little bit more detail about the characters. I worked with the art and costume departments this season to show sides of Roddy we haven’t seen before.”

Actors in the Harry Potter movies famously used to rush to read each new book to find out what their characters would be doing next. It’s little surprise, then, to hear that the cast of Apple TV+’s acclaimed spy series Slow Horses, also plotted far ahead in the source material, turn to Mick Herron’s novels in a similar way. After all, at least one failed spy seems to meet their maker each series...

“I’ve always read ahead to make sure I don’t die and can pay my mortgage,” says 37-year-old Australian actor Christopher Chung, who returns as eccentric tech genius Roddy Ho in the fifth season of the drama, which begins this week. “When I first got the role, I checked out the books that had come out at the time to see if Roddy had a prominent role in any of them – which he really did in the fifth one, London Rules. I always hoped we would get to play out its storyline.”

So, in dramatic terms, is office menace Roddy the protagonist or antagonist this time around?

‘Someone said, “Oh, you could be Q.” I’d rather be Bond!’

CHRISTOPHER CHUNG

“Oh, he’s always the antagonist!” laughs Chung. “But yes, he takes front and centre this season. He gets a girlfriend, which leads to much questioning from the other Slow Horses about how he’s pulled such a gorgeous woman.”

Actors often want to play likeable people, but the abrasive, misogynistic Roddy can be spectacularly dislikeable. “You think so?” challenges Chung. “I would put him down to being misunderstood by everyone else. He lives in his own world. He’s a character people love to hate. The greatest compliment I get when people recognise me is: ‘You’re such an arsehole in that show. I absolutely love you.’ Which is wonderful, but an oxymoron.”

In the first episode of season five, we get a glimpse of Roddy’s home life, with ornamental swords on the wall and Warhammer figures and protein shakes everywhere. “Yes,

One Slow Horse comments about Roddy having an “annoying walk”. Did Chung work with a choreographer? “No! It’s my walk! I don’t know if it’s something [Slow Horses showrunner] Will Smith saw and decided to put in.” (When RT asks Smith, he insists he wasn’t being rude about Chung’s own walk.)

Over five series, Chung is pleased that Roddy’s eccentricities have made him less racially stereotyped than many East Asian characters on screen. “When we were in rehearsal for season one I had quite lengthy discussions with Will and the director James Hawes to make sure that we avoided that. By my own admission, there were some things I thought about the character that leaned into that stereotype. So we avoided them.” The easy cliché being Roddy as a maths or IT super-nerd? “Yes. But nobody wants to see that again.

“We wanted to make him someone who marches to the beat of his own drum. He’s in some ways absurd. But people who come up to me often say: ‘Oh, we’ve got someone exactly like Roddy in our office.’ I’m amazed that someone like that could actually exist.”

Off screen, traces of racial stereotyping linger. “Jack Lowden [who plays fellow Slow Horse River Cartwright] is said to be a contender to be the next James Bond. And someone said to me: ‘Oh, you could be Q.’ And I said I’d rather be James Bond! But I think all the characters in Slow Horses could be put somewhere in the Bond universe.”

We’ve all seen later seasons of shows where the actors turn up looking contractually obliged, rather than raring to go. But in Slow Horses, everyone seems as if they want to be there. What’s the secret? “I think it’s because Will slightly reinvents the show each series to keep the actors engaged. When actors stop enjoying something, that’s because they are doing the same thing every year.”

Actors on political dramas often find themselves invited to Number 10 or the White House – do the Slow Horses cast dine with MI5 and MI6? A long pause from Chung. “No comment.” But real spooks do watch it? “They do and they are very big fans. Because I think they find it representative of their reality. Gary Oldman [who plays Jackson Lamb, head of Slough House] met Queen Camilla and I know that she – and, I would assume, the King – are fans of the show. So maybe we’ll be at Buckingham Palace.”

In the meantime, Chung is awaiting the arrival of his pre-ordered copy of Herron’s new novel, Clown Town, hoping that it will reveal more insight into Roddy’s peculiar soul – and that he survives to the end.

SPIES LIKE US

Slow Horses stars Gary Oldman and Christopher Chung have fans in high places

HORSES FOR COURSES

AIMEE-FFION EDWARDS

PLAYS SHIRLEY DANDER

Is it easier playing a returning character than a new role?

There are new edges and spikes each time — and Shirley has a lot of edges and spikes. In a series based on books, there’s already a passionate following, so it makes the stakes higher as you have to meet people’s expectations. But also you want to add some things that aren’t in the books.

What have you tried to add?

I’ve tried to understand where her anger comes from. In the books, Shirley is very angry and ragey. We’ve tried to make her a bit more human.

In London Rules, there’s a lot of detail about Shirley: 62 days clean of drugs, how many angermanagement sessions she’s attended, the wrap of cocaine she carries in her pocket to celebrate the end of her treatment… As an actor, are they almost like stage directions for you?

Yes. I remember reading all that in the book and thinking, “How do you show that?” You can’t have a camera in her pocket. But there’s a scene with River that lets us know it’s there and then you know why she often keeps a hand in that pocket. Her relationship with River becomes very important in this series.

But it’s a platonic relationship — as are others between men and women in the show. This is still relatively rare in TV shows, isn’t it? Yes, it’s really refreshing. You don’t see many platonic male-female relationships on TV. There’s an expectation of sex and romance. But chemistry and sparks can be all sorts of things. ML

‘IT’S

VERY HARD TO LET GO’

Will Smith on flatulence, Farage – and saying farewell

One of the biggest challenges for a returning TV series is maintaining freshness and avoiding repetition. And for Will Smith, serving as showrunner and lead writer for the fifth and final time on Slow Horses, this discussion even extended to how much the calorific and alcoholic diet of Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb – flatulent leader of a group of naughty-step spies exiled from MI5 – should repeat on him.

“In this series, there were originally three farts,” says Smith. “One came from a story Gary told me – I hope he doesn’t mind me saying – about breaking wind in one of those cavernous restaurants where the sound bounces round the whole place, and there was another at the end. But in the course of the edit, we cut those two so there’s just the one now in episode three, which is a silent fart. So you never actually hear one in season five. It seems an odd thing to say, but we want the farts to be story-led.”

Smith’s CV includes two of the best TV series about

SPY WHISPERER

Creative force

Will Smith leaves Slow Horses on a high

politics – the comedies The Thick of It and Veep, both with Armando Iannucci – making him a good fit with author Mick Herron, whose Slow Horses novels always reflect Westminster developments. While earlier series featured the shambolic Boris Johnson-like Peter Judd, season five has Dennis Gimball, a furious Eurosceptic modelled on Nigel Farage.

“In the first book, which came out in 2010, there’s a line that actually predicts the UK leaving Europe,” says Smith. “So Mick’s always had a radar for these things. When the book London Rules came out, it was definitely about Brexit, but the TV version is more about right-wing populism and immigration, which suddenly feels even more topical than when we were making it. There’s not much doubt that Farage is the inspiration for Gimball, although Farage wasn’t even an MP when we made the series.”

From left: Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), Shirley Dander (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) and River Cartwright (Jack Lowden)

BOSSING IT

London Rules was also prescient in predicting the levels of public unrest and demonstrations that have been seen recently in Britain. “I don’t know how Mick does it. It would be much better if he was wrong about these things.”

There is one main major change from the London Rules story in the new series. “The villains are from North Korea,” Smith explains. “In the book you don’t know who they are at first; we’re in their heads. Whereas, on TV, as soon as you saw them you’d have a sense of where they were from. And, in the book, the villains’ motivation is fear of the Supreme Leader and being put to death. We just wanted to give them more agency.”

On the whole, however, Smith stays close to the books – and in close touch with Herron. “Sometimes, adaptations change pretty much everything. And you think: ‘Oh, you loved the book but didn’t like the story or characters! Why spend all that money buying the rights if you’re going to throw it all out?’ Often, if we get stuck, we go back to the book and ask, ‘What did Mick do?’ We use a lot of his dialogue.”

‘Some adaptations change everything.

Why pay the money?’ WILL SMITH

that line, but it was Gary saying it that really made it.”

None of the lines in the next series will be Smith’s, however, as he is stepping down as showrunner. “I feel I’m going out at a good time and leaving the show and the characters in an interesting place,” he says. “I was very emotional. There were tears, but not in front of everyone. Even now, talking about it, I feel the emotion. It’s a very hard thing to let go of.”

TOM BROOKE PLAYS JK COE

Christopher Chung tells us he’s read all the books to find out what happens to his character. Have you done the same?

I have now! I have to admit that initially I turned the role down. I said:

“He doesn’t do anything.” And they said, “No, he does a lot later on,” to which I said, “I’ve heard that before!” Luckily, my wife had read the books. She said, “You idiot, you need to call them back immediately.”

JK Coe does initially seem like a minor character. But as often happens in this series, he becomes more important later on.

Yes. Will Smith was extraordinarily gracious in our first conversation. He said, “You’ve read these books just now, I read them three years ago. If there’s anything you think should be in, just tell me.” I thought he was just being nice, but I asked for a couple of things and in they went.

What did you ask for?

I asked why the phrase “electric carving knife” had been cut from a speech that was in the book. And there was another one where Coe had a knife and I asked if it could be a push-knife. They both went in.

You seem to know a lot about knives...

Smith and Herron aren’t always sure who created a particular line, although one of the TV Lamb’s most famous insults –describing meetings with his staff as being “like explaining Norway to a dog” – is definitely Smith’s. “The reason I know that one is me is that I also used it in The Thick of It and in a stand-up show. Although I’d forgotten about that until I put it in Slow Horses and other writers said, ‘Oh, nice touch, an Easter egg!’ But it wasn’t – it was accidental. So it’s had a few lives,

So why leave? “It’s a very intense schedule. When I was doing the writers’ room for season five, that was the same time as the edit of season three and the prep and shooting of series four. You’re writing the next series at the same time as rewriting the one that’s being shot and it just became apparent that I wouldn’t be able to have season six ready for when it needed to be. So with great sadness on both sides, I had to stop.”

Gaby Chiappe (Misbehaviour, The Beast Must Die) is taking over as showrunner for season six, with Ben Vanstone (A Gentleman in Moscow) lined up for season seven. Did Smith leave handover notes or take them out to lunch?

“No. I always think it’s better not to be the ghost at the wedding. It’s not something I could do part-time or have oversight of. It was mine... and now it’s theirs.” ML

That is weird, isn’t it? But I do. My parents let me collect them when I was young. Then, when I became a teenager, they vanished from the house. I think my parents probably thought, “Enough!”

Did you also get to meet Mick Herron?

I met him on my last day. It was going to be before then, but it never happened. Mick told me that Coe is the character who’s most like him. ML

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Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner and Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb

THE RT

INTERVIEW

BY GINNY DOUGARY

Ivana Lowell is the daughter of writer, beauty, muse (as she is always described, with the addition sometimes of “alcoholic”) and Guinness heiress Caroline Blackwood; her stepfather was the blueblood American poet Robert Lowell and she grew up in a series of grand but austere homes. Steven Knight is the son of a blacksmith, one of seven children bunked up together in shared beds in more modest but warmer-hearted circumstances, in Birmingham.

Knight is one of our most successful screenwriters – from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (as one of the quiz show’s three creators) to the dark grit of Peaky Blinders – and was recently announced as the writer of the next Bond film. Lowell has written a memoir of her extraordinary life, Why Not Say What Happened? (a line lifted from one of her stepfather’s poems) and, 15 years on, is deep into writing another.

The two have come together to create The House of Guinness, which starts in 1868 in Dublin with the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the astonishing success of his family’s brewery.

The series is full of zip and brio, dash and panache, intrigue and violence – with Sean Rafferty, the family’s fixer (played by James Norton), striding down the streets in a long black coat, handing out punches and kisses in equal measure. There’s a strong musical score (à la Peaky), including controversial Irish group Kneecap’s song Get Your Brits Out thumping during a fight scene at the funeral procession.

The first two (of eight) episodes introduce us to Sir Benjamin’s children, to whom he left a fortune equivalent to £100 million today (according to the helpful on-screen caption). But let’s just say that none of the four – Arthur (Anthony Boyle), Edward (Louis Partridge), Anne (Emily Fairn) and Benjamin Jr (Fionn O’Shea) – is happy with the reading.

It has taken some years for the drama to get to this point, which, Lowell explains, started with her 20-page treatment. Several writers had a bash at developing it unsuccessfully, before she had word that Knight might be interested, whereupon she finally became hopeful that it could take flight.

The most useful research for Knight, he says, was meeting Lowell for the first time. “We talked about how the family works. Here is this family that is incredibly successful and driven, makes lots of money, but is different to any family anywhere else

Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell introduces her wealthy and wild family, whose brewery is at the heart of a new drama penned by Steven Knight

‘Drink was their blessing

AND THEIR CURSE’

because they were always considered to be outsiders, having made their money in ‘trade’.

“They had a desire to join the aristocracy, but at the same time a pull in the opposite direction, of equal strength, towards artists and renegades and a wilder sort of life. Each of them has inside them – this is how I see it – this Guinness thing [he has made their fatal flaw into a noun –

“Guinnessness”: the act of being in a perfect situation, only to blow it all up] that was always going to make them go outside what was conventional. That’s what makes them charismatic, but also flawed and tragic.

“They’ve got this juggernaut of a business, continuing among

this group of people who are aware of their own absurdity – who are funny, who are creative and who are drawn to a sort of madness and wildness sometimes.”

Knight loved the descriptions Lowell shared with him of the gloomy family houses in the country (which in her memoir are also terrifyingly alive in their decay): “They’re huge and cold, there’s no food... but there’s always a bottle.

“And, yes, dark things happen and mistakes are made, but it’s all from the point of view of this incredibly successful family who are still outsiders and yet somehow – well, not somehow, the beer helps – are still kind of beloved by the ordinary people.”

Picking up on Knight’s phrase “ordinary people”, I wonder whether Lowell would ever have met someone from Knight’s background growing up? However much her mother rebelled against the class aspirations and snobbery (not to mention unapologetic antisemitism) of her

own mother, it’s hard not to be affected by years of these attitudes being drilled into you, even if deeply buried.

“Of course,” she says, almost puzzled by the question, “because my mother loved artists. When she married Lucian Freud [Caroline Blackwood’s first husband – though the marriage was short, she is in some of the renowned artist’s most famous portraits], he was a penniless divorcee and he was Jewish, all three things that my grandmother absolutely hated.

“Then she married Israel Citkowitz [Polish composer and pianist, also Jewish], who I didn’t really know [they had already separated when Ivana was born; her birth father was actually one of Caroline’s lovers, Ivan Moffat, screenwriter of Giant – the search for the identity of her real father was a defining part of her early life]. And then she married Robert Lowell, so there were always artists and writers, it was nothing to do with class. It was really to do with

‘This incredibly successful family are still outsiders’

STEVEN KNIGHT

whether or not you were clever.”

Knight gets where my question is coming from. Artists are one thing – Lucian Freud’s grandfather, for instance, was Sigmund Freud; Robert Lowell’s ancestors came over on the Mayflower – neither husband was from working-class stock.

Knight starts by saying that the Guinness family had so much money that they didn’t have the same insecurities as the minor aristocracy, “to whom it is incredibly important to be seen as

ARTIST’S MUSE

different to the people below, and where all sorts of barriers are put up to force their elevated position.

“But also, there is something intrinsic, where there is an instant connection. You ask, ‘Would Ivana ever have met me?’ So, I would have gone shoeing horses with my dad and the crucial point is this… Usually we’d be in scrap metal yards with gypsies, but sometimes we would go to a place like a Guinness estate and whoever was in charge would be exactly like one of us. ▷

LUCK OF THE IRISH

The Guinness siblings, from left: Fionn O’Shea as Benjamin, Louis Partridge as Edward, Anthony Boyle as Arthur and Emily Fairn as Anne

Lady Caroline Blackwood with her first husband, Lucian Freud

◁ “Usually, it would be a bloke who owns all this land and horses, but he comes to the forge and he warms his hands; he’s just great and a laugh and he has a drink. And the way I wanted to write this – regardless of what they see as their curse as well as their blessing – is that there’s something about this family that isn’t the toff, it just isn’t.”

‘Growing up, I never felt we were toffs. I hate that word!’

IVANA LOWELL

Lowell agrees. “Growing up, I never felt that we were toffs. I hate that word! I thought we were like the poorest people ever. My mother didn’t like cars, so we’d have the most beaten-up old thing and my friends at school used to make fun of me. I was embarrassed when my mother picked me up from school. And she felt the same way about her mother picking her up from school. So I certainly didn’t feel we were rich –I didn’t even know what that was. There was no snobbery in my family apart from intellectually. And I really don’t think I’m snobby.”

What about you, Steven? “Well, very appropriately, I’m a snob about beer – and I do drink Guinness,” he says, with a big laugh. “I used to

own a brewery, such was my snobbery about beer. I cannot bear bad beer! And, weirdly, I employed my brother, so it was a family business. Our brewery made wonderful beer; we ran it for several years and then sold it. It’s called Freedom beer – it’s still going and very successful.”

The Guinness who really deserves a show of her own is Lowell’s maternal grandmother, Maureen, for whom doublebarrel aristos were clearly not enough; she married the lavishly titled Basil HamiltonTemple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.

Along with polishing her prejudices, the Marchioness was not shy about her friendship with the Queen Mother (throwing her an annual party at her home) and had a notably vulgar sense of humour. A memorable scene in 2021 BBC drama A Very English Scandal, about Margaret Duchess of Argyll’s hostile divorce, featured someone unleashing a mechanised penis at a dinner party.

“I’m afraid that was my grandmother,” Lowell says, only a touch ruefully. “She did have a fake penis and would bring it out now and then. Sometimes she would put it on her nose. My mother was mortified. And she used to dress up as the maid [complete with a fake accent to greet her guests]. She was the most embarrassing... If she hadn’t been a Guinness, she would have been on the stage.”

Does she share her grandmother’s sense of humour? “Not the vulgarity. She was too much. She used to have a fart machine which she put under her legs! My mother had a really dark sense of humour – we definitely share that. I love my family. They’re crazy, but I love them.”

LLAP OF LUXURY

owell is talking on Zoom, in her cut-glass English accent, from a pale, chic-looking, light-filled drawing room in East Hampton, one of the Long Island resorts where wealthy Manhattanites retreat for the summer. I was surprised that she wasn’t still in her mother’s beloved Sag Harbor house, but she says that it had to be sold: “It was so run down; it was too much like our old houses, which I grew up in. I’m in a very normal house now.”

THE LOWDOWN

MEET THE GUINNESSES

The stars reveal the flawed family members behind their new roles

ANTHONY BOYLE IS ARTHUR GUINNESS

“I play Arthur, the eldest. He left Ireland early on and went to Eton. He rejected his Irishness; he’s a classic, what we Irish would call a ‘West Brit’ — someone who aspires to be more English than Irish. Arthur loves the trappings of high society and likes British rule. He’s in London having a lovely time, living his authentic, true self, when his father dies and he has to return home.

“He thinks he’s going to get a chunk of money from his father’s will. But he ends up tied to his brother Edward; they have to run the brewery and share all the money — or else they both get nothing. Arthur has also been concealing his sexuality. He’s gay — this was true — and he met partners at Eton. He just wants to go to London, have sex, drink, smoke, and have the craic. Whereas Edward lives the Guinness brand, as we’d say now.”

LOUIS PARTRIDGE IS EDWARD GUINNESS

There was nothing normal about Lowell’s upbringing and no doubt some of the more negative aspects have left their impact. When I say her mother’s husbands were like the holy trinity of artists, she answers drily: “Well, she was a great supporter of the arts, my mother.”

I say “drily”, but Lowell’s tone is not always straightforward to read. She has an open, friendly, likeable way, but ▷

“Edward is the youngest brother and, along with Arthur, the inheritor of the brewery. He’s lived in his father’s shadow, and he’s always thought, ‘Once Dad pops his clogs, I’m going to run this brewery my way.’ He has ideas, he’s a bit of a strategist and is quite confident in his ability to grow the business. He’s a champion of social benevolence — he pioneered the pension, which is amazing — but it’s because to him benevolence equals votes, votes equals power, power equals expansion, and expansion equals profits. He has ideas to expand Guinness into the New World — ideas that we now know worked.

“His problem is the rest of his family. Benjamin’s a complete f***-up and a liability; Arthur’s gay in a time when you could not be gay, and Anne’s sleeping with Rafferty [James Norton]. He just wants these problems to go away so he can concentrate on the business. But then he meets someone he shouldn’t and realises that there’s a life outside the brewery.” ▷

Caroline Blackwood, aged three, with her mother Maureen Dufferin in 1934

BLACK NECTAR

Edward Guinness (Louis Partridge) pours the “Irish champagne”

EMILY FAIRN IS ANNE PLUNKET (NÉE GUINNESS)

“The eldest daughter of Benjamin Guinness, Anne is a very strong woman, particularly for this period when everything is piled against her. But when she’s given nothing in the will, she doesn’t know what to do with herself.

◁ with a hint of an eagerness to please, which can be a consequence of having to shape-shift constantly around unpredictable, sometimes venomous, behaviour. Her mother was also her drinking buddy and what seems all too predictable, as she acknowledges, is that she, too, became an addict.

“She has a degenerative disease, which we believe was MS, so she’s desperately trying to make more of her life, but both society and her own health are pushing her down. Plus, she’s in an arranged marriage in which she’s deeply unhappy.”

FIONN O’SHEA IS BENJAMIN GUINNESS

“Middle son, Benjamin, is the black sheep. He has amassed a pretty significant gambling debt and is an alcoholic and a drug addict. When his father Benjamin Sr dies, Ben receives nothing in his will.

It’s the final straw for him, so he quits Ireland, gets sober and joins the military in the UK. There’s a honeymoon period when he has money, a house in London, even an arranged marriage. But eventually he realises that none of these things will bring him happiness. That’s when he starts to unravel.”

JAMES NORTON IS SEAN RAFFERTY

“Rafferty’s a lapsed Catholic from south of Dublin, with a military background — we reckon he fought in the Crimea — who found himself working for the Guinnesses. He’s the foreman of the brewery, officially. In actuality, he’s the fixer who runs things for the family — he’s known throughout Dublin as the man who will get his hands very dirty if needs be, but then the next day he’s in a smart shirt talking about balance sheets.

One of the most painful passages in her book is the description of being grateful as a lonely little girl for the nocturnal visits from her nanny’s husband – at least it was attention and she could persuade herself it was affection. As a child, an accident resulted in boiling water scalding her nether regions, requiring long months in hospital and endless plastic surgery. Many years later, her psychotherapist suggested that this may have been a subconscious attempt to prevent the abuse by mutilating herself.

Her 26-year-old daughter, Daisy (by her ex-husband, interior designer Matthew Miller), is upstairs while we are talking. Has she rebelled against the bohemian “craziness” of her family and become, say, a chartered surveyor?

“Actually, she’s working in real estate, so that’s almost a chartered surveyor, isn’t it?” Lowell says. “She’s bossy and opinionated and very persuasive, so she’s a perfect real estate agent.”

Mother and daughter were excited about being extras in the series, as they dressed in costume and went on set. “It was such fun! Daisy was so happy and excited but,” she says with a shrug, “I think the scene got cut.”

How do Lowell’s many relatives feel about this project? “I thought there would be some pushback but everyone I’ve spoken to in the family is really excited. They’re like, ‘Oh my God! That’s amaaazing!’ They haven’t seen it yet, that’s another thing – but, in theory, they’re loving the idea.”

They are already thinking about a second series. Knight can’t talk about it but will admit: “I’d like to keep it going to the 1960s and 70s.” “I want it to go to the present day.” Lowell adds. Knight: “I didn’t dare say that!” (Knight is 66, Lowell, 59 – so enough innings in them yet.)

money than God, but what they wanted was the cachet of being in society and being accepted.”

I mustn’t finish the interview without mentioning Bond. “I can’t talk about it,” Knight says. While Lowell is an open book, Knight keeps his pages firmly shut. He never talks about his family, neither his wife nor his seven children (continuing the family tradition), other than saying they are engaged with the world.

But his manner is appealing rather than prickly and he has a mellifluous turn of phrase, describing the way the Guinnesses “gather around their flaws”. Although he didn’t come

‘My grandmother and her two sisters could have their own series’ IVANA LOWELL

from money, he must be worth a lot now – he is never not working. He says that writing is his hobby as well as his work. The epitaphs they choose for themselves seem apt – Knight: “He worked hard”; Lowell: “She tried”.

“His weakness is love. And sex. He has these complicated relationships with women of high status. And while normally he’s cool and reptilian, he starts to fall in love and it terrifies him.

“I have to say that until Steven Knight’s scripts came along, I hadn’t pictured myself doing a thick Dublin accent in mid-19th century Ireland. But when I read it, it’s Steven at his absolute best, firing on all cylinders.”

CAST INTERVIEWS BY BENJI WILSON

“All my cousins are like, ‘Can I be in it?’” she continues. “And I said, ‘No, it hasn’t come to you yet.’ It’s very funny. My grandmother and her two sisters could have a whole series just on them... they were known as ‘the Glorious Guinness Girls’.

“What Steven was saying about the Guinnesses being outsiders is true: they always wanted to marry into the aristocracy and my grandmother didn’t really like the Guinness thing, she thought that it was a bit sort of – beer,” Lowell wrinkles her nose in faux disdain. “So, they all married men with titles, they had more

And I have to keep trying to get something on Bond. Will he be taking the edginess of the Peaky and Guinness shows into this new territory, or would that be totally inappropriate for the world of shaken not stirred?

“We’ll see, we’ll see…” he says. “You don’t know what’s going to happen until you start writing.”

Do you even know yet who the new Bond is? “No.”

So, you’re writing with no one in mind?

“Er... yes.”

Do you believe him, Ivana?

“I believe everything Steven says.”

I tease him for being as inscrutable as his new character, 007 – he is indeed a man of mystery himself, and Lowell cracks up. “That’s it, now we know why he’s not telling – he’s the new Bond!”

COMING OUT

Lady Caroline Blackwood (far right) in 1952, with her sister Perdita (left) and mother Maureen Dufferin (centre)

When, in 2018, Rachel Shenton won an Oscar for The Silent Child, the short film that she’d written, starred in and produced –and had taken 12 years of hard work to make – she signed her acceptance speech using British Sign Language. She was making good on the promise she’d made to the film’s six-year-old lead, Maisie Sly, who played Libby, a profoundly deaf child born into a hearing family indifferent to learning sign language.

“My hands are shaking a little bit so I apologise,” Shenton began, a tremor in her voice. She then went on, with astonishing composure given that she’d just been presented with an Academy Award for the first script she’d ever written, to draw attention to real-life Libbys everywhere. “Millions of children all over the world live in silence and face communication barriers... Deafness is a silent disability – you can’t see it and it’s not life-threatening.”

Then the music struck up as Shenton’s coproducer Chris Overton (her then-fiancé, now husband) was thanking their parents for making cupcakes to raise money to finance the film, and Shenton’s moment in the sun was done. It must have been a surreal, magical experience.

“We’d made the film on a shoestring, it was the first thing I’d written, and we never imagined it might be eligible for, never mind win, an Oscar,” Shenton says now. “While afterwards there was immense pressure that I’m only just getting over now, I’m incredibly grateful for it.”

Shenton was inspired to write the film by a life-changing event. When she was 12, her father lost his hearing after undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Seeing the effects on her family and her dad, who died two years later, she learnt and fell in love with sign language and became involved with the deaf community. “I’ve seen the needless struggles that deaf people and deaf children face,” she’s said. “That gave me the impetus to write.”

How did the Oscar change her life? Shenton, who until then was probably best known for playing Hollyoaks airhead Mitzeee Minniver, pauses for a moment. “It changes everything and it changes nothing. It changes everything in terms of getting a meeting and being able to talk about your project. If I was to send a script somewhere, it would probably get me read and maybe get me in the room. But in another way, it changes nothing. Because ultimately, it’s about the work. You’ve always got to be doing good work. Whether that’s producing, creating, writing, acting... it’s got to be good.”

It’s all change in Darrowby

Oscar winner Rachel Shenton is used to the limelight – but her character Helen in All Creatures Great and Small is now looking for some excitement of her own...

Luckily, Shenton has been doing good work, although that has less to do with luck and more to do with her talent and industry. This includes All Creatures Great and Small, returning for its sixth series this week, in which she plays the redoubtable – but feisty – Helen Herriot, wife to James (played by Nicholas Ralph).

The Herriots’ relationship is the engine of the show: the first two series driven by the will-they-won’t-they of their romance, the next two by the will-theywon’t-they start a family. As Helen is the north star by which James navigates, she is the drama’s moral centre and its most

significant character, yet she’s only really sketched out in James Herriot’s original eight novels. How did Shenton flesh her out so fully?

“I made Helen with what I could pull from the books but everything we learn about her in the books is through James and what he feels about her. So we were really lucky that we had access to Jim and Rosie, the children of the real James and Helen. They’ve been brilliant and so generous with sharing stories and anecdotes. Because we didn’t know that much about her, there’s a freedom playing her because there was no blueprint.”

But there was a real person – Joan, the wife of Alf Wight, the real James Herriot. Doesn’t playing that kind of role come with responsibility? “Although, when we started, I didn’t realise quite how global and loved it was, you know the world of James Herriot, so you want to get it right.

WINNING SIGN

Rachel Shenton with her husband Chris Overton at the

‘Helen gets a bit self-reflective and looks back on the things she hasn’t done’

RACHEL SHENTON

really family-centric: being the head of a house and looking after two small children is a huge responsibility and one that she loved. But I think you do get to see a glimmer of something else in this story. Things only become tricky when there’s a choice.”

Shenton was born and raised in Stokeon-Trent, where she studied performing arts at the local college, and her choice of parts suggests a fearlessness. Most recently, in The Rumour, Channel 5’s thriller about the real-life consequences of online gossip, she plays Joanna, a single mum who relocates, only to become obsessed with the rumour that a child killer lives in her new home town. What follows is what Shenton describes as “the psychological unravelling” of Joanna as she follows her feeling that something about her life isn’t quite right.

“I loved it,” Shenton says with relish. She shot The Rumour – in which Joanna appears in almost every scene – when she was pregnant. “It was knackering and I was probably maybe even a bit extra tired, but it was brilliant.”

Then I met Jim and Rosie and that feeling of wanting to do All Creatures justice becomes very real because here are two people who will be watching their parents on TV. Now, we’re an adaptation and it’s a drama, but of course you want to find and capture the essence of their mum. So I did feel personal responsibility, yes.”

And has she captured the essence of Helen/ Joan? “Rosie says so but maybe she’s just being polite,” Shenton says. “When I’ve emailed to ask her for stories and details, what’s stuck with me is Helen’s genuine joy with the small things, that she was very content in her pocket of the world and being at home, that she didn’t take life too seriously, that she was a bit cheeky. I’ve tried to weave those things in.”

While ostensibly about the travails of now postwar Yorkshire vets, All Creatures also explores a period of extraordinary social change,

especially through its female characters. However, it does give the period a much rosier glow and endows its characters with more liberal sensibilities than they would have possessed. How does Shenton find the balancing act between truthful and palatable, particularly when it comes to telling women’s stories?

“I know women have always been multifaceted but more often than not, we just didn’t see it. What’s so wonderful about getting to tell this kind of story through a modern lens is that we do get to tell the truth of these women as they always have been. We get to peek behind the curtain.

“This season, Jenny goes off on an adventure and it prompts Helen to look at her life, at the things she hasn’t done, and to get a bit self-reflective, probably for the first time – and I think that’s probably the truth of the time. Helen is

It was also the first time Shenton found herself in the position of number one on the call sheet. “Whatever that means,” she says. Not that she’s taking her first – but surely not her last – TV lead for granted. Not when she considers how much effort it took to get to where she is and what she says are “the practicalities of being a working-class actor”.

“When I was coming up, I was working three jobs at one point just to get to auditions and make it work,” she says, her flattened vowels hinting at her Staffordshire origins. “Often, people can’t even get in [to the industry] because they can’t afford to take time off, or can’t risk losing their job just to audition and take a chance on something. That’s the reality.”

GARETH McLEAN

The Rumour is on 5 streaming; The Silent Child is available to watch for free on YouTube

TWISTED TALE

Shenton as Joanna with Eiden-River Coleman as her son Alfie in The Rumour

This month, our host Joanna Page reviewed A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay –a classic crime story that she paired with Ristorante’s classic Mozzarella pizza

Steps to stardom

Strictly has two new pros – American Alexis Warr and Australian Julian Caillon. So how did they get their big cha-cha-chance?

What were your first dance steps?

ALEXIS Well, I started off doing gymnastics when I was six because I loved to flip around. I got serious about dance around 10. I did jazz, ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, musical theatre… but I wasn’t introduced to ballroom until I was 13. I trained until I was 18 and then picked up my first tour.

JULIAN I was always sporty, but also a mummy’s boy, so when my mum asked me to try dance, I said, “Sure!” From the ages of 10 to 16, dance was something I did along with football and tennis. But then from 17, I really focused on it.

Favourite dance?

ALEXIS I think it depends on my mood. I love to dance a rumba, but I also love a waltz – those slow, emotional dances.

JULIAN I love the Latin dances – the paso doble is my favourite.

When did you get the glitterball call to try out for Strictly?

JULIAN I first auditioned in 2022. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be, but maybe it was for the best. At the time, I was two weeks into a relationship with my now fiancée. Having to go long distance that early would have been tough! This year, I made it… and my fiancée is here with me.

ALEXIS I had a producer reach out to me and did interviews online. Because of the different time zones, when I got the call it was early in the morning. I shot out of bed, bedhead and

everything, thinking I was dreaming. It still feels surreal.

Did you know any of the other professional dancers?

JULIAN I toured in the theatre show Burn the Floor with Dianne [Buswell], Gorka [Márquez] and Lauren [Oakley]. But the last time we danced together I was freshly 18 – now I’m 30!

ALEXIS It was my first time meeting everybody. I felt like that new kid at school, thinking, “I hope they like me!”

Any celebs you were excited to meet?

JULIAN Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink! I’m a massive Chelsea fan, so I was super-excited to meet both him and Karen Carney [both former Chelsea

footballers], to the point where I turned up for the celebrity day in a Chelsea jersey. And Stefan Dennis is an Aussie icon from Neighbours ALEXIS I grew up in the States [she’s now 25], so I wasn’t super-familiar with any of them and was excited to meet them all.

What are you hoping for in a celebrity dance partner?

ALEXIS Someone with a good work ethic, who’s willing to get out of their comfort zone. There’s no comfort in your growing zone, and there’s no growing in your comfort zone.

JULIAN All the celebs are really lovely people, with their own quirks. I just hope we can connect and have fun.

Alexis, you live in Florida, while Julian, you’re based in

Australia. Are you ready for autumn in Elstree?

JULIAN I’m hoping I’m going to be very busy! But I do miss going to the beach for a swim… ALEXIS I’m more stressed trying to figure out all the cultural differences. Someone will say “quarter past” – and I don’t know that term. We say 9.15!

‘I first auditioned in 2022 – but this year, I made it!’

JULIAN CAILLON

Alexis, you won the US series So You Think You Can Dance in 2022 — does that help you understand the celebs’ mindsets? ALEXIS Oh, absolutely. I feel like I’ve experienced all the highest highs and lowest lows you can feel in a TV show. So I do understand what they’re going through.

Julian, you compete in Iron Man contests and triathlons. What’s tougher — those or Strictly?

JULIAN Obviously, triathlons are very physically demanding! But I think the mental and creative challenges of being in a show like Strictly are underestimated.

Anything you can tease about the new series?

JULIAN We have a fun group routine like a pool party in a 1980s movie. ALEXIS Jules and I got to film a really cool dance sequence underwater –I was living my best life.

And finally… describe yourself in three words. ALEXIS Curious, dedicated, adventurous. JULIAN Driven, positive, high-energy. That’s four words, but close enough! HUW FULLERTON

CHAMPION Alexis Warr won US series So You Think You Can Dance

LOVER OF LATIN

Julian Caillon has done three seasons of Dancing with the Stars in Australia

FROST BITE CAROLINE FROST

FIRST LOVE NEVER AGES

Why are teen dramas like The Summer I Turned Pretty such a hit with “older” audiences?

On paper, there’s not a lot to admire, and much to irritate. The sight of privileged, perma-tanned American teenagers driving brand-new SUVs to college, immune from economic hardship, their biggest problem who to escort to the debutante ball, would usually be enough to have me switching off and taking out a subscription to the Morning Star. However, purely in the interests of research, I’ve joined the millions watching The Summer I Turned Pretty, Amazon Prime Video’s mega-hit that reaches its big finale after three seasons on 17 September. Adapted by Jenny Han from her 2015 bestselling novel, the series follows Isabel “Belly” Conklin as she spends her summer, as always, at the beach house of her childhood family friends,

‘It’s a mixture of novel and very, very familiar’

the beach, then conversations about conversations by the pool… it makes Love Island feel like Plato.

Why, then, is this the biggest show on Amazon Prime, with a reported 25 million worldwide viewers tuning in for the third season’s premiere in July, with many more sharing endless clips on TikTok and memes across social media? Of course, the central love-triangle premise is one as old as KenDeirdre-Mike Baldwin (or possibly ancient Greek myth). And so passionate are fans for their favourites – numbers for “TeamConrad” and “TeamJeremiah” apparently evenly split – that Prime Video have had to issue an edict, reminding viewers to abstain from bullying rival camps: “Let’s keep the conversation kind this summer.”

marry her lover or her best friend. But such films don’t get made any more; instead viewers of every age get 27 streaming episodes of Belly gazing out to sea, to the sound of seemingly tailor-made Taylor Swift songs.

the Fisher boys. Except, as Belly – you guessed it – turns 16, she must decide which brother to set her heart on: Conrad – unknowable, moody, lifelong crush (bad); or Jeremiah – sunkissed curls, “eyes like the ocean”, best friend (good). All this because Belly has turned “pretty”… in whose eyes, I wonder? This anti-feminist message is something fudged early on with Belly’s defiant “We are all pretty in our own ways”. Yeah, right. Worse, the shorthand for her transformation is the hackneyed removal of her glasses –nonsense, when youngsters have been wearing specs as fashion items since the 1990s. And Belly’s dilemma is played out in endless conversations on

More surprisingly, a huge portion of the audience isn’t the swooning youth market, but equally swooning “older” (25- to 54-year-old) women. Manhattan bars are hosting weekly watch parties for female viewers at least a generation older than the show’s characters. What’s the appeal? Forty years ago, this story would have been told in a heavily soundtracked film, invariably starring Molly Ringwald and assorted members of the Brat Pack. It would have been Winona Ryder asking her elderly How to Make an American Quilt relatives whether to

Nods to the past are everywhere. One beach volleyball scene even has a ball-spinning Conrad in close-up, Iceman-style, while Belly and her friends celebrate the need, the need for speed! Even if these youngsters, born a generation after the release of Top Gun, don’t know what they’re doing, their producers certainly do.

Like so many successful creations, The Summer… is a mixture of novel and very, very familiar. In Manhattan bars and beyond, the show’s fans get to bask in timeless tropes and surroundings, while admiring, even envying, the supernatural confidence of 2025’s young women. Gavin Casalegno (who plays Jeremiah) told The New York Times: “This story brings people back to their childhoods and summers and first loves – it’s super relatable” (as he drives off in his shiny SUV). Will Jeremiah be the chosen one, will it be his brother, or will Belly – whisper it – find a third way? Millions will be tuning in to find out. I might have to join them, in the interests of research, obviously.

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LOVE TRIANGLE

The Summer I Turned

Pretty’s Conrad, Belly and Jeremiah (Christopher Briney, Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno)

BAND OF BROTHERS

Individual brilliance counts for less in the Ryder Cup than passionate partnership, says Simon Barnes

Golf: the Ryder Cup

From Friday 9.00am Sky Main Event/Golf, 12 midnight (highlights) BBC Two

For me the mystery of the Ryder Cup was summed up on the first afternoon of the 2004 edition in Michigan.

Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer in the world, was playing a foursome – alternate shots, same ball – with Phil Mickelson, the world number two.

Mickelson slammed his ball into the bushes. From the disgusted look on Tiger’s face he was thinking, “Who is this idiot?” The pair lost twice that day. It’s fair to say that Woods, for all his 15 major tournament victories, never really got the idea of “team”.

Fast-forward a couple of days: the winning putt for Europe was holed by Colin Montgomerie. If he’d played every major the way he played in the Ryder Cup, he’d have had as many trophies as Woods. But he’s never won any.

Woods played in eight Ryder Cups, and the USA triumphed just once. Montgomerie was never beaten in Ryder Cup singles and Europe won five times in the eight editions he played. Between them, these two great golfers represent the eternal mystery of team sport.

Golfers don’t usually have to worry about other people. Perhaps that’s why they choose the sport. Woods at the Ryder Cup reminded me

of the actor who asked the director what he should do in the pauses. What pauses? “You know – when other people are speaking.”

It’s time to consider the phenomenon of team playing again as the Ryder Cup moves to Bethpage Black Course at Farmingdale, New York State. The American build-up has been dominated by one question: should the captain, Keegan Bradley, pick himself as a player?

President Trump posted on social media that

‘Golfers don’t usually have to worry about other people’

he should go for it, but in the end, Bradley said no. “It hurts for sure,” he said.

The captain of Europe, Luke Donald, had no such dilemma. He selected the same team that won in Rome two years ago, apart from preferring Rasmus HØjgaard to his twin brother Nicolai.

The Ryder Cup is contested on alternate occasions in the USA and Donald needs experienced players who can cope with a hostile crowd.

US sport is inward-looking, with gridiron football, baseball, basket-

ball. When international sport does come to the USA, there’s a tendency to overdo the partisanship. I can still hear the whoops from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Cheering on your own team is one thing, exhibiting seething hostility to the opposition is quite another. And golf is particularly vulnerable to bad vibes. The spectators are very close to the players and can speak to them directly. The action lasts all day and there’s plenty of opportunity for refuelling. As a result there can be –well, a certain overzealousness among the galleries as the beer gets vocal.

All this intensity sometimes leads to moments of serious excess. Past tournaments are remembered as the Battle of Brookline and the War on the Shore, occasions when patriotism got out of hand. Sport matters because it doesn’t matter. In that contradiction lies the whole point and meaning of sport, but such things can be forgotten as the scoreboard turns American red. Or when it doesn’t.

President Trump has promised to show up on the first day, and he’s unlikely to be a calming influence. “I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade,” he has said. Hating Europe has been legitimised. It could be an uncomfortable three days.

There are, then, a good number of complications as 12 Europeans and 12 Americans set about knocking small white balls into slightly larger holes. It’d be nice to think that we’ll still be talking about team players on Sunday night.

The documentary Una Famiglia: Team Europe’s Ryder Cup Story is on Wednesday at 11.30pm on

ITALIAN JOB

Shane Lowry (centre), Rory McIlroy (right) and Team Europe celebrate victory in Rome in 2023 SIMON’S PICK OF THE WEEK

Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

FOOTBALL Premier League: Arsenal v Manchester City

Sun 4pm (k/o 4.30pm) Sky Main Event/Premier League/Now/ Radio 5 Live

This Super Sunday match has only one winner: Liverpool. Mikel Arteta greets his former mentor Pep Guardiola (above) at the Emirates aiming for a statement win that will nudge his team closer to the Reds at the top and shunt City further away from contention. The Gunners were undefeated in 22 matches against the “big six” dating back to May 2023 until they were toppled by Liverpool before the international break.

RUGBY UNION

Women’s Rugby World

Cup: Second Semi-final

Sat 2.45pm (k/o 3.30pm) BBC One/ iPlayer, 3.20pm 5 Sports Extra

At the time of writing, the final four teams haven’t been decided. But one home nation is guaranteed to feature in this semi-final at Ashton Gate, Bristol, as England were to play Scotland in the quarter-finals. England ran riot in Pool A with three wins from three and a massive +191 points difference, while Scotland came through Pool B as runners-up after losing the deciding encounter to Canada. The final will be next Saturday at Twickenham.

CRICKET Men’s One-day Cup Final: Hampshire v Worcestershire

Saturday 11am Sky Cricket/Now/ Sports Extra 3

Hampshire will need another dash of magic from Liam Dawson (above) in the One-Day Cup Final at Trent Bridge. All-rounder Dawson, who was recalled to the England Test team for his spin-bowling abilities this summer, produced a stunning 142 with the bat from just 116 balls in a rain-affected, DLS-method victory over favourites Yorkshire in the semi-finals. Worcestershire won through with a win over Somerset.

SNOOKER British Open

From Monday 12.45pm ITV4/ITVX

Snooker returns to free-to-air TV, live from Cheltenham, as the biggest names in the business bid to dethrone defending champion Mark Selby (above). The Jester from Leicester confidently defeated John Higgins 10—5 in last year’s final, but is yet to make a major dent in the fledgeling World Snooker Tour season. Neil Robertson rose to third on the world ranking list following his big-money triumph in the Saudi Arabia Masters and will be determined to find consistency in the months to come.

ATHLETICS World Athletics Championships

Sun 10.30am BBC Two, 11am BBC One/iPlayer, Radio 5 Live

On the final day in Japan, Keely Hodgkinson (above) can turn her two world silvers into gold. Should the Olympic champion negotiate the 800m

FOOTBALL

EFL Cup: Liverpool v Southampton

Tuesday 7.30pm (k/o 8pm) ITV1/ ITVX/Talksport 2

Liverpool begin their EFL Cup journey against Southampton under the lights at Anfield. Last season’s runners-up are expected to fight for silverware on all fronts this season following the addition of Alexander Isak, who scored the winner for Newcastle against them in last season’s final. Former Saints defender Virgil van Dijk (below) is likely to receive another hostile reception from the visiting fanbase after an acrimonious exit in 2018.

heats, she will line up in the final at 11.35am. She returned from injury after 376 days with a world-leading time in Silesia in August — the ninth-fastest in the history of the women’s event. She will face opposition from her training partner Georgia Hunter Bell, though reigning champion Mary Moraa of Kenya has struggled for pace in 2025 so far.

FORMULA ONE Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Sun 11.55am (race 4pm) Sky F1/ Main Event/Now/5 Sp Extra 3

The title race remains closer than it probably should be as the carnival rides into Azerbaijan at the end of the European leg. Oscar Piastri, who won in Baku in 2024 (above), may privately still feel aggrieved after Monza when he was ordered to cede second place to his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who’d dropped behind due to a slow pit-stop. Piastri still leads him in the standings by 31 points, but with eight races left to run, every last one matters.

Slow Horses Apple TV+ Series 5, episode 1 available Wednesday

The dust from last year’s shootout at Slough House has yet to settle. One team member is heading for the exit, another is suffering from PTSD — and yet all is strangely rosy in the world of tech specialist Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung). Yes, the man who’s normally as sensitive as a malware infection has somehow got himself a girlfriend, and fellow spook Shirley (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) is trying to convince their boss Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) the situation is not as it seems. Whether Shirley’s correct in suspecting that her colleague is being honey-trapped remains to be seen, but it does seem likely that Roddy’s apparent stroke of

good fortune will end up being tied to both a killing spree at a shopping precinct and an acrimonious London mayoral race where a Reform-style candidate is taking on the incumbent, Zafar Jaffrey (guest star Nick Mohammed).

Despite the hot-button nature of that particular story strand, this opening episode still manages to pull off the high-wire feat of treating drama and comedy as equals without stinting on either thrills or laughs. DAVID BROWN

See feature: page 12

Edited by FRANCES TAYLOR

DRAMA

SPYMASTER

Gary Oldman is back as Jackson Lamb

MAYOR

Nick Mohammed joins the cast as Zafar Jaffrey

TRUE LOVE?

Hiba Bennani as Tara and Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho

TRAVEL

The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy

Apple TV+ Season 3, episode 1 available 19 September

Initially, the idea of this travel series was that Eugene Levy didn’t want to go on the trips. Thankfully, that gimmick has faded a little as the show enters a third season, with Levy now ticking off a “bucket list” of destinations, including England, India and South Korea. Helping him along the way are an eclectic cast of companions, most notably Prince William, who floats the possibility of them getting drunk together. Surely not? JS

DRAMA

The Morning Show

Apple TV+ Season 4, episode 2 available Wednesday

Remember last week, when we saw UBN roll out AI tech to make it look like super-anchor Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) can speak 40 languages? This deal with the devil comes back to bite her this week, as she’s caught on video doing something she didn’t do. Talking of deals with devils, disgraced exec Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup) lights up this show whenever his scheming tiger smile is on screen, but he doesn’t currently have much to grin about with his new film project having hit the skids. With Cory, though, the next opportunity seems never to be too far away. JS

TERRORIST CHASER

Jessica Chastain plays an investigator who infiltrates online hate goups

DRAMA

The Savant Apple TV+ Episodes 1 and 2 available Friday

A piercingly topical eight-part drama stars Jessica Chastain as an expert on far-right terrorism who hides in online chatrooms, tracking angry young men as they’re radicalised into becoming white supremacists. As she tries to tip off the FBI about where the next domestic terrorist might strike, the series is adept at capturing the mindset of lost souls who believe immigrants are the cause of their problems. It’s less successful at dramatising the process of monitoring them, which means Chastain also isn’t the most engaging lead. The Savant is more important than it is thrilling, but it’s a solid piece of work.

WHAT I’M STREAMING

DOMHNALL GLEESON

“I’m halfway through The Studio (Apple TV+), starring Seth Rogen (above),” says the star of The Paper. “I’m looking forward to finishing that. It’s superbly made and deeply funny. The cast and crew are quite a team.” See feature: page 8. The Paper airs Fridays on Sky Showcase/Max and is available in full on Now

PERIOD DRAMA Pride and Prejudice 30th Anniversary

U Available from Wednesday

So flushed was the nation with Darcy fever back in the mid-90s that RT went as far as publishing a poster of Colin Firth for readers to prise away from the staples. Crass objectification? Well, maybe, but this was a costume drama unlike any other. Rumours of a real-life romance between Firth and co-star Jennifer Ehle, as well as the famous damp Darcy sequence, resulted in 70,000 video cassettes (remember those?) of the series getting shifted within days of its release. Thirty years later, those VHS copies will likely be in landfill, but Firth and Ehle’s looks of on-screen longing remain undimmed. DB

ALSO STREAMING THIS WEEK

Platonic Apple TV+

Episode 9 available Wednesday

Will (Seth Rogen) and Sylvia (Rose Byrne, above) decide to set some boundaries and promise to give each other more space. Can they stick to it? Er... no.

Damages

ITVX Available Sunday

A world away from the quirky comedy of Platonic, Rose Byrne plays protégée to Glenn Close’s ruthless but skilled lawyer in this acclaimed US legal drama, first shown in 2007.

Project Runway

Disney+ Available Friday Heidi Klum reprises her role as head judge in season 21 of the fashion challenge competition in which 12 contestants are tasked with designing garments.

HIDDEN GEM

Space 1999:

50 Years Out of Orbit

ITVX Available now

Celebrity fans including Jon Culshaw and Jonathan Ross mark a half century since Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s cult sci-fi drama made its debut in this enjoyable retrospective.

JACK SEALE

SCI-FI THRILLER

The Running Man HHH z

Netflix Available now

qThis futuristic 1987 blockbuster, about a game show where a pumped-up audience bays for the blood of convicts on a lethal combat course, doesn’t seem so far-fetched these days. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the former police helicopter pilot who is forced into the game of death when he rebels against his totalitarian superiors. It’s a long way from the original Stephen King novel, but is made with panache. A remake from director Edgar Wright is due in cinemas this autumn. JOHN FERGUSON

DRAMA Wild Cards Paramount+

Episode 4 available Monday

Whenever a cop show homages Rear Window, why doesn’t the person who’s snooping while incapacitated ever say, “Hang on! I’m acting like Jimmy Stewart in that old movie”? And Max (Vanessa Morgan) would certainly be aware of Alfred Hitchcock’s back catalogue — her cultural reference points are clearly wide and varied. Anyway, while she’s laid up and observing goings-on in the condo across the street, Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) has his own crime to solve — a murder that has thrown up several clues that don’t gel with the victim’s ordered lifestyle. DAVID BROWN

SUPERHERO SATIRE

Gen V Amazon Prime Video

Episode 4 available Wednesday

Let’s get ready to rumble! It’s fight night at superhero-moulding Godolkin university, with superstrong, bi-gender Jordan (London Thor and Derek Luh) forced into a PR-saving cage match with on-off girlfriend Marie (Jaz Sinclair). The media circus surrounding the bout is laced with the razor-sharp corporate satire we have come to expect from this universe. But the big fight is really a sideshow, as Jordan and Marie’s friends work behind the scenes to expose evil college dean Cipher (Hamish Linklater) and his many shady secrets. Superhero battles, heists and dark humour — what more could you ask for? HUW FULLERTON

Everyone would like to have the new Peaky Blinders on their streaming platform. Like Disney+ did with A Thousand Blows, Netflix have hired the Peaky writer himself, Steven Knight, to create their attempt. His rollicking new saga is vaguely fact-based and is set in 19th-century Dublin, where the patriarch of the Guinness family has just died. His three sons and one

daughter would each bring something very different to a brewing business that dominates the city’s economy and is run at ground level by swaggering enforcer Sean Rafferty (James Norton). With rebellion in the air, violence never far away, a cacophonous modern soundtrack and plenty of arch schemers, it’s never dull.

JACK SEALE See feature: page 18

TABLE MANNERS

From left: Fionn O’Shea, Louis Partridge, Anthony Boyle, James Norton and Emily Fairn star in the Guinness family saga

Riff Raff HHH j

Amazon Prime Video

Available Thursday

qIt’s hard to go wrong in casting Ed Harris and Bill Murray as mortal enemies. This hilarious and violent caper sees a family of hitmen and killers gathering for New Year’s Eve, with Harris as the dad shielding his son (Lewis Pullman) from Murray’s crime lord. Cue recriminations and dysfunctional family angst. The film’s complex character-building and various flashbacks could be overwhelming, but it’s handled deftly by director Dito Montiel and the ensemble cast, which includes a scene-stealing Jennifer Coolidge.

JAYNE NELSON

DOCUMENTARY

The Kim Kardashian Heist Discovery+

All 3 episodes available Tuesday Everything Kim Kardashian did back in 2016 was news, so she made headlines when she was robbed at gunpoint in her hotel suite during Paris Fashion Week. The trial of those who were alleged to have tied up Kardashian and stolen jewellery worth $6 million took place this summer, with this three-part doc gaining access to the prosecution and the defence, as well as the police and the concierge, Mr Ouatiki, who found himself in the public gaze having been powerless to stop the raid. JS

STREET SMART

Sylvester Stallone returns as sharp-suited gangster Dwight Manfredi

DRAMA

Tulsa King Paramount+ Season 3, episode 1 available Sunday

It’s a restrained return for Sylvester Stallone and his New York gangster Dwight Manfredi, as season three begins of a drama about a mobster who relocates to Oklahoma and starts afresh. Dwight is literally restrained in the sense that he’s in handcuffs in custody, but once he emerges again with the threat of becoming an informant hanging over him, the show is in muted mood, too: while at its best it’s a simplified Sopranos with jokes, the comeback episode is short of laughs. Still, there are shenanigans incoming, as Dwight tries to partner up with a whiskey distillery that’s embroiled in a dispute with a rival, which surely means someone is about to get killed. JS

THRILLER

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Amazon Prime Video

Available until Wednesday

Glorious backstage drama with Albert Finney (above) as a boorish actor-manager and Tom Courtenay as his long-suffering assistant.

q Jailhouse Rock 1111y

BBC iPlayer Available until Tues Everybody in the whole cell block is dancin’ to this, the very best of Elvis Presley’s musicals.

q Under the Skin

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C4 streaming Available until Monday

Director Jonathan Glazer’s strange and uniquely unsettling sci-fi, with Scarlett Johansson as a siren-like alien prowling Scotland.

ACTION COMEDY

Novocaine HHH j Now Cinema Available Thursday

qNathan Caine (Jack Quaid) has a rare genetic disorder that means he cannot feel pain, so when his new flame, Sherry (Amber Midthunder), is kidnapped, he goes to great pains (or not) to get her back. The leads share great chemistry, so much so that this cartoonish action comedy suffers when it sidelines Sherry to indulge in the bone-snapping carnage endured by the genial Caine. For all its inventive ultraviolence, Novocaine echoes many a revenge movie and is laced in Deadpool-lite humour. Still, Quaid’s selfeffacing charm sells Caine’s superpower effectively.

SEAN McGEADY

PAINLESS Jack Quaid as Nathan Caine

The Prosecutor HHH j Now Cinema Available now

qA respected veteran cop retrains as a lawyer and takes on a miscarriage of justice case, mightily upsetting the legal establishment — he’s prosecuting, not defending — in a film that may also upset fans of both the courtroom drama and martial arts action. Those genres share little in the way of DNA, but Donnie Yen, who stars and directs, makes it work, delivering brutal, wellchoreographed and inventive fight sequences inspired by the John Wick franchise and harking back to Hong Kong cinema’s heyday. There are way too many villains and it shouldn’t work, but it does, thanks to slick direction and a superior supporting cast. STEVE MORRISSEY

Down Cemetery Road

Apple TV+ Available 29 October

Enjoy Slow Horses? Then look out for this new drama from writer Mick Herron, featuring Emma Thompson (above) as a private investigator looking into a complex conspiracy. Ruth Wilson also stars.

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THE PICK OF TV & FILM ON DEMAND

COMEDY DRAMA Only Murders in the Building

Disney+ Ep 5 available Tuesday

Most aspects of this series are old-school, so it’s a surprise to find this latest run tackling artificial intelligence, albeit in gently satirical rather than savage fashion. This concern about computer tech supplanting human beings comes into focus when the staff stage a mini revolt due to the presence of Lester’s robot successor. Championing their cause is Oliver (Martin Short), who decides to call a meeting. But it’s hard for him to resist the chance to grandstand.

DAVID BROWN

DRAMA High Potential

Disney+ Ep 2 available Wednesday

Family scenes are usually treated as time-out moments for any TV detective with a heavy caseload, but what marks Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) out as unusual is the way her investigations are filtered through her experiences as a single mum. It’s a creative move that has given the battle against the Game Maker a real emotional kick, for what Morgan now fears is him targeting her kids. And while it may look as though he’s given himself up for questioning, the Game Maker has in fact erected a forcefield around himself, powered by his own guile. DB

SCI-FI

Alien: Earth

ANIMATED ADVENTURE

Elio HHH g Disney+ Available 17 September

qAn orphaned boy gets his wish when he’s abducted by aliens in Pixar’s charming animated fantasy. Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) lives with his aunt (Zoe Saldaña), whiling away his time sending messages to the cosmos in the hope he’ll make first contact. But this leads the greatest minds in the galaxy to assume he’s

Earth’s leader and Elio is recruited to negotiate peace with a warmongering alien (Brad Garrett). The intergalactic animation is sublime, though the cutesy story, which borrows heavily from Steven Spielberg’s ET the Extra-Terrestrial, is rather more predictable and juvenile than Pixar’s classics. JAMES MOTTRAM

Disney+ Ep 8 available Wednesday

SERIES FINALE

Noah Hawley’s take on Alien has been clever, and although it’s not yet clear how this series ties into the first film, perhaps we’ll find out if a second series is commissioned. This explosive finale certainly sets it up for there to be one. The hybrids and Morrow are detained at Prodigy Corporation, but they are potentially too powerful to be seized for long. Alien: Earth frames things so you begin to empathise with the creatures, and when they go after their captors, it feels like justice.

LAURA RUTKOWSKI

EXTRA-FUN

Young Elio makes a new friend when he’s abducted by aliens

DOCUMENTARY

NOT ALL BAD What will happen to hybrid Wendy (Sydney Chandler)?

Sneaker Wars: Adidas v Puma

Disney+ All 3 eps available Wed

Gaining access to a global brand usually leads to a sterile factual programme, but not here: this series goes behind the scenes with both Adidas and Puma, rival companies originally formed by feuding German brothers.

Along with the story of the Dassler siblings, key moments such as the 1936 and 1968 Olympics, the rise of Usain Bolt and the career of Bolt’s successor Noah Lyles are all shown to have benefited one brand or the other — while as sport and fashion have crossed over, trainers have become bigger and bigger business.

JACK SEALE

DRAMA

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

Disney+ Ep 7 available Wednesday

After 1,427 days in prison, Amanda Knox (Grace Van Patten, who’s been a real tour de force) is acquitted of murder. Returning home to Seattle doesn’t give her a reprieve, though. Journalists and television cameras are camped outside her house and the media frenzy that she’d experienced in Italy only intensifies.

Craving normality, she slips out to go to a Halloween party, but finds no disguise can mask her notoriety. Meanwhile, agreeing to what turns out to be an objectionable CNN interview (the real version of which is available on YouTube) only makes a bad situation worse. FRANCES TAYLOR

HORROR

I Know What You Did

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To rent/buy Available now

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History repeats itself in this reboot/sequel to the same-titled 1997 slasher movie. After they’re involved in a car accident, five friends flee and pledge to never speak of it again. One year later, they’re stalked by a vengeful killer with a hook, and turn to erstwhile survivor Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) for help. Ambitious in scope but scattershot in execution, this has a few interesting ideas, but director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson only manages to hook you when she leans into the franchise’s bloodsoaked legacy. JOSH WINNING

ANIMATED COMEDY

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To rent/buy Available now

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The animated antiheroes are back in this anarchic sequel, which sees Mr Wolf (voiced by Sam Rockwell) and his cohorts struggling to stay good after all their efforts in the first film. However, an all-female crew appears and blackmails the gang. Zazie Beetz returns as Wolf’s “foxy” love interest Diane, whose criminal past is back to haunt her. The animation doesn’t have the flair of Pixar, but there’s plenty of fun, and the voice cast are in fine fettle. EMMA SIMMONDS

A RACE TO THE FINISH

Paul Walter Hauser and Sydney Sweeney star in Americana

BLACK COMEDY THRILLER

Americana HHH j To rent/buy Available Monday

qThis modern western focuses on an array of bad ’uns, led by the unpleasant Dillon (Eric Dane), who plans to steal a Native American “ghost shirt”. It’s worth a fortune to collectors, but a local tribe wants it back. Meanwhile, in a True Romance-style subplot, a timid waitress (Sydney Sweeney) and her beau

GAME OF THE WEEK

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PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Available now

After last year’s film adaptation starring Cate Blanchett flopped, this new instalment in the game’s franchise gets the iconic series back on track. Controlling a fresh set of Vault Hunters on a new world called Kairos, which is ruled by the Timekeeper, you’re tasked with finding resistance members to break free from tyranny and escape the planet. Expanding on Borderlands 3’s gameplay and returning to a drier, wittier style of writing, Borderlands 4 brings the series back to its best. ALEX RAISBECK

(Paul Walter Hauser) are also on the trail of the shirt and a lucrative payday. And so a sprawling chase movie ensues, with its eclectic cast and their interconnected storylines balancing impeccably. It’s just a shame characters keep spouting Tarantino-esque dialogue that feels too studied to be real. JAYNE NELSON

SUPERNATURAL HORROR

Bring Her Back HHHH

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To rent/buy Available now

q Sally Hawkins gives a superbly deranged performance playing against type in this bleak Australian horror from the directors of Talk to Me. It follows two siblings after they are placed in the care of new foster mother Laura (Hawkins). Early alarm bells suggest something fishy and it soon emerges that Laura has turned to sinister sources in a desperate bid to hold back the grief of losing her daughter. While much of the terror stems from the bizarre occult practices glimpsed in bootleg video tapes, there’s just as much fear to be found in the film’s more grounded, psychological moments.

PATRICK CREMONA

CRIME COMEDY

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To rent/buy Available Monday

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A special agent ruffles the feathers of a Tennessee small-town police force in this laid-back, slice-of-life comedy drama. Seann William Scott (American Pie) plays Bobby Gaines, a cop who arrives in sleepy Colt Lake to bust a drug ring. His methods alarm Johnny Simmons’s deputy Sam Evans, whose more easy-going approach to policing has made him a local joke. Like the bumbling cops at its heart, Bad Man is amiable, amusing and good-hearted, but not exactly trailblazing. However, the relationship between Gaines and Evans helps to make this an appealing anti-cop-buddy movie.

DAVE GOLDER

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ENTERTAINMENT

Strictly Come Dancing Launch Show

6.40pm BBC One Catch up via iPlayer

BBC bigwigs must dream of the days when the so-called “Strictly curse” was the biggest scandal to rock the ballroom.

Lately, stories associated with the shiny show have been along the lines of drug use, its “toxic” culture, bullying and worse: the polar opposite of the family-friendly image Strictly is at pains to project.

Another summer of unforgiving headlines will be brushed under a sequinned rug tonight as Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman introduce this year’s who’s who. And by that, I of course mean who’s who?? A roster of barely famous reality stars (Dani Dyer, Thomas Skinner, Vicky Pattison, La Voix) bulks out the class of 2025, along with the odd notable name — actor Alex Kingston and pundit and former footballers Karen Carney and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

The failure to sign up A-listers increasingly gives off a Field of Dreams approach; a feeling of “air it and they will watch” arrogance that, no matter who gets signed up, we’ll all tune in regardless. Which, inevitably, we will…

The Railway Children

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1.00pm BBC Two Catch up via iPlayer

qThe 1970 film adaptation of E Nesbit’s beloved children’s novel, charting the adventures of well-to-do London siblings who decamp to rural Yorkshire after their father is imprisoned, regularly makes best British film lists. But back then, a cosy blanket of turn-of-the-century nostalgia seemed at odds with a British film industry producing the likes of Kes and Performance Director Lionel Jeffries later admitted, “I knew we were taking a big, calculated risk in swimming against the permissive mainstream.” He need not have worried. The film’s status as a perennial family favourite is assured. JEREMY ASPINALL Film reviews: page 47

DOCUMENTARY

Britain’s Railway Empire in Colour

8.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming

Stephen Mangan narrates the conclusion of this two-part series, which again crams in a remarkable amount of information. Moving the story of steam into the 20th century as the industry grows, it covers the imperial expansion of railways into South Africa (where it played a vital role in the Boer War) and Australia.

There are also intriguing diversions into the social discomfort of train compartments, the impact of wars and the eventual nationalisation of the service under Attlee’s Labour government. An examination of the fragmented, overpriced modern rail network would have been welcome, but would perhaps have undermined this fanfare for British grit and ingenuity. GABRIEL TATE

DRAMA Miss Marple

8.00pm BBC Four Catch up: iPlayer

The final serial starring Joan Hickson, 1992’s The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, is appropriately enough a gettogether for old faces. Actor John Castle returns as Inspector Craddock, who’s gained honorary nephew status, while Gwen Watford is also back as Dolly Bantry, now living in the lodge next to Gossington Hall rather than the stately home itself.

The occupant there is now a film star by the name of Marina Gregg (Claire Bloom), whose St Mary Mead soirée takes a turn for the deadly. But despite the presence of A-listers in the village, it’s Miss Marple who deserves the final bow. At the time of production, Hickson was 86, but had gamely opted to complete the canon of Christie novels featuring the elderly sleuth. DAVID BROWN

COMEDY

Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-up

Special

8.30pm BBC One Catch up: iPlayer

Michael McIntyre, the cheekiest of chappies, will never be mistaken for a cutting-edge comic, but he’s become a reliable Mr Saturday Night; a slick, safe mainstream comedian who’s very good at what he does — so much that earlier this month he won an NTA for his Big Show

Celebrating a quarter of a century in comedy is this special recording of his latest smash-hit stand-up show, Macnificent (although shouldn’t that be McNificent?). Filmed at the London Palladium, and first shown on BBC One last year, it’s his usual scampering barrage of everyday observations delivered with a giggly chipmunk twinkle. PAUL WHITELAW

SATURDAY 20

DOCUMENTARY

Kate: Judge My Work, Not My Clothes

8.30pm 5 Catch up via 5 streaming

We all know more attention is paid to what female members of the royal family wear than the charitable causes they support. The media’s misogynistic obsession with looks has affected Catherine, Princess of Wales, since she burst on to the royal scene, but our future queen has learnt to use the “soft power” of fashion. The title of this documentary refers to a comment she supposedly made as a frustrated response to the press reporting. Turns out there’s a deliberate substance behind the style.

JOHNATHON HUGHES

DRAMA

Casualty

9.20pm BBC One Catch up: iPlayer Pre-titles sequences surely can’t get more dramatic than last week’s courtroom bloodbath, right? Well, here are two words for you: “chainsaw” and “amputation”. No, Leatherface hasn’t secretly moved to the area. Let’s just say the officers using Sunny’s intel to raid the home of a notorious drugs lord do get a bit previous with a power-driven cutting tool when attempting to gain access. In the thick of the action is Iain, who’s taking ever-greater risks in the hope that he won’t have to face his trauma. But he’s not the only one using his vices to distract himself, as Flynn masks his loneliness with casual sexual encounters — this time, in the workplace. DB

MUSIC

FILM

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?

Joshua (John David Washington) is sent to kill a robotic being in the form of a child (Madeleine Yuna Voyles )

The Count of Monte Cristo 9.00pm U&Drama

In the final episode, Edmond (Sam Claflin, abiove) reveals to Villefort that Heloise stole the vial of poison from him.

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9.00pm C4 Catch up via C4 streaming

qIn 2023, amid two major strikes in Hollywood to protect creative jobs against AI, 20th Century Studios released this epic thriller about how we should learn to love our “smart” machines. It’s the 2055-set tale of an ex-US soldier (John David Washington) recruited to scour “New Asia” for a mysterious weapon that Earth’s chief artificial intelligence, now outlawed, has created to protect itself against humans. Naturally, this powerful robotic being takes the form of a cutesy young girl whom you couldn’t possibly want to eliminate.

For many viewers wary of certain real-life advances, this will feel less like raging against the machine than promoting sympathy for the devil. But director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One) has form with gorgeous sci-fi vistas and delivers some breathtaking work here — all of it imagined, designed, built and animated by smart and talented humans. CALUM BAKER Film reviews: page 47

DRAMA

One Night

Johnny Mathis at the BBC

8.30pm BBC Two Catch up via iPlayer

One of the greatest crooners of his generation, Johnny Mathis who turns 90 this month was also among the bestselling solo artists of the 20th century He tends to be pigeonholed as a smooth purveyor of jazz-inflected pop, but as this tribute illustrates, his vast body of work straddles country, soul, blues, soft rock, show tunes and even disco. The night comprises a compilation of BBC archive performances (8.30pm), a 1974 concert from Glasgow (10 40pm) and before that a celebration of his hero Nat King Cole (9.45pm) in which he performs standards such as Unforgettable and When I Fall in Love. His musical guest is Cole’s daughter Natalie. PW

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VERSATILE

Johnny Mathis, here in 1982, excelled in many genres

LAST EPISODE

10 30pm ITV1 Full series via ITVX When it comes to scripting a drama, starting it is one thing… ending it is quite another. The unsatisfying manner in which this Australian thriller draws to a close is frustrating if not entirely unexpected, given the patchiness of the five preceding episodes. Tess (Jodie Whittaker) is doubling down on her idea to buy and burn down the Calley brothers’ pub.

Wife Vicki (Kat Stewart) rightly thinks it’s a terrible idea and even goes so far as to book flights back to the UK for the family, but Tess won’t hear of it Instead she reunites with Hat (Yael Stone) and Simone (Nicole da Silva) for an overly p t l i FT

Peppa Pig

From 7.15am 5

Three new episodes for little ones with a helpful message, as Peppa is excited to meet her new baby brother or sister.

Queen: Live at the Rainbow 7.15pm Sky Arts

This 1974 concert filmed at London’s Rainbow Theatre heads a night of Queen-themed tribute programmes.

LIVE SPORT

Athletics: World Championships

10.30am BBC Two, 1pm BBC One The conclusion of the heptathlon.

Football: Premier League

Liverpool v Everton 11am (k/o 12.30pm) TNT Sports 1 Manchester United v Chelsea 5pm (k/o 5.30pm) Sky Main Event/Premier League

Fulham v Brentford 7.45pm (k/o 8pm) Sky Main Event/Premier League

A big day of top-flight action.

Rugby Union: Women’s World Cup

2.45pm (k/o 3.30pm) BBC One The second semi-final, from Bristol.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 47

6.00am Breakfast Rachel Burden, Charlie Stayt. (S) (HD)

10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Henrique Sá Pessoa and Poppy O’Toole and special guests Brie Larson and Courtney McBroom. With drinks from Olly Smith and Sam Heughan. (S) (HD)

11.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall Tea growing. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Football Focus With Alex Scott. (S) (HD)

12.45pm BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

1.00 LIVE World Athletics Championships Jeanette Kwakye presents from Tokyo. Featuring action from the women’s javelin throw final at 1.05, the women’s 800m heptathlon at 1.11, the women’s 5,000m final at 1.29, the men’s 400m decathlon at 1.55 and the men’s 800m final at 2.22. Highlights 7pm BBC Three. (S) (HD)

2.45—6.15 LIVE Women’s Rugby World Cup

Second Semi-Final The winners of the third and fourth quarter-finals meet at Ashton Gate (kick-off 3.30). (S) (HD)

6.40am Hey Duggee (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 6.50 Mojo

Swoptops (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 7.00 Super Happy Magic Forest (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 7.15 Grizzy and the Lemmings (R) (S) (HD) 7.30 Pokémon Horizons: the Search for Laqua (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 7.50 Bro’s in Control (R) (S) (HD)

8.05 Gladiators: Epic Pranks (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.25 Blue Peter (R) (S) (HD) 8.50 Newsround (S) (HD)

9.00 Prayer and Reflection From St John’s Wood United Synagogue in London. Shown last Sunday BBC One (S) (HD)

9.30 Christine’s Garden Double bill. (R) (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 10.00am—4.30pm Tennis

The Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals at bbc.co.uk/sport

10.30 LIVE World Athletics Championships

Day eight action features the javelin in the women’s heptathlon at 11.00, high jump in the men’s decathlon at 11.05, men’s 4x400m relay heats at 11.35, women’s shot put final at 11.54, women’s 4x400m relay heats at 12.00, men’s 4x100m relay heats at 12.25pm and women’s 4x100m relay heats at 12.45. Continues on BBC One. Highlights 7pm BBC Three. (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 10.45am—3.30pm Equestrian Eventing European Championships, the cross-country event at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire at bbc.co.uk/sport

1.00pm The Railway Children 5 Classic period qdrama based on the novel by E Nesbit, starring Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett and Gary Warren. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review page 47. Director Lionel Jeffries (1970, U) (S) (AD) (HD) Also showing Thursday 7pm BBC Four

2 BBC RED BUTTON 2.45—6.00 Final Score Jason Mohammad presents the afternoon’s football scores

2.45—3.30 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Classic puddings. More tomorrow 11.30am. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00am Raymond Blanc’s Royal Kitchen Gardens

The chef tours Hampton Court Palace. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 James Martin’s Great British Adventure Sampling Moroccan-inspired Welsh lamb. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 The Mitchells vs the Machines HHHH qAnimation featuring the voice of Abbi Jacobson. Directors Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe (2020, U) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.25 ITV News (S) (HD)

9.30 James Martin’s Saturday Morning With singer/songwriter Amy Macdonald and chefs Cyrus Todiwala and Meliz Berg. Repeated tomorrow 7.30am (S) (HD)

11.40 Nisha Katona’s Home Kitchen 7/10. Making a garden herb meatball curry. Signed rpt Sun 5.05am (S) (HD)

12.45pm ITV News Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

1.00—4.00pm LIVE Racing Coverage of the third and final day of the Ayr Gold Cup, including the feature race at 3.35. Plus four starts from Newbury. (S) (HD)

6.10am Cheers Four back-to-back episodes. (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Main Channels

Strictly Come Dancing Launch Show 6.40pm Top of the bops: Alex Kingston heads to the ballroom

6.15pm BBC News

Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

6.40 Strictly Come Dancing Launch Show

4Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman welcome 15 famous faces, reality stars and content creators to the Strictly ballroom to pair them with their professional partners, while judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke give their initial thoughts on the couples. There’s also a routine from the reigning champions Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, and music by Jessie J. The contestants are Alex Kingston, Balvinder Sopal, Dani Dyer, Stefan Dennis, Ellie Goldstein, Lewis Cope, Vicky Pattison, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Karen Carney, Chris Robshaw, Ross King, La Voix, Thomas Skinner and George Clarke. Available with signing via the red button. See p40.

Executive producer Sarah James (S) (AD) (HD)

See feature: page 27

8.30 Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-Up Special

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Michael McIntyre celebrates 25 years of stand-up comedy with a special recording of his sold-out tour Macnificent, filmed at the London Palladium in 2024. Watch now on iPlayer. See p40. Director Liz Clare; Series producer Simon Adsett (R) (S) (HD)

9.20 Casualty

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Iain embarks on his most frightening mission yet with the hazardous area response team and is forced to confront his problems when he endangers the life of a team member. Faith is shocked to hear that Iain’s mum died three days ago and Flynn is determined to prove he’s a good doctor. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. See p41.

Flynn Byron Olly Rix

Iain Dean Michael Stevenson

Faith Dean Kirsty Mitchell

Siobhan McKenzie Melanie Hill

Nicole Piper Sammy T Dobson

Ngozi Okoye Adesuwa Oni

Dylan Keogh William Beck

Jodie Whyte Anna Chell

Stevie Nash Elinor Lawless

Jan Jenning Di Botcher

Rashid Masum Neet Mohan

Rida Amaan Sarah Seggari

Jacob Masters Charles Venn

Theodore “Teddy” Gowan Milo Clarke

Cam Mickelthwaite Barney Walsh

Indie Jankowski Naomi Wakszlak

Tim Matthews Ross Waiton

Millie Byron Lola Grace Maurice

Obina “Obi” Okoye Aryel Tsoto

Cleo Hainey Lizzie Wilde

DCI Ahwalia San Shella

Imogen Yates

Natasha Atkinson

Bradley Yates Dan Richards

Layla Kelly

Lauren Cornelius

Molly Kelly Alis Waters

Writer Erin Kubicki; Producer Jenny Thompson

Director Paul Murphy (S) (AD) (HD)

10.10 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

10.30 Match of the Day

Highlights of the latest Premier League matches, including Brighton v Tottenham and Manchester United v Chelsea. Plus action including West Ham v Crystal Palace and Wolves v Leeds United. Premier League highlights on iPlayer from 8pm.

Producer Dave Bouchard; Editor Andy Fraser Rptd Sun 7.35am (S) (HD)

11.55 Alessia Russo: the Football Interview

Kelly Somers talks to 26-year-old England striker Alessia Russo, who recently signed a long-term deal with Arsenal, having joined the club in 2023. (S) (HD)

12.10am Before I Go to Sleep HHHH Mystery thriller starring

q9.25 Frasier Double bill of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.25 The Simpsons Double bill. (R) (S) (AD)

11.20 A Place in the Sun In Abruzzo, Italy. (R) (S) (HD)

12.20pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces A luxury

two-bedroom Luton van transformation. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.25 Location, Location, Location In Surrey. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.25—3.25 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It Reconsidering a home in Lanarkshire. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. Following an accident, Christine Lucas wakes up every day with no memory of her life with her husband Ben. But despite his patience and the help of a neurologist, Christine begins to question everything she is told. On iPlayer for 30 days. Film of the Day: page 67. Director Rowan Joffe (2014, 15) (S) (HD)

Also showing Monday 10.30pm BBC Three 2 BBC RED BUTTON 1.00—5.30 World Athletics Championships Further sporting action from the biennial event at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo

1.35 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 1.40—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

Johnny Mathis at the BBC 8.30pm

Celebrating the career of the US singer, who turns 90 later this month

3.30pm The Great British Sewing Bee: the Final 10/10 Series 11. Sara Pascoe presents as the final three amateur sewers are set three tough tasks, starting with a difficult bias-cut slip dress.

Director Ivan Youlden; Series producer Rebecca Cray Shown last Tuesday BBC One Signed repeat Thursday 2.05am (S) (AD) (HD)

4.30 Final Score

Jason Mohammad presents the classified results. Producer Michael Burke; Editor Helen Dapre (S) (HD)

5.30 Wild Tales from the Village

This 2016 documentary follows red squirrels, wild boar, edible dormice and a stone marten living near a remote French village. Narrated by Tchéky Karyo.

Producer Verity White; Exec producer Michael Gunton (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 Michael Portillo’s 200 Years of the Railways

1/2. The broadcaster embarks on a journey through 200 years of train travel. He follows the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in north-east England, learning how it proved that railways could work. Both episodes are available on iPlayer. Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

Michael Portillo’s viewpoint: page 11

7.30 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Countdown’s Rachel Riley competes with her former Strictly Come Dancing partner, and now husband — dancer Pasha Kovalev — to find the most profitable antiques in Essex, with Paul Martin and David Harper. Series producer Joe Sharp; Executive producer John Redshaw (R) (S) (HD)

8.30 Johnny Mathis at the BBC

4One of the 20th century’s bestselling recording artists, Johnny Mathis enjoyed chart success with songs including Chances Are and The Twelfth of Never. Featuring early hits such as Misty, Nat King Cole tributes including Unforgettable and Let There Be Love and duets with Lulu and Natalie Cole, this is the first of three programmes dedicated to the Texas-born singer, who turns 90 on 30 September. See page 41. Producer Kam Christensen; Series producer Simon Goretzki (S) (HD)

9.45 Johnny Mathis: Tribute to Nat King Cole

Johnny Mathis performs some of the trailblazing singer and pianist’s music. First shown in September 1983 and featuring Cole’s daughter Natalie. Producer Yvonne Littlewood (R) (S) (HD)

10.40 Johnny Mathis

A 1974 concert at Glasgow’s Apollo Centre, in which the American singer was backed by the Alan Peters Orchestra. Featuring hits including I’m Stone in Love with You, We’ve Only Just Begun, Misty, Our Day Will Come, Maria and If We Only Have Love (R) (S) (HD)

11.25

Kindling HHH

qDrama starring George Somner. Sid should be at university like his friends, but he has terminal cancer. Determined to enjoy his final summer, he asks each of his four best mates to find items that symbolise their bond, which they will send skywards in a Viking-style pyre. On iPlayer for 60 days.

One Night

10.30pm Turn up for the books: Hat (Yael Stone) finds a secret that could change everything

4.00pm Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals

A compilation of some of the show’s endgames.

Director Richard van’t Riet; Executive producers Hugh Rycroft, Sara Doyle and Kate Lownds (R) (S) (HD)

4.30 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase Celebrity Special Jasmine Harman, Helen Lederer, Neil Delamere and Jamie Borthwick take part for charity.

Executive producers Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott and Helen Tumbridge (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 You Bet! on Tour

4/7. Stephen Mulhern presents the game show as it travels around the UK to find people taking on challenges for the chance to win £5,000.

Director Craig Pickles; Series producer Richard Berkshire

Rptd tomorrow 2.20pm Signed rpt Tue 5.05am (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Win Win

3/6. Forty studio contestants compete for cars, holidays and more, while three lucky viewers win the same prizes from the comfort of their home. But who will join hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins in the studio on Millionaire’s Row?

Director Ollie Bartlett; Series producer Lisa Kirk (S) (HD)

8.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Jeremy Clarkson presents as more contestants take on the famous quiz and attempt to walk away with a life-changing sum of money.

Director Richard Valentine; Executive producers Kieran Doherty, Matthew Worthy and Kerri Reid (R) (S) (HD) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special Friday 9pm

9.00 Password

Word-based game show presented by Stephen Mangan. Contestants Jonathan and Helen join team captains Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr as they attempt to guess a series of passwords in a bid to take home a jackpot of £10,000.

Director Geri Dowd; Producers Ellie Taylor and Kiz Hoque (R) (S) (HD)

9.45 The Jonathan Ross Show: Special Guests

Interviews with Peter Kay, Kate Hudson, Sir Paul McCartney, Harry Styles, Elizabeth Hurley, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves and Dame Prue Leith.

Exec producer Bea Ballard; Series editor Tom Barrett (R) (S) (HD)

10.10 ITV News

Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

10.30 One Night

4

6/6. Hat unearths a secret that could finally give Simone and Tess the truth — and the closure — they need to move on after 20 years of lies. The whole series is on ITVX. See p41.

Tess Jodie Whittaker

Hat Yael Stone

Vicki Kat Stewart

Lily Harper Simon

Arthur Jude Hyland

Joey Calley

George Mason

Mary Noni Hazlehurst

Trevor Erroll Shand

Jason Zac Burgess

Helen Tina Bursill

Young Tess Mikaela Binns-Rorke

Young Simone Bridgette Armstrong

Young Hat Bella Ridgway

Simone Nicole da Silva

Bec Rosie Lourde

Laura Fiona Press

Don William Zappa

Teen Simone Lily Gameren

Signed repeat Friday 3am (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 EFL Highlights

Action from Leicester City v Coventry City and Hull City v Southampton in the Championship. Shown 9pm ITV4 Repeated tomorrow 9am ITV4 (S) (HD) 12.55am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 The Twelve 9/10 Series 1. An enraged Kate refuses Colby’s advice not to testify. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

4.00 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Fern Britton: inside the Vet’s 5/6. Fern meets a 12-year-old cat with diabetes. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Britain’s Railway Empire in Colour

8.00pm On track to victory: British soldiers during the Second World War

3.25pm Worst House on the Street

Scarlette and Stuart Douglas meet Carl and Lynn, who have bought a bungalow in Leeds. Executive producers Andrew Mackenzie-Betty and Melanie Leach Series editor Claire Edwards (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.30 The Great British Bake Off 3/10. In bread week, the bakers make pull-apart monkey bread, a sticky technical and tiered sweet bread, before one of them gets the boot. Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Formula One: Azerbaijan Grand Prix — Qualifying Highlights

Steve Jones is joined by Billy Monger and Alice Powell for highlights of qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as the drivers take on the fastest street circuit on the calendar. Lando Norris will be hoping to make amends for his poor qualifying in Baku last year when he was eliminated in Q1. Race highlights tomorrow 5.30pm. (S) (HD)

8.00 Britain’s Railway Empire in Colour

42/2. Exploring how the rail compartment fascinated the Victorians as a place of intrigue and romance. As the 20th century dawned, railways continued to expand across the Empire — the Trans-Australia Railway was built, and in South Africa, the railways played a key role in the Boer War, where a battle for an armoured train made Winston Churchill famous. Railways were forced to adapt to world events — transporting soldiers in two World Wars and employing women in key roles for the first time. See page 40. (S) (AD) (HD) Viewpoint: page 11

9.00 The Creator HHH

oFuturistic sci-fi thriller. Huge leaps in robotics and machine learning lead to an artificial intelligence apparently choosing to detonate a nuclear bomb over Los Angeles. Now outlawed across much of the world, all remaining AI-powered bots have relocated to New Asia where US soldier Joshua Taylor is sent to find information about a formidable weapon being developed by the machines. Available to stream for 30 days. Film of the Day: page 47.

Joshua Taylor John David Washington

Alphie Madeleine Yuna Voyles

Maya Gemma Chan

Colonel Howell Allison Janney

General Andrews Ralph Ineson

Harun Ken Watanabe

Omni/Sekon/Sergeant Bui

Amar Chadha-Patel

Director Gareth Edwards (2023, 12) (S) (AD) (HD)

Also showing 9.20pm Tuesday 4seven

11.35 Peppermint HH

qRevenge action thriller. Banker Riley North survives a gangster attack that leaves her husband and daughter dead. When the legal system fails to deliver justice, she sets out to exact violent vengeance upon the killers. Review p47.

Riley North Jennifer Garner

Detective Stan Carmichael

John Gallagher Jr

Detective Moises Beltran John Ortiz

Diego Garcia Juan Pablo Raba

FBI Agent Lisa Inman Annie Ilonzeh

Director Pierre Morel (2018, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

Also showing tomorrow 10pm 4seven

1.20am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA In Arvada, Colorado, Gordon Ramsay visits one of the filthiest restaurants he has ever seen. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

2.15 999: on the Front Line A rare and unusual stomach condition leaves a patient in agony. (R) (S) (HD)

3.10 The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes: Season by Season In Appletreewick in the Dales, pub landlord David has a special night up his sleeve. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.05 Location, Location, Location Revisiting house-hunters in Portsmouth and Stansted. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00—5.50am The Simpsons Double bill. (R) (S) (AD)

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side 8.00pm Joan Hickson stars

7.00pm Agatha Christie: an Unfinished Portrait

A 1990 edition of Arena, made to celebrate the centenary of the mystery writer’s birth, looking at the life and work of the woman who created Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and The Mousetrap. The programme explores how an adolescent Christie read crime reports from newspapers and discussed the ways in which people had died, and also examines the author’s mysterious disappearance in 1926.

Director James Marsh; Series editors Nigel Finch and Anthony Wall Repeated 12.10am (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side 4Drama starring Joan Hickson.

A film star arrives from America and throws a garden party for the entire village of St Mary Mead — where one of her fans drinks a poisoned cocktail and promptly drops dead. Fortunately, the guest list includes Miss Marple, who immediately sets about tracking down the killer. First shown in 1992. See page 40.

Miss Marple Joan Hickson

Marina Gregg Claire Bloom

Jason Rudd

Barry Newman

Dolly Bantry Gwen Watford

Inspector Craddock John Castle

Supt Slack David Horovitch

Dramatised by TR Bowen; Producer George Gallaccio

Director Norman Stone Repeated 1.10am (R) (S)

10.00 Parkinson

Actor, author and raconteur David Niven was one of the most popular performers from these shores to succeed in Hollywood. Here, in interviews recorded between 1972 and 1975, he talks to Michael Parkinson about his first love, his school days and his distinguished career, sprinkled with a wealth of amusing anecdotes. From 1975.

Series producer Annie Lewis

Executive producer Tony Moss (R) (S)

11.10 The Good Life

2/8 Series 4. The Green Door

Tom learns Margo has been keeping appointments at a mysterious address and immediately leaps to the conclusion that she is having an affair. From 1977.

Tom Good Richard Briers

Barbara Good Felicity Kendal

Margo Leadbetter Penelope Keith

Jerry Leadbetter Paul Eddington

Shown last Tuesday (S)

11.40 Yes Minister

6/8 Series 3. The Whisky Priest. Hacker decides to inform the prime minister of British arms sales to Italian terrorists, forcing Sir Humphrey to launch a frantic damage-limitation exercise. From 1982.

Jim Hacker Paul Eddington

Sir Humphrey Appleby Nigel Hawthorne

Bernard Woolley Derek Fowlds

Major Saunders John Fortune

Annie Hacker Diana Hoddinott

Shown last Tuesday (S)

12.10am Agatha Christie: an Unfinished

Portrait Shown 7pm (S) (HD)

1.10—3.05am

BBC SCOTLAND

7.00pm Reporting

Scotland

7.15 Sacked in the Morning: with John Hartson

7.30 Icons of Football: profiles of Joe Jordan and Rose Reilly

8.30 Shinty: highlights of the Camanachd Cup final between Kingussie and Newtonmore from Bught Park in Inverness

9.00 Paul Black: Nostalgia: a stand-up show by the comedian at the Music Hall in Aberdeen

10.00 FILM: Schemers: comedy drama based on a true story, starring Conor Berry. In 1979, aspiring Dundee gig promoter Davie finds himself in debt to a local gangster and must mount a huge show in order to save his own skin

11.30—12 midnight Best of Chewin’ the Fat: highlights of the comedy

BBC ONE WALES

11.30am—12 noon Back in the Day: famous Welsh faces reminisce about weddings in Wales

BBC TWO WALES

5.30pm Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Michael Portillo explores Faversham and Chatham

6.00—6.30 Weatherman Walking: Derek Brockway treks along the hills overlooking Abergavenny

BBC TWO NORTHERN IRELAND

5.30pm Flog It!: from London Zoo in Regent’s Park 6.00 Abandoned Ulster: a profile of photographer Rebecca Brownlie 6.30—7.30 Paula McIntyre’s Hamely Kitchen USA: double bill

SATURDAY Freeview

5.40am Milkshake! See page 46

8.55 SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob and Patrick make a zoo. (R) (S) (HD)

9.10 Entertainment News (S) (HD)

9.20 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild In Thailand, Ben meets a man who runs a sanctuary for street dogs. (R) (S) (HD)

10.10 In Lincolnshire, Ben visits Paul to get a taste of the UK’s van life scene. (R) (S) (HD) 11.10 Ben meets Naveen and Anke, who live off-grid in Sri Lanka’s mountains. (R) (S) (HD)

12.10pm Cumbria with Susan Calman

Susan embarks on a Swallows and Amazons-style adventure. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05 The Pennines with Susan Calman

A visit to the Heritage Coast. (R) (S) (HD)

2.05 Secret Life of the Forest It’s the height of summer and young beaver kits bond with the rest of the family. (R) (S) (HD)

3.05 Over at the beaver pond, ecologist Cath is keeping a close eye on the family. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00pm Michael Portillo in Andalucia

3/6. Michael arrives in Cordoba and visits the Mesquita, before meeting a family using Roman techniques to keep cool. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 4/6. The presenter travels to Huelva, meeting restaurant owner Ramon in Isla Cristina, before visiting the mines of Rio Tinto and the town of Aracena.

Series director Robin Leach (R) (S) (HD)

5.55 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 The King’s Grandchildren: Growing Up Rich

Examining the lives of the royal grandchildren, looking at how the King and Queen might navigate the complex dynamics of this very modern family.

Directors Jaine Hilton and Richard Ward (R) (S) (HD)

7.30 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 5/8 Series 3. The story of Henry VIII’s renovation of Hampton Court, where his installations included its magnificent gardens and the Great Hall — a huge dining area built with the help of over 400 stonemasons, bricklayers, carpenters, joiners and labourers.

Directors/Producers Simon Newton, Pete Chinn, Gareth Prescott and Annabelle Draper (R) (S) (HD)

8.30 Kate: Judge My Work, Not My Clothes

4Since the Princess of Wales married into the royal family the press has been obsessed by how she looks, but in February an article suggested she would prefer the world to focus on the substance of her work rather than her style. This documentary explores whether the media’s obsession with Kate’s wardrobe has overshadowed her charity work. See p41.

Directors Anna Cox and Graham Cooper (S) (HD)

10.00 When TV Goes Horribly Wrong Tony Blackburn narrates a compilation of on-air disasters from the 1960s, including Doris Day’s blouse bursting open unexpectedly and a candid interview with Muhammad Ali.

Director/Producer Jamie Sutcliffe (R) (S) (HD)

12.05am Traffic Cops: Pursuit Squad One (R) (S) (HD) 1.00 Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 Jason Watkins and Lady Jane Grey: a Tower of London Special (R)

Horrible Histories: the Movie — Rotten Romans 7.30pm Atti joins the army

7.00pm New. World Athletics Championships Highlights

Sarah Mulkerrins presents action from day eight of the biennial event, held at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. (S) (HD)

7.30 Horrible Histories: the Movie — Rotten Romans HHH

qHistorical comedy spin-off from the popular CBBC TV show, starring Sebastian Croft and Emilia Jones. Brainy Roman teen Atti upsets Emperor Nero and is relocated to Britain, where he is captured by the local Celts. On iPlayer for 30 days. Director Dominic Brigstocke (2019, PG) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Gavin & Stacey

1/6 Series 3. The eponymous couple settle into their new life in Wales. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 2/6. Stacey is on the lookout for a job, but will Gavin keep his promise? From 2009. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

8/11 Series 3. Gaz sends Donna out so he can entertain himself. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 9/11. Louise runs riot with her new-found social conscience. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 10/11. Jonny fails to notice Janet is having second thoughts about getting married. First shown in 2003. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 1/8 Series 4. Janet tries to dump Jonny. Louise gets revenge on David. From 2004. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Juice: two episodes (S) (HD)

12.50am Angels of the North (S) (HD) 1.50 Donkey (S) (HD) 2.00—4.00am Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Buying the View (S) (SL) (HD) 8.15 Dinner Date (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

9.15 Sam and Billie: Sister Act (S) (HD) 10.20 Deal or No Deal: with Stephen Mulhern (S) (HD)

12.25pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (S) (AD) (HD) 1.25 Celebrity Catchphrase (S) (AD) (HD)

2.25 FILM Stuart Little 2 HHH Fantasy adventure (S) (AD) (HD) 4.10 FILM Yes Man

HHH Comedy starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel. Review p47 (S) (AD) (HD)

6.15pm FILM Jurassic World: Dominion HHH Sci-fi adventure sequel starring Chris Pratt. Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs are roaming the earth once more. When dino-protectors Owen Grady and Claire Dearing discover that a company is collecting dinosaurs for sinister research, they team up with the experts who survived the original Jurassic Park. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 FILM I, Robot HHHH Sci-fi action thriller starring Will Smith. Chicago, 2035: in a society that has become almost entirely dependent on robots, Detective Del Spooner is called upon to investigate the death of eminent scientist Dr Alfred Lanning. All the evidence points to Lanning’s superadvanced robot prototype being responsible, but everybody knows that robots are programmed never to harm a human... (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Family Guy Series 12. Three traditional fairy tales are retold Quahog-style. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.45 Meg is threatened by a pupil. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am American Dad!: two episodes (S) (AD) (HD)

Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Midsomer Murders 7.00pm A murdermystery weekend takes a dark turn

6.00am On the Buses (S) 6.30 A Touch of Frost: 3/5 Series 4. The Things We Do for Love. Jack investigates a death in a religious community (S) (SL) (AD) 8.50 Doc Martin: 3/9 Series 10.How Long Has This Been Going On? Martin attends a survival course (S) (AD) (HD); 9.50 4/9. Everlasting Love. The doctor rubs up against a herbalist (S) (AD) (HD) 10.55 The Darling Buds of May: 3&4/6 Series 3. Cast Not Your Pearls before Swine 1/2. Pop plans to build a swimming pool (S) (AD) (HD); 12 noon 2/2. Pop discovers that Edith’s boyfriend is a con artist defrauding the ministry (S) (AD) (HD)

1.05pm Agatha Christie’s Marple: Greenshaw’s Folly. Miss Marple helps an old friend to find refuge at a country pile, but a sinister shadow falls over the inhabitants (S) (AD) (HD)

3.05pm Vera

3/4 Series 1. The Crow Trap. A woman is murdered in the remote Northumberland countryside, which leads Vera Stanhope back to a place from her past. (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00 Midsomer Murders

Series 13. The Silent Land. Joyce Barnaby is convinced that she hit somebody when she drove into a ditch. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Series 22. Happy Families. When the owners of a board-game company gather for a murder-mystery weekend, the experience takes a puzzling twist. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Vera

1/4

Series 7. Natural Selection. DCI Vera Stanhope is called in to investigate the death of a wildlife ranger. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Shetland

5/6 Series 5. Perez interviews Andrea Doyle, who quickly becomes scared when he explains the charges against her, and agrees to show him the safe house. (S) (HD) 12 midnight 6/6. Duncan is traumatised after his discovery on the beach. (S) (HD)

1.10am Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home: Travels in My Own Land: 2/3. The actor travels to the Outer Hebrides (S) (AD) (HD) 2.05 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.30 Home Shopping

4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping

5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am World of Sport (S) (HD) 6.20 The Best of Saint and Greavsie (S) (SL) (HD)

7.15 The Saint (S) (SL) 9.30 New. Racing: the Opening Show (S) (HD) 10.30 The Big Match Revisited (S) (HD) 11.30 World of Sport (S) (HD) 11.40 Silverstone Festival (S) (HD) 1.45pm The Motorbike Show (S) (HD) 2.50 FILM Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment H Comedy (S) (AD) (HD) 4.35pm Sharpe 1/2 Series 1. Swashbuckling adventure starring Sean Bean. Rifleman Sharpe is sent behind enemy lines. (S) (HD) 6.50 2/2. The officer tries to capture a battlefield prize — a French eagle standard touched by the hand of Napoleon. (S) (HD) 9.00 New. EFL Highlights Action from the latest matches. Repeated 11.30pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 10.35 FILM Crimson Tide HHHH Action thriller starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. When a Russian missile base falls into rebel hands, the US submarine Alabama is dispatched to the scene with orders to prevent a nuclear attack on America. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.45am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (S) (HD)

2.35 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.00am Birds of a Feather: 2/14 Series 4 Sharon is caught between Tracey and Garth (S); 7.35 3/14. Chris wants to dump Sharon Rptd 1.45am (S) 8.10 Lovejoy: 13/14 Series 5. A romantic weekend in the country turns sour (S); 9.20 1/10 Series 6. Charlotte is attacked by a robber (S); 10.30 2/10. A deranged murderer with a vendetta against Lovejoy kidnapps Charlotte (S) 11.40 Father Brown: 8/10 Series 10. Brenda finds love at the home of a clock collector (S) (AD) (HD); 12.40pm 9/10. A group of bikers causes outrage and excitement in equal measure (S) (AD) (HD) 1.40 Call the Midwife: 8/11 Series 2. Chummy prepares for motherhood while Sister Bernadette must make a decision Repeated 12.45am (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 New Tricks: 4/7 Series 1. The team is given the task of re-examining the unsolved case of a peace protester’s murder (S) (AD); 4.00 5/7 Series 1. The team investigates a golfer’s death (S) (AD) 5.00 Signora Volpe: 1/3 Series 2. The police arrest Antonella’s friend for the murder of a community leader (S) (HD) 7.00pm The Brokenwood Mysteries 4/4 Series 4. As If Nothing Had Happened An ex-finance boss responsible for the loss of many elderly people’s life savings is found floating in a swimming pool with a samurai sword in his back. (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 New. The Count of Monte Cristo 8/8. Edmond reveals to Villefort that Heloise stole the vial of poison from him — the same poison that was used to murder the Marquise. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.10 Judge John Deed 3/4 Series 6. Evidence of Harm 1/2. Deed reluctantly helps Jo by examining why funding for legal aid was withdrawn in the case of a soldier who took his own life. However, he decides the only way to win justice for the deceased’s family is to accuse the original judge of bias. (S)

12.45am Call the Midwife Shown 1.40pm (S) (AD) (HD) 1.45 Birds of a Feather Shown 7.35am (S) 2.20—4.00am The Brokenwood Mysteries: 5/6 Series 11. A school camp takes a deadly turn when a teacher is found swinging lifelessly from a zipline (SL) (HD)

quiz show presented by Adil Ray (S) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 1.00pm Lingo (S) (HD) 2.00 Deal or No Deal: Celebrity Special (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Tenable: double

(HD) 5.00 Deal or No Deal: Stephen Mulhern hosts as Carol gets her chance to open the iconic red boxes (S) (HD) 6.00pm Lingo Mustafa and Mehreen, Heidi and Tony, and Harlem and Marlene compete in the quiz show hosted by Adil Ray. (S) (HD) 7.00 Ashleigh and Ruth, Graeme and Gail, and Dionne and Marcus compete. (S) (HD) 8.00 Deal or No Deal Stephen Mulhern hosts as Rickie tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order, taking on the Banker for the chance to win a cash prize. (S) (HD) 9.00 Wheel of Fortune Kerrick and Declan, Ricky and Sarah, and Sadiq and Shabina compete. Graham Norton hosts. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard hosts a triple bill of the quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot. (S) (HD)

12.50am Wheel of Fortune: Graham Norton hosts (S)

U&Yesterday

8.55am Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke (AD) 9.55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD) 11.00 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home (AD)

12 noon New. Love It or List It New Zealand: a couple from Auckland can’t decide whether to renovate or sell their home (AD) 1.00pm Four in a Bed 3.40 Come Dine with Me (AD)

6.20pm Four in a Bed In Dorset, Philip and Jimmy play host at their 17th-century inn.

6.50 One pair are soon longing for the great indoors after pitching up at Matthew and Moira’s glampsite in Surrey.

7.25 Expectations are high as the rivals head to The Lord Bute in Dorset, where former chef Bradley and right-hand man Ryan preside.

7.55 Parking problems at The Pocklington in Leicester threaten to put the brakes on success.

8.25 Cleanliness issues are top of the agenda as the rivals question their feedback and find out how much they have been paid.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E Twelve-year-old Eddie is brought into A&E having been hit by a car on his way home from school. (AD)

10.00 Agitated veterinary student Ashleigh, meanwhile, may have brain damage after her involvement in a high-speed car crash. (AD)

11.05 999: on the Front Line Paramedics attend an unconscious young woman who collapsed in the street after too much alcohol.

12.05am Emergency Helicopter Medics (AD)

1.15 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.20—3.50am Food Unwrapped: the blue dye used in sweets (AD)

6.00am The Goldbergs (AD) 8.15 Lego Masters Australia: teams must build minifigures living in the land of the giants. (SL) (AD) 9.35 Made in Chelsea: Thailand

10.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

11.35 FILM Home Alone 3 HHH Comedy

starring Alex D Linz. Review page 47 (AD) 1.35pm The Big Bang Theory (AD)

3.00 The Simpsons: six episodes (AD)

6.00pm The Simpsons Series 11. Homer becomes a missionary on a Pacific island. (AD) 6.30 Moe undergoes plastic surgery. (AD)

7.00 FILM Sister Act HHHH Comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg. After seeing her gangster boyfriend murder an informant, cabaret singer Deloris becomes a marked woman. When she agrees to testify, Deloris is sent to hide in a convent where she has trouble adapting to the nuns’ way of life. (AD) 9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Squid Game, Olivia Attwood: the Price of Perfection and BBC News reports on Oasis are assessed. (AD) 10.00 Gogglebox Reviews of Coronation Street, Welcome to Wrexham and Married at First Sight. From October 2023. (AD) 11.05 The households’ opinions on Planet Earth III, Uncanny and Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream. From October 2023. (SL) (AD)

12.10am First Dates (AD) 2.20 Gogglebox (SL) (AD) 4.10—6.00am The Goldbergs (AD)

Queen: Live at the Rainbow 7.15pm

6.00am Kiss Me, Kate: musical comedy with Alfred Drake 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 11.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1.00pm Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands: a contemporary dance adaptation of Tim Burton’s 1990 film 2.40 FILM The Great Dictator 5 Satirical comedy starring Charlie Chaplin. A Jewish barber in a Tomanian ghetto wakes from years of amnesia to find himself a subject of an ominous dictator called Adenoid Hynkel.

Review p47 (BW) 4.55 The Sound of Music: Live!: adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, starring Carrie Underwood

7.15pm Queen: Live at the Rainbow

A 1974 concert by the rock band at London’s Rainbow Theatre, featuring performances of Killer Queen and Seven Seas of Rhye 9.00 New. Queen: Is This the Real Life? Documentary looking at the extraordinary career of the British rock band, whose music has ensured a legacy that has lived on long after the death of charismatic frontman Freddie Mercury in 1991.

10.10 Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium

A 1986 concert featuring the band’s renditions of hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, I Want to Break Free, We Will Rock You and Radio Ga Ga

12.40am Queen: the Magic Years: the rock group’s rise to fame 2.00 Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends 3.00 The Great Songwriters 4.00 Classic Albums 5.00 Discovering: the Beach Boys 5.30—6.00am Discovering: the Monkees

9.00am Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds 9.30 Four in a Bed

12 noon Come Dine with Me: from Southendon-Sea 2.30pm A Place in the Sun

7.00pm A Place in the Sun Lee Juggurnauth goes house hunting in Pinar de Campoverde in Spain with a £85,000 budget.

8.00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help two house-hunting families in Surrey. (AD)

9.00 Ep 2. Helping two couples in Buckinghamshire. Shown last Wednesday C4 (AD)

10.00 FILM American Pie: the Wedding HHH Comedy starring Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan. After pursuing each other through two movies, Jim and Michelle finally decide to tie the knot. (AD) 11.55 FILM The Kid Detective HHHH Comedy drama starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse. Two decades since his glory days as a fêted child crime-buster, Abe Applebaum now struggles with addiction, depression and a failing PI business. But when he is approached to solve his first murder case, Abe spots a chance to turn it all around...

1.50am My Massive C**k (AD) 2.50 Taskmaster (AD) 3.50—4.50am Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown: a compilation of memorable moments

6.10am Great British Railway Journeys

8.00 American Pickers 9.00 American Pickers: Best Of 10.00 Bangers and Cash (AD) 11.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It: double bill 1.00pm One Foot in the Grave 3.00 Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age 5.00 Flipping Bangers

6.00pm Bangers and Cash A hundred motorbikes come in for auction from every era of the 20th century. (AD)

7.00 A rusty 1970 Fiat 500 goes under the hammer — Derek reckons it’s the kind of vehicle that is so iconic that it has to be saved. (AD)

8.00 Dave gets all nostalgic over a brace of Raleigh Choppers, a couple of Honda C90s and a rare Mark 1 Ford Granada. (AD) 9.00 Tucked away in the showroom is a WW2-era Willys Jeep. Its original condition means there might be a bunfight for a military vehicle that’s ripe for restoration. (AD) 10.00 There is a triple collection of desirable cars in store for Derek when an MG Midget, an Austin-Healey “frogeye” Sprite and an RS2000 come up for auction.

11.00 Jack visits Cheshire to collect two cars with a 35-year age difference, and Lucy knows exactly what’s been brought in for auction. 12 midnight—3.00am Bangers and Cash

7.10am Pointless 8.00 Storage Hunters UK

9.00 Railroad Australia 11.00 Top Gear (AD)

12 noon World’s Most Dangerous Roads (AD) 2.00pm Will and Ralf Should Know Better (AD) 3.00 Would I Lie to You?: five episodes 6.15pm Would I Lie to You? Previously unseen material from series 11 of the show.

7.00 Gavin & Stacey 4/6 Series 3. Pete and Dawn renew their wedding vows. (AD) 7.40 5/6. The gang decamps to the beach on a sunny Bank Holiday Monday. (AD) 8.20 6/6. With preparations for the wedding in full swing, Stacey has news for Gavin. (AD) 9.00 I’m Alan Partridge 5/6 Series 2. Alan is dreading a visit from the Inland Revenue.

9.35 6/6. Lynn invites Alan to her baptism.

10.15 Not Going Out 5/7 Series 13. The family goes for a ride on a vintage steam train to celebrate Lucy’s birthday.

10.55 6/7. Lee becomes obsessed with a strange beeping noise in the house.

11.35 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 3/6 Series 1. Louise meets a new man, while Janet tries to romance Jonny. 12.15am 4/6. Janet enrols as a student.

12.55 Would I Lie to You? 2.20—4.00am Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish: two episodes

8.00am Friends (AD) 10.00 100 Amazing Animal Rescues (AD) 12 noon Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly: Australia: five editions

5.00pm Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed Tackling a suspected repeat offender.

6.00 Crimes include pick-pocketing.

7.00 Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera Footage of explorers who get more than they bargained for. (AD)

8.00 How a surfer survived when a colossal wave crashed down on him. (AD)

9.00 FILM Battle Los Angeles HHH Sci-fi action thriller starring Aaron Eckhart. A worldwide meteor storm turns out to be an alien invasion. Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz finds himself leading a bunch of US Marines in a battle to save Los Angeles. Review p107. 11.25 Motorway: Hell on the Highway A panel of drivers and driving experts react to dashcam footage of traffic incidents. 12.25am One motorist goes airborne following an encounter with a roundabout.

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9.00am MacGyver 1.55pm Police Interceptors 2.50 FILM The Fighting Kentuckian HHH

Historical adventure starring John Wayne. Review page 97 (BW) 4.55 FILM Pillars of the Sky HH Western starring Jeff Chandler

6.55pm FILM Rough Night in Jericho HH Western starring Dean Martin, George Peppard and Jean Simmons. The owners of a stagecoach line enlist a down-at-heel ex-marshal to help them fend off the attempts of the corrupt town boss to take over their business.

9.00 FILM Bloodsport HH Martial arts action starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Frank Dux bids to become kickboxing champion of the world by taking part in the Kumite tournament, an infamous martial arts competition in which the final bout could mean a fight to the death.

10.55 Police Code Zero: Officer under Attack A man slashes an officer in London and another is kicked in the groin.

11.55 A new recruit is attacked on her first day. 12.55am Two officers in Llanelli are threatened by a man armed with a knife.

1.55 Fights, Camera, Action!: two editions (AD) 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130

9.00am Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales 10.00 All Creatures Great and Small (AD)

12 noon Murder, She Wrote (AD) 5.00pm London’s Greatest Bridges with Rob Bell

7.00pm The Pacific War in Colour A look at what happened at the Battle of Okinawa.

8.00 The US drops atomic bombs on Japan in attempt to end the conflict.

9.00 Churchill In 1941, Winston Churchill arrived in the

to be greeted like a movie star by an adoring public. 10.00 It is 1945, and Winston Churchill has led Britain to the brink of victory.

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Born: Twins and Triplets 9.00pm Ana and Paul

6.10am The Bill 11.00 Tipping Point

3.00pm Ambulance Australia

6.00pm Ambulance Australia

The Queensland Ambulance Service respond to a motorbike crash.

7.00 Pete Wicks: for Dogs’

Sake Pete meets a puppy who needs urgent treatment for a badly broken leg. (AD)

8.00 He travels to Northern Ireland to pick up three stray dogs and bring them back to Essex. (AD)

9.00 One Born: Twins and Triplets Following four couples through their multiple pregnancies and births.

10.00 One Born: What Happened Next? Catching up with three couples who appeared on the show.

11.00 Nurses on the Ward Paediatric nurse Mahbuba treats a girl with a brain tumour. (AD)

12 midnight Military nurse Scott cares for a struggling asthmatic. (AD)

1.00am Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (AD) 2.15—3.00am Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job

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6.00am Sherlock Holmes (BW)

7.00 Soap 8.00 Lucky Feller 9.30

Jokers Wild 10.00 Please Sir!

11.30 Jokers Wild 12 noon Carry On Laughing 1.00pm FILM Press for Time H Comedy with Norman Wisdom 3.00 Don’t Drink the Water

4.00 Bubblegum and Cheese

5.00 Lucky Feller 6.30 Please Sir!

8.00 In Loving Memory: two episodes 9.00 Police Woman: Pepper ferrets around in the underworld

10.00 Don’t Drink the Water: double bill. Dorothy is approached by a local in the café, then a tour operator leaves holidaymakers without accommodation 11.00 Stereo Underground: music by the Jam 12 midnight Jokers Wild 12.30am FILM The Spiritualist HHHH (BW) 2.00 Carry On Laughing 3.00 Jokers Wild 4.00 Stereo Underground 5.00—6.00am Bubblegum and Cheese

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8.00am Little House on the Prairie: five episodes 1.00pm Good News 1.10 Little House on the Prairie 2.50 Good News 3.00 FILM The Horse Whisperer HHH

Romantic drama starring Robert Redford and Kristin Scott Thomas 6.35 FILM Phenomenon HHH

Fantasy drama starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick and Forest Whitaker 9.10 FILM Sleeping with the Enemy HHH Thriller starring Julia Roberts and Patrick Bergin 11.20 FILM The Juror HH Thriller starring Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche

1.50am The Avengers 3.25 M*A*S*H

3.50 Good News 4.00 Highway to Heaven 4.50—5.00am Good News

6.00am Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

8.00 Barefoot Contessa: back to Basics 12 noon Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking 1.00pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure 3.00 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes (AD) 4.00 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes: Another Helping 7.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day: double bill. Jamie Oliver gives traditional roast chicken a delicious French twist, then reinvents a roast chicken by combining it with the flavours of a Margherita pizza 8.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: four editions. Guy Fieri dives into killer culinary and cocktails in San Antonio 8.30 Mega meatballs in California and vegan comfort in Indianapolis 9.00 A barbecue restaurant in Des Moines 9.30 Guy heads to Norfolk, Virginia 10.00 New. Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out: the chefs play a carnival-style game to determine their protein choice 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: two editions. Guy Fieri finds all kinds of unexpected flavour in Cleveland, then heads to California 12 midnight—3.00am Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: six back-to-back editions

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7.00am A Place in the Sun: four editions 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home: eight back-to-back editions

3.00pm Escape to the Country: five editions (AD) 8.00 My Dream Derelict Home: double bill. Plasterer Chris and wife Jemma join forces with her father to renovate a faded Grade II-listed house into something more beautiful, then Isadora and Ben tackle the restoration of a 500-year-old farmhouse in Devon. They battle decades of decay, missed deadlines and rising costs (AD) 10.00 Escape to the Country: three editions of the series in which city-dwelling families, couples and individuals set out to find their ideal rural retreats with the help of a property expert 1.00—4.00am Home Town

8.00am That’s 60s: Best Music Live! 8.20 Man about the House: seven episodes 12 noon Rising Damp 6.25pm Just Good Friends: Christmas special from 1984 8.20 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?: Terry gets into a scuffle with the local hard-man 9.00 Benidorm: Monty is concerned about Sammy’s career relaunch 10.00 Shameless: Kev wakes up on his birthday in high spirits, only to learn his mother has thrown herself from her balcony 11.05 Man about the House: Chrissy discovers she has an admirer 11.35 Rising Damp: Rigsby tries to drum up support for his local election candidate 12.05am Benidorm 1.05 Shameless 2.10 Full House 2.40 The Kenny Everett Video Show 3.10 After Henry 3.35 The Osbournes 4.00 A Bit of a Do 4.50—6.00am Father, Dear Father

8.00am America the Bountiful

8.35 Battle of Okinawa in Colour

9.45 Vichy and the Nazis: a Deal with the Devil 11.05 Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust

1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.35 WWII in Colour: Road to Victory

6.05pm WWII in Colour: Road to Victory 5/10. After victory in north Africa, Britain prepares for its first assault on Europe.

7.15 Battle of Okinawa in Colour

The story of the fight for Okinawa.

8.20 Vichy and the Nazis: a Deal with the Devil A look at the collaboration between the Vichy regime and the Nazis in the 1940s.

9.40 1945: the Savage Peace Stories of violence towards Germans following the Second World War. 10.55 Battle of Okinawa in Colour As 7.15pm.

12 midnight Vichy and the Nazis: a Deal with the Devil 1.20—2.00am America the Bountiful

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9.00am Inside the Vets

6.00pm Inside the Vets: six editions. A dog is brought in bleeding heavily from an injured tail 7.00 A dog ends up suffering from stress after sharing its home with a cheetah 8.00 A 17-year-old cat has life-threatening surgery 9.00 A tortoise faces losing a leg 10.00 A snake suffers a serious burn 11.00 A pet belonging to a staff member fights for its life 12 midnight Inside the Vets 5.25—6.00am The Bill

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Unexplained 1.00pm Strangest

2.00 Royal

4.00 Alien Files: Unsealed 7.00 Ancient Aliens 8.00 The Proof Is Out There: a strange swirling vortex seen in the skies over Oklahoma 9.00 The Real Hunt for Red October: lifting the lid on the secret events surrounding the Soviet submarine, Red October, which went missing in 1968 11.00 Weird or What? With William Shatner 1.00am The UnXplained with William Shatner 3.00—6.00am Hardcore Pawn

7.00am The Chase 8.00 Pointless Celebrities 9.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 10.00 Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game 11.20 All Star Family Fortunes 12 noon Dickinson’s Real Deal (AD) 1.00pm The Crystal Maze (AD) 3.00 Bullseye 4.00 The Chase

5.40am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Sunny Bunnies 6.05 Mixmups 6.15 Peppa Pig

6.20 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

6.30 Fireman Sam 6.40 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures

6.50 Paw Patrol 7.05 New. The Woohoos!: the friends find funny jelly with black dots floating in the pond

7.10 New. Stan & Gran Sneak Peak: a look at the animation 7.15 New. Peppa Pig: Mummy Pig announces that the baby is coming 7.40 The Adventures of Paddington 7.55 Paw Patrol 8.15 Dora

8.30 Aneeshwar’s Outdoor Adventures

8.40—8.55am The Smurfs

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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Go Jetters

6.25 Bing 6.30 Love Monster 6.40 Mojo Swoptops 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 7.10 Supertato 7.20 Bing 7.35 Hey Duggee 7.55 Go Jetters 8.05 Peter Rabbit

8.15 Octonauts 8.30 Joe Wicks Activate 8.35 Vida the Vet 8.50 Mojo Swoptops 9.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 9.20 Bluey 9.40 Hey Duggee 9.55 Piripenguins 10.05 Big Lizard 10.15 Go Jetters 10.40 Spidey and His Amazing Friends 11.00

Octonauts: above and beyond 11.15

Supertato: Pumpkin tries to make friends with Supertato 11.20 Pfffirates 11.35 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 11.45 Dog Squad: hearing dog Diesel is off to the beach with his owner Rayane 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 12.25 Mojo Swoptops 12.35 Hey Duggee 12.45

Octonauts 1.00 Vida the Vet 1.15 Go Jetters 1.35 Love Monster 1.45 Yukee

1.50 Roots and Fruits 2.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.15 Big Cook Little Cook 2.35 Playtime Towers 3.00 Puffin Rock 3.05 Nick Cope’s Popcast 3.15 Postman Pat: SDS: Ted’s Red Rocket takes off unexpectedly 3.30 Piripenguins 3.40 Andy and the Band

3.55 Waffle’s After School Club 4.10 Dodge’s Pup School 4.20 Colourblocks 4.25 Magic Hands 4.35 Love Monster 4.45 Supertato 4.50 Bluey 5.00 Big Lizard 5.05 New. Nikhil & Jay: Nikhil and Jay worry that Amma and Appa are under a storm spell 5.20 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.30 Puffin Rock 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.50 Charlie and Lola

6.00pm Clangers 6.10 New

BeddyByes: Friends MeMo and BaBa travel across Planet BeddyByes 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm

CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Justin Fletcher reads The Smile CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

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7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround: topical news magazine for children 7.50 The Strange Chores 8.05 Odd Squad 8.15 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.30 OOglies 8.35 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 9.00 New.

Saturday Mash-Up Live!: Saturday morning fun, filled with mayhem and celebrity guests 11.30 Blue Peter 11.55

11.00am Wonder Park HH

Creative but somewhat overthought animated fantasy. Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner (2019, PG) (S) (AD) 12.45pm Born Free HHHH

Charming true-life wildlife tale about game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, who reared a lioness called Elsa. Virginia McKenna (1966, U) (S) 2.40 Babe: Pig in the City HHH Visually impressive but disappointing sequel, in which the pig must help to save the farm but finds himself in danger. James Cromwell (1998, U) (S) 4.30 The Devil Wears Prada HHH Meryl Streep gives a delicious performance as the boss from hell in this glossy, entertaining fashion-industry satire. (2006, PG) (S) (AD)

6.40pm Jumanji: the Next Level HHH Teenagers return to the magical video-game world in this fun, gag-filled fantasy follow-up. Dwayne Johnson (2019, 12) (S) (AD) 9.00 The Mechanic HH Jason Statham stars as a hitman in this thriller remake. Ben Foster (2011, 15) (S) (AD)

10.50 Die Hard 5

6.20am Westminster Hall 11.25 Scottish First Minister’s Questions 12.10pm Welsh First Minister’s Questions 1.00 NI Assembly: Executive Office Questions 1.45 Scottish Parliament 4.45 Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament 9.15 Select Committees 2.25am Scottish First Minister’s Questions (SL) 3.10 Welsh First Minister’s Questions (SL) 4.00 Home Office Questions (SL) 5.00—6.00am Justice Questions (SL)

Go Get Arty: the Kwapongs get festivalready as they craft carnival headwear 12.15pm Game on Grandparents 12.35 Odd Squad 1.00 So Awkward Academy 1.25 Pickle Storm 1.50 Operation Ouch! 2.20 Horrible Science 2.45 Gangnam Project: Hannah helps a distracted Chan-Mi prepare for an important interview 3.10 Jamie Johnson 3.40 Danger Mouse 4.15 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.50 Grizzy and the Lemmings 5.10 Super Happy Magic Forest 5.45 The Adventures of Mansour: Age of AI 6.05pm Total Drama Island: Reboot: tensions run high when the campers find themselves in a sticky situation

6.30—7.00pm Horrible Science

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ITV Kids on ITV2

ITV Kids shows also stream on ITVX 6.00am Dodo 6.25 Looney Tunes Cartoons 6.55 Bugs Bunny Builders: double bill 7.20—7.45am Mr Bean: the Animated Series: two episodes

Gripping, no-holds-barred action thriller in which a lone cop takes on a band of ruthless terrorists inside a newly constructed skyscraper. Bruce Willis (1988, 15) (S) (AD) 1.30—3.40am Ravenous HHHH Hilarious and disturbing chiller about cannibalism at an isolated US Army outpost in the 1840s. Robert Carlyle, Guy Pearce (1999, 18) (S) 6.00am All in Good Fun HHH Comedy compilation featuring a treasure trove of silent film excerpts. (1955, U) (S) 6.55 Cuckoo Patrol HH Lacklustre musical comedy. Kenneth Connor (1965, U) (S) 8.25 Space Patrol TV sci-fi. (S) 9.00 Saturday Morning Pictures Classic serials, plus The Last Load (1948). (S) 12 noon They Came from beyond Space HH Sombre sci-fi alien-invasion thriller. Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne (1967, PG) (S) 1.45pm One Step Beyond TV horror. (S) 2.30 Sitting Bull H Earnest but sloppy depiction of the battle of Little Big Horn. Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy (1954, U) (S) 4.35 It Could Be You TV drama with Jackie Collins. (S) 4.55 Wanted for Murder HHH Chilling thriller with Eric Portman as the descendant of a public hangman who strangles women in London’s open spaces. Review p67. (1946, PG) 7.00pm Maigret TV drama. (S) 8.00 A Family at War TV drama. (S) 9.00 The Night of the Shooting Stars HHHH Magnificent Italian Second World War drama about a group of Tuscan villagers shortly before liberation from Axis control. Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano (1981, 12) 11.10 Mickey One HHH Bizarre and beautifully stylised drama with Warren Beatty as a nightclub comic forced to go on the run from the Mob. Alexandra Stewart, Hurd Hatfield (1965, 12) (S) 1.00am Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? HHH Warren Mitchell stars in a dark fantasy drama with a smart twist ending. (1964)

7.10am Hart to Hart 8.15 Diagnosis

Murder: three episodes 11.15 Lost Letter Mysteries: Freedom to Give

1.10pm Lost Letter Mysteries: Family

Reunited: drama starring Eric Mabius

3.05 Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Harm

Done: TV crime drama starring George Baker 5.10 Morning Show

Mysteries: Murder on the Menu: drama starring Holly Robinson Peete

7.05pm Mystery 101: Words Can Kill Thriller starring Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha.

9.00 Hailey Dean Mysteries TV crime drama starring Kellie Martin and Giacomo Baessato.

10.55 Driven Off the Rails HH

Thriller in which a woman with memory loss is approached by men claiming to know her. Hannah Barefoot (2017)

12.50am Wish You Were Dead

HH Three people “swap” murders in a flat take on Strangers on a Train Emily Rose, Brian Krause, Melanie Stone (2017)

2.45 Gone Daughter Gone HH

Run-of-the-mill thriller in which a woman goes in search of her abducted daughter. Paige Searcy (2020) 4.25 Police Ten 7 5.15—6.00am Hart to Hart

9.10am Tombstone Territory 9.40

The High Chaparral: double bill 11.40 Demetrius and the Gladiators HHH In this opulent sequel to The Robe, Victor Mature is given Christ’s bloodstained garment. Susan Hayward (1954, PG) 1.55pm Gunfighters HH

Randolph Scott stars as a gunslinger who would like to retire. (1947, PG)

3.50 Forty Guns HHH Stylishly photographed western. Review, right. Barbara Stanwyck (1957, PG)

5.45pm Stagecoach 5

A fugitive from justice joins a stagecoach travelling through hazardous territory. John Wayne (1939, U) 8.00 The Undefeated HH

A Union colonel and his Confederate opposite number unite against a common enemy. John Wayne (1969, PG) 10.30 Von Ryan’s Express HHH Second World War adventure

starring Frank Sinatra as a PoW who captures a German train. (1965, PG) 1.00am The Persuaders! 3.00 Cops

Uncut 4.10—5.40am NYC: Tornado Terror H Lacklustre disaster thriller. Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence (2008, 12)

8.00am Christmas by the Book HH Romcom. Lindy Booth (2022) 10.00 The Sweetest Christmas HH Romantic comedy drama. Lacey Chabert (2017) 12 noon A Christmas to Savour HH Romance. Britt Irvin, Zach Roerig (2021) 2.05pm Christmas Romance Al Dente HH Romantic comedy. Anni Krueger, Gilles Marini (2020) 4.00 Christmas Cookies HH Romantic drama. Wes Brown (2016) 6.05pm A Gingerbread Christmas Romance HH An architect gets her cake and eats it. Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Duane Henry, Melissa Peterman (2018) 8.00 A Christmas Recipe for Romance HH A competitive innkeeper hires a new chef to help her win a prize. Madeline Leon (2019) 9.55 Christmas à La Carte HH A TV presenter makes a Christmas

7.15am Spin the Bottle HH Dreary horror. Tanner Stine (2024, 15) 9.30 As 8pm

11.20 As 6.30pm 12.50pm One of Them Days HHH Energetic Los Angeles-set comedy. Keke Palmer (2025, 15)

2.30 As 9.45pm 4.45 The Surfer HHHH Surreal and oddly touching psychological thriller. Nicolas Cage (2024, 15)

6.30pm i Love Hurts HH

A hitman-turned-estate agent’s past begins to catch up with him in this fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan (2025, 15)

8.00 Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the monster legend, set at a farmhouse where a family seeks refuge. Christopher Abbott (2025, 15)

9.45 Nosferatu HHHH Visually dynamic remake of FW Murnau’s classic 1922 riff on Dracula Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp (2024, 15) 12 midnight The Brutalist 5 Adrien Brody’s ambitious Hungarian architect discovers a darkness within the postwar American Dream. (2024, 18)

3.20am Amongst the Wolves

HHH Sturdy Irish drama. Luke McQuillan, Aidan Gillen (2024, 15) 5.05—6.40am Die Alone HHH Clever zombie survival thriller. Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith (2024, 15)

7.00am Mega Shark vs Kolossus

HH Entertainingly wacky sci-fi sequel. Illeana Douglas (2015) 9.00 Charlie’s Angels: five episodes 2.00pm

The Hunters HHH Korean War propaganda piece lifted by Robert Mitchum as a fighter pilot who falls for the wife of a comrade. (1958, PG)

4.10 Moby Dick HHH Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab is miscast in this John Huston adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel. (1956, PG)

6.25pm The Gorgon HHH

A German villager is possessed by a creature from Greek mythology.

Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco (1964, 12)

8.00 The Twilight Zone TV sci-fi.

9.00 The Alamo HH This detailed retelling of the famous battle fails to provide a political or historical context. Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton (2004, 12)

11.50 Heat HHHH Angst-ridden cop Al Pacino plays cat-and-mouse with confident master criminal

Robert De Niro. Val Kilmer (1995, 15) 3.10—5.00am She Never Died HHH An immortal female cannibal targets a sadistic people trafficker in this comic thriller. Olunike Adeliyi (2019, 15)

6.00am Tornado Warning H Unconvincing sci-fi disaster movie. Kari Wuhrer (2012, PG) 8.00 Moby Dick HH

Low-budget adventure drama. Barry Bostwick (2010, 12) 10.00 Mega Storm: Days of Destruction HH Outlandish thriller. Jason London, Wes Brown (2011, 15) 12 noon Coast of Skeletons HHH Richard Todd’s redoubtable cop is up against insurance fraudsters in this watchable detective yarn. (1964, PG) 2.00pm Apocalypse Pompeii HH

Low-budget disaster movie. (2014, 15)

4.00pm Andromeda Five episodes of the TV sci-fi series. 9.00 Escape Plan HHH Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger join forces in this prison-set thriller. Review, right. (2013, 15) 11.15 The Most Dangerous Game HH Thriller remake in which shipwrecked survivors become sport for a hunter. Chris “CT” Tamburello (2022, 15)

1.10—3.00am The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires HHH Hammer updates its vampire formula for this kung fu horror. Peter Cushing (1974, 15)

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FILM REVIEWS

i The Creator HHH

9.00-11.35pm C4 h

SCI-FI THRILLER America leads the war against AI in this action-packed near-future adventure from Rogue One director Gareth Edwards. John David Washington (Tenet) plays a former US agent who is sent on a mission to locate and destroy a super-weapon built by an AI mastermind known as the Creator. Things get complicated, though, when the weapon turns out to be an android in the form of a little girl. Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner and Ex Machina are among the many influences of a film that has little new to say, but impresses as a sci-fi spectacle. DAVE GOLDER (US 2023, violence, swearing, HD)

mHome Alone 3 HHH

11.35am-1.35pm E4 g

COMEDY In the absence of Macaulay Culkin, Alex D Linz plays the resourceful youngster left to his own devices when an international espionage team tries to steal back a top-secret computer chip hidden in his new toy.

Writer John Hughes’s third, neatly plotted variation on the same theme is good knockabout fun. ANGIE

ERRIGO (US 1997, violence, HD)

m The Railway Children 5

1.00-2.45pm BBC Two y

PERIOD DRAMA Told with intelligence and humour, this is one of the finest family films ever made in Britain. The story follows three Edwardian siblings as they relocate to Yorkshire with their mother, following their father’s wrongful arrest for treason. It’s packed with memorable moments and Jenny Agutter is magnificent as Bobbie.

DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1970, HD)

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COMEDY Charlie Chaplin’s first feature with dialogue sees the writer/director/star take on the dual roles of a Jewish barber and dictator Adenoid Hynkel. The ensuing

Phenomenon HHH

6.35-9.10pm Great TV g

FANTASY A strange light in the sky gives small-town mechanic John Travolta paranormal powers in this feel-good fable. As boffins attempt to evaluate his sudden escalation to genius, Travolta attempts to woo divorced single mother Kyra Sedgwick. If you can tolerate all the tear-jerking, you’ll be rewarded with some genuinely funny moments. ALAN JONES (US 1996, may be edited for content)

Escape Plan HHH 9.0011.15pm Legend Xtra j

ACTION Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger join forces in this prison-set thriller. Sly plays a security expert who tests jails from the inside. When his latest job goes awry, he teams up with fellow inmate Arnie to stage an audacious break-out. The verbal sparring and fisticuffs will tick all the right boxes for action fans. TERRY STAUNTON (US 2013, violence, swearing)

slapstick is sublime, and the movie remains moving and passionate, although Chaplin later said he’d never have made such an irreverent film had he known the full extent of the Nazis’ real atrocities.

TOM HUTCHINSON (US 1940, BW, HD)

Forty Guns HHH 3.505.45pm Great Action g

WESTERN Samuel Fuller was one of American cinema’s true mavericks, and his films (including The Big Red One and Shock Corridor) have achieved a cult status. This stylish movie casts Barbara Stanwyck as a ruthless Arizona rancher who is a law unto herself, until marshal Barry Sullivan turns up. Not a second of its fairly short running time is wasted.

TONY SLOMAN (US 1957, BW)

Yes Man HHH

4.10-6.15pm ITV2 h

COMEDY Based loosely on Danny Wallace’s non-fiction book, this enjoyably wacky comedy stars Jim Carrey as an antisocial divorcee who turns his life around after deciding to answer every question with a “yes”. As funny as Carrey is, Rhys Darby steals every scene he’s in as a geeky, Harry Potterobsessed bank manager.

ANDREW COLLINS (US/Aus/UK 2008, may be edited for content, HD)

The Dry HHH

9.00-11.20pm Sky Mix

MYSTERY A parched rural town where tempers flare too easily is the setting for this Australian crime film. Eric Bana’s federal cop returns home for a friend’s funeral and is soon tasked with uncovering the truth behind the man’s death. Bana is a robust presence at the story’s centre, and the scorched setting is a striking backdrop.

EMMA SIMMONDS (Aus/US 2020, violence, swearing, sexual references, HD) Peppermint HH 11.35pm-1.20am C4 j

ACTION Jennifer Garner is a sound actress and a capable action star (as her TV series Alias proved), but this violent revenge thriller isn’t worthy of her talents. Still, she gives a sympathetic performance as an ordinary woman who turns herself into a skilled killing machine after her husband and daughter are gunned down by members of a drug cartel. STEPHEN CARTY (US 2018, violence, swearing, HD)

Before I Go to

Sleep

HHHH

12.10-1.35am BBC One j

Film of the Day: p67. (UK 2014, violence, swearing, HD)

An Idiot Abroad 8.20pm Karl goes ape while in Africa The White Lotus 10.00pm Laurie is observed gossiping

6.00am Boosnoo! Mega Mashups

6.15 Ready Eddie Go! (AD) 6.30 Emerald (AD) 6.40 The Brilliant World of Tom Gates 2 (AD) 6.50 Silly Animals 7.00 Monkey Life

8.00 The Simpsons 10.00 The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden 11.00 Bone Detectives 12 noon New. Soccer Saturday 5.00 New. Formula One

7.00pm New. Ted’s Notebook Ted Kravitz reviews the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying session.

7.30 The Simpsons Marge rediscovers her flair for art.

7.55 Lisa has a crush on a teacher.

8.20 An Idiot Abroad 5/8

Series 2. Karl Pilkington travels to Africa to spend time with gorillas.

9.20 Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason HHH q Romantic comedy sequel with Renée Zellweger. When Bridget discovers her boyfriend Mark Darcy has unattractive qualities, she finds herself drawn once again to the dastardly Daniel Cleaver.

11.20 The Paper 5/10. Ned chases a story about a local scammer. (AD) 11.55 6/10. Ned takes over Esmeralda’s advertorials.

12.35am Katherine Ryan: Missus

2.00 The Force: North East 3.00 Road Wars 5.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 5.30—6.00am Monkey Life

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 FILM

Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse

HH Sci-fi disaster movie 1.00pm Star Trek: the Next Generation

6.00pm Star Trek: Enterprise 9/26 Series 1. The team visits Akaali, a planet whose inhabitants suffer from mysterious plague-like lesions that Archer and the crew discover are caused by a radioactive isotope.

7.00 10/26. The ship is sent by Starfleet Command to assist a freight vessel targeted by Nausicaan pirates, but its crew members reject Archer’s help.

8.00 11/26. Archer invites a group of stargazers to come on board the ship, only to find himself facing his Suliban rival once again — and in a race to prevent the future from being altered.

9.00 12/26. The Enterprise is attacked by an unidentified enemy vessel, forcing the crew to work frantically to get the new phase cannons to operate.

10.00 13/26. The crew discovers a planet harbouring a race in need of medical and scientific assistance, which leads Dr Phlox to recall his own past.

11.00 True Blood 4/10 Series 7

Sookie enlists a band of vampires and humans to track down the H-Vamps and Pam recalls the events that led her and Eric to Shreveport.

12 midnight True Blood

4.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (AD) 8.00 Urban Secrets

9.00 Westworld: six episodes (AD)

3.55pm Game of Thrones (AD)

5.25pm Game of Thrones 1/6 Series 8. As the Night King’s army of the dead marches towards Westeros, Jon and Daenerys arrive in Winterfell. (AD)

6.25 2/6. After arriving at Winterfell, Jaime Lannister is confronted with the consequences of his past mistakes. Meanwhile, Daenerys learns the truth about her relationship with Jon. (AD)

7.30 3/6. The Night King and the army of the dead reach Winterfell, and an epic battle between the living and the dead begins. (AD)

9.00 Atomic 5/5. Max and JJ try to win back the uranium in Casablanca, but the pair face a choice as the cartel closes in. (AD)

10.00 The White Lotus 3/8 Series 3. Saxon gets work calls, so Timothy enforces a no-phone rule, Chelsea faces danger after going to town with Rick, and Jaclyn pushes Laurie toward Valentin. (AD)

11.10 The Sopranos 2/13 Series 3

Livia’s death forces Janice to return from Seattle to help organise her mother’s funeral.

12.10am The Sopranos 4.15 Julia (AD) 5.10—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (AD) 7.00 Sun, Sea and A&E (AD)

8.00 Motorway Patrol 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 10.00 Send in the Dogs 11.00 The Force: Manchester 12 noon Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 1.00pm Bondi Rescue

2.00pm Nothing to Declare

Twelve editions of the series following the work of customs and immigration officers at Australia’s biggest airports.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Road disasters captured on video by drivers’ dashboard cameras.

9.00 Blue Bloods 16/21 Series 13

Jamie learns Eddie’s friend may be using her restaurant as a drug front. Erin is accused of causing the suicide of an ex-colleague. (AD) 10.00 Elsbeth 19/20 Series 2

While investigating what appears to be a random shooting, Elsbeth meets an entitled playboy working through his bucket list of thrills, which may include murder. (AD) 11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 7/13 Series 25. When a woman turns her husband in for possessing child pornography, the case is complicated by a sudden death. Benson tries to reconnect with a victim she saved. 12 midnight Bull 1.00am Caught on Dashcam 2.00 New. Caught on Dashcam Rptd tomorrow 8pm 3.00 FBI (AD) 4.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare

6.00am Hawaii Five-0 11.00 Grimm 3.00pm The Walking Dead

6.00pm The Walking Dead 4/22 Series 10. Michonne leads a group to Hilltop to save survivors of a collapsed wall.

7.00 5/22. Supplies go missing from Hilltop, while Negan is idolised by an Alexandrian, and Ezekiel holds a secret.

8.00 An Idiot Abroad 5/8 Series 2. Karl Pilkington travels to Africa to spend time with rare mountain gorillas. Along the way he prepares a meal for a tribal king and encounters a rhinoceros. (AD)

9.00 Peacemaker 5/8 Series 2 Superhero action comedy starring John Cena and Danielle Brooks.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 5/10 Series 2. Maisie Peters, Lethal Bizzle and James Buckley join host Greg Davies, captains Noel Fielding, Daisy May Cooper and regular panellist Jamali Maddix. (AD) 10.45 The Paper 5/10. Ned chases a story about a scammer operating through a dating app. (AD) 11.20 6/10. Ned takes over Esmeralda’s advertorials.

12 midnight Resident Alien 2.00am New. S.W.A.T. 10/22 Series 8. The squad deals with a hostage crisis Rptd Sunday 9pm 3.00 Warrior (AD) 4.00—6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E (AD)

7.00am Four Weddings 9.00 NCIS: New Orleans 3.00pm Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Road Wars: four editions. Officers face a drug addict in Milton Keynes 6.00 Chris and Simon arrest a biker who is armed with nunchucks 7.00 An innovative supermarket thief is caught 8.00 Thames Valley Police combat more vehicle crime 9.00 SEAL Team: three episodes. Following an ambush, the team suspects someone on the inside is leaking information to the cartel (AD) 10.00 The hunt for Andres Doza comes to a head when the team makes one last-ditch effort to find and capture the leader of one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico (AD) 11.00 Bravo Team joins forces with the SAS (AD) 12 midnight SEAL Team (AD) 2.00am A League of Their Own (AD) 4.00—6.00am Four Weddings

7.10am Only Fools and Horses (AD)

6.20pm Only Fools and Horses

Rodney finds a girlfriend, but she is old enough to be his mother and has a husband who is about to be released from jail. (AD)

7.00 Del jumps at the opportunity to decorate a Chinese restaurant to make a quick profit. (AD)

7.40 The famous glass chandelier episode, where Del tries to ingratiate himself with the green-welly set. (AD)

8.20 Fawlty Towers A loudmouthed, abrasive American comes to stay at the hotel. (AD)

9.00 The death of a guest leads to all manner of mayhem as Basil tries to conceal the corpse from the hotel’s other occupants. (AD)

9.45 Basil pretends to forget his wedding anniversary so that Sybil won’t guess he’s planned a party. (AD)

10.25 Manuel’s pet rat escapes just as a health inspector is about to visit, sending Basil on a mad dash to find it, with chaotic results. (AD)

11.10 Only Fools and Horses As 7pm.

11.50 Del and Rodney reluctantly agree to let Grandad accompany them on holiday abroad. (AD) 12.25am As 7.40pm.

1.10 Alma’s Not Normal: triple bill 2.50 Men Behaving Badly 3.30—4.00am Alma’s Not Normal

8.00am The Conners 9.00 Ballers (AD) 10.55 Veep (AD) 12.55pm Sex and the City 4.00 Will & Grace (AD) 6.30pm The Office US: five episodes. Dwight takes Ryan out on a call 7.00 Michael encourages everyone to celebrate Diwali 7.25 Michael learns the Scranton branch faces closure 8.00 The Scranton and Stamford branches are merged 8.30 A new employee’s prison record is revealed 9.00 Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo: the American comedian and actor takes to the stage at New York’s Apollo Theatre 10.15 And Just like That...: double bill. Carrie gets an offer to write a column for seniors, then Miranda and Che navigate conflicting schedules (AD) 12 midnight FILM Blithe Spirit HHH Supernatural comedy (AD) 2.00am Girls (AD) 3.55—5.00am Entourage

6.00am The Force: Manchester 8.00 Highway Patrol 9.00 Snapped 10.00 Killer in My Village 11.00 World’s Most Evil Killers 12 noon The Cheshire Murders (AD) 2.10pm Forensics: Catching the

Within 1.00am Murder Uncut (AD) 2.00 Murdered at First Sight (AD) 3.00 Love You to Death (AD) 4.00 Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Send in the Dogs

8.00am Michael McIntyre’s Big Show 9.00 Friends (AD) 12 noon FILM The Money Pit HHH Comedy starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long 1.45pm Friends: ten back-to-back episodes of the sitcom (AD) (AD) 7.00 Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 8.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show 9.00 Al Murray: One Man, One Guvnor Uncut 10.00 FILM Zombieland: Double Tap HH Horror comedy starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg 12.10am Police Squad! 1.10 South Park 1.40 Iain Stirling’s Roast the Internet (AD) 2.40 CC Live: Stand Up Shorts 3.05 Eight out of Ten Cats 3.55 Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head 4.20—5.00am Most Ridiculous

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.55 Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

12.05pm Inspector George Gently (AD) 2.00 Father Brown (AD) 6.00pm The Coroner 1/10 Series 1. First episode of the crime drama starring Claire Goose and Matt Bardock. A teenager is found dead at the foot of a tower (AD)

7.00 2/10. When a body washes ashore, Jane is convinced it is a botched sea burial, but Davey believes otherwise. (AD)

8.00 Father Brown 8/10

Series 12. Murder ensues when a prestigious group of writers is invited to Montague. (AD)

9.00 Death in Paradise 7/8 Series 12. The team must prove Neville’s innocence when he is arrested on suspicion of killing Professor Cartwright. (AD) 10.00 8/8. The team investigates the murder of a singer’s husband. Meanwhile, Neville struggles with Sophie’s revelations. (AD)

11.00 Father Brown 2/10 Series 10. Lady Felicia’s impromptu visit coincides with Father Brown helping out a friend at an exclusive gentlemen’s club. (AD) 12 midnight 3/10. A celebrity florist brings glamour and murder to Kembleford. (AD) 1.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

6.00am Alaska: Homestead Rescue: three editions 12 noon Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing: triple bill (AD) 6.00pm Deadliest Catch: Sig runs into freezing spray, forcing an emergency set 7.00 Gold Divers: double bill. It’s a historic week on the Bering Sea, then Chris makes a huge gold nugget discovery (AD) 9.00 In the Eye of the Storm: a woman braves arctic conditions to save a man freezing to death outside her home 10.00 Marooned with Ed Stafford: the survivalist falls seriously ill while testing his skills in the Philippines 11.00 Expedition Unknown: Josh Gates hunts for the truth about the Third Reich’s Amerikabomber, a top-secret warplane designed to obliterate New York City 12 midnight Deadliest Catch (AD) 4.00—5.00am How Do They Do It?

7.00am Shed and Buried 9.00 Combat Dealers 12 noon Shed and Buried 3.00pm Salvage Hunters: the Restorers 6.00pm How the Universe Works: three editions. Experts explore the most astonishing discoveries of the Voyager spacecraft 7.00 Some of the brightest minds on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge 8.00 The search for the mysterious dark matter 9.00 Greatest Events of World War II: triple bill. The German tactic of blitzkrieg 10.00 Restored footage tells the story of Operation Sealion in a new light 11.00 Restored footage recounts Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 12 midnight Blowing Up History: Seven Wonders (AD) 2.00—5.00am Combat Dealers: three editions

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive 7.00pm Testimony of the singer

6.00am Discovering: Nicolas Cage (AD) 7.00 Discovering: Jeremy Irons (AD) 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 Being Mary Tyler Moore 11.15 I Am Raquel Welch (AD) 1.00pm Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (AD) 3.00 FILM Hitsville: the Making of Motown HHH Memories of the record label 5.00 Love to Love You, Donna Summer: the story of the singer, following her career from the avant-garde music scene in Germany to the dance clubs of New York

7.00pm Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive A profile of the American singer, who overcame traumatic events to rebuild her life by earning a degree in psychology and won a Grammy for her 2019 gospel album Testimony

9.00 Amy HHHH

q Using archive footage, previously unseen material and interviews, director Asif Kapadia paints an intimate portrait of singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27. (AD)

11.30 The Case against Adnan Syed Series re-examining the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999, a case brought to global attention by the hit podcast Serial (AD) 12.45am The Case against Adnan Syed: three further editions (AD)

4.20—6.00am Althea (AD)

Nat Geographic

8.00am Lost Treasures of Arabia: double bill 10.00 Air Crash Investigation: triple bill 1.00pm WW2: Hell under the Sea 3.00 Nazi Sunken Sub 4.00 Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy

6.00pm Construction Fails: lightning bolts cause construction mayhem (AD) 7.00 Air Crash Investigation: US Airways Flight 1549’s crash-landing in the Hudson River in 2009 (AD) 8.00 Car SOS: triple bill. Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw get their hands on a Mazda MX5 (AD) 9.00 Fuzz and Tim try to restore a 1974 Corvette Stingray (AD) 10.00 The duo tackle an Escort RS (AD) 11.00 World’s Most Dangerous Drug: Super Meth: a new and more potent form of crystal meth 12 midnight Inside Airport Lost and Found (AD) 2.55am Food Factory 3.20 Food Factory USA 3.45 To Catch a Smuggler 4.35—5.00am Money Meltdown

Coral City 1.00pm The Great Barrier Reef during autumn

6.00am Land of Gremlins 9.00 The Great Elephant Tale 10.00 Carpathian Predators (AD) 12 noon Deep Dive North America 1.00pm Coral City 2.00 Malawi Wildlife Rescue 5.00 America’s Wild Border: Northern Exposure

6.00pm David Attenborough Meets Obama The former US president interviews the renowned documentarian. (AD)

7.00 Attenborough at 90: behind the Lens A profile of broadcaster and naturalist

David Attenborough. (AD)

8.00 Battle of the Alphas

Animals battle in South America. (AD)

8.30 Examining creature conflicts in South-east Asia. (AD)

9.00 Surviving the Amazon

The predators of the Amazon. (AD)

10.00 City Wildlife Rescue

A baby groundhog is rushed in.

10.30 A mother rabbit cares for an adopted baby, as the staff assesses the little bunny’s safety.

11.00 The medical team brings in a feisty, rare white squirrel.

11.30 The centre’s resident turkey vulture is ready for release.

12 midnight Battle of the Alphas (AD) 1.00am Surviving the Amazon (AD) 2.00 New. Invisible River: under Water between the Black Forest and the Vosges 3.00—6.00am A Wild Year on Earth (AD)

Nat Geo Wild

8.00am Bizarre Animal Friends 9.00

Critter Fixers: Country Vets 10.00

Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina 11.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 12 noon Yukon Vet 2.00pm The Croc that Ate Jaws 3.00 Ice Road Rescue: double bill

5.00pm Snakes in the City: double bill. A massive black mamba holds an apartment block hostage then Mbali completes her training by capturing a black mamba inside a garden shed 7.00

Heartland Docs: Ben and Erin help a stray chicken find a new home 8.00 New. Dolphins Up Close with Bertie Gregory 9.00 Secrets of the Zoo: some of the deadliest patients at the zoo 10.00 Asia’s Wild Secrets Compilation: Young and Wild 11.00 Snakes in the City 12 midnight Alaska: the Next Generation 2.00am Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina 3.00 Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa 4.00—5.00am Yukon Vet

Sky History Animal Planet

6.00am Pawn Stars 7.00 Storage Wars: four editions 9.00 Curse of Skinwalker Ranch 10.00 Beyond Skinwalker Ranch 11.00 Weird Britain

1.00pm Pawn Stars 5.00 The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden

6.00pm Bone Detectives: a body buried in an unusual manner 7.00 Secrets in the Ice: double bill. The discovery of a woolly mammoth’s carcass; excavating the remains of three mummified Inca children in the Andes. 9.00 Titanic: Mystery Solved: documentary re-examining why the Titanic sank 11.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries: actor Laurence Fishburne explores Egypt’s mighty Sphinx 12 midnight Forged in Fire: double bill 2.00am Secrets in the Ice: two editions 4.00—6.00am Pawn Stars: double bill

8.00am My Cat from Hell (AD) 9.00 Crikey! It’s the Irwins 10.00 Lone Star Law 11.00 Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet: double bill 1.00pm Pit Bulls and Parolees: two editions 3.00 My Cat from Hell (AD) 5.00 Treehouse Masters 6.00pm Saved by the Barn 7.00 How Do Animals Do That?: double bill 8.00 Extinct or Alive: Forrest searches for a unique crocodile species in rural Columbia 9.00 The Zoo: a markhor goat gives birth to the biggest baby of the year 10.00 Tanked: baseball star Pete Rose wants Riverfront Stadium transformed into an aquarium 11.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier 12 midnight Life at Vet University 2.00am Alaskan Bush People 3.00 Extinct or Alive 4.00—5.00am The Zoo

SATURDAY

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Sky Sports Breakfast 9.30 Fantasy Football Countdown 10.00 Soccer Saturday 11.00 LIVE Championship Football Coverage of Leicester City v Coventry City (kick-off 12.30pm). 3.00pm LIVE One-Day Cup Cricket Hampshire v Worcestershire Rapids. 5.00 LIVE Premier League Football Manchester United v Chelsea (kick-off 5.30); 7.45 Fulham v Brentford (k-o 8.00). 11.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf NW Arkansas Championship, day two. 12 midnight—6.00am Catch Up

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441

6.00am Championship Highlights 6.15 Classic Play-Off 9.15 Women’s Super League Football 9.45 Championship Highlights 10.00 Saturday Social 11.00 LIVE Championship Football Coverage of Leicester City v Coventry City (kick-off 12.30pm).

3.00pm Soccer Saturday

5.20 LIVE German Football RB Leipzig v FC Cologne (kick-off 5.30). 7.30 Championship Football 9.30 Women’s Super League Football 10.00 Championship Highlights

2.00am

Sky Sports +

Sky 404 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447 6.00am LIVE Tennis Including the WTA Korea Open, ATP Chengdu Open, and ATP Hangzhou Open. 11.00 LIVE Championship Football Birmingham City v Swansea City (kick-off 12.30pm).

3.00pm LIVE Ladies European Tour Golf La Sella Open, day three. 5.00 Soccer Saturday 8.00 Match Centre 10.00 Sky Sports Catch Up

1.00am Classic Football Play-Off

3.30 Craig Brown: My Scotland (AD) 4.00—6.00am Classic Football Play-Off

Sky Golf

Sky 406 Virgin 515/HD 505 EE 423/HD 443 6.00am PGA Tour Champions 7.00 European Tour Golf 8.00 LPGA Tour Golf 11.00 My Ryder Cup 11.30 Countdown to the Ryder Cup 12 noon LIVE European Tour Golf Day three of the Open de France. 4.30pm LIVE Ladies European Tour Golf La Sella Open, day three.

5.00 PGA Tour Champions

6.00 British Par 3 Championship Golf 8.00 European Tour Golf

9.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf NW Arkansas Championship, day two. 12 midnight PGA Tour Champions

1.00am European Tour Golf 2.00 Tee Time Tips (AD) 3.00 Countdown to the Ryder Cup 3.30 Ryder Cup Memories (AD) 4.00 European Tour Golf

5.00—6.00am The Open Zone (AD)

Premier Sports 1

Sky 419 Virgin 551

12.55—3.00pm LIVE Spanish Football Girona v Levante (k-o 1.00).

5.15—8.15 LIVE Scottish League Cup Football Rangers v Hibernian from Ibrox Stadium (kick-off 5.45).

Premier Sports 2

Sky 420 Virgin 552

1.25pm LIVE Top 14 Rugby Union Clermont v Pau (k-o 1.30); 3.25 Coverage of today’s second live Top 14 game (kick-off 3.30).

5.25—7.30 LIVE Spanish Football Villarreal v Osasuna.

8.00—10.00 LIVE Top 14 Rugby Union Montpellier v Toulouse from Septeo Stadium (kick-off 8.05).

Premier League Football 7.45pm Sky PL Emile Smith Rowe aims to sting the Bees

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440

6.00am Greatest Games (AD) 7.00 Years (AD) 9.00 Big Interview 9.30 Fantasy Football Countdown 10.00 Saturday Social 11.00 Soccer Saturday

5.00pm LIVE Premier League Football Manchester United v Chelsea (kick-off 5.30); 7.45 Fulham v Brentford (k-o 8.00). 11.00 Highlights 3.30am Greatest Games 4.00 Best Goals 5.30—6.00am Highlights: Brighton v Tottenham

Sky Cricket

Sky 405 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

6.00am International One-Day Cricket (AD) 10.00 Best of England v South Africa: classic match highlights (AD) 10.30 LIVE One-Day Cup Cricket The final between Hampshire and Worcestershire Rapids at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 7.00pm T20 Blast Cricket: the final 10.45 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 11.00—6.00am International One-Day Cricket Highlights (AD)

Sky NFL

Sky 412 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446

6.00am Highlights 10.00 Bitesize 11.00 Highlights 12 noon 49 Hours 12.15pm Bitesize 12.30 Gameday 1.00 Highlights 3.00 Bitesize 4.00 Highlights 6.00 The Runway 6.45 Bitesize 7.00 Gameday 7.30 Highlights 8.30 LIVE American Football Notre Dame Fighting Irish v Purdue Boilermakers (kick-off 8.30). 12 midnight Bitesize 12.45am Gameday: round-up 1.15 Bitesize 2.00—6.00am Highlights (AD)

Sky F1

Sky 407 Virgin 516/HD 506 EE 424/HD 444 9.15am LIVE Azerbaijan Grand Prix The third practice session. 11.10 LIVE Formula Two The Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint race. 12.15—3.00pm LIVE Azerbaijan Grand Prix The qualifying session at Baku City Circuit (start 1.00).

Sky Tennis

Sky 408 Virgin 537/HD 520 EE 425/HD 445 6.00am LIVE Tennis Including the WTA Korea Open, ATP Chengdu Open, and ATP Hangzhou Open. 1.00—2.30pm LIVE ATP Tennis Day four of the Hangzhou Open.

Sky Sports Mix

Sky 416 Virgin 510 EE 429/HD 449 5.00—9.15am LIVE NRLW A match from the women’s NRL; 7.00 Another women’s NRL match. 10.50—12.50pm LIVE NRL Coverage of the second semi-final. 2.00—5.00 LIVE Ladies European Tour Golf Day three of the La Sella Open from Spain.

TNT Sports 1

Sky 410 Virgin 521 EE 408/HD 430

6.00am The Fantasy Show

6.30 Premier League Preview

7.00 LIVE AFL Coverage from the second preliminary final.

10.00 Under the Lights 10.15 Match

Officials Mic’d Up 10.45 Training Day

11.00 LIVE Premier League Football Liverpool v Everton from Anfield (kick-off 12.30pm). 3.00pm LIVE Prem Rugby Cup Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs. 5.15 International T20 Cricket Highlights 6.15 Onboard

6.45 LIVE Snooker The English Open semi-finals in Brentwood. 10.30 British Superbikes 11.00 Athletics World Championships 12 midnight LIVE Major League Baseball St Louis Cardinals v Milwaukee Brewers (start 12.15am). 3.00—6.00am LIVE

TNT Sports 2

TNT Sports 3

TNT Sports 4

Sunday

NATURE

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth

8.10pm BBC Two Catch up via iPlayer

Not every fish lands its own documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough. But then not every fish is the coelacanth. Fossils of this lumbering, deep sea-dwelling creature date back 400 million years, and the species was thought to be extinct until a specimen was hauled out of the ocean by a trawler in 1938. Since then, there have been many unanswered questions about an elusive fish that could well be an ancestor of all backboned animals — including humans.

This Japanese-made programme follows an expedition led by Dr Kerry Sink (who even wears a necklace with a coelacanth pendant) and

FACTUAL Countryfile

6.15pm BBC One

Catch up via iPlayer

The Solway Coast, dividing England and Scotland, is a scenic stretch of Cumbrian shoreline and a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Rich in peatlands, sand dunes and salt marshes, its unique biodiversity and fragile wildlife — including rare butterflies, toads and newts — needs careful nurturing.

Joe Crowley and Adam Henson explore this dramatic borderland, discovering how local farmers are combining ancient methods with modern conservation efforts. Crowley joins some of the last remaining Haaf netters, catching salmon and sea trout in the Solway Firth’s tidal waters. Is one of Britain’s oldest fishing traditions dying out?

MICHAEL HOGAN

FACTUAL

Dr Masamitsu Iwata as they board submersibles and descend 200m into the gloom and try to track down the fish.

There wouldn’t be much of a programme if they didn’t, and they eventually find one lurking in a crevice off the coast of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. It certainly lives up to its “living fossil” moniker: 24 hours pass and it barely moves an inch. It all adds to the mystery that surrounds this evolutionary jigsaw piece of a species.

Antiques Roadshow

7.15pm BBC One

Catch up via iPlayer

Stephens House and Gardens in Finchley, north London, once home to Henry “Inky” Stephens, who made his fortune selling indelible ink, is the setting for tonight’s Roadshow.

Among the plethora of interesting treasures brought in is a signed guest book from the Live Aid after-party in 1985, a rare painting of Hamlet’s Ophelia, a miniature chair dating back to the reign of Charles II and a pair of 18th-century gold bracelet clasps. However, a Dunhill cigarette lighter clock that’s in several pieces and a cracked and badly repaired 17thcentury plate might be better suited to The Repair Shop. Meanwhile, Fiona Bruce learns why the venue was once a regular haunt of Spike Milligan.

JANE RACKHAM

DOCUMENTARY

Educating Yorkshire

8.00pm C4

Catch up via C4 streaming

Over the six previous series of Educating, we have seen plenty of children with autism, or hoping to be a student rep, or newcomers struggling to fit in, not to mention the patient, empathetic, overworked teachers supporting them through the trials of secondary school. But every child is different and every challenge unique, so while the formula can feel familiar, the ingredients are beguilingly different every time.

This week, Mr Burton nods through the creation of a chess club after a determined campaign from Year 7 student Ismaeel, and Assistant Head Mrs Delaney-Hudson supports a bright Year 8 new boy who’s finding it difficult to pay attention in class. A-star television. GABRIEL TATE

DOCUMENTARY

Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test

8.15pm BBC One

Full series on iPlayer

Setting up a new cricket team is not easy, especially when some players would sooner “chill with me mates” than attend a training session. Even the positive-minded Freddie Flintoff is beginning to have doubts: “I’m wondering whether we’d do better somewhere else,” he admits when only four lads turn up in Manchester. Meanwhile, in Blackpool, the girls still haven’t bonded — until they play a match against a team from a posh girls’ boarding school. And in Liverpool, Flintoff’s tactic of pitching the Bootle boys against a police team pays dividends. It may not be a typical response to cricket, but you’ll punch the air and whoop at the result. JR

FRANCES TAYLOR

DEEP MYSTERY

Marine biologists Kerry Sink and Masamitsu Iwata (right) search for the elusive coelacanth

SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

TRAVEL

Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India

9.00pm BBC Two

Full series on iPlayer

Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark are in Jaipur, where they split up to explore two of the city’s palaces. Clark heads to the Gem Palace, where he inspects an extraordinary artefact, and Rinder admires some considerably less pornographic art at the City Palace.

The low point, for Clark at least, comes during an astrology reading: “Russell Grant wouldn’t have said that to me!” he exclaims. Apparently, he was a royal in a previous life. Maybe that’s why he looks so dashing wearing a sherwani at the Maharajah’s Diwali party. JR

DRAMA Coldwater

9.00pm ITV1 Full series on ITVX

Unlike John (Andrew Lincoln), who remains conflicted about his actions in the opening episode of this drama, neighbour Tommy (Ewen Bremner) has no such scruples. And rather than advocating restraint, Tommy’s vicar wife Rebecca (Eve Myles) is colluding with him. The pair appear to be governed by a malign code that would certainly be at odds with any New Testament teachings.

At this point, Tommy feels like an unstoppable force. John has a history of freezing at moments of crisis, but will he once again fail to intervene when Tommy ruthlessly targets someone in the community? More tomorrow at 9pm. DAVID BROWN

DRAMA

YOUNG GUN Student First Lieutenant Austin Claggett

ON TODAY

Talking Royals

12.30pm ITV1

Charlene White (above) hosts a weekly round-up of royal news.

DOCUMENTARY

Top Guns: the Next Generation

9.00pm National Geographic Catch up via Now NEW SERIES

The success of many documentary series lies in the casting, and the team behind this one has smartly garnished its adrenalised, cockpit’s-eye view of life at the US Navy’s elite pilot school with a diverse mix of recruits. Add in commanders nicknamed (for reasons left tantalisingly unexplained) Duster, Poker and Pancake, plus common-sense Susan Moss from the ground crew, and you have a series as absorbing for its character dynamics as its high-velocity action.

We begin with “strike bombing” training, as the students attempt low-altitude, high-speed bombing runs, conducted first under close supervision and then solo. The sense of riding into the danger zone is palpable, the Tom Cruise references are only occasional and the gung-ho militarism is tempered by a sense of reality. These pilots are under no illusion that they are being trained to take lives. GT

REALITY

The Road to Coronation Street

7.25pm ITV3

Another chance to see the 2010 BBC Four drama about the early days of the soap, starring David Dawson as Tony Warren.

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money 10.15pm ITV1

The Exposure strand reports on how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE made a mint from Covid.

LIVE SPORT

Athletics: World Championships

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Conqueror

King & Conqueror

9.15pm BBC One Full series on iPlayer Finally! The English throne is vacant, meaning Harold and William can now spring into action A well-constructed episode shows us how, for Harold (James Norton) especially, realising one’s ultimate political ambition inevitably involves grubby compromises Before he knows it, he’s lying, betraying those closest to him and generally looking like a man with a head made heavy by the crown before he has even put it on Elsewhere, as Harold makes nice with the Mercians, William (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) visits the Bretons and prepares to invade JACK SEALE

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AMBITIOUS

How far will Harold (James Norton) go to hold onto power?

Married at First Sight UK

9.00pm E4

Catch up via C4 streaming Still clinging to the claim that this is a “dating experiment” and not just a vehicle for car-crash reality TV, MAFS, as it’s affectionately known, returns for its tenth series

The shtick sees total strangers getting wed in the hope of finding true love which seems highly unlikely judging by the first pair up to the altar Dean, 31, is a charming chap who is “very much not a bad boy” This would be fine were he not marrying 31-year-old Sarah, who says her type is “a walking red flag” and usually opts for men who “look like they’ve probably just come out of jail” Love’s young dream The companion visual podcast MAFS UK: It’s Official! follows at 10 50pm FT

9.30am TNT Sports 4, 11am BBC One

The final day in Tokyo.

F1: Azerbaijan Grand Prix

10.30am (race starts 12 noon) Sky Sports Main Event/F1

Football: Premier League

Bournemouth v Newcastle United 1pm (k/o 2pm) Sky Sports Premier League

Sunderland v Aston Villa 1.30pm (k/o 2pm) Sky Sports Main Event

Arsenal v Manchester City 4pm (k/o 4.30pm) Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 57

SUNDAY Main Channels

6.00am Breakfast Luxmy Gopal, Roger Johnson. (S) (HD)

7.35 Match of the Day Shown yesterday 10.30pm (S) (HD)

9.00 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Interviews. (S) (HD)

10.00 Politics England Regional reports. (S) (HD)

10.30 Prayer and Reflection A service from Islandmagee Presbyterian Church in Antrim. (S) (HD)

11.00 LIVE World Athletics Championships The last day in Tokyo is full of finals. The women’s high jump starts at 11.30, with the women’s 800m at 11.35. At 11.50 it’s the men’s 5,000m, and the men’s discus throw starts at 12.00. The men’s and women’s 4x400m races begin at 12.25 and 12.40 respectively, with the decathlon 1500m at 12.55. At 1.10 it’s the women’s 4x100m relay, with the men’s race at 1.20. Highlights 7pm BBC Three. (S) (HD)

1.45pm BBC News Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

2.00 Songs of Praise Claire McCollum is in Devon. (S) (HD)

2.35—5.05 LIVE Match of the Day: Women’s Super League Manchester United v Arsenal

All the action from the match at Leigh Sports Village (kick-off 2.50). (S) (HD) The Women’s Football Show 11.30pm

6.05am Take a Hike A walk in Gwynedd. (R) (S) (HD)

6.35 Countryfile A look at the tensions over second homes. Shown last Sun BBC One Signed rpt tomorrow 12.50am (S) (HD)

7.30 Breakfast Continued from BBC One. (S) (HD)

9.00 Beechgrove Garden Planning for next year.

Shown last Thursday BBC Scotland Repeated tomorrow 6.30am (S) (HD)

2 BBC RED BUTTON 9.10—12.15pm Cycling

The women’s individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, also at bbc.co.uk/sport

9.30 Landward In Lairg. Shown last Thu BBC Scotland (S) (HD) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Highlights. (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 10.00—4.30pm Tennis

The Billie Jean King Cup final at bbc.co.uk/sport

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 10.50—12.10pm Equestrian Show jumping group one at the Eventing European Championships at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire at bbc.co.uk/sport

11.30 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Exploring the nation’s fondness for beer and cider. (R) (S) (HD)

12.15pm Mary, Queen of Scots HHHH Historical qdrama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review page 57. Director Charles Jarrott (1971, 12) (S) (HD)

2 BBC RED BUTTON 12.45—4.10 Cycling

The men’s individual time trial, also at bbc.co.uk/sport

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 1.50—3.00 Equestrian Show jumping group two at bbc.co.uk/sport

2.20 Lifeline An appeal for Sarcoma UK. Signed rpt 3.45am (S) (AD) (HD) DONATIONS: call 0800 011 011, visit bbc.co.uk/lifeline or post to Freepost, BBC Lifeline Appeal, with Sarcoma UK on back of envelope

2.30—5.00 LIVE Cycling The men’s individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Rwanda. Further coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

6.00am Raymond Blanc’s Royal Kitchen Gardens

The chef visits Castle of Mey in Caithness. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 M&S: Dress the Nation 1/5 Series 2. Creating women’s clothes. Shown last Sun Signed rpt Thu 5.05am (S) (HD)

7.30 James Martin’s Saturday Morning With singer/ songwriter Amy Macdonald. Shown yesterday 9.30am (S) (HD)

9.25 ITV News (S) (HD)

9.30 Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh With theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh. (R) (S) (HD)

11.30 Fern Britton: inside the Vet’s 2/6. Fern helps with a nervous cat who needs a vaccination. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30pm New series. Talking Royals Charlene White hosts a weekly round-up of royal news. (S) (HD)

1.00 ITV News Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

1.15 Lingo Game show hosted by Adil Ray. (R) (S) (HD)

2.20—3.25 You Bet! on Tour 4/6. Game show with Stephen Mulhern. Shown Sat 6pm Signed rpt Tue 5.05am (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50am Cheers Five episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.55 Frasier Double bill of the comedy. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Sunday Brunch With Niamh McCormack, Karen Carney and Alan Davies. (S) (HD) See feature: page 18

1.00pm The Simpsons Three episodes. (R) (S) (AD)

2.25—5.00 Four in a Bed Five editions. (R) (S) (HD)

King & Conqueror

9.15pm William (Nikolaj CosterWaldau) feels the high cost of his burning ambition

5.05pm Escape to the Country Nicki Chapman is in Norfolk to help a couple and their three children find a change of lifestyle. Series producer Titus Ogilvy Executive producer John Comerford (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

6.15 Countryfile

4Joe Crowley and Adam Henson explore the Solway Coast, where traditions and wildlife are nurtured by those who call the borderland home. Joe joins some of the last remaining haaf net fishers in the waters of the Solway Firth and Adam puts his sheepdog Gwen to work on his farm in the Cotswolds ahead of the biggest event in the trialling calendar. Includes Weather for the Week Ahead. See page 50.

Series producer Becky Pratt; Series editor Mark Beech (S) (HD)

7.15 Antiques Roadshow

4At Stephens House and Gardens in Finchley, north London, items include an unusual Italian bracelet, a rare painting of Hamlet’s Ophelia and a signed guest book from the Live Aid after-party. The venue was also a regular haunt of Spike Milligan, and Fiona Bruce meets his daughters, Jane and Silé, to explore their father’s collection. See page 50.

Director Jason Holmes; Series editor Robert Murphy (S) (HD)

8.15 Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test

43/4 Series 3. Freddie Flintoff faces a tough battle in Manchester, where just a handful of teenagers turn up to training and large sums of money are required to restore the club. In Blackpool, the girls struggle to control their nerves in their first match against a girls’ boarding school team. And in Liverpool, the Bootle boys aim to secure their first win. The whole series is on iPlayer. See page 50.

Directors Jonny Ashton and Aoife Carey; Series producer Cher Adamson Repeated Wednesday 8pm BBC Three (S) (AD) (HD)

9.15 King & Conqueror

46/8. Damage. Ambition drives William and Harold to each seek costly alliances, against the advice of their womenfolk, in order to enhance their chances of winning the crown. The whole series is in UHD on iPlayer. See page 51.

Harold Godwinson James Norton

William of Normandy

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Odo Léo Legrand

Matilda of Normandy Clémence Poésy

Queen Gunhild Bo Bragason

King Edward Eddie Marsan

Edith Emily Beecham

Baldwin Oliver Masucci

Gytha Clare Holman

Tostig Luther Ford

Harald Hardrada Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson

Morcar Elander Moore

Margaret Indy Lewis

Fitzosbern Ingvar Sigurdsson

Thane Thomas Jason Forbes

Writer Rachel Kilfeather; Producer Robert Jones; Director Erik Leijonborg Signed repeat Tuesday 1.55am BBC Two (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.30 Match of the Day

Includes highlights of Arsenal v Manchester City. Premier League highlights on iPlayer from 8pm.

Producer Colm Harty; Editor Helen Dapre

Repeated tomorrow 8am BBC Two (S) (HD)

11.30 The Women’s Football Show

Including action from Chelsea v Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City. (S) (HD)

12.20am Juice 1/6 Series 2. Jamma bumps into Guy for the first time in six months at a pop-up art exhibition. (R) (S) (HD)

12.45 2/6. Guy asks Jamma to house-sit for him. Jamma Mawaan Rizwan

Mr Majal Kevin Eldon

Liam Charlie Quirke

Winnie Emily Lloyd-Saini

Isaac Nabhaan Rizwan

Guy Russell Tovey

Saif Jeff Mirza

Phil Steve Meo

Both episodes shown last Thursday BBC Three (S) (HD) 1.10 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth 8.10pm

A team dives down to observe the elusive ancient fish

5.00pm Flog It!

From Hopetoun House near Edinburgh. (R) (S) (HD)

5.40 Great Coastal Railway Journeys 15/20 Series 3. Michael Portillo explores the towns of Faversham and Chatham in Kent. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.10 Saving Lives at Sea

8/10 Series 10. In north Cornwall, lifeguards are alerted by a teenager that his uncle is caught in a rip current. Shown last Thursday Signed repeat Tuesday 12 midnight (S) (AD) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 6.30pm—10.00 Major League Baseball Live coverage of Baltimore Orioles v New York Yankees (start 6.35) at bbc.co.uk/sport

7.10 Living Next Door to Putin

2/2. Katya Adler continues her journey along the border of Russia, from Estonia to Scandinavia. Attitudes appear to be more relaxed in Norway, but relationships between reindeer herders, families and nuclear scientists have become strained. First shown in 2023. Director/Series producer Olly Bootle (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.10 Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth

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David Attenborough narrates a documentary following a team using submersibles in an attempt to film a group of coelacanths — primeval fish considered to be living fossils. The coelacanth’s mysterious movements reveal vital clues to life’s journey from sea to land, unlocking secrets of evolution and survival. See page 50. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India

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2/3. Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark board a train to Rajasthan during Diwali, the festival of lights. They discover that its cities of Udaipur and Jaipur are home to craftspeople who create items from ornate block prints to traditional jewellery. The pair try miniature painting, hear a worrying prediction from an astrologer and celebrate Diwali with the crown prince of Jaipur. The whole series is on iPlayer. See page 51. Director Simon Draper; Producer Rajveer Sihota

Repeated Tuesday 11pm (S) (AD) (HD)

RT TRAVEL Enjoy 11 days exploring India, including two safaris in search of tigers and a visit to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort: page 137 10.00 Carrie 5

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Dramatisation of Stephen King’s bestselling horror story. Shy Carrie White is repressed by her mother and ridiculed by her classmates, who make her life a misery. But, unbeknown to them, Carrie has special powers. On iPlayer for 60 days. Review page 97.

Carrie White Sissy Spacek

Margaret White Piper Laurie

Sue Snell Amy Irving

Billy Nolan

Chris Hargenson

Miss Collins

Tommy Ross William Katt

John Travolta

Nancy Allen

Betty Buckley

Norma Watson PJ Soles

Director Brian De Palma (1976, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

Also showing Thursday 10pm BBC Four

11.35

q

Get Out 5

Oscar-winning horror mystery. Chris, an AfricanAmerican photographer, is invited to stay with his wealthy white girlfriend’s parents. As the weekend unfolds, Chris begins to suspect all is not as it seems. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review page 77.

Chris Washington Daniel Kaluuya

Rose Armitage Allison Williams

Dean Armitage Bradley

M&S: Dress the Nation 6.55pm Frankie Bridge joins co-presenter AJ Odudu to judge today’s creations

3.25pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets HHHH qFantasy adventure sequel to The Philosopher’s Stone. When Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a new term, they discover a sinister message written in blood on a wall. Is it a sign that the dark forces of Lord Voldemort have infiltrated the school? Review page 57. Harry

Gilderoy Lockhart

Director Chris Columbus (2002, PG) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.25 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

6.55 M&S: Dress the Nation

2/5 Series 2. AJ Odudu and Vernon Kay host as the designers continue with their task to create bold, forward-thinking clothes for women. Their creations must impress guest judge Frankie Bridge, M&S designers and customers to further their career and dream to dress the nation. But who will stay in the running for a life-changing prize — their dream job at Marks & Spencer?

Director Ben Hardy

Producers Samiat Pedro and Murray Wilkinson (S) (HD)

8.00 Beat the Chasers

4/8 Series 7. Bradley Walsh presents as more contestants from across the UK try to win big money. But to do so, they’ll have to take on six of the Chasers — the Sinnerman, the Beast, the Governess, the Menace, the Vixen and the Dark Destroyer. Can anyone defeat the trivia experts?

Exec producers Martin Scott and Helen Tumbridge (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Coldwater

42/6. Tensions rise as John and Fiona are forced to attend the funeral of a local resident — bringing John’s secret dangerously close to being exposed. Continues tomorrow 9pm. The whole series is on ITVX. See page 51.

Writer David Ireland; Producer Brian Coffey

Director Lee Haven Jones Cast Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 ITV News

Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

10.15 The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money

Exposure reveals how, during the pandemic, the UK government went from having almost no PPE to amassing stockpiles it could never use — awarding contracts to companies with little or no relevant experience. With access to hundreds of files, the documentary examines the decisions that led to the waste of billions of pounds.

Directors/Producers Jenna Weiler and Davina Bristow (S) (AD) (HD)

11.40 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport

There’s a big logistical challenge for the staff as Heathrow rolls out the red carpet for a special guest from the USA. Meanwhile, Airside Ian confronts an aircraft that’s heading for trouble.

Series producer Therese Byrne

Executive producer Juliette Murray-Topham (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Motorsport UK Mini Challenge and Porsche Carrera Cup highlights. Shown last Monday ITV4 (S) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Nisha Katona’s Home Kitchen 7/10 Nisha makes a garden herb meatball curry and an ancient Indian chai tea. Shown yesterday 11.40am (S) (SL) (HD)

Educating Yorkshire 8.00pm Chairman of the board: Ismaeel wants to start a school chess club

5.00pm Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

5.30 Formula One: Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Highlights

Steve Jones presents action from the 17th round of the season, held at the Baku City Circuit. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri led the standings going into this race, with his teammate and nearest challenger Lando Norris 31 points behind. It was Piastri who took the honours here last year, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finishing second and George Russell of Mercedes completing the podium. With analysis from Billy Monger and Alice Powell.

Producer Kirstie Bennett; Executive producer Tim Hampel (S) (HD)

8.00 Educating Yorkshire

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Ep 4 Series 2. Year seven’s Ismaeel, an enthusiastic ball of energy with his sights set on becoming a student representative for his year, canvasses classmates in the playground, taking his list to school head Mr Burton who agrees to his real passion project — launching a brand-new chess club. Specialist teacher Mrs Burton is determined to help Lewis in year nine, a star student who was diagnosed with autism at the age of eight, come up with inventive ways to build his confidence — including the new chess club. Assistant Head Mrs Delaney-Hudson is determined not to give up on bright and charming year eight student Jacob who struggles to concentrate in lessons. See p50.

Series director Jonny Ashton; Series producer Emily Cadman Signed repeat tomorrow 12.10am Channel 4 Repeated Wednesday 2.05am and Friday 8pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Inheritance

10/12. For today’s request the players must recreate the Deceased’s iconic fashion looks. Beyond the fabric and flair lies a web of strategies, which come out during the Division Ceremony. Continues tomorrow 9pm.

Series director Rob Davies; Executive producers Tim Harcourt, Joe Wildman, Kim Murphy and Darrell Olsen

Signed repeat 1.40am Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Gogglebox

Ep 3. The armchair critics share their opinions on the best TV shows of the week.

Shown last Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

10.55 First Dates

Student Laura gets to know 26-year-old barman Aaron from Devon. Returning to the dating scene, Krissy is paired with chauffeur Rob. British Sign Language user Shaun meets party-loving Carly. Retail assistant Neil meets aviation enthusiast Oliver. Exec producer Richard Mears; Series editor Tom Locking (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Love Cheats The story of a man whose partner convinced him she had terminal cancer and had a miscarriage. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12.55am The Guilty HHHH Crime thriller starring

qJakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage and Johan Olsen. Copenhagen police officer Asger Holm struggles with his temper and has been suspended from active duty. While manning the emergency calls desk, he receives a dispatch from a kidnapped woman and becomes obsessed with saving her. Available to stream for 30 days. Danish +subtitles. Review page 57. Director Gustav Möller (2018, 15) (S) (HD)

2.25 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA A failing Greek restaurant in Queens, New York. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

3.15 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Rovaniemi Desiree Burch joins Joe Lycett in Finnish Lapland. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces The architect prepares to unveil his treehouse. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.35—5.50am The Simpsons Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD)

The Magic of Mozart at the Proms 8.15pm Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes takes centre stage

7.00pm Beavers: the Master Builders?

David Attenborough examines the phenomenal construction abilities of the beaver. First shown in 2007.

Producer Jonathan Keeling; Series editor Sara Ford First shown on BBC One (S) (HD)

7.15 Around the World in 80 Gardens

India. Monty Don takes in some of the most opulent gardens in history, including perhaps the most famous architectural garden in the world — the Taj Mahal. First shown in 2008.

All episodes are on iPlayer.

Series producer Kerry Richardson; Exec producer Richard Sinclair Signed rpt 2.35am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

RT TRAVEL Enjoy 11 days exploring India, including two safaris in search of tigers and a visit to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort: page 137

8.15 The Magic of Mozart at the Proms

Katie Derham presents a concert from 2022 celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child prodigy who rewrote the musical rule book. The programme begins with the overture from The Marriage of Figaro, an opera that changed music and challenged the social status quo. The international Mahler Chamber Orchestra, whose members are drawn from 20 countries, are joined by their artistic partner, Norwegian Leif Ove Andsnes, who plays piano and directs the orchestra, as Mozart did, from the keyboard. First shown in September last year.

Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro; Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466; Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat, K482

Director John Williams

Producer Hattie McCall Davies (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 Life of a Mountain: a Year on Helvellyn

The final instalment in Terry Abraham’s Lake District trilogy, this documentary captures a year in the life of the peak.

Featuring an exhilarating RAF low-level fighter plane flight through the landscape, the film looks at the beauty of the area and wildlife through the seasons, with insights from those who live by, care for and visit the mountain.

From 2021. Watch now on iPlayer.

Director/Producer Terry Abraham (R) (S) (HD)

11.30 Britain’s Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country

Alice Roberts and Dick Strawbridge explore the landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome to write his Swallows and Amazons series. From 2016.

Producer Phil Coles; Executive producers Andrea Cornes and Fiona Ryder (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30am Socrates: Genius of the Ancient World 2/3. Bettany Hughes looks at the influential Athenian thinker. First shown in 2015. Watch now on iPlayer. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 1.30 The Story of Welsh Art 2/3. How the dramatic landscape of Wales inspired artists. First shown in 2021. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 2.30—3.30am Around the World in 80 Gardens Shown 7.15pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

BBC ONE SCOTLAND

10.00—10.30am The Sunday Show: issues in Scottish politics.

BBC

SCOTLAND

7.00pm Reporting Scotland 7.15 Eilish McColgan: Running in the Family: the athlete tries to break her mother Liz’s record 8.15 Sacked in the Morning: with former goalkeeper Alan Rough 8.30 Designing the Hebrides: Banjo Beale travels to Skye to transform a dated café 9.00 Two Doors Down: Alan and Michelle return 9.30 Still Game: Victor’s attempt to gain sympathy backfires 10.00 Scot Squad: Lorraine Kelly discovers no one is above the law 10.30 Gary: Tank Commander: Gary challenges Corporal Fox 11.00 The Sunday Show

11.30—12 midnight The Scandals That Shocked Scotland: a scandal that tore apart a political party

BBC ONE WALES

10.00—10.30am Politics Wales 5.05pm Planet Earth: a Monkey’s Tale

5.20—5.50 SOS: Extreme Rescues: a paraglider with vertigo is stuck in the snow

BBC TWO WALES

5.40—6.10pm Weatherman Walking

ITV1 WALES

8.00pm Backstage: Ella Lloyd presents the arts showcase 8.30—9.00 Vanished Wales: the ruin of a coastal icon

BBC ONE NORTHERN IRELAND

10.00—10.30am Sunday Politics Northern Ireland: with Mark Carruthers

BBC TWO NORTHERN IRELAND 10.00pm Live at the Apollo: with Angela Barnes, Sarah Keyworth and Tim Renkow 10.45 Sunday Politics Northern Ireland 11.15 FILM: Carrie 12.50—1.15am The Chronicles of Armagh: farmer Kenny Gracey reveals how his love of rare breeds has led to a second career UTV

8.00pm Mahon’s Way: Joe Mahon is at Ballywalter beach on the Ards Peninsula

8.30—9.00 Rare Breed: a Farming Year: there are mixed fortunes for the farmers in July 2022

SUNDAY Freeview

5.40am Milkshake! See page 56

8.55 SpongeBob SquarePants The Krusty Krab is placed under quarantine. (R) (S) (HD)

9.05 Entertainment News (S) (HD)

9.15 Cruising with Jane McDonald

Highlights of Jane’s trip along the Danube, which started in Budapest. (R) (S) (HD)

9.30 Cruising with Susan Calman

Susan takes a cruise ship around the Greek islands and disembarks in Crete. (R) (S) (HD)

10.20 Holidaying with Jane McDonald

Jane delves into the myths and legends that surround Cyprus. (R) (S) (HD)

11.20 The singer visits the beautiful beaches of Mahe in the Seychelles. (R) (S) (HD)

12.15pm Jane goes on safari in Laikipia, Kenya, a remote location famed for its wildlife and conservation. (R) (S) (HD)

1.15 Cornwall with Fern Britton Fern delves into the Pagan roots of Cornwall. (R) (S) (HD)

2.15 The presenter heads to Halton Quay on the banks of the River Tamar. (R) (S) (HD)

3.15pm “Crocodile” Dundee II HHH

qComedy adventure sequel to the 1986 hit. Outback hero Mick Dundee and journalist Sue Charlton are living happily in New York. But their peace is shattered by a call from Sue’s ex-boyfriend, who has uncovered a drugs racket. Review p57.

Michael J “Crocodile” Dundee Paul Hogan

Sue Charlton Linda Kozlowski

Walter Reilly John Meillon

Rico Hechter Ubarry

Miguel Juan Fernandez

Charlie Ernie Dingo

Director John Cornell (1988, PG) (S) (HD)

5.30 LIVE NFL

Philadelphia Eagles v Los Angeles Rams

Dermot O’Leary and Sam Quek are joined by Osi Umenyiora for coverage of the week three match at Lincoln Financial Field (kick-off 6.00).

The Eagles are the reigning champions, having beaten Kansas City Chiefs 40—22 in last year’s Super Bowl — after beating the Rams 28—22 here in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. (S) (HD)

9.30 Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday

2/8 Series 3. Hard-working Salford couple Janet and Gary swap holidays with wealthy twins Hassan and Hussain. The former head off on an Icelandic adventure, while the twins get down and dirty on a Pembrokeshire farm.

Directors Ben Bhatiam and Peter Gowing (R) (S) (HD) 10.30 Inside the Four Seasons: Park Lane

4/4. Pastry chef Shini is out to impress restaurant founder Yannick Alleno with a new dessert, and head of purchasing Ian Maynard offers a peek into the wine cellar.

Director Mickey Bishop (R) (S) (HD)

11.30 Hotel Benidorm: Fun-Loving Brits in the Sun

The Spanish resort is hit by a rare rainstorm, resulting in the Hotel Benidorm Plaza springing leaks and causing the electricity to cut out.

Directors Caroline Tout and Danny Spencer (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun

(Revised rpt) (S) (HD) 1.00 Casino (S) (HD)

3.00 Friends: four episodes (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.35 The Highland Vet (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

5.25—5.35am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

7.00pm New. World Athletics Championships Highlights

Sarah Mulkerrins presents action from the ninth and final day at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. Great Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson hoped to be in contention in the 800m final, and her compatriot Josh Kerr was the reigning title-holder in the men’s 1500m. (S) (HD)

7.30 EastEnders

Zoe is still shaken by the shooting.

Shown last Monday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Zoe’s fears continue to grow.

Shown last Tuesday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Stacey and Zoe stake out Greg’s place.

Shown last Wednesday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Julie attempts to talk to Joel about his misogynistic beliefs.

Shown last Thursday BBC One

Cast Tuesday/Thursday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Stranded on Honeymoon Island

7/12. The curtain comes down on Film Fest, but there’s still an encore of emotion to come. Hosted by Davina McCall.

Shown last Wednesday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 8/12. The events of Castaway Day send shockwaves across Honeymoon Island. A crate washes ashore, bringing the contestants some support from home.

Shown last Thursday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 9/12. A flare-up sparks speculation.

More Wednesday 9pm BBC One.

Shown last Friday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30am Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island: two editions (S) (AD) (HD) 1.55 We Built a Zoo (S) (AD) (HD) 2.55 Juice (S) (HD) 3.45—4.00am

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Buying the View (S) (SL) (HD) 8.10 Dress to Impress (S) (SL) (HD)

9.10 The Only Way Is Essex: two episodes (S) (HD) 11.10 Deal or No Deal: double bill (S) (HD)

1.10pm Wheel of Fortune (S) (AD) (HD) 2.10 Catchphrase (S) (AD) (HD) 2.55 FILM The Croods HHH Animated comedy with the voice of Emma Stone. Review p57 (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00 FILM Bruce Almighty HHH Comedy fantasy starring Jim Carrey (S) (AD) (HD)

7.05pm FILM Legally Blonde HHHH Comedy starring Reese Witherspoon. Valley girl Elle’s life will be perfect with a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Warner before he leaves for university. But Warner’s worried that Elle’s frivolity will damage his political ambitions and ends the relationship. Determined to prove there’s more to her than hair and make-up, the blonde bombshell follows Warner to Harvard. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends

6/10 Series 2. Tensions soar as Olivia lines up the first elimination, the bad boyfriends rank themselves, and the resort erupts with savage truths. More tomorrow 9pm. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. The Only Way Is Essex 11/12 It’s Junaid and Joe’s one-year anniversary, and Diags opens up to Dan about his future with Jodie. More tomorrow at 10pm. (S) (HD)

11.00 Family Guy Series 12. Brian’s TV star son Dylan turns up in Quahog. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 The Griffins visit Italy. (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00

6.00am A Touch of Frost: 2/4 Series 5. House Calls. A moment of compassion endangers Frost’s career (S) (SL) (AD) 8.05 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Four and 20 Blackbirds. A restaurant customer’s change of diet intrigues Poirot (S) (AD) (HD) 9.10 Endeavour: 3/3 Series 9. Exeunt.

A series of cryptic death notices in the Oxford Mail provide the clues to Endeavour’s last case (S) (AD) (HD) 11.15 The Darling Buds of May: 5&6/6 Series 3. Climb the Greasy Pole 1/2. Pop enters the election for the local council (S) (AD) (HD); 12.20pm 2/2. Pop and Ma become the target of a dirty-tricks campaign (S) (AD) (HD)

1.25pm Agatha Christie’s Marple: Endless Night. A newlywed couple build their dream home on supposedly cursed land (S) (AD) (HD)

3.25pm Vera

4/4 Series 1. Little Lazarus. A woman is brutally attacked and murdered. Her son escapes and DI Vera Stanhope finds a kindred spirit in the boy. (S) (AD) (HD)

5.25 Midsomer Murders

Series 22. The Scarecrow Murders. The Scarecrow Festival takes a grisly turn as bodies begin appearing on poles displayed alongside their straw creations. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.25 The Road to Coronation Street

Drama telling the story of how the soap was born, starring Jane Horrocks, Jessie Wallace and David Dawson. From 2010. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Doc Martin

5/9 Series 10. Fly Me to the Moon. Her father’s unannounced return shocks Louisa and makes Martin suspicious. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Vera 2/4

Series 7. Dark Angel. The detective investigates Newcastle’s drug underworld in a bid to discover the identity of a man found dead in the river. (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight I Fought the Law: 3/4. Ann launches a campaign to change the double jeopardy law (S) (SL) (AD) (HD); 1.00am 4/4. Ann takes her fight to the home secretary (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 2.00 On the Buses (S) 2.30 Shopping 4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am New. Motorsport Mundial (S) (HD)

6.30 New. Auto Mundial (S) (HD) 7.00 Rallying (S) (HD) 8.00 World Rally Highlights (S) (HD) 9.00 EFL Highlights (S) (HD) 10.35 World of Sport (S) (HD) 10.45 LIVE British Touring Car Championship: coverage of the 25th, 26th and 27th races of the season, which come from Silverstone (S) (HD) 6.00pm Dramatic Finishes A selection of dramatic horse racing finishes. (S) (HD)

6.05 The Motorbike Show Henry Cole learns the delights of riding in Cornwall. (S) (HD)

7.10 FILM Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment H Comedy sequel starring Steve Guttenberg and Bubba Smith. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 FILM For a Few Dollars More 5 Classic spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté. Rival bounty hunters set out on the trail of psychopathic killer Indio. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 FILM The Taking of Pelham 123 HH Remake of the 1974 thriller with Denzel Washington and John Travolta. An armed gang holds passengers on a New York subway train hostage. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.40am Berlin Station (S) (HD) 2.50 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.30am The Bill: five episodes. Ben and Nate’s patrol car is hit by a bullet (S) (HD); 8.25 A dying teenager is found (S) (HD); 9.25 The hunt for Paul Sorrel’s killer goes on (S) (HD); 10.25 A boy is abducted (S) (HD); 11.25 Jack directs an operation to keep rival football fans apart (S) (HD) 12.20pm Home Fires: 1/6 Series 1. Drama about a group of women in a rural Cheshire community living under the shadow of the Second World War. The women of Great Paxford face a difficult decision (S) (HD); 1.25 2/6. Frances must master diplomacy if she is to oust Joyce, while Miriam tries to stop David enlisting (S) (HD); 2.25 3/6. Everyone must make sacrifices as war starts to have an effect on life in the village (S) (HD) 3.30 Catherine Cookson’s The Man Who Cried: when a man’s extramarital affair leads to murder, he hits the road with his son in search of a new life (S)

6.40pm Call the Midwife

7/9 Series 12. Poplar’s housing crisis deepens, bringing a sad case to the attention of the team, while the outbreak of a worrying disease directly impacts the residents of Nonnatus House. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Sister Boniface Mysteries

3/12 Series 2. The It Girl. Sister Boniface investigates when the money-obsessed manager of supermodel sensation Birdie is found dead in a locked room. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Silent Witness

6/6 Series 15. And Then I Fell in Love Nikki sees a girl being knocked over by a car, leading to a case that takes the team into the harrowing world of sex grooming and teenage prostitution. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.15 New Tricks

9/10 Series 12. Life Expectancy. A bloodstained bust is uncovered during construction work in a cemetery. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.20am The Last Detective: 1/4 Series 1. Davies investigates a 20-year-old unsolved murder case (S) (AD) 2.15 Hamish Macbeth: 6/8 Series 3 Lochdubh gears up for the annual shinty match (S) 3.05—4.00am The Count of Monte Cristo: 8/8. Edmond reveals to Villefort that Héloïse stole the vial of poison from him (SL) (HD)

9.00am Lingo: quiz show presented by Adil Ray (S) (SL) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 1.00pm Lingo (S) (HD) 2.00 Wheel of Fortune (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Tenable: two editions (S) (HD)

5.00 Deal or No Deal: Rickie steps up to play Stephen Mulhern’s game (S) (HD) 6.00pm Lingo With housemates Malachy and Dan, sporty sisters Tramika and Niasha, and mother and daughter Liela and Sarah. (S) (HD) 7.00 Father and son Thomas and Neil, Welsh couple Michalina and Phil, and sisters Titi and Tolu from London take part. (S) (HD)

8.00 Deal or No Deal Stephen Mulhern hosts the game show as Paula tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order. (S) (HD)

9.00 Wheel of Fortune Shirley, Cameron and Adele spin the wheel and solve puzzles as they look to take home a potential jackpot of £50,000. Graham Norton hosts. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard hosts a triple bill of the quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot. (S) (HD) 12.50am Wheel of Fortune (S) (AD) (HD)

1.45 Unwind (S) (HD)

Surgeons: Life in Their Hands 9.00pm Mark displays a positive attitude

8.55am A Place in the Sun: seven editions 3.35pm Come Dine with Me: a royal-themed evening, an authentic Punjabi feast and a glamorous party feature in Essex (AD)

6.15pm Four in a Bed There’s toilet troubles, tossing and turning, and tears galore as the Greyhound Inn in the Peak District, Little Middop Farm in the Ribble Valley, Old Hall Country Breaks and the Half Moon Inn, both in Norfolk, compete to be the best establishment of the week.

9.00 New. Surgeons: Life in Their Hands Ep 2 Series 2. A farmer undergoes surgery to remove an aneurysm in his brain and patient Kate wonders whether removing a lump in her neck will affect her ability to swallow and speak. In the emergency department, there’s a story that’s very close to home, as the show’s editor, Mike, presents with heart arrhythmia. (AD)

10.00 24 Hours in A&E It’s not all laughs on Red Nose Day at King’s, as distressed 33year-old Dilson is admitted with multiple stab wounds in the neck, sustained while trying to stop a fight outside a nightclub. Doreen, 79, has broken her wrist in a fall at home. (AD) 11.00 A young woman lies in Resus with a life-threatening swelling on her brain after being struck in the face by a stranger. Meanwhile, a 90-year-old ex-circus performer regales staff with tales from his past. (AD) 12.05am 999: on the Front Line 1.10

Marillion: All One Tonight 6.20pm Frontman Steve Hogarth performs

6.00am Bregenz: Madama Butterfly 8.20

Tales of the Unexpected: five episodes (AD)

11.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (BW)

1.00pm English National Ballet in Paris 2.20

Discovering: Jeff Bridges (AD) 3.20 Blind Eye Artist: the origin story of self-taught artist and painter Justin Wadlington 5.00 The Genesis Songbook: members of the band choose favourite songs from their back catalogue

6.20pm Marillion: All One Tonight

A 2017 concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, in which the band played their 2016 album FEAR (F*** Everyone and Run) in full, along with a selection of classic tracks.

8.00 FILM The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart HHHH Music documentary. Barry Gibb recalls the band’s history with archival interviews from his brothers Robin and Maurice. Review page 57.

10.00 The Sky Arts Awards Comedian Bill Bailey hosts the ceremony from London’s Roundhouse, honouring excellence in dance, theatre, pop, TV drama, film, classical music, literature, opera, comedy and visual arts.

11.55 Gary Numan Resurrection A profile of the musician, following him as he prepares to play at Wembley Arena for the first time in 40 years. With Dave Grohl, Jean-Michel Jarre, Trent Reznor and Hans Zimmer.

1.35am Greatest Albums Live 2.35 Led Zeppelin: in the Light 4.00 The Great Songwriters

5.00 Discovering: Peter Gabriel 5.30—6.00am Discovering: the Mamas and the Papas

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6.10am Great British Railway Journeys 8.00 Warbird Workshop 11.00 Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics: double bill (AD) 1.00pm Bangers and Cash (AD) 2.00 Flipping Bangers 3.00 Blue Planet II 6.00pm Blue Planet II Wildlife that lives thousands of kilometres from land.

7.00 Wilderness with Simon Reeve Simon travels across the Kalahari desert in southern Africa, one of the continent’s last great unspoilt wildernesses.

8.00 Flipping Bangers Will and Gus look to make some quick cash as they fix and wrap a Toyota MR2 MK2. It’s quick and it’s cheap, but it’s the lowest spec out there and it looks dowdy.

9.00 Bangers and Cash Paul and Charlie pick up a JZR three-wheeler speed demon while Dave gets all nostalgic over a brace of Raleigh Choppers, a couple of Honda C90s and a rare Mark 1 Ford Granada. (AD) 10.00 Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics The team take Derek’s advice when he sniffs out the last remaining Hillman GT. (AD) 11.00 The team take on their biggest restoration yet — a Series 1 Land Rover. (AD) 12 midnight—3.00am Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics: three episodes (AD)

8.00am Friends (AD) 10.00 Car Pound Cops: Give Me My Car Back! 1.00pm Traffic Cops 4.00 Traffic Cops: under Attack

5.00pm Police Interceptors Series highlights, including the pursuit of a drug dealer.

6.00 A car thief is forced to face the consequences of his actions and a drug search in Basildon yields curious discoveries.

7.00 The Essex team chase a kidnapper in a truck for four hours across three counties, and pursue a young joyrider.

8.00 The new high-speed police unit chases a stolen car through Essex until the thieves turn into a cul-de-sac and run out of road.

9.00 999: Emergency Call Out Response unit members discover a man on his kitchen floor in a pool of blood.

10.00 The Hospital: Life on the Line Robert, 79, is airlifted in following a heart attack.

11.00 Banged Up Abroad A hash smuggler pays the price when he’s locked up in Japan. 12

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3.35—4.00am

7.15am Pointless 8.00 American Pickers: Best Of 10.00 Speed with Guy Martin: F1 Challenge 11.00 Top Gear: from A to Z 1.30pm Storage Hunters UK: three editions

3.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 5.00 Speed with Guy Martin: F1 Challenge

6.00am Hollyoaks: omnibus edition (AD)

7.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

11.00 The Great British Bake Off (SL) (AD)

12.35pm The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.55 The Simpsons (AD) 5.15 New. Lego Masters Australia: the teams create iconic vehicles for some of Batman’s greatest foes (AD)

6.55pm FILM Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit HHH Musical comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg as Las Vegas singer Deloris Van Cartier, who is persuaded once again to don the habit and help some of her nun friends save their run-down school from closure. (AD) 9.00 RT CHOICE New series. Married at First Sight UK The return of the experiment to see whether science can help people fall in love. The first two couples marry at first sight, and a surprise transforms one groom’s big day. See page 50. Repeated Friday 7pm (AD) 10.50 New series. MAFS UK: It’s Official! Lucinda Light hosts Married at First Sight UK’s official podcast, and is joined by British drag performer and singer Danny Beard. 11.20 Virgin Island Reality series in which 12 adult virgins head to a Mediterranean retreat to embark on an intimacy course. (SL) (AD) 12.20am Open House: the Great Sex Experiment (AD) 1.20 Married at First

9.00am Four in a Bed: ten editions

2.00pm Location, Location, Location: double bill (AD) 4.00 A Place in the Sun: two editions

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Jean Johansson shows nanny Sarah and financial advisor Ian five properties in south-east Lanzarote.

7.00 Jasmine Harman helps Debra from London and Greg from Memphis find a holiday home in the countryside of Murcia.

8.00 The Dog House 4/4 Series 8. Double trouble George and Daisy can’t bear to be apart, so any prospective owner has to take both and have a garden big enough for both of them. Shown last Thursday Channel 4 (AD)

9.00 Gogglebox Ep 3. The households’ opinions on recent TV. Shown last Friday C4 (AD)

10.00 FILM Peppermint HH Revenge thriller starring Jennifer Garner. Unassuming banker Riley North survives a gangster attack that leaves her husband and daughter dead. When the legal system fails to deliver justice, she sets out to exact violent vengeance upon the killers and the corrupt court officials. Review p47. Shown yesterday 11.35pm Channel 4 12 midnight Celebrity Gogglebox (AD) 1.00am 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 2.05 999: on the Front Line 3.05 The Dog House (AD) 4.00—5.00am Location, Location, Location (AD)

6.00pm The Americas with Simon Reeve Simon travels across Central America, from the Caribbean to the Pacific.

7.00 Special Ops: to Catch a Criminal The Serious Fraud Office investigate a suspect holiday home company. (AD)

8.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fish for chub in the Irfon and Wye rivers. (AD) 8.40 Paul and Bob head to a secluded pike lake in Dumfries and Galloway. (AD) 9.20 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Stephen Mangan hosts the current affairs quiz.

10.20 QI XL Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies take part.

11.20 Mock the Week With James Acaster, Rob Beckett, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe. 12 midnight A special edition of the show.

12.40am Live at the Apollo: a Christmas special from 2023 1.45 Schitt’s Creek: three episodes

3.35—4.00am Judge Romesh: two friends fight

9.00am Ice Cold Catch 9.55 Ice Road Truckers

12 noon Mud Mountain Haulers 12.55pm Outback Truckers 1.55 The Motorway: the M62 is brought to a stop by a four-car collision 2.55 FILM Horizons West HH Western starring Robert Ryan and Julia Adams

4.40pm FILM The Kentuckian HHH Western adventure starring Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster and Diana Lynn. A father and his son set off to find a better life in Texas, only to become involved in a feud between two families. Review page 87. 6.50 FILM The Scalphunters HHH Comedy western starring Burt Lancaster as fur trapper Joe Bass, who is forced by a group of Kiowa Indians to trade his precious pelts for a captured slave he does not want. Determined to retrieve his property, Bass sets off in hot pursuit, only to see his booty fall into the hands of a gang of shifty scalphunters.

9.00 LIVE NFL Chicago Bears v Dallas Cowboys, the match in the third week of the season, held at Soldier Field (kick-off 9.25). 12.30am Cops: a suspect insists his car is not stolen 1.00—4.00am Fights, Camera, Action! (AD) 5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130

9.00am All Creatures Great and Small: double bill (AD) 11.10 Columbo: four episodes

7.05pm Columbo A stage magician has kept the fact that he is a Nazi war criminal a secret for years. When a nightclub manager threatens to expose him, the illusionist kills him and arranges the perfect alibi.

9.00 Billy Connolly: in His Own Words A profile of the comedian and actor, drawing on interviews, TV appearances and stand-up performances from his career to reveal his journey to the top of international showbusiness. 10.30 Dad’s Army: Secret Lives and Scandals The behind-the-scenes story of the beloved Second World War sitcom.

SUNDAY Freeview & films

6.10am Tipping Point 11.00 One Born Every Minute: seven episodes

6.00pm Inside the Ambulance Paramedics need to get a sick baby to hospital and treat a man who suffers from epilepsy.

7.00 Inside the Ambulance at Christmas Laura and Anna treat a man who has fallen off a roof, hitting his head on the way down.

8.00 Two separate crews help patients, both called John, who have broken their hips after falling.

9.00 Inside the Operating Theatre A four-year-old girl has her droopy eyelid lifted. (AD)

10.00 Nick has an ultrasound taken from inside his body to find out if he needs open-heart surgery. (AD)

11.00 Nurses on the Ward Renal nurse Neil treats a 19-year-old whose kidney transplant is failing. (AD)

12 midnight One of Caroline’s patients is deteriorating rapidly. (AD)

1.00am Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (AD) 2.15—3.00am Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job

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6.00am Sherlock Holmes (BW) 7.30 Soap 9.00 Lucky Feller 10.00 Jokers Wild 10.30 Please Sir! 11.30 Jokers Wild 12 noon Don’t Drink the Water 12.30pm FILM Royal Wedding HHH 2.30 Don’t Drink the Water 3.30 The Tony Hancock Show 4.00 Tracing the Rails 4.30 Jack Hargreaves’s Old Country 5.00 Robinson Country 5.30 Discovering Gardens

6.00pm Jokers Wild 6.30 Please Sir!: double bill. Bernard decides to leave Fenn Street secondary school, then the pupils produce their own magazine 7.30 In Loving Memory

9.00 Cyberon: sci-fi drama 10.20 Police Woman 11.20 Jokers Wild 12.20am Soap: three back-to-back editions 1.50 Cyberon 3.10 Don’t Drink the Water 3.40 Discovering Gardens 4.10 Stereo Underground 5.05—6.00am Bubblegum & Cheese

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8.10am Murder, She Wrote 11.05 A Fine Romance 12.05pm Man about the House 1.05 Rising Damp

2.05 FILM Carry On Constable HHH Comedy (BW) 4.00 FILM Pearl Harbor HH Second World War romantic drama starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale 7.40 FILM Seabiscuit HHH Period drama based on a true story, starring Tobey Maguire

10.35 FILM Beverly Hills Cop III HH Action comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold

12.50am The New Avengers 1.50 Good News 2.00 M*A*S*H: three episodes

3.15

6.00am Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8.00 Man v Food 9.00 Man v Food with Casey Webb 10.30 Man v Food 11.30 Man v Food with Casey Webb 12 noon Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day 1.00pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure 3.00 The Great British Bake Off: six editions. The semi-final sees the remaining four demonstrate pâtisserie skills 4.00 The 2014 final 5.00 Twelve contestants battle it out in the 2015 competition 6.00 The 11 remaining home bakers tackle biscuit week 7.00 The 10 competitors reach bread week 8.00 It’s time for dessert — and for the signature challenge, the remaining bakers must make the deceptively simple French classic crème brûlée 9.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands: four editions. James and fellow chef Mark Jordan explore the delights of Guernsey 10.00 The chef is joined by Paul Ainsworth to explore Dorset 11.00 James and Monica Galetti journey around Oxford 12 midnight The chef travels to south Wales, accompanied by Stephen Terry 1.00—3.00am Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

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7.00am My Lottery Dream Home: eight editions 11.00 Escape to the Country: eight editions of the show in which city-dwelling families, couples and individuals set out to find their ideal rural retreats with the help of a property expert (AD)

7.00pm A Place in the Sun: six back-to-back editions of the show in which couples are taken to see three or four properties for sale in a foreign country that they want to move to or frequently holiday in 1.00—4.00am Bargain Mansions: three back-to-back editions. Tamara and her dad help a recently widowed woman design her dream kitchen 2.00 Tamara and her team transform a charming 1927 Tudor into a masterpiece 3.00 Tamara partners with an investor to tackle a dated 1960s ranch in desperate need of a renovation

8.10am Man about the House 12.25pm Rising Damp 6.10pm Rising Damp: three further episodes. Rigsby is left a sizeable sum by his uncle 6.40 Rigsby places a personal advert 7.15 Vintage 1975 seasonal special 7.45 Goodnight Sweetheart: Gary has the chance to witness himself being born 8.20 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?: Bob gets a taste of his future at the funeral of Terry’s Uncle Jacob 9.00 Benidorm: Sammy is excited after his comeback performance 9.55 Shameless 10.55 Man about the House 11.25 Rising Damp 11.55 Benidorm

12.55am Shameless: Carl is arrested 1.55 Full House 2.25 The Kenny Everett Video Show 2.55 After Henry 3.20 The Osbournes 3.40 That’s 60s: Best Music Live! 4.00 A Bit of a Do 4.50—6.00am Father, Dear Father

8.00am America the Bountiful

9.00 Egypt’s Darkest Hour 11.00 Cleopatra 1.00pm World of Stonehenge 5.45 Walking with the Ancients: Ciprian Ardelean finds evidence of humans in America far earlier than originally thought 7.25pm Cleopatra 1/2 Dramatised documentary exploring the truth behind the myth of the iconic Egyptian ruler. 8.25 2/2. How Cleopatra tried to win the heart of Mark Antony, which turned out to be a fatal decision.

9.25 Egypt’s Darkest Hour 1/2

Examining a mass grave dating to the fall of the Egyptian Empire. 10.20 2/2. The Tomb of the Warriors, near Luxor in southern Egypt, which contains over 60 mummified bodies.

11.30 America the Bountiful 9/13 Series 1. Capri Cafaro learns about ramps in West Virginia. 12 midnight—2.00am Walking with the Ancients

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9.00am Inside the Vets 10.00

Fascinating New Zealand (AD) 12 noon The Hidden River (AD) 3.00pm Inside the Vets 4.00

Fascinating New Zealand (AD) 6.00 The Hidden River (AD) 9.00 Inside the Vets: a bearded dragon has a serious bowel problem 10.00 Fascinating New Zealand (AD) 12 midnight The Hidden River: three editions (AD) 3.00am Inside the Vets: a bearded dragon has a bowel problem 3.50 Fascinating New Zealand: double bill (AD) 5.30—6.00am The Bill

6.00am

Pawn

5.40am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Sunny Bunnies 6.05 Mixmups 6.15 Peppa Pig

6.20 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

6.30 Fireman Sam 6.40 Thomas & Friends 6.50 Paw Patrol 7.05 New. The Woohoos!: the friends want to build a den 7.15 Peppa Pig 7.25 Pip and Posy 7.35 The Adventures of Paddington 7.55 Paw Patrol 8.10 Dora 8.30 Aneeshwar’s Outdoor Adventures 8.40—8.55am The Smurfs Full listings for 5 are on page 54

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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Go Jetters

6.25 Bing 6.30 Love Monster 6.40 Mojo Swoptops 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 7.15 Supertato 7.20 Bing 7.35 Hey Duggee 7.55 Go Jetters 8.05 Peter Rabbit

8.20 Octonauts 8.30 Joe Wicks Activate 8.35 Vida the Vet 8.50 Mojo Swoptops 9.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 9.25 Bluey 9.40 Hey Duggee 9.55 Piripenguins 10.05 Big Lizard 10.15 Go Jetters 10.40 Spidey and His Amazing Friends 11.05 Octonauts: above and beyond 11.15 Supertato 11.20 Pfffirates 11.35 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 11.45 Dog Squad 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 12.25 Mojo Swoptops 12.35 Hey Duggee 12.45 Octonauts 1.00 Vida the Vet 1.15 Go Jetters 1.35 Love Monster 1.45 Yukee 1.50 Roots and Fruits 2.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.20 Big Cook Little Cook 2.35 Playtime Towers 3.00 Puffin Rock 3.10 Nick Cope’s Popcast 3.15 Postman Pat: SDS 3.30 Piripenguins 3.40 Andy and the Band 3.55 Waffle’s After School Club 4.10 Dodge’s Pup School 4.20 Colourblocks 4.25 Magic Hands 4.35 Love Monster 4.45 Supertato 4.50 Bluey 5.00 Big Lizard 5.10 New. Nikhil & Jay: Nikhil and Jay want Amma to get her first ever visit from the tooth fairy 5.20 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.30 Puffin Rock 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.50 Charlie and Lola 6.00 Clangers 6.10 New. BeddyByes: friends MeMo and BaBa travel across Planet BeddyByes meeting new and familiar faces on their journey to bedtime 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Emeli Sandé reads Too Many Tickles, a very funny story about a very tickly family CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

7.00am The Bidding

FMQs 4.20 First Minister’s

5.10 NI Assembly:

Questions 6.40 NI Assembly 9.10 Select Committees 2.25am Justice Questions (SL) 3.25 Home Office Questions (SL) 4.25 Scottish FMQs (SL) 5.10—6.00am First Minister’s Questions (SL)

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 The Strange Chores 8.05 Odd Squad 8.20 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.30 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 8.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 9.00 Blue Peter 9.30 Game on Grandparents 9.50 Go Get Arty 10.08 Odd Tubes 10.10 4 o’Clock Club 10.40 Danny & Mick 11.05 Bro’s in Control 11.20 One Zoo Three 11.45 Deadly 60 12.15pm Operation Ouch! 12.45 Horrible Histories 1.15 Horrible Science 1.40 Gladiators: Epic Pranks 1.55 Danger Mouse 2.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.10 Super Happy Magic Forest 3.45 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.15 OOglies 4.20 Dragons: The Nine Realms 4.45 The Dumping Ground: Brodie and the gang are staying up all night to watch wrestling 5.15 A Kind of Spark: Addie wants a memorial for the witches of her home village 5.40 The Next Step: double bill. Emily and the E-Girls run the studio’s dance camp, then West and Daniel fight over studio space 6.25 Blue Peter Challenges 6.30—7.00pm Horrible Science: A whinging moon, the Dinosaur Traitors are suspicious, and DI Loofah arrests a banana

CBBC F’view 201 F’sat 600 Sky 607 Virgin 701

ITV Kids on ITV2

ITV Kids shows also stream on ITVX 6.00am Dodo: double bill 6.25 Looney Tunes Cartoons: two episodes 6.50 Bugs Bunny Builders: double bill 7.15—7.45am Mr Bean: the Animated Series: double bill. Mr Bean suffers a broken boiler, then Mr Bean and Teddy go bowling — but it’s hard work

11.00am Kind Hearts and Coronets 5 Alec Guinness gives an outstanding performance as the eight members of the D’Ascoyne family. Film of the Day, right. Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood (1949, U) (S) 1.10pm Think like a Dog HH Good-natured family comedy about a boy who invents a way to hear his dog’s thoughts. Gabriel Bateman, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox (2020, PG) (S) 3.00 Dunston Checks In HHH Appealing comedy nonsense about an orangutan running riot in a snooty hotel. Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway (1996, PG) (S) 4.45 Secret Headquarters HH Slick adventure in which a boy discovers that his workaholic dad is actually a secret superhero. Owen WIlson, Walker Scobell (2022, 12) (S) 6.45pm Fisherman’s Friends HHH Likeably old-fashioned biopic about a bunch of singing, Cornish fisher folk. Daniel Mays, James Purefoy, Tuppence Middleton (2018, 12) (S) (AD) 9.00 Wild Card HH Jason Statham is a Vegas minder with a mysterious past in this loose-knit neon-noir. Sofia Vergara (2014, 15) (S) 10.50 Glass HHH Thoughtful, satisfying finale to M Night Shyamalan’s loose fantasy trilogy. Review, right. Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, James McAvoy (2019, 15) (S) (AD) 1.25—3.10am Benjamin HHH Casually witty drama about a film-maker who is struggling to follow his hit debut. Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard (2018, 15) (S) (AD) 6.00am Confessions of Boston Blackie HHH Chester Morris returns as the titular detective in this fast-moving B-picture. (1941) (S) 7.20 Unearthly Stranger HHH British sci-fi thriller about a scientist whose wife may not be all she seems. John Neville (1963, PG) (S) 8.55 Hollow Triumph HHH Paul Henreid plays a gangster on the run from gamblers he’s robbed in this entertaining film noir. (1948, PG) (S) 10.35 The Beverly Hillbillies TV sitcom. (S) 11.10 Battle of the Rails HHH Influential war drama about the French railway workers who worked to sabotage the Nazis. Jean Daurand, Antoine Laurent (1946) 12.50pm Worzel Gummidge TV drama starring Jon Pertwee. (S) 1.25 Batman TV japes. (S) 2.00 Black Beauty HH Muddled adaptation of Anna Sewell’s classic children’s novel. Mark Lester (1971, PG) (S) 4.10 Look at Life The progress of the European Common Market. 4.30 The Vise TV drama. (S) 5.00 The Footage Detectives The restoration of the Bluebell Railway in the 1960s. (S) 6.00pm The Railway Children TV drama

7.10am Hart to Hart: Old Friends

Never Die 8.55 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye: drama starring Deanne Bray

9.55 Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Harm Done: crime drama starring George Baker 12 noon Murder, She Wrote 5.00pm Unforgettable Four episodes of the TV drama.

9.00 Deceived HHH Goldie Hawn takes a break from her usually frothy comedies for this flawed but mildly diverting and at times violent thriller. John Heard (1991, 15)

11.20 A Cry for Justice HH

Emotional if unsubtle crime drama in which a mother fights to prove that her son is innocent of murder. Francine Locke, Drew Matthews, Cameron Arnett (2013) 1.30am Perfect Murderer, Perfect Husband HH Yet another perfect husband turns out to be not all that he seems in a slightly ludicrous thriller. Laurie Fortier, Michael Welch (2019) 3.00 Killer Reputation HH Thriller about a high-profile murder that’s so predictable it won’t keep you guessing at all. Anna Hutchison, Mark Lawson (2019) 4.25 Police Ten 7

5.15—5.30am Hart to Hart

9.10am Tombstone Territory 9.40

The High Chaparral 12.40pm Sands of Iwo Jima HHH Well-made but gung-ho Second World War drama in which John Wayne takes on the Japanese. John Agar (1949, PG) 3.00 The Professionals HHHH Exciting western in which four mercenaries are hired to rescue a rancher’s wife. Film of the Day: p77. Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan (1966, PG) 5.30 Valdez Is Coming HH Undistinguished chase western. Burt Lancaster (1971, 15)

7.30pm Rawhide HHH Western in which a stagecoach station is taken over by a band of outlaws planning a robbery. Tyrone Power (1951, PG) 9.30 Machete HHH Danny Trejo is out for revenge in this entertainingly over-the-top mix of deadpan laughs and bloody action. Jessica Alba (2010, 18) 11.50 The Persuaders! Triple bill of the TV drama starring Tony Curtis.

2.50am Cops Uncut 4.10 Stonados HH Stone-throwing tornados could take Boston off the map in this sci-fi disaster flick. Paul Johansson (2013, 12) 5.35—6.00am Cops Uncut

8.00am Christmas on Holly Lane HH Warm-hearted drama. (2018) 10.00 A Bride for Christmas HH

A woman can’t seem to find Mr Right. Arielle Kebbel (2012) 12 noon A Christmas Wedding Date HH Undemanding romcom. Maria Sokoloff (2012, PG) 2.05pm My Christmas Fiancé HH Romantic comedy. Jennifer Freeman (2022) 4.05 Christmas Bells Are Ringing HH Heartfelt romcom. Emilie Ullerup (2018) 6.00pm Christmas Wedding Planner HH A private detective threatens to ruin an event planner’s big break. Jocelyn Hudon, Stephen Huszar (2017) 8.00 Marry Me at Christmas HH A wedding planner is swept off her feet while organising a ceremony for someone else. Rachel Skarsten (2017) 9.50 Christmas by Chance HH

The owner of a gift shop is hired by an entrepreneur to organise a marriage proposal. Winny Clarke (2020) 12 midnight Welcome to Christmas HH A developer seeks the ideal town for a ski resort. Jennifer Finnigan (2018) 1.45am All I Want for Christmas HH Comedy. (2013) 3.20—4.50am As 2.05pm

6.40am The Lord of the Rings: the War of the Rohirrim HHHH Beautiful, action-packed animated fantasy. Brian Cox, Gaia Wise (2024, 12) 9.00

As 6.10pm 10.45 As 8pm 12.15pm

As 9.30pm 2.05 As 11.25pm 4.20

The Surfer HHHH A gang of bullies causes havoc for a man returning to his childhood beach in this surreal thriller. Nicolas Cage (2024, 15)

6.10pm Wish You Were Here HH

A whirlwind romance faces a very serious obstacle in this sincere terminal-illness weepie. Jennifer Grey (2025)

8.00 Love Hurts HH Fitfully fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan (2025, 15)

9.30 Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the monster legend, set at a remote farmhouse where a family seeks refuge. Christopher Abbott (2025, 15)

11.25 Nosferatu HHHH Robert Eggers’s stylish, visually dynamic remake of FW Murnau’s classic 1922 riff on Dracula Bill Skarsgård (2024, 15)

1.40am The Brutalist 5

Adrien Brody’s ambitious Hungarian architect discovers a darkness within the postwar American Dream. (2024, 18)

5.00—7.25am As 6.40am

7.00am Super Storm HH Sci-fi thriller. David Sutcliffe (2011, 12) 9.00

The Fall Guy: five episodes 2.00pm McLintock! HHH Rollicking comedy western that reworks Shakespeare’s

The Taming of the Shrew John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara (1963, U) 4.30 Western World H A US Marshal discovers violent corruption in a small Wyoming town. Greg Steele (2017, 12) 6.05pm Ransom H Sean Connery does his best to thwart a gang of hijackers in this confusing action drama. Ian McShane, Norman Bristow (1975, PG) 8.00 The Twilight Zone TV sci-fi. 9.00 Chain Reaction HHH Thriller in which two scientists are forced to go on the run. Review, right. Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman (1996, 12) 11.05 Welcome to the Punch HHHH Slick, London-set action thriller owing a debt to Michael Mann’s Heat James McAvoy (2012, 15) 1.05am Best of the Best II HH Mindless but entertaining martial arts film. Eric Roberts (1992, 18) 3.05—5.00am Steel Sharks HH A special forces team are held captive in an enemy submarine. Gary Busey, Billy Dee Williams (1996, 15)

6.00am Meteor Moon H Plodding sci-fi mockbuster. Dominique Swain, Michael Broderick (2020) 8.00 The Curse of the Werewolf HH Rather tame Hammer horror. Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans (1961, 12) 10.00 Collision Earth HH The planet Mercury is set on a collision course with Earth. Kirk Acevedo (2011, 12) 12 noon The 7 Adventures of Sinbad HH A wealthy descendant of the legendary sailor is given a series of impossible tasks. Patrick Muldoon (2010) 2.00pm Shark! H Muddled and forgettable action movie with Burt Reynolds. Barry Sullivan, Arthur Kennedy (1969, 15) 4.00pm The Six Million Dollar Man Five episodes of the TV sci-fi series starring Lee Majors. 9.00 Duel 5 A motorist is menaced by an oil tanker in this brilliantly effective thriller. Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone (1971, PG) 10.50 Bad Lieutenant HHHH Drama about a corrupt cop seeking redemption through his investigation of the rape of a nun. Harvey Keitel (1992, 18)

Kind Hearts and Coronets 5

11.00am-1.10pm Film4 y

BLACK COMEDY Arguably the finest of the Ealing comedies, Robert Hamer’s film has a deliciously witty script that slips smoothly between dastardly deaths in the guise of a self-satisfied memoir. Alec Guinness plays the eight doomed D’Ascoynes (both male and female), and merits every superlative lavished on a performance of astounding versatility and virtuosity. But let’s not forget Dennis Price as the ceaselessly inventive killer, and Joan Greenwood and Valerie Hobson as the vamp and the vestal in his life, all of whom are brilliant. DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1949, BW, HD)

Mary, Queen of Scots HHHH

12.15-2.20pm BBC Two h HISTORICAL DRAMA

The great Tudor power play is laid out here like a richly embroidered rug, with Glenda Jackson reprising the role she played in BBC series Elizabeth R and Vanessa Redgrave as her cousin Mary Stuart. In short, two of Britain’s finest actors shine in tailor-made roles, along with a classy supporting cast. SUE HEAL (UK 1971, some violence, HD)

mThe Croods HHH

2.55-5.00pm ITV2 y

ANIMATED COMEDY This lively film from DreamWorks has Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone voicing the dad and daughter of a not-so-modern Stone Age family who flee impending apocalypse with a more evolved teen (Ryan Reynolds) from another tribe. There’s enough slapstick to keep the whole family amused.

DAVE ALDRIDGE (US 2013, HD)

The Professionals HHHH

3.00-5.30pm GreatAction g Film of the Day: p77. (US 1966, may be edited for content) “Crocodile” Dundee II HHH 3.15-5.30pm C5 g COMEDY ADVENTURE

After the first movie was a

cracking run of hits. Drugs and booze reduced them to playing the club circuit, until a move to Miami sowed the seeds for Saturday Night Fever and superstardom.

ANDREW COLLINS (US 2020, some swearing, HD)

Chain Reaction HHH

9.00-11.05pm Legend h

ACTION THRILLER Andrew Davis’s muddled movie gets by on the strength of its action scenes, which paper over the weak links in the plot. It’s hard to buy Keanu Reeves as a scientist seeking to make cheap power out of water, but after he and fellow researcher Rachel Weisz crack the formula and must go on the run, the story finally takes flight.

ALAN JONES (US 1996, violence, swearing)

Carrie 5

10.00-11.35pm BBC Two (starts 11.15pm in N Ireland) j

See review, p97.

(US 1976, violence, swearing, nudity, HD) Glass HHH

massive hit, Paul Hogan returned as Mick “Crocodile” Dundee for this sequel. The story attempts to blend the comedy of the original with an old-fashioned rescue adventure. But Hogan is as amiable as before and there are some funny moments to be had. JOHN MARRIOTT (US/ Aus 1988, may be edited for content, HD)

mHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets HHHH

3.25-6.25pm ITV1 g

FANTASY ADVENTURE

It’s a new year at Hogwarts and the fantasy series builds on its mix of adventure tinged with danger as Harry, Ron and Hermione investigate a petrifying force, and there are spiders lurking in the Forbidden Forest. Among the adults, Kenneth Branagh stands out as new teacher Gilderoy Lockhart. TOM HUTCHINSON (US/UK/Ger 2002, may be edited for content, col/sepia, HD)

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart HHHH

8.00-10.00pm Sky Arts h

MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

This lively scoot through the story of the Bee Gees charts how the Douglas-born band of brothers — Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb — made it big in the late 1960s with a

10.50pm-1.25am Film4 j

FANTASY THRILLER

Do watch Unbreakable and Split before viewing this third part of M Night Shyamalan’s low-key comic-book trilogy. James McAvoy, Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson return from the earlier films, as their characters wind up in a psychiatric hospital. The scenes where the tetchy trio gather for group therapy are very entertaining, though the story’s a bit too silly.

JEREMY ASPINALL (US 2019, violence, HD)

Get Out 5

11.35pm-1.15am BBC Two (not N Ireland) j

See review, p77. (US/Jpn 2017, violence, swearing, HD)

The Guilty HHHH 12.55-2.25am C4 j

CRIME THRILLER This tautly handled Danish procedural takes place in a police call centre, where shorttempered officer Asger (Jakob Cedergren) is on light duties pending an inquiry. Details are drip-fed by director Gustav Möller, as our man deals with minor work, until a call comes in from a terrified abductee, and Asger turns desktop detective. AC (Den 2018, swearing, HD)

S.W.A.T. 9.00pm Deacon and Hondo gear up for action True Detective 10.15pm Hays tries to vindicate himself

6.00am Boosnoo! Mega Mashups

6.15 Ready Eddie Go! (AD) 6.30 Emerald (AD) 6.40 The Brilliant World of Tom Gates 2 (AD) 6.50 Silly Animals 7.00 Monkey Life

8.30 Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips 10.00 The Office US 11.00 LIVE Women’s Super League Football: Chelsea v Leicester City (kick-off 12.00) 2.30pm The Simpsons 3.30 New. Formula One: Azerbaijan Grand Prix highlights

4.30 New. Ted’s Notebook

5.00pm David Attenborough’s Kingdom of Plants 1/3. Plant life at the Royal Botanic Gardens. (AD)

6.00 2/3. A look at how plants change through the seasons.

7.00 3/3. How species reduce their dependence on water.

8.00 Rob and Romesh vs Classical Music Ep 4 Series 5 The duo join the London Philharmonic Orchestra. (AD)

9.00 S.W.A.T. 10/22 Series 8. The squad contends with a hostage crisis and Hondo receives a visit.

10.00 The Sopranos 11/13 Series 1 Junior conspires with Livia when he suspects Tony is plotting against him. 11.00 12/13. Tony is numbed by an increased dose of antidepressants.

12 midnight The Force: North East: two editions 2.00am Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 FILM

Arctic Armageddon H Disaster adventure starring Joe Finfera. When the world begins to freeze thanks to a freak earthquake, a crew of scientists must fight to save the day 1.00pm Stargate Atlantis

6.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space

Nine 5/26 Series 2. Cardassians arrive to reclaim an orphan raised by the Bajorans, provoking a violent confrontation aboard the station.

7.00 6/26. Bashir falls in love with a woman whose species is unable to walk in normal gravity, and sets out to develop a technology that could free her from the confines of her wheelchair.

8.00 7/26. A Ferengi female poses as a male, but unexpectedly finds herself falling for Quark — with disastrous consequences for the success of her masquerade.

9.00 8/26. An attempt on Quark’s life brings Odo face to face with an old unsolved murder case in which Kira was a prime suspect.

10.00 9/26. Commander Sisko finds himself falling for a seductive but mysterious alien named Fenna who has a habit of disappearing at the wrong moment.

11.00 The Ark 11/12 Series 1. The crew must understand their rival better as they attempt a dangerous rescue mission. (AD) 12 midnight The Ark (AD)

4.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Urban Secrets 9.00

Westworld (AD) 1.25pm Game of Thrones: four episodes (AD)

6.50pm Game of Thrones 2/10 Series 1. Bran clings to life as Ned prepares to head south with the king, only for the youngster to come under attack once more. (AD)

7.55 3/10. Ned finally takes up his role in the king’s court, but struggles to deal with the monarch’s cunning advisers. (AD) 9.00 Task 2/7. As he prepares for an emotional court appearance, Tom buries himself in the case, while Robbie works to find a way to turn his newfound surplus into cash. (AD)

10.15 True Detective 3/8 Series 3 Hays recalls the early days of his romance with Amelia, and some of the cracks that began to show after they married and had children together. (AD)

11.20 The Wire 8/13 Series 1 Herc and Carver arrest a senator’s driver after witnessing him picking up a large amount of cash from known gang members.

12.25am In Treatment: Alex talks to Paul about Laura 12.55 The Last of Us (AD) 2.00 New. Task 3/7. See choice, p60. Rptd tomorrow 9pm 3.15 Succession (AD) 4.30 In Treatment 5.00—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 7.00 UK Border Force: double bill 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 10.00 Send in the Dogs 11.00 The Force: Manchester 12 noon Bondi Rescue: four episodes

2.00pm Nothing to Declare Twelve editions of the documentary accessing national security at Australia’s biggest airports as customs and immigration officers tackle criminals.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Road disasters captured on video by drivers’ dashboard cameras.

9.00 Doc 1/10 Series 1. Medical drama starring Molly Parker. After a brain injury erases her memories of the past eight years of her life, Dr Amy Larsen must navigate an unfamiliar world. (AD)

10.00 The Rookie 16/18 Series 7

A familiar face returns hoping to prove himself, while an influencer gets his fans to come after Wesley. Tim supports Lucy as she prepares for the sergeant’s exam. (AD)

11.00 Matlock 9/19 Series 1

Matty’s friendship with Olympia clouds her judgement when she takes on Elijah’s case, and Edwin worries she will be caught out. (AD)

12 midnight The Good Doctor

1.00am Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2.00 New. Elsbeth 20/20 Series 2. See choice, p60. Rptd tomorrow 9pm 3.00 FBI (AD) 4.00— 6.00am Nothing to Declare (AD)

6.00am SEAL Team (AD) 10.00

Grimm 2.00pm Brassic (AD)

5.00pm Brassic 4/7 Series 6

Tommo befriends a once-famous dance-arcade champion, while Vinnie and the gang try to rescue Gideon from a cult. (AD)

6.00 5/7. Cardi’s mum shows up in Hawley after being Awol for years and announces she’s getting married, while Carol gets a nasty shock of her own. (AD)

7.00 6/7. Ashley decides to up his game after being humiliated by some youths, enlisting the help of Jim and Cardi as he embarks on a strict training regime. (AD)

8.00 7/7. JJ and Sugar tie the knot, but their celebrations are cut short. Vinnie and the gang now must plan another event.

9.00 S.W.A.T. 10/22 Series 8 The squad contends with a hostage crisis, while Hondo receives a family visit.

10.00 Gods of Egypt H q Action fantasy adventure starring Brenton Thwaites and Gerard Butler. In Ancient Egypt, the evil god Set seizes the throne for himself. It falls to a lowly thief to challenge the usurper. (AD)

12.20am The Force: North East 2.00am Road Wars: double bill 4.00—6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E

7.00am Celebrity Four Weddings 8.00 Four Weddings 9.00 Highway Cops 10.00 Highway Patrol 2.00pm Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Road Wars: four editions. Police officers combat vehicle crime 6.00 Following the work of the Proactive Squad from Thames Valley Police 7.00 The police helicopter is called out to assist Charlie and Mish, who are in hot pursuit of two shoplifters 8.00 Conrad and Simon tackle a mugger who is trying to rob a bus 9.00 SEAL Team: triple bill. Bravo works with the Congolese army on a covert mission (AD) 10.00 The unit tries to take down the financier and mastermind of several terrorist attacks (AD) 11.00 Jason tries to find a way to pay for Emma’s college fees (AD) 12 midnight SEAL Team (AD) 2.00am A League of Their Own (AD) 4.00—6.00am Four Weddings

6.00am Highway Cops 9.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 10.00 Killer in My Village 11.00 World’s

7.10am Only Fools and Horses (AD)

4.20pm Fawlty Towers: the Play (AD)

6.25pm Fawlty Towers Prudish Basil resorts to increasingly desperate measures to prevent an unmarried couple lowering moral standards at his hotel. (AD)

7.05 A rumour that hotel inspectors are in town brings out the worst in Basil as he tries to spot the undercover enemy without upsetting the guests. (AD)

7.40 The boss has plans for an evening of cordon bleu cuisine at the hotel, but the new chef finds Manuel more appealing. (AD)

8.20 A party of Germans comes to stay and Basil resolves to ensure everyone is on their best behaviour. However, a case of concussion affects his own demeanour. (AD)

9.00 As 6.25pm.

9.45 As 7.05pm.

10.20 Only Fools and Horses Del buys a manual to show him how to make positive decisions, but it only succeeds in helping the Trotters’ finances hit an all-time low. (AD)

11.45 Bottom Richie prepares for his birthday — but suffers an accident while putting up the decorations and breaks his leg.

12.20am Men Behaving Badly 1.30 Fawlty Towers (AD) 2.40 Bottom 3.20—4.00am Men Behaving Badly

8.00am The Conners 9.00 Ballers (AD) 10.45 Veep (AD) 12.45pm Sex and the City 4.00 Will & Grace (AD) 6.30 The Office US: five episodes. Tensions rise among the party planning committee 7.00 Michael tries to deal with being dumped by Carol 7.30 Pam gets caught in the middle of an argument 8.00 Michael has the staff work together on sales calls 8.25 Oscar’s return from vacation prompts a Mexican-themed party 9.00 Rob Beckett: Wallop: a standup show by the comedian and Eight out of Ten Cats team captain 10.15 And Just like That...: triple bill. Carrie asks Che to be her moral support (AD) 11.05 Miranda explores the possibilities of dating again (AD) 12 midnight Charlotte gets ready to go back to work full-time (AD) 12.55am Girls: three episodes (AD) 2.40—5.00am Entourage

8.00am Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 9.00 Friends (AD) 2.00pm FILM Evolution HHH Sci-fi action comedy starring David Duchovny 4.00 Friends (AD) 9.00 FILM Ace Ventura: Pet Detective HHHH Comedy starring Jim Carrey. Eccentric investigator Ace Ventura is hired to discover who is behind the mysterious kidnapping of the Miami Dolphins football team mascot 10.35 Iain Stirling’s Roast the Internet (AD) 11.35 CC Live: Stand Up Shorts 12.05am Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA: triple bill 1.35 Important Things with Demetri Martin 2.05 South Park 3.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 3.25 The Ricky Gervais Show: double bill 4.15—5.00am Most Ridiculous

7.15am Murdoch Mysteries 10.00

Inspector George Gently (AD) 12 noon Father Brown: four episodes (AD) 4.00pm The Coroner (AD) 6.00pm Beyond Paradise 5/6 Series 2. On a moor outside of Shipton Abbott, a woman is found with an arrow in her back. (AD)

7.00 6/6. A museum heist and cyber crime are under investigation as Humphrey and Martha’s wedding day finally arrives. (AD)

8.00 Death in Paradise 7/8 Series 12. The team must prove Neville’s innocence when he is arrested on suspicion of killing David Cartwright, especially as the inspector brought in to investigate is sure of his guilt. (AD) 9.00 8/8. The team investigates the murder of a calypso singer’s husband. Neville struggles with Sophie’s revelations and contemplates his future. (AD) 10.00 Father Brown 6/10 Series 10. The visit of Princess Margaret to Kembleford is jeopardised when a school caretaker is found murdered. (AD) 11.00 Annika 2/6 Series 1 When a body is found on a boat in the Clyde, the case takes the team to the Isle of Bute. (AD) 12.05am Beyond Paradise (AD) 2.05—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

Homestead Rescue: Marty responds to a new, desperate plea from the Bower Family in eastern Vermont — a 100-year flood has wiped out their property access route (AD) 9.00 Sin City Tow: tow-truck drivers hunt for illegally parked cars in Las Vegas. A driver gambles and

a horse ranch 12 midnight Alaskan Bush People 4.00am How Do They Do It? 4.30—5.00am Buying Alaska

Seize 5.00—6.00am Send in the Dogs 7.00am Shed and Buried 9.00 Codes and Conspiracies 12 noon Combat Dealers: three editions 3.00pm World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides: triple bill 6.00pm Blowing Up History: triple bill. Using CGI to reveal where the tomb of Alexander the Great may lie (AD) 7.00 Archaeologists believe they’ve found the ruins of the Greek city of Helike (AD) 8.00 The construction of megastructures created by bygone civilisations 9.00 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers: triple bill. An antique anatomy model in need of surgery 10.00 Piecing a grand Tudor style four poster bed back together 11.00 Restoring a rare 1940s American basketball game 12 midnight Shed and Buried 2.00—5.00am Combat Dealers

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Death of a Showjumper 9.00pm The case takes a turn

6.00am Discovering: Emma Thompson (AD) 7.00 Discovering: John Travolta (AD) 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 FILM Val HHH

A portrait of actor Val Kilmer (AD) 11.00 FILM Man on Wire 5 Detailing the preparation for and execution of Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. English, French +subtitles 1.00pm Rise of the Superheroes 3.15 On the Line: the Richard Williams Story (AD) 5.00 I Am Luke Perry

6.45pm Tina HHHH

q Exploring the life and music of Tina Turner, leading up to the comeback she made in the 1980s after divorcing husband Ike. (AD)

9.00 New. Death of a Showjumper Katie Simpson’s family and friends prepare for Jonathan Cresswell’s trial, but the case takes a shocking turn. (AD)

10.00 The Case against Adnan Syed New revelations expose flaws in the original prosecution of Adnan Syed as other potential suspects come to light.

11.15 Flight 149: Hostage of War A British Airways flight held hostage in Kuwait City in 1990.

1.15am Wirecard: a Billion Euro Lie (AD) 3.15 Steve McQueen: the Lost Movie (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Directors: the work of Orson Welles

Geographic

8.00am Ice Road Rescue: three editions (AD) 11.00 WW2: Hell under the Sea 1.00pm Hitler’s Last Stand (AD) 3.00 Nazi Megastructures (AD)

4.00 Apocalypse: the Fall of Hitler (AD) 6.00pm Tucci in Italy 7.00 Construction Fails (AD) 8.00 New. Engineering Europe: Spain’s engineering wonders revealed (AD) 9.00 RT CHOICE New series. Top Guns: the Next Generation: documentary following fighter pilots in training. A student’s dreams are challenged during advanced bombing training. See page 51 (AD) 10.00 Miracle Landing on the Hudson: how US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to land 11.00 Inside Melbourne Airport (AD) 12 midnight Air Crash Investigation: three editions 2.55am Food Factory USA 3.45 To Catch a Smuggler 4.35—5.00am Money Meltdown

Deep Dive North America

6.00pm A bull shark encounter

6.00am Mysteries of Evolution

8.00 A Wild Year on Earth: triple bill (AD) 11.00 City Wildlife Rescue

1.00pm Impossible Animals: triple bill (AD) 4.00 Invisible River: under Water between the Black Forest and the Vosges 5.00 New. Coral City

6.00pm New. Deep Dive North America Lizzie Daly explores North America’s coastlines, encountering flourishing wildlife and meeting the people protecting these locations.

7.00 The Bachelor King Documentary exploring the lives of king penguins, filmed on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia over five months. (AD)

8.30 Flying Monsters with David Attenborough The broadcaster explores the world of the pterosaur, a flying creature that occupied the skies 200 million years ago. (AD)

10.00 Evolution Earth Scientists discover animals with the power to restore our grasslands, turning them into carbon sinks that could slow climate change.

11.00 Coral City As winter descends, life on the reef slows down. Reef sharks and octopuses meander, and there’s a look at a coral oasis atop an old shipwreck.

12 midnight Deep Dive North America 1.00am Mysteries of Evolution 3.00—6.00am Malawi Wildlife Rescue: three editions

Nat Geo Wild

8.00am The Incredible Dr Pol 10.00 Ocean’s Weirdest 11.00 Queens

1.00pm Secrets of the Penguins

4.00 Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa

6.00pm New. Critter Fixers: Country Vets: documentary set in a Georgia veterinary hospital 7.00 New. Close Encounters of the Wild Kind: the truth behind animal encounters in the city

8.00 Wild Vietnam: the wildlife of Vietnam’s mountains 9.00 Thailand’s Hidden Wilderness: the wildlife of Thailand’s jungles 10.00 Crocodile King: examining the territorial crocodile’s battle for dominance, food and mates against rivals of its own species 11.00 Snakes in the City: Siouxsie comes face to face with a green mamba and Simon has a narrow escape 12 midnight Alaska: the Next Generation 2.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa 4.00—5.00am Yukon Vet

History Animal Planet

6.00am Pawn Stars 8.00 Alone 9.00 Kevin Costner’s The West 10.00 Britain’s Most Historic Towns: three editions 1.00pm Storage Wars 5.00 Beyond the Myth: the SS Unveiled: double bill 7.00 National Park Mysteries: four editions. Claims that there is a hidden underground Nazi base in Montana’s Glacier National Park

7.30 Curious events in Mount Shasta

National Park 8.00 El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico 8.30 Gettysburg National Military Park, which many believe is haunted by its violent past 9.00 Field of Vampires: a plot in Poland containing 30 “deviant burials”, then 11.00 History’s Most Shocking 12 midnight Storage Wars 4.00—6.00am Ancient Aliens

SPORT

SUNDAY

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439 6.00am Catch Up 7.00 Goals on Sunday 9.00 The Sunday Supplement 10.30 LIVE Azerbaijan Grand Prix Coverage of the 17th round of the season, in Baku (start 12.00). 1.30pm LIVE Premier League Football Sunderland v Aston Villa at Stadium of Light (kick-off 2.00); 4.00 Arsenal v Manchester City at Emirates Stadium (kick-off 4.30). 8.00 LIVE NFL Minnesota Vikings v Cincinnati Bengals; 9.00 Chicago Bears v Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field (kick-off 9.25); 1.10am Coverage of New York Giants v Kansas City Chiefs (kick-off 1.20). 4.40—6.00am Sky Sports Catch Up

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441 6.00am Championship Highlights 11.00 LIVE Women’s Super League Football Chelsea v Leicester City at Kingsmeadow (kick-off 12.00). 2.30pm Championship Highlights 5.30 LIVE NFL New England Patriots v Pittsburgh Steelers at Gillette Stadium (kick-off 6.00); 9.15 San Francisco 49ers v Arizona Cardinals (kick-off 9.25). 12.30am Women’s Super League Highlights 1.00 League One Goals 1.30 League Two Goals 2.00 Greatest Games 4.00 Championship Season Review (AD) 5.00—6.00am Best Goals (AD)

Sky Sports

+

6.00am LIVE ATP Tennis Coverage from the ATP Tour. 11.00 LIVE Women’s Super League Football Coverage of Aston Villa v Liverpool (k-o 12.00). 2.30pm Sports Sunday 4.30 LIVE Women’s Super League St Helens v York Valkyrie; 7.00 Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos. 9.45 Rugby Union 10.00 Sky Sports Catch Up 12 midnight Women’s Super League 5.15—6.00am EFL Greatest Games: action from 2017/2018 (AD)

Sky Golf

Sky 406 Virgin 515/HD 505 EE 423/HD 443 6.00am European Tour Golf 7.00 Rose Ladies Series 8.00 LPGA Tour Golf 11.00 Countdown to the Ryder Cup 11.30 LIVE European Tour Golf Day four of the Open de France. 4.30pm LIVE Ladies European Tour Golf La Sella Open, day four. 5.00 Defining Decisions 5.30 Tales from the Ryder Cup 6.30 Countdown to the Ryder Cup 7.00 European Tour Golf: Open de France 8.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf NW Arkansas Championship, day three. 11.00 Challenge Tour Golf 11.30 PGA Tour Champions Learning Centre 12 midnight Legends Tour Golf 1.00am The Open Zone (AD) 2.00 Best of the Open Zone (AD) 3.00 Countdown to the Ryder Cup 3.30 Ryder Cup Memories (AD) 4.30 European Tour Golf 5.00—6.00am Golf Academy (AD)

Premier League Football

4.00pm Sky PL Arsenal look to Viktor Gyökeres for goals

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440 6.00am Highlights 9.00 The Sunday Supplement 11.00 Matchday 1.00pm LIVE Premier League Football Bournemouth v Newcastle United (kick-off 2.00); 4.00 Arsenal v Manchester City at Emirates Stadium (kick-off 4.30). 8.00 Premier League Stories 8.30 Highlights 3.00am Greatest Games 4.00—6.00am Best Goals

Sky Cricket

Sky 405 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442 6.00am International One-Day Cricket 8.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket (AD) 9.00 International One-Day Cricket 10.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 11.00 International One-Day Cricket 1.00pm Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 2.00 International One-Day Cricket 3.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 4.00 International One-Day Cricket 6.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 7.00 International One-Day Cricket (AD) 9.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 10.00 International One-Day Cricket 11.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 12 midnight International One-Day Cricket 1.00am T20 Blast Cricket 4.45 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 5.00— 6.00am International One-Day Cricket

Sky NFL

Sky 412 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am Highlights 10.00 Bitesize 11.00 Highlights 12 noon Bitesize 1.00pm Highlights 2.00 Gameday 5.30 LIVE NFL Minnesota Vikings v Cincinnati Bengals (kick-off 6.00); 9.15 Coverage of Chicago Bears v Dallas Cowboys (kick-off 9.25); 1.10am New York Giants v Kansas City Chiefs (kick-off 1.20). 4.45—6.00am Bitesize

Sky F1

Sky 407 Virgin 516/HD 506 EE 424/HD 444 7.55—9.15am LIVE Formula Two

The Azerbaijan GP feature race. 10.30—3.00pm LIVE Azerbaijan Grand Prix Coverage of the 17th round of the season (start 12.00).

TNT Sports 1

Sky 410 Virgin 521 EE 408/HD 430

11.00am LIVE British Superbikes

The second race at the ninth round of the season, at TT Circuit Assen. 1.00pm LIVE International T20 Cricket Ireland v England, the third and final men’s T20 from Dublin. 5.15 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 6.15

TNT Sports 2

8.00am My Cat from Hell (AD) 9.00

Crikey! It’s the Irwins 10.00 Lone Star Law 11.00 Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet: two editions 1.00pm Pit Bulls and Parolees: double bill 3.00 My Cat from Hell (AD) 5.00 Treehouse Masters 6.00pm Bad Dog! 7.00 How Do Animals Do That?: two episodes 8.00 Treetop Cat Rescue: double bill. Shaun battles high winds to get a repeat offender down to its family, then Cake the cat proves not to be quite so sweet 9.00 The Zoo: a sickly fawn is rushed to the health centre 10.00 Tanked 11.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier 12 midnight Fish or Die 1.00am Saved by the Barn 2.00 Alaskan Bush People 3.00 Treetop Cat Rescue: double bill 4.00—5.00am The Zoo

Premier Sports 1

Sky 419 Virgin 551

12.55—3.00pm LIVE Spanish Football Rayo Vallecano v Celta Vigo in La Liga (kick-off 1.00). 3.15—6.15 LIVE Scottish League Cup Football Partick Thistle v Celtic at Firhill (kick-off 3.30). 7.55—10.00 LIVE Spanish Football Coverage of Barcelona v Getafe in La Liga (kick-off 8.00).

Premier Sports 2

Sky 420 Virgin 552

6.30—11.00pm LIVE Nascar Cup From the New Hampshire Speedway.

Sky Tennis

Sky 408 Virgin 537/HD 520 EE 425/HD 445 6.00am—2.30pm LIVE Tennis

The Chengdu and Hangzhou Opens; 9.00 The WTA Korea Open final; 11.00 Chengdu and Hangzhou Opens.

Sky Sports Mix

Sky 416 Virgin 510 EE 429/HD 449 11.00am LIVE Women’s Super League Football Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham Utd (k-o 12.00). 2.30—5.00pm LIVE Ladies European Tour Golf Day four of the La Sella Open in Spain. 5.30—1.00am LIVE NFL Redzone The latest updates on today’s games.

TNT Sports

Monday

DOCUMENTARY

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

9.00pm BBC Two

Catch up via iPlayer Covid-19 wasn’t the world’s first pandemic and, sadly, it also won’t be the last. So, all we can do is to try to get ahead of the next one by identifying the pathogen that will trigger it, where it will start and how to react to it — before it’s too late. There was no preview available at the time of writing but in this hopefully not-too-alarming Horizon documentary, virologist Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates what could trigger “Disease X”, the name the World Health Organisation has given to the unknown deadly virus most likely to cause the next global crisis.

Chris meets experts in the fields of virology, epidemiology, vaccinology and public policy around the world and reveals the hotspots where new viruses are most likely to emerge, as well as exploring the origins and paths of past deadly viruses including the Nipah virus and the current avian flu emergency in California.

On a brighter note, he also meets the pioneering teams whose research work may keep us safe from future devastating outbreaks. Let’s hope it does.

JANE RACKHAM

DOCUMENTARY

Policing Paradise

8.30pm (not NI, Scotland, Wales) BBC One Full series via iPlayer

Robin MacNab of the police K9 unit is part of a raid on a property where pit bulls are being illegally bred. Her instinct is to keep the six puppies she finds, but Robin’s under strict instructions from her partner not to come home with any more dogs she’s encountered at work. It’s a tough call for someone who clearly adores her canine companions.

Elsewhere, and for the second time in as many weeks, we see someone getting pulled over for riding without insurance. Last week’s incident with a moped was of fleeting interest. On this occasion, you’d really need the owner of a motorbike to start pulling wheelies for it to grab attention. Unfortunately, there’s no such stunt work. DAVID BROWN

DRAMA

Coldwater

9.00pm ITV1

READY?

Dr Chris van Tulleken learns what’s being done to prepare for the worst

Full series available via ITVX

Viewers can forgive a lot when it comes to a screen villain, but the killing of a pet tends to be seen as behaviour that goes beyond the boundary of acceptability. Think of the fate of the bird in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? or the bunny brought to the boil in Fatal Attraction — two infamous instances of a defenceless animal falling victim to the machinations of a bitter, twisted individual. Here, I suspect that the sacrifice of — spoiler warning for anyone yet to watch Sunday’s episode — Harlequin the cat will be the moment when the public watching this peculiar thriller will begin longing for Tommy (Ewen Bremner) to receive his just deserts. Though, currently, any vanquishing feels a good way off. DB

PROPERTY

Salvage Hunters: Georgian House Restoration

9pm Really Catch up: Discovery+

Drew Pritchard has risked it all to restore his dream Georgian home in Bath. The likeable antiques dealer has sold his house in North Wales and much of his prized collection to fund his lifelong ambition. He wants to turn the Grade I-listed, five-storey pile from dilapidated 1970s flat conversions back into a family townhouse — but the unloved property needs a costly complete renovation. As this series (first shown on Quest earlier this year) begins, he urgently needs to replace its leaking roof and rotten sash windows — but a collapsing wall threatens the house’s entire structure. A daunting but worthy mission. MICHAEL HOGAN

DRAMA Task

9.00pm Sky Atlantic Catch up via Now

Despite being steeped in a tough world of robbery and violence, there’s a kind of childlike naivety to Robbie, which explains why his plans have now careened off the rails. Instead of a big pay day from the now-notorious raid, he’s saddled with 12kg of fentanyl that he must shift, and rather than providing for his family, he’s merely added to their number after taking in the sought-after Sam. Robbie’s path is also surely destined at some point to cross with FBI agent Tom’s, but first there’s the not-insignificant matter of the informant within the ranks of the Dark Hearts, and there are few things as fearsome as a high-ranking but paranoid member of a drug-running biker gang. DB

MONDAY 22

DRAMA Elsbeth

9.00pm Sky Witness Catch up: Now In a loopy twist of fate, Elsbeth, who was arrested last week, now finds herself sharing prison space with many of the high-class criminals she’s put away. So, returning for another go around are the likes of Alyssa Milano (as restaurateur Pupetta Del Ponte), Elizabeth Lail (aka tech CEO Quinn Powers) and even Stephen Moyer (who was theatre professor Alex Modarian, Elsbeth’s first bust in the Big Apple). But incarceration doesn’t stop Elsbeth from following the clues when one of the killers happens to get bumped off. DB

SERIES FINALE

BOARD TO DEATH

ARTS

Anthony Wall Remembers… Arena

10.00pm BBC Four Catch up: iPlayer First broadcast 50 years ago next month, Arena was BBC Two’s arts flagship until 2004, since when it’s filled the same role for BBC Four. Anthony Wall was its editor from 1985 to 2018 and he reflects on the programme’s impact before three examples showcase Arena’s breadth and depth. First up, 1979’s My Way (10.15pm) investigates the song’s history, then 2012’s The Dreams of William Golding (10.50pm) profiles the author. Finally, 1997’s The Banana (12.20am) looks at the fruit’s journey from Velvet Underground cover star to racist symbol on English football terraces. JOHN AIZLEWOOD

DRAMA

The Guest

9.00pm BBC One Full series available via iPlayer

DOCUMENTARY

Ancient Autopsy

9.00pm More4 Catch up via C4 streaming NEW SERIES Ye olde Silent Witness, anyone? This new series sees Suzannah Lipscomb investigate the ancient world’s most mysterious deaths, cosplaying as Emilia Fox as she re-examines the final moments of four mighty historical figures. Did Alexander the Great drink poisoned wine? What links rodents to Genghis Khan’s demise? And what was behind the sudden end of boy king Tutankhamun? First up, was Cleopatra really killed by a snake bite? To find out, the plucky professor confronts live cobras, witnesses venom extraction, studies Roman records and hears academic theories of political murder. Aided by forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd’s cutting-edge analysis, she reconsiders the truth behind one of history’s most infamous deaths in a tale of trauma, disease and potential foul play. MH

Mastermind/Only Connect/University Challenge

7.30pm/8pm/8.30pm BBC Two

Mastermind host Clive Myrie (above) kicks off the quizzing.

Gaza: Dying for Food — Panorama 8.00pm (8.30pm in NI, 11.40pm Scotland) BBC One The current affairs strand looks at the horrific situation in Gaza.

Shed and Buried: Classic Cars 9.00pm Quest

A Triumph TR3A in Oxfordshire is in need of some TLC.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 67

“What have you done?” gasps Fran (Eve Myles) when she returns to her palatial home to find Ria (Gabrielle Creevy) in the middle of what could be called a bloody mess in the kitchen As this intriguing Welsh thriller concludes, the pieces fall into place. We learn about Fran’s motivations and her past when she hightails it to her sister’s for safety, while Ria works out what “lonely girl lost” written in her predecessor’s notebook means. Ria’s smart, but she’s not out of danger yet At least she’s heeded the advice, “Don’t be grateful for the crumbs, eat the whole loaf.” JR

LAST EPISODE the advice, loaf ”

MYSTERY

What’s Fran (Eve Myles) really up to?

SITCOM

Where’s Shem?

T i g

10 40pm, 11 10pm BBC One Catch up via iPlayer If you didn’t catch this utterly lovely comedy on AppleTV+, do take the chance now: you will rarely find a more likeable collection of characters, led by Rafe Spall and Esther Smith as Jason and Nikki, a young-ish London couple trying to adopt a child As they face a daunting vetting process, a social event for would-be parents dents their confidence: it’s full of smooth types with better jobs than our scrappy, silly heroes In the second half of the double bill, the pair get drunk and forget they are due a visit from an adoption officer. It’s here where Apple’s luxurious casting budget kicks in, as a relatively minor supporting part is played with formidable comic panache by Imelda Staunton, no less JACK SEALE

Help us find our missing editor! Solve all nine clues and record your answers on the crime board from the 6 September issue for a chance to win a Sky Glass TV, 12-month Sky Essential TV subscription and a bundle of Netflix goodies* . We’ve already had three, so here’s the fourth…

Cluefour

What’s the third letterof the country where the visiting president is from in Netflix series Hostage?

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Suzannah Lipscomb examines the fate of Cleopatra

MONDAY Main Channels

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Jon Kay, Sally Nugent. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Magazine show presented by Michelle Ackerley and Gethin Jones. (S) (HD)

10.45 SAS: Catching the Criminals The hunt for a drug kingpin in Greater Manchester. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Homes under the Hammer Properties in the West Midlands, Swansea and Norwich. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Eric Knowles presents from Stoneleigh antiques fair in Warwickshire. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Clean It, Fix It A team of cleaners and DIY experts performs home makeovers. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes Robson and his nephew, brother and uncle clamber into a camper van and head south to County Durham. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Sonali Shah is in Somerset with a couple from New York. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45 The Travelling Auctioneers James Broad and Lauren Wood help Sue sell some of her cherished collections to help fund a holiday with her daughters and grandchildren. Last in series. Rptd Friday 7.15am BBC Two (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 The Answer Run Jason Manford hosts the fast-paced quiz show. Last in series. (S) (HD)

6.30am Beechgrove Garden Kirsty Wilson and Brian Cunningham sow sweet pea seeds. Shown Sunday 9am (S) (HD)

7.00—8.00 Sign Zone Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents from Belfast’s Botanic Gardens, where treasures include a teddy bear made to mark the sinking of the Titanic (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Match of the Day Highlights including Arsenal v Manchester City. Shown yesterday 10.30pm BBC One (S) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.15pm Politics Live News from Westminster. (S) (HD)

1.00 Impossible Quiz with Rick Edwards. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Bridge of Lies Hosted by Ross Kemp. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Unbeatable Ewan, Chelsea, Mandy and Gav battle it out on the general knowledge quiz. (R) (S) (HD)

3.15 Great British Menu The remaining chefs from Wales cook their mains and desserts. (R) (S) (HD)

4.15—5.15 Earth A history of the planet, beginning with the mass extinction 252 million years ago in which 90 per cent of all species died. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Fashion and showbiz news. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Lifestyle features, cookery and celebrity interviews. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Daily discussion. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson and his team are in Stoke-on-Trent, assessing items including a collection of 500 vinyl records and a painting that has been in the loft for 40 years. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00—4.00 Tenable Plod on the Tyne, a team of colleagues from the British Transport Police, take it in turns to find the answers to top 10 lists before trying to score a perfect 10 in the final round. Warwick Davis presents. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S) (HD)

5.50am Countdown With Shirley Ballas. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Celebrity Undercover Boss USA Singer/ songwriter Seal goes under cover, disguised as a sales executive, to find talented musicians struggling to make it in the music industry. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 A New Life in the Sun On the Costas, a creative couple begin to transform a shop into a chic boutique store selling dresses and art. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Car SOS Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend take on a 1924 Austin 7 Chummy — that doesn’t actually belong to its “owner”. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With Ainsley Harriott. (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 A Place in the Sun Laura Hamilton helps sisters Sheila and Jean find their dream holiday home in and around Spain’s Mijas Costa. (R) (S) (HD)

The Guest 9.00pm On the run: Ria (Gabrielle Creevy) tries to keep ahead of the police and clear her name

5.15pm Pointless

Quiz show presented by Alexander Armstrong, with guest co-host Angela Rippon. (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

Presented by Alex Jones and Roman Kemp. (S) (HD)

7.30 EastEnders

Zoe continues to evade the truth about her past. Cindy causes tension between Lauren and Peter. Writer Pete Lawson Cast Tuesday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Gaza: Dying for Food — Panorama

As the UK and others prepare to officially recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations, Jeremy Bowen reports on the shortages of food in Gaza. Director/Producer Victoria Noble; Editor Karen Wightman (S) (HD)

Signed repeat Friday 1.30am BBC Two (S) (HD)

NOTE: as Panorama reacts to the news its subject matter may change

8.30 Policing Paradise

4Officer Robin MacNab of the police K9 unit teams up with the wardens to execute a raid on a property suspected of illegally breeding pit bulls. Constables Daischon Chin and Jen Suter help keep Bermuda’s narrow, winding roads safe as they perform roadside stops of uninsured vehicles. See page 60.

Director Philip McCreery; Producers Colin Stone, Petal Felix, Amy Murray and Philip McCreery (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 The Guest

44/4. Ria is now a fugitive on the run. She must stay one step ahead of the police — and Fran — long enough to repair old relationships and uncover the evidence that will clear her name. The whole series is in UHD on iPlayer. See page 61.

Ria Powell Gabrielle Creevy

Fran Sharp Eve Myles

Simon Sharp Julian Lewis Jones

Lee Mace Sion Daniel Young

Sharla Bethan Mary-James

Annette Clare Perkins

DS Alex Flynn Amy Beth Hayes

DC Non Martin Heledd Gwynn

Helen Catherine Ayers

Penny Lola Waters

Lorraine Andria Doherty

Gemma Rice Hannah Daniel

Eleri Abbott Kimberley Nixon

Richard Abbott Emun Elliott

Geraint Mason Guthrie

Writer Matthew Barry; Producer Karen Lewis

Director Ashley Way (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Trying

43/8 Series 1. Tickets for a Queue. Nikki and Jason attend an adoption support picnic and are alarmed by the achievements of the group’s members. Developing an inferiority complex, they realise these are not the people they need to impress. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 4/8. Rainbow Castle People. Hungover after a night out, Nikki and Jason are horrified to realise they have forgotten that Penny from the adoption agency is arriving for a home visit. See page 61.

Jason Ross Rafe Spall

Erica Ophelia Lovibond

Sofia Diana Pozharskaya

Nikki Esther Smith

Freddy Oliver Chris

Alisha Sarah Niles

Jennifer Robyn Cara

John Newman Roderick Smith

Penny Imelda Staunton

Jilly Newman Marian McLoughlin

Writer Andy Wolton; Director Jim O’Hanlon; Producers Emma Lawson and Chris Sussman First shown on Apple TV+ (S) (AD) (HD)

11.40 Have I Got News for You

US comedian Roy Wood Jr is the guest host, as Richard Osman and Roisin Conaty join Paul Merton and Ian Hislop for the satirical quiz. From November 2024. Director Martin Lord; Producer Jordan Reed (R) (S) (HD)

12.10am Stranded on Honeymoon Island 7/12. The couples split into two groups. Shown last Wednesday (S) (AD) (HD) 1.10 8/12. The events of Castaway Day send shockwaves across Honeymoon Island. Shown last Thursday (S) (AD) (HD) 2.10 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 2.15—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic 9.00pm Dr Chris van Tulleken heads to Malaysia

5.15pm Flog It!

At Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, items include a Victorian dynamometer and a wine stopper from 1912.

Director Helen Shields; Series producer Amanda Lowe (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Former winners Yasmine Akram, Stephen Mangan, Ingrid Oliver and Tom Rosenthal take part. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys

16/20 Series 3. Michael Portillo embarks on a journey around the east coast of England, beginning in the Thames estuary where creeks separate Canvey Island from the mainland. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Global Eye

Featuring reports from the BBC World Service. (S) (HD)

7.30 Mastermind

The specialist subjects are the musical Evita, the history of Hereford Cathedral, the works of Sally Rooney, and Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros. Clive Myrie hosts. Producer Paul Christian; Executive producers Chris Jones, Kate Middleditch and Jimmy Mulville (S) (HD)

8.00 Only Connect

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts a first-round match as the 5ks go head to head with the Grapevines. Director Siân G Lloyd; Producer Nick Martin (S) (HD)

8.30 University Challenge

Amol Rajan asks the questions as Durham takes on Merton College, Oxford, in a first-round match.

Director Bridget Caldwell; Producer Clare Parody (S) (HD)

9.00 Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

4Dr Chris van Tulleken is on the trail of the pathogen that could trigger the next pandemic — known only as Disease X — and the science being developed to tackle it. To uncover what it might be and how it could spread, he follows the paths of past deadly viruses, visiting the ground zero of the Nipah virus in Malaysia. He also heads to California to hear about the bird flu outbreak in US cattle. See p60. Director Emeka Onono; Executive producers Craig Hunter and John Redshaw Repeated Friday 11pm (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Upstart Crow

6/6 Series 1. The Quality of Mercy. Will is forced to make a bargain with his rival Robert Greene. Will Shakespeare David Mitchell

Anne Hathaway Liza Tarbuck

Kit Marlowe Tim Downie

Robert Greene Mark Heap

Kate Gemma Whelan

Bottom Rob Rouse

Burbage Steve Speirs

Condell

Kempe

Susanna

Mary Arden

John Shakespeare

Dominic Coleman

Spencer Jones

Helen Monks

Paula Wilcox

Harry Enfield

Lucy Jocelyn Jee Esien

Judge Gabrielle Glaister

Writer Ben Elton; Director Matt Lipsey

Producer Gareth Edwards (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Victoria Derbyshire. (S) (HD) Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 The History Boys HHHH

qDrama based on the hit play by Alan Bennett, starring Richard Griffiths. Sheffield, 1983: the headmaster of Cutler’s Grammar School engages Irwin to coach his eight star pupils for the Oxbridge entrance exams. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p67.

Coldwater 9.00pm

Can John (Andrew Lincoln) make amends with Fiona after recent events in the village?

4.00pm Tipping Point

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Bradley Walsh presents as Kirsty, Paul, Ryan and Victoria pit their wits against one of the ruthless quiz experts in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)

7.30 Emmerdale

Ray is pleased about Dylan’s new job. Ross invites April to the café for a chat when he notices she is anxious. Liam cancels his medical appointment.

Writer Jo Maris This week’s episodes produced by Laura Shaw, directed by James Campayne, Zah Ahmed and Munir Malik

Cast Tuesday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Coronation Street

Danielle’s barrister questions Theo about his violent temper and accuses him of assaulting Miles. Becky reveals that she’s moving into a rented flat nearby. Abi quizzes Carl about Tracy.

Writers David Isaac and Alasdair Morrison Cast Wednesday/Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Coldwater

4

3/6. John, full of regret over his friendship with Tommy, tries to share his suspicions with Fiona, who feels she needs some space. The whole series is on ITVX. See page 60.

John Andrew Lincoln

Tommy Ewen Bremner

Fiona Indira Varma

Rebecca Eve Myles

Cameron

Bottomley Moira-Jane Abigail Lawrie Williams

Watson Catriona Lois Chimimba

Angus Lorn MacDonald

Bobby Greg Hemphill

Writer David Ireland (S) (AD) (HD)

Malky Sanjeev Kohli Brick Dylan Blore

Gilly Gilchrist

Sacharissa Claxton

Christopher Colquhoun

Grace Louise Ludgate

Violet Amara Atwal

Josie Amari Tadé

Isaac M’kyah Callender

Dave David Ireland

10.00 ITV News at Ten Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 Peston

Political magazine show presented by Robert Peston, featuring interviews with MPs, topical guests and cultural figures. Including updates from social media taking in perspectives from viewers and experts throughout the programme.

Executive producer Andrew Dagnall (S) (HD)

11.40 The Life and Death of Lily Savage

Paul O’Grady was a much loved fixture of TV and radio before his death in March 2023 at the age of 67. But for more than 20 years he was a razor-tongued drag queen. Set against the backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, Clause 28 and the Aids crisis, this documentary tells the story of the star through the prism of his famous creation, Lily Savage. Featuring interviews with Paul’s closest friends and family — including his daughter Sharyn Mousley and sister Sheila Rudd — as well as Sir Ian McKellen, Julian Clary, Jo Brand, Alan Carr, Graham Norton and others.

Director/Producer Sam Anthony (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Cooking with the Stars 6/6 Series 5. Emma Willis and Tom Allen present the grand final of the celebrity cooking competition. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Tour de Fred: Northern Ireland 1/5 Fred Sirieix visits the Mourne Mountains. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy

8.00pm A bit fishy: Jamie serves up more nutritious food inspiration

4.00pm Help! We Bought a Village

In Italy, Lucie and Jerry try to make an earthquake-damaged borgo habitable. (S) (HD)

5.00 Four in a Bed

The first host of the week is Andy at Sefton Blackpool — but his guests might be apprehensive about a classic British seaside getaway. (S) (HD)

5.30 Come Dine with Me

The first host in north Wales is 24-year-old spray tan artist Saffron, who hopes to wow her guests with a Vegas casino-themed night. Director/Producer Phil Krstic (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

In Almería, mother-and-son duo Sharon and Shaun Garner catch up with Geoff and Anita who wanted to swap the UK for Spain. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

8.00 Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy

5/5. The chef demonstrates an easy way to incorporate more white fish into our diets, by serving up cod in crispy filo pastry and a sensational tomato orzo. Next, he combines calcium-rich tofu with mushrooms containing vitamin D to deliver a crowd-pleasing stew with dumplings, that’s brilliant for bone health. Series director Niall Downing; Series producer Katy Hall Repeated Thursday 7pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Inheritance

11/12. Every move is under scrutiny, every alliance tested, and with the stakes high, the fight to secure a place in the final grows ruthless. The pressure intensifies as the Deceased unveils her most demanding request yet: the players must take charge of her annual Masquerade Ball. Among the attendees are familiar faces returning not just as spectators but as key decision-makers. The players must put up their best fight to ensure they’re not the final player cut from the will. Concludes tomorrow 9.15pm. Signed repeat 2.35am Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

10.05 24 Hours in A&E

At Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, Dr Ian treats 15-year-old James, who has been struck in the eye with an arrow during a holiday archery class. Jim is in Resus after crashing his car and flipping it onto its roof, while 50-yearold joiner Chris has suffered a wound to his head.

Director/Producer Charlie Garforth (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Twenty-one-year-old Connor is rushed in after a motorbike accident leaving him with leg and lung injuries. Sixty nine-year-old Rob, who has locked-in-syndrome, is admitted into Resus after his breathing tube becomes dislodged. Series directors/producers Louise Bartmann, Colin Stone and Kate Walker (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.10am Educating Yorkshire Ep 4 Series 2. Year seven’s Ismaeel has his sights set on starting a chess club. See choice, page 50. Shown yesterday 8pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

1.05 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice 3/10 Jo Brand and Tom Allen are joined by Natalie Cassidy and Kiell Smith-Bynoe. Shown last Friday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Taskmaster 2/10. Sanjeev Bhaskar rotates around a hill of flour. Shown last Thursday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef travels to Woodland Park, Colorado, where an Italian restaurant is heading for disaster. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

3.45 Location, Location, Location Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp help two couples look for properties around Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs in London. (R) (S) (HD)

4.40—5.50am Hollyoaks Omnibus edition.

Shown last Monday to Wednesday E4 (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Britain’s Lost Masterpieces: Tatton Park 8.00pm Bendor Grosvenor helps solve a mystery

7.00pm Earth’s Natural Wonders

1/3 Series 1. Extreme Wonders. A team of Sherpas ropes a route on Everest’s notorious Khumbu Icefall and, on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, farmers battle to save their crops from elephants. From 2015. More tomorrow 7pm.

Series producer Arif Nurmohamed; Exec producer Mark Hedgecoe Signed rpt 2.50am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Britain’s Lost Masterpieces: Tatton Park

Intrigued by a portrait of a 16th-century physician in the collection at Tatton Park in Cheshire, Bendor Grosvenor makes a bold suggestion as to the identity of the artist, only for ongoing restoration work to force a complete rethink. From 2021.

Series producer Spike Geilinger; Exec producers Harry Bell, Brendan Hughes Rptd 1.20am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Call My Bluff

Robert Robinson oversees another duel of words and wit as Patrick Campbell, Hannah Gordon and Charles Gray take on Frank Muir, Angela Rippon and Tim Rice. First broadcast in 1976.

Director Michael Goodwin Producer Johnny Downes (R) (S)

9.30 Face the Music

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Valerie Pitts, David Attenborough and Tony Lewis. First shown in 1976.

Director Peter Butler; Producer Walter Todds Repeated 2.20am (R) (S)

10.00 Anthony Wall Remembers...Arena 4

The film-maker reflects on his time as series editor of the arts strand as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. See page 61. (S) (HD)

10.15 My Way

A 1979 edition, the first of three Arena documentaries, exploring the appeal and power of Paul Anka’s song My Way, most famously associated with Frank Sinatra, but which has also been recorded by such artists as Elvis Presley, Shirley Bassey and Sid Vicious.

Director Nigel Finch; Producer Alan Yentob Repeated Thursday 2.55am (R) (S)

10.50 The Dreams of William Golding

The author of Lord of the Flies was one of the towering figures of 20th century literature, but as this exploration of his life reveals, he was also a complex man who was troubled by insecurities. The unpublished diaries in which he recorded his dreams provide a unique insight into his private obsessions. From 2012.

Director Adam Low Producer Martin Rosenbaum (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.20am The Banana A look at the cultural significance of the fruit, including John Cale telling the story of the Velvet Underground’s debut album sleeve. First shown in 1997. (R) (S)

1.20 Britain’s Lost Masterpieces: Tatton Park Shown 8pm (S) (AD) (HD)

2.20 Face the Music Shown 9.30pm (S)

2.50—3.50am Earth’s

BBC ONE SCOTLAND

8.00—9.00pm Disclosure 11.40 Gaza: Dying for Food — Panorama 12.10am Have I Got News for You 12.40 Sportscene: SWPL Highlights: including action from Glasgow City v Hearts 1.10 Scotcast 1.40 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.45—6.00 BBC News

BBC SCOTLAND

2.00pm Beechgrove Garden: signed 2.30 Landward: signed 3.00—4.00 Amazing Hotels: Life beyond the Lobby: signed 7.00 Reporting Scotland 7.30 Sportscene: SWPL Highlights 8.00 The Travelling Auctioneers: Izzie Balmer and Robin Johnson help a woman to sell her late mum’s antiques 8.30 Grand Tours of Scotland’s Rivers: Paul Murton follows the River Forth from the Trossachs to the Kelpies 9.00 Amazing Hotels: Life beyond the Lobby: a luxury hotel in Ibiza 10.00 The Scotts: Colette and Darren throw a gender reveal party 10.30 The Scotts: Darren joins Colette on her mission to inspire pregnant women 11.00 Scotcast 11.30—12 midnight Up for It: Ashley, Christopher and Rosco go to dance school STV

10.40pm Scotland Tonight 11.05 Peston 12 midnight—3.00am Home Shopping (HD)

BBC ONE WALES

8.30—9.00pm Chris Cooks Cymru: the cuisine of Brecon

BBC TWO WALES

10.00—10.30pm Rewind: 60 Years of Welsh Pop: featuring Madness, AC/ DC and Nile Rodgers

BBC ONE NORTHERN IRELAND

8.00pm Restoration Rescue: a couple in Ballymena plan to restore a row of derelict cottages

8.30—9.00 Gaza: Dying for Food — Panorama

BBC TWO NORTHERN IRELAND

10.00—10.30pm Giorraíonn Beirt Bóthar: Tessa Fleming and Cormac O hAdhmaill head to Navan Fort

Wonders

MONDAY Freeview

5.35am Milkshake! See page 66

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley and Guests (S) (HD)

12.30pm Vanessa Discussion show. (S) (HD)

1.40 5 News (S) (HD)

1.45 Home and Away Roo’s determined to protect Cohen. Shown last Friday 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

2.20 Dangerous Connections HH qThriller. A woman is scammed by a prospective date and vows to get revenge. Director Michelle Ouellet (2023) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.00 All Creatures Great and Small Helen realises that James needs to get the hang of life with a baby. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun Pride organiser Mandy Quinn plans a night away in her newly purchased campervan with friend Daniela. Producer Ninushka Oller-Stracey (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders

In Sunderland, PC Martain Anderson stops a car thought to be linked to organised crime. The driver doesn’t have a valid driving licence and Martain smells cannabis.

Directors Sam Knowles and Emma Fraser (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Traffic Cops: Pursuit Squad One

On the A1, Paul Buckley races to intercept a suspected fraudster. Rich Clarke chases a young driver reportedly seen swerving dangerously from lane to lane on the motorway after allegedly inhaling helium. Paddy Green ends up in a high-speed pursuit with a motorist he attempted to ticket for using a phone while driving.

Series producer Simon Meehan (S) (HD)

9.00 Fare Dodgers: at War with the Law

Ep 10 Series 2. At Hayes, investigators trail a man they believe has racked up nearly £2,500 in unpaid fares by fraudulently making contactless payments with a rogue bank card. In Southampton, Spencer stops a woman pushing through the barriers and finds she is lying about her age and using a child discount card. And at Waterloo, Jack and Sam tackle passengers using railcards they are not entitled to.

Series producer Stephanie Campbell (S) (HD)

10.00 Police: Night Shift 999

After fights break out at closing time in a city centre, a police officer uses his training and experience to save a man’s life.

Directors/Producers Christopher Barham, Rachael Davies and Nathaniel Jessel (R) (S) (HD) 11.05 Traffic Cops

Derbyshire officers head to a set of roadworks following a tip-off that a man is suspected of driving to and from his place of work under the influence of drink.

Series director/producer Simon Meehan (R) (S) (HD)

12 midnight Police Interceptors: teenagers have threatened a shopkeeper (R) (S) (HD)

1.00am Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 Elvis: Rise and Fall of the King (R) (S) (HD) 4.15 Friends (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 4.35 The Highland Vet (R) (S) (SL) (HD) 5.30—5.40am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

Before I Go to Sleep 10.30pm Christine and Ben face a new day

7.00pm Horrible Histories

Charles II bans coffee shops and a seasick chicken ruins a Roman battle. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 A Victorian businessman goes under cover in his own factory. From 2013. More tomorrow 7pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 Top Gear

Jeremy Clarkson tests the BMW X6. From 2010. More tomorrow 8pm. (S) (HD)

9.00 Missing in Paradise: Searching for Sarm 1/3. Journalist Tir Dhondy investigates the disappearance of Sarm Heslop.

Shown last Wednesday BBC Two (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 2/3. Tir Dhondy meets with island police and is given access to CCTV footage that has never been released.

Shown last Thursday BBC Two (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 3/3. Tir searches for the yacht involved. The whole series is on iPlayer.

Shown last Friday BBC Two (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Before I Go to Sleep HHHH q Mystery thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. Following a serious accident, Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of the life she had with her husband Ben. Soon, Christine begins to question everything she is told. On iPlayer for 28 days. Film of the Day: page 67.

Director Rowan Joffe (2014, 15) (S) (HD)

Shown Saturday 12.10am BBC One

11.55 Top Gear As 8pm.

12.55am Juice (S) (HD) 1.45 Missing in Paradise (S) (AD) (HD) 3.15—4.00am Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 8.40 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 9.35 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 10.20 The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 11.10

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

12.05pm Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 2.05

The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.05 Abbey Clancy: Celebrity Homes (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 5.00

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

6.00pm Celebrity Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern presents another charity edition of the game show, with Les Dennis, Rebecca Sarker and Jordan Stephens trying to win a £50,000 jackpot for charity. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Deal or No Deal Game show presented by Stephen Mulhern. (S) (HD)

8.00 The 1% Club Quiz show hosted by Lee Mack, in which the questions are all about logic and common sense. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends 7/10 Series 2. One of the bad boyfriends gets a huge shock before a spectacular Vegas night. Continues tomorrow at 9pm. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. The Only Way Is Essex 12/12

The whole group attends a charity event to raise money for Young Epilepsy. (S) (HD)

11.05 Family Guy Series 12. Peter forms a relationship with an elderly woman. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 Stewie and Brian travel back to 17th-century Jamestown. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am American Dad! (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.35 Plebs (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.05 Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends (S) (HD)

3.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Downton Abbey 3.30pm Change is afoot for Carson and Lord Grantham

6.00am Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 7.05

Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 8.05 Doc Martin: 3/8 Series 5. Boho with a Shotgun. New receptionist Morwenna gets off to a bad start (S) (AD) (HD); 9.10 4/8. Mother Knows Best Louisa’s mother Eleanor arrives in the village (S) (AD) (HD) 10.15 The Royal: 6/12 Series 4 Samantha makes a big decision (S) (AD) 11.20 Heartbeat: 7/24. Blaketon’s crackdown on crime triggers a violent response (S) (AD); 12.25pm 8/24. Greengrass arranges a funeral (S) (AD)

1.30pm Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Lexi, Debbie and Chas make plans to steal jewellery, then a drunken Kelly kisses Eli (S) (AD) 2.30

Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Leanne refuses a drink with Liam, then Fiz tells John that he’s the real reason she left Kirk (S) (AD) 3.30pm Downton Abbey

1/7 Series 1. April 1912: RMS Titanic has gone down, taking with it Lord Grantham’s heir James Crawley and his son Patrick. So who is the new heir? (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00 Doc Martin

5/8

Series 5. Remember Me. PC Penhale’s ex-wife Maggie shows up. (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Heartbeat

9/24

Series 9. Greengrass attempts to organise Aidensfield’s car rally. (S) (AD)

7.00 10/24. Greengrass gets his own back on a disreputable farmer. (S) (AD) 8.00 Vera

1/4

Series 4. On Harbour Street. Vera investigates when a pensioner is found stabbed to death on a busy train. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 3/4 Series 3. Young Gods. An extreme sports fan plunges from a cliff in a ball of flames. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 Nolly

1/3. Noele Gordon is one of Britain’s bestloved TV personalities. Then suddenly she is fired — but why? (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am 2/3. Noele is desperate to know how the producers will get rid of her. (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.30 Home Shopping

4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am Great Racehorses (S) (HD) 6.20

The Saint (S) (SL) 7.20 Kojak (S) (SL) (HD)

9.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD) 11.30 Robin of Sherwood: Morgwyn steals Robin’s sword (S)

12.45pm LIVE Snooker: Jill Douglas presents coverage of the afternoon session on day one of the British Open from the Centaur in Cheltenham, featuring first-round matches, played over the best of seven frames (S) (HD) 5.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD)

6.30pm The Best of the 70s A look back at a selection of sports covered by ITV. (S) (HD)

6.45 LIVE Snooker Jill Douglas presents coverage of the evening session on day one of the British Open. Analysis comes from Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus, Ken Doherty and Neal Foulds, and commentary is provided by David Hendon and Phil Yates. (S) (HD)

10.15 An Audience with Billy Connolly

The comedian entertains a celebrity crowd. (S) 11.15 BattleBots The first Sin City Slugfest continues as four bots go head to head. (S) (HD) 12.15am Motorsport UK (S) (HD) 1.10 The Saint (S) (SL) (HD) 2.10 The Protectors (S) (SL) (HD) 2.40 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.30am Soldier Soldier: 8/13 Series 3

Romance blossoms for Lieutenant Kate Butler (S) 8.30 Doctors: two episodes. A man struggles to find his daughter, then a woman allows an unsavoury teenager into her home (S) 9.50 Classic Holby City: the truth about Keri’s rape allegation is revealed (S) 10.50 Classic Casualty: Ruth is found hanging in the halls of residence (S) 11.55 The Bill: Kennedy’s son is questioned over the murder (S) (HD) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Sean discovers a secret, then Roxy faces every mother’s worst nightmare (S) 2.20 Soldier Soldier: 9/13 Series 3. Hammond’s love life arouses suspicion (S) 3.20 Monarch of the Glen: 5/8 Series 1. Archie’s sister turns up (S) 4.20 London’s Burning: 5/8 Series 3 Sicknote undertakes a high-rise rescue (S) 5.20 ’Allo ’Allo!: 2/8 Series 8. Helga is given a truth drug Repeated 1.40am (S) 6.00pm Waiting for God 8/10 Series 4. Sent to Coventry. Marion exposes Harvey’s illness. Repeated 2.25am (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 27. How to Remove a Cousin Clegg’s cousin comes to stay. (S) 7.20 Has Anyone Seen Barry’s Midlife Crisis? Truly tries to rescue Howard. (S) 8.00 New. The Brokenwood Mysteries

6/6 Series 11. An Oades to Christmas A man dressed as Santa is found electrocuted by the roadside. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 New Tricks

9/10 Series 12. Life Expectancy A bloodstained bust is uncovered during construction work in a cemetery. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.20 Spooks 8/8 Series 7. Nuclear Strike. Russian agents plan to detonate a nuclear bomb. (S) 12.40am Lovejoy: 4/11 Series 2. Two murders are linked to a cursed statue (S) 1.40 ’Allo ’Allo! Shown 5.20pm (S) 2.25 Waiting for God Shown 6pm (S) 2.55—4.00am The Bletchley Circle: 2/4 Series 2. The friends seek to prove Alice’s innocence (S) (HD)

9.00am Lingo: hosted by Adil Ray (S) (HD)

10.00 Tipping Point: triple bill (S) (HD)

1.00pm Lingo (S) (HD) 2.00 Wheel of Fortune (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Tenable (S) (HD)

5.00 Deal or No Deal (S) (HD)

6.00pm Lingo South Wales couple Rebecca and Rhys, Londoner John and his daughter Becca, and Birmingham brothers Inam and Sanaullah compete. Adil Ray hosts. (S) (HD)

7.00 Married couple Trevor and Steph from Castle Donington, salsa-dancing brothers Lloyd and Lionel, and St Albans couple Sophie and Joe take part. (S) (HD)

8.00 Deal or No Deal Contestant Tyreece tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order, taking on the infamous Banker for the chance to win a life-changing prize. (S) (HD) 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Celebrity Special Steph McGovern and Dion Dublin compete for charity. (S) (HD)

10.00 Tipping Point Triple bill of the quiz show hosted by Ben Shephard. (S) (HD)

12.50am Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (S)

Ancient Autopsy 9.00pm With Professor Suzannah Lipscomb (right)

8.55am A New Life in the Sun: double bill 11.00 Château DIY: two editions (AD)

1.05pm Four in a Bed 3.50 Car SOS (AD)

5.50pm Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer search perfect Oxfordshire properties for “pocket rocket” Reena and couple Tan and Steve, who are looking for their first home together. 6.55 In south London, Kirstie is with Adam and Nicole, who are keen to move into their own place. Meanwhile, Phil struggles to find everything on Atlantic rower Kat’s wish list. 7.55 Grand Designs Neurologists Penny and Mark are restoring a derelict Victorian gatehouse on a steep hill in north London. (AD)

9.00 RT CHOICE New series. Ancient Autopsy 1/4. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb turns forensic detective as she deep dives into the deaths and final moments of four of ancient history’s most iconic figures, beginning with Cleopatra. See page 61. (AD) 10.00 Ancient Egypt by Train with Alice Roberts Professor Alice Roberts sets out by rail to explore one of the world’s oldest civilisations, starting at the end of the Ancient Egyptian empire in Alexandria. (AD) 11.05 999: on the Front Line A categoryone call comes through for a man bleeding from his ears. But how he got these injuries does not ring true for the paramedics. 12.05am 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 2.15 Ancient Autopsy (AD) 3.20—3.50am Food Unwrapped: a look at the reasons for a coconut shortage (AD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown last Tue/Wed (AD)

6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (SL) 7.55 Married at First Sight (AD) 9.40 The Simpsons (AD)

10.05 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family: two episodes (AD) 12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine: double bill (AD) 3.00 The Simpsons (AD) 4.00 Married at First Sight (AD) 5.45 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts

6.00pm The Simpsons Series 11. Bart sees into the future and it does not look bright. (AD) 6.30 Barney gives up alcohol. (AD)

7.00 New. Hollyoaks Diane is forced to face her feelings for Tony. Rptd tomorrow 6.30am (AD) 7.30 The Simpsons Series 14. A famous Hollywood star visits Springfield. (AD) 8.00 First Dates An international DJ gets to grips with the same-sex dating scene. (AD)

9.00 New. Married at First Sight UK One bride suffers a major wedding day wobble. (AD) 10.50 New. Made in Chelsea: Thailand Jules is infuriated that Tristan’s ex Molly is growing closer to her friends.

11.55 Gogglebox Opinions on Line of Duty and The Flight Attendant. From April 2021. (AD)

12.55am Married at First Sight UK (SL) (AD) 2.45 Made in Chelsea: Thailand (SL) 3.35 Below Deck (AD)

André Rieu: Waltz around the World 8.00pm Concerts across Europe

6.00am LSO: Rattle Conducts Sibelius and Bruckner 7.50 The Joy of Painting (AD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (BW) 11.00 The Directors (AD)

12 noon Discovering: Robin Williams (AD)

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00 Julie Andrews Forever (AD) 3.00 Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (AD) 4.00 The Directors (AD) 5.00 Discovering: Robert De Niro (AD)

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A woman joins a dating agency in a bid to overcome her shyness. (AD)

6.30 An American thief faces extradition. (AD)

7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A miserly man searches for the cheapest method of murdering his big-spending wife. (BW)

7.30 A reporter gets permission to spend the night in a wax museum. (BW)

8.00 André Rieu: Waltz around the World

The violinist showcases his music as he and his orchestra travel the world, visiting places including Malta, Scotland and Ireland.

9.00 André Rieu: Live in Vienna André Rieu leads his orchestra in a series of Viennese favourites, including The Blue Danube, at Hofburg Palace in the Austrian capital.

11.55 English National Ballet in Paris

Following the company as it prepares for its first visit to the Paris Opera for performances of Le Corsaire on this world-renowned stage.

1.15am Wuthering Heights 4.00 Dickens in Italy with David Harewood 5.00—6.00am Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs (AD)

9.00am Car SOS (AD) 10.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 11.00 Help! We Bought a Village 12 noon George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Come Dine with Me 5.30 Four in a Bed

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Laura Hamilton helps two sisters find their dream home in and around Spain’s Mijas Costa.

7.00 A Solihull woman is looking for a holiday home in La Mata on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

7.30 The Great British Bake Off 3/10

Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond present as the bakers try to impress Paul Hollywood in bread week. Shown last Tuesday (AD)

9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics share their opinions on recent TV. (AD)

10.00 The households review more recent TV shows with cameras capturing their instant reactions. Shown last Friday (AD) 11.00 Taskmaster 2/10. The continuing challenge sees Reece Shearsmith’s hand emerging from inside a bag and Sanjeev Bhaskar rotating around a hill of flour.

Shown last Thursday Channel 4 (AD)

12 midnight Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits 1.05am Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown 2.05 The Fear Clinic: Face Your Phobia (AD) 3.05 999: on the Front Line 4.00—5.00am 24 Hours in A&E (AD)

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The adventurer travels to Siberia

6.10am Great British Railway Journeys 8.00 Bangers and Cash (AD) 10.00 Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War 11.00 Warbird Workshop 12 noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00pm Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics: two editions (AD) 4.00 Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War 5.00 Warbird Workshop 6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Items at Plas Newydd on Anglesey include a Victorian cane and an 18th century grandmother clock. 7.00 Wilderness with Simon Reeve The adventurer treks across the high mountains and treacherous ice fields of Patagonia.

8.00 Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve Spearfishing on Madagascar and the world’s smallest national park in the Seychelles. 9.00 Russia with Simon Reeve The traveller witnesses a commemoration of the Second World War in the city of Irkutsk. 10.00 Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics The team falls for a Subaru pick-up, which has the Mathewsons in agreement. (AD) 11.00 Bangers and Cash Paul picks up a 1936 Singer Le Mans sports car. (AD) 12 midnight Find It, Fix It, Flog It: in Kent 1.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD) 2.00—3.00am Wilderness with Simon Reeve

7.10am Pointless 8.00 The Force: behind the Line 10.00 Trawlermen (AD)

12 noon Storage Hunters UK: Celebrity Special 1.00pm Storage Hunters UK

2.00 Outback Pilots 3.00 Top Gear (AD)

5.00 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey (AD) 6.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 7.00pm Would I Lie to You? With Clare Balding, Asim Chaudhry, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Greg James. Rob Brydon hosts.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games With Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Richardson, Tom Rosenthal and Sindhu Vee.

8.20 Ronni Ancona, Nathan Caton, Colin Murray and Sally Phillips take part. 9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You David Tennant hosts an extended edition, with guests Jack Dee and Helen Lewis.

10.00 QI XL Guests include Liza Tarbuck.

11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With Romesh Ranganathan, Melanie C, Charlotte Ritchie and David O’Doherty. Jimmy Carr hosts.

11.50 Mock the Week: Election Special Guests include Angela Barnes and Ed Gamble. 12.30am Would I Lie to You? The Unseen Bits

1.10 Would I Lie to You? 1.50—4.00am Survivor South Africa: double bill (AD)

8.00am Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (AD)

10.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly: Australia 11.00 Traffic Cops 2.00pm Police Interceptors (AD) 5.00 Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up (AD) 6.00pm Home and Away Roo is determined to protect Cohen. Shown 1.45pm 5 (AD)

6.30 New. David and Jo celebrate their house purchase. Rptd tomorrow 1.45pm 5 (AD) 7.00 GPs: behind Closed Doors A patient is having problems with his memory. (AD) 8.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts A new junior doctor treats a man with

bike accident. 11.00 Skin A&E Memphis walks in with a giant keloid for Dr Natalia to treat. (AD) 12 midnight New series. Prison Brides 1.00am GPs: behind Closed Doors (AD) 2.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

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9.00am Outback Truckers 10.00 Trucking Hell 11.00 Traffic Cops 12 noon Police Interceptors 2.05pm FILM Pillars of the Sky HH Western starring Jeff Chandler 4.00 Trucking Hell 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders PC Brian Camsell goes in pursuit of a suspect who refuses to stop.

7.00 Police Interceptors A driver’s erratic behaviour signals imminent disaster.

8.00 Two drivers in separate stolen cars are chased by pursuit units, tracked by Scott’s drone.

9.00 Ice Road Truckers Lisa finds herself stranded and Darrell risks an off-road shortcut as yet untested by another truck.

10.00 Polar’s top driver Todd takes new recruit Steph on her first ice-road journey, while Art faces the ice crossing where he nearly died. 11.00 MacGyver Angus and the team are forced to protect arch-rival Murdoc when they discover his former mentor wants him dead. 12 midnight New. La Brea: as the survivors try to integrate with the villagers at the fort, a flock of vicious pterodactyls attacks their home 1.00am Extreme Tow Truckers 2.00 Trucking Hell: two editions 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News 5 Action Freeview 33

9.00am Inside the Tower of London 11.00 Ben Fogle: New

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6.10am One Born Every Minute 7.00 Tipping Point 10.00 My Dream Home 1.00pm Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

6.00pm DIY SOS: the Big Build The experts make adaptations to a two-bedroom bungalow in Wigan.

7.00 New. MasterChef Australia The contestants juggle twelve sets of ingredients to make it into the Top 10.

8.20 Simply Nigella Recipes include a salmon, avocado and pumpkin seed salad. (AD)

9.00 The Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick treats a labrador puppy with an elbow disease. 10.00 Mark Owen brings his doberman into the surgery.

11.00 New. Dog School 2/3

A bedlington cross called Mr Scraps learns a trick for a TV role.

12 midnight Nurses on the Ward: Mahbuba treats a two-year-old (AD) 1.00am Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (AD) 2.15—3.00am Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job

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6.00am Sherlock Holmes (BW) 6.30 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (BW) 6.55 Mysterious Tales 7.00 Jack Hargreaves’s Old Country 7.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW) 8.00 Please Sir! 8.30 Diff’rent Strokes 9.00 Bubblegum and Cheese 10.00 I Dream of Jeannie (BW) 10.30 Soap 11.00 In Loving Memory 11.30 Haggard 12 noon Please Sir! 12.30pm You’re Only Young Twice 1.00 The Last Days of Pompeii 3.45 We Had One of Those 3.55 Mysterious Tales 4.00 Mapp and Lucia 5.00 Lucky Feller 5.30 In Loving Memory 6.00 The Monkees 6.30 Soap 7.00 Diff’rent Strokes 7.30 You’re Only Young Twice 8.00 Haggard 8.30 Lucky Feller 9.00 Please Sir! 9.30 Brass 10.00 Game On 10.35 Stereo Underground 11.35 The Monkees 12.05am The Last Days of Pompeii 2.50 We Had One of Those 3.00 I Dream of Jeannie (BW) 3.30 That’s My Dog 4.00 Game On 4.35 Stereo Underground 5.30—6.00am The Beverly Hillbillies (BW)

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8.00am Murder, She Wrote 10.00 Little House on the Prairie 12 noon Highway to Heaven

1.00pm Diagnosis Murder 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 4.00 FILM Kaleidoscope HH Melodrama

6.00pm Rumpole of the Bailey

7.00 Rising Damp 7.30 Man about the House 8.00 A Fine Romance

8.30 Home to Roost: Henry stands as an independent candidate 9.00 FILM The General’s Daughter HHH Mystery thriller starring John Travolta 11.25 Rising Damp 11.55 Man about the House

12.25am M*A*S*H 1.25 Home to Roost 1.55 A Fine Romance 2.25 FILM Kaleidoscope HH Melodrama 4.05—4.50am Highway to Heaven

6.00am Paul Goes to Hollywood

7.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 8.00 The Pioneer Woman 9.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals

10.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 11.00 The Great British Bake Off 12.30pm 30 Minute Meals 1.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands 2.00 James Martin’s French Adventure 3.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 4.00 New. The Pioneer Woman 5.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals

6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 7.00 The Great British Bake Off 8.30 30 Minute Meals: beef pepper stir-fry 9.00 Tom Kerridge More Sunday Lunch: double bill. Tom shares his method for roast lamb, then fires up the barbecue for a Middle Eastern feast 10.00 Tom Kerridge Secrets of the Pub Kitchen: two editions. Tom showcases pairs of ingredients that work in harmony, then reveals how his training in French-style cookery has influenced the pub 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: four editions

1.00am Man v Food with Casey Webb 2.00—3.00am Guy’s Grocery Games

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7.00am Building Alaska (AD) 8.00

A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home 2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Derelict Rescue (AD) 4.00 Escape to the Country (AD)

6.00pm A Place in the Sun 8.00 Derelict Rescue (AD) 9.00 Fixer

Upper: the Hotel: double bill. Chip and Jo focus on the design elements of the public spaces, then meet with the new general manager (AD) 10.00 New. The Renovator: Marcus Lemonis eases the tension in a family of six’s small ranch-style home and transforms it into a showpiece 11.00 Home Town 12 midnight A Place in the Sun: second homes abroad 1.00am Building Alaska (AD) 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home: double bill

8.00am Upstairs, Downstairs 9.05 Duty Free 9.35 Full House 10.10 Birds of a Feather 10.35 Just Good Friends 11.15 Steptoe and Son (BW) 11.50 Rising Damp 12.20pm Goodnight Sweetheart 12.55 Man about the House 1.25 When the Boat Comes In 2.35 101 People Who Made the 20th Century 3.40 David Jason’s Secret Service 4.40 History of the RAF 5.45 That’s 60s: Best Music Live! 6.05 Just Good Friends 6.45 Bread 7.20 Steptoe and Son (BW) 7.50 Rising Damp 8.20 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 9.00 Benidorm 9.55 Shameless 11.00 Man about the House 11.30 Rising Damp 12.05am Benidorm 1.05 Shameless 2.05 Full House 2.35 The Kenny Everett Video Show 3.05 After Henry 3.30 The Osbournes 4.00 A Bit of a Do 4.45—6.00am Father, Dear Father

8.00am America the Bountiful

8.35 The Last Days of Anne Boleyn 9.55 as 7.35pm 10.55 The Great Escape: the True Story 11.55 The First World War: the People’s Story 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.35 The Last Days of Anne Boleyn 2.55 as 7.35pm 4.00 as 8.40pm 5.05 The First World War: the People’s Story 6.15pm The Last Days of Anne Boleyn Henry VIII’s second wife.

7.35 Ancient Secrets of Althorp with Charles Spencer Evidence of an Anglo Saxon village. 8.40 The Great Escape: the True Story 1/3. Events that inspired the 1963 film TheGreat Escape.

9.40 The First World War: the People’s Story 1/3. Veterans of the war recall their experiences.

10.55 Ancient Secrets of Althorp with Charles Spencer As 7.35pm. 12 midnight as 8.45pm 1.05— 2.00am America the Bountiful

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9.00am Abandoned Engineering: nine back-to-back editions (AD) 6.00pm Abandoned Engineering: six editions. An underground base with the power to destroy a nation (AD) 7.00 Locations that inspired Hollywood (AD) 8.00 A vast industrial ghost town (AD) 9.00 An underground complex (AD) 10.00 A Wild West ghost town (AD) 11.00 Cast coastal ruins (AD) 12 midnight Abandoned Engineering (AD) 5.30—6.00am The Bill

6.00am Dickinson’s Real Deal 6.40

5.35am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Peppa Pig 6.10 Odo 6.20 Tweedy & Fluff 6.25 Treehouse 6.30 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 6.40 Fireman Sam 6.50 Peppa Pig 7.00 Rubble & Crew 7.10 Pip and Posy 7.20 The Adventures of Paddington 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.40 New series. Tim Rex in Space: Tim explores Rumbleton 7.55 Paw Patrol 8.30 Milo 8.45 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8.55 Peppa Pig 9.10—9.15am Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for 5 are on page 64

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6.00am Vegesaurs 6.05 Bing 6.15 Teletubbies 6.30 Supertato 6.35 Roots and Fruits 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 New. Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.00 Octonauts 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Wonderblocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Playtime Towers 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Lu and the Bally Bunch 9.20 Piggy Builders 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Maddie & Triggs 10.45 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 10.55 Kiri & Lou 11.00 Vegesaurs 11.05 Bluey 11.15 Hey Duggee 11.20 Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club 11.30 Roots and Fruits 11.35 Timmy Time 11.45 Time for School 12 noon Big Cook Little Cook 12.20pm Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 12.25 What’s in Your Bag? 12.30 Dog Squad 12.40 Maddie’s Do You Know? 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Alphablocks 1.20 Wonderblocks 1.25 Colourblocks 1.30 Hey Duggee 1.40 Yukee 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.10 Teletubbies 2.25 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 2.40 Waffle the Wonder Dog 2.50 Topsy and Tim 3.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 3.10 The Game Catchers 3.20 Octonauts: above and beyond 3.35 Big Lizard 3.40 Supertato 3.50 Hey Duggee 3.55 Peter Rabbit 4.10 Time for School 4.20 Mojo Swoptops 4.35 Bluey 4.50 Piripenguins 5.00 New. Dodge’s Pup School 5.15 Waffle’s After School Club 5.25 New. Puffin Rock 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Jack Black reads Pom Pom is Super, the tale of Pom Pom, a panda in search of his super power CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

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6.00am Scottish Parliament 9.30 Northern Ireland Assembly 10.15 FMQs 11.05 Scottish FMQs 11.50 Ten Minute Rule Bill 12 noon Live Northern Ireland Assembly 6.00pm Northern Ireland Assembly 8.00 Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Office Questions 9.30 Northern Ireland Assembly 2.00am Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Office Questions 3.30— 6.00am Northern Ireland Assembly 7.00am The Chase (AD) 9.00 Tenable 11.00 The Chase 12 noon Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 1.00pm The Bidding Room 2.00 Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Bullseye (AD) 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 5.00 The Bidding Room 7.00 The Celebrity Chase: with Natalie Anderson, Patsy Kensit, Esther Rantzen and Brian McFadden 8.00 The Chase 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 12 midnight Bullseye (AD) 1.00am The Crystal Maze 2.00 The Chase 5.00—6.00am Bullseye (AD)

11.00am The Winslow Boy HHHH A man risks everything when his son is accused of theft in this wonderful period drama. Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke (1948, U) (S) 1.20pm The 300 Spartans HHH Decent historical adventure about the stalwart defence of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker (1962, PG) (S) 3.40 The Devil at Four o’Clock HHH Frank Sinatra and Spencer Tracy turn in powerful performances in this overlong but watchable adventure set on a volcanic island in the Pacific. (1961, PG) (S) 6.15pm Midway HHH A landmark Second World War battle gets the blockbuster treatment from director Roland Emmerich. Ed Skrein (2019, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 Infinite HH Convoluted but often taut reincarnation thriller with Mark Wahlberg up against lawless returned souls. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson (2021, 12) (S) (AD) 11.05 Team America: World Police HHH Thunderbirds-style marionettes battle world terrorism in this satire from the creators of South Park. Review right. Trey Parker, Matt Stone (2004, 15) (S) (AD) 1.05—3.25am Antwone Fisher HHH A young sailor (Derek Luke) is sent to a navy psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) for help with problems rooted in his childhood. Joy Bryant, Viola Davis (2002, 15) (S)

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 8.20 Odd Squad 8.35 Deadly 60 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 7 to 9 Year Olds 9.20 Wow That’s Amazing 9.35 Our School 10.00 Go Get Arty 10.15 One Zoo Three 10.40 The Dengineers 11.05 Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom 11.35 Operation Ouch! 12.03pm Shark Bites 12.05 Danny & Mick 12.20 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 12.35 Bro’s in Control 12.50 Octonauts: above and beyond 1.05 Big Lizard 1.10 Danger Mouse

1.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 2.00 Super Happy Magic Forest 2.25 So Awkward Academy 2.50 A Kind of Spark 3.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 3.40 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 3.50 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 4.20 New. Little Lunch 4.35 Odd Squad 4.50 Pokémon Horizons: the Search for Laqua: Dot creates a plan 5.10 New. Winx Club: the Magic Is Back 5.35 New. The Football Academy 6.00pm Blue Peter Challenges 6.05 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 6.25—7.00pm My Life

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6.00am Johnny Ringo TV western. (S) 6.45 Who Killed the Cat HH A cat-killer gets her comeuppance in this strange mystery. Mary Merrall (1966, U) (S) 8.30 Out of Town Countryside series. (S) 9.00 The Rossiter Case H Under-cooked Hammer melodrama. Helen Shingler (1950) (S) 10.40 Murder at the Windmill HH Creaky semi-comic whodunnit set in London’s Windmill theatre. Review right. Garry Marsh, Jon Pertwee (1949) (S) 12 noon Dixon of Dock Green TV police drama. (S) 1.00pm Wanted for Murder HHH Chilling thriller with Eric Portman as the descendant of a public hangman who strangles women in London’s open spaces. Review, right. (1946, PG) (S) 3.10 Mark of the Phoenix H Dismal British thriller about smuggling behind the Iron Curtain. Julia Arnall (1957, PG) (S) 4.25 The Beverly Hillbillies TV comedy. (S) 4.55 Scotland Yard TV docudrama. 5.30 Bonanza TV western. 6.30pm The Vise TV drama. (S) 7.00 The Footage Detectives With 1960s singer Sylvan. (S) 8.00 Public Eye TV drama series. 9.05 Remember My Name HHH Geraldine Chaplin gives a scorching performance as an ex-con making life hell for her former husband (Anthony Perkins). Berry Berenson (1978) (S) 11.05 Framed TV thriller by Lynda La Plante, starring Timothy Dalton. 1.20am Never Look Back HH Competent courtroom drama with Rosamund John as a lawyer who defends her ex on a murder charge. (1952) (S) 2.50 Carry On Admiral HH Unremarkable and very British comedy. David Tomlinson (1957, U) (S) 4.30 Talking Pictures

7.10am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 8.10

Past Sins HH Interesting legal thriller. Lauralee Bell, Rebecca Jenkins (2006)

10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Castle

12 noon Morning Show Mysteries: Murder on the Menu 1.55am Hailey Dean Mysteries 4.00 Diagnosis

Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote

6.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye TV drama starring Deanne Bray, Ted Atherton and Yannick Bisson.

7.00 Castle Drama starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic.

8.00 Unforgettable Detective drama with Poppy Montgomery.

9.00 Mystery 101: Dead Talk Thriller with Jill Wagner. Professor Amy Winslow winds up investigating the death of a tech genius.

10.55 Alleged Abduction HH Police think a kidnap victim’s story doesn’t stand too much scrutiny in this convoluted thriller. Michelle Mylett (2019) 1.00am The Nanny Betrayal HH Killer-nanny thriller. Michelle Borth, Antonio Cupo (2018) 2.45 Lost and Found HH Thriller. Samaire Armstrong, Sierra McCormick (2019) 4.25 Police Ten 7 5.15—

6.00am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

9.00am Wanted: Dead or Alive

10.00 Gunfighters HH By-thenumbers western. Randolph Scott (1947, PG) 12 noon Tombstone Territory

1.00pm Five Guns West HH

Unlikely Civil War western. John Lund, Dorothy Malone (1955, PG) 3.00 Wanted: Dead or Alive 4.00 Tombstone Territory 5.00 The High Chaparral

6.00pm The Persuaders! TV thriller starring Tony Curtis.

7.00 The Avengers TV espionage drama starring Patrick Macnee. 8.00 The New Avengers TV drama with Patrick Macnee.

9.00 Layer Cake HHH Daniel Craig plays an ambitious drug dealer in this stylish crime thriller. Review, right. Colm Meaney (2004, 15) 11.15 American Heist HH

An ex-con’s scheme to rob a bank ends up involving his upright brother. Hayden Christensen, Adrien Brody (2014, 15) 1.15am The Avengers 2.15 The New Avengers 3.15 Cops Uncut: double bill 4.15—5.40am San Andreas Mega Quake H Chaotic disaster movie. Joseph Michael Harris, Christie Nicholls (2019)

8.00am A Rose at Christmas HH

Drama. Rachel Boston (2017) 10.05 Annie Claus Is Coming to Town HH Overly sweet romantic tale. Maria Thayer (2011, U) 12 noon Cupid for Christmas HH Cutesy romcom. Melanie Stone (2021, PG) 2.00pm A Christmas Crush HH Fantasy romcom. Cindy Sampson (2019) 4.05 Dancing through Christmas HH Heart-warming romance. AnnaLynne McCord (2021) 6.05pm A Christmas Hero HH

A veteran is shown that he has made a difference in people’s lives. (2020)

8.00 Christmas Makeover HH

An executive gets lessons in the true meaning of Christmas in this fun tale. Lily Anne Harrison, Bobby Campo (2018) 9.50 Finding Santa HH Cute seasonal romance. Jodie Sweetin (2017) 11.50 Santa’s Squad HH

Sweet-natured romance about a former art teacher who helps a rich widower. Aaron Ashmore, Rebecca Dalton (2020) 1.45am A Holiday Wish Come True HH No surprises in this romantic tale. Schuyler Fisk, David Clayton Rogers (2018) 3.25—4.50am As 2pm

7.25am Wish You Were Here HH

Solid and sincere terminal-illness weepie. (2025, 12) 9.15 As 4.10pm 10.50

As 8pm 12.40pm Restless HHH

Lyndsey Marshal fights back in this blackly witty revenge fantasy. Aston McAuley (2024, 15) 2.20 Amongst the Wolves HHH Sturdy Irish drama in which a homeless ex-soldier befriends a troubled young man. Luke McQuillan, Aidan Gillen (2024, 15) 4.10

Love Hurts HH Fitfully fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose (2025, 15)

5.40pm Nosferatu HHHH

Robert Eggers’s visually dynamic remake of FW Murnau’s classic 1922 riff on Dracula Bill Skarsgård (2024, 15)

8.00 Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the monster legend, in which a family seeks refuge after an attack by a beast. Christopher Abbott (2025, 15)

9.45 The Brutalist 5

Adrien Brody’s Hungarian architect discovers a darkness within the postwar American Dream. (2024, 18) 1.05am As 7.25am 2.55 One of Them Days HHH Energetic Los Angeles-set comedy. Keke Palmer, SZA (2025, 15) 4.40—6.30am As 2.20pm

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00 The Fall Guy 10.00 Charlie’s Angels 11.00 Meteor Apocalypse HH Low-budget disaster thriller. Joe Lando, Claudia Christian (2010) 1.00pm Five Guns West HH Unlikely Civil War western. John Lund, Dorothy Malone (1955, PG) 2.35 Gold HHH Action-packed South African adventure. Review, right. (1974, 12) 5.00 Star Trek 6.00pm Charlie’s Angels TV drama starring Kate Jackson. 7.00 The Fall Guy TV drama. 8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris. 9.00 Flight of the Intruder HH A respectable cast fights a losing battle in this talky Vietnam War drama. Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe (1991, 15) 11.15 Basic Instinct HHH Slick thriller in which a cop investigates a murder that mirrors one from a novelist’s book. Review, right. (1992, 18) 1.40am Unchained HHH

Entertaining pulp thriller. Adrien Brody, John Malkovich, Antonio Banderas (2017, 15) 3.30—5.15am The Asphyx HHHH Thoughtful and convincing British horror. Robert Stephens (1972, 15)

6.00am Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 8.00 Apocalypse Pompeii HH Disaster movie. (2014, 15) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Shark! H Muddled and forgettable action movie. Burt Reynolds, Barry Sullivan (1969, 15) 1.00pm Guardians of the Tomb HH Mildly diverting action adventure. Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer (2018, 12) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 The Six Million Dollar Man 5.00 Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series starring Kevin Sorbo. 8.00 The Six Million Dollar Man TV sci-fi series starring Lee Majors. 9.00 The Sentinel HH Disgraced Secret Service operative Michael Douglas races to save the US president. Review, right. (2006, 12) 11.10 PoW: the Escape HH Vietnam War adventure with David

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FILM REVIEWS

Before I Go to Sleep HHHH

10.30-11.55pm BBC Three j

MYSTERY Sexy, chilling and stylish, this thriller knows exactly what it’s doing. Nicole Kidman stars as an amnesiac who records her memories every day lest she lose further track of her disappeared former life. Her husband Colin Firth is fiercely protective of her, unaware that doctor Mark Strong has other ideas about her affliction. But Kidman isn’t sure who to trust. Based on SJ Watson’s novel, this feature from Rowan Joffe boasts superb performances from a top-notch cast, with Firth and Kidman at the peak of their powers. KAREN KRIZANOVICH (UK 2014, violence, swearing, HD)

Murder at the Windmill HH 10.40am-12 noon

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MUSICAL MYSTERY Comic policemen Garry Marsh and Jon Pertwee investigate a murder at London’s Windmill theatre, famous for its nude tableaux. Partly filmed in situ, with performers and staff playing themselves, this creaky whodunnit is a valuable record of the lowbrow songs and sketches that made the theatre famous. DAVID MCGILLIVRAY (UK 1949, BW)

Wanted for Murder HHH

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CRIME Eric Portman is on fine form in this thriller as the descendant of a public hangman who strangles young women in London’s open spaces. Roland Culver is a skilful adversary as the inspector who slowly closes in on his man. The film makes superb use of locations, not least a memorable climax near the Serpentine in Hyde Park. ALLEN EYLES (UK 1946, BW)

Gold HHH

2.35-5.00pm Legend h

ADVENTURE Britain’s entry into the 1970s disaster-movie boom was shot in apartheid South Africa. Based on a Wilbur Smith tale, it’s shallow

show as one of the prime suspects. JOHN FERGUSON (US/Ger 1999, violence, swearing, nudity)

The Sentinel HH 9.0011.10pm Legend Xtra h

THRILLER Disgraced Secret Service man Michael Douglas races to foil an inside conspiracy to assassinate the US president in this slickly shot but soulless movie from SWAT director Clark Johnson. It’s a hotch-potch of clichés and transparent twists, and Douglas seems past his prime as the respected veteran branded a mole following a colleague’s murder. SLOAN FREER (US 2006, some violence)

The History Boys HHHH

11.00pm-12.50am

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and overlong, but delivers some good action. Roger Moore is as wooden as a pit prop, as he seeks to stop the sabotage that will send the price of gold soaring, but Bradford Dillman is a splendid villain. DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1974, may be edited for content)

Layer Cake HHH 9.0011.15pm Great Action j

CRIME A pre-007 Daniel Craig stars here as a drug dealer hoping to make some quick money then retire early — a plan complicated when crime lord Kenneth Cranham asks him to find a missing woman. The performances are good, and Matthew Vaughn directs with aplomb, but the topic is rather overfamiliar. DAVE ALDRIDGE (UK/US 2004, violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse, nudity)

The General’s Daughter HHH

9.00-11.25pm Great TV z

MYSTERY Simon West’s absorbing military whodunnit is let down by the hamming of star John Travolta. He plays an armed forces cop called in to investigate the rape and murder of a woman officer (Leslie Stefanson), who also happens to be the daughter of military man James Cromwell. James Woods effortlessly steals the

DRAMA Alan Bennett’s hit stage play, about Sheffield grammar school boys being drilled for their Oxbridge exams, makes an efficient transition to the big screen. Director Nicholas Hytner wisely opts to change very little and uses the original cast, with Richard Griffiths as the teacher and Dominic Cooper and Russell Tovey among the pupils. ADAM SMITH (UK/US 2006, swearing, HD) Team America: World Police HHH 11.05pm-1.05am Film4 j

COMEDY South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone live up to their reputation for scatological high jinks with this gleefully offensive movie. Acted out by Thunderbirds-style puppets, the story follows a counterterrorist force as it battles terrorism overseas while dealing with Hollywood ultraliberals at home. It’s sporadically very funny. AS (US/Ger 2004, violence, swearing, HD)

Basic Instinct HHH

11.15pm-1.40am Legend z

THRILLER Sharon Stone became a screen sex symbol thanks to her cool portrayal here as a predatory novelist who may or may not be a murderer, but gets a kick out of tormenting cop Michael Douglas all the same. Joe Eszterhas’s script and Paul Verhoeven’s overheated direction combine to make it totally watchable. JF (US 1992, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity)

MONDAY

Showcase

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon The Simpsons 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0

3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 15/25 Series 3. Michael invites a stripper to Phyllis’s wedding shower.

6.30 16/25. Michael causes problems at Phyllis’s wedding.

7.00 The Simpsons Homer joins the power plant’s softball team.

7.30 Lisa falls in with a bad crowd.

8.00 The Ultimate Romcom

Movies With Clara Amfo, Ellie Taylor and Russell Kane. (AD)

9.00 Bridget Jones’s Baby q HHHH Romantic comedy starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey. Fortysomething Bridget is still getting on with being single until life takes a twist when she discovers she’s pregnant. 11.15 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Talk show in which the comedian takes a satirical look at news and pop culture topics from the previous seven days.

12 midnight Curb Your Enthusiasm 1.50am The Force: Manchester 2.45 Road Wars 3.10 Magnum PI (AD) 4.05 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Star Trek: Enterprise 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 4.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 5.00 Stargate Atlantis

6.00pm Star Trek: Enterprise 14/26 Series 1. The crew members are ambushed by a hostile Klingon when they board a stricken vessel.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 10/26 Series 2. Kira faces a dilemma when an alien race lands on the station claiming Bajor as its legendary homeland.

8.00 Stargate Atlantis 14/20 Series 4. Sheppard and McKay come to the aid of a child princess who must undergo a gruelling rite of passage to claim her throne.

9.00 The Ark 4/12 Series 2. When two realities intertwine, theories on what could and shouldn’t have been are revealed. (AD)

10.00 True Blood 9/10 Series 7

Hoyt is reminded of his past, while Bill pushes Sookie away and Eric faces a dilemma.

11.05 Westworld 5/8 Series 3

Caleb is dosed with an unusual drug, and Dolores piles the pressure on Liam for access to Rehoboam. (AD)

12.10am SurrealEstate (AD) 1.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 3.00 FILM Arctic Armageddon H Adventure 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Urban Secrets 7.00 The Guest Wing (AD) 8.00 Boardwalk Empire 10.15 Westworld (AD)

12.25pm Game of Thrones (AD) 1.30 Das Boot 2.30 Boardwalk Empire (AD) 4.40 Homicide: Life on the Street

6.50pm Game of Thrones 6/10

Series 3. Robb weighs up a compromise to repair his alliance with House Frey, and Roose Bolton decides what to do with Jaime. (AD) 7.55 7/10. Tywin counsels the king, and Melisandre reveals a secret to Gendry. (AD)

9.00 Task 3/7. Robbie and Cliff 4 try to find a potential buyer, Aleah and Lizzie question Peaches’ former co-workers and a raid leads Tom to a shocking revelation. See page 60.

10.10 Mare of Easttown 3/7

Phone records lead Mare and Colin to question an unlikely suspect. Later, Mare receives unprompted family advice from Richard. (AD) 11.15 The Sopranos 7/13 Series 3 Paulie and Christopher argue bitterly, Junior undergoes surgery for stomach cancer, and Carmela visits a therapist.

12.20am I Know This Much Is True (AD) 1.30 The White Lotus (AD) 2.35 The Leftovers (AD) 3.35 Game of Thrones (AD) 4.40 In Treatment 5.10—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Bondi Rescue 7.00 Border

Security: America’s Front Line 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Nothing to Declare UK 9.30 Border Security USA (AD)

10.30 Caught Red Handed 12 noon FBI (AD) 1.00pm FBI: International (AD) 2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

3.00 Caught on Dashcam

4.00pm Nothing to Declare Eight editions following the work of customs officers in Australia.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Road disasters captured on video by drivers’ dashboard cameras.

9.00 Elsbeth 20/20 Series 2

4 Elsbeth finds herself in prison with some of the same criminals she put away. But when one is murdered, she sets out to find the killer’s killer. See page 61.

10.00 Matlock 10/19 Series 1

A senior living facility faces a wrongful death suit. (AD)

11.00 Blue Bloods 17/21 Series 13 Frank clashes with the team when one of the members becomes the focus of an investigation. (AD)

12 midnight The Equalizer (AD) 1.00am The Rookie: Feds (AD) 2.00 New. The Rookie 17/18 Series 7. The team helps skip tracer Randy when his new love interest is kidnapped Rptd tomorrow 9pm (AD) 3.00 New. FBI: Most Wanted 7/22 Series 6. The team uncover a money laundering scheme Rptd tomorrow 10pm (AD) 4.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 5.00—6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E

6.00am Hawaii Five-0 8.00 The Flash 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 SEAL Team (AD) 12 noon The Flash 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 SEAL Team (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Universe

7/20 Series 1. Scientists on Earth propose a way to bring the crew home, but the plan carries the risk of potential fatalities. (AD)

7.00 8/20. The crew members land on a jungle-like planet and contract a mysterious illness. (AD)

8.00 The Ultimate Romcom Movies Clara Amfo, Ellie Taylor and Russell Kane discuss the essential elements that must feature in the ideal romantic comedy. (AD)

9.00 The Paper 5/10. Ned chases a story about a local scammer operating through a dating app. (AD) 9.35 6/10. Ned takes over Esmeralda’s advertorials and assigns the staff to test the products themselves.

10.10 Stargate: the Ark of Truth

The SG-1 team journeys to another galaxy to stop an invasion of Earth. 12.10am Resident Alien 2.00 New series. Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle 1/4. See choice, p71 Repeated tomorrow 10pm 3.30 Warrior (AD) 4.20 Magnum PI (AD) 5.10—6.00am S.W.A.T. (AD)

7.10am Don’t Wait Up 7.40 The Green Green Grass 8.15 Only Fools and Horses (AD) 9.40 Hi-de-Hi!

10.20 Porridge 11.00 Last of the Summer Wine 12.20pm Don’t Wait Up 1.00 The Green Green Grass 1.35 Fawlty Towers (AD) 2.20 Porridge

3.00 Last of the Summer Wine

4.20 Don’t Wait Up 5.00 The Green Green Grass 5.40 Hi-de-Hi!

6.20pm Porridge Fletcher and Godber while away a long night.

7.00 Dad’s Army Private Godfrey asks to leave the platoon because he doesn’t want to fight.

7.40 Fawlty Towers Basil holds a gourmet night at the hotel. (AD)

8.20 A party of German guests comes to stay. (AD)

9.00 A particularly abrasive guest annoys Mr Fawlty. (AD) 9.45 Basil goes to great lengths to prove a guest has smuggled a woman into his room. (AD)

10.30 Porridge As 6.20pm.

11.10 Not Going Out Lee starts training for a 10-kilometre fun run, only to injure himself immediately.

11.50 Bottom The boys join Mrs Lineker’s Love Bureau hoping to find their perfect love matches.

12.30am Fawlty Towers (AD) 1.55 Not Going Out 2.30 Bottom 3.00—4.00am Alma’s Not Normal

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry 8.00 Four Weddings 10.00 Road Wars (AD) 11.00 The Cleaning Lady: double bill (AD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 Highway Cops 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans 4.00 Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Motorway Patrol 6.00pm Border Security USA (AD) 7.00 The Cleaning Lady: double bill. A single mother becomes a cleaning lady for the Mob in order to pay for her child’s healthcare (AD) 9.00 SEAL Team: double bill. The team suspects a mole is leaking information to the cartel, then the hunt for Andres Doza comes to a head (AD) 11.00 Last King of the Cross (AD) 12 midnight The Russell Howard Hour 1.00am A League of Their Own (AD) 2.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Four Weddings 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry: double bill

8.00am Impractical Jokers 9.00 New Girl 10.00 Last Man Standing 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 1.00pm Friends: sixteen back-to-back episodes (AD) 9.00 New. Iain Stirling’s Roast the Internet: Iain is joined by Asim Chaudhry, Maisie Adam and Kerry Godliman for a roast of the internet’s weirdest moments (AD) 10.00 Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad: double bill. The duo continue their adventure in Switzerland and Slovenia 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12 midnight Important Things with Demetri Martin 12.30am Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head 1.00 South Park 2.00 Utopia 3.00 Dara O Briain: Voice of Reason 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 The Mentalist 11.00 Hudson and Rex (AD) 12 noon Body of Proof 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Mentalist 5.00 Hudson and Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 3/15 Series 5. The priest struggles to promote understanding when a group of pagans are suspected of killing one of their own. (AD)

7.00 Body of Proof 7/20 Series 2 Megan investigates when an over-achieving teenager is found dead following a rave, with unknown drugs in his possession.

8.00 Death in Paradise 7/8 Series 8. A famous radio presenter is murdered live on air and Jack must unravel a complex mystery to find the culprit. (AD)

9.00 Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators 1/10 Series 4. Frank and Lu are drawn into Stratford’s Silicon Valley when Spider calls upon their help to expose a mole. (AD) 10.00 2/10. The duo enter the world of ballroom dancing, brimming with passion and jealousy. (AD) 11.00 Father Brown As 6pm. 12 midnight White Collar 1.00am Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

US Navy’s latest warship 9.00 Unexplained and Unexplored: Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah try to unravel the mystery of the Mayan empire’s fate (AD) 10.00 How Do They Do It? 11.00 Savage Builds 12 midnight Mysteries at the Museum 2.00am How the Universe Works 3.00—5.00am Expedition Unknown 8.00am Will & Grace (AD) 9.00 The Conners 10.00 Sex and the City 11.15 Girls (AD) 12.25pm The Office US 1.30 The Conners 2.30 The Office US 3.30 Will & Grace (AD) 4.30 Sex and the City 5.45 The Office US: double bill 6.45pm Will & Grace: double bill. Will and Jack get a surprise, then Will and Jack are accused of sexism by two lesbians (AD) 7.45 Sex and the City: double bill. A surprise wedding gives Carrie food for thought, then Carrie’s date with Jack Berger draws near 9.00 New. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 9.45 New. Real Time with Bill Maher: the comedian and guests discuss the week’s events 10.55 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 11.40 New. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 12.40am Entourage 2.20 Veep: double bill (AD) 3.40—5.00am Curb Your Enthusiasm

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Tales from the Ryder Cup 7.00pm Luke Donald in 2023

6.00am The Anarchists (AD)

7.00 Discovering: Matthew Broderick (AD) 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 The Nineties 10.00 Lockerbie (AD) 11.00 The Jinx Part Two (AD) 12 noon I Am Raquel Welch (AD) 1.45pm My Icon: Denise Lewis (AD) 2.00 Quant 3.50 My Icon: Kadeena Cox (AD) 4.00 Discovering: Matthew Broderick (AD) 5.00 The Directors (AD)

6.00pm The Nineties A look at the decade’s social issues, from the Los Angeles and Crown Heights riots to the OJ Simpson trial.

7.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup Stories from the competition between USA and Europe. (AD)

8.00 Seve The story of golfer Severiano Ballesteros, told by his brothers and players. (AD)

10.00 The Armstrong Lie HHHH

q Charting Lance Armstrong’s attempt to win the Tour de France four years after retiring. In the course of filming, director Alex Gibney and his crew are presented with revelations about Armstrong that will stun the sporting world.

12.30am The Scheme 2.45

At the Heart of Gold: inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal 4.30 Chernobyl: My Promised Land

5.00—6.00am Discovering: Matthew Broderick (AD)

Geographic

8.00am Europe from Above (AD) 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

10.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD)

12 noon Megastructures 1.00pm Engineering Europe (AD) 2.00 Secret Nazi Science (AD) 3.00 Hitler’s Teen Killers 4.00 Vikings: the Rise and Fall (AD) 5.00 Car SOS: a Ford Escort XR3i (AD)

6.00pm Lost Treasures of Egypt 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 New. Construction Fails: featuring an Italian supermarket collapse 9.00 New. To Catch a Smuggler: CBP and HSI agents dismantle a marijuana ring 10.00 New. Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller

11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD)

12 midnight Inside Melbourne Airport (AD) 1.00am To Catch a Smuggler

2.00 Lords of War 2.30 Abandoned

3.20 Food Factory 4.10—5.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am Sky Sports Catch Up 7.00 Sky Sports Breakfast 9.00 Ref Watch

10.00 Sky Sports FC: football news 12 noon Lunchtime Live 2.00pm Sports Desk 5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Sports Centre

Undiscovered Vistas 9.00pm The Niagara Escarpment

6.00am Zambia Untamed 7.00

Monkey Life 8.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 9.00 Secrets of the Enchanted Forests 10.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon Mysteries of the Mekong 1.00pm

Monkey Life: double bill 2.00

Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD)

3.00 Secrets of the Enchanted Forests 4.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 5.00 Hope for Wildlife

6.00pm Mysteries of the Mekong Examining how the influence of the river’s basin reaches across half the country.

7.00 Monkey Life Double bill. Following Dorset’s Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre.

8.00 Coral City As winter arrives, life on the reef slows down, with sharks and octopuses meandering.

9.00 Undiscovered Vistas

A look at the stunning vistas of the Niagara Escarpment.

10.00 Mysteries of the Mekong As 6pm.

11.00 Hope for Wildlife Hope’s first fawn of the year interrupts delicate surgery on an injured owl.

12 midnight Orangutan Jungle School 1.00am Zambia Untamed

2.00 Coral City 3.00 Undiscovered Vistas 4.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 5.00—6.00am Secrets of the Enchanted Forests

Nat Geo Wild Sky History Animal Planet

6.00am Swamp People: Serpent Invasion 6.55 Storage Hunters 7.50 American Pickers 8.45 Pawn Stars 10.10 Storage Wars 12 noon The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd 1.00pm New. Kevin Costner’s The West 2.00 The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden 3.00 New series. Full Custom Garage 4.00 Ancient Impossible 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden 9.00 Kevin Costner’s The West 10.00 New series. Secrets in the Dark 11.00 World’s Most Unexplained 12 midnight Alien Corridors 12.55am The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd 1.50 Kevin Costner’s The West 2.50 Full Custom Garage 3.40 Pawn Stars 4.25—6.00am Storage Wars

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Africa’s Hunters 10.00 Monster Fish 11.00 Heartland Docs 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 Critter Fixers: Country Vets 3.00 Savage Kingdom 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo 5.00 The Incredible Dr Pol

6.00pm Snakes in the City: Simon and Siouxsie have to break up two mating boomslang snakes 7.00 Secrets of the Zoo: a heavily pregnant rhino has keepers in Tampa on edge 8.00 New.

The Last Rhinos: a New Hope: a global effort to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction 9.00 Deadly Dozen: an insight into the wide variety of species native to Africa 10.00 Lawless Island 11.00 Ice Road Rescue 12 midnight Africa’s Hunters 1.00am America’s National Parks Compilations

2.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 3.00 Yukon Vet 4.00—5.00am World’s Deadliest

8.00am My Cat from Hell (AD) 9.00 Saved by the Barn 10.00 Tanked 11.00 Animal Cops Houston (AD) 1.00pm Crikey! It’s the Irwins 2.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 3.00 My Cat from Hell: two editions (AD) 5.00 Lone Star Law 6.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 7.00 Treehouse Masters: Pete Nelson builds a treehouse B&B 8.00 Expedition Bigfoot: Bryce comes across a photo of a human-like hand with claws 9.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier: disaster strikes as Atz Lee and Jane hunt for black bears 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 12 midnight Crikey! It’s the Irwins 1.00am Expedition Bigfoot 2.00 Treehouse Masters 3.00—5.00am Animal Cops Houston (AD)

7.30 LIVE Championship Football Coverage of Millwall v Watford at the Den (kick-off 8.00). 10.30 Tales from the Ryder Cup: a look at the origins of the golf event 11.30 Sky Sports News

1.00am LIVE NFL Baltimore Ravens v Detroit Lions, the week three match at M&T Bank Stadium (kick-off 1.15). These two sides last met back in October 2023 when the Ravens came away with a 38—6 victory. The hosts scored points in every quarter while it took until the fourth period for the Lions to get something on the board. The visitors will be looking to improve on a record that has only seen them beat Baltimore once in their history.

4.30—6.00am Sky Sports News

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441

6.00am Classic Play-Off Finals 9.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 10.00 Championship Retro: Blackpool v Cardiff City in the 2010 play-off final 12 noon Women’s Super League Football 2.00pm Championship

2.30 League One Goals 3.00 League Two Goals 3.30 Championship Highlights 4.30 Women’s Super League Highlights 5.30 League One Goals 6.00 League Two Goals 6.30 German Football 7.30 LIVE Championship Football Coverage of Millwall v Watford at the Den (kick-off 8.00). The south London hosts have a decent recent record against their visitors having won four of the last six meetings between the two sides. Paulo Pezzolano’s Watford have only won one match in that period which happened to be in this fixture last season, when they came away with 3—2 victory in August 2024. 10.30 Championship Highlights 11.00 EFL Greatest Games 12 midnight Classic League Cup Final: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur in the 2008/09 final 2.45am EFL Greatest Games 4.00 Championship Season Review (AD) 5.00 Craig Brown: My Scotland (AD) 5.30—6.00am There’s Only One Sauzée (AD)

Sky Sports +

Sky 404 Virgin 518/HD 508

447 6.00am Sky Sports Catch Up 7.00 Sky Sports Breakfast 9.00 Ref Watch 10.00 LIVE ATP Tennis Coverage from day six of both the Chengdu Open and Hangzhou Open in China, where the semi-finals of each tournament are due to take place.

2.30pm Sports Desk 5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Sports Centre 10.00 Sky Sports News at Ten 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00 Sky Sports News 1.00am Classic League Cup 3.45 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 4.00—6.00am Championship Retro

Sky Golf

6.00am Ryder Cup Golf: another chance to see day three in 2023 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome 2.00pm How the 2004 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 4.00 How the 2012 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 6.00 Ryder Cup 2023: Una Famiglia (AD) 8.00 Ryder Cup Golf: all the latest news and analysis in the build-up to the competition on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park 11.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup 12 midnight How the 1995 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 2.00am How the 2004 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 4.00—6.00am How the 2012 Ryder Cup Was Won: at the Medinah Country Club (AD)

NFL 1.00am Sky NFL Can Baltimore’s quarterback Lamar Jackson tame the Detroit Lions?

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440 6.00am Premier League Greatest Games 7.00 Premier League Highlights 9.00 Ref Watch 10.00 Sky Sports FC 12 noon Premier League Highlights 5.00pm The Premier League Show 7.00 Premier League Review 8.00 Ref Watch 8.30 The Big Interview 9.00 Premier League Stories 9.30 Premier League Review 10.30 The Big Interview 11.00 Ref Watch 11.30 Premier League Years: a look back at memorable moments from the 2014/15 season (AD) 1.30am Premier League Retro: Chelsea v Liverpool in 2003 3.30 Premier League Greatest Games 4.00—6.00am Premier League Best Goals

Sky Cricket

Sky 405 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

6.00am International One-Day Cricket Highlights 8.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights (AD) 9.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 10.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 11.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 1.00pm Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket

Highlights 2.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights (AD) 3.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights (AD) 4.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights (AD) 6.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights (AD) 7.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 9.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 10.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights: England v India, a women’s match at the Rose Bowl in Southampton 11.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 12 midnight International One-Day Cricket Highlights 1.00am International T20 Cricket Highlights 5.30—6.00am Best of England v South Africa (AD)

Sky NFL

Sky 412 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am NFL Highlights 10.00 NFL Bitesize 11.00 NFL Highlights 12 noon NFL Bitesize 1.00pm Good Morning Football 3.00 NFL Bitesize 4.00 NFL Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk 8.00 NFL Bitesize 9.00 NFL Highlights 11.00 NFL Fantasy 12 midnight NFL Bitesize 1.00am LIVE NFL Baltimore Ravens v Detroit Lions, the week three match at M&T Bank Stadium (kick-off 1.15). These two sides last met back in October 2023 when the Ravens came away with an impressive 38—6 victory. The hosts scored points in every quarter while it took until the fourth period for the Lions to get something on the board. 4.30 NFL Bitesize 5.30—6.00am NFL Gameday

Sky Tennis

Sky 408 Virgin 537/HD 520 EE 425/HD 445 10.00am—2.30pm LIVE ATP Tennis Day six of both the Chengdu Open and Hangzhou Open in China, where the semi-finals of each tournament are due to take place.

TNT Sports 1

Sky 410 Virgin 521 EE 408/HD 430

6.00am Premier League Review (AD)

7.00 International T20 Cricket Highlights: Ireland v England, the third men’s match in Dublin 8.00 TNT Sports Cricket Reload 8.15 Cycling 9.15 LIVE Cycling The women’s under-23 time trial, at the World Championship in Kigali, Rwanda; 12.15pm Coverage of the men’s under-23 time trial in Kigali. 4.00 BMX Racing 5.00 Caribbean Premier League Cricket Highlights (AD) 5.30 British Superbikes Highlights (AD) 6.30 Italian Football 7.30 LIVE Italian Football Napoli v Pisa, the Serie A match from Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (kick-off 7.45). This is the first meeting between the two sides since 2007, when Napoli won 3—1 after extra time in the Coppa Italia. 9.45 Premier League Review (AD) 10.45 Asia Cup Cricket: a Super Fours match 11.15 International T20 Cricket Highlights 12.15am International One-Day Cricket 1.15 The Gruppetto 1.30 MLB Highlights 2.30 LIVE Major League Baseball San Diego Padres v Milwaukee Brewers, the National League match from Petco Park (start 2.40). These two teams met back in early June in Milwaukee in a three-match series with the Padres winning the series 2—1 thanks to 1—0 and 2—0 victories. 5.45—6.00am Cricket Reload

TNT Sports 2

MONDAY Television

TNT Sports 3

TNT Sports 4

d y

BACK TO SCHOOL

DRAMA

Waterloo Road

9.00pm, 10.40pm BBC One Full series available via iPlayer

Earlier this year, comedian Jon Richardson April fooled much of the UK’s press by announcing that he was giving up comedy for a career in teaching, when what he’d really done was sign up to play a staff member on Waterloo Road

Now, his character, Darius Donovan, makes his debut in a scene that feels as though a further joke is being made, this time about Richardson’s

SOAP EastEnders

7.30pm BBC One

Catch up via iPlayer

There’s more to mine from Zoe’s return beyond the complicated mother/daughter dynamic with Kat, and now the character is settling back into Albert Square it’s time to revisit some more of her greatest hits. Zoe’s obsession with Dennis Rickman and involvement in Dirty Den’s murder 20 years ago meant she’s never been high on Sharon’s Christmas card list. Now Zoe and Sharon are back in each other’s orbit their history is being raked up and a revelation from Zoe rubs new salt into an old wound for Sharon. Elsewhere, Peter gets a self-esteem boost by furtively flirting with a young mum he’s met at a baby group. That inexplicable Beale charm strikes again. JOHNATHON HUGHES

personal life. For when he’s asked why he left his previous post, Mr Donovan cites “a messy breakup”. Well, he does teach media studies — maybe this is an example of metatextuality? Richardson’s arrival is the key selling point of this latest series, episodes of which are being shown either side of the 10pm news (a bit late for a school night, I’d have thought, but then again the target

DOCUMENTARY

Chronicles of the Sperrins

7.30pm BBC Two

Full series available via iPlayer

The Sperrins stretch for 40 miles across Mid Ulster, encompassing peatlands and mountains, farms and stately homes, each seemingly designed to seduce. This series (first shown in Northern Ireland) begins in the spring, where volunteers clear footpaths, a clock is reinstalled in a house once owned by the ancestors of CS Lewis and “social farming” gives meaningful work to those with learning difficulties or neurodiversity. Colin Morgan does his best with the florid narration; focus, instead, on the lavish visuals and the quiet pride of residents whose contributions towards maintaining such landscapes may be small but are significant.

GABRIEL TATE

REALITY

Stacey & Joe

8.00pm BBC One

Catch up via iPlayer

audience probably heads to iPlayer anyway). Though there is drama elsewhere, too, with headteacher Stella Drake earning the ire of Schuey when, as part of her new anti-religion ethos, she stops him from performing a Christian rap in assembly. As we see, Schuey may have recently found God, but he certainly hasn’t lost his rebellious spirit.

DAVID BROWN

FOOD

The Great British Bake Off

8.00pm C4

Forget Sort Your Life Out: the BBC need to Sort Your Programme Order Out regarding this fly-on-the-wall documentary. In episode one we saw Stacey Solomon’s son learning to drive, but tonight he’s looking ahead to his 17th birthday. There’s enough going on in the world that the chronology of this series shouldn’t matter, but it’s irksome all the same.

Elsewhere, Stacey reflects on how she coped as a teenage mum, and husband Joe Swash hopes to visit his mum in Spain. That’s if he can get there. He gets preoccupied with Duty Free aftershave samples in the airport, and when he arrives at the gate, he finds the plane he thought was going to Malaga is destined for Alicante. FRANCES TAYLOR

Catch up via C4 streaming

This week’s “back to school” theme gives everyone the chance to make dreadful puns about doing their homework, getting expelled, being teacher’s pet and so on. You may want to let your mind play truant for those (sorry, it’s infectious) and concentrate instead on the bakers’ unusual flapjacks, school cakes (they must make their own decorative sprinkles) and traditional school fête showstoppers (including a coconut shy, a relay race and a computer fair). This batch seem especially jolly and relaxed whatever challenges they’re set, but while a few might not graduate, there are a couple who are obviously top students.

JANE RACKHAM

Jon Richardson (centre right) joins the staff at Waterloo Road

TRAVEL

Michael Palin in Venezuela

9pm 5 Catch up via 5 streaming Venezuela is a country full of contradictions, or what Michael Palin calls a “calm intensity”. This leg starts in Los Roques, a holiday idyll without tourists because many airlines won’t fly here, before he visits a project that rehabilitates ex-gang members through rugby. He also experiences the country’s repressive government when the crew are detained by armed police. “That escalated very quickly,” he says, before enjoying the gentler activity of releasing an anaconda (not a python) into the wild. JR

FILM

Attica: America’s

Bloodiest Prison Uprising 1111

10.35pm BBC Four Catch up via iPlayer

qThis 2021 account of the 1971 prison rebellion in Attica, New York — the largest in USA history — is a shocking but essential watch.

Directors Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson interviewed dozens of prisoners and observers, and had the benefit of film footage from inside the prison, as well as newsreels reporting the occupation. The interviewees’ emotions are still intense, and they tell the story in their words. “There’s no voice of God ‘Morgan Freeman’ that comes in to fill in the blanks,” says Curry.

TOM FOLLEY Film reviews: page 77

COMEDY

TUESDAY 23

HUSTLER

Romesh Ranganathan travels the world to fact-check his own material

The Inheritance: the Final 9.15pm C4

The reality game show hosted by Rob Rinder and Elizabeth Hurley (above) ends — the fortune is yet to be claimed, and a shocking twist will be revealed.

Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle

10.00pm Sky Showcase/Max Catch up via Now

NEW SERIES

This four-part travelogue sees the ubiquitous Romesh Ranganathan heading to Asia and North America to unravel the fact and fiction behind the material for his first arena tour, but starts with the show itself, filmed at London’s O2 Arena in May last year. Beginning and ending with filth — first, the launching of numerous c-bombs at target Laurence Fox, later a graphic account of marital sex — the meat of the set takes as its theme the subject of midlife.

Amid some familiar but fun riffs on reluctant socialising and musical differences with his teenage sons comes some excellent observational material on male mental health, whether it’s the peculiarly disproportionate response to football or the toxic obsession with “smashing” life, rather than just living it.

GABRIEL TATE

DOCUMENTARY

DOCUMENTARY

The Yorkshire Vet 8.00pm 5

Julian Norton helps an old English sheepdog patient and a rare sheep struggles to give birth.

Buried Secrets: the Body in the Carpet 10.00pm 5

The investigation of 15-year-old Karen Price, whose remains were found in off-cut carpets in 1989.

LIVE SPORT

Football: League Cup Third Round

Michael Portillo’s 200 Years of th il

Barry Humphries: the Last Laugh

8.00pm BBC Two Catch up via iPlayer

Liverpool v Southampton 7pm (k/o 8pm) Sky Sports Main Event/Football

.00pm and into although a more

STAYING ON TRACK

Train enthusiast

Michael Portillo uses the Greatest Gathering in Derby to look back at yet more ways in which the railways transformed almost every aspect of British life from trade and industry to football and literature The account of the rise to prominence of Stephenson’s Rocket is handled well and Portillo’s shameless punning and genuine enthusiasm keep things light enough to avoid a terminal descent into nerdiness, alth h critical scrutiny of the half-cocked HS2 p j t i ht t h i . GT

Michael Portillo

11.10pm (regions vary, check listings) ITV1 Catch up via ITVX This is two profiles for the price of one. The first is the story of an Australian comedian with a sevendecade career, while the second is of a Melbourne housewife turned megastar who could eviscerate egos with the curl of a lip.

As fans and friends such as Jonathan Ross and Joan Bakewell testify, the line between creator and creation did often blur, to the point where it was often hard to tell where Barry Humphries ended and Dame Edna Everage began.

Action from Anfield, where Liverpool begin their defence of the trophy, taking on Championship opposition.

Cycling: World Championships

9.30am/12.45pm TNT Sports 1

The junior women’s and men’s time trials, from Kigali, Rwanda.

Tennis: ATP Events

12 noon Sky Sports Tennis Action from the Chengdu Open and the Hangzhou Open.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

project might not have gone amiss.

But the loss of both in 2023 was keenly felt, and this retrospective shown originally in the same year offers numerous welcome reminders of their brilliantly caustic wit. DB

FILM REVIEWS page 77

Vi i t 11

TUESDAY Main Channels

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Jon Kay, Sally Nugent. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Magazine show presented by Michelle Ackerley and Gethin Jones. (S) (HD)

10.45 SAS: Catching the Criminals Billy Billingham rides with a road policing unit as they try to intercept members of a suspected car-theft gang. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Homes under the Hammer In Northampton, Leeds and Coventry. Rptd Wed 6.15am BBC Two (S) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt From Wrexham. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Clean It, Fix It The team of cleaners and DIY experts helps a man reclaim his home. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes Robson and Helen Skelton visit the Lake District, where they walk among wolves in their natural habitat. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country A young couple are looking to swap their London flat for something bigger in the East Midlands. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45 The Travelling Auctioneers Lauren Wood finds that restoring a table is no easy task. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 The Answer Run Jason Manford hosts the quiz where couples face 50/50 questions. (R) (S) (HD)

BBC Two

6.15am Homes under the Hammer Properties in Devon and East Sussex. Shown last Thursday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 The Travelling Auctioneers Robin Johnson and Izzie Balmer explore a house in Sutton Coldfield full of large collections. Shown last Friday BBC One (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone The Repair Shop Items include a plush hound dog belonging to the Elvis fan club. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.15pm Politics Live (S) (HD)

1.00 Impossible Quiz with Rick Edwards. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Si King and Dave Myers explore the history of pies. (R) (S) (HD)

2.15 Politics Live Conference 2025 Updates from the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth, featuring coverage of Sir Ed Davey’s speech. (S) (HD)

3.45 Beechgrove Repotted How a woman’s garden helps her feed her family for almost no cost. (R) (S) (HD)

4.15—5.15 Earth Chris Packham explores how Earth became almost completely frozen over, with the survival of life hanging in the balance. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Guests, gossip and more. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Celebrity interviews, fashion and lifestyle advice. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Forthright opinions. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson and his team are in Gloucestershire where a collection of jewellery helps pay for a trip to America and Henry Nicholls spends more than planned. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tenable Five family members making up It’ll Be Isle of Wight on the Night take part. Warwick Davis hosts. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S) (HD)

Channel 4

5.50am Countdown With Ainsley Harriott. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Celebrity Undercover Boss USA Gold-medal gymnast Gabby Douglas goes under cover to meet inspiring coaches. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 A New Life in the Sun A B&B owner in Spain throws a grand opening party, and a couple hold the first event at their French manor. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Car SOS Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a 1997 Lotus Elise belonging to a cancer patient who had hoped to restore the vehicle with her father. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 2.10 Countdown With Ainsley Harriott. (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 A Place in the Sun Ben Hillman meets hairdresser Sandra and builder Dave who are searching for a holiday home for the whole family to enjoy in Alicante with a budget of £100,000. (R) (S) (HD)

Waterloo Road

9.00pm New teacher Darius (Jon Richardson) arrives to shake up the staffroom

5.15pm Pointless

Quiz show hosted by Alexander Armstrong. (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

Hosted by Roman Kemp and Lauren Laverne. (S) (HD)

7.30 EastEnders

4

Vicki sees red as a situation escalates, newcomer Jasmine causes trouble for Freddie and Peter acts out of character. See page 70.

Vicki Fowler Alice Haig

Zoe Slater Michelle Ryan

Panesar Shiv Jalota

Avani Nandra-Hart Aaliyah James

Writer Daran Little More cast Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Stacey & Joe

43/6 Series 2. It’s all about family this week. As Stacey cherishes a visit with grandma Gwen, Joe enjoys some precious moments with his mum in Spain and Zach gets to spend time with his dad. See p70.

Series producer Rory Dalziel; Executive producers Charlotte Brookes and Sara Evans Repeated tomorrow 9pm BBC Three (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Waterloo Road

4New series. 1/8 Series 16. Return of the drama set in a Manchester school. Schuey and Agnes cause uproar as they rebel against Stella Drake’s rules. New teacher Darius Donovan causes a stir in the staffroom, while Jack Rimmer returns to tackle the troubles of a new generation on his first day as school counsellor. Continues 10.40pm. The whole series joins a box set on iPlayer from today. See p70.

Stella Drake Lindsey Coulson

Jack Rimmer Jason Merrells

Joe Casey James Baxter

Mike Rutherford Ryan Clayton

Wendy Whitwell Jo Coffey

Neil Guthrie Neil Fitzmaurice

Nisha Chandra Saira Jackson

Darius Donovan Jon Richardson

Nicky Walters Kym Marsh

Valerie Chambers Shauna Shim

Donte Charles Adam Thomas

Cat Guthrie Lucy Chambers

Stacey “Stace” Neville Tillie Amartey

Aleena Qureshi Sonya Nisa

Lois Taylor-Brown Miya Ocego

Ben Drake Fintan Buckard

Hope Drake Savannah Kunyo

Izzy Charles Scarlett Thomas

Portia Weever Maisey Robinson

Tonya Walters Summer Bird

Shola Aku Chiamaka Ulebor

Dwayne Jackson Thapelo Ray

Declan Brown Teddy Wallwork

Schumacher “Schuey” Weever Zak Sutcliffe

Tyler James Bill Bekele

Agnes Eccleston

Niamh Blackshaw

Marc Todd Tom Wells

Ashton Stone Cory McClane

Zayne Jackson Inathi Rozani Forest Sumi Alfie Corbett

Debs Rafferty Hollie-Jay Bowes

Mollie “Mog” Richardson Aabay Ali Libby Guthrie Hattie Dynevor

Jas Sharma Lauren Patel

Noel McManus Liam Scholes

Writer Chris Gill; Director Lloyd Eyre-Morgan; Producer Adam Leatherland Repeated tomorrow 10pm BBC Three (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Waterloo Road

42/8. Stella and Ben clash as the school welcomes a cohort of year six students. Debs is excited to step into Wendy’s shoes for the day, but Nicky has to take action when things get out of hand. See p70.

Writer Lisa Holdsworth Rptd tomorrow 11pm BBC Three (S) (AD) (HD)

11.40 Stranded on Honeymoon Island 9/12. A flare-up sparks suspicion and speculation among the honeymooners, and even the strongest couples begin to feel the strain. More tomorrow 9pm. Shown last Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

Chronicles of the Sperrins 7.30pm Wildlife peatland officer Rory battles the elements on Mullaghcarn

5.15pm Flog It!

Antique experts James Lewis and Catherine Southon search for items at Dover Castle in Kent. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games Yasmine Akram, Stephen Mangan, Ingrid Oliver and Tom Rosenthal test their general knowledge. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys

17/20 Series 3. Michael Portillo reaches the Deben estuary on his trip around eastern England. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Nigella at My Table

1/6. Nigella Lawson shares simple recipes that offer complex flavours. Her new discovery is Turkish-inspired eggs, but she also demonstrates an old favourite, queen of puddings. The whole series is on iPlayer. Series producer Hannah Griffiths; Exec producer Robi Dutta (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Chronicles of the Sperrins

4New series. 1/4. Spring. Cameras follow life in the Sperrin Mountains across Mid Ulster. It’s spring at Butterlope Farm, owned by Annie and Vinnie Mullan and run by their team of social farmers, who are busy with planting and lambing. On Mullaghcarn, conservation efforts are under way to restore vital bogland areas, while in Gortin Glen Forest Park, walking guide Sean Harpur and his guide dog Bennie explore the woodland’s hidden history. Narrated by Colin Morgan. The whole series is on iPlayer. See p70. Series producer Veronica Cunningham; Executive producer David Cumming First shown on BBC One Northern Ireland (S) (HD)

8.00 Michael Portillo’s 200 Years of the Railways

42/2. Michael Portillo continues his celebration of the birth of the modern railway. He begins in Derby by visiting the largest ever collection of locomotives in one place, before following the route of the world’s first intercity line between Manchester and Liverpool, which opened in 1830. He learns what drove the creation of Manchester’s Bridgewater Canal, and in Liverpool he hears how novelist Elizabeth Gaskell captured the spirit of the railway age. Both episodes are available on iPlayer. See page 71.

Director Ben Rowland

Executive producers John Comerford and Alison Kreps (S) (AD) (HD) Michael Portillo’s viewpoint: page 11

9.00 QI XL

Guests James Acaster, Daliso Chaponda and Cariad Lloyd offer answers on secrets, spies and sleuths.

Director Diccon Ramsay; Series producer Piers Fletcher (R) (S) (HD)

9.45 Live at the Apollo

Joel Dommett, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Jamie MacDonald perform at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

Director Paul Wheeler; Producer Anthony Caveney (R) (S) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Victoria Derbyshire. (S) (HD) Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India 2/3. Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark board a packed train to Rajasthan during Diwali. See choice, p51.

Shown Sunday 9pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12.40am Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 12.45—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

RT TRAVEL Enjoy 11 days exploring India, including two safaris in search of tigers and a visit to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort: page 137 12 midnight—4.15am Sign Zone 12 midnight Saving Lives at Sea 8/10. A kayaker needs help after getting into trouble near the Farne Islands. Shown last Thursday (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am The Newsreader 3/6. Helen is struggling, both personally and professionally. Shown last Thursday (S) (AD) (HD) 1.55 King & Conqueror 6/8. William and Harold each seek costly alliances. Shown Sunday 9.15pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD) 2.45 Stranded on Honeymoon Island 8/12. The events of Castaway Day send shockwaves across the island. Presented by Davina McCall. Shown last Thursday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD) 3.45 Global Eye Jean Mackenzie reports on political turmoil in South Korea. Shown last Monday (S) (HD)

League Cup Football 7.30pm

Arne Slot’s Reds will want to march into the next round against the Saints

4.00pm Tipping Point

Host Ben Shephard returns to pit four players against a mesmerising arcade-style machine.

Director Richard van’t Riet; Series producer Sara Doyle (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Bradley Walsh presents as Peter, Shania, Medi and Naeem take on one of the Chasers. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)

7.00 Emmerdale

Caleb is startled when Ruby catches him sneaking out, and a secret mission begins. Caleb Miligan William Ash

Miligan

Cordingly

Writer Chris Gill More cast Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 League Cup Football

Liverpool v Southampton

Mark Pougatch introduces live coverage of the third-round match at Anfield (kick-off 8.00).

The teams also met in this competition last season, with Liverpool claiming a 2—1 win at St Mary’s Stadium in the quarter-finals thanks to goals by Darwin Núñez and Harvey Elliott. Those players have now moved to Al-Hilal and Aston Villa respectively, but head coach Arne Slot still has a wealth of world-class talent at his disposal. Southampton manager Will Still has made a solid start to his first senior role in English football. His side’s League Cup run has included wins at Northampton Town and Norwich City, and he’ll be aiming for an upset on Merseyside tonight. With commentary from Sam Matterface and Stephen Warnock, and reports by Gabriel Clarke. Highlights Thursday 11.45am ITV4. Director Paul McNamara; Editor Stuart Smith (S) (HD)

In the event of penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change

10.20 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

11.10 Barry Humphries: the Last Laugh

4A tribute to the veteran Australian comedian behind Dame Edna Everage, featuring archive footage and memories from friends and fans such as Jonathan Ross, Nick Cave, Jason Donovan and Alison Hammond. See page 71.

Director/Producer Pete Deagle (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Madeleine McCann: Searching for the Prime Suspect Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann’s mysterious disappearance from Praia da Luz in Portugal, criminologist Dr Graham Hill visits the area to examine the case against the prime suspect, German man Christian Brückner. Shown last Wednesday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am You Bet! on Tour 4/7. Game show with Stephen Mulhern. Shown Sat 6pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

The Inheritance: the Final 9.15pm Where there’s a will: Robert Rinder prepares to hand over the fortune

4.00pm Help! We Bought a Village In Italy, Lucie and Jerry try to secure planning permission to rebuild their earthquake-damaged borgo. Kevin and Anna find a secret cave at a former wine-making estate in France. (S) (HD)

5.00 Four in a Bed

Charlotte and Matt host the week’s second visit, at The Apple Farm in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, hoping for a ringing endorsement for the plush bell tents at their glampsite. (S) (HD)

5.30 Come Dine with Me

Law student Jake highlights the Welsh leek on the second night in north Wales. Laura loves his chocolate pudding, but Saffron’s comments bring some tension to the table. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

In Almería, a couple search for a home that will accommodate their collection of books. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

8.00 The Great British Bake Off

44/10. Back to school week begins with a lunch box favourite, flapjacks, before the bakers are tested with a fondly remembered school cake technical, that comes with a catch. For their final exam, they have to produce a spectacular school fête showstopper, full of nostalgic treats. Mr Hollywood and Ms Leith judge their efforts, before deciding which of the students to expel. The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice Friday 8pm. See page 70.

Series director Jeanette Goulbourn; Series producer Sophia Reid Simulcast with signing on 4seven Repeated tomorrow 7.45pm and Thu 9pm 4seven Signed rpt Thu 11.05pm C4 (S) (AD) (HD)

9.15 The Inheritance: the Final 12/12. The grand finale sees trust become the most valuable currency of all as “the Deceased” unveils one last, ruthless twist. Will the winner act with fairness or will greed overpower them?

Signed repeat Thursday 3.35am (S) (AD) (HD)

10.20 Celebrity Gogglebox

Some of Britain’s best-loved personalities critique TV shows, including Jennifer Saunders and daughter Beattie Edmondson, Danny and daughter Dani Dyer, Rylan and his mum Linda Clark, Jordan and Ashley Banjo with Perri Kiely, Babatunde Aléshé and Mo Gilligan, Zoe Ball and Woody Cook, and Happy Mondays legends Shaun Ryder and Bez. From June 2024.

Executive producers Victoria Ray, Leon Campbell and Mike Cotton (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.25 Gogglebox

Ep 3. The armchair critics share their opinions on the latest TV happenings.

Shown last Friday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

Gordon Ramsay tries to save Mangia Mangia in Woodland Park, Colorado, from disaster. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

1.10 Celebrity Undercover Boss USA Former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker tries to find America’s next great recording artist. (R) (S) (HD)

1.55 The Donald Trump Show 2/3. The president pursues an ambitious agenda to transform America. Shown last Wednesday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.45 The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes: Season by Season Spring in the national parks. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.40 Kirstie’s House of Craft Mexican tin art, soap recycling and a lovable tin-can dog. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00 Location, Location, Location First-time buyers who relocated from London to Bristol. (R) (S) (HD)

4.55—5.50am George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces A man-made stalactite grotto. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Yes Minister 8.25pm Sir Humphrey is horrified by plans to dispose of an art gallery

7.00pm Earth’s Natural Wonders

2/2 Vast Wonders. A fisherman in Zambia faces crocodiles and risks being swept to his death as he tries to make a living. First shown in 2015. Repeated 2.25am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 The Good Life

3/8 Series 4. Our Speaker Today Barbara takes up public speaking. From 1977. A box set is on iPlayer.

Writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey

Director/Producer John Howard Davies (R) (S)

8.25 Yes Minister

7/8 Series 3. The Middle-Class Rip-Off Jim decides to support the sale of an art gallery to save a football club. From 1982. A box set is on iPlayer.

Writers Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn

Director Peter Whitmore (R) (S)

8.55 Africa’s Lion Kings Natural World revisits the African lions that have learned to prey on elephants.

Director Brad Bestelink

Series editor Roger Webb (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 Great Railway Journeys: Derry to Kerry with Michael Palin

The writer and comedian tries to dispel a few myths about Irish rail travel and learn about the emigrants who left for America during the famines of the 1840s. From 1994. Watch now on iPlayer. Part of BBC Four’s week-long celebration of 200 years of the railways.

Director/Producer Ken Stephinson Repeated 1.30am (R) (S) (HD) Viewpoint: page 11

10.00 Michael Palin: the Art of Travel Experiencing a century-old rail service to St Andrews. From 1989.

Director John Metherell

Producer Trevor Hearing (R) (S) (HD)

10.10 Michael Palin: Comic Roots

A 1983 profile in which the actor and broadcaster discusses his early interest in acting and comedy, reflecting on his education at the Shrewsbury School and Oxford University.

Producer Tony Laryea

Editor Derek Wallbank (R) (S) (HD)

10.35 Attica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising

qHHHH Documentary exploring the uprising at a New York State prison in 1971, when more than 1,000 inmates took control of Attica Correctional Facility, seizing 39 hostages. Their demands related to the conditions they were forced to endure, but a police assault killed 29 convicts and 10 others — leaving many survivors seeking compensation. Review p77.

Directors Traci A Curry, Stanley Nelson (2021) (S) (HD) 12.30am Dan Cruickshank and the Family That Built Gothic Britain The changing fortunes of the Scott family of architects. From 2014. Repeated tomorrow 2.35am (R) (S) (HD) 1.30 Great Railway Journeys: Derry to Kerry with Michael Palin Shown 9pm (S) (HD) 2.25—3.25am Earth’s Natural Wonders

11.40pm Sportscene: Premiership Highlights 12.10—12.40am Scotcast: Martin Geissler hosts a discussion on Scotland’s biggest news stories

7.00pm Reporting Scotland

7.30 Eat the Town: Natalie and Dazza head to Arbroath

8.00 Scotland from the Sky: Jamie Crawford discovers how people in Scotland have lived off the land over the centuries 9.00 The Firm: triple bill of the documentary following the work of law firm Aamer Anwar & Co 11.15 Scotcast: with Martin Geissler 11.45—12 midnight Rewind 1990s: events and news from 1999

11.10pm Scotland Tonight 11.30—12.40am The Life and Death of Lily Savage

3.45pm First Minister’s Questions 4.40—5.15 Beechgrove Repotted: Mairi Reid talks about feeding her family for almost no cost

11.10pm—12.05am Sharp End: Andrea Byrne hosts a political discussion UTV

11.10pm—12.05am View from Stormont: Paul Clark and the team report on the latest political developments in Belfast, London and Dublin

TUESDAY

TUESDAY Freeview

5.40am Milkshake! See page 76

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley and Guests (S) (HD)

12.30pm Vanessa (S) (HD)

1.40 5 News (S) (HD)

1.45 Home and Away Jo takes it upon herself to help Harper find a new rental. Shown yesterday 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

2.20 If I Can’t Have You HH Mystery qstarring Bailey Kai. A radio host is targeted by an unknown stalker, who launches a campaign of terror and intrigue against the host and her meddling friends.

Director David DeCoteau (2023) (S) (HD)

4.00 All Creatures Great and Small

Everyone is determined to make Jimmy’s Christening day special. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun Singer Laura Elen organises a zipwire ride with her boyfriend Rob, while Ian Harvey takes clients to taste tapas at places they might not normally visit while in Marbella. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Puppy School for Guide Dogs Cameras follow guide dogs at every stage of their journey. Hester, a visually impaired 16-year-old and Paralympic skiing hopeful is about to become one of the UK’s youngest guide dog owners.

Director/Series producer Ben Duncan (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 The Yorkshire Vet Ep 5 Series 21. Julian Norton joins the owner of his sheepdog patient on the Moors to see whether they can strike Yorkshire gold, while Peter Wright gets a shock when operating on a stallion. David Melleney rushes to Cannon Hall Farm, where a rare-breed sheep is struggling to give birth.

Directors/Producers Adam Caldow, Jacob Hesmondhalgh and Laura Blair (S) (HD)

9.00 Michael Palin in Venezuela

42/3. Michael flies to a cluster of coral islands in the Caribbean Sea called Los Roques and is taken on a journey across the archipelago. He also sees first-hand how the country’s unstable political situation has devastated the area’s tourism industry. See page 71. Series director/producer Neil Ferguson (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Buried Secrets: the Body in the Carpet

Following the detective work that solved the case of 15-year-old Karen Price, whose skeletal remains were found bundled up in an offcut of carpet by Cardiff builders in 1989 — eight years after she had last officially been seen.

Director Chris Amess (S) (HD)

11.05 999: Killer on the Line

Examining the case of pub landlord Stephen French, who murdered a customer at the Wisbech Arms, Cambridgeshire. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Murdered at First Sight (S) (HD) 1.00 Casino (S) (HD) 3.05 Meal Deals: Which One Is Best? (R) (S) (HD) 3.50 Storms from Space (R) (S) (HD) 4.40 The Highland Vet (R) (S) (SL) (HD) 5.30—5.40am Entertainment

Red Eye 9.00pm Lisa is drawn into Jackson’s assassination plot

7.00pm Horrible Histories

Roman scientist Pliny the Elder suffers a stupid death in ancient Pompeii. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Bob Hale tries to explain the space race. From 2013. More Wed 7pm. (S) (AD) (HD) Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 Top Gear

James May drives a Toyota Hilux up an active Icelandic volcano. From 2010. (S) (HD)

9.00 Red Eye HHH

q Thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. Travelling home, Lisa Reisert is delighted to find herself next to the man she’d flirted with at the airport. Pleasure turns to horror when he informs her he’s an operative in an assassination plot. On iPlayer for 6 months.

Director Wes Craven (2005, 12) (S) (HD)

10.15 Get Out 5

q Horror mystery with Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams. Chris, an AfricanAmerican photographer, stays with his wealthy white girlfriend’s parents. However, Chris begins to suspect all is not as it seems. On iPlayer for 28 days. Review p77.

Director Jordan Peele (2017, 15)

Shown Sunday 11.35pm BBC Two (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country 1/3. Exploring local legends, beginning with the demon dog of East Anglia. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.25am 2/3. A look at why humans feel the need to leave marks on the landscape. The whole series is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.55 Angels of the North (S) (HD) 2.00 Top Gear (S) (HD) 3.00 Zoners (S) (HD) 3.15—4.00am Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 8.40 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 9.35 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 10.20

The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 11.10

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

12.05pm Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 2.05

The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.05 The Real Housewives of Cheshire (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 5.00

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

6.00pm Celebrity Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern welcomes Gyles Brandreth, Cliff Parisi and Perri Shakes-Drayton. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Deal or No Deal Game show presented by Stephen Mulhern. (S) (HD)

8.00 The 1% Club for Soccer Aid Lee

Mack hosts a the quiz, with 100 sports stars and celebrities competing for the chance to win up to £100,000 for charity. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends

8/10 Series 2. Max squirms as Izzy grills

Shane, and Ellie reaches breaking point with Dan. Continues tomorrow at 9pm. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. Sam and Billie: Sister Act 6/6. Sam opens up to Rochelle Humes about babies and faces some past demons, while the sisters go on a family trip to Turkey. (S) (HD)

11.05 Family Guy Series 12. Chris learns he is the heir to Carter’s fortune. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 Peter and Quagmire form a singer/songwriter partnership. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am American Dad! (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.35 Plebs (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends (S) (HD)

2.55 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping

4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Heartbeat 5.50pm PC Bellamy crosses paths with an old flame

6.00am The Royal: 6/12

Series 4. Samantha makes a big decision (S) (AD) 7.10 Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 8.20 Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 9.20 Doc Martin: 5/8 Series 5 Remember Me. PC Joe Penhale gets a visitor — his ex-wife (S) (AD) (HD) 10.25 The Royal: 7/12 Series 4. A new nurse arrives at the hospital (S) (AD) 11.30 Heartbeat: 9/24. Greengrass organises a car rally (S) (AD); 12.30pm 10/24. A film crew descends on Aidensfield (S) (AD) 1.30pm Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Eli reiterates his threats, then Debbie does a deal with Eric (S) (AD) 2.30 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Liz spies on Derek’s wife, then Kirk drowns his sorrows (S) (AD)

3.35pm Downton Abbey

2/7 Series 1. Everyone is anxious about the arrival of Matthew Crawley, the heir presumptive, and his mother. (S) (AD) (HD)

4.40 Doc Martin

6/8 Series 5. Don’t Let Go. Joe Penhale struggles to convince Maggie that he is the husband she wants. (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50 Heartbeat

11/24 Series 9. Bellamy is reunited with a childhood sweetheart. (S) (AD)

6.55 12/24. A feuding farmer’s wartime past has explosive consequences. (S) (AD)

8.00 Vera

2/4 Series 4. Protected. The detective is called in when the son of a prominent local family is found murdered on the beach at Whitley Bay. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 3/4. The Deer Hunters. A poacher returns to the moors after a 15-year absence, and is later found dead from a gunshot wound. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.55 Nolly

3/3. Noele returns to the stage to play one of theatre’s hardest roles. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.55am Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Third Floor Flat. A murder takes place in the detective’s apartment block (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.30 Home Shopping

4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am World of Sport (S) (HD) 6.15 The Saint (S) (SL) 7.20 Kojak (S) (SL) (HD) 9.25 Magnum, PI (S) (HD) 11.30 Robin of Sherwood (S) 12.45pm LIVE Snooker: Jill Douglas presents coverage of the afternoon session on day two of the British Open from Cheltenham, featuring second-round matches, played over the best of seven frames (S) (HD) 5.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD)

6.30pm World of Sport Featuring George Best, Zaire’s 1974 World Cup campaign and a selection of own goals. (S) (HD)

6.45 LIVE Snooker Jill Douglas presents coverage of the afternoon session on day two of the British Open from Cheltenham, featuring second-round matches. There were whitewashes for Stuart Bingham, Jak Jones and Ashley Carty against Bulcsú Révész, Alfie Burden and Long Zehuang respectively at this stage last year. (S) (HD) 10.15 New. All Elite Wrestling: Collision Hard-hitting wrestling action. (S) (HD) 12.10am Hell’s Kitchen: the final nine chefs create elevated tacos with various proteins (S) (HD) 1.10 BattleBots (S) (HD) 2.05 The Protectors (S) (SL) (HD) 2.35 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.30am Soldier Soldier: 9/13 Series 3. Rumours circulate about Hammond’s love life (S) 8.30 Doctors: double bill. Julia hides a secret, then Jimmi discovers a patient is leading a double life (S) 9.50 Classic Holby City: Liam returns to work (S) 10.50 Classic Casualty: Snezana joins the paramedic team (S) 11.55 The Bill: a drug dealer claims his brother was murdered (S) (HD) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. A frantic search for Amy turns up nothing, then the hunt is on for Sean and Amy (S) 2.20 Soldier Soldier: 10/13 Series 3. Bernie Roberts is involved in a road accident (S) 3.20 Monarch of the Glen: 6/8 Series 1. Katrina continues her political wranglings (S) 4.20 London’s Burning: 6/8 Series 3. Young recruit Kate Stevens joins the team (S) 5.20 ’Allo ’Allo!: 3/8 Series 8. René’s celebrations end with a bang Rptd 1.40am (S) 6.00pm Waiting for God 9/10 Series 4. Waterworks. Diana suspects Tom has a new girlfriend. Repeated 2.25am (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 27. The Genuine Outdoors Robin Hood Barbi. Billy organises a barbecue. (S) 7.20 Barry in Danger from Reading and Aunt Jessie. Nora Batty spots Alvin with a mystery woman. (S) 8.00 Dalziel & Pascoe 1/4 Series 5. A Sweeter Lazarus. A brewery heiress is witness to murder. (S) (AD) 10.00 New Tricks 10/10

Series 12. The Crazy Gang. The unit is told to stop investigating the murder of a political activist 15 years earlier. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.20 Spooks 1/8 Series 8. Harry has been kidnapped, and the team’s worst fears are confirmed when his killing is posted on the internet. (S) 12.40am Lovejoy: 5/11 Series 2. The dodgy dealer is asked to furnish a restaurant, but the items he acquires turn out to be stolen (S) 1.40 ’Allo ’Allo! Shown 5.20pm (S) 2.25 Waiting for God Shown 6pm (S) 2.55—4.00am The Bletchley Circle: 3/4 Series 2. Millie has been kidnapped, so Alice and the other women team up to track her down (S) (HD)

Adil Ray presents, with contestants Reuben and Corinne, Sophie and Charlotte, and Paulette and Gary. (S) (HD) 7.00 Cathy and Dermot, Sasha and Jono, and Ben and Yaz take part. (S) (HD) 8.00 Deal or No Deal Kelly tries to open the

red boxes in the right order, taking on the Banker for the chance to win a life-changing cash

Stephen Mulhern hosts. (S) (HD)

Wheel of Fortune Graham Norton presents as John, Roxy and Lewis compete to solve word puzzles, get the chance to spin the wheel and win money prizes. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard hosts a triple bill of the arcade-themed quiz in which players drop tokens down a choice of chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot. (S) (HD) 12.50am

My

8.55am A New Life in the Sun: double bill 11.00 Château DIY: two episodes (AD) 1.05pm Four in a Bed 3.50 Car SOS (AD)

5.50pm Location, Location, Location Phil Spencer catches up with two sets of discerning house-hunters, each with very strong ideas on what they wanted.

6.55 Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help Jennifer in Belfast, who has hit a wall climbing the property ladder and Tony and Val who are looking to relocate from London to Down.

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud follows Matt and Sophie White from Sussex as they build a giant family house of fun, featuring a revolving bookcase door, secret dens and some hiding places. (AD)

9.00 Our Welsh Chapel Dream Keith and Marj start renovations on their Victorianinspired parlour bathroom, taking inspiration from Coventry Cathedral the pair make a clay candlestick holder and a lampshade. (AD)

10.00 24 Hours in A&E A psychologist injures his shoulder in a motorcycle accident, a man arrives in A&E with a bleed on the brain and an elderly widower is treated after being bitten by his dog. (AD)

11.05

Doctors assess the injuries of a woman who was hit by a motorcycle as she crossed the road, and a man is in resus in a confused state following a suspected stroke.

12.05am 999: on the Front Line 1.05 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.15—3.45am Food Unwrapped: baked beans, smelly cheese and diet champagne (AD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown last Wed/yesterday 7pm (AD) 6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (SL) 8.05 Married at First Sight (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 10.55 Modern Family (AD) 11.55 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 1.55pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 The Simpsons (AD) 4.00 Married at First Sight UK (AD) 6.00pm The Simpsons Series 11. Homer accidentally kills a legendary alligator. (AD) 6.30 Lisa tries to become a dancer. (AD)

7.00 New. Hollyoaks Peri finds comfort in Tom as sparks fly during their date. (AD)

7.30 The Simpsons Series 20. Bart is on his best behaviour as he tries to win the affections of a girl at his school. (AD)

8.00 First Dates Those taking part include self-confessed man-eater Caroline. (AD) 9.00 New. Married at First Sight UK A frosty first impression might leave one bride out in the cold on her wedding night. (AD) 10.10 New series. Bring It Demanding dance coach Dianna ‘Miss D’ Williams and her elite hip-hop squad take down the competition. 11.10 Naked Attraction A pansexual opera singer is looking for a man as tall as she is. (AD) 12.15am First Dates (AD) 1.20 Married at First

6.00am Opera North’s Resonance

6.15 Gods of the Game 8.00 The Joy of Painting: double bill (AD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (BW) 11.00 The Directors (AD) 12 noon Discovering: Robert De Niro (AD)

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00

Discovering: John Lennon 3.00 Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (AD) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering: Alain Delon (AD)

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected Pregnancy forces a Frenchman’s hand. (AD)

6.30 A woman discovers the disturbing secret of an archaeologist able to immediately date relics with unerring accuracy. (AD)

7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A retired detective tries to capture a killer. (BW)

7.30 A man fakes being mugged. (BW)

8.00 Leonardo da Vinci: the Universal Man

A profile of the Renaissance polymath.

9.15 Back to Basquiat The life and career of the artist, which were marked by a long quest for identity, by his Haitian and Puerto Rican family origins, and by his pivotal trip to Africa.

10.30 My Week with Guerrilla Girls Kate Bryan spends time with the art activists. 11.30 Garbo: Where Did You Go?

A portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo.

1.25am Discovering Romance on Film (AD)

2.55 Sky Arts Ambassador Bursary Shorts

3.05 Sky Arts from Hay 4.00 Dickens in Italy with David Harewood 5.00—6.00am Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs (AD)

9.00am Car SOS (AD) 10.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 11.00 Help! We Bought a Village 12 noon George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Come Dine with Me 5.30 Four in a Bed

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Sandra and Dave are looking for a home in Alicante.

7.00 The Dog House 4/4 Series 8. New owners are sought for a pair of hounds that need to be together. Shown last Thursday C4 (AD) 8.00 RT CHOICE New. The Great British Bake Off 4/10. The bakers return to school, making classic canteen favourite flapjacks. See page 70. Simulcast with C4 (SL) (AD)

9.20 FILM The Creator HHH Futuristic sci-fi thriller starring John David Washington. Huge leaps in robotics and machine learning lead to an artificial intelligence choosing to detonate a bomb. All remaining AI-powered bots relocate to New Asia where US soldier Joshua Taylor is sent to find information about a formidable weapon being developed. Review, page 47. (AD) Shown Saturday 9pm C4 12 midnight FILM The Guilty HHHH Crime thriller starring Jakob Cedergren and Jessica Dinnage. Danish +subtitles. Review p57 1.45am Taskmaster (AD) 2.50 Gogglebox (AD) 3.50—4.50am Celebrity Gogglebox

Flipping Bangers 8.00pm Will and Gus hope to double up on a Citroën

6.10am Great British Railway Journeys 8.00 Bangers and Cash (AD) 10.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Downfall 11.00 Warbird Workshop 12 noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00pm Bangers and Cash 4.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Downfall 5.00 Warbird Workshop 6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents an episode from RAF Coningsby, where she takes to the sky in a Dakota aircraft and examines some air force memorabilia. 7.00 Wilderness with Simon Reeve The adventurer voyages across the Coral Triangle in the south-western Pacific. 8.00 Flipping Bangers Will Trickett and Gus Gregory get to work on a Citroën.

9.00 Bangers and Cash Dave gets nostalgic over a brace of Raleigh Choppers and a rare Mark 1 Ford Granada. (AD)

10.00 Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics

A 1973 Ford Escort Mexico is the team’s most expensive purchase to date. (AD)

11.00 Bangers and Cash Derek is reunited with the vehicle he took his driving test in — a 1957 Ford 100E Estate. (AD)

12 midnight Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.00am Abandoned Engineering: in the Philippines (AD) 2.00—3.00am Wilderness with Simon Reeve

7.10am Pointless 8.00 The Force: behind the Line 10.00 Extreme Salvage Squad

12 noon Storage Hunters UK 2.00pm Outback Pilots 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Rick Stein’s Spain: starting in Galicia (AD)

6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Best of British A look at growing vegetables at home.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Liz Carr, Miles Jupp, Samson Kayo and Anneka Rice.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Richardson, Tom Rosenthal and Sindhu Vee take part.

8.20 With Ronni Ancona, Nathan Caton, Colin Murray and Sally Phillips.

9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Adrian Dunbar hosts the satirical quiz.

10.00 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish 8/8 Series 5. Dave reveals the secrets of how television is made.

11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With Jamie Cullum, Kirsty Young, Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan. Jimmy Carr hosts.

11.50 Mock the Week Topical comedy show with guests James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Rhys James, Nish Kumar and Zoe Lyons.

12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.50—4.00am

Survivor South Africa: double bill (AD)

8.00am Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (AD) 10.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly: Australia 11.00 Traffic Cops 2.00pm Police Interceptors: triple bill (AD) 5.00 Call the

9.00am Entertainment News 9.10 Outback

Truckers: Turbo pushes his luck 10.05 Trucking Hell 11.05 Traffic Cops

12.05pm Police Interceptors 2.10 FILM Horizons West HH Western starring Robert Ryan 4.00 Trucking Hell 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors Familiar faces ride into town, as the neighbours from Nottinghamshire pay a visit to Northants’s patch. 7.00 Officers from Northamptonshire’s roads policing and firearms units try to stop an Audi that is being driven at 100mph. 8.00 In Kettering, a wanted man abandons his car before running off into a park.

9.00 The Motorway Extreme snow and wind hit the West Midlands and causes chaos on the M6 for patrollers on night shift.

10.00 Frontline Police 24/7 A police officer is run over in the line of duty.

11.00 MacGyver Bozer wonders if Matty knows about him and Leanna.

12 midnight New. La Brea: Gavin and Sam search for a secret military base. Ty confronts demons from his past 12.55am Extreme Tow Truckers 1.55 Trucking Hell 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News 5 Action Freeview 33

6.10am One Born Every Minute

7.00 Tipping Point 10.00 My Dream Home 1.00pm Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

6.00pm DIY SOS: the Big Build A family home in Hull in desperate need of future-proofing.

7.00 New. MasterChef Australia

The Top 10 face a Mystery Box containing an air fryer.

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

Two paramedics treat an elderly man who is having a heart attack.

9.00 One Born Every Minute

Two childhood sweethearts worry about their premature baby.

10.00 A mother prepares to risk her life to have a third child.

11.00 Nurses on the Ward Military nurse Scott treats a man after a heart attack. (AD)

12 midnight Cardiac nurse

Rebecca cares for a man whose organs are failing. (AD)

1.00am Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (AD) 2.15—3.00am Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job

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The Last Days of Pompeii 2.45 We Had One of Those 2.55 Mysterious Tales 3.00 Bramwell 4.00 Mapp and Lucia 5.00 Lucky Feller 5.30 In Loving Memory 6.00 The Monkees 6.30 Soap 7.00 Diff’rent Strokes 7.30 You’re Only Young Twice 8.00 Haggard 8.30 Lucky Feller 9.00 Please Sir! 9.30 Brass 10.00 Game On 10.35 Stereo Underground 11.35 The Monkees 12.05am The Last Days of Pompeii 1.50 We Had One of Those 2.00 Bramwell 3.00 I Dream of Jeannie (BW) 3.30 That’s My Dog 4.00 Game On 4.35 Stereo Underground 5.30—6.00am The Beverly Hillbillies (BW)

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Little House on the Prairie 12 noon Highway to Heaven 1.00pm Diagnosis Murder 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 4.00 FILM Danielle Steel’s A Perfect Stranger HH Romantic drama 6.00 Rumpole of the Bailey 7.00 Rising Damp

7.30 Man about the House 8.00 A Fine Romance 8.30 Home to Roost 9.00 The New Avengers 10.00 The Avengers: double bill 12 midnight Rising Damp 12.30am

6.00am Tom Kerridge More Sunday Lunch 7.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 8.00 The Pioneer Woman 9.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals

10.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 11.00 The Great British Bake Off 12.30pm 30 Minute Meals 1.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands 2.00 James Martin’s French Adventure 3.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 4.00 New. The Pioneer Woman 5.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 6.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 7.00 The Great British Bake Off 8.30 30 Minute Meals 9.00 New. Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day: double bill. Jamie makes avocado hollandaise, then cooks an easy traybake, chicken and pepper jalfrezi 10.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals: double bill. Preparing sausage gnocchi and Mexican chicken, then Asian sea bass, sticky rice and dressed greens 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: double bill. Guy Fieri visits a basement restaurant in Syracuse, New York, then a barbecue joint in Brooklyn 12 midnight Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1.00am Man v Food with Casey Webb 2.00—3.00am Guy’s Grocery Games

7.00am Building Alaska (AD) 8.00

A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home 2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Derelict Rescue (AD) 4.00 Escape to the Country (AD)

6.00pm A Place in the Sun 8.00 Derelict Rescue 9.00 New. Rico to the Rescue: a couple’s home addition is continually delayed for almost a year 10.00 New. Battle on the Mountain: the pressure’s on as the teams rush to finish their bonus rooms 11.00 Home Town: after years of travelling, a man wants to buy a home where his family has lived for five generations 12 midnight A Place in the Sun 1.00am Building Alaska (AD) 2.00 Flip or Flop: double bill 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home: two editions

8.00am Upstairs, Downstairs 9.05 Duty Free 9.35 Full House 10.10 Birds of a Feather 10.35 Just Good Friends 11.15 Steptoe and Son (BW) 11.45 Rising Damp 12.20pm Goodnight Sweetheart 12.55 Man about the House 1.25 When the Boat Comes In 2.30 Families That Changed the World 3.35 101 People Who Made the 20th Century 4.40 History of the RAF 5.45 That’s 60s: Best Music Live! 6.05 Just Good Friends 6.45 Bread 7.20 Steptoe and Son (BW) 7.50 Rising Damp 8.20 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 9.00 Benidorm 10.00 Shameless 10.55 Man about the House 11.25 Rising Damp 12 midnight Benidorm 1.00am Shameless 2.00 Full House 2.30 The Kenny Everett Video Show 3.05 After Henry 3.30 The Osbournes 4.00 A Bit of a Do 4.45—6.00am Father, Dear Father

8.00am America the Bountiful 8.35 The Normans 9.55 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 10.50 as 8.55pm

11.55 as 9.55pm 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.35 The Normans

2.55 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 3.55 as 8.55pm 4.55 America the Bountiful 5.30 as 9.55pm 6.40pm The Normans 1/3 The expansion and unchecked ambition of the Norman empire.

7.55 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 1/8 Series 2. Behind-thescenes tales of Windsor Castle.

8.55 The Great Escape: the True Story 2/3. Roger Bushell and the X Committee are left devastated when their tunnel is destroyed.

9.55 The First World War: the People’s Story 2/3. An account of the Battle of the Somme.

11.00 Secrets of the Royal Palaces As 7.55pm.

12 midnight as 8.55pm 1.05— 2.00am America the Bountiful

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9.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD) 6.00pm Abandoned Engineering: six editions. A concrete jungle in America’s “Rust Belt” (AD) 7.00 Concrete channels hidden in a mountaintop forest (AD) 8.00 A towering structure with an explosive past (AD) 9.00 An engineering masterpiece carved into the cliff-face (AD) 10.00 An island fortress in Scotland (AD) 11.00 A prison built to house a mafia kingpin (AD) 12 midnight Abandoned Engineering (AD) 5.30—6.00am The Bill

5.40am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Peppa Pig 6.10 Odo 6.15 Tweedy & Fluff

6.25 Treehouse 6.30 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 6.40 Fireman Sam 6.50 Peppa Pig 6.55 Rubble & Crew 7.10 Pip and Posy 7.20 The Adventures of Paddington 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.40 New. Tim Rex in Space 7.55 Paw Patrol 8.30 Milo 8.45 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8.55 Peppa Pig 9.10—9.15am New. Milkshake! Rosh Hashanah: Kiera explores the traditions of the Jewish New Year Full listings for 5 are on page 74

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6.00am Vegesaurs 6.05 Bing 6.15 Teletubbies 6.30 Supertato 6.35 Roots and Fruits 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 New. Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.00 Octonauts 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Wonderblocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Playtime Towers 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Lu and the Bally Bunch 9.20 Piggy Builders 9.35 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Maddie & Triggs 10.45 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 10.55 Kiri & Lou 11.00 Vegesaurs 11.05 Bluey 11.15 Hey Duggee 11.20 Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club 11.30 Roots and Fruits 11.35 Timmy Time 11.45 Time for School 12 noon Big Cook Little Cook 12.20pm Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 12.25 What’s in Your Bag? 12.30 Dog Squad 12.45 Maddie’s Do You Know? 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Alphablocks 1.20 Wonderblocks 1.25 Colourblocks 1.30 Hey Duggee 1.40 Yukee 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.10 Teletubbies 2.25 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 2.40 Waffle the Wonder Dog 2.50 Topsy and Tim 3.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 3.10 The Game Catchers 3.20

Dickinson’s Real Deal 6.40 Junk and Disorderly 7.35 Auction Hunters: Pawn

7.00am The Chase (AD) 9.00 Tenable 11.00 The Chase 12 noon Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 1.00pm The Bidding Room 2.00 Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Bullseye (AD) 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 5.00 The Bidding Room 7.00 The Celebrity Chase: with Ken Bruce, Paul Ince, Laila Morse and David Haye 8.00 The Chase 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 12 midnight Bullseye (AD) 1.00am The Crystal Maze 2.00 The Chase 5.00—6.00am Bullseye (AD)

6.00am Northern Ireland Assembly 10.30 Live Northern Ireland Assembly 1.00pm Science, Innovation and Technology Questions 1.30 Live Welsh First Minister’s Questions 2.20 Live Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament 7.00 Scottish Parliament 10.30 Welsh First Minister’s Questions 11.20 Northern Ireland Assembly 1.50am Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Office Questions 2.35—6.00am Northern Ireland Assembly

11.00am All the King’s Men HHHH Political drama starring Broderick Crawford as a politician who loses his innocence on his way to the top. Review, right. (1949, U) (S) 1.15pm Mandy HHHH A deafmute child’s silent world is opened up by a committed headmaster (Jack Hawkins) in this wise and charming drama. Phyllis Calvert (1952, PG) (S) 3.05 The Swimmer HHHH A burnt-out suburbanite decides to swim home through all the pools in his neighbourhood in this stylish, disturbing drama. Burt Lancaster (1968, PG) (S) 4.55 Footsteps in the Fog HHH Stewart Granger and his then wife Jean Simmons star together in this Victorian thriller. (1955, U) (S) (AD) 6.45pm Cowboys & Aliens HHHH Sci-fi western adventure in which loner Daniel Craig must ally with cattle baron Harrison Ford against mole monsters. Review, right. (2011, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 Good Luck to You, Leo Grande HHHH Emma Thompson excels as a widow exploring her desires with a young sex worker in this dramedy. (2022, 15) (S) (AD)

10.55 Fresh HH Romcomhorror mash-up, in which Daisy Edgar-Jones’s hookup with Sebastian Stan takes a turn. (2022) (S) 1.10—3.20am The Riot Club HHH Max Irons and Sam Claflin play students who are ushered into an elite club. Review, right. (2014, 15) (S) (AD)

Octonauts: above and beyond 3.35 Big Lizard 3.40 Supertato 3.50 Hey Duggee 3.55 Peter Rabbit 4.10 Time for School 4.20 Mojo Swoptops 4.35 Bluey 4.50 Piripenguins 5.00 New Dodge’s Pup School 5.15 Waffle’s After School Club 5.25 New. Puffin Rock 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Alesha Dixon reads The Littlest Dreamer, a Bedtime Journey CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702 CBBC 201

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 8.20 Odd Squad 8.35 Deadly 60 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 9 to 11 Year Olds 9.20 Wow That’s Amazing 9.35 Our School 10.00 Go Get Arty 10.15 One Zoo Three 10.40 The Dengineers 11.05 Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom 11.35 Operation Ouch!; Shark Bites 12.05pm Danny & Mick 12.20 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 12.35 Bro’s in Control 12.50 Octonauts 1.05 Big Lizard 1.10 Danger Mouse 1.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 2.00

Super Happy Magic Forest 2.25 Blue Peter 2.50 A Kind of Spark 3.15

Laqua 5.10 New. Winx Club — the Magic Is Back 5.35 New. The Football Academy 6.00pm Gladiators: Epic Pranks 6.15 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 6.35—7.00pm The Next Step

CBBC

ITV Kids on ITV2

6.00am The Westerner TV western series. (S) 6.30 Turn of the Tide HHH Realistic drama following sparring families in a Yorkshire fishing village. J Fisher White (1935, U) (S) 8.05 Away for the Day in 1952 Travelogue. 8.30 Out of Town Jack Hargreaves goes fly-fishing. (S) 9.00 Life with the Lyons HH Quaint domestic comedy based on the radio show. Bebe Daniels (1953, U) (S) 10.40 The Sicilians HH Brisk thriller. Robert Hutton (1964, PG) (S) 12 noon Dixon of Dock Green Classic TV police drama. (S) 1.00pm School for Secrets HHH Wartime tub-thumper with Ralph Richardson as a boffin whose work helps in the fight against the Nazis. Review, right. (1946, PG) (S) 3.05 Talk about Jacqueline HHH Entertaining romcom in which a woman tries to hide her racy past from her new husband. Carla Lehmann (1942) (S) 4.50 Douglas Fairbanks Presents TV drama. 5.20 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre TV drama. 6.30pm Four Star Theatre TV drama starring Dick Powell. (S) 7.05 Batman Caped capers. (S) 7.35 Dial 999 TV drama. (S) 8.05 The Mind

7.10am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 8.10 Murder at the Mansion HH

Made-for-TV thriller. Anna Hutchison (2018)

10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Castle

12 noon Mystery 101: Words Can Kill

1.55pm Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness 4.00 Diagnosis

Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote

6.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye TV drama starring Deanne Bray.

7.00 Castle TV thriller with Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic.

8.00 Unforgettable TV thriller.

9.00 Morning Show Mysteries:

A Murder in Mind TV mystery starring Holly Robinson Peete. 10.55 Is There a Killer in My Family? HH A crime writer investigates a family mystery in this plodding mystery. Anna Hopkins (2020)

1.00am If Looks Could Kill HH

A devious blonde manipulates a smalltown cop in this enjoyably trashy sociopath thriller. Summer Spiro (2016) 2.45 Fatherly Obsession HH Unsettling thriller in which a woman gets unwanted attention from a creepy landlord. Molly McCook (2017) 4.25 Police Ten 7 5.15—6.00am Hart to Hart

9.10am Wanted: Dead or Alive

10.20 The Lone Gun HH Solid if formulaic western. George Montgomery, Dorothy Malone (1954) 12 noon Tombstone Territory 1.00pm The Professionals

HHHH Four mercenaries are hired to rescue the kidnapped wife of a rancher. Film of the Day: right. Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster (1966, PG) 3.30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 4.00 Tombstone Territory 5.00 The High Chaparral

6.00pm The Persuaders! TV drama starring Tony Curtis.

7.00 The Avengers TV adventure.

8.00 The New Avengers TV drama starring Patrick Macnee.

9.00 Maximum Conviction HH

Steven Seagal and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin team up for this hit and miss action flick. (2012, 15)

11.10 The Keeper H Lame action thriller in which Steven Seagal plays bodyguard to a rich pal’s adult daughter. Liezl Carstens (2009, 15)

1.10am The Avengers 2.10 The New Avengers 3.10 Cops Uncut 4.20—5.40am Deadly Voltage HH Disaster drama. Mike Dopud (2015)

8.00am An Unexpected Christmas

HH Sweet romantic tale. Susie Abromeit (2016) 10.00 Family for Christmas

HH A woman is given a glimpse of her alternate life. Lacey Chabert (2015) 12 noon Christmas Connection HH A flight attendant gets stranded in a town. Brooke Burns (2017) 2.00pm Christmas Joy HH A woman is reunited with an old flame. Danielle Panabaker (2018) 4.05 Charming Christmas HH Routine romance. Julie Benz, David Sutcliffe (2015) 6.05pm Christmas Love Letter

HH A columnist is sent a mysterious love note. Ashley Newbrough, Tilky Jones (2019) 8.00 Christmas with a View HH

Two chefs connect while working together at Christmas. Vivica A Fox (2018)

10.00 A Storybook Christmas

HH A busy event planner’s new nanny ticks all the boxes. (2019)

12 midnight My Christmas Dream

HH Likeable romantic comedy. Danica McKellar, David Haydn-Jones, Deidre Hall (2016) 1.50am Mistletoe over Manhattan

HH Routine true-spirit-of-Christmas tale. Tricia Helfer, Tedde Moore (2011, U) 3.20—4.50am As 3pm

6.30am Sky Cinema Preview 7.00

As 4.40pm 8.55 As 6.30pm 10.25

Spin the Bottle HH Dreary, overlong horror. Tanner Stine, Kaylee Bryant (2024, 15)

12.35pm As 8pm 2.50 As 10.20pm

4.40 Wish You Were Here HH

Solid and sincere terminal-illness weepie. Isabelle Fuhrman (2025, 12)

6.30pm Love Hurts HH A hitmanturned-estate agent’s past begins to catch up with him in this fitfully fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan (2025, 15)

8.00 Nosferatu HHHH Stylish, visually dynamic remake of FW Murnau’s classic 1922 riff on Dracula Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult (2024, 15)

10.20 Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the monster legend, set at a remote farmhouse where a family seeks refuge. Christopher Abbott (2025, 15)

12.20am The Brutalist 5

A Hungarian architect discovers a darkness in the postwar American Dream in this Oscar-winning epic. Adrien Brody (2024, 18) 3.50 Die Alone HHH Familiar but clever zombie survival thriller. Carrie-Anne Moss (2024, 15)

5.30—7.10am Restless HHH Witty revenge fantasy. Lyndsey Marshal (2024, 15)

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The Fall Guy 10.00 Charlie’s Angels 11.00 10.5 Apocalypse 2.40pm

Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon HH Zany sci-fi comedy. Burl Ives, Troy Donahue (1967, U) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm Charlie’s Angels

TV drama starring Farrah Fawcett.

7.00 The Fall Guy TV adventure.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 Push HH Sci-fi thriller about two psychics who are pursued by a shadowy agency. Review, right.

Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning (2009, 12)

11.10 Universal Soldier: Regeneration HH Technically accomplished but flimsily plotted scifi action. Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski (2009, 18)

1.05am Blind Fury HHH Tonguein-cheek action thriller in which a blind Vietnam veteran with remarkable sword-fighting skills comes to the aid of the son of an army buddy. Rutger Hauer (1990, 18) 2.50—4.50am First Kill HH In this bloody kidnap drama, Hayden Christensen is forced to help a bank robber in order to save his son. Bruce Willis, Ty Shelton (2017, 15)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 Guardians of the Tomb HH Mildly diverting action adventure. Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer (2018, 12) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 1.00pm Ape vs Monster H

Two CGI titans battle it out in this cheapskate Godzilla vs Kong mockbuster. Eric Roberts, Arianna Scott, Katie Sereika (2021, 12) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 The Six Million Dollar Man 5.00 Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune

7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series with Kevin Sorbo and Lisa Ryder. 8.00 The Six Million Dollar Man TV sci-fi series starring Lee Majors. 9.00 Boiling Point HHHH

Downbeat, intelligent thriller in which a government agent seeks revenge for the death of his partner. Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper (1993, 15) 10.55 Beyond Suspicion HH

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FILM REVIEWS

The Professionals HHHH

1.00-3.30pm Great Action g

WESTERN Director Richard Brooks’s movie was a box-office smash, repairing the damage that the flop Lord Jim had done to his reputation two years before. Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode are the magnificent four, flawed and fearsome, hired to rescue Claudia Cardinale from the clutches of manic Mexican bandit Jack Palance. Grittily shot in canyon country by future Oscar winner Conrad Hall, it has plenty of action and pit stops for philosophising, all accompanied by Maurice Jarre’s suitably evocative score. ADRIAN TURNER (US 1966, may be edited for content)

All the King’s Men HHHH 11.00am-1.15pm Film4 y

POLITICAL DRAMA This blistering movie won the best picture Oscar in 1950, with the best actor award going to Broderick Crawford as the honest small-town politician who loses his innocence on his way to the top. Today, this film may seem a tad over the top, but it’s important to view it in the context of its times, when corruption and bigotry were rife. TONY SLOMAN (US 1949, BW,HD)

School for Secrets HHH

1.00-3.05pm

Talking Pictures TV g

WARTIME DRAMA At just 25 years old, Peter Ustinov was tasked with producing, directing and writing this RAF tub-thumper about the invention of radar, and his wry approach to heroism suffuses the film with a cartoonish wit. The excellent cast is led by Ralph Richardson’s boffin, and there are some welcome action scenes to flesh out the reams of technospeak. AT (UK 1946, BW)

Cowboys & Aliens HHHH

6.45-9.00pm Film4 h

SCI-FI WESTERN Mysterious cowboy Daniel Craig must join forces with cattle baron Harrison Ford to take a stand against giant aliens in this surprisingly successful

Get Out 5

10.15-11.55pm

BBC Three j

HORROR MYSTERY A black man’s anxiety about meeting his white girlfriend’s parents proves well founded in this socially aware chiller. Delivered from an AfricanAmerican perspective, Jordan Peele’s debut feature provocatively addresses racial tensions in Trump-era America. The less you know going in, the further your jaw will drop. TREVOR JOHNSTON (US/Jpn 2017, violence, swearing, HD)

Attica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising HHHH

10.35pm-12.30am BBC Four

hybrid of The Searchers and Independence Day. Jon Favreau’s film is a rousing winner that remains true to both the western and sci-fi genres, and gains enormous appeal from being played completely straight. ALAN JONES (US 2011, edited for content, HD)

Push HH

9.00-11.10pm Legend h

SCI-FI Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning play people with telekinetic and psychic powers in this convoluted thriller, which sees them pursued through Hong Kong by an underworld gang and a shadowy government agency. The special effects are used economically, but the escapist fun is undermined by some pedestrian dialogue. TERRY STAUNTON (US/Can 2009, violence)

Night of the Big Heat HH

9.10-11.00pm

Talking Pictures TV j

SCI-FI HORROR Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing head the cast of Terence Fisher’s tepid horror in which a remote island is plagued by a winter heatwave caused by energy-starved aliens. Most of the action takes place at a local inn, where the helpless survivors get on each other’s nerves. However, the arrival of the monsters generates a few thrills. AJ (UK 1967, violence)

DOCUMENTARY Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson’s film walks us through events at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York during September 1971, when the inmates rose up and took control in the USA’s largest prison rebellion. This is a forensic, evenhanded and ultimately grim film that makes for a powerful history lesson.

STEVE MORRISSEY (US 2021, violence, swearing, nudity, HD)

The Vault of Horror HHH

12.55-2.40am

Talking Pictures TV j

PORTMANTEAU HORROR

Five men trapped in a basement tell each other their nightmares in this companion piece to Tales from the Crypt The cast has a touch of class, with a pre-Doctor Who Tom Baker as a vengeful painter and Terry-Thomas and Glynis Johns in a tale of domestic bliss that goes savagely wrong. If you like your fright fables darkly droll, then this will do the trick. JEREMY ASPINALL (UK 1973, violence)

The Riot Club HHH

1.10-3.20am Film4 j

DRAMA Privilege and peer pressure set the tone for this film about Oxford university students who are members of the elite boys’ club of the title. New recruits Max Irons and Sam Claflin are ushered into this world of debauchery, but the excesses get out of hand. Once the action gets into gear, the ensemble cast works well together under the direction of Lone Scherfig. TeS (UK 2014, violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse, HD)

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

David Attenborough’s Global Adventure 8.00pm Gomorrah 9.00pm Genny’s plan puts everything at risk

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon The Simpsons 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0

3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 17/25 Series 3. Michael is asked to speak at a business school.

6.30 18/25. Michael and Jan reveal their romance.

7.00 The Simpsons Marge and Homer buy Bart a guitar.

7.30 Milhouse falls in love.

8.00 David Attenborough’s Global Adventure: Home Planet

Further footage of the naturalist’s global wildlife adventures. (AD)

9.00 Rob and Romesh vs Classical Music Ep 4 Series 5 The duo join the London Philharmonic Orchestra. (AD)

10.00 Romesh: Can’t Knock 4 the Hustle 1/4. Romesh Ranganathan embarks on a mission across the world. See p71.

11.30 New. Resident Alien 9/10 Series 4. Harry is put to the test. (AD)

12.30am New. 10/10. Harry faces one final threat. (AD)

1.30 Peacemaker 2.20 Road Wars

3.10 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Star Trek: Enterprise 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 4.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 5.00 Stargate Atlantis

6.00pm Star Trek: Enterprise 15/26 Series 1. The crew learns that T’Pol has been ordered to leave the ship by the Vulcan High Command.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 11/26 Series 2. The arrival of a smooth-talking conman jeopardises Quark’s business monopoly.

8.00 Stargate Atlantis 15/20 Series 4. Sheppard is asked to help a researcher track down a dangerous human form Replicator.

9.00 The Ark 5/12 Series 2 Garnet, Eva and Brice uncover long-hidden secrets that could endanger everything. (AD)

10.00 True Blood 10/10 Series 7 Sookie contemplates a future without Bill, while Eric and Pam wrangle with Mr Gus.

11.10 Westworld 6/8 Series 3. As the world falls into chaos, Serac gains control of Delos, changing Charlotte’s plan. Maeve gets one last chance to stop Dolores. (AD) 12.15am SurrealEstate (AD) 1.05 Warehouse 13 (AD) 3.00 Westworld (AD) 4.05 SurrealEstate (AD) 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Urban Secrets 7.00

Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (AD)

8.00 Boardwalk Empire (AD)

10.10 Westworld (AD) 12.25pm Game of Thrones (AD) 1.30 Das Boot 2.30 Boardwalk Empire

4.40 Homicide: Life on the Street

6.50pm Game of Thrones 8/10

Series 3. Daenerys meets the captains of the Second Sons mercenary company and Davos demands to see proof of Melisandre’s power. (AD) 7.55 9/10. Robb and his bannermen gather at the Twins in the northern Riverlands to attend the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey. (AD)

9.00 Gomorrah 11/12 Series 3

Genny is forced to put a plan into action with an endless number of risky outcomes, which could result in him losing everything.

10.00 12/12. Ciro, Genny and Enzo agree a treaty with the Confederati, obtaining part of their territories. Italian +subtitles.

11.00 The Sopranos 8/13 Series 3

Tony’s generosity in giving up his time with Dr Melfi pays off — but his feud with Ralph reaches breaking point.

12.05am The Wire 1.10 The Pacific 2.20 Game of Thrones (AD) 3.30 Fish Town 4.30 In Treatment

5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (AD)

6.00am Bondi Rescue 7.00 Border Security: America’s Front Line 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Nothing to Declare UK 9.30 Border Security USA (AD) 10.30 Caught Red Handed

12 noon FBI (AD) 1.00pm FBI: International (AD) 2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD) 3.00 Caught on Dashcam

4.00pm Nothing to Declare Eight editions of the fly-on-thewall documentary series following the working lives of customs and immigration officers at Australia’s international airports.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Road disasters captured on video by drivers’ dashboard cameras.

9.00 The Rookie 17/18 Series 7

The team helps skip tracer Randy when his new love interest is kidnapped, as Angela and Nyla enlist their mums to catch a con artist. (AD)

10.00 FBI: Most Wanted 7/22 Series 6. The team uncovers a money laundering scheme linking a biker gang to Wall Street. (AD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1/13 Series 25. As the squad celebrates the birth of Rollins’s and Carisi’s baby, another child goes missing in broad daylight.

12 midnight The Equalizer (AD)

1.00am The Rookie: Feds (AD) 2.00 New. Doc 2/10. Repeated tomorrow 9pm 3.00 New. Fire Country 9/20 Series 3. Repeated tomorrow 10pm (AD) 4.00 Nothing to Declare 5.00—6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E

6.00am Hawaii Five-0 8.00 The Flash 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 SEAL Team (AD) 12 noon The Flash 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0

3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 SEAL Team (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Universe

9/20 Series 1. Camille and Scott visit loved ones on Earth. (AD)

7.00 10/20. Colonel Young is suspected of murder. (AD)

8.00 Rob Beckett’s Smart TV 1/8 Series 1. With guests Jon Richardson, Russell Tovey, Stacey Dooley and Jamie Laing. (AD)

9.00 Rob and Romesh vs Classical Music Ep 4 Series 5 The duo join the London Philharmonic Orchestra. (AD)

10.00 Romesh: Can’t Knock

4 the Hustle 1/4. Romesh Ranganathan embarks on a trip across India, the USA, South Korea and Canada, interrogating, unravelling and debunking his own stand-up material. See p71.

11.30 New. Resident Alien 9/10 Series 4. With lives hanging in the balance, Harry is put to the test. (AD) 12.30am New. 10/10. Harry faces a final threat, one that forces him to use more than just his strength. (AD) 1.30 Peacemaker 2.20 From (AD) 3.15 Magnum PI (AD) 4.05 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.05—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.00am Don’t Wait Up 7.45 The Green Green Grass 8.20 Last of the Summer Wine 9.40 Hi-de-Hi!

10.20 Porridge 11.00 Last of the Summer Wine 12.20pm Don’t Wait Up 1.00 The Green Green Grass

1.40 Dad’s Army 2.20 Porridge

3.00 Last of the Summer Wine

4.20 Don’t Wait Up 5.00 The Green Green Grass 5.35 Hi-de-Hi!

6.15pm Porridge Fletcher and Godber have been chosen to form part of an outside working party.

6.55 Dad’s Army The platoon are told to be on the lookout for any parachutes found lying about.

7.30 Fawlty Towers An abrasive woman comes to stay — and is soon on a collision course with the hotel’s equally offensive proprietor. (AD)

8.10 Basil goes to great lengths to prove a guest has smuggled a woman into his room. (AD)

9.00 A loud-mouthed American comes to stay at the hotel and soon exposes Basil’s ignorance of transatlantic cuisine. (AD)

9.40 Fawlty Towers: the Play Three of the sitcom’s most iconic episodes fused into a single theatrical experience. (AD)

11.40 Porridge As 6.15pm. 12.15am Fawlty Towers (AD) 1.00 Men Behaving Badly 2.15—4.00am Alma’s Not Normal

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Road Wars (AD) 11.00 The Cleaning Lady (AD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 Highway Patrol 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans 4.00 Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Motorway Patrol 6.00 Border Security USA: a woman is suspected of child smuggling (AD) 7.00 The Cleaning Lady: double bill. Thony is given an ultimatum that could risk her son’s access to medical treatment. She then turns to the Mob for help (AD) 9.00 SEAL Team: double bill. Bravo Team joins forces with the SAS, then the unit tries to rescue an American who married an Isis leader (AD) 11.00 Last King of the Cross (AD) 12 midnight The Russell Howard Hour 1.00am A League of Their Own (AD) 2.00 Road Wars: two editions 4.00 Four Weddings 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry: two editions

The Office US 1.30 The Conners 2.30 The Office US 3.30 Will & Grace (AD) 4.30 Sex and the City: double bill 5.45 The Office US: double bill. Michael is asked to speak at a business school, then Michael and Jan reveal their romance 6.45 Will & Grace: double bill. Jack’s new act fails to impress Will, then Will plays matchmaker for Jack (AD) 7.45 Sex and the City: double bill. Carrie and Berger enjoy some steamy public foreplay, then Miranda sends out confusing signals to Steve 9.00 FILM The Estate HH Comedy starring Toni Collette 11.00 And Just like That... (AD) 11.55 Entourage 1.05am Girls (AD) 2.10 Veep (AD) 3.10 Curb Your Enthusiasm 4.20—5.00am Silicon Valley

8.00am Impractical Jokers 9.00 New Girl 10.00 Last Man Standing 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 1.00pm Friends (AD) 6.00pm Friends: six episodes. Rachel gets a dressing-down (AD) 6.30 Ross finds himself entertaining Ben at Christmas (AD) 7.00 Phoebe’s old flame David shows up (AD) 7.30 The gang watch a meteor shower (AD) 8.00 Rachel breaks Joey’s chair (AD) 8.30 The pals reminisce about when they turned 30 (AD) 9.00 Michael McIntyre: Live and Laughing 10.00 FILM Zombieland: Double Tap HH 12.10am Police Squad! 1.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 2.10 South Park 3.10 Important Things with Demetri Martin 3.35 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

Father Brown 6.00pm

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 The Mentalist 11.00 Hudson and Rex (AD) 12 noon Body of Proof 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Mentalist 5.00 Hudson and Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 4/15 Series 5. Suspicious circumstances surround the death of a local fighter and Father Brown is drawn into the shady world of boxing. (AD)

7.00 Body of Proof 8/20 Series 2 Megan finds herself mystified when a woman’s body is pulled from the river, apparently drained of all its blood.

8.00 Death in Paradise 8/8 Series 8. The morning after a storm on Saint Marie, Jack finds a corpse on the floor of the locked police station. (AD) 9.00 3/8 Series 1. After predicting her own murder, a voodoo priestess is found dead in the local school the next day. (AD) 10.00 Mudtown 5/6. Beca does everything in her power to get Sonny out of prison, but she struggles to hold on to her only way out of Newport. (AD) 11.00 Father Brown As 6pm. 12 midnight White Collar 1.00am Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Undercurrent 9.00pm Ditte investigates Kim Wall’s death

6.00am The Anarchists (AD) 7.00

Discovering: William Hurt (AD) 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 The Nineties 10.00 Lockerbie (AD) 11.00 The Jinx Part Two (AD) 12 noon Love to Love You, Donna Summer 2.00pm FILM Hitsville: the Making of Motown HHH A journey through six decades of archives and memories

4.00 Discovering: William Hurt (AD) 5.00 The Directors (AD)

6.00pm The Nineties A look at international politics during the 1990s, including the Gulf War.

7.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup Stories from the 2004, 2008 and 2012 stagings of the event.

8.00 The Jinx Part Two The film-makers continue their investigation into Robert Durst. (AD)

9.00 Undercurrent: the Disappearance of Kim Wall

A murder investigation unfolds when the life of a young journalist is tragically cut short. (AD) 10.15 As the nature of Madsen’s narcissism and psychopathy comes to light, those who knew him wonder what they had missed. (AD) 11.30 Death of a Showjumper The case takes a turn in court. (AD) 12.30am 15 Minutes of Shame

2.10 Dettori (AD) 4.20 The Great Horsemeat Scandal (AD) 5.00—

6.00am Discovering: William Hurt (AD)

Geographic

8.00am Europe from Above (AD) 9.00 Air Crash Investigation 12 noon Car SOS: double bill 2.00pm WW2 Heroes of the Sky 4.00 Top Guns: the Next Generation (AD) 5.00 Car SOS (AD)

6.00pm Lost Treasures of Egypt: archaeologists unlock the mysteries of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 World War II: Secrets from Above (AD) 9.00 Hitler’s Last Stand: in 1944, resistance fighters declare a Free French Republic in Eastern France (AD) 10.00 Nazi Megastructures: the German air force during the Second World War 11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 12 midnight Seconds from Disaster 1.00am To Catch a Smuggler 2.00 Lords of War 2.30 Abandoned

3.20 Food Factory 4.10—5.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

Beasts of the Big Blue 9.00pm Following pilot whales

6.00am Zambia Untamed 7.00 Monkey Life 8.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 9.00 Secrets of the Enchanted Forests 10.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon Mysteries of the Mekong

1.00pm Monkey Life 2.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 3.00

Secrets of the Enchanted Forests

4.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD)

5.00 Hope for Wildlife

6.00pm Mysteries of the Mekong

The habitats of Cambodia, which lies within the Mekong basin.

7.00 Monkey Life Capuchin

Louis makes the most out of being let outside for the first time.

7.30 Alison receives footage of a Tamarin monkey in need of a home.

8.00 Deep Dive North America Wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly explores North America’s coastlines.

9.00 Beasts of the Big Blue

Following pilot whales through one of the longest natural sandbars. (AD)

10.00 Mysteries of the Mekong

As 6pm.

11.00 Hope for Wildlife A hurricane strikes the rehabilitation centre.

12 midnight Orangutan Jungle School 1.00am Zambia Untamed

2.00 as 8pm 3.00 Beasts of the Big Blue (AD) 4.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 5.00—6.00am

Secrets of the Enchanted Forests

Nat Geo Wild

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Africa’s Hunters 10.00 Monster Fish of the Amazon 11.00 Heartland Docs 12 noon

The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet

2.00 Close Encounters of the Wild Kind

3.00 Savage Kingdom 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo 5.00 The Incredible Dr Pol

6.00pm Snakes in the City: Siouxsie comes face to face with a green mamba

7.00 Secrets of the Zoo 8.00 Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise: double bill looking at the impact of extreme weather on Tanzania’s Katavi National Park 10.00 Lawless Island: in Port Protection, the old guard passes on wisdom to a new generation 11.00 Ice Road Rescue: a trailer load of salt threatens to pollute

Norway’s biggest salmon river 12 midnight Africa’s Hunters 1.00am America’s National Parks Compilations

2.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 3.00 Yukon Vet 4.00—5.00am World’s Deadliest

8.00am My

(AD) 9.00

Grizzly 10.00 Tanked 11.00

Cops

(AD) 1.00pm Crikey! It’s the

2.00 Pit

and Parolees 3.00 My Cat from Hell:

bill (AD) 5.00 Lone Star Law 6.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet: Dr Jeff tries to mend a German shepherd’s broken elbow 7.00 Treehouse Masters: Pete Nelson and the gang look back at builds from the past 8.00 Guardians of the Glades: Dusty leads the team to an abandoned missile factory 9.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 12 midnight Crikey! It’s the Irwins 1.00am Guardians of the Glades 2.00 Treehouse Masters 3.00—5.00am Animal Cops Houston (AD)

TUESDAY

Sky Main Event

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6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Sky Sports Breakfast 10.00 Sky Sports FC 12 noon Lunchtime Live: sport stories making the headlines 1.00pm Ryder Cup Golf: news and analysis from Bethpage Black in the build-up to the Ryder Cup 7.00 LIVE League Cup Football Liverpool v Southampton, the thirdround match from Anfield, as last year’s beaten finalists enter the competition (kick-off 8.00). The hosts have a strong recent record against Southampton, having lost only one of the last 17 meetings against the south-coast club since 2017. In that time Liverpool have picked up 14 victories, including a 2—1 win in this competition against the Saints last year.

11.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup 12 midnight Sky Sports News

3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Coverage from the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

Sky Football

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6.00am Classic Play-Off Finals 9.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 10.00 Classic Play-Off Final 12 noon Championship Football 2.00pm Championship Highlights 3.00 Women’s Super League Highlights 4.00 Championship Highlights 5.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 6.00 Women’s Super League Highlights 6.30 League Cup Highlights 7.00 LIVE League Cup Football

Liverpool v Southampton, the third-round match from Anfield, as last year’s beaten finalists enter the competition (kick-off 8.00).

11.00 League Cup Highlights 11.30 EFL Greatest Games 12 midnight League Cup Highlights 12.30am Classic League Cup 2.30 Scottish Premiership Football 3.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 4.00 Championship Season Review (AD) 5.00—6.00am Best Moments from the Play-Off Finals: 1993—2019

Sky Sports +

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6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Sky

Sports Breakfast 10.00 Sky Sports FC 12 noon LIVE ATP Tennis Coverage from the finals of both the Chengdu Open and the Hangzhou Open in China.

2.30pm Sports Desk 5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 LIVE League Cup Football Lincoln City v Chelsea, the third-round match at Sincil Bank Stadium, as these teams face each other for the first time since 1911 (kick-off 7.45). The Imps claimed a 1—0 win away to Burton Albion in the previous round, and prior to that triumphed 3—1 away to Harrogate Town, whereas the Blues received a bye to this round owing to their participation in the Champions League. Tonight’s other League Cup games available on the red button. 11.00 Sky Sports News 1.00am Best Moments from Play-Off Finals: 1993—2019 2.00 Sky Sports News 3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Coverage from the WTA and/or ATP Tours, including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

Sky Golf

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6.00am Ryder Cup Memories (AD) 7.00 How the 1997 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 10.00 Ryder Cup Golf: all the latest news and analysis from Bethpage Black in the build-up to the Ryder Cup 11.00pm Tales from the Ryder Cup: stories from the 2004, 2008 and 2012 editions of the team event between USA and Europe 12 midnight Ryder Cup Memories (AD) 1.00am Ladies European Tour Golf 2.00 How the 2010 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 4.00—6.00am How the 2014 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD)

ATP Tennis 12 noon

Sky Tennis Shang Juncheng won the Chengdu Open in 2024

Sky Premier League

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6.00am Premier League Greatest Games 7.00 Premier League Highlights 10.00 Sky Sports FC 12 noon Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 1.00pm Premier League Years (AD) 3.00 Premier League Highlights 4.00 Premier League Review 5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Soccer Special: Pre-Match 7.30 Soccer Special 10.30 Unpacked: Mikel Arteta answers questions from football fans (AD) 10.45 The Big Padel Match: Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler and Brighton CEO Paul Barber team up to take on Sky Sports’ pundits Jamie Redknapp and Bobby Zamora at padel (AD) 11.00 Premier League Years: memorable moments from the 2016/17 season (AD) 1.00am Premier League Retro 3.00 Premier League Greatest Games (AD) 4.00—6.00am Premier League Best Goals

Sky Cricket

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6.00am International One-Day Cricket Highlights 8.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 9.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 10.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 11.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 1.00pm Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 2.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 3.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 4.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights (AD) 6.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights (AD) 7.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights: England v South Africa 9.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 10.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 11.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 12 midnight International One-Day Cricket Highlights 1.00am International T20 Cricket: England v South Africa, the men’s second T20 in the three-match series at Old Trafford 5.30—6.00am Best of England v South Africa (AD)

Sky NFL

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Bitesize 11.00 NFL Highlights 12 noon NFL Bitesize 1.00pm Good Morning Football: the latest NFL news and talking points 3.00 NFL Bitesize 4.00 NFL Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk: presented by Mike Florio and Chris Simms 8.00 NFL Bitesize 9.00 NFL Highlights 11.00 NFL Fantasy: featuring the top NFL fantasy experts and analysts 12 midnight The Insiders 1.00—6.00am NFL Highlights

Sky Tennis

Sky 408 Virgin 537/HD 520 EE 425/HD 445 12 noon—2.30pm LIVE ATP Tennis The finals of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, and the Hangzhou Open at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center, both in China. 3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Action from the WTA and/or ATP Tours, including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and the WTA Beijing Open.

TNT Sports 1

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7.00

(AD) 8.00

(AD) 8.30

9.30 LIVE Cycling Coverage

TNT Sports 3

TNT Sports

The Hack 9.00pm ITV1 Full series available via ITVX

NEW SERIES

The shadow of Mr Bates vs the Post Office continues to loom large over this and any other crusading ITV drama (the channel also currently has a series about the contaminated blood scandal in the works, for example). It’s doubly so for this very knowing Jack Thorne drama about phone hacking, given it’s from the same production team. But Mr Bates this is not.

The suddenly-ubiquitous David Tennant is wiry Nick Davies: the journalist who uncovered the murky tabloid practice of illegally tapping voicemail messages of celebrities, politicians and public figures. Via tip-offs and anonymous sources, he

REALITY Stranded on Honeymoon Island

9.00pm BBC One Catch up: iPlayer

After weeks of speaking in fridge magnet platitudes (“keep being you, man”) all soundtracked against a teen’s Spotify playlist, the couples head into the final stage of this meet, marry and mingle experiment. New faces have stirred up the silt, and now friends and family visit the island for some heart-to-hearts and talk of whether relationships will work on “the outside”. It leads to some startling revelations and realisations for the brides and grooms. Presenter Davina McCall has finally found her passport down the back of the sofa and materialises in the Philippines for the final (9pm Friday), where she will preside as the couples face a final decision of whether to commit or call it quits. FT

DRAMA

Mudtown

9.00pm U&Alibi Catch up via Now

sniffs out the story like a bloodhound, taking his investigative piece to Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger (Toby Jones, adding more Mr Bates flavour).

Director Lewis Arnold must’ve binged House of Cards, Fleabag and even Peep Show before coming at this, given that Davies not so much breaks the fourth wall as smashes it to smithereens. His “to camera” address and smarty-pants editing adds to the smug smog that hovers throughout and ultimately detracts from the storytelling, which gets stuck in the weeds and too hung up on Davies’s backstory and homelife.

DOCUMENTARY

Cracking the Case: The Torso Wrapped in Plastic

DOCUMENTARY

The Shadow Scholars: Fake Essay Scandal

10pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming

Magistrate and mother Claire (Erin Richards) always seems to think she can fix things, but this time her wayward daughter Beca (Lauren Morais) is in deep trouble.

It’s hard to see how Claire can sort this out as this Welsh crime drama reaches a violent conclusion.

Beca’s being held by Jamie (Matthew Aubrey), one of Pete’s (Tom Cullen) gang and clearly a bit unhinged, but what really shocks her mother — apart from what she has recently discovered hidden in her daughter’s bedroom — is how involved she was in the warehouse fire. Beca’s determined to leave Newport… but first she must escape from Jamie. JANE RACKHAM

10.00pm BBC Two Full series: iPlayer

In 2024, a gruesome discovery was made in a Manchester nature reserve: the bulky package that had been dumped in a concrete bunker contained the torso of 67-year-old Stuart Everett. BBC reporter Calum Leslie takes us step by step through the police investigations that led to the conviction of his murderer.

“Heavy bag man”, as he was called, was caught on CCTV distributing 27 body parts to six spots in Manchester before he was apprehended. As if this were not horrendous enough, he’d been sending messages to Stuart’s family pretending the man was still alive. There are two more cases tomorrow and Friday. JR

The boom in artificial intelligence services has led to an epidemic of cheating at universities. Yet as this fascinating doc attests, forged essays are nothing new. It follows Oxford professor Patricia Kingori as she investigates the multibillion dollar industry in which highly educated Kenyans are hired to write academic assignments for wealthier students in the West.

Kingori travels to Kenya to meet these so-called “shadow scholars”, who write numerous essays a day on multiple topics and late into the night to pay their bills. There are questions regarding exploitation and race (the writers use white online avatars, for instance) but also anxieties about ethics and fairness. STEPHEN KELLY

FRANCES TAYLOR

TAPPED IN David Tennant as Nick Davies (left) and Toby Jones as Alan Rusbridger (inset)

DRAMA Waris Hussein

Remembers… The Clothes in the Wardrobe

10pm BBC Four Catch up: iPlayer

Ahead of a rare screening of his delightful 1993 BBC film (at 10.15pm), which he first introduces, the director Waris Hussein tells RT: “It’s an eccentric comedy, a comment on a suppressed middle-class Britain of the 1950s, turned upside down by the whirlwind arrival of an exotic character, played by Jeanne Moreau.” Adapted from Alice Thomas Ellis’s novel, it pitches the French film legend against British stars Joan Plowright and Julie Walters. PATRICK MULKERN

DOCUMENTARY

ITV News at 70: the Stories That Shaped Our Nation

10.45pm (11.05pm STV, Fri 10.45pm Border Scotland) ITV1

Catch up via ITVX

A gallop through seven decades of reporting that barely gives us time to ponder. One minute Thatcher’s in, the next she’s out. Charles is married, suddenly he’s divorced. But there are some interesting aspects, the most notable being the cynicism of the public towards politics that was evident from ITN’s earliest days, with one person on the election day of 1959 seen remarking, “I wouldn’t go the length of my finger to vote for any of them”. DB

FILM

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WEDNESDAY

BACK ON THE CASE

Jo Joyner and Mark Benton return as Lu Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway

DRAMA Shakespeare and Hathaway:

Private Investigators

8.00pm U&Alibi Catch up via Now

Having once been part of the line-up of daytime dramas on BBC One, this light-hearted PI mystery series will now air its new episodes first on U&Alibi. Good news for fans who thought it warranted a primetime spot, but an irritating move for any RT reader without access to this particular channel.

Those who do will find things have changed since we were last with Lu Shakespeare (Jo Joyner) and Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton), with she having now opened her own agency following a falling out with her former partner. But a new case, which handily involves a warring couple each needing their own investigator, is set to see the detectives cross paths. As ever, it’s colourful and campily over-the-top, with the feel of each clue being sold loudly to the back row of the stalls. DAVID BROWN

DOCUMENTARY

Location, Location, Location

8.00pm C4

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer (above) are in Edinburgh to help two couples find a new home.

MasterChef

8.00pm BBC One

The finalists fly to the Margi farm in Greece, where they are tasked with making lunch for the locals, including the farm’s workers.

Coastguards: Search and Rescue

9.00pm 5

In this new series, a yacht is in peril as it battles strongs winds and rough tide.

LIVE SPORT

10 40pm (11 10pm N Ireland, 12 10am Scotland) BBC One Catch up: iPlayer

qas Elwood Dalton, a UFC fighter turned bouncer rowdy

The original 1989 Road House was far from a critical success, but the combination of Patrick Swayze’s charismatic, throat-ripping “cooler” with over-the-top, campy violence and very of-their-time aesthetics launched the film to cult status. This 2024 remake sees Jake Gyllenhaal take on Swayze’s legacy as Elwood Dalton, a UFC fighter turned bouncer of a rowdy roadhouse. For Gyllenhaal, the role was a chance to honour his former co-star (the pair worked together on Donnie Darko), with a few of his character’s tattoos serving as “a little ode” to Swayze. ALICE LAMBERT

Film reviews: page 87

HIDDEN SECRETS

Jake Gyllenhaal is no ordinary bouncer…

Football: Europa League

U i li

Team Europe’s Ryder C St

Cup Story

11.30pm BBC Two Catch up: iPlayer

Two days before Europe and the United States tee off at New York’s Bethpage Black course for the 45th Ryder Cup, this doc looks back at Europe’s comprehensive victory in Italy in 2023, led by Luke Donald The contributors include Donald himself and some of Europe’s key figures in the triumph, such as Spain’s Jon Rahm, England’s Tommy Fleetwood and the great Rory McIlroy, who will all return this year hoping to seal Europe’s first away win since 2012 Sit back and enjoy a time when major sporting events were about sport, rather than the President of the United St t GABRIEL TATE

Real Betis v Nottingham Forest 7pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 1 Forest’s first taste of European competition for 30 years.

Football: League Cup

Port Vale v Arsenal 7pm (k/o 8pm) Sky Sports Main Event/Football

Third-round action, with League One against the Premier League.

Cycling: World Championship

11.15am TNT Sports 1

The mixed time trial relay, from Kigali, Rwanda.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

Tommy win since enjoy a major sporting events were about rather of States

FILM REVIEWS page 87

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Jon Kay, Sally Nugent. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Michelle Ackerley and Gethin Jones present the weekday magazine show. (S) (HD)

2 BBC iPLAYER 10.00—11.45 500 Words Live Lesson

Lenny Henry and Naomi Wilkinson present a lesson to celebrate the launch of the competition, also at bbc.co.uk/teach

10.45 SAS: Catching the Criminals Billy Billingham goes on the hunt for illegal tobacco. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Homes under the Hammer Viewing properties sold at auction in Northamptonshire, north Wales and Derby. Repeated tomorrow 6.15am BBC Two (S) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt In Exeter, teams assisted by Ben Cooper and Kate Bliss look for items to sell at auction. Caroline Hawley hosts. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Clean It, Fix It A single mother receives help decluttering her small home, packed with a huge toy collection and a shed full of untapped potential. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes The actor and Janette Manrara head to County Durham. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Steve Brown helps a soon-to-be-retired couple who are looking for a property in the Lake District. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45—4.30 The Travelling Auctioneers Couple Nigel and Laura need help decluttering after moving into their dream cottage by the sea. (R) (S) (HD)

6.15am Homes under the Hammer In Northampton, Leeds and Coventry. Shown yesterday 11.15am BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 Bargain Hunt From Southwell Racecourse in Nottinghamshire. Shown last Friday 12.15pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Emmerdale stars Matthew Wolfenden and Roxy Shahidi shop their way round Yorkshire in a Riley sports saloon. (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 11.30am—4.20pm Cycling

The mixed relay team time trial at the Road World Championships from Kigali, Rwanda, at bbc.co.uk/sport

12.15pm Politics Live Updates from Westminster. (S) (HD)

1.00 Impossible Quiz hosted by Rick Edwards. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Bridge of Lies Ross Kemp hosts the quiz. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Unbeatable Quiz with Jason Manford. (R) (S) (HD)

3.15 Great British Menu The two most successful chefs representing Wales cook their six-course menus again for the judges and guest Colin Jackson. (R) (S) (HD)

4.15—5.15 Earth How plant life turned the planet from a barren rock into a green world. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Showbiz and style tips. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Lifestyle advice, competitions and star interviews. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Topical debate. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal In Solihull, Simon Schneider falls in love with a vintage political poster and the Millennium Falcon lands in the den. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tenable Warwick Davis hosts, as the team Born Ruislippy answers questions about top 10 lists. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S) (HD)

5.50am Countdown With Ainsley Harriott. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Celebrity Undercover Boss USA Tony-winning Broadway star Idina Menzel goes under cover to meet unknown musical talents. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 A New Life in the Sun A B&B owner in Spain decides to install air conditioning. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Car SOS Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend plan a surprise restoration of a 1972 Peugeot 504 cabriolet in need of a major overhaul. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown Ainsley Harriott guests. (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 A Place in the Sun Lee Juggurnauth heads to south-east Spain, around the Costa Cálida, to help a Birmingham couple find a holiday home. (R) (S) (HD)

Main Channels

Stranded on Honeymoon Island 9.00pm In the mood for love: Davina McCall plays cupid

4.30pm The Answer Run

Jason Manford hosts the fast-paced quiz show where three couples face a series of 50/50 questions which hurtle down the Answer Run towards them. Across three rounds, the couples build up their cash pots, but only one pair can face the Final Run.

Director Ollie Bartlett; Executive producer Pete Ogden (R) (S) (HD)

5.15 Pointless

Alexander Armstrong and Angela Rippon host the quiz in which contestants try to score the fewest points possible by giving the least obvious answers to questions posed to 100 people before the show. (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD) Followed by Party Political Broadcast

By the Liberal Democrats. (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

Clara Amfo and Alex Jones present the magazine show, with celebrity guests and stories of interest.

Editor Joanne Vaughan-Jones (S) (HD)

7.30 EastEnders

Ian tries to convince Sharon that Zoe is lying. Stacey tells Lily that Sean has invited them to live with him in Brazil, while Penny orders Peter to tell Lauren the truth about his mystery woman.

Writer Daran Little Cast Tuesday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 MasterChef

The four finalists jet off to the Margi Farm in Greece, which spans 10 acres and supplies produce to some of the finest restaurants in Athens. Their first task will be to make a delicious lunch for locals, including Margi Farm employees. The contestants will also cook a selection of meze dishes, before they head to Michelin-starred restaurant Patio, where they will each take responsibility for cooking one course from the extensive tasting menu. Finally, at Akti restaurant in Vouliagmeni, their task will be a VIP dinner for a group of Athens’s leading chefs, inspired by this Aegean adventure. Continues tomorrow 8pm.

Director David Crerar; Series producer Kate Drysdale (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Stranded on Honeymoon Island 410/12. The honeymooners are elated as boats bring their friends and family from the other side of the world, but will their loved ones approve of their new partners? While double dates deliver some home truths, one couple decide to wave goodbye to their stranded dream for ever. Presented by Davina McCall. Continues tomorrow 9pm. See page 80.

Director Roman Green

Executive producers Rachel Viner and Georgina Hinds (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Road House HHH

oAction thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Dalton, a once-famed MMA fighter now down on his luck and living out of his car, is offered a job as head bouncer at a Florida bar that’s being terrorised by thugs. However, his arrival does not suit the plans of local gangster Brandt, who hires his own brutal enforcer in response. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review page 87.

Dalton Jake Gyllenhaal

Ellie Daniela Melchior

Knox Conor McGregor

Frankie Jessica Williams

Ben Brandt Billy Magnussen

Sheriff Joaquim de Almeida

Billy Lukas Gage

Dell JD Pardo Moe Arturo Castro

Vince Beau Knapp

Director Doug Liman (2024, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30am Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

12.35—6.00am BBC News (S)

Cracking the Case: The Torso Wrapped in Plastic 10.00pm

Journalist Calum Leslie investigates

5.15pm Flog It!

From Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Yasmine Akram, Stephen Mangan, Ingrid Oliver and Tom Rosenthal play trivia-based games. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys

18/20 Series 3. Michael Portillo heads to the waters off the Norfolk coast, where he learns about the wreckage of a sunken ship. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Michael Portillo’s viewpoint: page 11

7.00 SOS: Extreme Rescues

11/12 Series 2. On the coastline of the Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park, a walker slips on rocks, fracturing her wrist and leaving her at risk of being completely cut off by the incoming tide.

Series producer Rebecca Nunn

Executive producers Arwyn Evans and Jenny Dafydd (S) (HD)

7.30 Grand Tours of Scotland’s Rivers

Paul Murton follows the River Forth, travelling from the Trossachs to the Kelpies statues in Falkirk.

Series director/producer Paul Murton (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Digging for Britain

6/6 Series 10. Reports from northern England and Scotland, beginning on Islay in the Inner Hebrides, where evidence of a hunter-gatherer’s camp occupied almost as far back as the last ice age has been found. A box set is available on iPlayer. Producer Denis Minihan; Series producer Theo Williams (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Wilderness with Simon Reeve 3/4. The adventurer travels across the south-west corner of the Pacific. Starting in the Togian Islands, near Sulawesi, Simon meets the Bajau people, who for centuries have wandered the waters of the Coral Triangle. His next stop is Raja Ampat, an archipelago off the coast of New Guinea, which is now a marine protected area. The whole series is on iPlayer. Director Chris Mitchell; Executive producer Sam Bagnall (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Cracking the Case: The Torso Wrapped in Plastic

4New series. When a human torso was found at a Salford beauty spot, a murder inquiry began. As more body parts and DNA were uncovered at six other locations in Greater Manchester, police trawled CCTV looking for a suspect. Journalist Calum Leslie, forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das and ex-detective Rebecca Mason explore the investigation. Cracking the Case: The Heist, the Hit and the Hunt is tomorrow 10pm. The whole series on iPlayer. See p80. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Victoria Derbyshire. (S) (HD) Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 Unspun World with John Simpson

The week’s major global news stories. (S) (HD)

11.30 Una Famiglia: Team Europe’s Ryder Cup Story

4

Exploring Europe’s landmark Ryder Cup victory in 2023, featuring contributions from captain Luke Donald and team members including Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm. Highlights of day one of the Ryder Cup are Friday 12 midnight. See p81. (S) (HD) Sport: page 30

1.10am Twiggy HHH Documentary, directed by Sadie Frost, qcharting how working-class teenager Leslie Hornby found fame in the Swinging Sixties as fashion icon Twiggy. (2025) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) Shown last Monday

The Hack 9.00pm Hot off the press:

Nick Davies (David Tennant) uncovers critical evidence of phone hacking

4.00pm Tipping Point

Contestants answer questions to win turns on a supersized arcade-style machine. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Jane, Mark, Steve and Claire take on a ruthless quiz expert. Presented by Bradley Walsh. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

Followed by Party Political Broadcast By the Liberal Democrats. (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)

7.30 Emmerdale

Charity’s guilt becomes an ever-present torture, while Liam turns a blind eye to his own health.

Writer Kirsty Halton Cast Tuesday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Coronation Street

Kevin gets good news from the doctor. Asha is shaken when she comes face to face with Naomi.

Kevin Webster Michael Le Vell

Carla Connor Alison King

Lisa Swain Vicky Myers

Dev Alahan Jimmi Harkishin

Ruby Dobbs Billie Naylor

Glenda Shuttleworth Jodie Prenger

Cassie Plummer Claire Sweeney

Shona Platt Julia Goulding

Maria Connor Samia Longchambon

Cropper David Neilson

Flanagan

Writers Joe Turner and Susan Oudot More cast Fri (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Hack

4New series. 1/7. Drama based on a true story. Investigative journalist Nick Davies receives a tip-off about phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. As he follows the trail, he uncovers evidence that proves that it wasn’t the work of “one rogue reporter”, but was in fact widespread and systemic. Nick must now decide whether to take on one of the most powerful media organisations in the world. The whole series is on ITVX from today. See p80.

Tennant

Mr Apollo

Pemberton

McKenna-Bruce

Sean Pertwee

Alice Stephanie Levi-John

Rufus Duffy Terence Maynard

Nick’s Mum Sophie Bould

Writer Jack Thorne; Producer Abi Bach

Director Lewis Arnold (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 ITV News at 70: the Stories That Shaped Our Nation

4ITV’s cameras have captured some of the world’s biggest news stories for 70 years. This documentary revisits landmark moments in politics, music, entertainment and sport, featuring restored footage not seen since its original broadcast, including interviews with Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher. See page 81.

Editor Patrick Holland Signed repeat 4.50am (S) (HD)

12 midnight Home Shopping (HD)

3.00am Parking Problems: the True Cost — Tonight Ginny Buckley investigates the cost of parking in the UK, and looks at the latest scams. Shown last Thu (S) (SL) (HD) 3.25 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

4.50—6.00am ITV News at 70: the Stories That Shaped Our Nation Memorable stories from the last 70 years. See choice, p80. Shown 10.45pm (S) (SL) (HD)

The Shadow Scholars: Fake Essay Scandal

10.00pm Professor Patricia Kingori investigates

WEDNESDAY

4.00pm Help! We Bought a Village Tricky climate conditions in Italy lead to a worrying olive harvest at Lucie and Jerry’s borgo. (S) (HD)

5.00 Four in a Bed

The guests spend the night at Bechan Retreats in Powys, where the stunning location and heaps of praise leave hosts Karen and Bryan confident of positive feedback all round. (S) (HD)

5.30 Come Dine with Me

Beauty queen-turned-property developer Joey hosts the third night in north Wales. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

Sharon and Shaun Garner help Taz and Nicky find a large villa in Almería. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

8.00 Location, Location, Location

Ep 3. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer meet two couples who are searching for a new home in and around Edinburgh. Natasha and Carl have settled in Aberdeen but feel like the time is right for a big move. Claire and Mark, meanwhile, have moved back from Australia to be close to where Claire grew up. But going from starter flats in their youth to finding the perfect family home today is a very different challenge.

Series producer Julyan Sinclair; Executive producer Gerard Costello Repeated Thursday 8pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Donald Trump Show

3/3. A novel take on the US president’s second term in office, recutting archive news clips as drama to retell his story. As Trump tackles the world’s biggest problems, he sets out an unlikely foreign policy agenda and is forced to make some big decisions about which wars to get involved in, and whose side he’s on.

Executive producers John Douglas, David Glover and Mark Raphael (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The Shadow Scholars: Fake Essay Scandal

4

Oxford academic Professor Patricia Kingori explores the multibillion-dollar fake essay industry, in which thousands of educated but under-employed Kenyans are working in essay mills, providing work for Western students to submit as their own. These “shadow scholars” help students in countries like the UK secure degrees and launch lucrative careers, all without doing the work themselves. See page 80.

Director/Producer Eloise King (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am The Ibiza Final Boss: Haircuts and Hangovers Untold looks into the newfound fame of TikTok Ibiza dancer Jack Kay, whose life changed overnight. (S)

12.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Helping a Mediterranean restaurant in California. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

1.25 Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping 3/6 Sketches include a very bad spy and TV’s least exciting reality show ever. Shown last Friday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

1.50 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Trieste Joe Lycett and Alan Davies explore the Italian city. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.15 Significant Other HH Sci-fi mystery drama with

qMaika Monroe and Jake Lacy. A troubled couple decide to take a backpacking trip. Tensions begin to mount, but then they realise they are not alone in the wilderness. Available to stream for 30 days. Review p87. Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen (2022, 15) (S) (SL) (HD)

3.40 Location, Location, Location Revisiting househunters in Sussex and Reading, Berkshire. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds Kirstie and Phil look back on their time in Waterbeach with Amber and Martin. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.55—5.50am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces A fairy-tale wooden hideaway. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Waris Hussein Remembers... The Clothes in the Wardrobe 10.00pm The director’s view

7.00pm Tornado: the 100mph Steam Engine

A bid to re-create history by hitting the magical “ton” on a locomotive built by steam enthusiasts From 2017.

Producer Tom Ingall; Executive producer Nicola Addyman Repeated 12.35am (R) (S) (HD)

7.30 The Return of Flying Scotsman

Following the first journey of the restored Flying Scotsman from London’s King’s Cross station to the National Railway Museum in York. From 2016.

Director/Producer Roger Keech Repeated 1.05am (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Flying Scotsman from the Footplate Cameras capture the view from the cab as the Flying Scotsman travels the length of the Severn Valley Railway. From 2016.

Director/Producer Roger Keech Repeated 1.35am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails

The notorious Beeching Report of 1963 led to the closure of a third of the nation’s railway lines and stations. Ian Hislop investigates the fallout of Beeching’s scheme. From 2008.

Director/Producer Deborah Lee (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 Waris Hussein Remembers...The Clothes in the Wardrobe 4

Director Waris Hussein looks back at the 1993 drama. See page 81.

Producer Andrew Wiltshire

Series producer Simon Goretzki (S) (HD)

10.15 The Clothes in the Wardrobe

An adaptation of Alice Thomas Ellis’s novel, originally shown as part of the Screen Two strand in 1993. Margaret would rather become a nun than a housewife, but the wedding is arranged and the guests have begun to arrive.

Margaret Lena Headey

Lili

2.30pm Politics Scotland 3.15—3.45 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes 6.30—7.00 Reporting Scotland; Party Political Broadcast: by the Scottish Liberal Democrats 10.40 Debate Night 11.40 Scotcast 12.10am FILM: Road House 2.00 Weather for the Week Ahead 2.05—6.00 BBC News BBC

SCOTLAND

7.00pm Reporting Scotland

7.30 Scotland’s Home of the Year: the judges head to the Highlands and Islands 8.00 This Farming Life: Emma and Ewan struggle to get to grips with their new farm 9.00 Debate Night: from Edinburgh 10.00 Designing the Hebrides: Banjo Beale makes over two spaces on the Isle of Mull 10.30 Gary: Tank Commander: Gary finds himself in Captain Fanshaw’s good books 11.00 Scotcast: discussion on Scotland’s biggest news stories 11.30—12 midnight The Secret Lives of Lighthouse Keepers STV

6.00—6.30pm STV News; Party Political Broadcast: by the Scottish Liberal Democrats 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Scotland Tonight 11.05 ITV News at 70: the Stories That Shaped Our Nation 12.10—3.00am Home Shopping ITV1 BORDER SCOTLAND

6.00—6.30pm Lookaround; Party Political Broadcast: by the Scottish Liberal Democrats 10.45 Representing Border 11.15—12 midnight Border Life: triple bill BBC ONE WALES

Jeanne Moreau

Nour Padraig O’Loinsigh

Mother Joseph Britta Smith

Marie-Claire

Catherine Schell

Ahmed Pierre Sioufi

Monica

Julie Walters

Syl David Threlfall

Mrs Monro Joan Plowright

Mrs Raffald Maggie Steed

Dramatised by Martin Sherman; Producer Norma Heyman; Director Waris Hussein (R) (S) (HD)

11.35 Crime and Punishment: the Story of Corporal Punishment

A Timeshift documentary from 2011 examining the use of physically enforced discipline. Denis Lawson narrates.

Producer Rachel Jardine

Series producer Ben Southwell (R) (S) (HD)

12.35am Tornado: the 100mph Steam

Engine Shown 7pm (S) (HD)

1.05 The Return of Flying Scotsman

Shown 7.30pm (S) (HD)

1.35 Flying Scotsman from the Footplate Shown 8pm (S) (AD) (HD)

2.35—3.35am Dan Cruickshank and the Family That Built Gothic Britain The changing fortunes of the Scott family of architects. Shown yesterday 12.30am (S) (SL) (HD)

7.00—7.30pm SOS: Extreme Rescues BBC TWO WALES

7.00—7.30pm The One Show BBC ONE NORTHERN IRELAND

6.30—7.00pm BBC Newsline 10.40 Girl Fight: Chloe Crozier heads to Durham for the toughest fight of her career 11.10 FILM: Road House 1.05—6.00am BBC News UTV

6.00—6.30pm

WEDNESDAY Freeview

Coastguard SOS: Search and Rescue 9.00pm A daring rescue is under way

5.40am Milkshake! See page 86

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley and Guests (S) (HD)

12.30pm Vanessa Discussion show. (S) (HD)

1.40 5 News (S) (HD)

1.45 Home and Away Lacey panics when Mali chases her about surfing lessons. Shown yesterday 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (HD)

2.20 Deadly Nightmare in Paradise HH oThriller. On a trip to Hawaii, a woman wakes up to discover her room has been ransacked and her husband is missing. Director Michael Feifer (2019) (S) (HD)

4.00 All Creatures Great and Small

A throwaway comment by Sid Crabtree leaves James battling with some long-buried feelings. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun In Benidorm, Caroline and pal Jan organise a surprise rooftop Mexicanthemed party. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Puppy School for Guide Dogs

Cameras reveal how Ela and her pups are getting on. Puppy midwife Tim is keeping an eye on Ela’s weight loss, but the youngsters are thriving. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Street Cops: Catching the Yobs

Ep 4. Officers race to arrest two drug dealers and, after a chase, one officer pins a dealer to the ground with the help of Pava spray. Police call in armed response as they try to decommission a potentially lethal shooter.

Director/Producer James Warner (S) (HD)

9.00 New series. Coastguard SOS: Search and Rescue

Ep 1 Series 3. The return of the series following the challenging work of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. A yacht near Newhaven looks to be in trouble close to the shore during strong winds and rough tide. Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 163 must do what they can to save the skipper’s life. A Coastguard Fixed Wing surveillance flight is tasked to investigate potential sources of marine pollution.

Director Andy Smythe (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Catching Britain’s Street Thieves

Ex-police detective Rebecca Mason investigates the case of a criminal who has been terrorising shopkeepers and stealing in broad daylight in Newham.

Director Myles Judd (R) (S) (HD)

11.05 Fare Dodgers: at War with the Law

Ep 9 Series 2. At Vauxhall, Sam is one of 20 revenue protection officers from South Western Railway that are involved in a major sting operation.

Shown last Monday (S) (HD)

12.05am

Stacey & Joe 9.00pm The couple reminisce and make plans

7.00pm Horrible Histories

Alexander the Great and other characters from history perform songs about tales of their lives. First shown in 2013. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Horrible Histories: Ridiculous Romance

A special devoted to historical “love rats”. King Henry VIII goes on a TV dating show. First shown in 2014. (S) (AD) (HD) Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test

3/4 Series 3. In Blackpool, the girls struggle to control their nerves in their first match against a boarding school team. The whole series is on iPlayer. See choice, p50. Shown Sunday 8.15pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Stacey & Joe

3/6 Series 2. Joe takes a plane to Andalusia to see his mum and Stacey visits grandma Gwen. See choice, page 70.

Shown Tuesday 8pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Waterloo Road

1/8 Series 16. The return of the drama set in a Greater Manchester school. New teacher Darius Donovan shakes up the staffroom.

Shown Tuesday 9pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 2/8. Stella and Ben clash as the school welcomes a cohort of year six students. See choice, page 70.

Shown Tuesday 10.40pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Juice (S) (HD) 12.50am Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island (S) (AD) (HD)

2.15 The Fast and the Farmer-ish (S) (HD) 2.25—3.55am Missing in Paradise: Searching for Sarm: triple bill (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 8.40 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 9.35 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 10.20

The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 11.10

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

12.05pm Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 2.05

The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.05 The Real Housewives of Cheshire (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 5.00

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

6.00pm Celebrity Catchphrase An I’m a Celebrity special, with guests Sair Khan, Jordan North and Lisa Snowdon. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Deal or No Deal Stephen Mulhern hosts as a contestant opens the 22 red boxes. (S) (HD)

8.00 The 1% Club Quiz show in which the questions are all about logic. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends 9/10 Series 2. A shock arrival reignites the drama. Continues tomorrow 9pm. (S) (HD)

10.00 Family Guy Series 12. Stewie helps Chris battle some school bullies. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Lois tires of Peter’s disappointing performances in the bedroom. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 New. Universal Basic Guys

Hank gets in trouble when Mark puts his piloting skills to the test. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 American Dad! Series 14. Steve babysits Roger’s ex-tumour Rogu. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Stan invites Roger to join his ham club, while Francine scares Greg. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.35 Bob’s Burgers: Linda takes Gene and Louise to the fire station (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends (S) (HD) 2.05 Deal or No Deal (S) (SL) (HD) 2.55 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00

Home Shopping 4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Vera 8.00pm DCI Stanhope searches for clues when a man is found dead

6.00am The Royal: 7/12

Series 4. A new nurse arrives at the hospital (S) (AD) 7.10 Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 8.20 Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 9.20 Doc Martin: 6/8 Series 5 Don’t Let Go. Martin discovers that a paraffin heater could be behind Mr Coley’s behaviour (S) (AD) (HD) 10.25 The Royal: 8/12 Series 4 Matron is attacked (S) (AD) 11.30 Heartbeat: 11/24. Bellamy is reunited with a childhood sweetheart (S) (AD); 12.30pm 12/24. A farmers’ feud turns dangerous (S) (AD) 1.30pm Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Carl wonders why he hasn’t heard from Grace, then Zak agrees to help Donna (S) (AD) 2.30 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Derek drops a bombshell, then Paul is dismayed to learn the identity of Carla’s business partner (S) (AD)

3.35pm Downton Abbey

3/7 Series 1. When Evelyn Napier arrives at Downton, Mary finds herself attracted to his friend, Kemal Pamuk. (S) (AD) (HD)

4.40 Doc Martin

7/8

Series 5. Cats and Sharks. Martin leaves Louisa to do all the planning for James Henry’s christening. (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50 Heartbeat

13/24 Series 9. Craddock confides in Blaketon. Charlotte Church guests. (S) (AD) 6.55 14/24. Ventress knows how to stop Greengrass — by arresting his dog. (S) (AD)

8.00 Vera

4/4 Series 4. Death of a Family Man DCI Stanhope investigates the death of businessman John Shearwood. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 1/3 Series 13. Fast Love. A market trader is killed following a collision with a car on a quiet country lane. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 Unforgotten

1/6 Series 6. Human remains are dredged out of Whitney Marsh. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.55am 2/6. The team probe deeper into Gerry Cooper’s life and criminal record, and make contact with his widow. (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am The Derby through the Years (S) (HD)

6.15 The Saint: Templar is hired as an assassin (S) (SL) 7.20 Kojak (S) (SL) (HD) 9.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD) 11.30 Robin of Sherwood (S)

12.45pm LIVE Snooker: Jill Douglas presents the afternoon session on day three of the British Open from the Centaur in Cheltenham, featuring second-round matches (S) (HD) 5.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD)

6.30pm The Best of the 70s A look back at a selection of sports covered by ITV, including horse racing, Formula One and darts. (S) (HD)

6.45 LIVE Snooker Jill Douglas presents the evening session on day three of the British Open from the Centaur in Cheltenham, featuring third-round matches. (S) (HD) 10.15 River Monsters Jeremy Wade contemplates whether a goonch catfish could be active in Nepal. (S) (HD)

11.15 All Elite Wrestling: Collision Hardhitting action, featuring stars including FTR, Thunder Rosa, Jon Moxley, Jay White, Bryan Danielson and Miro. Shown Tuesday 10.15pm (S) (HD) 1.10am The Saint (S) (SL) 2.10 The Protectors (S) (SL) (HD) 2.40 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

Anais

7.25am Soldier Soldier: 10/13 Series 3 Bernie Roberts is involved in a road accident (S) 8.30 Doctors: double bill. Donna helps a mother with her sick child, then the boys try to cheer up Greg (S) 9.50 Classic Holby City: Danny offers a solution to Marija’s problems (S) 10.50 Classic Casualty: a patient accuses Jeff of being racist (S) 11.55 The Bill: a man is found badly beaten in a hotel room (S) (HD) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Sean contacts Roxy and Stacey, then Sean returns to say goodbye to Roxy and Amy (S) 2.15 Soldier Soldier: 11/13 Series 3. Dave, Paddy, Tony and Luke plan a wild night out (S) 3.20 Monarch of the Glen: 7/8 Series 1. Archie and Lexie travel to London (S) 4.20 London’s Burning: 7/8 Series 3. Kevin’s dad is released (S) 5.20 ’Allo ’Allo!: 4/8 Series 8. The British airmen are captured Repeated 2.15am (S)

6.00pm Waiting for God 10/10 Series 4. The Conference. Tom has prostate trouble. Repeated 2.45am (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 27. Who’s That Merry Man with Billy, Then? Billy recruits for his Merry Men. (S) 7.20 Who’s That Talking to Lenny? Lenny hears a voice from above. (S)

8.00 The Chelsea Detective 5/8 Series 1. The Gentle Giant 1/2. A security guard is stabbed to death. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. A Remarkable Place to Die 4/8. Hard to Swallow: 2/2. It is revealed that Edward Templeton died a few days before Sean. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 New Tricks 1/7 Series 1. The Chinese Job. Sandra is put in charge of a new department manned by former detectives. (S) 12 midnight Spooks: 2/8 Series 8. A foreign government demands the right to execute its enemies on UK soil (S) 1.15am Lovejoy: 6/11 Series 2. A painter goes missing (S) 2.10 ’Allo ’Allo! Shown 5.20pm (S) 2.40 Waiting for God Shown 6pm (S) 3.10—4.00am The Bletchley Circle: 4/4 Series 2. The team tries to catch the gang red-handed (S) (HD)

9.00am Lingo: Reuben and Corinne, Sophie and Charlotte, and Paulette and Gary take part (S) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 1.00pm Lingo (S) (HD) 2.00 Wheel of Fortune (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Tenable (S) (HD) 5.00 Deal or No Deal: Stephen Mulhern hosts as contestant Kelly tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order (S) (HD) 6.00pm Lingo Diane and Sam, Selim and Sefiat, and Karen and Sarah take part. (S) (HD) 7.00 Aly and Jarrod, Hannah and Jess, and Suzanne and Ed compete. (S) (HD) 8.00 Deal or No Deal Red box game show hosted by Stephen Mulhern. (S) (HD) 9.00 Beat the Chasers More hopefuls take on the Beast, the Governess, the Vixen, the Sinnerman, the Dark Destroyer and the Menace. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard hosts a triple bill of the arcade-themed quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of chutes in the hope of winning £10,000. (S) (HD)

12.50am Beat the Chasers (S) (AD) (HD)

1.45 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.00 Home

The Orient Express: a Golden

8.55am A New Life in the Sun: in Italy, Spain, France and Portugal 11.00 Château DIY (AD) 1.05pm Four in a Bed 3.50 Car SOS (AD)

5.50pm Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer catch up with two sets of house-hunters. In 2017, mother and daughter Linda and Laura were looking for a Bristol bolthole. In 2018, Glasgow couple Ranald and Marjorie wanted to upsize. 6.55 Kirstie and Phil help two sets of buyers in Edinburgh. Rob and Maria want out of their noisy flat, while Lesley is living with ME, which has affected her and partner James’s search. 7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets Dan and Nina, who aspire to build a family home in West Sussex. As the plot they’ve bought is dominated by a swampy pond, they have a plan to float their house over it. (AD)

9.00 New. The Orient Express: a Golden Era of Travel 4/4. The luxury train travels through the Balkans and reaches its final stop in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, before ending its journey in Istanbul. (AD) 10.00 24 Hours in A&E Anne and Holton, part of a security team dealing with more than 50 incidents a month, tackle a variety of challenging patients on the night shift. (AD) 11.05 Twenty-six-year-old Nicholas arrives at King’s in London after having his jaw fractured and dislocated in a random attack. (AD) 12.05am The Orient

Miyazaki: Spirit of Nature 10.00pm Profiling the Japanese animator

6.00am The South Bank Show Originals 6.30 Academy of Ancient Music: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons 8.00 The Joy of Painting 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (BW) 11.00 The Directors 12 noon Discovering: Alain Delon (AD)

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00 The Timeless Louvre 3.00 Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (AD) 4.00 The Directors

5.00 Discovering: Maggie Smith (AD)

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A man on holiday becomes involved in a bizarre bet. (AD)

6.30 A wife receives a mink coat from her lover — and must explain it to her husband. (AD)

7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A woman is dissatisfied with her marriage. (BW)

7.30 A man who claims to be from Mars is interviewed by a newspaper reporter. (BW)

8.00 Van Gogh by Vincent The story of painter Vincent van Gogh through his selfportraits, with contributions from art historians. 9.00 Science Fiction in the Atomic Age Investigating the impact of film and television on the perception of science fiction.

10.00 Miyazaki: Spirit of Nature Exploring the life and work of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, known for films including My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away (AD) 11.35 Fellini by Fellini A look at the life and career of Italian film director Federico Fellinii.

1.00am A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

3.00 Sky Arts Book Club 4.00 A Play in a Day

5.00—6.00am The Art of the Garden

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown Monday/yesterday

7pm (AD) 6.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (SL) 7.50 Married at First Sight UK (AD) 9.00 The Simpsons (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family (AD) 12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine: double bill (AD) 3.00 The Simpsons (AD) 4.00 Married at First Sight (AD) 5.05 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 6.00pm The Simpsons Series 11. Otto breaks up with his new bride. (AD) 6.30 Spoof behind-the-scenes special. (AD) 7.00 New. Hollyoaks Clare celebrates when Donny delivers some news, and two residents find comfort in one another. (AD) 7.30 The Simpsons Series 32. Homer is tempted by a British femme fatale (AD)

8.00 First Dates Valentine’s Fred and the staff serve an extra portion of romance. (AD) 9.00 New. Married at First Sight UK There’s an instant spark for one couple, but another bride’s new in-laws are reeling. (AD) 10.35 Gogglebox Made in Chelsea and Line of Duty are appraised. From April 2021. (AD) 11.35 First Dates Taiwo is first into the restaurant, for a date with Hemah. (AD) 12.45am Married at First Sight UK (SL) (AD) 2.15

9.00am Car SOS (AD) 10.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 11.00 Help! We Bought a Village 12 noon George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Come Dine with Me 5.30 Four in a Bed

6.00pm A Place in the Sun A Birmingham couple seek a holiday home in south-east Spain.

7.00 Danni Menzies helps a couple looking for a home in Manilva on the Costa del Sol.

7.45 The Great British Bake Off 4/10 The bakers return to school, making classic canteen favourite flapjacks and a fondly remembered school cake technical. See choice, page 70. Shown yesterday 8pm C4 (AD)

9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics share their opinions on last week’s TV, with cameras capturing their instant reactions. (AD) 10.00 Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown A compilation of memorable moments from recent episodes, featuring players including Phil Wang and Rob Brydon. 11.00 Taskmaster 2/10. Sanjeev Bhaskar rotates around a hill of flour and Maisie Adam’s mouth pokes through Greg Davies’s nose. (AD) 12.05am Celebrity Gogglebox (AD) 1.05 Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits 2.05 Educating Yorkshire (AD) 3.05 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It (AD) 4.05—5.00am Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy (AD)

U&Yesterday

6.10am Great British Railway Journeys 8.00 Bangers and Cash (AD) 10.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Downfall 11.00 Warbird Workshop 12 noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00pm Bangers and Cash 4.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Downfall 5.00 Warbird Workshop

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents the show from Durham Cathedral. 7.00 Wilderness with Simon Reeve Simon travels across the Kalahari desert, going on a hunt with a group of San trackers before heading to the oasis of the Okavango Delta.

8.00 Train Truckers In Shropshire, a Great Western Railway “Modified Hall” steam engine and its tender is being taken out of service as it needs a safety inspection.

9.00 New. Train Rescue Down Under 5/10. A freight train needs an urgent engine replacement after a critical failure. (AD)

10.00 Bangers and Cash Behind the scenes of a North Yorkshire-based, family-run historic car auction business.

11.00 Derek lands himself a 1947 Lea Francis that’s half made of wood. (AD)

12 midnight Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.00am

Abandoned Engineering: a rural town in Idaho (AD) 2.00—3.00am Wilderness with Simon Reeve

7.10am Pointless 8.00 The Force: behind the Line 10.00 Extreme Salvage Squad

12 noon Storage Hunters UK 2.00pm Outback Pilots 3.00 Top Gear: double bill (AD) 5.00 Rick Stein’s Spain (AD)

6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Si King and Dave Myers explore food-related customs associated with weddings.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Greg Davies, Guz Khan, Claudia Winkleman and Lucy Worsley.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games With Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Richardson, Tom Rosenthal and Sindhu Vee.

8.20 With Ronni Ancona, Nathan Caton, Colin Murray and Sally Phillips.

9.00 QI XL Jo Brand, Rob Brydon and Jimmy Carr answer questions on geography

10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts with Josh Widdicombe and Emma Dabiri.

11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With guests Carol Vorderman, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Rob Beckett and Sara Pascoe.

11.50 Mock the Week Guests include Angela Barnes, Gary Delaney and Nish Kumar.

12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.45—4.00am

Survivor South Africa: double bill (AD)

8.00am Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (AD)

10.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly: Australia 11.00 Traffic Cops 2.00pm Police Interceptors (AD) 5.00 Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up (AD) 6.00pm Home and Away Lacey panics

A

visits the surgery. (AD) 8.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts The hospital suffers a backlog of patients. 9.00 Call the Bailiffs: Time to Pay Up Agents search for a debtor who owes more than £20,000 for an unpaid invoice. (AD)

10.00 999: Critical Condition A 52-year-old is rushed in after a head-on collision with a bus. 11.00 Skin A&E Dr Magnus zaps some itchy growths on his patient’s midriff. (AD)

12 midnight The Hospital: Life on

5 Action 33

9.00am Outback Truckers: Turbo is back 10.00 Trucking Hell 11.00 Traffic Cops

12 noon Police Interceptors 2.00pm FILM The Kentuckian HHH Western adventure starring Burt Lancaster. Review page 87 4.00 Trucking Hell 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors Multiple units try to box in a dangerous driver on the A14.

7.00 Featuring the Roads Policing Team, Armed Response, and Dog Unit in action. 8.00 Harrison and James track down one of Corby’s most wanted criminals in a car park. 9.00 New series. World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera A look at the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria, toppling buildings and trapping residents. (AD) 10.00 Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera Footage from around the world, illustrating how deadly vehicles can be. (AD) 11.00 MacGyver A mobster-turned-informant is kidnapped and taken to Chernobyl. 12 midnight New. La Brea: when a massive fire breaks out, Sam and Lucas lead the group’s fight for survival 12.55am Extreme Tow Truckers 1.55 Trucking Hell 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News 5

9.00am Inside the Tower of London 11.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 12 noon Dorset: Country and Coast 1.00pm Passage to India: a Yorkshire Vet Special 2.30 Murder, She

6.10am One Born Every Minute 7.00 Tipping Point 10.00 My Dream Home 1.00pm Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

6.00pm DIY SOS: the Big Build A family home in Loughborough in desperate need of expansion.

7.00 New. MasterChef Australia

The contestants must re-create Philip Khoury’s plant-based dessert.

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

Helping a man with serious burns.

9.00 One Born Every Minute Exploring the various roles men play as birthing partners.

10.00 A brain injury threatens to stop a man building memories.

11.00 Nurses on the Ward Caroline treats an unvaccinated Covid patient who’s been in a coma for weeks. (AD)

12 midnight Matron Hazera is called to save a person standing on the edge of a building. (AD)

1.00am Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (AD) 2.15—3.00am Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job

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6.00am Sherlock Holmes (BW) 6.30 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (BW) 6.55 Mysterious Tales 7.00 That’s My Dog 7.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW) 8.00 Please Sir! 8.30 Diff’rent Strokes

2.45 We Had One of Those 2.55 Mysterious Tales 3.00 Bramwell 4.00 Mapp and Lucia 5.00 Lucky Feller 5.30 In Loving Memory 6.00 The Monkees 6.30 Soap 7.00 Diff’rent Strokes 7.30 You’re Only Young Twice 8.00 Haggard 8.30 Lucky Feller 9.00 Please Sir! 9.30

10.00 Game On 10.35 Stereo Underground 11.35 The Monkees 12.05am The Last Days of Pompeii 1.50 We Had One of Those 2.00 Bramwell 3.00 I Dream of Jeannie (BW) 3.30 That’s My Dog 4.00 Game On 4.35 Stereo Underground 5.30— 6.00am The Beverly Hillbillies (BW)

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8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Little House on the Prairie 1.00pm Diagnosis Murder 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 4.00 FILM Danielle Steel’s Changes HH Romantic drama 6.00 Rumpole of the Bailey 7.00 Rising Damp 7.30 Man about the House: Robin plans a night of romance 8.00 A Fine Romance: Mike accompanies Laura on a business trip 8.30 Home to Roost: Henry’s cleaner leaves 9.00 M*A*S*H 11.30 Rising Damp: vintage 1975 seasonal special 12 midnight Man about the House 12.30am M*A*S*H 1.30 Home to Roost 2.00 A Fine Romance 2.25 FILM Danielle Steel’s Changes HH 4.00—4.50am Highway to Heaven

6.00am Jamie’s Easy Meals for Every Day 7.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 8.00 The Pioneer Woman 9.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 10.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 11.00 The Great British Bake Off 12.30pm 30 Minute Meals 1.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands 2.00 James Martin’s French Adventure 3.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 4.00 New. The Pioneer Woman 5.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals

6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure: Dave Myers and Si King visit Graceland (AD) 7.00 The Great British Bake Off: Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding host a 1980s-themed episode of the baking contest 8.30 30 Minute Meals: Rachael gives cheesy chicken enchiladas an upgrade 9.00 The Hairy Bikers Go West: Si King and Dave Myers visit Dumfries and Galloway 10.00 The Hairy Bikers Go North: Simon King and Dave Myers explore Cumbria and the Lake District 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1.00am Man v Food with Casey Webb 2.00—3.00am Guy’s Grocery Games

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7.00am Building Alaska (AD) 8.00

A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home (AD) 2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Derelict Rescue 4.00 Escape to the Country (AD)

6.00pm A Place in the Sun 8.00 Derelict Rescue 9.00 New.

Chasing the West: Jonathan and Drew Scott take on two couples pooling their money for a shared California property 10.00 New. Renovation Aloha: the Kalamas tackle a renovation of Kamohai’s childhood home for his parents 11.00 Home Town: Erin and Ben Napier help a mother create her dream home for her family 12 midnight A Place in the Sun 1.00am Building Alaska (AD) 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

8.00am Upstairs, Downstairs 9.05 Duty Free 10.10 Full House 10.45 Birds of a Feather 11.15 Just Good Friends 11.50 Steptoe and Son (BW) 12.25pm Rising Damp 12.55 Goodnight Sweetheart 1.30 Man about the House 2.05 When the Boat Comes In 3.05 Heroes of World War II 3.35 101 People Who Made the 20th Century 4.40 History of the RAF 5.45 That’s 60s: Best Music Live! 6.05 Just Good Friends 6.45 Bread 7.20 Steptoe and Son (BW) 7.50 Rising Damp 8.20 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 9.00 Benidorm 10.00 Shameless 11.00 Man about the House 11.35 Rising Damp 12.10am Benidorm 1.10 Shameless 2.10 Full House 2.40 The Kenny Everett Video Show 3.10 After Henry 3.35 The Osbournes 4.00 Sunday Night at the London Palladium 4.50—6.00am Father, Dear Father

8.00am America the Bountiful 8.35 The Normans 9.55 as 7.55pm 10.55 The Great Escape: the True Story 11.55 as 9.55pm 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.35 The Normans 2.55 as 7.55pm 3.50 as 8.50pm 4.55 America the Bountiful 5.30 as 9.55pm 6.35pm The Normans 2/3. The conquest of Britain and Ireland.

7.55 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 2/8 Series 2. The story of how William III’s plans were scuppered.

8.50 The Great Escape: the True Story 3/3. Seventy-six men successfully managed to escape the Stalag Luft III camp.

9.55 The First World War: the People’s Story 3/3. The First World War battles of 1917 and 1918.

11.00 Secrets of the Royal Palaces As 7.55pm.

12 midnight The Great Escape: the True Story 1.05—2.00am America the Bountiful

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9.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD) 6.00pm Abandoned Engineering: six editions. Exploring a crumbling dam (AD) 7.00 A complex in Georgia pointing into deep space (AD) 8.00 Exploring Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland (AD) 9.00 A ruined castle above a German village (AD) 10.00 A British fort that became a bizarre zoo (AD) 11.00 A luxury resort in Argentina (AD) 12 midnight Abandoned Engineering (AD) 5.30—6.00am The Bill

5.40am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Peppa Pig 6.10 Odo 6.15 Tweedy & Fluff 6.25 Treehouse 6.30 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 6.40 Fireman Sam 6.50 Peppa Pig 7.00 Rubble & Crew 7.10 Pip and Posy 7.20 The Adventures of Paddington 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.40 New. Tim Rex in Space 7.55 Paw Patrol 8.30 Milo 8.45 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8.55 Peppa Pig 9.05—9.15am Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for 5 are on page 84

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6.00am Vegesaurs 6.05 Bing 6.15 Teletubbies 6.30 Supertato 6.35 Roots and Fruits 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 New. Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.05 Octonauts 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Wonderblocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Playtime Towers 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Lu and the Bally Bunch 9.20 Piggy Builders 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Maddie & Triggs 10.45 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 10.55 Kiri & Lou 11.00 Vegesaurs 11.05 Bluey 11.15 Hey Duggee 11.20 Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club 11.30 Roots and Fruits 11.35

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7.00am The Chase (AD) 9.00 Tenable 11.00 The Chase 12 noon Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 1.00pm The Bidding Room 2.00 Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Bullseye (AD) 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 5.00 The Bidding Room 7.00 The Celebrity Chase: with Tony Audenshaw, Beth Tweddle, Kara Tointon and Louis Walsh 8.00 The Chase 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 12 midnight Bullseye 1.00am

6.00am Scottish Parliament 9.30 Live Scottish Parliament Select Committee 12 noon Northern Ireland Assembly 2.00pm Live Scottish Parliament: coverage of the day’s proceedings in the Scottish Parliament 5.00 Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament 9.30 Scottish Parliament: coverage of the day’s proceedings 12.30am Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament 5.00—8.00am Scottish Parliament

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and Lizzie Go Wild 12.25 What’s in Your Bag? 12.30 Dog Squad 12.40 Maddie’s Do You Know? 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Numberblocks 1.15 Alphablocks 1.20 Wonderblocks 1.25 Colourblocks 1.30 Hey Duggee 1.35 Yukee 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 2.35 Waffle the Wonder Dog 2.50 Topsy and Tim 3.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 3.10 The Game Catchers 3.20 Octonauts: above and beyond 3.35 Big Lizard 3.40 Supertato 3.50 Hey Duggee 3.55 Peter Rabbit 4.10 Time for School 4.20 Mojo Swoptops 4.35 Bluey 4.50 Piripenguins 5.00 New Dodge’s Pup School 5.15 Waffle’s After School Club 5.25 New. Puffin Rock 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Louis Theroux reads We Found a Hat CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702 CBBC 201

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 8.20 Odd Squad 8.35 Deadly 60 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 5 to 7 Year Olds 9.20 Wow That’s Amazing 9.35 Our School 10.00 Go Get Arty 10.15 One Zoo Three 10.30 The Dengineers 11.00 New series. 500 Words 2025 11.30 Operation Ouch! 11.55 Shark Bites 12.05pm Danny & Mick 12.15 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 12.35 Bro’s in Control 12.50 Octonauts 1.05 Big Lizard 1.10 Danger Mouse 1.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 2.00 Super Happy Magic Forest 2.25 So Awkward Academy 2.50 A Kind of Spark 3.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 3.40 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 3.50 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 4.20 New. Little Lunch 4.35 Odd Squad 4.50 Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua: Roy is in need of help 5.10 New. Winx Club: the Magic Is Back: with Vexius’s dark power growing, Alfea prepares for a looming battle 5.35 New. The Football Academy 6.00pm Gladiators: Epic Pranks 6.15 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 6.35—7.00pm The Next Step

ITV Kids on ITV2

11.00am 3:10 to Yuma 5 Gripping western in which a farmer agrees to hold an outlaw until the prison transport arrives. Review, right. Glenn Ford, Van Heflin (1957, PG) (S) (AD) 12.50pm The Man from Colorado HHH Glenn Ford is dynamic as a sadistic tyrant appointed as judge to govern Colorado in this insightful western. William Holden (1948, PG) (S) (AD) 3.00 Kind Hearts and Coronets 5 Superb comedy in which Alec Guinness gives an outstanding performance as the eight members of the D’Ascoyne family. Film of the Day: p57. Dennis Price (1949, U) (S) 5.10 Titanic 5 Director James Cameron and a top-notch cast revive that old-style gloss for this epic, multi-Oscar-winning tale. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet (1997, 12) (S) (AD) 9.00pm The Contractor HHH Chris Pine’s ex-army man enters the dark and dangerous world of mercenary black ops in this solid if lightweight thriller. (2022, 15) (S) (AD) 11.05 i How to Blow Up a Pipeline HHHH Astute, nailbiting thriller about a group of eco-activists working to pull off a high-stakes sabotage plan out in the American desert. Film of the Day: right. Ariela Barer, Sasha Lane (2022, 15) (S) 1.10—3.15am Woman at War HHHH Quirky Icelandic drama about a choir director who turns vigilante against corporate powers who are destroying the environment. Halldora Geirhardsdottir (2018, 12) 6.00am Stagecoach West TV western. (S) 7.00 Look at Life TV Documentary. 7.20 The Gentle Trap H Utterly threadbare thriller. Spencer Teakle, Felicity Young (1960, PG) (S) 8.30 Out of Town TV documentary. (S) 9.00 The Lady from Shanghai HHHH Magnificent film noir in which Orson Welles’s involvement with devious bombshell Rita Hayworth leads to murder. Review, right. (1947, PG) (S) 10.45 Gaolbreak H Down-at-heel crime story. Peter Reynolds, Avice Landone (1962, 12) (S) 12 noon Dixon of Dock Green Classic TV police drama. (S) 1.00pm Alma Cogan Live in 1959 Musical variety show. 1.55 The Brothers British TV drama. (S) 3.15 Father’s Little Dividend HHH Lighthearted sequel to Father of the Bride, in which Spencer Tracy becomes a grandfather. Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor (1951, U) (S) 4.55 Autobiography of a Princess HHH Insubstantial but touching and well-observed Merchant Ivory drama. James Mason, Madhur Jaffrey (1975, PG) 6.10pm Strange But True Tall tales with Michael Aspel. (S) 6.45 Man Accused HH A man framed for murder escapes jail and goes after the real culprits in this tame B-movie drama. (1959, U) (S) 8.05 Van der Valk TV drama. (S) 9.05 Maigret TV drama. 10.55 Timeslip

New Scooby-Doo? 7.20—7.45am Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

7.10am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 8.10

Lies and Deception H Derivative thriller. Mädchen Amick (2005) 10.00

Unforgettable 11.00 Castle 12 noon

An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Dead Over Heels 1.55pm An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bundle of Trouble 4.00 Diagnosis Murder

5.00 Murder, She Wrote

6.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye TV drama starring Deanne Bray.

7.00 Castle TV thriller starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic.

8.00 Unforgettable TV thriller starring Poppy Montgomery.

9.00 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Simisola Crime drama with George Baker and Christopher Ravenscroft.

11.20 Past Sins HH A former activist is charged with a decadesold murder in this interesting rather than gripping thriller. Lauralee Bell (2006)

1.25am Black Widow HH Thriller in which a student investigates the mysterious death of her favourite teacher. Erin Karpluk, Ryan Robbins (2018) 2.50 Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die 4.25 Police Ten 7 5.15—6.00am Hart to Hart

9.10am Wanted: Dead or Alive

9.50 Sink the Bismarck! HHHH Compelling Second World War drama. Review, right. Kenneth More (1960, U) 12 noon Tombstone Territory

1.00pm The Proud Rebel HHHH Alan Ladd stars in this western about a boy who has been mute since his mother’s death. (1958, U) 3.20 Wanted: Dead or Alive 4.00 Tombstone Territory 5.00 The High Chaparral

6.00pm The Persuaders! TV drama starring Tony Curtis.

7.00 The Avengers Quirky TV espionage starring Patrick Macnee.

8.00 The New Avengers TV action starring Joanna Lumley.

9.00 Centurion HH Dull and episodic action movie that delves into the myth of Rome’s Ninth Legion. Michael Fassbender, Dominic West (2009, 15) 11.15 The Last Knights HH Clive Owen stars in this medieval adventure as a loyal knight who seeks revenge. Morgan Freeman (2015, 15) 1.40am The Avengers 2.40 The New Avengers 3.40 Cops Uncut 4.40—5.40am Wild West Chronicles

8.00am Christmas Song HH Rival music teachers compete for the same job after their schools merge. (2012)

10.00 Battle of the Bulbs HH Fun but unoriginal comedy. (2010)

12 noon Christmas on Mistletoe Lake HH Scenic romance. (2022)

2.00pm Christmas in Palm Springs HH Sunny festive drama. (2014)

4.00 Christmas in London HH A Christmas house-swap leads to romance in this winter warmer. (2020)

6.05pm Christmas on the River

HH Surprise, surprise, a festive homecoming leads to romance. (2019)

8.00 Christmas in Paris HH

Romance about a former model and an asthmatic French playboy with secrets to uncover. (2019)

10.00 Christmas Festival of Ice HH Routine but warm-hearted seasonal romance about an ice-sculpting competition. (2017)

12 midnight Crashing Through the Snow HH Romance. (2021) 1.55am Christmas Romance Al Dente HH Seasonal romantic comedy. Anni Krueger (2020) 3.30—5.00am As 2pm

7.10am As 4.50pm 8.45 Wish You Were Here HH Solid and sincere terminal-illness weepie. (2025, 12) 10.35

As 9.45pm 12.50pm As 8pm 2.35

The Lord of the Rings: the War of the Rohirrim HHHH Beautiful animated prequel. Brian Cox (2024, 12)

4.50 Love Hurts HH Fitfully fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan (2025, 15)

6.20pm One of Them Days HHH Two roommates have nine hours to find $1500 in this energetic comedy. Keke Palmer, SZA (2025, 15)

8.00 Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the monster legend, set at a farmhouse where a family seeks refuge. Christopher Abbott (2025, 15)

9.45 Nosferatu HHHH Robert Eggers’s stylish, visually dynamic remake of FW Murnau’s classic 1922 riff on Dracula Bill Skarsgård (2024, 15) 12 midnight The Brutalist 5

An architect discovers a darkness within the postwar American Dream in this Oscar-winning epic. Adrien Brody (2024, 18) 3.20am The Prosecutor HHH Fun mix of courtroom drama and action. Review p35. Donnie Yen (2024, 15) 5.20—7.35am As 2.35pm

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00 The Fall Guy 10.00 Charlie’s Angels 11.00 Jesse James the Unstoppable Outlaw H Z-grade western. Paul Clayton (2018, 12) 12.35pm Flight World War II H A plane travels back in time to the Second World War. (2015, 12) 2.20 The Flight of the Phoenix HHHH All-star adventure about the survivors of a plane crash. Review, right. James Stewart (1965, PG) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm Charlie’s Angels TV drama starring Jaclyn Smith.

7.00 The Fall Guy TV action.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 Primal HHH A typically wild Nicolas Cage stars in this chaotic action thriller. Famke Janssen (2019, 15)

10.55 Marked for Death HHH

Efficiently directed action thriller featuring Steven Seagal. (1990, 15) 12.50am The Business HHH Glossy, predictable modern gangster drama set in 1980s Spain. Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan (2005, 18) 2.45—4.50am The Flock HH Seedy crime thriller. Richard Gere, Claire Danes (2007, 18)

6.00am Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 8.00 Ape vs Monster H Two CGI titans battle it out in this Godzilla vs Kong mockbuster. Eric Roberts, Arianna Scott, Katie Sereika (2021, 12) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 1.00pm Wild Horses HHH Fine western drama with Kenny Rogers as a bored former rodeo star who longs to return to the good ol’ days. Review, right. (1985, PG) 3.00 Andromeda: TV sci-fi starring Kevin Sorbo 4.00 The Six Million Dollar Man 5.00 Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi. 8.00 The Six Million Dollar Man TV sci-fi series starring Lee Majors. 9.00 Unlocked HH Brash thriller with Noomi Rapace in full-on kick-ass mode as a CIA interrogator. Review, right. Orlando Bloom (2017, 15) 11.00 Armored HH Workmanlike

FILM REVIEWS

i How to Blow Up a Pipeline HHHH

11.05pm-1.10am Film4 j

CRIME THRILLER The motives, difficulties and dangers surrounding eco-activism are stirringly brought home in this loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s non-fiction book. After experiencing the health consequences of climate change, best friends Xochitl (Ariela Barer) and Theo (Sasha Lane) convene with five like-minded strangers for a radical protest: sabotaging a Texas oil pipeline. Director Daniel Goldhaber uses a non-linear structure that helps dial up the tension, making this a breathless movie with a sharp political edge. MAX COPEMAN (US 2022, violence, swearing, sexual references, drug abuse, HD)

The Lady from Shanghai

HHHH 9.00-10.45am

Talking Pictures TV g

ROMANTIC CRIME DRAMA

Orson Welles brings all his directorial flair to bear on a ridiculous tale that blends romance, bribery and plenty of double-crosses. His performance as an Irish sailor who gets involved with a lawyer (Everett Sloane) and his wife (Rita Hayworth) is less compelling, but the film’s eye-popping visuals and atmosphere are mesmeric.

CALUM BAKER (US 1947, BW)

Sink the Bismarck!

HHHH 9.50am-12 noon Great Action y

WAR DRAMA Too many postwar films were smug in their approach, but Lewis Gilbert’s fine tale captures some of the complexity of Second World War action. It shines a light on the unsung back-room planners as much as on the combatants, and a restrained Kenneth More is first-rate as director of operations at the Admiralty.

DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1960, BW)

3:10 to Yuma 5

11.00am-12.50pm Film4 g

WESTERN This gripping and suspenseful movie features top performances from Glenn Ford, as the cocky bad

The Flight of the Phoenix HHHH

2.20-5.00pm Legend g

ADVENTURE When a plane crashes in the desert, the pilot and passengers decide to build a smaller plane out of the wreckage. The all-star cast includes James Stewart, Hardy Kruger and Richard Attenborough, and they sweat and grow beards with élan. Director Robert Aldrich keeps things boiling too long, but delivers an exciting climax.

ADRIAN TURNER (US 1965)

Kind Hearts and Coronets 5

3.00-5.10pm Film4 y Film of the Day: p57. (UK 1949, BW, HD)

Unlocked HH 9.0011.00pm Legend Xtra j

guy, and Van Heflin, as the farmer pledged to hold Ford in check until the titular train arrives. Director Delmer Daves makes superior use of camera angles and the fine screenplay is based on an Elmore Leonard story. TONY SLOMAN (US 1957, BW, HD)

Wild Horses HHH 1.002.50pm Legend Xtra g

WESTERN DRAMA Country singer Kenny Rogers stars in this entertaining modern-day cowboy movie. He plays an ex-rodeo star who finds his new blue-collar life boring, and turns his back on it to take part in a wild-horse round-up. Rogers has an easy charm, and his legions of fans will lap up the songs featured on the soundtrack.

DAVE ALDRIDGE (US/NZ TVM 1985)

The Kentuckian HHH 2.00-4.00pm 5 Action g

WESTERN ADVENTURE

Burt Lancaster’s only film as director, this gorgeous-looking outdoor adventure follows a man and his young son as they trek towards a new life in Texas. There are a pair of prize villains: John Carradine as a travelling quack and, in his movie debut, malicious whip-wielding baddie Walter Matthau, and there’s a marvellous score by Bernard Herrmann. TS (US 1955, HD)

ACTION THRILLER Noomi Rapace is in kick-ass mode as a CIA interrogator up to her neck in espionage and intrigue in a London under threat from biological attack. Who can she trust among her superiors? John Malkovich? Michael Douglas? Toni Collette? The fisticuffs and gunfights paper over the cracks in the lazy script. TERRY STAUNTON (UK 2017, violence, swearing) i Road House HHH 10.40pm-12.30am BBC One j

ACTION THRILLER Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this slick remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze flick. He plays a downat-heel UFC fighter who is hired as a bouncer at a Florida nightspot and comes up against a local bigwig (Billy Magnussen) and his bad-ass ringer (MMA star Conor McGregor). Director Doug Liman delivers punch-ups galore.

JEREMY ASPINALL (US 2024, violence, swearing, HD)

Significant Other HH

2.15-3.40am C4 j

SCI-FI MYSTERY This genre-bending movie is a film of two mismatched halves. Jake Lacy and Maika Monroe play a hiking couple who discover they are not alone in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. The film’s first half is dreary, but lovers of gore will savour a switch from humdrum drama to goofy schlock horror. DAVE GOLDER (US 2022, violence, swearing, HD)

Big Little Lies 9.00pm Madeline (Reece Witherspoon)

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon The Simpsons 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0

3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 19/25 Series 3. Michael wants a pay rise. 6.30 20/25. The staff take part in a safety training day.

7.00 The Simpsons Homer becomes a submarine captain.

7.30 Principal Skinner is revealed as an identity-stealing impostor.

8.00 Whale with Steve Backshall 4/4. Steve meets people striving to give whales and dolphins a safe future. (AD)

9.00 Big Little Lies 3/7 Series 1 Madeline gets under Renata’s skin in retaliation for snubbing Ziggy. (AD)

10.00 4/7. Nathan invites Madeline to a dinner to discuss Abigail. (AD) 11.00 Retribution HH Action q thriller starring Liam Neeson. While driving his children to school, Matt Turner receives a phone call warning him that the car is rigged to explode if Matt or the kids leave their seats (AD)

1.00am An Idiot Abroad (AD) 2.00 Road Wars 3.00 Magnum PI (AD)

4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol: double bill

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Star Trek: Enterprise 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 4.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 5.00 Stargate Atlantis

6.00pm Star Trek: Enterprise 16/26 Series 1. Tucker and Reed find themselves cut off from the ship with little chance of rescue.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 12/26 Series 2. Odo’s mentor arrives at the station, determined to find his protégé’s true origins.

8.00 Stargate Atlantis 16/20

Series 4. Carter, McKay and Keller are sent to help a village that is being rocked by tremors, but find themselves trapped underground as the area becomes unstable.

9.00 The Ark 6/12 Series 2. When a distress call leads to a desolate planet, what the crew finds turns everything on its head. (AD)

10.00 Grimm 1/22 Series 1 Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt learns he is descended from hunters tasked with protecting humanity.

11.00 Westworld 7/8 Series 3 Bernard, Stubbs and William escape from all the chaos. (AD)

12.10am SurrealEstate (AD) 1.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 3.00 Westworld (AD) 4.05 SurrealEstate (AD) 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

Game of Thrones 6.45pm Joffrey accompanied by Sansa

6.00am Urban Secrets 7.00

Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (AD)

8.00 Boardwalk Empire 10.10 Westworld (AD) 12.25pm Game of Thrones (AD) 1.30 Das Boot 2.30 Boardwalk Empire 4.40 Homicide: Life on the Street

6.45pm Game of Thrones 10/10

Series 3. Daenerys discovers if she is seen as a conqueror or liberator and mercy comes from a surprising source in Dragonstone. (AD)

7.55 1/10 Series 4. Tyrion is sent to greet a royal party from Dorne, and Jon Snow finds himself on trial at Castle Black. (AD)

9.00 The White Lotus 4/8

Series 3. Jaclyn’s resort getaway with friends falls flat and Piper seeks support for a family announcement aboard a yacht. (AD)

10.15 Atomic 5/5. Max and JJ try to win back the uranium in Casablanca, but the pair face a choice as the cartel closes in. (AD)

11.15 True Detective 3/8 Series 3

Ten years after the Purcell crimes took place, Hays is presented with a second chance to vindicate himself and the investigation. (AD)

12.15am The Sopranos 1.15 Succession (AD) 2.25 Dexter: New Blood (AD) 3.30 Game of Thrones (AD) 4.35 In Treatment 5.05— 6.00am The Guest Wing (AD)

6.00am Bondi Rescue 7.00

Border Security: America’s Front Line 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Nothing to Declare UK 9.30 Border Security USA (AD) 10.30 Caught Red Handed 12 noon FBI (AD) 1.00pm FBI: International (AD)

2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

3.00 Caught on Dashcam

4.00pm Nothing to Declare Eight back-to-back editions.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Showcasing dramatic events on the road, as captured by drivers’ in-vehicle dashboard cameras.

9.00 Doc 2/10. Amy can’t resist becoming involved in her roommate’s case, leaving the team to adapt to the new norm.

10.00 Fire Country 9/20 Series 3 With the Chezem Valley blazing out of control, Bode and Audrey must find a way to save themselves. Manny risks his freedom for Gabriela. (AD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2/13 Series 25. As Benson teams up with the FBI on an unsolved case, Fin and Velasco investigate a flash-mob robbery that led to a sexual assault.

12 midnight The Equalizer (AD)

1.00am The Rookie: Feds (AD) 2.00 New. FBI 8/22 Series 7. Rptd tomorrow 9pm (AD) 3.00 New. FBI: International 8/22 Series 4. Repeated tomorrow 10pm 4.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 5.00—6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E

The Force: Manchester 11.00pm

6.00am Hawaii Five-0 8.00 The Flash 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 SEAL Team (AD) 12 noon The Flash 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 SEAL Team (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Universe 11/20 Series 1. Colonel Young’s consciousness is transferred into an unknown being. (AD) 7.00 12/20. Rush suspects that a tracking device has been planted on the Destiny (AD) 8.00 Rob and Romesh vs West End Musicals 2/6 Series 4 The comedians try to crack the world of musicals. (AD)

9.00 The Ultimate Romcom Movies With Clara Amfo, Ellie Taylor and Russell Kane. (AD) 10.00 An Idiot Abroad 5/8 Series 2. Karl Pilkington travels to Africa to spend time with rare mountain gorillas. (AD)

11.00 The Force: Manchester Double bill of the documentary series following the work of Greater Manchester Police. 1.00am Road Wars 2.00 New series. Brassic Ep 1 Series 7 Vinnie and the crew go up against a new gang. See choice, page 91. Rptd tomorrow 10pm 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Road Wars (AD) 11.00 The Cleaning Lady (AD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 Highway Patrol 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans 4.00 Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Motorway Patrol 6.00 Border Security USA (AD) 7.00 The Cleaning Lady: double bill. Thony has to choose between her loyalty to Arman and saving Fiona from deportation. Meanwhile, Luca’s health is declining (AD) 9.00 SEAL Team: double bill. Sonny becomes trapped in a submarine torpedo tube, then Bravo works with the Congolese army on a covert mission (AD) 11.00 Last King of the Cross (AD) 12 midnight The Russell Howard Hour 1.00am A League of Their Own (AD) 2.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Four Weddings (AD) 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

7.05am Don’t Wait Up 7.50 The Green Green Grass 8.25 Last of the Summer Wine 9.50 Hi-de-Hi!

10.25 Porridge 11.00 Last of the Summer Wine 12.20pm Don’t Wait Up 1.00 The Green Green Grass

1.40 Dad’s Army 2.20 Porridge 2.55 Last of the Summer Wine 4.15 Don’t Wait Up 4.55 The Green Green Grass 5.35 Hi-de-Hi!

6.15pm Only Fools and Horses Rodney joins the residents’ committee — a situation Del decides to exploit. (AD)

6.55 Dad’s Army Frazer is asked to look after the platoon’s Lewis gun.

7.35 Porridge Fletch is desperate to get out of making fishing nets.

8.15 Fawlty Towers An American comes to stay and exposes Basil’s ignorance of foreign cuisine. (AD)

9.00 A guest’s death plunges the hotel into chaos. (AD)

9.45 Sybil walks out on Basil. (AD)

10.20 Porridge Fletch is desperate to get out of making fishing nets.

10.55 Not Going Out Lucy works on a government health initiative.

11.30 Bottom Richie and Eddie have their TV repossessed.

12.10am Fawlty Towers: double bill (AD) 1.35 Not Going Out 2.10 Bottom 2.40 Avoidance (AD) 3.25—4.00am Bottom

8.00am Will & Grace (AD) 9.00 The Conners 10.00 Sex and the City 11.20 Girls (AD) 12.30pm The Office US 1.30 The Conners 2.30 The Office US 3.30 Will & Grace (AD) 4.30 Sex and the City 5.45 The Office US 6.45 Will & Grace: double bill. Will uses a gift voucher from Grace to consult a psychic, then the duo reminisce about 1985 (AD) 7.45 Sex and the City: double bill. Charlotte revels in her new religion, then Samantha visits Brooklyn to see Jerry’s play 9.00 Chris Ramsey: Live from London: a stand-up performance at the Royal Court Theatre 10.00 And Just like That... (AD) 10.55 Entourage: double bill. Vince takes part in a fashion shoot, then Turtle meets actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler 12 midnight Girls (AD) 1.10am Veep (AD) 2.25 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3.45—5.00am Silicon Valley

8.00am Impractical Jokers 10.00 Last Man Standing 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 1.00pm Friends (AD) 6.00 Friends: six episodes. Joey and Ross date the same girl (AD) 6.30 Joey is nominated for an award (AD) 7.00 Monica’s cousin visits (AD) 7.30 Rachel meets an old college friend (AD) 8.00 Chandler tries to write his vows (AD) 8.30 Chandler visits his father (AD) 9.00 Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 10.00 Eight out of Ten Cats 11.00 Iain Stirling’s Roast the Internet (AD) 12 midnight Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 1.00am South Park 2.30 Utopia 3.00 The Comedy Central Chart Show 3.05 Chris Ramsey: Approval Needed 3.50 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.15am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00

Father Brown (AD) 10.00 The Mentalist 11.00 Hudson and Rex (AD) 12 noon Body of Proof 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Mentalist 5.00 Hudson and Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 5/15

Series 5. A local writer is killed, leaving Father Brown delving into her novel Lulu and Lucia for clues to the murderer. (AD)

7.00 Body of Proof 9/20 Series 2 A medical student helps Megan after finding the corpse on her dissecting table is not the cadaver she has been working on all term. 8.00 New series. Shakespeare 4 and Hathaway: Private Investigators 1/10 Series 5 Tensions rise as Frank and Lu are forced to reunite. See p81. (AD) 9.00 New. Mudtown 6/6. Claire 4 and Pete learn the truth of what happened the night of the shooting. See page 80. (AD) 10.00 Death in Paradise 1/8 Series 9. New Year’s Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home. (AD) 11.00 Father Brown As 6pm. 12 midnight White Collar 1.00am Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

The Truth vs Alex Jones 9.00pm Defamation cases

6.00am The Anarchists (AD) 7.00

Discovering: George Clooney (AD)

8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 The Nineties 10.00 Lockerbie (AD)

11.00 The Jinx Part Two (AD) 12 noon Being Mary Tyler Moore

2.15pm Quad Gods (AD) 4.00

Discovering: George Clooney (AD)

5.00 The Directors (AD)

6.00pm The Nineties Examining terrorism during the decade.

7.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup

A look back at memorable events from previous tournaments.

8.00 The Jinx Part Two Robert Durst calls a friend who is keeping his own secret. (AD)

9.00 The Truth vs Alex Jones

Following the defamation lawsuits brought by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims against Alex Jones and his website InfoWars. (AD)

11.20 When We Were Kings q5 Oscar-winning boxing documentary charting ageing challenger Muhammad Ali’s epic battle with champion George Foreman in 1974 for the World Heavyweight title. (AD)

1.00am Magic and Bird: a Courtship of Rivals (AD) 2.50 My Icon: Shaun Gayle (AD) 3.00 You Were My First Boyfriend (AD) 5.00—6.00am

Discovering: George Clooney (AD)

8.00am Europe from Above 9.00 Air Crash Investigation 12 noon Car SOS

2.00pm World War II: Secrets from Above (AD) 4.00 Inside Melbourne Airport (AD) 5.00 Car SOS (AD) 6.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt 7.00 Air Crash Investigation: a captain tries to stop his plane from crashing into the South China Sea (AD) 8.00 Top Guns: the Next Generation: following fighter pilots in training (AD) 9.00 US Secret Service: in the Line of Fire 10.00 No Man Left Behind: SAS commando Chris Ryan tells of his experiences 11.00 Air Crash Investigation: a DC-8 with just three working engines crashes during take-off (AD) 12 midnight Engineering Europe (AD) 1.00am Lost Treasures of Arabia 2.00 Lords of War 2.30 Made in a Day (AD) 3.20 Food Factory 4.10—5.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

Whale with Steve Backshall 8.00pm Conservation efforts

6.00am Zambia Untamed 7.00

Monkey Life 8.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 9.00 Secret Life of the Kangaroo 10.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon Mysteries of the Mekong 1.00pm Monkey Life

2.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 3.00 Secret Life of the Kangaroo 4.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 5.00 Hope for Wildlife

6.00pm Mysteries of the Mekong The seasonal ebb and flow of the Mekong through Cambodia.

7.00 Monkey Life Dodger the capuchin meets some new ladies.

7.30 A health check for newly rescued tamarin Red raises alarm.

8.00 Whale with Steve Backshall Steve meets people striving to give whales and dolphins a safe future. (AD)

9.00 Macro Worlds What insects do to survive the winter. (AD)

10.00 Mysteries of the Mekong As 6pm.

11.00 Hope for Wildlife The team is providing round-the-clock care to three tiny orphans.

12 midnight Orangutan Jungle School 1.00am Zambia Untamed

2.00 Whale with Steve Backshall (AD) 3.00 Macro Worlds (AD) 4.00

Wildlife Rescue New Zealand: kakapo chicks (AD) 5.00—6.00am

Secret Life of the Kangaroo

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Africa’s Hunters 10.00 Monster Fish: Fantastic Beasts 11.00 Heartland Docs 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 Borneo’s Secret Kingdom 3.00 Savage Kingdom 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo 5.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 6.00pm Snakes in the City: a huge black mamba hides under a kitchen sink 7.00 Secrets of the Zoo: the Wild Side: at the Wilds, keepers perform a gnarly hoof trim and race to lower a painted dog’s temperature 8.00 Peru’s Wild Kingdom: a profile of the creatures living on the banks of Peru’s Manú river 9.00 Smoky Mountain Park Rangers 10.00 Lawless Island: a focus on the community’s dogs 11.00 Ice Road Rescue 12 midnight Africa’s Hunters 1.00am America’s National Parks Compilations

2.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 3.00 Yukon Vet 4.00—5.00am World’s Deadliest

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am LIVE Tennis Coverage from the WTA and/or ATP Tours, including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

1.00pm Ryder Cup Golf: all the latest news and analysis in the build-up to this year’s competition

7.00 LIVE League Cup Football Port Vale v Arsenal, the third-round match from Vale Park (kick-off 8.00). The hosts have only ever managed four victories against their visitors in their history, with the last win coming way back in 1901 thanks to a 1—0 victory in the old Division Two. 11.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup 12 midnight Sky Sports News

3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441 6.00am Classic Play-Off Finals 9.00 EFL Greatest

Europa League Football

7.00pm TNT Sports 1 Chris Wood’s Forest head to Spain

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440

TNT Sports 1

firearms unit and storms a derelict building 9.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier: Atz Lee and Jane come face to face with a grizzly bear 10.00 Alaskan Bush People: Birdie goes on a treacherous hunt to bring home meat for the family 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 12 midnight Crikey! It’s the Irwins 1.00am Dog Detectives 2.00 Treehouse Masters 3.00—5.00am Animal Cops Houston (AD)

Port Vale v Arsenal, the third-round match at Vale Park (kick-off 8.00).

This is the first meeting this century between these two clubs having not met since an FA Cup tie in 1998, which Arsenal won on penalties. 11.00 League Cup Highlights: Liverpool v Southampton 11.30

5.00 EFL Rivalries (AD) 5.30—6.00am

Jimmy Glass: the Great Escape (AD)

Sky Sports +

Sky 404 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447

6.00am LIVE Tennis Coverage from the WTA and/or ATP Tours, including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

2.00pm Sports Desk 5.00 The Premier League Show

7.00 LIVE League Cup Football

Huddersfield Town v Manchester City, the third-round match at Kirklees Stadium (kick-off 7.45). The teams face each other in this competition for the first time since 1969. While the Citizens received an automatic bye to this round, the Terriers reached this stage following two penalty shootout victories over Leicester City and Sunderland. Tonight’s other League Cup games are available on the red button.

11.00 Sky Sports News 1.00am

Craig Brown: My Scotland (AD)

1.30 Dundee United: Champions ‘83 2.00 Sky Sports News

3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

Sky Golf

Sky 406 Virgin 515/HD 505 EE 423/HD 443

6.00am How the 2002 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 9.00 How the 2004 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 11.00 Countdown to the Ryder Cup 11.30 McGinley and Chamblee: Ryder Cup: a preview of the competition 1.00pm Ryder Cup Golf: all the latest news and analysis in the build-up to the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black 11.00 Tales from the Ryder Cup: the recent history of the event 12 midnight Ryder Cup Memories (AD) 1.00am Challenge Tour Golf Highlights 1.30 PGA Tour Champions 2.30 How the 1995 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 4.30— 6.00am Ryder Cup Memories (AD)

6.00am Premier League Greatest Games (AD) 7.00 Premier League Highlights 10.00 Sky Sports FC 12 noon Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 1.00pm Premier League Years: a look at memorable moments from the 2017/18 season 3.00 Premier League Highlights 5.00 The Premier League Show 7.00 Premier League Stories 7.30 Netbusters 8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 9.00 Premier League Stories 9.30 Ref Watch 10.00 Premier League Icons (AD) 10.30 Arteta Meets Merson (AD) 10.45 My Origin Story: Oliver Glasner (AD) 11.00 Premier League Years (AD) 1.00am Premier League Retro 3.00 Premier League Greatest Games 4.00—6.00am Premier League Best Goals

Sky Cricket

Sky 405 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

6.00am Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights (AD) 7.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 8.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 9.00 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 9.15

International One-Day Cricket Highlights 10.15 International T20 Cricket 2.45pm Best of England v South Africa (AD) 3.15 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 5.15 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 6.15 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 6.30 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 7.30 Best of the Women’s World T20 (AD) 8.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 10.00

International One-Day Cricket Highlights 11.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket Highlights 12 midnight International One-Day Cricket Highlights 1.00am International T20 Cricket 5.30—6.00am Best of England v South Africa (AD)

Sky NFL

Sky 412 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am NFL Highlights 10.00 NFL

Bitesize 11.00 NFL Highlights 12 noon NFL Bitesize 1.00 Good Morning Football 3.00 NFL Bitesize 4.00 NFL Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk 8.00 The Runway 8.45 NFL Bitesize 9.00 NFL Highlights 11.00 NFL Fantasy 12 midnight The Insiders 1.00—6.00am NFL Highlights

Sky Tennis

Sky 408 Virgin 537/HD 520 EE 425/HD 445 6.00am—2.00pm LIVE Tennis

The WTA and/or ATP Tours, including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open. 3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Including the ATP Tokyo Open, plus the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

Premier Sports 1

Sky 419 Virgin 551 5.55—8.00pm LIVE Spanish Football Getafe v Alavés from Estadio Coliseum (kick-off 6.00). 8.25—10.30 LIVE Spanish Football Atlético Madrid v Rayo Vallecano (kick-off 8.30).

WEDNESDAY

Nat Geo Wild Sky History Animal Planet

Geographic

Thursday

DRAMA

All Creatures

Great and Small

9.00pm 5 Catch up: 5 streaming It’s now May 1945, a notable date as Germany is about to surrender and the process of demobilisation begin. However, rather than being discharged, Mrs Hall (Anna Madeley) is instead facing conscription. Not to the postwar effort, mind you, but rather to the task of getting Skeldale House in order, a job that would give even Mary Poppins a fit of the vapours. Because in the period since the last episode aired at Christmas, things have been a little chaotic. Mrs H has been away from town and, judging by the state of the place, you’d suspect that a doodlebug had landed in the kitchen in her absence.

Even Tristan (Callum Woodhouse), someone who’s never had the most disciplined of dispositions, can’t believe what he’s witnessing after arriving home from his posting in Italy — hence he and James (Nicholas Ralph) deciding to call on Mrs Hall and entice her home. It’s a turn of events that will please anyone who feels that the housekeeper is the one truly indispensable person at the veterinary practice. DAVID BROWN

See feature: page 24

SOAP Emmerdale

7.30pm ITV1 Catch up via ITVX

The twist of Charity sleeping with old flame Ross around the time she had an embryo transfer to be a surrogate for granddaughter Sarah was ingenious, putting a genuinely new spin on the old “who’s the daddy?” dilemma. Is pregnant Charity incubating the result of a regrettable one-night stand, or her own great grandchild? She’s hoping it’s the latter, despite the moral complexities, though viewers are no doubt hoping it’s the former for maximum plot potential. If Ross isn’t the father of Charity’s child, why bother having them fall back into bed together? Charity decides to take a test to determine the paternity but will have to wait over a week until the results. Just enough time for a sweepstake. JOHNATHON HUGHES

DOCUMENTARY

Saving Lives at Sea

8.00pm BBC Two Catch up via iPlayer

A mayday call in Plymouth launches this week’s action-packed insight into the work of the RNLI. The fearless crew race to the aid of a diver who has lost consciousness after suffering a bad case of the bends while exploring a shipwreck. It’s not for the fainthearted. In Hayling Island we meet long-serving volunteer Andrew and his two sons, who have followed in their father’s footsteps to join their local crew. While some lads and their dads might bond over football or fishing, this family save lives in their spare time. Along the coast in Brighton, new dad Radek asks a fellow crew member to be godfather to his baby girl — proof of the deep connection between these inspirational volunteers. JH

FACTUAL Bangers and Cash

8.00pm U&Yesterday

Catch up via U

There is an unusual grumpiness afoot tonight. The Austin Allegro was hardly beloved in what passed for its heyday: “it was a crap car, simple as that,” sniffs Derek Mathewson of what he calls the Austin Aggro. Needless to say, he is not overly impressed to discover one untouched for 20 years in an aircraft hangar. Meanwhile, Jack Mathewson contemplates a tiny Toyota WiLL with a huge audio system. “Not my cup of tea,” he says, dismissively. And there’s an ice cream van built in the UK’s ice cream van capital (Crewe, as it happens), which has a rear end that Paul Mathewson likens to the childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. All that remains are the auctions… JOHN AIZLEWOOD

DRAMA

The Newsreader

9.00pm BBC Two Full series: iPlayer

The overbearing Lindsay has revealed himself to be a true monster this season, his latest move being to blackmail Dale with photographs showing him sitting in a car with, to use the parlance of the era, a “rent boy”. And, if Dale were in any doubt about his boss’s cold-heartedness, we then see Helen becoming collateral damage in Lindsay’s war when her history of institutionalisation is leaked to the press and turned into a front-page splash. What follows is a thorough examination of hidden shame and public stigma, as seen through the experiences of both beleaguered news anchors. Here’s hoping Lindsay gets some sort of comeuppance in tomorrow night’s final episode at 9.00pm. DB

PEACE AT LAST Life is good for James (Nicholas Ralph) and Helen (Rachel Shenton, centre), Jenny (Imogen Clawson) and Richard Alderson (Tony Pitts)

THURSDAY 25

FACTUAL Long Lost Family

9.00pm ITV1 Catch up via ITVX

There are many reasons why a baby is adopted, as we discover from tonight’s stories. At 19, single mum Paula knew she couldn’t bring up her baby son in her parents’ home where she’d had an unstable childhood. Now 64, she wants to explain she did it to give him a better life. Meanwhile, St Lucia-born Justus was heartbroken when his daughter was adopted because his girlfriend’s Irish parents were racists. The moment either Nicky Campbell or Davina McCall tells someone their child has been found is always moving as are the reunions, but what’s uncanny this time is how similar the offspring look to their birth parent.

JANE RACKHAM

ENTERTAINMENT Taskmaster

9.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming Is Maisie Adam Taskmaster’s most oblivious contestant yet? In one task this week, when contestants have to create a snakes-and-ladders style board, only for a life-sized version of their game to appear later, she has no memory of making the original. More damningly, in another challenge — where they have to locate and re-create a football club mascot — she struggles again. Perhaps she’s lucky, as there are a few embarrassing task failures her fellow contestants would also probably rather forget. Though one, involving an ingenious identity guessing-game, is one of the best yet.

HUW FULLERTON

ENTERTAINMENT

ON THE HOME RUN

Have Vinnie (Joe Gilgun) and Erin (Michelle Keegan) had their fill of petty crime?

COMEDY DRAMA Brassic

10.00pm Sky Showcase/Max Catch up via Now

It’s seven seasons and out for Vinnie (Joseph Gilgun) and his merry band of thieves: we’re promised a spectacular farewell, although the first episode of the last run is more like a comforting return to Brassic basics — at least, it is once the gang have escaped from the Italian Job cliff-edge predicament they’re dealing with as we rejoin them.

Ruining innocent punters’ upcoming weddings is the task of the week, a mission that involves burglary, covert surveillance, some frankly appalling business with a discarded prophylactic and an attempt to kidnap and ransom an owl. Our friends are getting too old for this, especially as there’s a new troupe of petty criminals for hire, gathered conspiratorially around a table in the pub... JACK SEALE

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

8.40pm, 9.00pm BBC Three

Catch up via iPlayer

“It’s season seven, honey. Let’s get maaaaad!” And so, with the encouraging words of Brighton queen and new Drag Race participant Tayris Mongardi ringing in our ears, we embark on a new quest to find Britain’s most fabulous Other hopefuls this year include those with fantastic names Paige Three, Bonnie Ann Clyde and those with grand taglines for themselves: Bones, for example, is the “witchy boho queen of Soho” Judging the 12 competitors, as they face a week one task that takes them to the star-studded Brit Gala, are regulars Michelle Visage and Alan Carr, alongside comedian and Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett. JS

ALSO ON TODAY

Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen 8.00pm 5

Helen Skelton and Dan Walker (above) explore the wonders of Nidderdale as they travel from Pateley Bridge to Ripon.

MasterChef

8.00pm BBC One

Ahead of preparing lunch for Alain Ducasse, the remaining four must put their own twist on a classic.

Inside Britain’s

Asylum Crisis: Tonight

8.00pm (10.45pm STV) ITV1 Paul Brand investigates the ongoing controversy surrounding asylum seekers in the UK.

LIVE SPORT

THURSDAY

SITCOM

his them all

10 20pm, 10 45pm BBC Three Full series available via iPlayer Kevin Eldon is the perfect performer for Mawaan Rizwan’s imaginative sitcom, and he’s tiptoeing masterfully on the edge of absurdity this week as Mr Majal, a “soul merchant” who can provide Jamma (Rizwan) with the self-knowledge he so dearly craves Or is he just a vape-shop owner with a cape and some joke-shop conjuring tricks? Either way, Jamma needs help if he’s to win back his beloved Guy (Russell Tovey). Daddy issues are the theme of this week’s second episode, in which Jamma with new preppy haircut and pullover around his neck crawls inside a tiny cardboard house where his father lives, to confront the source of most of his problems JS

Football: Europa League

Aston Villa v Bologna

7.30pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 1 Campaign action from Villa Park.

Golf: Ryder Cup

9pm Sky Main Event/Golf

The opening ceremony at Bethpage Black in New York. Sport: page 30

Cycling: World Championships

11.45am TNT Sports 1

The women’s under-23 road race, in Kigali, Rwanda.

Tennis: Beijing Open

6am, 2pm Sky ME/Tennis ATP and WTA events.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 97

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Sarah Campbell, Charlie Stayt. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Weekday magazine show presented by Gethin Jones and Gaby Roslin. (S) (HD)

10.45 SAS: Catching the Criminals Billy Billingham and a fraud team swoop on a suspected secret shop selling counterfeit luxury fashion items. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Homes under the Hammer In Wales, the West Midlands and Kent. Rptd tomorrow 6.15am BBC Two (S) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Roo Irvine hosts as two teams go head to head in Antrim. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Clean It, Fix It Helping a young man who needs a calmer and more accessible home. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes Celebrity chef Chris Baber comes home to Hexham to join Robson on an outdoor adventure. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Jules Hudson goes hunting for a house with good natural light in the Bedfordshire borders. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45 The Travelling Auctioneers Izzie Balmer and Robin Johnson visit the Aberdeen home of retired teacher Liz, who wishes to downsize. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 The Answer Run Jason Manford hosts the quiz where couples face 50/50 questions. (R) (S) (HD)

6.15am Homes under the Hammer Transforming a Derby bungalow. Shown yesterday 11.15am BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 Bargain Hunt Shown Mon 12.15pm BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Marcus Wareing’s Tales from a Kitchen Garden Marcus decides to make use of his smallholding’s chicken coop and visits Leicestershire farmers Nick and Jacob for some tips on rearing chickens. (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.15pm Politics Live The latest stories. (S) (HD)

1.00 Impossible Quiz with Rick Edwards. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Bridge of Lies Friends Louise, Glen, Laura and Jack take part. Hosted by Ross Kemp. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Unbeatable Contestants Ed, Sheila, Ciara and Jas vie to find a single “unbeatable” answer. (R) (S) (HD)

3.15 Great British Menu Four chefs representing the north west of England cook their first set of dishes inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (R) (S) (HD)

4.15—5.15 Earth Chris Packham examines how our planet became cloaked in the thin blue line of life-sustaining atmosphere. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Fashion, food and chat. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Celebrity interviews, cookery and lifestyle advice. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Daily debate. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson and his team of experts are in Bradford with the show’s biggest cash offer of £18,500, and a set of Georg Jensen spoons pays for flying lessons. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tenable Members of a wheelchair basketball team called Clash of the Titans take it in turns to find the answers to top 10 lists. Warwick Davis presents. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S) (HD)

5.50am Countdown Ainsley Harriott guests. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four editions of the comedy. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Undercover Boss USA Sam Dushey, the CEO of Shoppers World, goes under cover in his own company. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 A New Life in the Sun A B&B business in Spain is disrupted by building works, and a couple plan to launch two new businesses in France. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Car SOS Restoring a 1962 Triumph TR4 belonging to a man left unable to drive it by a stroke. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 2.10 Countdown With guest Ainsley Harriott. (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 A Place in the Sun Motorbike lovers Carol and Mark from Herefordshire seek a dream holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca. (R) (S) (HD)

Main Channels

EastEnders

7.30pm Stacey (Lacey Turner) is forced to reveal all as her travel plans are disrupted

5.15pm Pointless

Quiz in which contestants try to score the fewest points. With Alexander Armstrong and Angela Rippon. Director Richard van’t Riet; Series producer Kieran O’Brien (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

With Alex Jones and Roman Kemp. (S) (HD)

7.30 EastEnders

Kat enlists Stacey’s help to plant a memorial for Zoe’s daughter in the Square gardens, and Zoe starts to thaw to her mum. Lily is over the moon when Stacey announces she’s booked their flights to Brazil, but the moment is broken when Jean arrives.

The Newsreader 9.00pm When her past struggles are made public, Helen must consider how to respond

5.15pm Flog It!

From Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Former winners Yasmine Akram, Stephen Mangan, Ingrid Oliver and Tom Rosenthal continue their rivalry. Director David Smith; Executive producer Tamara Gilder (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys 19/20 Series 3. The oldest and largest mammoth ever found in Britain was discovered on the beach at West Runton in Norfolk. Michael Portillo examines a replica of one of the creature’s bones. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Pals Dom Joly and Pauline McLynn are in Lancashire with James Braxton and Philip Serrell. (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Saving Lives at Sea

Fox Arayah Harris-Buckle Tommy Moon Sonny Kendall

49/10 Series 10. In Plymouth, the team responds to a mayday call for a scuba diver who has lost consciousness during a dive to a shipwreck. The Llandudno crew heads out after receiving reports of a dog and its owner struggling in the water. See p90. Directors/Producers James Bainbridge and Olly Rose (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Newsreader

Henthorn

Danes Jaden Ladega Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips Julie Bates

Branning Jacqueline Jossa

Asare Dayo Koleosho

Beale Thomas Law

Teddy Mitchell Roland Manookian

Jack Branning Scott Maslen

Joel Marshall Max Murray

Harris Laila Morse Denise Fox Diane Parish

Unwin Heather Peace

Writer Lydia Marchant This week’s episodes directed by Vito Bruno More cast Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 MasterChef

The final four are asked to put their twist on a selection of classic dishes, including beef wellington, a full English breakfast and a Sunday roast. The three successful contestants then head to Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair, where they each take on one of the restaurant’s celebrated dishes for Alain himself and a group of his Michelinstarred protégés. Alain’s executive chef Jean-Philippe Blondet will oversee proceedings as the cooks aim to dazzle. Continues tomorrow 8pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Stranded on Honeymoon Island 11/12. A full-moon party is thrown at the final Couple’s Cove. When events take a surprising turn, one couple question their future, before the honeymooners leave the beaches to spend time apart and contemplate their relationships. Davina McCall watches over proceedings. Continues tomorrow 9pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Question Time

Fiona Bruce presents the topical debate, inviting a panel of politicians and other guests in Bedworth, Warwickshire, to answer questions from an invited audience on subjects that have made the headlines in the past week. Also available live at 9pm on iPlayer.

Executive producer Nicolai Gentchev (S) (HD)

Have Your Say: tweet with #bbcqt

11.40 Newscast

A panel of BBC journalists hosts a round-up from Westminster, delivering serious analysis and lighthearted gossip about the biggest stories in politics. The

45/6 Series 3. On the Brink. Helen is blindsided by a front-page article revealing her history of mental health struggles. In the meantime, she focuses her energy on a report about the closure of mental health institutions across the country. Concludes tomorrow 9pm. A box set is on iPlayer. See page 90. Helen Norville

More

tomorrow (S) (AD) (HD)

9.55 Tiger Dynasty Natural World follows a tigress chosen to establish a new population. (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 Cracking the Case: The Heist, the Hit and the Hunt

Journalist Calum Leslie, forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das and former detective Rebecca Mason delve into the police investigation to find out how a series of seemingly unrelated criminal events in east London, Kent and Geneva were all joined together, five years later, by one crucial piece of evidence.

Cracking the Case: The Predator behind the Camera is tomorrow 10.05pm. The whole series is on iPlayer.

Producer Fran Whyte

Series producers Holly Jennings and Jessica Todd (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Faisal Islam. (S) (HD) Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 Schindler’s List 5 qSteven Spielberg’s classic biographical drama. In 1939, Oskar Schindler comes to Krakow with the idea of getting rich quickly by using cheap Jewish labour in his factory. Although a close associate of SS officers, Schindler finds it worth his while to protect his workers. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review page 97. Oskar

Long Lost Family

9.00pm Nicky Campbell meets more birth parents desperately looking for their loved ones

4.00pm Tipping Point

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Shirley, Karl, Page and Iain take on a Chaser. Executive producers Helen Tumbridge, Michael Kelpie and Martin Scott (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News

6.30

7.30 Emmerdale

4Manpreet realises something is seriously wrong with Liam. Charity heads off to find out if she is carrying Ross’s baby. See page 90.

Taskmaster 9.00pm Trotters up: Maisie Adam and Chess Ham Pig, the Chesham United FC mascot

4.00pm Help! We Bought a Village

In France, Kevin and Anna tackle roof repairs on their historic estate. In Italy, Lucie and Jerry start a new phase of their borgo’s resurrection. Director Julie Beanland; Series producer Sarah Doughty (S) (HD)

5.00 Four in a Bed

Ying and Jean host the week’s final visit, at Castle Inn in Powys. Tensions are already bubbling away before the B&Bers are even checked in.

Director/Producer Anna Connelly (S) (HD)

5.30 Come Dine with Me

On the penultimate night in north Wales, make-up artist Piers hopes that his evening full of “fantastic food” will appeal to his guests. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

Linda and Charlotte Rodriguez help Julie and David, who want to swap wet winters in their Welsh caravan for the Costa Blanca sun. Series producer Ninushka Oller-Stracey Executive producer Sandy Watson (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

8.00 The Dog House

8.30 Inside Britain’s Asylum Crisis:

Tonight

In the first half of this year, around 20,000 small boats crossed the Channel — the highest number ever recorded for this period. Reporter Paul Brand investigates how the UK reached this point.

Producer John Owen (S) (HD)

NOTE: as Tonight reacts to the news its subject matter may change 9.00 Long Lost Family

42/7 Series 15. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell meet two birth parents searching for children they last saw as babies. In 1979, Paula became pregnant with no support from the baby’s father and an unstable home life, and felt adoption was her only option. Meanwhile, Justus Augustin came to London from St Lucia in the 1960s. As a teenager, he fell in love — but when his girlfriend became pregnant, her father insisted the baby be adopted. See page 91.

Series director Ed Wright

Executive producer Sarah Feltes (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 London Has Fallen HH

qAction thriller sequel. Mike Banning is back in the Secret Service and travels to London with President Benjamin Asher for the Prime Minister’s funeral. The world’s leaders are also in attendance but little do they know that a plot to assassinate them and capture Asher is about to come to fruition... with catastrophic results.

Mike Banning Gerard Butler

President Benjamin Asher Aaron Eckhart

M16 Jacquelin “Jax” Marshall

Charlotte Riley

1/7 Series 5. At Woodgreen Pets Charity, James and his daughters meet Papaya, while Yvonne and Graham think their sausage dog Baxter needs a buddy and have their eyes on fellow dachshund Tinkerbell. Keen to become more active following a health scare, Tom and Adele are introduced to two pooches.

Series director Jordan Maloy; Series producer Katie Brimblecombe Repeated Friday 3.50am 4seven (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Taskmaster

4

3/10. The contestants have a tricky time identifying someone in the lab, leading Phil Ellis to ponder a 1980s pop group and Maisie Adam to rely on the lyrics to a 1990s dance tune. Ania Magliano is unsure of the difference between snakes and worms, Sanjeev Bhaskar creates a disturbing tableau and Reece Shearsmith gets quite angry with a large yellow cube.

Greg Davies issues the points. See page 91.

Series director Andy Devonshire; Series producer Andy Cartwright Repeated Friday 1.05am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown

A compilation of memorable moments from recent episodes, featuring hosts Jimmy Carr, Rachel Riley and Susie Dent.

Series producer Jodie Krstic; Exec producer Richard Cohen (S) (HD)

11.05 The Great British Bake Off 4/10. The bakers return to school, starting off with flapjacks, before being tested with a fondly remembered school cake technical. For their final exam, they have to produce a spectacular school fête showstopper. See choice, page 70.

Shown Tuesday 8pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef helps the Zayna Flaming Grill in California. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

1.15 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Lanzarote Joe Lycett and Jessica Fostekew visit the Canary Island. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Carrie 10.00pm Sissy Spacek takes the lead in the adaptation of Stephen King’s horror story

7.00pm The Railway Children q5 Classic period drama based on the novel by E Nesbit. When a government official is arrested on suspicion of treason, his wife and three children are forced to leave their London home and move to a small cottage in Yorkshire. While their mother fights for her husband’s release, the children have marvellous adventures.

On iPlayer for 25 days. Review p47.

Bobbie Jenny Agutter

Phyllis Sally Thomsett

Peter

Gary Warren

Mother Dinah Sheridan

Perks

Bernard Cribbins

Old gentleman William Mervyn

Father Iain Cuthbertson

Doctor Peter Bromilow

Ruth Ann Lancaster

Russian

Gordon Whiting

Director Lionel Jeffries (1970, U) (S) (AD) (HD)

Shown Saturday 1pm BBC Two

8.45 Big Screen Britain:

The Railway Children

Ben Fogle visits the West Yorkshire locations used in the film. From 2003.

Director/Producer Joanna Brame First shown on BBC One (S) (HD)

9.00 The Trains That Time

Forgot: Britain’s Lost Railway Journeys

In a Timeshift documentary from 2015, Andrew Martin revisits the rail routes that were once travelled by the Flying Scotsman, the Cornish Riviera Express and the Brighton Belle as he explores a bygone golden age of travel.

Director/Producer Merryn Threadgould (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Carrie 5

qBrian De Palma’s dramatisation of Stephen King’s bestselling horror story, starring Sissy Spacek and Piper

Laurie. Shy Carrie White is repressed by her mother and ridiculed by her classmates. But, unbeknown to them, Carrie has special powers. On iPlayer for 56 days. Film of the Day: page 97. (1976, 15) (S) (AD) (HD) Cast Sunday BBC Two Shown Sunday 10pm BBC Two

11.35 The Elephant Man 5 q

Dramatisation of the life of John Merrick. 1884: an ambitious surgeon is intrigued by a sideshow freak billed as the “Elephant Man”. But behind the disfigured and brutalised exhibit, he finds an intelligent and sensitive person whose rehabilitation he undertakes. On iPlayer for 30 days.

John Merrick

Frederick Treves

Mrs Madge Kendal

Carr Gomm

BBC ONE SCOTLAND

11.15am Bargain Hunt 12 noon—1.00pm First Minister’s Questions: coverage of questions in the Scottish Parliament 12.10am Scotcast 12.40 Weather for the Week Ahead

12.45—6.00 BBC News

BBC

SCOTLAND

7.00pm Reporting Scotland

7.30 Scotland’s Greatest Escape: Judith Ralston and Grado explore Ayrshire and its islands to test out three different escapes

8.00 Beechgrove Garden: the team offers tips on preparing gardens for autumn and winter

8.30 Landward: Dougie Vipond tracks red deer stags in Glen Affric 9.00 Facelift: staff head on a trip to London for their Christmas night out 10.00 Scotland’s Big Night Out: Iain Stirling explores the history of the Saturday night out 11.00 Scotcast 11.30—12 midnight Scot Squad

STV

8.30—9.00pm Scotland Tonight: Keeping Ukraine’s Kids Connected 10.45 Inside Britain’s Asylum Crisis: Tonight 11.10 Barry Humphries: the Last Laugh 12.05—3.00am Home Shopping

ITV1 BORDER

SCOTLAND

10.45pm Representing Border 11.45—12.25am Border Life: double bill

BBC TWO WALES

7.00pm Scrum V: the Warm Up: a preview of the start of the United Rugby Championship season 7.30—8.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation: the duo bake their way through France

BBC ONE NORTHERN

IRELAND

10.40pm The View: comment and analysis 11.20 Question Time 12.20am Newscast 12.50—6.00 BBC News

TWO

John Hurt

Anthony Hopkins

Anne Bancroft

John Gielgud

9.55pm Chronicles of the Sperrins: photographer Martin McKenna observes the aurora 10.00—10.30 Girl Fight: Chloe Crozier heads to Durham for the toughest fight of her amateur career UTV

1.40 The Inheritance 10/12. Reality game show hosted by Robert Rinder. Shown Sunday 9pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Mothershead Wendy Hiller

Bytes Freddie Jones

Lynn Jacobs

Speaker Trumbull Morgan Freeman

Angela Bassett

Leah Radha Mitchell

Director Babak Najafi (2015, 15) (S) (HD)

12.25am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Genius Game 4/8. The players try to avoid the Black Block. Hosted by David Tennant. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am M&S: Dress the Nation 1/5 Series 2

AJ Odudu and Vernon Kay host. Shown last Sun (S) (SL) (HD)

2.35 11/12. Contestants compete to earn the money left behind by “the Deceased”, played by Elizabeth Hurley. Shown Monday 9pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.35 The Inheritance: the Final 12/12. The finale of the game show. Shown Tuesday 9.15pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

4.30 Devon and Cornwall A steam engine enthusiast embarks on a coast-to-coast journey. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.55—5.50am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces A couple create a home out of a caravan. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Night porter

Michael Elphick

Director David Lynch (1980, 12) (BW) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.35am The True Story of the Elephant Man

A 1997 profile, part of the QED strand, of Joseph Merrick. First shown on BBC One (S) (HD)

2.25 John Hurt: Talking Pictures A 2017 profile of the celebrated actor. (R) (S) (HD)

2.55—3.30am My Way Arena documentary exploring the appeal and power of the song My Way Shown Monday 10.15pm (S) (HD)

10.45pm Sixties NI: archives reveal school days and holidays in the early 1960s 11.15 Mahon’s Way: Joe Mahon explores the village of Garvagh 11.45 Keepers of the Lough: Patrick Kielty shares stories about the people and places of Strangford Lough 12.15—12.25am Hidden Northern Ireland

THURSDAY

THURSDAY Freeview

5.40am Milkshake! See page 96

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley and Guests (S) (HD)

12.30pm Vanessa Discussion show presented by Vanessa Feltz. (S) (HD)

1.40 5 News (S) (HD)

1.45 Home and Away Irene reminisces. Shown yesterday 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (HD)

2.20 My Fatal Memory HH Thriller. After qa car accident robs Grace of her memory, a handsome stranger enters her life. Director Gigi Gaston (2022) (S) (HD)

4.00 All Creatures Great and Small Carmody is offered a position on a research programme in London. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun Young at heart 73-year-old Rich and his wife Cazzie host their monthly musical open mic night at a restaurant. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Puppy School for Guide Dogs Paralympic skiing hopeful and GCSE student Hester takes potential match Pickle on a guided walk. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen Ep 2 Series 2. Dan Walker and Helen Skelton venture from Pateley Bridge to Ripon, discovering Nidderdale. They begin at the world’s oldest sweet shop, before heading to Coldstones Cut.

Series producer Andrew Painten (S) (HD)

9.00 New series. All Creatures Great and Small

41/7 Series 6. James struggles with a wild and chaotic Siegfried, while Tristan returns from war and is shocked to see the shift in his brother. Young Jimmy accompanies James to a difficult lambing. See page 90.

Siegfried Farnon Samuel West

Mrs Audrey Hall Anna Madeley

James Herriot Nicholas Ralph

Helen Herriot Rachel Shenton

Tristan Farnon Callum Woodhouse

Jimmy Herriot Thomas Riches

Richard Alderson Tony Pitts

Jenny Alderson Imogen Clawson

Mrs Pumphrey Patricia Hodge

Writer Ben Vanstone; Producer Yvonne Francas

Director Brian Percival (S) (AD) (HD)

See feature: page 24

10.05 Cause of Death

4/5 Series 3. When a man is found deceased in a friend’s flat, police launch a Facebook appeal to confirm his identity and trace his next of kin.

Series director/producer Annaliese Edwards (R) (S) (HD)

11.05 Surgeons: a Matter of Life or Death

Cameras focus on Laura, 29, who has a brain tumour. To extend her life, she needs it removed, but the surgery may kill her.

Directors John Bonny, Simon Bowyer, Edmund Davis and Louise Pirie (R) (S) (HD)

12.05am Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts (R) (S) (HD) 1.00 Casino (S) (HD)

3.05

3.50 Friends: double bill (R) (S)

4.40

5.30—5.40am

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 9.00pm The host meets the new queens

7.00pm Horrible Histories: Magna Carta Special

King John faces off against the barons in a rap battle. From 2015. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Horrible Histories: Wicked

William the Conqueror Special

A 2015 edition focusing on how young William took the crown in 1066. (S) (AD) (HD) Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 The Weakest Link

Romesh Ranganathan hosts the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest special. (S) (HD)

8.40 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK:

Meet the Queens

RuPaul introduces the 12 queens. (S) (HD)

9.00 New series. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

41/10 Series 7. A new cast of queens enter the werk room. Joel Dommett guests on the judging panel. A box set of previous series is on iPlayer. See page 91. Repeated tomorrow BBC One (S) (HD)

10.20 New. Juice

43/6 Series 2. A magical stranger offers to help Jamma. (S) (HD)

10.45 New. 4/6. Winnie’s dad visits.

Mawaan Rizwan and Emily Lloyd-Saini star. The series is on iPlayer. See p91. (S) (HD)

11.10 Knocked Up HHHH

q Romantic comedy with Katherine Heigl. On iPlayer for 24 days.

Director Judd Apatow (2007, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.10am Angels of the North (S) (AD) (HD) 1.45 Juice (S) (HD) 2.35 Laugh Lessons (S) (HD) 2.40—3.55am RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (S) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 8.40 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 9.35 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 10.20

The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 11.10

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

12.05pm Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 2.05

The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.05 The Real Housewives of Cheshire (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 5.00

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

6.00pm Celebrity Catchphrase Lucrezia Millarini, Judi Love and Ben Miller try to guess the well-known phrases. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Deal or No Deal Game show presented by Stephen Mulhern. (S) (HD)

8.00 The 1% Club Quiz show hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions are all about logic and common sense. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends 10/10 Series 2. Ultimatums and an explosive exit rock the finale with the most improved boyfriend set to be crowned. (S) (HD)

10.00 Family Guy Series 12. Brian passes on a disease to Stewie. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Three traditional fairy tales. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.05 New. Universal Basic Guys

David seeks solitude when he faces a deadline and writer’s block. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 American Dad! Series 15. Stan and Steve travel to Little Colombia. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Series 14. Snot discovers his father was a demolition derby driver. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.35 Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Olivia Attwood’s Bad Boyfriends (S) (HD) 2.05 Deal or No Deal (S) (SL) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Doc Martin 4.40pm A cryptic message leads to a desperate search

6.00am The Royal: 8/12 Series 4. Matron is attacked (S) (AD) 7.10 Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 8.20 Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD)

9.20 Doc Martin: 7/8 Series 5. Cats and Sharks. Bert finds himself at the mercy of loan sharks (S) (AD) (HD) 10.25 The Royal: 9/12 Series 4. Sister Brigid faces a struggle (S) (AD) 11.30 Heartbeat: 13/24. Craddock confides in Blaketon (S) (AD); 12.30pm 14/24

Mike reunites an estranged family (S) (AD)

1.30pm Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Hilary shares her suspicions about Ashley, then Perdy outsmarts Rosemary (S) (AD) 2.30

Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Leanne’s secret threatens to be revealed, then Ashley and Claire consider going away (S) (AD)

3.35pm Downton Abbey

4/7 Series 1. The fair arrives in the village, and Mrs Hughes is reunited with a former suitor who is now a widower. (S) (AD) (HD)

4.40 Doc Martin

8/8 Series 5. Ever After. Mrs Tishell’s crush on Martin takes a dramatic turn. (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50 Heartbeat

15/24 Series 9. A face from the past returns to haunt Blaketon. (S) (AD)

6.55 16/24. An assault case threatens to divide Mike and Jackie. (S) (AD)

8.00 Vera

2/3 Series 13. Tender. DCI Stanhope must investigate a bewildering case when the body of a girl is discovered by the side of an isolated railway crossing. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 3/3. Salt and Vinegar. DCI Stanhope is on the case when the body of the co-owner of a fish-and-chip shop is found in his own freezer. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.55 Unforgotten

3/6 Series 6. The team uncovers Asif, Mel and Marty’s connections to Gerry Cooper. Jess reaches out to her sister. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.55am 4/6. The Bishop Street team finds suspects further afield. (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.30 Home Shopping

4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am The Protectors (S) (SL) (HD) 6.30 Robin of Sherwood (S) 7.30 The Saint (S) (SL)

8.35 Kojak (S) (SL) (HD) 10.45 Magnum, PI (S) (HD) 11.45 New. League Cup Highlights (S) (HD)

12.45pm LIVE Snooker: Jill Douglas presents coverage of the afternoon session on day four of the British Open from the Centaur in Cheltenham, featuring third-round matches played over the best of seven frames (S) (HD) 5.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD)

6.30pm World of Sport Featuring George Best, Zaire’s 1974 World Cup campaign and a selection of own goals. (S) (HD)

6.45 LIVE Snooker Coverage of the evening session on day four of the British Open, featuring fourth-round matches played over the best of seven frames. (S) (HD)

10.15 New. T100 Highlights The latest round of the triathlon series from Valencia. (S) (HD) 11.15 New. French Football Including Nantes v Rennes, Brest v Nice and Lens v Lille. (S) (HD)

11.50 The Saint Simon Templar tries to stop psychology students who plan murders. (S) 12.55am BattleBots (S) (HD) 1.55 The Protectors (S) (SL) (HD) 2.25 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.30am Soldier Soldier: 11/13 Series 3. Dave, Paddy, Tony and Luke plan a wild night out in Amsterdam (S) 8.30 Doctors: double bill. George attends a funeral, then a man tries to get his mother put in a home (S) 9.50 Classic Holby City: Danny and Marija’s wedding plans are finalised (S) 10.50 Classic Casualty: Harry faces the consequences of leaking Ruth’s diary (S) 11.55 The Bill: a boxing trainer is accused of abusing youngsters (S) (HD) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Tanya is forced to make a decision that will affect her family’s future, then Max reels from recent revelations (S) 2.20 Soldier Soldier: 12/13 Series 3. The officers suspect they are going on active duty (S) 3.20 Monarch of the Glen: 8/8 Series 1. Hector stages a rooftop protest (S) 4.20 London’s Burning: 8/8 Series 3. Tate fails a medical and is forced to take early retirement (S) 5.20 ’Allo ’Allo!: 5/8 Series 8. Herr Flick faces a firing squad Repeated 1.40am (S) 6.00pm Waiting for God 1/8 Series 5. After the Operation. Diana breaks Tom out of hospital. Rptd 2.25am (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 27. Oh Look! Mitzi’s Found Her Mummy. Clegg looks after a dog. (S) 7.20 Plenty of Room in the Back. Tom and Smiler are sent on a mission. (S) (HD)

8.00 Signora Volpe 2/3 Series 2. A Deadly Net. Freelancing for MI6, Sylvia poses as the PA for a diplomat’s widow at her lakeside villa. (S) (HD)

10.00 New Tricks

2/7 Series 1. ID Parade. The team reinvestigates the murder of a policewoman 17 years previously. (S) (AD)

11.20 Spooks

3/8 Series 8. A meeting of tycoons is stormed by terrorists and Ros, working under cover, is one of the hostages. (S) 12.40am Lovejoy: 7/11 Series 2. The shady trader helps a film star (S) 1.40 ’Allo ’Allo! Shown 5.20pm (S) 2.25 Waiting for God Shown 6pm (S) 2.55—4.00am Bergerac: 1/6 Series 1 Modern re-imagining of the drama (S) (SL) (HD)

9.00am Lingo: hosted by Adil Ray (S) (HD)

10.00 Tipping

6.00pm Lingo Mother and daughter duo Mary and Ashleigh from Derry, new parents Pete and Charlotte from Aberdeen, and Vicky and her daughter Louise from London compete. Hosted by Adil Ray. (S) (HD) 7.00 With brothers Hussain and Imran from Blackburn, mother and daughter Claire and Mia from Surrey, and childhood sweethearts Esther and Adam from Birmingham. (S) (HD) 8.00 Deal or No Deal Stephen Mulhern hosts as David tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order, taking on the Banker for the chance to win a life-changing prize. (S) (HD)

9.00 Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win Zanesh and Melike continue their game. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Tipping Point Triple bill of the quiz show hosted by Ben Shephard. (S) (HD)

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Tricks 10.00pm Sandra links a gun to a police officer’s

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8.55am A New Life in the Sun: two editions 11.00 Château DIY: double bill (AD) 1.05pm Four in a Bed 3.50 Car SOS (AD)

5.50pm Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer catch up with firsttime buyers, including Elly and Paul who enlisted Phil’s help in 2015 in their hunt for a period home in Bristol with two double bedrooms and some outside space for future cats.

6.55 In Berkshire, 20-somethings Ellen and Michael want to move out of their respective parents’ houses into their first flat together but need help after becoming rather overwhelmed by the house-hunting process.

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud follows the progress of ex-advertising man Geoff, who is building a flood-resistant architectural marvel on the Essex coast. (AD)

9.00 Night Coppers Ramon races to break up a mass brawl and to hunt down the suspects. Jake and Dan tackle some adventurous urban explorers who have scaled a crane on a building site. (AD)

10.00 24 Hours in A&E A man is put in a medically induced coma following a serious motorcycle accident, while a 58-year-old patient battles lung cancer a year after being given two weeks to live. (AD)

11.05 A scaffolder arrives after suffering a head injury and a patient struggles to breathe following an asthma attack. (AD)

Directors 9.00pm Ang Lee (right)

6.00am Andrea Bocelli: the Journey

8.00 The Joy of Painting 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (BW) 11.00 The Directors

12 noon Discovering: Maggie Smith (AD)

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected: double bill (AD) 2.00 Portrait Artist of the Year: the Exhibition (AD) 3.00 Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (AD) 4.00 The Directors

5.00 Discovering: Ben Kingsley (AD)

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A surgeon performs a macabre experiment. (AD)

6.30 A policeman’s murder proves baffling. (AD) 7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A man seeks revenge on a bank clerk.

7.30 A woman consults an attorney about her husband, whom she believes is a murderer.

8.00 Discovering: Vanessa Redgrave

A profile of the award-winning actor. (AD)

9.00 The Directors A look at the life and career of Taiwanese film-maker Ang Lee, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi

10.00 The Story of British Cinema: the Pioneer Years The boom in British cinema. 11.30 The Art of Film with Ian Nathan A look at the role of script supervisors. (AD) 12.30am FILM Catching Fire: the Story of Anita Pallenberg HHHH Documentary about the Italian actor and artist. English, German, French +subtitles 2.40 Sky Arts Ambassador Bursary Shorts 2.50 Sound of Freedom 4.00 Science Fiction in the Atomic Age 5.00—6.00am The Art of the Garden

6.10am Great British Railway Journeys 8.00 Bangers and Cash (AD) 10.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Downfall 11.00 Warbird Workshop 12 noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00pm Bangers and Cash 4.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Downfall 5.00 Warbird Workshop 6.00pm Antiques Roadshow At Plymouth’s Royal William Yard, finds include a flask of naval rum and a book of garden designs.

7.00 Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve Highlights of Simon’s journeys around the world, catching up with people he met.

8.00 RT CHOICE New. Bangers and Cash 9/10 Series 12. Derek journeys to Essex to collect an Austin Allegro. Plus an ice cream van raises eyebrows See page 90. (AD) 9.00 Flipping Bangers Car enthusiasts Will and Gus get to work on a Citroën in an attempt to double their selling price. 10.00 Bangers and Cash A rare 1980s Sierra Cosworth draws in admiring Ford fans. 11.00 Dave and Jack head to East Yorkshire to pick up a dusty Alfa Romeo, but Dave is more taken with an exercise machine. (AD) 12 midnight Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD) 2.00—3.00am

Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve

6.00am Modern Family (AD) 6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (SL) 8.00 Married at First Sight UK (AD)

9.35 The Simpsons (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family (AD) 12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine: double bill (AD) 3.00 The Simpsons (AD) 4.00 Married at First Sight UK (AD) 5.35 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 6.00pm The Simpsons Series 14. Halloween tales, including an army of Homer clones. (AD) 6.30 Homer becomes a roadie. (AD) 7.00 Series 20. Principal Skinner rediscovers the joy of teaching. (AD) 7.30 Series 32. Comic Book Guy and his wife Kumiko consider having a baby. (AD)

8.00 First Dates A cheesemaker meets a marketer with a gift for cheese jokes. (AD) 9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics’ opinions of TV in April 2021, including Game of Talents, Line of Duty and Four in a Bed (AD) 10.00 Naked Attraction A dancer seeks a man with whom to lose his virginity. (AD) 11.05 First Dates “Nice guy” Matteo is matched with goal-oriented Sam. (AD) 12.05am The Simpsons (AD) 1.05 Rick and Morty (AD) 1.35 New. Mike Tyson Mysteries 1.55 Smiling Friends (AD) 2.05 Gogglebox (AD) 3.00 Below Deck (AD)

9.00am Car SOS (AD) 10.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 11.00 Help! We Bought a Village 12 noon George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Come Dine with Me 5.30 Four in a Bed

6.00pm A Place in the Sun A couple seek a holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

7.00 Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy 5/5

Jamie Oliver demonstrates how he incorporates more white fish into his diet.

Shown Monday 8pm Channel 4 (AD)

8.00 New. Location, Location, Location Ep 3. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help two couples looking for a home in Edinburgh, including Claire and Mark, who have moved from Australia to be close to where Claire grew up. Shown yesterday 8pm Channel 4 (AD)

9.00 The Great British Bake Off 4/10. The bakers face three school-themed challenges. Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding present. See choice, p70. Shown Tuesday 8pm C4 (AD) 10.20 Gogglebox Ep 3. Candid TV reviews. (AD)

11.20 Celebrity Gogglebox A rolling cast of famous faces respond to TV shows. (AD)

12.20am 24 Hours in A&E: double bill (AD) 2.25

999: on the Front Line 3.30 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice (AD) 4.20—4.50am Travel Man: 48 Hours in Trieste (AD)

7.10am Pointless 8.00 The Force: behind the Line 10.00 Extreme Salvage Squad 12 noon Storage Hunters UK 2.00pm Outback Pilots 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Rick Stein’s Spain: the La Mancha region (AD) 6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Best of British How certain ingredients make traditional pairings.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon hosts.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games With Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Richardson, Tom Rosenthal and Sindhu Vee.

8.20 Ronni Ancona, Nathan Caton, Colin Murray and Sally Phillips test their knowledge.

9.00 QI XL Stephen Fry welcomes David Tennant, Bill Bailey and Lee Mack.

10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Alexander Armstrong guest-hosts, with panellists Joe Lycett and Kirsty Wark.

11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With Kelly Hoppen, Louis Smith, Henning Wehn and David O’Doherty. Hosted by Jimmy Carr.

11.50 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 5/6 Series 1. Jonny falls for Louise.

12.30am 6/6. Jonny tries to inject a bit more excitement into his dull life.

1.10am Would I Lie to You? 1.50 Survivor South Africa (AD) 3.35—4.00am Judge Romesh

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9.00am Outback Truckers 10.00 Trucking Hell: a lorry careers off the M1 11.00 Traffic Cops

12 noon Police Interceptors 2.00pm FILM The Fighting Kentuckian HHH Historical adventure starring John Wayne. Review p97 (BW) 4.05 Trucking Hell 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors A runaway driver is brought to a stop with a stinger.

7.00 Officers chase a car which they suspect is carrying Class A drugs.

8.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders PC Anderson hunts for a van linked to drug dealing and organised crime. 9.00 New. Mud Mountain Haulers An early spring thaw turns roadworks into a muddy mess, and the boss receives a call that could jeopardise his entire operation.

10.00 Outback Truckers Rookie trucker Mick is behind schedule in his mission to transport some prize horses.

11.00 MacGyver The team reunites with bounty hunting family the Coltons. 12 midnight New. La Brea 1.00am Extreme Tow Truckers 1.55 Trucking Hell (AD)

3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

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9.00am Inside the Tower of London 11.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 12 noon Dorset: Country and Coast 1.00pm The Yorkshire Vet 3.00 Murder, She Wrote (AD) 4.00 Columbo 6.00pm Inside the Tower of London The tower’s oldest raven goes missing. 7.00 Cameras focus on two baby ravens who have joined the Tower’s resident colony. 8.00 Ben

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6.10am One Born Every Minute 7.00 Tipping Point 10.00 My Dream Home 1.00pm Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

6.00pm DIY SOS: the Big Build Transforming an Epsom home.

7.00 New. MasterChef Australia In a two-round immunity challenge, contestants are split into three teams of three.

8.10 Inside the Ambulance

The paramedics assist a pensioner experiencing chest pains.

9.10 Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America The impact of the internet on areas of US society. (AD)

10.10 Louis immerses himself in Florida’s rap scene. (AD)

11.10 Nurses on the Ward

At Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital, Matron Steph helps her team care for patients. (AD)

12.10am Matron Hazera responds to an emergency. (AD)

1.10 Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (AD) 2.25—3.00am Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job

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6.00am The Hairy Bikers Go West

7.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 8.00 The Pioneer Woman 9.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals

10.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 11.00 The Great British Bake Off 12.30pm 30 Minute Meals 1.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands 2.00 James Martin: Delicious 3.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 4.00 New. The Pioneer Woman 5.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals

6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure: the duo arrive in Lafayette, Louisiana (AD) 7.00 The Great British Bake Off: Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas present dessert week 8.30 30 Minute Meals: Rachael makes chicken meatballs and chicken parmesan 9.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands: James explores the Shetland Islands 10.00 Adam Richman Eats Britain: two editions. Adam has a hot pot in Lancashire, then tries cheddar in Cheddar 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1.00am Man v Food with Casey Webb 2.00—3.00am Guy’s Grocery Games

8.00am The Normans 9.15 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 10.15 Forgotten Allies: the Search for Burma’s Lost Heroes 11.15 Schindler: the Real Story 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.35 The Normans 2.55 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 3.55 Schindler: the Real Story 5.45 The Normans 7.05pm Secrets of the Royal Palaces 3/8 Series 2. A look at how King Louis XIV kept a close eye on the French aristocracy by forcing them to live at Versailles.

8.05 Schindler: the Real Story The complex figure who saved over a thousand Jewish people from Hitler’s extermination campaign.

9.55 Forgotten Allies: the Search for Burma’s Lost Heroes Burmese men who fought for Britain in the Second World War. 11.00 Secrets of the Royal Palaces As 7.05pm. 12 midnight—2.00am as 8.05pm

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9.00am Abandoned Engineering: nine back-to-back editions (AD) 6.00pm Abandoned Engineering: six editions. A devastated cliff-top ruin (AD) 7.00 A dream-town that turned into a nuclear nightmare (AD) 8.00 A seemingly endless concrete line (AD) 9.00 A Nazi holiday complex (AD) 10.00 The stories behind closed roads (AD) 11.00 An abandoned prison (AD) 12 midnight Abandoned Engineering (AD) 5.30—6.00am The

7.00am Building Alaska (AD) 8.00

A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home (AD) 2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Derelict Rescue 4.00 Escape to the Country (AD)

6.00pm A Place in the Sun 8.00

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5.30 In Loving Memory 6.00 Thick as Thieves 6.30 Soap 7.00 Diff’rent Strokes 7.30 You’re Only Young Twice 8.00 Haggard 8.30 Lucky Feller 9.00 Please Sir! 9.30 Brass 10.00

My Dog 4.00 Game On 4.35 as 10.35pm 5.30—6.00am The Beverly Hillbillies (BW)

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Little House on the Prairie 12 noon Highway to Heaven 1.00pm Diagnosis Murder 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 4.00 Danielle Steel’s The Ring

6.00pm Rumpole of the Bailey

7.00 Rising Damp 7.30 Man about the House 8.00 A Fine Romance

8.30 Home to Roost 9.00 FILM Carry On Regardless HHH Comedy starring Sidney James and Kenneth Connor (BW) 10.55 Rising Damp: Rigsby returns from a dismal holiday in Spain 11.25 Man about the House 11.55 M*A*S*H 12.55am Home to Roost 1.25 A Fine Romance 2.05

Derelict Rescue: turning a pottery kiln into an eco-home 9.00 My Dream Derelict Home in the Sun: Birmingham couple Katy and Will tackle a big renovation on a small budget in France 10.00 New. The Flipping El Moussas: Tarek and Heather El Moussa get a tip on a ranch style house in Laguna Niguel, California 11.00 Home Town 12 midnight A Place in the Sun: second homes abroad 1.00am Building Alaska (AD) 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home: double bill

8.10am Upstairs, Downstairs 9.15 Duty Free 9.50 After Henry 10.20 Birds of a Feather 10.50 Just Good Friends 11.25 Steptoe and Son (BW) 11.55 Rising Damp 12.30pm Goodnight Sweetheart 1.05 Man about the House 1.35 When the Boat Comes In 2.45 Mandela’s Unsung Heroes 4.35 101 People Who Made the 20th Century 5.45 That’s 60s: Best Music Live! 6.10 Just Good Friends 6.50 Bread 7.25 Steptoe and Son (BW) 7.55 Rising Damp 8.25 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 9.00 Benidorm 9.55 Shameless 10.55 Man about the House 11.25 Rising Damp 11.55 Benidorm 12.55am Shameless 1.55 Full House 2.25 The Kenny Everett Video Show 2.55 After Henry 3.15 The Osbournes 4.00 Sunday Night at the London Palladium 4.50—6.00am Father, Dear Father

5.40am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Peppa Pig 6.10 Odo 6.15 Tweedy & Fluff 6.25 Treehouse 6.30 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 6.40 Fireman Sam 6.50 Peppa Pig 7.00 Rubble & Crew 7.10 Pip and Posy 7.20 The Adventures of Paddington 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.45 New. Tim Rex in Space 8.00 Paw Patrol 8.30 Milo 8.45 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8.55 Peppa Pig 9.10—9.15am Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for 5 are on page 92

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6.00am Vegesaurs 6.05 Bing 6.15 Teletubbies 6.30 Supertato 6.35 Roots and Fruits 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 New. Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.00 Octonauts 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Wonderblocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Playtime Towers 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Lu and the Bally Bunch 9.20 Piggy Builders 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Maddie & Triggs 10.45 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 10.55 Kiri & Lou 11.00 Vegesaurs 11.05 Bluey 11.15 Hey Duggee 11.20 Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club 11.30 Roots and Fruits 11.35 Timmy Time 11.45 Time for School 12 noon Big Cook Little Cook 12.20pm Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 12.25 What’s in Your Bag? 12.30 Dog Squad 12.45 Maddie’s Do You Know? 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Alphablocks 1.20 Wonderblocks 1.25 Colourblocks 1.30 Hey Duggee 1.35 Yukee 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 2.35 Waffle the Wonder Dog 2.50 Topsy and Tim 3.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 3.10 The Game Catchers 3.20 Octonauts: above and beyond 3.30 Big Lizard 3.40 Supertato 3.45 Hey Duggee 3.55 Peter Rabbit 4.10 Time for School 4.20 Mojo Swoptops 4.30 Bluey 4.45 Piripenguins 5.00 Dodge’s Pup School 5.15 Waffle’s After School Club 5.25 New. Puffin Rock 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Suranne Jones reads Happy Hooves, Ta Dah! CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 8.20 Odd Squad 8.35 Deadly 60 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 7 to 9 Year Olds 9.20 Wow That’s Amazing 9.35 Our School 10.00 Go Get Arty 10.15 One Zoo Three 10.40 The Dengineers 11.05 Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom 11.35 Operation Ouch! 12 noon Shark Bites 12.05 Danny & Mick 12.20 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 12.35 Bro’s in Control 12.50 Octonauts 1.05 Big Lizard 1.15 Danger Mouse 1.40 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 2.00 Super Happy Magic Forest 2.25 High Hoops 2.55 Horrible Histories: Protesting with Pankhurst 3.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 3.40 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 3.50 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 4.20 New Little Lunch 4.35 Odd Squad 4.50 Pokémon Horizons: the Search for Laqua 5.10 New. Winx

ITV Kids on ITV2

11.00am Ten Tall Men HHH Burt Lancaster gives a typically roguish turn as an imprisoned sergeant in a robust and often comedic tale of the Foreign Legion that’s well worth watching. Review, right. (1951, U) (S) (AD) 1.00pm Payroll HH The wife of a security guard killed in a robbery vows vengeance in this solid crime drama. Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost (1961, PG) (S) 3.10 Three Hours to Kill HH High Noon-style B-movie western with Dana Andrews on a deadline to find a killer. Donna Reed (1954) (S) (AD) 4.45 Born Free HHHH Charming tale about game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy, who reared a lioness called Elsa. (1966, U) (S) 6.40pm Jumanji: the Next Level HHH Teenagers return to the magical video-game world in this fun, gag-filled fantasy follow-up. Dwayne Johnson (2019, 12) (S) (AD) 9.00 Deadpool 2 HHHH Superior fantasy sequel that sees the mutant assemble his own superhero team to save a mutant boy. Ryan Reynolds (2018, 15) (S) (AD) 11.20 Carlito’s Way HHHH

This visually audacious crime drama stars Al Pacino as an ageing gangster who attempts to go straight. Sean Penn (1993, 18) (S) (AD) 2.10—4.00am Career Girls HHHH Fascinating, characterdriven drama that traces the friendship between two women. Review, right. (1997, 15) (S)

6.00am Black Saddle TV western. 6.30 The Beverly Hillbillies HH Pointless comedy based on the TV series. Jim Varney (1993, PG) (S) 8.30 Out of Town Documentary. (S) 9.00 Prehistoric Women HH Hammer fantasy starring Michael Latimer as a hapless jungle guide. (1967, PG) (S) 10.50 The Trial of Madame X HH Melodrama about a woman defended in court by the son she abandoned. Mara Russell-Tavernan (1948) (S) 12 noon Dixon of Dock Green Classic TV drama. (S) 1.00pm Piccadilly Incident HH Wartime weepie in which Wren Anna Neagle and Royal Marine Michael Wilding marry, only for her to go missing presumed dead. (1946, PG) (S) 3.00 Crown Court Courtroom drama TV series. (S) 4.30 Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë’s tale. 7.00pm For the Love of Ada Vintage TV sitcom. (S)

7.30 The Cheaters TV drama. (S) 8.00 The Brothers British TV drama series starring Colin Baker. (S) 9.05 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club Vintage British TV variety show. (S) 9.55 Up Pompeii HH A plethora of familiar British faces join Frankie Howerd in

7.10am Sue Thomas: FBEye

8.00am Stolen Innocence HH

Routine crime tale. Gina Philips (2007)

10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Castle

12 noon Garage Sale Mysteries: The Art of Murder 1.55pm Garage Sale Mysteries: The Beach Murders

4.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote: three college graduates become embroiled in a murder

6.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye TV drama starring Deanne Bray.

7.00 Castle A vampire enthusiast is found murdered on Halloween.

8.00 Unforgettable Thriller starring Poppy Montgomery.

9.00 Deceived HHH Goldie Hawn takes a break from comedies for this flawed but diverting thriller. Review, right. John Heard (1991, 15) 11.20 Lies and Deception H Convoluted thriller in which a woman discovers her husband faked his own demise. Mädchen Amick (2005)

1.15am Deviant Love HH Slowburning thriller. Emma Bell (2019)

2.55 Amber Alert HH Thriller. Alaina Huffman (2016) 4.25 Police Ten 7

5.15—4.50am Sue Thomas: FBEye

9.10am Wanted: Dead or Alive

9.40 Alvarez Kelly HHH Oddball western. Review, right. (1966, PG) 12 noon Tombstone Territory 1.00pm Valdez Is Coming HH Western. Burt Lancaster (1971, 15) 3.00 Wanted: Dead or Alive 4.00 Tombstone Territory 5.00 The High Chaparral

6.00pm The Persuaders! TV drama starring Tony Curtis.

7.00 The Avengers Light-hearted drama starring Patrick Macnee.

8.00 The New Avengers TV espionage adventure.

9.00 The Take HHH Pacey action thriller with Idris Elba as a CIA agent who teams up with a pickpocket. Review, right. Richard Madden (2016, 15) 11.00 Trigger Point HH A retired operative is forced back into action in this talky thriller about a shadowy agency of assassins. Barry Pepper (2021, 15) 12.50am The Avengers 1.50 The New Avengers 2.50 Cops Uncut 3.45 NYC: Tornado Terror H Lacklustre made-for-TV disaster movie. Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence (2008, 12) 5.15—5.40am Cops Uncut

8.00am A Gift to Remember HH Romance. (2017) 10.00 Northpole HH Easy-going fantasy. Tiffani Thiessen (2014)

12 noon Christmas on Ice HH Uplifting romance. Abigail Klein (2020)

2.00pm Christmas at Graceland HH Romantic tale. Kellie Pickler (2018)

4.05 A Very Country Christmas HH Routine but good-natured romance. Greyston Holt (2017)

5.55pm A Christmas Village HH A busy executive meets a handsome single father. Could love blossom? Madeline Leon, Neil Paterson (2018) 8.00 Coming Home for Christmas HH Family feuds and flirtations make it a Yule to remember. Danica McKellar (2017)

9.55 The Christmas Pageant HH Predictable romantic romp in which the heart of a theatre director is melted. Melissa Gilbert (2011) 12 midnight A Christmas Coincidence HH Romantic drama. Kimberly Sustad (2018) 1.55am Christmas Unwrapped HH Glossy romantic drama. Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini (2020) 3.25—4.50am As 2pm

7.35am As 12.45pm 9.20 As 8pm

11.15 As 4.45pm 12.45pm Wish You Were Here HH Solid and sincere terminal-illness weepie. (2025)

2.30 As 10pm 4.45 Love Hurts

HH Fitfully fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Mustafa Shakir (2025, 15)

6.15pm Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the legend which sees a family seek refuge after an attack by a beast. Christopher Abbott (2025, 15)

8.00 i Novocaine HHH Genial bone-crunching action comedy with Jack Quaid as a man who can’t feel pain. Review p35. (2025, 15)

10.00 Nosferatu HHHH Robert Eggers’s visually dynamic remake of FW Murnau’s classic 1922 riff on Dracula Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult (2024, 15) 12.15am As 6.15pm 2.10 Die Alone

HHH Familiar but clever zombie survival thriller. Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Frank Grillo (2024, 15) 3.45 Restless HHH Lyndsey Marshal fights back in this blackly witty revenge fantasy. Aston McAuley, Barry Ward (2024, 15) 5.20—7.15am Amongst the Wolves HHH Sturdy Irish crime thriller. Luke McQuillan, Aidan Gillen (2024, 15)

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00 The Fall Guy 10.00 Charlie’s Angels 11.00 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw: western drama mini series 2.50pm Red Sun HHH Slick, stylised and very entertaining fusion western. Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune (1971, 15) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm Charlie’s Angels TV detective series with Cheryl Ladd.

7.00 The Fall Guy TV drama.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 The Bounty Hunter HH Ex-cop Gerard Butler is assigned to track down his ex-wife in this stodgy romantic comedy. Jennifer Aniston (2010, 12)

11.10 The Hitman’s Apprentice HHH A teen is thrown in at the deep end when he takes a driving job for a hitman. Review, right. (2012, 15)

12.55am We Still Steal the Old Way HH Violent British crime drama about a gang who attempt to break a friend out of prison. Ian Ogilvy (2017, 18) 2.55—4.50am Buried HHHH Teeth-clenching thriller starring an impressive Ryan Reynolds as a man who wakes up six feet under. (2009, 15)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 Wild Horses

HHH Fine western drama. Kenny Rogers, Pam Dawber (1985, PG) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune 1.00pm Wyvern HH Watchable TV-movie monster mayhem. Nick Chinlund (2009, 15) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 The Six Million Dollar Man: fantasy adventure starring Lee Majors 5.00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes HH Uneven mockbuster mystery take on Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes Ben Syder (2010, 12) 7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series starring Kevin Sorbo. 8.00 The Six Million Dollar Man TV sci-fi series starring Lee Majors. 9.00 Acts of Violence H Bruce Willis is on the case in this crime drama, solving a kidnapping with the help of three brothers. (2018, 15) 10.50 Jiu Jitsu HH Sci-fi flick that pits a team of martial artists (plus Nicolas Cage)

FILM REVIEWS

Carrie 5 10.00-11.35pm BBC Four j

HORROR Brian De Palma’s modern gothic fairy tale, based on Stephen King’s bestseller, offers a tense and lyrical web of emotions. Sissy Spacek stars as the telekinetic Cinderella who turns her school prom into a bloody massacre after a macabre joke is played on her by vicious teens. Piper Laurie as Spacek’s religious fanatic mother is equally striking and her symbolic “crucifixion” is a thrilling highlight in an unforgettable package of pop psychology and psychic phenomena. Despite a much-copied plot and even more copied shock climax, this classic remains a transfixing experience. ALAN JONES (US 1976, violence, swearing, nudity, HD)

Alvarez Kelly HHH

9.40am-12 noon

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WESTERN In Edward

Dmytryk’s US Civil War yarn, William Holden plays the rancher who delivers cattle to the Union army. He’s then kidnapped by Confederates, whose colonel (Richard Widmark) wants Holden to steal back the herd. Things go from jokey to serious in a film that’s held together by the leads’ terrific performances.

ADRIAN TURNER (US 1966)

Ten Tall Men HHH

11.00am-1.00pm Film4 y

COMEDY Willis Goldbeck is better known as a writer (Dr Kildare) but he fashioned a more-than-passable film from this robust tale of the Foreign Legion. With Burt Lancaster in the lead, and tough hombres Gilbert Roland and Kieron Moore in support, this movie is well worth catching, especially since it’s in sharp 1950s Technicolor.

TONY SLOMAN (US 1951, HD)

The Fighting Kentuckian HHH

2.00-4.05pm 5 Action y

ADVENTURE Produced by and starring John Wayne, George Waggner’s movie details an interesting historical footnote — the settling in

not quite as it seems. The buddy dynamic never gets going, but this delivers on the thrills front. EMMA SIMMONDS (US/Fr 2016, violence, swearing)

CarryOnRegardless HHH 9.00-10.55pm Great TV g

COMEDY The fifth Carry On film is unique in that it’s a loose collection of sketches, linked by an employment agency run by Sid James to tackle the oddest of jobs. The assignments vary in comic value, but the standouts include Joan Sims getting hammered at a snooty wine tasting, and Kenneth Williams babysitting a chimpanzee.

DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1960, BW)

Schindler’s List 5 11.00pm-2.05am BBCTwo j

America of Napoleon’s exiled officers and their relatives after the defeat at Waterloo. The political aspect isn’t really explored, merely serving as a background for a rollicking romance with lots of fighting. TS (US 1949, BW, HD)

The Railway Children 5

7.00-8.45pm BBC Four y

See review, p47 (UK 1970, HD)

Deceived HHH 9.0011.20pm Great Mystery j

THRILLER Goldie Hawn is happily married to John Heard, only to discover after his accidental death that she knew very little about him. Despite her best efforts, Hawn lacks credibility, so it’s left to the ever-excellent Heard to make the most of a rare leading role. Director Damian Harris generates some suspense, but the climax is just silly. JOHN FERGUSON (US 1991, violence, some swearing)

The Take HHH 9.0011.00pm Great Action j

THRILLER A charismatic Idris Elba stars as a CIA agent pursuing a thief (Richard Madden) who has stolen a bag containing a bomb — which soon goes off. The explosion is quickly pinned on Islamic extremists, but Elba and Madden discover that all is

DRAMA Steven Spielberg’s outstanding Holocaust film tells the story of Oskar Schindler, whose operation to supply the German war effort led him to save more than 1,000 Jewish factory workers in Poland. Liam Neeson gives a heartfelt performance as Schindler, while Ralph Fiennes invokes both revulsion and sympathy as a Nazi officer.

AJ (US 1993, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, BW/col, HD)

The Hitman’s Apprentice HHH

11.10pm-12.55am Legend j

THRILLER Tim Roth leads this quirky road movie, playing a hitman who hopes his latest job will be his last for boss Peter Mullan. But he’s forced to have Mullan’s girlfriend’s wayward son, Jack O’Connell, do the driving.

Director Craig Viveiros steadily builds the tension with neat plot twists and a growing rapport between the two leads. TERRY STAUNTON (UK 2012, violence, swearing)

Career Girls HHHH 2.10-4.00am Film4 j COMEDY DRAMA Cinema’s foremost people watcher, Mike Leigh, offers a typically simple but deep film. Arrogant Katrin Cartlidge and timid Lynda Steadman capture our sympathies during a series of low-key misadventures with old friends and a detestable newcomer, as they realise what mediocrities they have become. Funny and touching. DP (UK 1997, swearing, a sex scene, HD)

THURSDAY

Boyzone: No Matter What 9.00pm Keith Duffy reflects The Last of

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon The Simpsons 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 21/25 Series 3. A printing error occurs.

6.30 22/25. Michael takes the female staff on a special outing.

7.00 The Simpsons Double bill.

8.00 A League of Their Own Road Trip: Southeast Asia 1/6

Jamie Redknapp and Micah Richards visit the region. (AD)

9.00 Boyzone: No Matter What The boy band talk candidly. (AD)

10.00 Brassic Ep 1 Series 7

4 Vinnie and the crew go up against a new gang. See p91.

11.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 7/10 Series 2. With Johnny Borrell, Michelle de Swarte, and Krept and Konan. (AD)

11.45 Curb Your Enthusiasm

1/10 Series 5. Larry has a sandwich named after him.

12.20am 2/10. Larry hires a private investigator.

12.55 Sex and the City 2.05

Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Magnum PI (AD)

4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00—6.00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Star Trek: Enterprise 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 4.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 5.00 Stargate Atlantis

6.00pm Star Trek: Enterprise 17/26 Series 1. T’Pol is forced to defend her beliefs when a group of Vulcans visits the starship.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 13/26 Series 2. Bashir and O’Brien help two warring alien races get rid of their weapons, unaware they are to be sacrificed.

8.00 Stargate Atlantis 17/20 Series 4. The Wraith find their way to Midway Space Station. Guest-starring Christopher Judge.

9.00 The Ark 7/12 Series 2

After an attempted murder, the crew work together to find who’s responsible before it’s too late. (AD)

10.00 Grimm 2/22 Series 1 Nick and Hank investigate the case of a teenager who was attacked while breaking into a house.

11.00 Westworld 8/8 Series 3

Dolores’s true intentions are finally revealed. Meanwhile, William is faced with an unexpected adversary. (AD)

12.30am Warehouse 13: double bill (AD) 2.30 Westworld (AD) 3.30 SurrealEstate 4.30 Room 104 (AD) 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Urban Secrets 7.00

Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (AD)

8.00 Boardwalk Empire (AD) 10.10

Perry Mason (AD) 12.25pm Game of Thrones (AD) 1.30 Das Boot 2.30 Boardwalk Empire 4.40

Homicide: Life on the Street

6.50pm Game of Thrones 2/10

Series 4. The day of King Joffrey’s wedding to Margaery Tyrell arrives and Bran experiences a series of visions. (AD)

7.55 3/10. Dontos spirits Sansa out of King’s Landing, Tywin has an offer for Oberyn Martell, while Jon proposes a bold plan after the wildlings send a chilling message to Castle Black. (AD)

9.00 The Last of Us 5/9. While trying to evade the rebels, Joel and Ellie cross paths with the most wanted man in Kansas City. (AD) 10.10 6/9. After ignoring the advice of locals, Joel and Ellie descend deeper into dangerous territory in search of the Fireflies — and Tommy. (AD)

11.20 Julia 8/8 Series 1. The cook’s decision to end the show shocks the staff of WGBH and Paul. (AD)

12.20am The Sopranos 1.20

Dexter: New Blood (AD) 2.25 Game of Thrones (AD) 3.30 The Guest Wing (AD) 4.30 In Treatment 5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (AD)

6.00am Bondi Rescue 7.00

Border Security: America’s Front Line 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Nothing to Declare UK 9.30 Border Security USA (AD) 10.30 Caught Red Handed 11.15 Caught Red Handed 12 noon FBI (AD)

1.00pm FBI: International (AD)

2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD) 3.00 Caught on Dashcam 4.00 Nothing to Declare: eight editions.

8.00pm Caught on Dashcam Road disasters captured on video by drivers’ dashboard cameras.

9.00 FBI 8/22 Series 7. The team entrusts OA’s old army buddy Clay to assist them after three customs officers are shot dead during a cargo heist. (AD)

10.00 FBI: International 8/22 Series 4. The Fly Team attempts to salvage the case against the man responsible for the death of Wes’s former partner.

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3/13 Series 25 The unit helps a man come to terms with being victimised, while Benson tries to support a victim’s family when tragedy strikes twice.

12 midnight The Equalizer (AD)

1.00am New. Chicago Med 22/22 Series 10. Rptd Fri 8pm 2.00 New Chicago Fire 22/22 Series 13. Rptd Fri 9pm 3.00 New. Chicago PD 22/22 Series 12. Rptd Fri 10pm 4.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 5.00—6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E

6.00am Hawaii Five-0 8.00 The Flash 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 SEAL Team (AD) 12 noon The Flash 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 SEAL Team (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Universe 13/20 Series 1. The crew discovers an idyllic planet. (AD)

7.00 14/20. Rush resorts to desperate measures. (AD)

8.00 Coming 2 America HH q Comedy sequel starring Eddie Murphy. Prince Akeem of Zamunda returns to New York to investigate claims that he fathered an illegitimate son in the 1980s.

10.00 Brassic Ep 1 Series 7

4 Vinnie and the crew go up against a new gang. See p91.

11.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 7/10 Series 2. With Johnny Borrell, Michelle de Swarte, and Krept and Konan. (AD)

11.45 A League of Their Own Road Trip: Southeast Asia 1/6 Jamie Redknapp and Micah Richards are on the road through the region. (AD)

12.40am From (AD) 1.30 Road Wars 2.00 New. Peacemaker 6/8 Series 2. Repeated tomorrow 10.10pm 2.45 Hawaii Five-0 3.40 Magnum PI (AD) 4.35 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.30—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.05am Don’t Wait Up 7.50 The Green Green Grass 8.25 Last of the Summer Wine 9.40 Hi-de-Hi!

10.20 Porridge 11.00 Last of the Summer Wine 12.20pm Don’t Wait Up 1.00 The Green Green Grass

1.40 Dad’s Army 2.20 Porridge

3.00 Last of the Summer Wine

4.20 Don’t Wait Up 5.00 The Green Green Grass 5.40 Hi-de-Hi!

6.20pm Porridge Fletcher becomes an agony aunt.

7.00 Dad’s Army Captain Mainwaring acquires a small boat and sets up a practice session.

7.40 Fawlty Towers The death of a guest leads to mayhem as Basil tries to conceal the corpse. (AD)

8.20 Basil pretends he has forgotten his anniversary. (AD)

9.00 Manuel’s pet rat escapes as a health inspector is due to visit. (AD)

9.45 Hotel owner Basil tries to upgrade his clientele. (AD)

10.25 Porridge As 6.20pm.

11.00 Not Going Out Lucy commits an indiscretion while drunk, but claims to have no memory of it.

11.35 Bottom The bachelors have a run-in with a burglar.

12.15am Fawlty Towers: two episodes (AD) 1.40 Not Going Out

2.15 Bottom 2.45 Avoidance (AD) 3.30—4.00am Not Going Out

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry 8.00 Four Weddings 10.00 Road Wars (AD) 11.00 The Cleaning Lady (AD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 Highway Patrol 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans 4.00 Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Motorway Patrol 7.00 The Cleaning Lady: double bill. Thony’s marital issues are amplified when Marco starts asking tough questions. Then she tries to get to Mexico for Luca’s transplant (AD) 9.00 SEAL Team: double bill. The unit tries to take down the mastermind of terrorist attacks, then Jason tries to find a way to pay Emma’s college fees (AD) 11.00 The Russell Howard Xmas Hour 12 midnight The Russell Howard Hour 1.10am A League of Their Own (AD) 2.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Four Weddings 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

The Office US 1.30 The Conners 2.30 The Office US 3.30 Will & Grace (AD) 4.30 Sex and the City 5.45 The Office US 6.45 Will & Grace: double bill. Grace’s new fiancé Will decides to come clean and admit he is gay, then Will and Jack discover they are both dating the same man (AD) 7.45 Sex and the City: double bill. Carrie dreads jury service, then Charlotte celebrates her engagement 9.00 Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo 10.15 And Just like That... (AD) 11.10 Entourage: double bill. Vince is intimidated by Jason Patric, then Ari and Lloyd give Andrew a Hollywood makeover 12.20am Girls (AD) 1.30 Veep (AD) 2.35 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3.45—5.00am Silicon Valley

8.00am Impractical Jokers: Hits, Errors & Balls 8.35 Impractical Jokers Summer Vacation 9.00 New Girl 10.00 Last Man Standing 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 1.00pm Friends (AD) 9.00 FILM Ace Ventura: Pet Detective HHHH Comedy starring Jim Carrey 10.35 Eight out of Ten Cats: two editions. With Craig Revel Horwood and Ellie Taylor, then with Jack Dee, David O’Doherty, Stacey Solomon and Alex James 11.35 Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head 12.05am South Park 1.05

CC Live: Stand Up Shorts 1.35 Utopia 2.05 Dara O Briain: Voice of Reason 3.25 Important Things with Demetri Martin 3.50 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00

Father Brown (AD) 10.00 The Mentalist 11.00 Hudson and Rex (AD) 12 noon Body of Proof 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Mentalist 5.00 Hudson and Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 6/15 Series 5. When an old foe tells him that she has arranged the death of her former lover, Father Brown is blamed for the murder. (AD)

7.00 Body of Proof 10/20 Series 2. Megan investigates when a recent lottery winner is found stabbed to death in his flat, and Ethan deals with a case in which a girl died after an appendectomy. 8.00 Death in Paradise 2/8

Series 9. An artist is found dead in suspicious circumstances and it seems a drink can could hold the answer to the mystery. (AD) 9.00 4/8 Series 1. A woman confesses to shooting dead her husband, but Richard is puzzled by the absence of a body. (AD)

10.00 Father Brown 7/10 Series 10 The latest production by the Kembleford Players is dramatic in more ways than one. (AD) 11.00 As 6pm. (AD)

12 midnight White Collar 1.00am Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

I Am Luke Perry 10.00pm The career of the actor

6.00am The Anarchists (AD) 7.00

Discovering: Matthew McConaughey (AD) 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 The Nineties 10.00 Lockerbie (AD)

11.00 The Jinx Part Two (AD) 12 noon The Janes (AD) 2.00pm Seve (AD)

4.00 Discovering: Matthew McConaughey: profile of the actor (AD) 5.00 The Directors (AD)

6.00pm The Nineties A look at the impact of the internet.

6.55 The Jinx Part Two

Prosecutors revisit the 1982 disappearance of Robert Durst’s first wife Kathie. (AD)

8.00 Durst’s lawyer and confidant Stewart Altman takes the stand. (AD)

9.00 Boyzone: No Matter What The boy band talk candidly about how they grappled with the true cost of global fame. (AD)

10.00 I Am Luke Perry

Celebrating the life and career of the actor, who rose from obscurity to become a 1990s heart-throb and pop culture icon.

11.45 Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin HHH

q Charting the musician’s 10-year fight to overcome his demons and fight addiction. (AD)

1.45am Steve McQueen: the Lost Movie (AD) 3.30 The Lawman (AD)

5.00—6.00am Discovering: Matthew McConaughey (AD)

Geographic

8.00am Europe from Above (AD) 9.00 Air Crash Investigation 12 noon Ice Road Rescue (AD) 2.00pm Inside the SS 4.00 Construction Fails 5.00 Car SOS: restoring a Wolseley Hornet (AD) 6.00pm Secrets of the Pyramids 7.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 8.00 New. Inside Melbourne Airport: Border Force finds contraband and a mysterious plane lands unannounced (AD) 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: how pilots may have been distracted during a 1972 crash in Miami 10.00 JFK: the Lost Bullet: theories surrounding the assasination of John F Kennedy in 1963

11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 12 midnight Construction Fails: a supermarket collapse 1.00am Lost Treasures of Arabia 2.00 Lords of War 2.30 Made in a Day (AD) 3.20 Food Factory 4.10—5.00am Trials of the Wild

Great Parks of Africa 8.00pm Hippos of the Lower Zambezi

6.00am Zambia Untamed 7.00 Monkey Life 8.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 9.00 Secret Life of the Kangaroo 10.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon Mysteries of the Mekong 1.00pm Monkey Life

2.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 3.00 Secret Life of the Kangaroo 4.00 Wild Tales from the Farm (AD) 5.00 Hope for Wildlife

6.00pm Mysteries of the Mekong

The wildlife of Vietnam, the final country on the Mekong’s journey.

7.00 Monkey Life The capuchins use their clever tricks to track down some tasty treats.

7.30 There’s friction as Toto and Freddie fight for the top spot.

8.00 Great Parks of Africa

The Lower Zambezi, where some animals struggle and others thrive.

9.00 Coral City Winter descends life on the reef slows down.

10.00 Mysteries of the Mekong As 6pm.

11.00 Hope for Wildlife Hope Swinimer tries fostering a fawn with an unrelated doe.

12 midnight Orangutan Jungle School 1.00am Zambia Untamed

2.00 Great Parks of Africa 3.00

Coral City 4.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 5.00—6.00am

Secret Life of the Kangaroo

Nat Geo Wild

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Africa’s Hunters 10.00 Monster Fish: Extreme Sharks 11.00 Heartland Docs 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 Sky Safari: Australia 3.00 Savage Kingdom 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo 5.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 6.00pm Snakes in the City: Simon and Siouxsie bring 25 rock pythons into the world 7.00 Secrets of the Zoo: the Wild Side: with so many newborns arriving, it’s baby boom time at the Wilds 8.00 Kingdom of the Polar Bears: two editions. A team of polar bear guides prepares to follow the bears on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, then Dennis follows the mother bear and her cubs 10.00 Lawless Island 11.00 Ice Road Rescue 12 midnight Africa’s Hunters 1.00am National Parks: USA 2.00 The Incredible Dr Pol 3.00 Yukon Vet 4.00—5.00am World’s Deadliest: Shark Frenzy!

History Animal Planet

6.00am Flipping Bangers 6.55 Full Custom Garage 7.50 American Pickers 8.45 Pawn Stars 10.10 Storage Wars 12 noon The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd 1.00pm New. Alone 2.00 New. Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry 3.00 New. Full Custom Garage: a project for a Hollywood picture-car coordinator 4.00 Ancient Impossible

6.00pm American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 Secrets of Great British Castles 9.00 Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry 10.00 Alone 11.00 World’s Most Unexplained 12 midnight Alien Corridors 12.55am The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd 1.50 Swamp Mysteries with Troy Landry 2.50 Full Custom Garage 3.40 Pawn Stars 4.25—6.00am Storage Wars

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am LIVE Tennis Including coverage of the ATP Tokyo Open, and the ATP and WTA Beijing Open. 1.00pm LIVE Ryder Cup Golf All the build-up and analysis ahead of the biennial competition between USA and Europe, which begins tomorrow at the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York. Plus coverage of this year’s opening ceremony at 9.00. Luke Donald has retained the role of captain following Europe’s victorious 2023 campaign, and has become the first European to repeat his captaincy since Bernard Gallacher in 1993. Sport: page 30 12 midnight—5.00am LIVE NFL Coverage of Arizona Cardinals v Seattle Seahawks at State Farm Stadium in Glendale (kick-off 1.15am). These two sides met twice last season with the Seahawks coming out on top on both occasions.

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441

6.00am Classic Play-Offs (AD) 9.00 EFL Greatest Games 10.00 Classic League Cup: the 2020 final 12 noon League Cup Football 2.30pm Championship Highlights 4.00 Women’s Super League Football 4.30 League Cup Highlights 5.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 5.30 League Cup Highlights: action from the third round 6.30 German Football 7.00 League One Goals 7.30 League Two Goals

8.00 Women’s Super League Highlights 8.30 League Cup Highlights 9.30

Championship Highlights: Leicester City v Coventry City, Birmingham City v Swansea City, Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City, Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town, Derby County v Preston North End and Hull City v Southampton 11.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD)

12 midnight There’s Only One Sauzée (AD) 12.30am Best Goals 1.30—6.00am Scottish Premiership Highlights

Sky Sports +

Sky 404 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447

6.00am LIVE Tennis Including coverage of the ATP Tokyo Open, and the ATP and WTA Beijing Open.

4.00pm Sports Desk: headlines 5.00 The Premier League Show

7.00 Sports Centre 10.00 Sky Sports News 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00 Sky Sports News

1.00am 1983: When Aberdeen Ruled Europe (AD) 2.00 Sky Sports News

3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis

Including the ATP Tokyo Open, and the ATP and WTA Beijing Open. Coverage continues until 10.50am.

Sky Golf

Sky 406 Virgin 515/HD 505 EE 423/HD 443

6.00am Defining Decisions: Justin Rose and the Ryder Cup 6.30 How the 2006 Ryder Cup Was Won 9.30 How the 2010 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 11.30 McGinley and Chamblee: Ryder Cup: a preview of this year’s competition

Europa League Football

7.30pm TNT Sports 2 Djeidi Gassama looks to light up Ibrox

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440 6.00am Premier League Greatest Games 7.00 Premier League Legends: David Ginola and Juninho (AD) 8.00 Premier League 100 Club (AD) 9.00 Premier League Icons (AD) 10.00 Sky Sports FC 12 noon Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 1.00pm Premier League Years 3.00 Premier League Highlights 4.00 Netbusters 4.30 Premier League Stories 5.00 The Premier League Show

7.00 The Big Interview 7.30 Premier League Stories 8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 9.00 The Big Interview 9.30 Premier League Stories 10.00 Premier League Icons: Gareth Bale (AD) 10.30 Gary Neville Meets Ruben Amorim 10.45 Steven Frayne Meets Manchester United (AD) 11.00 Premier League Years: the 2020/21 season (AD) 1.00am Premier League Retro: Sheffield Utd v Wigan from 2007 3.00 Premier League Greatest Games 4.00—6.00am Premier League Best Goals (AD)

Sky Cricket

Sky 405 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

6.00am International One-Day Cricket Highlights 8.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 9.00 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 9.15 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 10.15 International T20 Cricket 2.45pm Best of England v South Africa (AD) 3.15 International One-Day Cricket Highlights (AD) 6.15 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 6.30 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket (AD) 8.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights: England v India, a women’s match 9.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 10.00 International One-Day Cricket Highlights 11.00 Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket 12 midnight International One-Day Cricket Highlights 1.00am T20 Blast Cricket 4.45 Best of England v South Africa (AD) 5.00—6.00am International One-Day Cricket Highlights

Sky NFL

8.00am My Cat from Hell (AD) 9.00 Bad Dog! 10.00 Tanked 11.00 Animal Cops Houston (AD) 1.00pm Crikey! It’s the Irwins 2.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 3.00 My Cat from Hell (AD) 5.00 Lone Star Law: game wardens patrol the Rio Grande seeking an unidentified body 6.00pm Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet 7.00 Treehouse Masters 8.00 Alaska: Surviving the Last Frontier: Tim heads into the Wrangell Mountains (AD) 9.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier: the first salmon run of the season 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 12 midnight Crikey! It’s the Irwins: a baby rhino is a vaccinated 1.00am Alaska: Surviving the Last Frontier (AD) 2.00 Treehouse Masters 3.00—5.00am Animal Cops Houston (AD)

1.00pm LIVE Ryder Cup Golf News, analysis and build-up, plus the opening ceremony at 9.00 at Bethpage Black. Sport: page 30 12 midnight Ryder Cup Memories (AD) 1.00am PGA Tour Champions Learning Centre 1.30 How the 1997 Ryder Cup Was Won (AD) 4.30— 6.00am Ryder Cup Memories (AD)

Sky Tennis

Sky 408 Virgin 537/HD 520 EE 425/HD 445

6.00am—4.00pm LIVE Tennis

Including the ATP Tokyo Open, and the ATP and WTA Beijing Open. 3.00—6.00am LIVE Tennis Coverage of the ATP Tokyo Open, and the ATP and WTA Beijing Open. Coverage continues until 4pm.

TNT Sports 1

Sky 412 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am NFL Highlights 10.00 NFL Bitesize 11.00 NFL Highlights (AD) 12 noon NFL Bitesize 1.00pm Good Morning Football 3.00 The Runway 3.45 NFL Bitesize 4.00 NFL Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk 8.00 NFL Gameday 8.30 NFL Highlights 8.45 NFL Bitesize 9.00 The Runway 9.45 NFL Highlights 10.00 NFL Fantasy 11.00 NFL Bitesize 11.30 NFL Gameday 12 midnight LIVE NFL Coverage of Arizona Cardinals v Seattle Seahawks at State Farm Stadium in Glendale (kick-off 1.15am). 5.15—6.00am NFL Bitesize

Premier Sports 1

Sky 419 Virgin 551 5.55—10.30pm LIVE Spanish Football Osasuna v Elche from Estadio El Sadar (kick-off 6.30); 8.25 Real Oviedo v Barcelona, a La Liga match from Estadio Municipal Carlos Tartiere (kick-off 8.30).

TNT Sports 2

TNT Sports 3

THURSDAY Television

TNT Sports 4

F d y

(NON-)CAPED CRUSADERS

WPC Peggy Button (Ami Metcalf), DI Sam Gillespie (Max Brown), Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) and DS Felix Livingstone (Jerry Iwu)

DRAMA

Sister Boniface Mysteries

9.00pm U&Drama Full series available via U

Holy Parody! In every sense, in fact. Because this fourth series is opening with the sight of Sister B on the set of Foxman, an obvious pastiche of the 1960s’ Batman TV show, complete with ‘Pow!’ graphics, tilted camera angles and even a Batusi-style go-go dance. In a nod to how this famously campy pop-art take on the Caped Crusader was received by

FOOD MasterChef Final

8.00pm BBC One Catch up: iPlayer

LAST IN SERIES

Most viewers haven’t noticed much difference to what has been the last series featuring John Torode and Gregg Wallace as judges (Grace Dent and Anna Haugh having been announced as taking over for the next run). Tonight it’s Torode and Haugh, who has replaced Wallace in these later episodes, who get to decide which of the three finalists should win. These contestants have excelled throughout the heats, risen to the challenge of epic fine-dining in Athens and survived providing lunch for a galaxy of Michelin-starred chefs. Now just a perfect three-course meal stands between them and the 2025 title, announced very slowly, but for the last time, by Torode.

JANE RACKHAM

purists, we find DS Felix Livingstone outing himself as a comic-book fan who isn’t happy that the deadly serious character of Foxman has been turned into a farcical figure. But the filming of a Cotswolds-set special soon morphs from comedy into tragedy when a zipline stunt ends with an untimely death. And rather than being treated as superheroes, the actors

GARDENING Gardeners’ World

8.00pm BBC Two Catch up via iPlayer

No matter how one tries, our gardens are almost bound to lose colour come the autumn, but here’s Monty Don to encourage us to think about next year, with colourful plans that include adding a rose to the new Dog House, planting daffodil bulbs and sowing sweet pea seeds.

A highlight of this year’s Proms was a performance by Glyndebourne Opera, and tonight there’s a visit to the Sussex opera house’s gardens, which help create authentic colours for production costumes. Two other items really sing: Rachel de Thame at a flower farm in Oxfordshire, and the story of two retired police officers who have created a beautiful space in Devon. SIMON O’HAGAN

Your RT Gardening: page 134

SOAP

Coronation Street

playing Foxman and his sidekick Beaver (yes, really) are instead placed under suspicion. Now, obviously, this isn’t a whodunnit that sets out to be taken completely seriously, but the homage is nicely realised, s it also is in the episode from series two that’s being repeated on BBC One today (2.00pm), which takes the rise out of the Carry On movies.

TRAVEL

8.00pm ITV1 Catch up via ITVX

The abuse endured by NHS staff was portrayed unflinchingly in paramedic Asha’s recent encounter with a drunk, aggressive patient who physically attacked her. Traumatised Asha has finally confided in someone about her ordeal, though stepmum Bernie is unlikely to follow protocol as to how to deal with the situation. Her crusade to expose insensitive Naomi’s behaviour is well-meaning but, as you’d expect, disastrous.

After Bernie pulls a risky public stunt, Naomi threatens a lawsuit for slander, and Asha wonders whether she should’ve stayed hiding under her duvet. Trouble also brews for the Websters, when Debbie finds Carl and Abi in a compromising position — and we don’t mean beneath the bonnet of a hatchback. JOHNATHON HUGHES

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out

8.00pm 5 Catch up via 5 streaming

If, like Susan Calman, you’re a big Wallace and Gromit fan, you’re in for a treat, because she’s touring Yorkshire, where the cheese-loving pair are very much in evidence. Although she’s compelled to have a taste or two of Wensleydale and gets to see her heroes at Bradford’s Science and Media Museum, she does enjoy some other non-claymationrelated activities.

She channels her inner Ringo Starr when she joins a dragon boat crew, gets the needle with a jolly group of yarn bombers (who gift her a charming, knitted version of camper van Helen Mirren) and almost loses her head in Kirkby Malzeard at a longsword dance. Job well done, Susan. JR

DAVID BROWN

MUSIC St Vincent at the Proms

9.00pm BBC Four Catch up via iPlayer Orchestrating the oeuvre of a contemporary pop star is almost an annual tradition at the Proms nowadays, usually under the baton of Jules Buckley, who brought Florence + the Machine to the Royal Albert Hall last year. Artist and concept have surely seldom dovetailed as successfully as they did earlier this month, when the phenomenal Annie Clark (aka St Vincent) joined forces with Buckley and his ensemble for a reimagining of a diverse, sometimes challenging back catalogue.

GABRIEL TATE

SITCOM

The Paper

9.00pm, 9.35pm Sky Showcase/ Max Catch up via Now

Newspaper editor Ned isn’t your traditional sitcom lead. He’s a little more Rodney than Del Boy, hapless straight man to the wilder characters around him in the Toledo Truth Teller office. He’s less ridiculous than either David Brent or Michael Scott, the “bosses” of the different versions of The Office that led to this spin-off’s creation. Perhaps acknowledging this, the two episodes this week lean into Ned’s weirder side, first delving into the unsettling father-son dynamic he’s creating with company CEO Marv, then exploring his past as a slick-haired, corporate toilet paper salesman.

HUW FULLERTON Domhnall Gleeson: page 8

DRAMA

The Newsreader

CARD SHARP

Graham’s back with all the right questions

Stranded on Honeymoon

Island: the Final Flare

9.00pm BBC One

It’s the last episode. Will the couples stick it out, or say goodbye? Davina McCall hosts.

CHAT

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm BBC One Catch up via iPlayer

Not only does he attract A-list guests, but Graham Norton has always seated them, glass in hand, together, so there’s no obvious hierarchy but there is a casual party atmosphere. It makes the celebs relax and the viewers feel like they’re listening in on some exclusive, starry bash.

Tonight, he chats with Emily Blunt (hilarious on previous shows — remember “Krunt”?) and her The Smashing Machine co-star Dwayne Johnson (a big presence in many ways), Matthew McConaughey (who may be persuaded to reveal what it was like working with his son on his latest film) and White Lotus’s Aimee Lou Wood, who has a new BBC series, which she’s also written.

Music is from singer-songwriter Raye, winner of seven Brit Awards last year, performing her new single Where Is My Husband! JR

COMEDY

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping

9.00pm BBC Two Full series available via iPlayer

As this is the end, time is short, so I’m going to come out and say it: this show is a mini masterpiece It’s one that’s remained frustratingly below the radar over the course of its three-series run, but do please seek it out, for while its setting in Australian commercial newsrooms of the 1980s may seem far removed from the lived experience of many, all human frailties are here

This final hour begins with Dale’s self-worth on the floor, the audience feedback labelling him “fey” and “fake” having driven him to despair And with Lindsay exhibiting a sadistic dereliction in his duty of care, it’s Helen who comes to the aid of her TV rival. But can she pull Dale back from the brink? DB

CRISIS

The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice 8.00pm C4

Guests Joel Dommett and Prue Leith are on hand to look back over Back to School week.

Matter of Mind:

My Alzheimer’s

8.35pm PBS America

Documentary following three families dealing with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

LIVE SPORT

Golf: Ryder Cup

12 noon Sky Sports Main Event/Golf, highlights 12 midnight BBC Two Day one of the US v Europe showdown at Bethpage Black in New York, with the foursomes and the fourballs. Sport: page 30

Cycling: World Championship

6.45am TNT Sports 1

The men’s junior and under-23 road races, from Kigali, Rwanda.

Rugby Union: Premiership

Harlequins v Bath Rugby 7pm (k/o 7.45pm) TNT Sports 1

Action from Twickenham Stoop.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

Dale (Sam Reid) is at breaking point

10.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming Another week, another deaththemed sketch, this time based around final words If you’ve ever wondered how all those wits and titans of history managed to make sure their very last utterances were so pithy, David Mitchell’s hammy thesp has an answer having worked out his theatrical sign-off, he refuses to answer any more questions from his increasingly annoyed daughters. Elsewhere, new sketches include a doomed fire drill and a recurring skit about EM Forster soliciting feedback for the manuscript of Howards End Not every number is a complete success, but when it works it feels like vintage Mitchell a d bb HF

and Webb rival

FILM REVIEWS page 107

FRIDAY Main Channels

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Sarah Campbell, Charlie Stayt. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Gaby Roslin and Rhys Stephenson present the weekday magazine show. (S) (HD)

10.45 SAS: Catching the Criminals Ex-SAS leader Billy Billingham tags along with the National Crime Agency to observe raids on homes of suspected people smugglers. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Dover, Nottinghamshire and Georgetown in Wales. (R) (S) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Two sets of friends compete at an antiques centre in Newark, Nottinghamshire. (S) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Sister Boniface Mysteries 6/10 Series 2 4Despite being incapacitated with a leg injury, Sister Boniface is called in to assist when a murder occurs on the set of a bawdy film. A box set is on iPlayer. See page 100. First shown on U&Drama (S) (AD) (HD)

2.45 Escape to the Country A pair of budding entrepreneurs seek a move to the Cotswolds with a generous £900,000 budget. (Revised repeat) (S) (HD)

3.45 The Travelling Auctioneers A rare illness leads a couple to re-evaluate life. Izzie Balmer uncovers a treasure trove of family silver. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 The Answer Run Jason Manford hosts the quiz show where couples face 50/50 questions. (R) (S) (HD)

6.15am Homes under the Hammer Properties in Wales, the West Midlands and Kent are appraised. Shown yesterday 11.15am BBC One (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 The Travelling Auctioneers A Victorian tea caddy heads to auction. Shown Monday 3.45pm BBC One (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone 8.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 19/20 Series 8. In Bayeux, Michael Portillo admires the famous tapestry. (R) (S) (HD) 8.30 20/20. Michael explores the apple orchards of the Calvados region. (R) (S) (HD) 9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.30pm Political Thinking with Nick Robinson The journalist examines the latest in British politics. A podcast version is available on BBC Sounds from today (S) (HD)

1.00 Impossible Quiz with Rick Edwards. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Bridge of Lies Quiz hosted by Ross Kemp. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 Unbeatable Quiz with Jason Manford. (R) (S) (HD)

3.15 Great British Menu Chefs from the north west of England serve up mains and desserts. (R) (S) (HD)

4.15—5.15 Earth Chris Packham examines the impact that humans have had on the planet. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Showbiz gossip and guests. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Lifestyle features, fashion and celebrity interviews. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD) 12.30pm ITV News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD) 1.00—4.00 LIVE Racing Ed Chamberlin presents coverage of day two of the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket, including the Princess Royal Stakes at 1.50, the Rockfel Stakes at 2.25, the Joel Stakes at 3.00, and the Godolphin Stakes at 3.35. With expert analysis from Megan Nicholls and Jason Weaver, reports by Matt Chapman, and commentary from Richard Hoiles. (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S) (HD)

5.50am Countdown With Ainsley Harriott. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Undercover Boss USA Tim Betts, the CEO of restaurant brand Muscle Maker Grill, goes under cover with his staff. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 A New Life in the Sun In France, a couple host their final event of the season, while in Spain two shop owners launch a fashion academy. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Car SOS Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend restore a classic Japanese sports coupe. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown Ainsley Harriott guests. (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 A Place in the Sun Jasmine Harman is looking for a three-bedroom property with a communal pool in and around the southern Costa Blanca in Spain with Brian and Rita. (R) (S) (HD)

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm Smashing it: Dwayne Johnson talks about his new film

5.15pm Pointless

Quiz show in which four pairs of contestants have to score the fewest points possible by giving the least obvious correct answers to questions. Presented by Alexander Armstrong and Angela Rippon. (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

Presented by Clara Amfo and Alex Jones. (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 7.20—9.30 German Football Live coverage of the Bundesliga game between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen (kick-off 7.30), at bbc.co.uk/sport

7.30 The Travelling Auctioneers

A woman decides to sell her late mother’s collection of antiques in order to help fund renovations to the home she now shares with her stepfather. Auctioneer Izzie Balmer uncovers everything from art nouveau vases to gilded silver tea sets. The star find is a canvas by a celebrated Canadian artist. Meanwhile, restorer Robin Johnson explores an outbuilding, where he rescues a ship’s compass that needs polishing and a church pew buried under cobwebs and bird droppings. Directors Matt Knight, Rob Lewis and Tony McKee Producers Leona Buchanan and Rachel Turner (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

8.00 MasterChef Final

4

The competition reaches a nail-biting end. The finalists have just three hours in which to prove they are the best amateur cook in the country, as they draw on their culinary know-how in a highpressure bid to come out on top. With the tension reaching boiling point, who will have the skills to take home the trophy? See page 100. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Stranded on Honeymoon Island: the Final Flare 12/12. Back in civilisation, Davina McCall pays the honeymooners a surprise visit to reveal they will all face one final flare-out. Will they choose to commit to each other in the real world, or will they leave their relationships behind on Honeymoon Island? (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 The Graham Norton Show

4New series. The host returns for more sparkling conversation with celebrities. Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt talk about their new biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine, while Matthew McConaughey discusses his survival thriller The Lost Bus. Aimee Lou Wood, breakout British star of Sex Education and The White Lotus, shares the sofa to chat about her incoming BBC series Film Club, and music comes from charttopping singer/songwriter Raye. See page 101. Director Toby Baker; Series producer Jon Magnusson (S) (HD)

11.30 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

41/10 Series 7. The nervous energy is palpable as 12 brand new queens enter the werk room to meet their fellow competitors and judge supremo RuPaul for the first time. In this race, nothing is predictable, and in their first challenge, Ru has a special challenge in store. In a Drag Race UK first, the queens display their looks as they attend the biggest night in fashion — the star-studded Brit Gala. Comedian and presenter Joel Dommett guests on the judging panel, alongside Michelle Visage and Alan Carr. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. See page 91. Executive producers Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato and Tom Campbell

Gardeners’ World

8.00pm Colouring in: Monty Don demonstrates his plans for his garden next year

5.15pm Flog It!

From the Blickling estate in Norfolk. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Former winners Yasmine Akram, Stephen Mangan, Ingrid Oliver and Tom Rosenthal compete. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys

20/20 Series 3. Michael Portillo samples the world’s smallest public railway, the Wells and Walsingham line. Director Harriet Leaf; Exec producer John Comerford (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Villages by the Sea

Ben Robinson visits Cushendall in Antrim, one of the finest examples of a planned Georgian village. Producer George Boyle; Executive producers Pam Cavannagh and Dympna Jackson (R) (S) (HD)

7.30 Beechgrove Garden

The team offers tips on preparing gardens for autumn and winter, including seasonal tasks and advice on what to do with fallen leaves. George Anderson plants hyacinths, while Carole Baxter announces the winner of this year’s vegetable plot competition. Series producer Graham Mitchell; Executive producer Harry Bell Shown yesterday 8pm BBC Scotland (S) (HD)

8.00 Gardeners’ World

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Monty Don shares his plans for creating interest and colour in his garden next year, including adding a rose to the new Dog House and sowing sweet pea seeds. Rachel de Thame learns about a quiet revolution in the world of floristry at an Oxfordshire flower farm, while Adam Frost admires a spectacular garden in North Yorkshire. See p100. Exec producer Rosemary Edwards; Series editor Sharon Fisher (S) (HD) RT GARDENING A collection of 150 spring-flowering bulbs, plus offers on miniature daffodils, mixed hyacinths, tulips and alliums: page 147 Your RT Gardening: page 134

9.00 The Newsreader

46/6 Series 3. The Fall. Dale is falling apart, leaning heavily on alcohol to get through his day, while Helen’s relationship with Bill deteriorates. See p101. Dale Jennings Sam Reid

Bill McFarlane Daniel Henshall

Declan Mathers Lewis Mitchell

Kieran Mathers Callum Rory Mitchell

Lee Zheng Yuchen Wang

Tessa Ramona Angelico

Daniela Aranz Peta Brady

Richard Bertrand Andrew McFarlane

More cast yesterday (S) (AD) (HD)

Frank Damian Callinan

Nick Tom Wilson

Bev Gibson Catherine Glavicic Soon-Hee Kim Meewon Yang Vincent Callahan Dan Spielman

Paul Stricker Nick Simpson-Deeks Val Jennings Maude Davey Walshy Nick Farnell

10.00 Penguin Post Office Natural World follows gentoo penguins in the Antarctic. (R) (S) (HD)

10.05 Cracking the Case: The Predator behind the Camera

Calum Leslie, Dr Sohom Das and Rebecca Mason hear from victims and examine spy camera footage as they explore the drug-assisted crimes of rapist Zhenhao Zou. The whole series on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Paddy O’Connell. (S) (HD) Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic Dr Chris van Tulleken is on the trail of the pathogen that could trigger the next pandemic. See choice, p60. Shown Monday 9pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Golf: Ryder Cup Action from the first day of the 45th Ryder Cup between Europe and the United States, held at Bethpage Black in New York. (S) (HD) Sport: page 30 1.30—4.00am Sign Zone 1.30 Gaza: Dying for Food — Panorama BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen reports on the shortages of food in Gaza. Shown Monday 8pm BBC One (S) (HD) 2.00 Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test 2/4 In Manchester, Flintoff discovers one of the most dilapidated clubs he has ever seen. Shown last Sunday BBC One (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Murder Case: Who Killed Kiesha? Detectives try to find the killer of mother-of-two Lucretia Donaghy. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Mission: Impossible 2

10.45pm Secret agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) tries to stop a killer virus

4.00pm Tipping Point

Ben Shephard presents as contestants play on a giant arcade-style machine. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Stephen, Charlie, Janette and David take on a fearless Chaser and try to leave with thousands of pounds. Presented by Bradley Walsh. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)

7.30 Emmerdale

Gabby makes a confession to Laurel after she senses something is wrong. April is given food for thought, and Jai starts to apply pressure.

Writer Sarah Bagshaw Cast Tuesday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Coronation Street

4Bernie fights Asha’s corner at a careers convention, but then Naomi threatens legal action. Debbie pays Carl a visit in his hotel room, and is shocked to find Abi there. See page 100.

Hazlegrove

Writers Jonathan Harvey and Julie Jones This week’s episodes produced by Kate Brooks, directed by Chantelle Kayll and Dominic Stephenson More cast Wednesday (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Celebrity Special Charity edition of the quiz presented by Jeremy Clarkson. Dame Laura Kenny and Krishnan Guru-Murthy attempt to answer questions to win cash for their chosen good causes, with the usual lifelines available if they need some help.

Director Richard Valentine; Executive producers Kerri Reid, Matthew Worthy and Kieran Doherty (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 Mission: Impossible 2 HHHH

qAction spy thriller sequel starring Tom Cruise. Impossible Mission Force agent

Ethan Hunt is on the trail of his rogue former colleague Sean Ambrose, following the theft of a synthetic virus capable of wiping out the world’s population. In an effort to get closer to Ambrose, Ethan is accompanied on the mission by the renegade agent’s former lover. Review p107.

Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise

Sean Ambrose Dougray Scott

Nyah Hall Thandie Newton

Luther Stickel Ving Rhames

Hugh Stamp Richard Roxburgh

Billy Baird John Polson Dr Nekhorvich Rade Serbedzija Mission Commander Swanbeck Anthony Hopkins

Director John Woo (2000, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 One Night 6/6. Hat unearths a secret that could finally give Simone and Tess the truth after 20 years of lies. See choice, p41. Shown Sat 10.30pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Judi Love’s Culinary Cruise 1/5 Judi embarks on an adventure aboard a luxury yacht, beginning her trip in Montenegro. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice

8.00pm Tom Allen and Jo Brand try some home bakes

4.00pm Help! We Bought a Village

Kevin and Anna’s ancient French estate finds itself in the eye of a storm. (S) (HD)

5.00 Four in a Bed

Payment day sees several hot topics debated before the B&Bers find out who has won. (S) (HD)

5.30 Come Dine with Me

Laura hosts the final night in north Wales with a “day at the races” theme. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

In Almería, husband and wife Steve and Sharon Garner help Adam and Simon. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

8.00 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice

4/10. Joel Dommett and Prue Leith help Jo Brand and Tom Allen recall events in Back to School Week. The hosts also catch up with the fourth baker to leave the tent, scrutinise the audience cakes and look at viewers’ home baking pictures.

Series director Martin Lord; Series producer Monica Long (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Gogglebox

Ep 4. The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, with cameras capturing their instant reactions.

Executive producers Leon Campbell, Victoria Ray and Mike Cotton Repeated 11.05pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping

44/6. Comedy sketches written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. An actor searches for the perfect last words, a teacher slightly misunderstands the job and the late, great novelist EM Forster makes a surprise appearance in the wrong century. See page 101.

Director David Sant; Producer Gareth Edwards Repeated 2.10am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.35 American Reunion HH

qComedy that reunites the gang from the American Pie movies. Jim, Oz and Stifler assemble for their high school reunion, but while they might now be 30-somethings, trouble and rampant hormones are still not far away. Available to stream for 30 days. Review p107.

Jim Jason Biggs

MILF guy John Cho

Michelle Alyson Hannigan

Stifler Seann William Scott

Vicky Tara Reid

Heather Mena Suvari

Nadia

Shannon Elizabeth

Oz Chris Klein

Stifler’s mom Jennifer Coolidge

Kevin Thomas Ian Nicholas

Jessica Natasha Lyonne

Selena Dania Ramirez

Directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg (2012, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.40am Seven Psychopaths HHH Black comedy qdrama. Struggling screenwriter Marty finds inspiration for his next script in the dog-napping operation run by his nefarious best friend. But the target of the next sting is going to put everyone’s lives in danger. Available to stream for 30 days.

Marty Colin Farrell

Charlie Woody Harrelson

Billy Sam Rockwell

Hans Christopher Walken

Kaya

Abbie Cornish

Angela Olga Kurylenko

Director Martin McDonagh (2012, 15) (S) (HD)

2.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA A troubled

Italian restaurant in Pennsylvania. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

3.20 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Prague Joe Lycett heads to the city with Adam Buxton. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.50 Location, Location, Location Revisiting two pairs of house-hunters in Norfolk. (R) (S) (HD)

4.45 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds Exploring how to achieve the optimum balance between indoor and outdoor space. (Revised repeat) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.15—6.00am The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes: Season by Season Peter and Robert Bland bring their flock of sheep down off the fell for shearing. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

St Vincent at the Proms

9.00pm The US singer performs at London’s Royal Albert Hall

7.00pm Top of the Pops 1998

Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart show from 25 June, featuring Fat Les, Imajin, Lighthouse Family, B*witched, Lionel Richie, and Baddiel and Skinner with the Lightning Seeds. Repeated 1.30am (R) (S) (HD)

7.30 Kate Thornton hosts an edition first broadcast on 3 July, including performances by Eagle-Eye Cherry, Hanson, Space, 911 and Ultra.

Producer Chris Cowey Rptd 2.05am (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Top of the Pops 1979

An episode from 20 September, featuring performances by the Starjets, Kate Bush, Madness, Tourists, the Police, Sad Café, Rainbow and Gary Numan. Presented by Mike Read.

Producer David G Hillier Rptd 2.35am (R) (S) (HD)

8.30 Top of the Pops 1989

Nicky Campbell hosts an edition from 21 September, with performances by London Boys, Aerosmith, S’Express, Richard Marx, the Wonder Stuff, WASP, Black Box and Janet Jackson.

Director/Producer Paul Ciani Rptd 3.05am (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 St Vincent at the Proms

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Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer St Vincent, also known as Annie Clark, joins a full orchestra for this one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall, with arrangements of some of her most-loved songs. Conductor and arranger Jules Buckley brings the full might of his 60-strong orchestra to revel in arrangements of songs from seven St Vincent albums. Presented by Clara Amfo. First broadcast on 3 September on Radio 3. See page 101.

Director Marcus Viner

Producer Rhonagh O’Donnell (S) (HD)

10.40 Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC

Archive performances from both Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry in the first of three programmes featuring the singer, who celebrates his 80th birthday today. As an innovative band they helped create the look and sound of the 1970s, and Ferry’s solo career saw him hit new heights as the embodiment of sophisticated cool. Among the hits are classics like More than This, Dance Away, Do the Strand, Avalon and Slave to Love. From 2022.

Producer Shelley Talton

Series producer Simon Goretzki (R) (S) (HD)

11.40 Bryan Ferry: BBC One Sessions

The Roxy Music singer/songwriter in concert at LSO St Luke’s, London, featuring tracks from his back catalogue and his album Dylanesque. From 2007.

Director Janet Fraser Crook

Producer Alison Howe (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: a Musical History Well-known fans celebrate the group. First shown in 2018. (R) (S) (HD)

1.30 Top of the Pops 1998

Shown 7pm/7.30pm (S) (HD)

2.35 Top of the Pops 1979 Shown 8pm (S) (HD)

3.05—3.35am Top of the Pops 1989

Shown 8.30pm (S) (HD)

FRIDAY Freeview

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out

8.00pm A Wensleydale grand day out

5.40am Milkshake! See page 106

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley and Guests (S) (HD)

12.30pm Vanessa Discussion. (S) (HD)

1.40 5 News (S) (HD)

1.45 Home and Away Cash and Eden are both worried about Remi. Shown yesterday 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

2.20 My Killer Colleague HH Thriller. qWhen Stella starts a new job, she discovers not everyone is pleased to have her on board. Then she is framed for a jealous colleague’s murder...

Director VT Nayani (2023) (S) (HD)

4.00 All Creatures Great and Small James starts to behave out of character while examining Tricki. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun DJ Jessie organises the Benidorm Pride opening party and hopes to kick-start events with a mixture of upbeat acts and pumping tracks. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Puppy School for Guide Dogs

It’s a big day for Paralympic skiing hopeful Hester, as assessors consider if she is ready to be paired with Pickle on a permanent basis. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out

4Ep 2 Series 9. In Yorkshire, Susan taste-tests varieties of one of the nation’s most famous cheeses — Wallace and Gromit’s beloved Wensleydale. She also explores dragon boat racing on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, escapes a mock beheading in Kirkby Malzeard, and visits England’s highest single-drop waterfall. See page 100.

Director Katie Greaves (S) (HD)

9.00 Ellis

2/3. DCI Ellis and assistant DS Harper arrive in Callorwell to investigate the disappearance of detective Jenny Rawler. The missing person’s colleagues believe she left of her own free will, but Ellis and Jenny’s husband feel something is amiss.

DCI Ellis Sharon D Clarke

DS Chet Harper Andrew Gower

ACC Alison Leighton Allison Harding

DI Jamie Morrison Sam Marks

DC Leah Thompson Aoibhéann McCann

Sgt Frank Landry William Travis

Naomi McKeith Stephanie Levi-John

CSI Christine Bennet Kirsten Foster

Adam Reid Jonathan Harden

Mark Reid Michael McCloskey-Ooi

DCI Hain Tim Dutton

Tim Jones Paul Mallon

Carla Duffy Orla Charlton

Curtis Keogh Fionn Ó Loingsigh

Jenny Rawler Jenny Kavanagh

Writers Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and Jessica Ruston

Producer Chris Martin

Director Ryan Tohill (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored

A selection of highlights from the presenter’s YouTube show. (S) (HD)

12.35am Car Pound Cops (R) (S) (HD)

5.30—5.40am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

Thailand: the Dark Side of Paradise 10.00pm Zara McDermott investigates

7.00pm Horrible Histories: Mardy

Mary Queen of Scots Special

How the 16th-century royal became Elizabeth I’s public enemy number one. First broadcast in 2015. (S) (AD) (HD)

Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

7.30 LIVE Rugby League: Super League

Coverage of the opening Eliminator (kick-off 8.00), as the play-offs get under way. The winner of this match will earn a place in the semi-finals, while the loser’s campaign will come to an end. (S) (HD)

10.00 Thailand: the Dark Side of Paradise

1/3. Zara McDermott discovers the dark side of Thailand’s backpacker culture. In the first episode, she lands in trouble with the Thai police when she uncovers the scale of Thailand’s illegal sex industry. (S) (HD) 10.45 2/3. Zara meets men chasing cheap thrills in Asia’s sex capital, Pattaya, and also talks to a local sex worker who reveals the harsh reality of the illegal sex industry. She then heads to Ko Phangan, an exotic island famed for its beauty. (S) (HD) 11.30 3/3. Zara McDermott experiences Koh Phangan’s world-famous Full Moon Party, but finds that danger lurks beneath the cheap cocktails, music and fire shows. In Phuket, she meets a tourist in trouble. The whole series is on iPlayer. (S) (HD) 12.15am Juice (S) (HD) 1.05 Bump (S) (HD)

2.00 Thailand: the Dark Side of Paradise (S) (HD) 2.45 My Mate’s a Bad Date (S) (HD) 3.10—4.00am Juice (S) (SL) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 7.45 Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 8.40 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 9.35 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 10.20

The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 11.10

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

12.05pm Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 2.05

The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.05 The Real Housewives of Cheshire (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 5.00

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (S) (HD)

6.00pm Celebrity Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern hosts, with Lady Leshurr, Gabby Logan and Adam Thomas. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Deal or No Deal Stephen Mulhern hosts as a contestant takes on the Banker. (S) (HD)

8.00 The 1% Club Lee Mack hosts the game show where 100 contestants set out to answer several logic problems. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 FILM I, Robot HHHH Sci-fi action thriller starring Will Smith. Chicago, 2035: in a society that has become almost entirely dependent on robots, Detective Del Spooner is called upon to investigate the death of eminent scientist Dr Alfred Lanning. All the evidence points to Lanning’s superadvanced robot prototype being responsible, but everybody knows that robots are programmed never to harm a human... (S) (AD) (HD)

11.20 Family Guy Series 12. Peter becomes an intelligent, classy person. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 Brian’s son turns up. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am American Dad!: double bill (S) (AD) (HD)

1.15 Bob’s Burgers: Bob and Louise host a screening of a Hawk & Chick movie (S) (AD) (HD)

1.40 Plebs (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 2.35 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Unwind (S) (HD)

Unforgotten 11.55pm Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and the team make progress

6.00am The Royal: 9/12 Series 4. Sister Brigid faces a struggle (S) (AD) 7.10 Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 8.20 Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 9.20 Doc Martin: 8/8 Series 5 Ever After. Mrs Tishell’s crush on Martin takes a dramatic turn (S) (AD) (HD) 10.25 The Royal: 10/12 Series 4. Nurse Taylor’s happiness is shattered (S) (AD) 11.30 Heartbeat: 15/24

A face from the past returns to haunt Blaketon (S) (AD); 12.30pm 16/24. Mike and Jackie disagree over an assault case (S) (AD) 1.30pm Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Lexi tries to prove that Debbie is a thief, then Carl dashes Grace’s hopes of some time alone (S) (AD) 2.30 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Kirk asks Chesney to spy on Fiz, then Carla refuses to take Paul back (S) (AD) 3.35pm Downton Abbey 5/7 Series 1. Isobel and Violet clash as the village flower show approaches, while Mary meets a potential suitor. (S) (AD) (HD)

4.40 Doc Martin

1/8 Series 6. Sickness and Health Portwenn is buzzing with anticipation as the Doc and Louisa’s big day arrives. (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50 Heartbeat

17/24 Series 9. Greengrass has limited success running a B&B. (S) (AD)

6.55 18/24. Jackie fights for a trespasser shot on Lord Ashfordly’s land. (S) (AD)

8.00 Vera

1/2 Series 14. Inside. When an ex-prisoner’s body is found, DCI Stanhope wonders whether all is as it appears. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 2/2. The Dark Wives. The death of a student and a girl’s disappearance see Vera begin an investigation that triggers memories from her childhood. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 Unforgotten

5/6 Series 6. Lies are uncovered as Mel and Asif are taken into custody. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.55am 6/6. Jess and Sunny finally manage to unearth the truth. (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 2.30 Home Shopping

4.00 Unwind (S) (HD) 4.30 Home Shopping 5.00—6.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am Robin of Sherwood (S) 7.00 The Saint (S) (SL) 8.00 Kojak (S) (SL) (HD) 10.10 Magnum, PI (S) (HD) 11.10 British Touring Cars (S) (HD) 12.45pm LIVE Snooker: Jill Douglas presents coverage of the afternoon session on day five of the British Open featuring the opening two quarter-finals (S) (HD) 4.30 Magnum, PI (S) (HD) 5.35 The Saint (S) 6.35pm World of Sport A look back at the glory days of British wrestling, with some classic action from the archives. (S) (HD) 6.45 LIVE Snooker Jill Douglas presents coverage of the afternoon session on day five of the British Open, featuring the concluding two quarter-finals, played over the best of nine frames. Mark Allen prevailed 5—3 against Judd Trump and Oliver Lines edged past Jak Jones 5—4 at this stage last year. (S) (HD) 10.00 New. All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite Hard-hitting action from the world of All Elite Wrestling — the roster features talent including Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho. (S) (HD) 12 midnight Dark Side of the Ring: a look at how Chris Kanyon kept his sexuality a secret (S) (HD) 12.55am BattleBots (S) (HD) 1.55 The Protectors (S) (SL) (HD) 2.25 Unwind (S) (HD) 3.00 Home Shopping 5.00—5.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

Sister Boniface Mysteries 9.00pm Back in the crimefighting habit

7.30am Soldier Soldier: 12/13 Series 3. The officers suspect they are going on active duty (S) 8.30 Doctors: double bill. Rico returns home, then Nick helps a councillor with a drink problem (S) 9.50 Classic Holby City: Ric faces conflict (S) 10.50 Classic Casualty: a familiar face returns (S) 11.55 The Bill: Max and Terry clash over an investigation (S) (HD) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Dot discovers the truth, thenJanine shows Jay who is in control (S) 2.20 Soldier, Soldier: 13/13 Series 3. The regiment is sent to Bosnia (S) 3.20 Monarch of the Glen: 1/8 Series 2. Archie gambles everything (S) 4.20 London’s Burning: 1/10 Series 4. An aircraft crashes in central London (S) 5.20 ’Allo ’Allo!: 6/8 Series 8. Von Klinkerhoffen orders René and Edith to dress up Repeated 1.40am (S)

6.00pm Waiting for God

2/8 Series 5. The Bayview Conservation Society. Tom and Diana become conservationists. Repeated 2.15am (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 28. The Second Stag Night of Doggy Wilkinson. Doggy’s stag is a letdown. (S) 7.20 What Happened to the Horse? Rumours of ghosts begin to circulate. (S)

8.00 Father Brown 10/10 Series 10. The Serpent Within Sullivan is arrested. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New series. Sister Boniface Mysteries

4 1/8 Series 4. Biff! Pow! Zap! Sister Boniface investigates a sabotaged stunt. See page 100. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 New Tricks 3/7 Series 1. Painting on Loan. An important painting is found to be a fake. (S) (AD)

11.20 Spooks

4/8 Series 8. Lucas’s Russian torturer visits London with information. (S) 12.40am Lovejoy: 8/11 Series 2. A girl exposes a blackmail case (S) 1.40 ’Allo ’Allo! Shown 5.20pm (S) 2.15 Waiting for God Shown 6pm (S) 3.00—4.00am A Remarkable Place to Die: 4/8. An autopsy reveals secrets (S) (SL) (HD)

9.00am Lingo: Mary and Ashleigh, Pete and Charlotte, and Vicky and Louise compete (S) (SL) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 1.00pm

6.00pm Lingo Cheri and daughter Rachel, couple Mark and Dave, and duo Mark and Alissa take part in Adil Ray’s quiz. (S) (HD) 7.00 Sisters Brodie and Terrilea, couple Ian and Jacqui, and mother and daughter Alex and Nicola take part in Adil Ray’s quiz. (S) (HD) 8.00 Deal or No Deal Red box game show presented by Stephen Mulhern. (S) (HD) 9.00 Deal or No Deal: Celebrity Special Stephen Mulhern hosts as 2023 King of the Jungle Sam Thompson tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard hosts a triple bill of the arcade-themed quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of chutes in the hope of winning £10,000. (S) (HD) 12.50am

Inspector Gerri 9.00pm A prosecutor tests the Italian detective’s patience

8.55am A New Life in the Sun: double bill 11.00 Château DIY: double bill (AD)

1.05pm Four in a Bed 3.50 Car SOS (AD)

5.50pm Location, Location, Location Kirstie and Phil revisit 2014 buyers Liz and Carl, who renovated a Victorian home in Tring, and Lynne, who in 2016 found a Bangor home with a conservatory for her and guide dog Lucy. 6.55 In Devon, Natalie and Glen feel they’ve been priced out of their popular local market and single mum Amy is looking for a seaside idyll for herself and her two children.

7.55 Grand Designs During Toby’s recovery from leukaemia, ideas for a home took shape. His plan is to create a house from a series of interlinked barn-like structures, wrapped in a horseshoe around an oak tree in Suffolk. (AD)

9.00 New. Inspector Gerri 8/8. Prosecutor Anteri takes a shine to Lea, which annoys Gerri, even though he’s busy with the case and investigating his own past. Ketty’s lover is lying and has to be confronted with evidence. But is he the culprit? Italian +subtitles. 10.15 24 Hours in A&E In this edition, the focus is on how men handle pain. Ahmed grits his teeth while Doctor Matt puts back in place the shoulder he has dislocated. 11.15 Sarah, who’s 35, arrives with a four-day headache she fears could mean the return of a brain tumour she first had as a teenager. (AD) 12.20am 999: on the Front Line 1.20 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.30—3.55am Food Unwrapped: Kate Quilton explores the rising trend for camel milk (AD)

6.00am Modern Family (AD) 6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (SL) 9.00 The Simpsons (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family (AD) 12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 The Simpsons (AD) 4.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD)

6.00pm The Simpsons Series 14. Lisa is thrilled to be moved up a grade — until she discovers that Bart is in the same class. (AD) 6.30 Marge has plastic surgery in an effort to lose weight, but a mix-up results in her being given breast implants instead. (AD) 7.00 Married at First Sight UK A surprise transforms one groom’s wedding day, but will another groom’s musical outburst be a turn-off for his bride? See choice, p51. (AD) 8.45 A bride makes a showstopping entrance and another has a wedding day wobble. The first set of newlyweds go on their honeymoons. (AD) 10.35 A frosty first impression might leave one bride out in the cold, but one couple’s romance goes from strength to strength. (AD) 11.45 Two more pairs of singles take the plunge. There’s a spark for one couple, but another bride’s arrival sends her new in-laws reeling. (AD) 1.20am Gogglebox (SL) (AD) 2.20 Below Deck (AD) 3.10

Madness: Live at House of Common 10.00pm Suggs leads the gang

6.00am Classic FM Live: Greatest Hits of Opera 8.10 The Joy of Painting: double bill 9.10 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11.00 The Directors 12 noon Discovering: Ben Kingsley: a profile of the actor (AD) 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00 Van Gogh by Vincent 3.00 Anyone Can Sing (AD) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering: Helen Mirren (AD)

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A tenant feels uneasy about his new landlady. (AD)

6.30 A woman is cut down to size when it’s discovered she is having an affair. (AD)

7.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents A man is persuaded to challenge his wife’s lover to a duel.

7.30 A woman is involved in an accident and her jealous husband is confronted about his possible involvement with the incident.

8.00 Guy Garvey: from the Vaults An electronica special, featuring Gary Numan, Kraftwerk and and Pet Shop Boys.

9.00 New. Opry Live Including performances by Carrie Underwood, Hardy, Breland and Ben Fuller at the Grand Ole Opry.

10.00 Madness: Live at House of Common

The veteran band headline the festival held on London’s Clapham Common, with a set featuring Our House and It Must Be Love

11.30 Suggs: My Life Story Looking back at the life of Madness frontman. (AD)

1.30am Queen: Is This the Real Life? 2.40 Women Who Rock (AD) 3.55 Corinne Bailey Rae at Hiro Ballroom 5.05—6.00am The Art of the Garden

9.00am Car SOS (AD) 10.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 11.00 Help! We Bought a Village 12 noon George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces (AD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Come Dine with Me (AD) 5.30 Four in a Bed

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Jasmine Harman is house-hunting in and around the southern Costa Blanca. Shown 3pm Channel 4

7.00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer head to Lanarkshire, where Frank and Wilma are at an impasse over their family home. (AD)

8.00 Educating Yorkshire Ep 4 Series 2

Year seven’s Ismaeel has his sights set on starting a chess club. See choice, p50. (AD)

9.00 24 Hours in A&E At Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, Dr Ian treats 15-year-old James, who has been struck in the eye with an arrow during a holiday archery class. (AD) 10.00 999: on the Front Line Ep 5 Series 12 Paramedics are called to a rare stomach condition that has left a patient in agony. 11.05 Gogglebox The households’ opinions on the week’s TV. Shown 9pm Channel 4 (AD)

12.05am Opinions on last week’s TV. (AD)

1.05 Taskmaster (AD) 2.10 Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping (AD) 2.40 Love Cheats 3.45— 4.45am Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It (AD)

6.10am Great British Railway Journeys 8.00 Bangers and Cash (AD) 10.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Manhunt 11.00 Warbird Workshop 12 noon Antiques Roadshow 2.00pm Bangers and Cash 4.00 Rise of the Nazis: the Manhunt 5.00 Warbird Workshop 6.00pm Antiques Roadshow A painting by DH Lawrence is viewed at Bolsover Castle. 7.00 Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve Simon recalls some of the most dangerous experiences of his travels.

8.00 One Foot in the Grave Victor quarrels with the electricity board.

8.40 The Meldrews return from an overseas holiday to find their home has been demolished. 9.20 Victor and Margaret agree to pet-sit a tortoise for a friend, and an anniversary outing to the theatre ends in disaster.

10.00 Bangers and Cash Derek dives into the lost Jowett marque, as a Bradford-built 1952 Javelin finds an unexpected home. 11.00 Derek picks up a 1925 Calthorpe motorbike that he thinks is more of a work of art than anything by Picasso. (AD) 12 midnight Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.00am

Abandoned Engineering (AD) 2.00—3.00am

Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve

7.10am Pointless 8.00 The Force: behind the Line 10.00 Extreme Salvage Squad 12 noon Storage Hunters UK 2.00pm Outback Pilots 3.00 Top Gear: double bill (AD) 5.00 Rick Stein’s Spain (AD) 6.00pm Hairy Bikers’ Best of British How Britain’s love of cheese has evolved. 7.00 Would I Lie to You? Guests include Tom Allen, Geoff Norcott and Esme Young.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Richardson, Tom Rosenthal and Sindhu Vee compete. 8.20 With Ronni Ancona, Nathan Caton, Colin Murray and Sally Phillips. 9.00 QI XL With Graham Norton, David Mitchell, Dara O Briain and Alan Davies. 10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Steph McGovern hosts an extended edition, with Zoe Lyons and John Pienaar joining team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. 11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats: Jimmy, Sean and Jon’s Best Bits Highlights from 2014. 11.30 Mock the Week With guests Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Milton Jones, Nish Kumar and Romesh Ranganathan. From June 2017. 12.10am Would I Lie to You? 2.15 Survivor South Africa (AD) 3.30—4.00am Judge Romesh

7.00am Motorway Patrol 8.00 Border Security: America’s Front Line 9.00 Nothing to Declare 11.00 Highway Patrol 12 noon Border Security: America’s Front Line 1.00pm Border Patrol (AD) 2.00 Nothing to Declare 4.00 Stargate Atlantis 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00pm Star Trek: Voyager: Neelix hears of Paris’s plans to leave 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation: Q is stripped of his powers 8.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: aliens implant memories in O’Brien’s brain 9.00 Forensics: Catching the Killer: how forensic science helped find the killer of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman (AD) 11.00 Grimm: Nick and Hank hunt for a spider creature 12 midnight World’s Most Evil Killers: a profile of American serial killer Edmund Kemper (AD) 1.00am Nothing to Declare 2.00 Brit Cops: War on Crime 3.00 Highway Patrol 4.00 Border Patrol 5.00—6.00am Highway Cops

8.00am Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (AD)

10.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 11.00 Traffic Cops 2.00pm Police Interceptors (AD) 5.00

9.00am Outback Truckers 9.55 Trucking Hell

10.55 Traffic Cops 11.55 Police Interceptors

1.55pm FILM The Scalphunters HHH Comedy western starring Burt Lancaster

4.00 Trucking Hell (AD) 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors A runaway driver is brought to a stop with a stinger.

7.00 Lee is confronted by a mouthy motorist who does not know when to call it a day.

8.00 Liam investigates a gang of suspected drug dealers from Nottingham.

9.00 FILM Bloodsport HH Martial arts action starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Frank Dux bids to become kickboxing champion of the world by entering the Kumite tournament, where the final bout is a fight to the death. 11.00 MacGyver Angus and the team uncover a massive counterfeiting ring as they investigate the death of Dawn’s supervisor. 11.55 New. La Brea Gavin leads the survivors in trying to find Eve, Josh and Riley. Will he be able to finally reunite his family and still find a way back to the lives they once knew?

12.55am Extreme Tow Truckers 1.55 Trucking Hell 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News 5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132

9.00am Inside the Tower of London 11.00

FRIDAY Freeview & films

6.10am One Born Every Minute 7.00 Tipping Point 10.00 My Dream Home 1.00pm Tipping Point 4.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

6.00pm DIY SOS: the Big Build Transforming a West Yorkshire home for a man with limited movement.

7.00 New. MasterChef Australia

The contestants must create a dish inspired by a country that Qatar Airways flies to.

8.10 Inside the Ambulance Aaron and Chris are called to a man suffering potentially life-threatening injuries.

9.10 999 Rescue Squad

HART staff must treat one of their own after a freak accident.

10.10 A massive explosion demolishes a block of flats.

11.10 Nurses on the Ward Renee helps a woman with anorexia. (AD) 12.10am Midwives Amy and Katie deliver a perfect birth. (AD)

1.10 Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr: in Hebden Bridge (AD) 2.25—3.00am My Family (AD)

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6.00am Sherlock Holmes (BW) 6.30 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (BW)

6.55 Mysterious Tales 7.00 That’s My Dog 7.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW)

8.00 Please Sir! 8.30 Diff’rent Strokes

9.00 Bubblegum & Cheese 10.00 I Dream of Jeannie (BW) 10.30 Soap 11.00 In Loving Memory 11.30 Haggard

12 noon Please Sir! 12.30pm You’re Only Young Twice 1.00 FILM Ginger in the Morning HH 2.45 We Had One of Those 2.55 Mysterious Tales 3.00 Bramwell 4.00 Fantasy Island 5.00 Lucky Feller 5.30 In Loving Memory 6.00 Thick as Thieves 6.30 Soap 7.00 Diff’rent

6.00am James Martin’s Islands to Highlands 7.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 8.00 The Pioneer Woman 9.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 10.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (AD) 11.00 The Great British Bake Off 12.30pm 30 Minute Meals 1.00 James Martin’s Islands to Highlands 2.00 James Martin: Delicious 3.00 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 4.00 New. The Pioneer Woman 5.00 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 6.00 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure: the jazz heritage of New Orleans (AD) 7.00 The Great British Bake Off: Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present a patisserie challenge for the semi-final 8.30 30 Minute Meals: a tomato soup recipe 9.00 Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking: double bill. The food writer explores role of contrasting temperatures, then quirky twists on classic recipes 10.00 Paul Goes to Hollywood: Paul Hollywood runs in the footsteps of Forrest Gump 11.00 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1.00am Man v Food with Casey Webb 2.00—3.00am Guy’s Grocery Games

8.00am The Normans 9.30

Secrets of the Royal Palaces 10.35 New. Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s 11.50 as 9.50pm 1.00pm America the Bountiful 1.35 The Normans 2.55 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 3.55 Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s 5.10 as 9.50pm

6.20pm The Normans Stephen Baxter examines the purpose of the Domesday Book.

7.35 Secrets of the Royal Palaces 4/8. Kate Williams explores the history of Sandringham in Norfolk.

8.35 Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s The challenges posed by Alzheimer’s.

9.50 Ten Mistakes That Sank the Titanic The chain of events that led to the sinking of the ship.

11.00 Secrets of the Royal Palaces As 7.35pm.

12 midnight Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s 1.15—2.00am America the Bountiful: from Massachusetts

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9.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD)

6.00pm Abandoned Engineering: six editions. A marooned ironclad structure off the coast of England (AD) 7.00 Relics from the defence of America’s homeland (AD) 8.00

An Albanian village home to Allied secret agents (AD) 9.00 A maze of tunnels beneath Paris (AD) 10.00 A vast mountainside complex (AD) 11.00 An underground base (AD) 12 midnight Abandoned Engineering (AD) 5.30—6.00am The Bill

7.00am Building Alaska (AD) 8.00 A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home (AD) 2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Derelict Rescue: turning a crumbling pottery kiln into an eco-home 4.00 Escape to the Country: two editions of the show following people searching for their ideal rural retreats (AD) 6.00 A Place in the Sun: double bill of the property show 8.00 Derelict Rescue: Isadora and Ben tackle the restoration of a 500-year-old farmhouse in Devon 9.00 My Lottery Dream Home 11.00 Home Town: Erin and Ben are on a mission to restore houses in their town 12 midnight A Place in the Sun 1.00am Building Alaska (AD) 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Little House on the Prairie 12 noon Highway to Heaven 1.00pm Diagnosis Murder 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 4.00 Danielle Steel’s The Ring 6.00 Rumpole of the Bailey 7.00 Rising Damp 7.30 Man about the House 8.00 A Fine Romance 8.30 Home to Roost: Matthew tries to prove ghosts exist 9.00 FILM Pearl Harbor HH Second World War romantic drama starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale 12.40am Rising Damp 1.10 Man about the House 1.40 M*A*S*H 2.45 Home to Roost 3.10 A Fine Romance 3.35 Man about the House 4.00—4.50am Highway to Heaven

8.00am Upstairs, Downstairs 9.05

7.00am The Chase 9.00 Tenable 11.00 The Chase 12 noon Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 1.00pm The Bidding Room 2.00 Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Bullseye (AD) 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special (AD) 5.00 The Bidding Room 7.00 The Celebrity Chase: with Adrian Chiles, Gemma Merna, Rosie Marcel and Jon Snow 8.00 The Chase 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 12 midnight Bullseye 1.00am The Crystal Maze 2.00 The Chase 5.00—6.00am Bullseye (AD) 6.00am Dickinson’s Real Deal 6.40 Junk and Disorderly 7.35 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop Edition 8.00 Storage

6.35am Scottish Parliament 10.05 Welsh First Minister’s Questions 10.55 Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament 3.35pm Northern Ireland Assembly 6.05 Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Office Questions 6.50 Northern Ireland Assembly 10.05 Scottish Parliament 1.05am Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament 5.35 Scottish Parliament: General Questions 5.55—6.00am Scottish First Minister’s Questions

5.40am Pip and Posy 5.45 The Adventures of Paddington 6.00 Peppa Pig 6.10 Odo 6.15 Tweedy & Fluff 6.25 Treehouse 6.30 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 6.40 Fireman Sam 6.50 Peppa Pig 7.00 Rubble & Crew 7.10 Pip and Posy 7.20 The Adventures of Paddington 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.40 New. Tim Rex in Space

7.55 Paw Patrol: double bill 8.30 Milo: Lofty, Lark and Milo are transported to the jungle 8.45 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8.55 Peppa Pig

9.05—9.15am Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for 5 are on page 104

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6.00am Vegesaurs 6.05 Bing 6.15 Teletubbies 6.30 Supertato 6.35 Roots and Fruits 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 New. Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.00 Octonauts 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Wonderblocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Playtime Towers 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Lu and the Bally Bunch 9.20 Piggy Builders 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Maddie & Triggs 10.45 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 10.55 Kiri & Lou 11.00 Vegesaurs 11.05 Bluey 11.15 Hey Duggee 11.20 Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club 11.30 Roots and Fruits 11.35 Timmy Time 11.45 Time for School 12 noon Big Cook Little Cook 12.20pm Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 12.25 What’s in Your Bag? 12.30 Dog Squad 12.45 Maddie’s Do You Know?

1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Alphablocks 1.20 Wonderblocks 1.25 Colourblocks 1.30 Hey Duggee 1.40 Yukee 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 2.35 Waffle the Wonder Dog 2.50 Topsy and Tim 3.00 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 3.10 The Game Catchers 3.20 Octonauts: above and beyond 3.30 Big Lizard 3.40 Supertato 3.45 Hey Duggee 3.55 Peter Rabbit 4.10 Time for School 4.20 Mojo Swoptops 4.30 Bluey: double bill 4.45 Piripenguins 5.00 Dodge’s Pup School 5.15 Waffle’s After School Club 5.25 New. Puffin Rock: Mama and Papa take Oona and Baba on a family outing 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me

6.10pm Clangers: the creatures are visited by a rare Moon Whale 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm

CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Arthur Darvill reads Norton and Alpha CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

CBBC 201

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 SpongeBob SquarePants 8.20 Odd Squad

8.35 Deadly 60 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 9 to 11 Year Olds 9.20 Wow That’s Amazing 9.35 Our School 10.00 Ricky Wilson’s Art Jam 10.15 One Zoo Three 10.35 The Dengineers 11.05 Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom 11.35 Operation Ouch! 12.05pm Danny & Mick 12.15 Andy and the Band: Rock Star School 12.40 Bro’s in Control 12.55 Octonauts 1.05 Big Lizard 1.15 Danger Mouse 1.40 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 2.05 Super Happy Magic Forest 2.30 High Hoops 3.00 Horrible Histories 3.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 3.40 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 3.50 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.10 SpongeBob SquarePants

ITV Kids on ITV2

11.00am The 300 Spartans HHH Decent historical adventure about the defence of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Richard Egan (1962, PG) (S) 1.15pm Footsteps in the Fog HHH Stewart Granger and his then wife Jean Simmons star together in this suspenseful, atmospheric Victorian thriller. (1955, U) (S) (AD) 3.05 Nothing but the Best HHHH Hilarious and scathing satire about a social climber who is tutored in the ways of the world by an aristocrat. Alan Bates (1963, PG) (S) 5.10 The Blue Lamp HHHH This British crime classic perfectly captures the austere atmosphere of postwar Britain. Jack Warner (1949, PG) (S) 6.55pm Dante’s Peak HHH There’s no stopping the CGI magma in this disaster flick, in which a volcano threatens a small town. Pierce Brosnan (1997, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 The Mechanic HH Jason Statham steps confidently into Charles Bronson’s shoes as an angst-ridden hitman for this so-so thriller remake. Ben Foster (2011, 15) (S) (AD) 10.50 Wild Card HH This undercooked second part of an action-packed double bill sees “the Stath” play a Vegas minder with a mysterious past. (2014, 15) (S) 12.40—3.00am The Long Good Friday HHHH Explosively violent thriller starring Bob Hoskins as an East End gangster whose outfit comes under attack. (1979, 18) (S) (AD) 6.00am Law of the Plainsman TV western. (S) 6.30 Look at Life TV documentary. 6.50 Child in the House HHH Young Mandy Miller must go and stay with her sniffy aunt and rigid uncle in this bittersweet British drama. Phyllis Calvert (1956, U) (S) 8.30 Out of Town TV doc. (S) 9.00 Hindle Wakes HH Romantic melodrama. Lisa Daniely (1952, PG) (S) 10.45 A Question of Suspense HHH The girlfriend of a murder victim gets her revenge in this slow-burning British crime flick. Review, right. (1961) (S) 12 noon Dixon of Dock Green Classic TV police drama. (S) 1.05pm The Kidnappers HHHH Charming drama in which two orphans steal a baby because they aren’t allowed to have a dog. Review, right. Duncan Macrae (1953, U) (S) 2.55 The Lamp in Assassin Mews HHH Likeable if macabre comedy. Francis Matthews (1962, U) (S) 4.15 A Good Read: Sherlock Holmes TV mystery. 5.10 Celia HH Charming crime tale. Hy Hazell (1949) 6.30pm Genevieve HHHH Two couples encounter a series of calamities during a vintage car rally in this hugely enjoyable comedy. Kenneth More, John Gregson (1953, U) (S) 8.25 Strange But True Do animals have a sixth sense? (S) 9.05 Doomwatch TV drama. (S) 10.10 Catacombs HHH Ludicrous but watchable crime tale, in which Gary Merrill’s henpecked husband plots to be rid of his wife — but finds himself being haunted. Review, right.

7.10am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 8.10

Forgotten Abduction HH Uneven baby-swap thriller about a woman who suspects her new friend of kidnapping her daughter. (2020) 10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Castle 12 noon Hailey Dean Mysteries 1.55pm Martha’s Vineyard Mystery: Poisoned in Paradise 4.00 Diagnosis Murder

5.00 Murder, She Wrote

6.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye TV drama starring Deanne Bray. 7.00 Castle TV drama starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic.

8.00 Unforgettable TV drama.

9.00 Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction Murder TV crime mystery starring Taylor Cole.

10.55 Stolen Innocence HH Routine crime tale with Jeepers Creepers star Gina Philips. (2007) 12.55am Evil Nanny HH A couple try to dismiss their clued-up live-in nanny in this intriguing thriller. Lindsay Elston (2016) 2.45 Instakiller HH Solid melodrama in which a mother is alarmed at her daughter’s social media profile. (2018) 4.25 Police Ten 7 5.15—6.00am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

9.10am Wanted: Dead or Alive 9.40

Heaven Knows, Mr Allison HHHH

A nun and a marine are stranded on a Japanese-occupied Pacific island in this sublime drama. Deborah Kerr (1957, PG) 12 noon Tombstone Territory 1.00pm Face of a Fugitive HHH Fred MacMurray is a shade too old for the part of a bank robber in this intriguing minor western. (1959, U) 3.00 Wanted: Dead or Alive 4.00 Tombstone Territory 5.00 The High Chaparral 6.00pm The Persuaders! TV drama staring Tony Curtis.

7.00 The Avengers TV drama.

8.00 The New Avengers TV drama starring Patrick Macnee. 9.00 Black Rain HHH Ridley Scott directs this impressively amped-up thriller. Film of the Day: right. Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia (1989, 15) 11.50 Black Water H Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a deep-cover agent held captive on a submarine in this action thriller. Dolph Lundgren (2018, 15) 2.05am The Avengers 3.05 The New Avengers 3.50 Cops Uncut 5.15—5.40am Wild West Chronicles

8.00am A Date by Christmas Eve

HH An app designer discovers she has magical powers. Vanessa Lengies (2019) 10.00 Northpole 2: Open for Christmas HH A rundown hotel has a secret festive role. (2015, U) 12 noon Christmas in Toyland HH So-so romcom. Vanessa Lengies (2022) 2.00pm Her Magical Christmas HH Romance. (2017) 4.05 Christmas with a Crown HH A dashing young man has a royal secret. (2020)

6.00pm Christmas with a Prince: Becoming Royal HH Marriage beckons for a doctor and a prince in this good-natured sequel. (2019)

8.00 Christmas in the Highlands HH A sales executive is sent to Scotland to buy the rights to a perfume, but finds love instead. (2019)

9.55 Laughing All the Way HH

A comedian is placed in charge of a Christmas variety show. (2023) 12 midnight Love You like Christmas HH Sweet but totally predictable tale. (2016) 1.50am A Christmas Hero HH Familiar fantasy. (2020) 3.25—4.50am As 2pm

7.15am As 4.30pm 9.05 Love

Hurts HH Fitfully fun action comedy. Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose (2025, 15)

10.45 Wish You Were Here HH

Solid and sincere terminal-illness

weepie. (2025) 12.35pm As 8pm 2.35

Amongst the Wolves HHH Sturdy Irish drama. Luke McQuillan, Aidan Gillen (2024, 15)

4.30 Wolf Man HHH Effective update of the monster legend. Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner (2025, 15)

6.15pm One of Them Days HHH

Two roommates have nine hours to find $1500 in this energetic Los Angeles-set comedy. Keke Palmer (2025, 15)

8.00 Novocaine HHH Genial bone-crunching action comedy with Jack Quaid as a man who can’t feel pain. Review p35. (2025, 15)

10.00 The Brutalist 5

An architect discovers a darkness within the postwar American Dream in this epic. Adrien Brody (2024, 18)

1.20am Spin the Bottle HH Dreary, overlong horror. Tanner Stine, Kaylee Bryant (2024, 15) 3.25 Restless HHH Blackly witty revenge fantasy. Lyndsey Marshal, Aston McAuley (2024, 15) 5.00—6.45am As 2.35pm

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The Fall Guy 10.00 Charlie’s Angels 11.00 The Twilight Zone 11.35 All Quiet on the Western Front HHH Worthy remake of the classic First World War drama. Review, right. Richard Thomas (1979, PG) 2.40pm Airport ’77

HHH The third in the popular midair disaster series. (1977, PG) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm Charlie’s Angels TV drama starring Cheryl Ladd.

7.00 The Fall Guy TV drama.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 The Alamo HH This retelling of the battle is strong on character but fails to provide a political or historical context. Dennis Quaid (2004, 12) 11.50 He Who Dares H Gung-ho Brit action thriller that sees an SAS team working to bust a gang.

Tom Benedict Knight, Simon Phillips (2014) 1.25am Bushwick HHH Two Brooklynites fight to survive a militia attack in this white-knuckle, real-time action thriller. Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow (2017, 15) 3.15—5.00am Paydirt HH Luke Goss’s jailbird searches for a small fortune in buried cash. (2020, 15)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 Wyvern HH

Watchable TV-movie monster mayhem. Nick Chinlund (2009, 15) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes HH Uneven mockbuster mystery. (2010, 12) 1.00pm Magma: Volcanic Disaster HH Tired and clichéd disaster movie. Xander Berkeley (2006) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 The Six Million Dollar Man 5.00 The Virginian HH Enjoyable update of the classic western. Trace Adkins (2014, 12) 7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi. 8.00 The Six Million Dollar Man TV sci-fi series starring Lee Majors. 9.00 The Gunman HH Sean Penn strikes action-man poses in this half-cocked thriller.Review, right.(2015, 15) 11.15 Vehicle 19 HHH Paul Walker is at the wheel in a novel man-on-therun thriller shot entirely from inside a rental car. Review,

FILM REVIEWS

Black Rain HHH

9.00-11.50pm Great Action j

THRILLER This tense, glossy and violent film stars Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia as New York cops on assignment in Japan where yakuza gangsters wield razor-sharp swords and where Kate Capshaw hangs out in a nightclub à la Marlene Dietrich. This being a Ridley Scott film, the atmosphere is so hyped up that the picture threatens to burst an artery. Jan De Bont’s photography delights in the neon-lit locations and makes the city of Osaka look like a vision of hell, but beneath it all this is a very conventional cop thriller. ADRIAN TURNER (US 1989, violence, swearing)

A Question of Suspense HHH 10.45am-12 noon

Talking Pictures TV

THRILLER In this slowburning tale, Noelle Middleton realises that old flame Peter Reynolds is behind the death of her accountant partner. She decides to rekindle things with the killer in the hope of catching him out. Director Max Varnel makes effective use of the Wicklow locations, but it’s Reynolds who grabs the attention.

DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1961, BW)

All Quiet on the Western Front HHH

11.35am-2.30pm Legend g

WAR DRAMA This is a decent made-for-TV adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s study of life in the First World War trenches. Ernest Borgnine plays the veteran who puts Richard Thomas and his fellow recruits through their paces. While not as powerful as other versions, it offers an affecting insight into the horrors of war. DP (US TVM 1979, may be edited for content)

The Kidnappers HHHH

1.05-2.55pm

Talking Pictures TV y DRAMA Popular in its day and still charming, this almost documentary-like drama tells the story of two Scottish

Catacombs HHH

10.10-11.55pm

Talking Pictures TV h

DRAMA Though billed as a horror, this low-budget flick is really a straight crime story with some half-baked melodrama. Raymond (Gary Merrill) is the handsome but dull husband of the imperious Ellen (Georgina Cookson), whose attractive young niece (Jane Merrow) has come to stay. The sexual tension simmers and soon, Raymond has a corpse on his hands. The mystery wastes some opportunities for tension, but it wraps up tidily.

CALUM BAKER (UK 1965, violence, BW)

American Reunion HH

10.35pm-12.40am C4 j

orphans in turn-of-the-20thcentury Nova Scotia, who steal a baby when their stern grandfather won’t let them have a dog. This slight tale is perfectly performed by child actors Jon Whiteley and Vincent Winter, both of whom received special Oscars.

TONY SLOMAN (UK 1953, BW)

Battle Los Angeles HHH

9.00-11.25pm 5 Star h

SCI-FI DRAMA War of the Worlds meets The Hurt Locker in this gritty alien-invasion flick, in which Aaron Eckhart leads a misfit platoon against the enemy. The allegorical nods to the Afghanistan conflict do wear a bit thin, but this is still a watchable action epic with the odd visual power punch along the way. ALAN JONES (US 2011, violence, swearing, HD)

The Gunman HH 9.0011.15pm Legend Xtra j

ACTION THRILLER A buff

Sean Penn struggles to make a strong impression in this half-cocked shoot-’em-up. He plays an ex-mercenary working in Africa, burdened with guilt over the killing of a government official. Javier Bardem hams it up as an old cohort, and the film squanders the talents of Idris Elba, Mark Rylance and Ray Winstone.

STELLA PAPAMICHAEL (Sp/UK 2015, violence, swearing, a sex scene)

COMEDY Nine years after the third American Pie movie, Jim, Oz, Stifler and co are together again for a pointless sequel that catches up with the gang in their 30s. Only a buff Seann William Scott tries to bring a little energy — and even a subdued note of genuine pathos — and Jon Hurwitz’s film loses something when he’s not on screen.

ADAM SMITH (US 2012, swearing, sexual references, drug abuse, nudity, HD) Mission: Impossible 2 HHHH

10.45pm-1.00am ITV1 j

ACTION THRILLER Director John Woo’s adrenaline-fuelled style makes this sequel a different beast from the first movie. The plot sees Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) hunting a rogue agent (Dougray Scott), helped by the man’s former girlfriend (Thandiwe Newton), herself a master thief. The first half is a little languid, but from then on Woo cranks up the pace. NEIL SMITH (US 2000, violence, swearing, HD)

Vehicle 19 HHH 11.15pm1.00am Legend Xtra h

THRILLER This movie is notable for being shot entirely within the confines of a car. Paul Walker plays an American who arrives in Johannesburg to patch up things with his ex-wife, only to find the vehicle he hires is involved in a kidnapping orchestrated by corrupt cops. The film is short and taut, with some fearsome car chases. JEREMY ASPINALL (US 2013, violence, swearing)

FRIDAY Satellite, cable

The Paper 9.00pm Hot off the press: Mare and Adam The Pacific 10.10pm Returning home: Sledge struggles

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 7.00

Breakfast with Anna Jones 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 Orangutan

Jungle School 12 noon The Simpsons 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0

3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 23/25 Series 3. Michael is considered for a job in the corporate division.

6.30 24/25. Michael, Jim and Karen vie for a corporate position.

7.00 The Simpsons Lisa fears she is destined to be stupid.

7.30 Bart has to befriend Ralph.

8.00 An Idiot Abroad 5/8 Series 2. Karl travels to Africa.

9.00 New. The Paper 7/10

4 The staff find their attitudes towards authority bubbling up.

9.35 New. 8/10. Ken participates in a cover-up. See page 101. 10 questions with Domhnall Gleeson: page 8

10.10 Peacemaker 6/8 Series 2

Comedy starring John Cena.

10.55 Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle 1/4. Romesh Ranganathan embarks on a personal journey.

12.25am Boardwalk Empire (AD)

2.40 Road Wars 3.10 Magnum PI (AD) 4.05 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 Road Wars 5.30—6.00am Monkey Life

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Star Trek: Enterprise 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Warehouse 13 (AD) 4.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 5.00 Stargate Atlantis

6.00pm Star Trek: Enterprise 18/26 Series 1. Archer is haunted by visions of a woman whose race is being ruthlessly wiped out.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 14/26 Series 2. O’Brien returns from a top-secret mission to find himself shunned by the crew.

8.00 Stargate Atlantis 18/20

Series 4. Dr Keller discovers that a deadly protein designed to destroy Wraiths is also killing humans.

9.00 The Ark 8/12 Series 2 The ship is taken under siege and the crew must outsmart the mutineers to save themselves. (AD)

10.00 Grimm 3/22 Series 1. Nick and Hank investigate the case of a lawyer found dead on a bus.

11.00 The Lake HH Action horror.

q A gigantic monster rises from a lake and terrorises a small town. With the community cut off from the outside world, it’s up to some enterprising locals to hunt and destroy the beast. Thai, English +subtitles.

1.00am Warehouse 13 (AD) 3.00 Westworld (AD) 4.30 Room 104 (AD) 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Urban Secrets 7.00

Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (AD)

8.00 Boardwalk Empire 10.10 Perry Mason (AD) 12.20pm Game of Thrones (AD) 1.30 Das Boot 2.30 Boardwalk Empire 4.40 Homicide: Life on the Street

6.50pm Game of Thrones 4/10

Series 4. Jaime finally visits Tyrion in jail after some persuasion from Bronn. Jon asks for volunteers to go to Craster’s Keep with him. (AD) 7.55 5/10. Cersei and Tywin plot their next move after Tommen’s coronation, and Jon and his men attack the mutineers. (AD)

9.00 Task 3/7. Robbie and Cliff try to find a buyer, Aleah and Lizzie question Peaches’s former co-workers and a raid leads Tom to a shocking revelation.

10.10 The Pacific 10/10. The Marines return home following the Japanese surrender — but while some plan for their futures, a demoralised Sledge struggles to cope with the horrors he saw. (AD)

11.20 The Wire 8/13 Series 1 Herc and Carver arrest a senator’s driver after witnessing him picking up a large amount of cash from known gang members.

12.25am The Sopranos 1.35 Gomorrah 3.40 Game of Thrones (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (AD)

6.00am Bondi Rescue

7.00 Border Security: America’s Front Line 8.00 Border Patrol

9.00 Nothing to Declare UK 9.30 Border Security USA (AD) 10.30 Caught Red Handed 12 noon FBI (AD) 1.00pm FBI: International (AD)

2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD) 3.00 Caught on Dashcam 4.00 Nothing to Declare: six editions (AD)

7.00pm Caught on Dashcam Road dramas captured on video.

8.00 Chicago Med 22/22

Series 10. Goodwin has to enforce the board’s employee cuts, and a transplant patient makes a life-changing decision.

9.00 Chicago Fire 22/22

Series 13. Severide puts his job on the line to help out one of their own. Kidd navigates Natalie’s complicated relationship with her sister.

10.00 Chicago PD 22/22

Series 12. Ruzek and Burgess’s wedding day arrives, Chapman grows closer to Voight, and Torres faces the fallout of his actions.

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 4/13 Series 25 Benson must balance the intricacies of an investigation with McGrath’s impulsive actions.

12 midnight The Good Doctor

1.00am The Rookie: Feds (AD)

2.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3.00 Caught on Dashcam 4.00 Nothing to Declare 5.00— 6.00am Sun, Sea and A&E (AD)

6.00am Hawaii Five-0 8.00 The Flash 9.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 11.00 SEAL Team (AD) 12 noon The Flash 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00

S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00 SEAL Team (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Universe 15/20 Series 1. Greer is left for dead on a desolate planet. (AD)

7.00 16/20. The Destiny crosses into another galaxy. (AD)

8.00 An Idiot Abroad 5/8

Series 2. Karl travels to Africa to spend time with gorillas. (AD)

9.00 New. The Paper 7/10. With 4 Marv camped out in the newsroom while his office is painted, the staff find their attitudes towards authority bubbling up.

9.35 New. 8/10. Mare uncovers a story that pits the Truth Teller against its owner. See page 101. 10 questions with Domhnall Gleeson: page 8

10.10 Peacemaker 6/8 Series 2 Superhero action comedy starring John Cena and Danielle Brooks.

10.55 Romesh: Can’t Knock the Hustle 1/4. Romesh Ranganathan embarks on a personal mission across the world.

12.25am The Force: Manchester

2.30 Road Wars 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.05am Don’t Wait Up 7.50 The Green Green Grass 8.25 Last of the Summer Wine 9.40 Hi-de-Hi!

10.20 Porridge 11.00 Last of the Summer Wine 12.20pm Don’t Wait Up 1.00 The Green Green Grass

1.40 Dad’s Army 2.20 Porridge

3.00 Last of the Summer Wine

4.20 Don’t Wait Up 5.00 The Green Green Grass 5.40 Hi-de-Hi!

6.20pm Porridge The inmates are horrified to discover there is a thief at large in the prison.

7.00 Fawlty Towers: the Play Three of the sitcom’s most iconic episodes fused into a single theatrical experience. (AD)

9.00 Fawlty Towers Basil tries to upgrade his clientele, but finds a guest is not what he seems. (AD)

9.40 Basil goes behind Sybil’s back to save money on structural alterations to the hotel. (AD)

10.20 Prudish Basil resorts to desperate measures to prevent an unmarried couple lowering moral standards at his hotel. (AD)

11.00 Not Going Out Lucy runs over a pet rabbit belonging to the daughter of a client, so Lee and Daisy help with covering her tracks.

11.35 Porridge As 6.20pm.

12.15am Fawlty Towers (AD) 1.35 Not Going Out 2.15 Avoidance (AD) 3.30—4.00am Not Going Out

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Road Wars (AD) 11.00 The Cleaning Lady (AD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans 4.00 Caught on Dashcam 5.00 Motorway Patrol 7.00 The Cleaning Lady: double bill. Arman’s fallout with Hayak has consequences for Thony, who is left to find her way back home from Mexico with Luca. In desperation, she tries to make a deal with Garratt (AD) 9.00 SEAL Team: double bill. A bomb attack in Manila puts the unit in peril, then Bravo Team is out for revenge as they hunt for the person responsible for a surprise bomb attack (AD) 11.00 The Russell Howard Hour: triple bill 1.00am A League of Their Own: pranks and outtakes (AD) 2.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 3.00 Road Wars 4.00 Four Weddings (AD) 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

Will & Grace (AD) 4.30 Sex and the City 5.45 The Office US 6.45 Will & Grace: double bill. Karen tries to help Jack kick caffeine, then the pair pose as house-hunters to enable them to look around Sandra Bernhard’s home (AD) 7.45 Sex and the City: double bill. Carrie tests a trapeze, then Carrie loses her shoes at a party 9.00 Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die 10.15 And Just like That... (AD) 11.05 Entourage: double bill. Turtle has a clandestine meeting, then E stalks director Gus Van Sant to persuade him to cast Vince 12.10am Girls: double bill (AD) 1.20 Veep: double bill (AD) 2.30 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3.45—5.00am Silicon Valley

8.00am Impractical Jokers: Fantasy Draft 8.35 Impractical Jokers: Filming with the Stars 9.00 New Girl 10.00 Last Man Standing 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 1.00pm Friends (AD) 9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show 10.00 Iain Stirling’s Roast the Internet (AD) 11.00 New. Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head 11.30 New. CC Live: Stand Up Shorts: with Stephen Bailey, Leah Davies, Richard Stott and Kazeem Jamal. Last in series 12 midnight Eight out of Ten Cats 1.00am Police Squad! 2.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 3.00 The Comedy Central Chart Show 3.05 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show 3.50 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 The Mentalist 11.00 Hudson and Rex (AD) 12 noon Body of Proof 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 The Mentalist 5.00 Hudson and Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 7/15

Series 5. The sleuth investigates the macabre world of doll’s house crime scenes. (AD)

7.00 Body of Proof 11/20 Series 2 Megan is called in to investigate when a bride falls from the top floor of the hotel where the ceremony was due to take place.

8.00 Death in Paradise 3/8 Series 9. A cyclist is found dead halfway round a race, and while all evidence points to a fatal crash, Jack suspects foul play. (AD) 9.00 Father Brown 9/10 Series 12 The priest finds himself having to untangle the mysteries that lie within a sewing circle when a seamstress is stabbed to death. (AD) 10.00 Mudtown 6/6. Claire and Pete learn what happened on the night of the shooting, while Beca makes for a final escape. (AD) 11.00 Father Brown As 6pm. 12 midnight White Collar 1.00am Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Amy 9.00pm A portrait of the singer’s tragically short life

6.00am The Anarchists (AD) 7.00

Discovering: Nicole Kidman (AD)

8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00

David Frost vs... (AD) 10.00 The Jinx Part Two (AD) 12 noon FILM Val HHH (AD) 2.00pm I Am Raquel Welch (AD) 3.45 My Icon: Tanni Grey Thompson (AD) 4.00

Discovering: Nicole Kidman (AD)

5.00 The Directors (AD)

6.00pm Death of a Showjumper Katie Simpson’s family and friends prepare for Jonathan Cresswell’s murder trial. (AD)

6.55 The Jinx Part Two As he takes the stand, Robert Durst tells his version of events, but the prosecutor examines the story more closely than he expected. (AD)

7.55 Robert Durst is found guilty of Susan’s murder and sentenced to life, but dies in jail a few months later, while Kathie’s family files a suit against his estate. (AD)

9.00 Amy HHHH

q Asif Kapadia paints an intimate portrait of singer/ songwriter Amy Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27. (AD)

11.30 Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive A profile of the singer.

1.30am Love to Love You, Donna Summer 3.30 Giroud 5.00—6.00am Discovering (AD)

Geographic

8.00am Europe from Above (AD) 9.00 Best of the World’s Destinations (AD) 10.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 12 noon Destruction Decoded (AD)

2.00pm WW2: Hell under the Sea (AD)

4.00 Engineering Europe (AD) 5.00 Car SOS (AD) 6.00 Lost Treasures of Egypt 7.00 Air Crash Investigation: a plane that crashed in a Dutch field after reporting an engine problem (AD)

8.00 New. Cleopatra’s Final Secret: archaeologist Kathleen Martinez unlocks the story of Cleopatra’s last days 9.30 Lost Tombs of the Pyramids: a team of archaeologists embark on an excavation 10.30 Top Guns: the Next Generation (AD) 11.30 Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller 12.30am Inside Melbourne Airport (AD) 1.30 Lords of War 2.30 Made in a Day (AD) 3.20 Food Factory

4.10—5.00am Trials of the Wild

6.00am Flipping Bangers 6.55 Full Custom Garage 7.50 American Pickers

8.45 Pawn Stars 10.10 Storage Wars

12 noon The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd 1.00pm Bradley Walsh: Egypt’s Cosmic Code 2.00 Egypt’s Unexplained Files 3.00 New. Full Custom Garage

4.00 Ancient Impossible 6.00 American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire

8.00 Egypt’s Unexplained Files: science shines a light on the dark side of Ancient Egypt 9.00 Bradley Walsh: Egypt’s Cosmic Code 10.00 New. Ancient Aliens Special Presentation 12 midnight Alien Corridors 12.55am The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd

1.50 Ancient Aliens Special Presentation 3.40 Pawn Stars

4.25—6.00am Storage Wars

Animals like Us 8.00pm Rearing lion cubs in Kenya

6.00am America’s Wild Border: Northern Exposure 7.00 Monkey Life 8.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 9.00 Secret Life of the Kangaroo 10.00 Invisible River: under Water between the Black Forest and the Vosges 11.00 Orangutan Jungle School 12 noon Mysteries of the Mekong 1.00pm Monkey Life 2.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (AD) 3.00 Secret Life of the Kangaroo 4.00 Hope for Wildlife

6.00pm Mysteries of the Mekong

The habitats where the Mekong Delta meets the South China Sea.

7.00 Monkey Life Woolly monkey Oriana’s check-up causes concern.

7.30 A video of a sick marmoset results in an urgent rescue mission.

8.00 Animals like Us The whole pride helps with the upbringing of the lion cubs in Kenya.

9.00 Deep Dive North America Wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly explores North America’s coastlines. 10.00 Mysteries of the Mekong As 6pm.

11.00 Hope for Wildlife Fifty babies are born all at once. 12 midnight Hope sets out to rebuild the centre from the ground up.

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Stepping down after 27 years and more than 1,000 episodes, Melvyn Bragg is leaving In Our Time behind – but what does the future hold for the veteran broadcaster?

INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL HODGES

Speaking to Melvyn Bragg the day after the announcement that he will be calling time on In Our Time, the muchcelebrated Radio 4 ideas programme that he has presented since its creation in 1998, I don’t know whether to congratulate him on a sensational innings or plead that he reconsider. “I feel the same myself,” the 85-yearold broadcaster says. “But, one way or another, we’ve all got to go sometime. And I just thought, I’ll go now. I’ll go before I’m pushed, I suppose.”

Hopefully, there were no plans to push Lord Bragg out. Certainly, Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya was lavish in his praise after Bragg announced his departure, saying, “His fierce intellect, coupled with a wonderful curiosity and extraordinary passion for knowledge, marks him out as one of the broadcasting greats.”

Bakaya is right; Bragg’s show, where leading academics are brought together to discuss a wide spread of subjects – episodes have included

explorations of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, the evolution of crocodiles and Ovid’s Metamorphoses – in ways ordinary listeners can understand, is the epitome of the Reithian ideal.

“So many people have written in, saying, ‘I went to a state school, I didn’t know this, I didn’t know that, but this is providing education,’” says Bragg. “I can’t tell you how pleased I am about that. It’s immeasurable; it’s worth my whole broadcasting career.”

In Our Time has also offered the BBC muchneeded credibility when it has often been accused of dumbing down. In an age of antiscience conspiracy theories on social media and campaigns against “experts”, it has been a counterbalance to the sidelining of genuine intellectual curiosity. “I hope so,” says Bragg. “Because that is disastrous, utterly stupid and destructive. It’s disappointing that quite a bit of our public life is ignorant – but we’re not ignorant.”

Back in 1998, the BBC told Bragg – who had

‘Sometimes I’ve thought, “What a stupid thing to do”’

been obliged to leave his berth at Start the Week when he entered the House of Lords as a Labour peer – that the new show could have six months and they would see how it went. “They offered me what was cheerfully called ‘the death slot’,” he says, of the Thursday 9am broadcast time. The very first episode was called War in the 20th Century. Executives had no idea what would happen but then, as he admits, neither did Bragg. “I had not the slightest inkling. It was just a sort of shot in the dark.” It turned out that ordinary listeners were hungry for knowledge. Within a year, the show was getting an audience of 1.5 million and today it is heard by more than

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Melvyn Bragg in 1975, when he presented Radio 4’s Read All About It

two million people a week.

The premise of In Our Time is disarmingly simple. Bragg is the everyman asking three academics, leaders in their field, questions on our behalf. A key part of the show’s continuing success has been Bragg’s unflagging curiosity and delight in fnding things out. “I’ve been surprised, enchanted and baffled,” he says. “I hope that I’ve had the nerve to ask them what they really mean by that. In other words, can they say it in simpler terms, so ignorant people like me can understand.”

This approach reached a wider audience than expected partly, says Bragg, because people missed things at school and regret it. “I missed science because I stopped doing it at 14, so the science episodes are a wonderland for me. Then you discover that people all over the country feel the same way, they want to learn about science. So, we all go away with a real increase in our knowledge, in our comprehension of what’s going on in the world.”

All those thousands of questions have been delivered in that unmistakeable quizzical, northern, working-class accent – Bragg’s parents ran a pub in Wigton in Cumberland – albeit one tempered by six decades in London. Bragg was part of the 1960s generation that headed south, broke down class barriers and re-energised broadcasting, most notably with his long-running ITV/Sky Arts programme, The South Bank Show

Did he ever think of taking In Our Time on to TV? “I did think about it in the early days, for about fve minutes. And I thought what would

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happen would be everybody taking part would become selfconscious, and it wouldn’t work as well, so I dropped the idea.” Instead, In Our Time was at the forefront of the corporation’s entry into podcasting, first on the BBC website and iTunes in 2004. “Some people wondered whether In Our Time was good enough, or grand enough, or important enough,” says Bragg of the switch to online that would attract a global audience. “But we just did it, and the audience came to us in millions, and it came to us from around the world. Though, obviously, I’m very surprised.”

When the last series’ fnal episode, on civility, was broadcast in July, had he already made up his mind to leave? “No, I hadn’t. I found it quite a tricky one to do and later in the summer I had one of those moments where you think, ‘Well, which path do you take through the woods?’ Then you take one, and that’s it,” says Bragg, who has had several health issues recently. Has he regretted his decision? “Sometimes I’ve thought, ‘What a stupid thing to do,’ but mostly I think this is the right path for me.”

Now there is the question of who can possibly replace him. It has been reported that the job was offered to Mishal Husain (who spoke to Bragg for the 1,000th edition of In Our Time, in 2023) to try to persuade her to stay at the BBC. Does he think it matters if it’s a woman? “No, not in the slightest.” So, who would Bragg want to see in the role? “It’s a good question,” he laughs. “I haven’t thought because it’s none of my business any more.”

Bragg laughs again when I ask if he has a favourite episode. “Well, we’re talking about more than 1,000 shows. That’s not so much a sprinkle of shows as a shower, a downpour, a storm. I just can’t answer that, I wish I could.” Perhaps he can decide over the coming months, because rather than retiring he will be marshalling his energy for one more project around In Our Time, building on the work of the last 27 years.

“Mohit very generously said, ‘Well, we’re going to do more stuff.’ I hope it’s going to be based on the archive, which is extraordinary,” Bragg reveals. “There is nothing like it in the world. It’s an oral encyclopaedia, the like of which exists nowhere else. A lot of young people now prefer to listen than to read, so I’m going to devote myself to doing something special with that. I hope it will be a contemporary encyclopaedia.” An exciting prospect for Bragg? “Oh, it’s going to be great fun.”

The In Our Time archive is available via

STATION TO STATION

NEW MUSIC OFFERINGS ON DAB+

Twenty-three years since it last launched new national music radio stations (BBC 6 Music, 1Xtra and Asian Network), the BBC has three starting on the same day. Previously available since November 2024 as live streams on BBC Sounds, Radio 1 Anthems, Radio 1 Dance (which has been on Sounds since 2020) and Radio 3 Unwind passed full competition assessments undertaken by the industry’s regulatory body Ofcom in July of this year and start broadcasting on DAB+ on Friday 12 September.

Sam Jackson, controller of Radio 3, says that while he couldn’t be certain that Unwind would get approval, “I wasn’t surprised, because I think we made a very, very strong case. I was very proud of the submission that we made, I felt we did a good job of arguing why this was distinctive and why it would be welcomed.”

He points out that around 8,000 different pieces of music will be played on Unwind each year, from a broad repertoire but with a focus on recordings from the past ten years — even of Baroque or classical pieces — and a mission to introduce new contemporary works, including from performers or composers who aren’t signed to record labels.

Radio 1 controller Aled Haydn Jones is similarly robust in his defence of why we need two new R1 stations: “It’s all about the audience. Ofcom has pointed out that the BBC needs to be doing better with young audiences. Having services for young people is a public service. Radio 1 is the biggest radio station for youth audiences in the UK, so having stations with the Radio 1 brand offering more is a pretty special thing.” DAVID CRAWFORD

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Railway 200

from 8.30am Monday Radio 4 Extra

There are daily railway-themed programmes this week, marking 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first to use steam locomotives, opened on 27 September 1825. Benedict Cumberbatch reads five of Victor Whitechurch’s Thrilling Stories of the Railway, first collected in 1912, while other highlights include Simon Bradley’s The Railways, an account of the impact of the rail revolution, and Salute to Steam, the entire history from 1825—1968.

DAVID McGILLIVRAY

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Jenny Hanley was a key ingredient of children’s ITV in the 1970s

THE PICK OF THIS WEEK’S RADIO

NOSTALGIA

70 Years of ITV

Sunday 8.00pm Boom Radio

A comfort blanket of nostalgia as Jenny Hanley marks the 70th birthday of ITV, which launched on 22 September 1955. Jenny was a co-presenter of Magpie — a rock ’n’ roll version of Blue Peter — and the programme’s theme tune is one of many played in this celebration, including Coronation Street, The Adventures of Black Beauty and Fireball XL5. Sir Trevor McDonald shares fond memories of his time as a newsreader, while Simon Williams confesses he thought there’d only be one series of Upstairs Downstairs. Thankfully, he was very wrong. ANNA JONES

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The Essay: How Music Heals

Monday—Friday 9.45pm Radio 3

Bestselling author and Observer columnist Philippa Perry is one of our most prominent and engaging psychotherapists. In this series of fascinating essays, she explores the role that music can play in providing therapy, talking to music therapists across the UK. “Music therapy is still little understood,” Perry tells RT. “Yet it offers people of all ages and conditions a different way to heal, connect and be heard when words aren’t enough.”

SIMON O’HAGAN

Music Uncovered: David Bowie — Changeling

Sunday 12 midnight 6 Music

That there is a gaggle of A-listers willing to share their thoughts on the influence of David Bowie is not surprising. It is, however, the contributions from people who actually knew and worked with him that make this series

special: those from producer Tony Visconti and schoolfriends George Underwood and Geoff MacCormack are manna from heaven for Bowie fans. Producer Des Shaw is to be congratulated for creating a fresh insight into the man and his music, with new and archive interviews. AJ

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David Bowie in concert in London in 1973

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The Archers

Sunday—Friday 7.00pm Radio 4

After last week’s disaster, the Flower and Produce Show returns, now at Grey Gables — but with few competitors, a hastily appointed judge and an angry mob gathering, it could prove even more of a mess. The problem is compounded when Alan makes a potentially disastrous mistake and it’s left to Azra (Yasmin Wilde, above) to try to save him. The question of who will run Home Farm has to be answered after Ruairi’s return, but it may leave one relative out in the cold.

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PICK OF THE WEEK

INVESTIGATION Unicorn Girl

From Charlie Webster, the creator of Scamanda, comes another warning of the dangers that can lurk in the instant friendships some people are tempted to strike up on the internet. This time it’s in the story of a young mother, Candace Rivera, who managed to convince hundreds of her peers that she had the ideal life the rest of them were striving for, which she then managed to parlay into a position at the head of a charity that turned out to benefit one person above everyone else and has, unsurprisingly, resulted in a jail term. Thanks to surprisingly insistent background music and some very slick production, this story is delivered in a jauntier style than you might have been expecting. DAVID HEPWORTH

PARENTING

I’m Not Judging, But…

Would you (aka the tooth fairy) leave a £10 note under the pillow every time your child shed a pearly white? No? Well, nor would series host Briony May Williams (chef and TV presenter) and her best friends Charlie Fuge and Vix Willshire. As one of them points out, her child may well take to extracting teeth with pliers for this kind of incentive — but it’s one of the playground-gossip interludes they discuss in this jovial examination of the perils of parenting. AJ

BOOKS Inklings Book Club

A trailblazer of the TikTok reading community (aka BookTok), Jack Edwards has launched Inklings, a virtual book club with some 50,000 members. This accompanying podcast will see Edwards dive deeper into his monthly book pick, typically in the form of an interview. Episode one finds him with Irish writer Osin McKenna, discussing Evenings and Weekends, a state-of-the-nation novel about the lives of Londoners during the hottest summer on record. TOM GOULDING

Expanse: Nowhere Man

In 1999, Alaskan tourist Robert Bogucki went missing after walking, on purpose, into Australia’s inhospitable Great Sandy Desert. But why? Reporter Erin Parke revisits a story spanning three decades, which incorporates a raceagainst-time search by police and Indigenous trackers, and a media circus initiated by the arrival of American Green Berets. Whether the enigmatic Bogucki is found is only half of this utterly absorbing outback story. JEREMY ASPINALL

Radio? It’s all about the visuals these days…

TalkSport seems to be the first UK radio station to recognise the fact that if its audience is going to grow, it will be in the shape of listeners who are first and foremost viewers, catching up via streams on YouTube or artfully packaged items “clipped up” for social media.

The recent rebuild of their radio studios to make them look like TV studios – huge curved desk backed by a cycloramic image of a giant football ground, a digital screen on which sponsors’ names can be displayed, all the presenters speaking towards the cameras rather than each other – suggests this is how TalkSport sees its future.

It has been heading this way for a while now, but it’s taken a while for the penny to drop with some of the pundits whose job it is to stoke the controversy that gets listeners to call in and stir the pot.

Televising the activity in a radio studio immediately revealed the fact that, while presenter Jim White might have been broadcasting as though the fate of the world hung on a striker’s financial demands, Simon Jordan could be sending his plumber a text while former Arsenal defender Martin Keown appeared to be scribbling his entries to some Spot the Ball competition. Neither seemed aware they were on telly.

In the new set-up, they’ve been issued with in-ear monitors to replace the clunky headphones of yore and have been encouraged to be aware of the fact they are now in the multimedia business, where what things look like is as important as the way they sound. This will inevitably result in the talent pool being refreshed by the addition of a few more winsome young things and the resting of a few of the former footballers who were known for being great faces for radio.

If anybody doubts that TalkSport is doing the right thing, they should try this simple test. If there’s an infant or junior in your household, ask them to point out where the radio is and then watch them look around in bewilderment – until their eye finally falls on the nearest laptop.

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Opera on 3: Mozart’s

La

clemenza di Tito

6.00pm Radio 3

A welcome broadcast of the Edinburgh Festival production of Mozart’s opera, recorded at the Usher Hall last month with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, led by principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev at the fortepiano. Set in Ancient Rome, La clemenza di Tito seethes with sexual jealously, strife and paranoia and has a plot of brain-curdling complexity. Vitellia (mezzosoprano Tara Erraught) has her eyes on Emperor Titus (Italian tenor Giovanni Sala, above) but, to her fury, discovers Titus’s romantic interests lie elsewhere.

Determining that the emperor must die, Vitellia sets out to persuade Titus’s friend Sextus, who loves Vitellia, sung here by Angela Brower, to do the job. More plot twists follow; easier, perhaps, to give yourself up to the beauty of arias like Sextus’s Parto, parto MICHAEL HODGES

The

Flight of Eric Strapp

11.00am/5.00pm R4 Extra

Fans of the great Stratford Johns think of him as a scourge of the criminal fraternity in his celebrated role as a CID officer in the 1960s TV series Z Cars and Softly, Softly. Here, in a drama with very much an Ealing comedy feel, he’s gone over to the other side, playing blind gangster Bottles Doone who for his own reasons is trying to hunt down gambler and “Ancient Mariner on wheels” Eric Strapp, played by another acting legend in George Cole. The production, dating from 1997, airs again by way of honouring the centenary of Johns’s birth (he was born in South Africa on 22 September 1925), and from Ronnie Smith’s witty script to the evocative use of music, the whole thing is a classy delight. SIMON O’HAGAN

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6.00am Oré Olukoga 7.00 James Cusack 10.30 Nat and Vicky 1.00pm Sam and Danni 4.00 Dance Anthems

7.00 Soundsystem 9.00 Rap Show

10.30 RapMixtape11.00 Drum’n’Bass Show12.00 Drum’n’BassMix1.00am Classic Essential Mix 3.00 Future DanceMix3.30 PeteTong4.00 Dance Party Playlist 5.00 Dance Anthems

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6.00am Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn US and UK hits, today including Herman’s Hermits, Marianne Faithful, Cilla Black and the UK top three from this week in 1964.

8.00 Dermot O’Leary

10.00 Romesh Ranganathan

1.00pm Zoe Ball

3.00 Rylan on Saturday 6.00 Liza Tarbuck

8.00 Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies

10.00 Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton

12.00 Bryan Ferry at the BBC Ahead of Friday’s 80th birthday of the Roxy Music and solo star, a profile via BBC archive material.

1.00am Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay Themed playlists.

2.00 Ray Charles: Man and Music 1/2. Ahead of Tuesday’s 95th anniversary of the birth of Ray Charles (1930—2004),anotherchancetoheara profile of the soul giant first broadcast in 2000. Stuart Maconie explores Charles’s turbulent and extraordinary life and career, marked by a povertystrickenchildhoodinAmerica’sDeep South, the onset of blindness as a child, struggleswithracialprejudiceanddrug addiction, and multiple talents, most notablyasasingerofconvincingly heartfelt and heartbreaking soul and country. Defining recordings include I Got a Woman (1955), What’d I Say (1959) and three monumental US numbers ones, including his signature hit Georgia on My Mind (1960), Hit the Road Jack (1961) and 1962’s biggest single I Can’t Stop Loving You. Plus Unchain My Heart Born to Lose You Don’t Know Me, Busted, Crying Time, a coverofEleanorRigbyandmany1950s R&B hits prior to his pop crossover successes. Producer Bob McDowall (R) 3.00 Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin An oceanic-themed mix. (R)

4.00 Radio 2 in Concert

Status Quo in 1988 at Wembley Arena. ThesetlistincludesWhateverYouWant and Rockin’ All over the World. (R) 5.00 Tracks of My Years OmnibuseditionwithRichardAshcroft.

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6.30am Breakfast With Hannah French. 9.00 Saturday Morning

TomServicevisitschoralcomposerJohnRutterathis home in Cambridgeshire. Rutter talks about turning 80 (next Wednesday) and shares his connections with Clare College, Cambridge, whose choir releases an album of Rutter’s music next week. A new work by Rutter features in Radio 3’s Choral Evensong next Wednesday. And mezzo Lea Desandre and Thomas Dunford (“the Eric Clapton of the lute”) — with their unique take on the Baroque repertoire — perform material from their new album, Songs of Passion 12.00 Earlier...with Jools Holland

Today’s playlist includes Bach and Beethoven and recordings featuring saxophonist Sidney Bechet, pianist Rosalyn Tureck, mandolinist Avi Avital and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Clarinettist Giacomo Smith shares music by Copland, Debussy and Steve Reich. Jools broadcasts at 5pm next week. 1.00pm Music Matters: Music on the Front Line

Another chance to hear a pick of episodes of a series from the summer of 2024, with Clive Myrie exploring the power of music when working in extreme conflict situations, inviting war correspondents to discuss theirexperiences.Inthisinstalmentheisjoinedbythe BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson, who recalls hearing Beethoven’s song The Pulse of an Irishman at the start of his career as a foreign correspondent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Other recollections involve a recording by Argentinian singer Mercedes Sosa of Como un pájaro libre (the Falklands War) and Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony (the Second Gulf War) (R)

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2.00 Record Review With Andrew McGregor. 2.05 Allyson Devenish with a pick of new releases. 3.00 Building a Library Nigel Simeone discusses his favourite recording of Richard Strauss’s orchestral suite Le bourgeois gentilhomme, which features in full in tomorrow’s 8pm programme.

3.45 Record of the Week Andrew’s top pick. 4.00 Sound of Cinema

Coinciding with the release of Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — with music by Joe Hisaishi — Matthew Sweet explores how film music is used to illustrate life-changing choices. Featuring highlights of scores by Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane), Alan Silvestri (A Christmas Carol) and Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). 5.00 This Classical Life

A special edition recorded on 29 August at Snape Maltings in Suffolk, with saxophonist Jess Gillam joinedbycellistShekuKanneh-Mason,Vermont-born composer Nico Muhly, conductor Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a customarily eclectic programme of music that includes SaintSaëns,BrittenandSwedishcomposerAndreaTarrodi. Plus Muhly’s own music and a new arrangement of a San Fermin song for Gillam and Kanneh-Mason.

6.00 Opera on 3: Mozart’s La

4

Mozart’s final opera seria, La clemenza di Tito, in a concert performance given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra on 9 August at the Usher Hall as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, sung in Italian. The opera, which premiered in September 1791 (three months before Mozart’s death), tells the story of how Vitellia, the daughter of deposed Roman emperor Vitellius, plots vengeance against her father’s usurper, the emperor Titus. Presented by Donald Macleod, who is joined by opera and theatre historian Sarah Lenton.

Mozart La clemenza di Tito

Titus Giovanni Sala (tenor)

Vitellia TaraErraught (mezzo)

Sextus Angela Brower (mezzo)

Servilia Hera Hyesang (soprano)

Annius Maria Warenberg (mezzo)

Publius Peter Kálmán (bass-baritone)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, director Maxim Emelyanychev (fortepiano)

RT OFFER Mozart La clemenza di Tito (2 CDs) — a 2020 concert performance featuring Nicky Spence, Simona Saturova, Anna Stéphany and the Orchestre de l’Opera de Rouen Normandie conducted by Ben Glassberg — is available for £29.95 incl p&p. Call 0115 982 7500 quoting ref ALPHA793 or visit radiotimes.com/cds 9.30 Music Planet

Kathryn Tickell with music by Congolese, Swedenbased guitarist Maestro Vumbi Dekula; banjo and fiddle player Joseph Decosimo (with Appalachian music); and Ukrainian musician Julian Kytasty, who seeks to revive the tradition of the Kobzar.

10.30 New Music Show

WithTomService,herewiththepremiereofGeorgeE Lewis’s Tales of the Traveller in a concert by the London Sinfonietta with soprano Nina Guo from February 2024 at the Purcell Room. The Hebrides Ensemble performs Helen Grime’s Seven Pierrot Miniatures, and, from 2023, the Villiers Quartet with Jack Van Zandt’s Strange Loops for String Quartet 12.30am Through the Night

With Penny Gore, who begins with a concert in Tallinn from September 2024,including the world premiere of a work by Erkki-Sven Tuur (now 65). Erkki-Sven Tuur Melting Bells Magi, arr Puur Church Bell Korngold Violin Concerto, Op 35 Bacewicz Polish Capriccio Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Bomsori Kim (violin), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts 2.06 Ernst Variations on The Last Rose of Summer 2.12 Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op 6 No 9 2.31 Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (Lark) 2.49 Sibelius Symphony No 7 3.10 Johan Duijck Cantiones Sacrae in honorem Thomas Tallis, Op 26 Book 2 3.30 Vivaldi Sopranino Recorder Concerto in C, RV444 3.39 Debussy Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque) 3.45 Glanville-Hicks Three Gymnopedies 3.54 Bach Fugue in G minor, BWV1000 4.00 Sweelinck Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant à mon Seigneur et maistre 4.08 Dvorˇák Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 4.21 Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70 4.31 Addinsell Warsaw Concerto 4.41 Purcell O Let Me Weep (The Fairy Queen) 4.49 Geminiani Concerto grosso in D minor (after Corelli’s Violin Sonata, Op 5 No 12 (La folia) 4.57 Bruch Kol Nidrei, Op 47 5.09 Machaut Plourés dames 5.18 Suolahti Sinfonia piccola 5.40 Fauré La Bonne chanson, Op 61 (arr for voice, piano and string quartet) 6.05 Mozart Piano Sonata No 10 in C, K330 (R)

Classic FM Breakfast With Tim Lihoreau. Including at 9.00 the Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour 10.00 Aled Jones Classical favourites and discoveries. 1.00pm Alexander Armstrong Uplifting music. 4.00 Alan Titchmarsh Including a Gardening Tip 7.00 Classic FM at the Movies with

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5.30am News Summary

5.43 Prayer for the Day With Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose.

5.45 Uncharted with Hannah Fry

10/10. A portfolio manager stumbles upon a perfect graph which outlines eye-watering profits, but something doesn’t quite add up. Hannah considers whether it is a fluke or something sinister. Repeated from yesterday 6.00 News and Papers

6.07 Open Country

5/7. Martha Kearney visits Fair Isle, one of Britain’s most isolated inhabited islands, situated between Orkney and Shetland. It is famous for knitting and birds, both of which still form the basis of the island’s economy. Repeated from Thursday

6.30 Farming Today This Week

7.00 Today With Anna Foster and Leila Nathoo.

7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With Roy Jenkins.

9.00 Saturday Live

Adrian Chiles is joined by the singer Lulu on the weekend entertainment show. Plus the Inheritance Tracks feature.

Producer Ben Mitchell

10.00 You’re Dead to Me 12/13. The Columbian Exchange. Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock and comedian Desiree Burch to discover how Christopher Columbus brought about the start of globalisation with a monumental exchange of plants, foods, animals, materials, people and culture across the continents.

Producers Greg Jenner, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse and Steve Hankey Rptd Monday 3.30pm 10.30 The Kitchen Cabinet

5/7. The touring culinary panel show is in Newbury, where Jay Rayner is joined by Tim Hayward, Melissa Thompson, Lerato Umah-Shaylor and Jordan Bourke.

Producer Dominic Tyerman Repeated Monday 4.30pm 11.00 Radical with Amol Rajan Amol Rajan offers his take on the biggest news stories of the week. Rptd from Thursday 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent

With Kate Adie. Repeated tomorrow 9.30pm 12.04pm Money Box

The latest from the world of personal finance. Money Box Live Wednesday 3pm. Repeated tomorrow 9pm Your RT Money: page 138

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6.00am CHOICE: The Flight of Eric Strapp

7.30 Ghost Train to the Eastern Star as6.30pm

8.45 Tales from the Brigadier as 7.45pm

9.00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket 1979 comedy (1/13)

9.30 All Gas and Gaiters as 8.30pm

10.00 Parody Please as 3pm

11.00 CHOICE: The Flight of Eric Strapp as5pm 12.30pm Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

1.45 Tales from the Brigadier as 7.45pm 2.00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket 1979 comedy (1/13)

2.30 All Gas and Gaiters as 8.30pm

3.00 Parody Please Popular radio personalities co-present an exploration of the medium’s long history of self-parody. With input from Jan Ravens. From 2017 (3/3)

4.00 Doctor Who David Tennant (as the 10th Doctor) and Billie Piper star in Matt Fitton’s adventure Cold Vengeance. When Rose suggests a ski break, the Tardis materialises on Coldstar — a vast freezer satellite that supplies food to a colony world. From 2016. Last of six tales

5.00 CHOICE: The Flight of Eric Strapp Poignant comedy by Ronnie Smith, with music. George Cole (1925—2015) stars as an innocent man on the run, but he’s innocent of any crime. With StratfordJohns(1925–2002),IwanThomas,Rachel Atkins, Tracy-Ann Oberman and more. From 1997

12.30 The News Quiz

3/8. Andy Zaltzman chairs the topical comedy panel game, with a panel including Pierre Novellie, Hugo Rifkind and Sara Barron. Rptd from yesterday Rptd Mon 11pm R4 Extra 1.00 News

1.10 Any Questions?

Alex Forsyth chairs the political forum in the West Midlands, as an audience at King Edward VI College, Stourbridge, canvasses the opinions of four leading figures.

Repeated from yesterday

2.05 Any Answers?

Listenershavetheirsayontheweek’sbigissues.

PHONE: 0370 010 0444 Lines open from 12.30pm

EMAIL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk

2.45 The Archers

Ben tries to get to the bottom of things.

Repeated from yesterday

3.00 The Magic Mountain

3/3. A Way Out. Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of Thomas Mann’s tragicomic 1924 novel Der Zauberberg, from a translation by John E Woods. Why when young Hugh Casthorpe visits a sanatorium in the mountains does he find that he cannot leave? Is it that he has a respiratory disease that the sanatorium is supposed to cure, or is it that he has fallen helplessly in love with another patient, a beautiful married woman? Either way, he becomes a long-term patient, trapped on this enchanted and sinister mountain.

Narrator Lucy Robinson

Clauda Civet Genevieve Gaunt

Hugh Casthorpe Luke Thallon

James Simpson Hugh Skinner

Dr Crowmarsh Sandy Grierson

Professor Jones

Richard Harrington

Angela Simpson Kate Paul

Peter Piobar

Stephen Hogan

Howe Huw Brentnall

Ellen Cameron Lilit Lesser

Kirsty/Nurse Georgia Brown

Producer/Director Fiona McAlpine (R)

4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour

Anita Rani presents a round-up of highlights.

5.00 Saturday PM

Round-up of the day’s news and sporting headlines, presented by Caroline Wyatt.

5.30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

3/13. The Today presenter interviews major political figures about their lives and careers.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.15 Loose Ends

Edith Bowman presents the show from the BBC’s Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford, with Neil Hannon and the Divine Comedy, AA Dhand, Mark Gatiss and Kate Fox.

Repeated Thursday 9pm

7.00 Profile

Friends, adversaries and confidants provide an insight into the personality and motivation of a person who is making the headlines.

Repeated tomorrow 12.15pm

6.30 Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Paul Theroux retraces the train journey he first made in 1973 from Europe to Asia, as detailed in his 1975 travel book The Great Railway Bazaar

Abridged by Doreen Estall and read by Stuart Milligan. From 2008 (1—5/5)

4 Extra broadcasts railway-themed programmes across the week to mark the 200th anniversary of the railways

7.45 Tales from the Brigadier Richard Wilson reads The Holy Father — the third of Peter Tinniswood’s five cricket reports from behind the pavilion at Witney Scrotum. From 1992

8.00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket George Logan and Patrick Fyffe star as Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge, residents of the genteel Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel. Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell. Series three. From June 1979 (1/13)

8.30 All Gas and Gaiters Clerical sitcom by husband-and-wife team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, based on their 1966—71 TV hit, with Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo and John Barron reprising their roles. From 1971

9.00 Parody Please as 3pm 10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: The Boosh (1/6),at 10.30 Start/Stop (5/6), at 11.00 John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme (3/4), and at 11.30 Richard Herring’s Objective (3/4)

12.00 Doctor Who as 4pm 1.00am as 5pm

2.30 as 6.30pm 3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 8pm 4.30 as 8.30pm 5.00 as 3pm

7.15 This Cultural Life

4/11. Alabama-born artist Kerry James Marshall talks to John Wilson about his life, career and influences — among them the writers HG Wells and Ray Bradbury. Repeated from Thursday

8.00 Sir Alex Ferguson: Made in Govan

BBC Radio Manchester presenter Mike Sweeney and former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson go back a long way. They used to play football together and bonded over their love of music from the 1960s. Here they sit down together to talk about Sir Alex as a young man from Govan on the Clyde and the influences which shaped his extraordinary career. Producer Camellia Sinclair (R)

9.00 The Moral Maze

4/6. Michael Buerk is joined by Sonia Sodha, JamesOrr,MatthewTaylorandTimStanley. Repeated from Wednesday 10.00 News

10.15 The Food Programme

The Rise of Matcha. As global sales of matcha continue to boom, Leyla Kazim traces the story of the powdered green tea from centuries-old Japanese tea tradition to global health trend. Shelooksbehindtheheadlinesandsocialmedia videos to find out more about the reported matcha shortage, how the matcha supply chain is reacting and what might happen next.

Contributors include scientist and dietician Dr Emily Leeming. Repeated from yesterday 11.00 Icklewick FM

4/6. Ye Revolt. Comedy written by Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill. Chris and Amy find themselvesatriskofbeingdevouredbyahorde of disgruntled punters when a new historical experience fails to live up to expectations.

Chris Pipe Chris Cantrill

Amy Winnett Amy Gledhill

Mr Patel Mark Silcox

Simon Toke Colin Hoult

Pat Janice Connolly

Stanley Power Phil Ellis

Sharon L’Beech Lucy Beaumont

Nicola Trickle Shivani Thussu Various roles Molly McGuinness, Tom Burgess, Nicola Redman, Tai Campbell, Em Humble, James Carbutt, Henry Paker, DarrenJColes,JoeKentWalters

Producer Benjamin Sutton Repeated Friday 10pm Radio 4 Extra 11.30 BBC National Short Story Award

The fifth story up for the BBC National Short Story Award 2025 — which is celebrating its 20th anniversary — is read by Sophie McShera. 12.00 News and Weather

12.15—12.45am Take Four Books

IanMcEwantellsJamesCrawfordabouthisnew novelWhatWeCanKnowanditsconnectionsto JohnFuller’spoemMarstonMeadows:aCorona forPrue,RichardHolmes’sFootstepsfrom1985 and Penelope Hughes-Hallett’s The Immortal Dinner, published in 2000. Rptd from Sunday 1.00 BBC World Service

5.00am 5 Live Boxing

6.00 Saturday Breakfast Gordon Smart and Amber Sandhu sit for EleanorOldroydandJeanetteKwakye.

9.00 Patrick Kielty

11.00 Fighting Talk

12.00 5 Live Sport

Mark Chapman with sports news, including updates from Liverpool v Everton. He’s joined by James McFadden,ChrisWilderandStatman Daveforfootballdiscussion,including build-up to today’s 3.00pm Premier League commentary on Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur. Plus updates from across today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Championship, League One, League Two and the Scottish Premiership. And at 5.00 Sports Report, followed at 5.30 by Premier League commentary on Manchester United v Chelsea. 7.30 606 Football phone-in with Chris Sutton and Roman Kemp, who sits in for Robbie Savage.

9.00 Stephen Nolan Topical show.

12.00 Gangster: the Story of the Black Widow 5&6/6. Livvy Haydock interviews notorious 1980s east London gangster Linda Calvey (now 77) and her children. 1.00am Laura McGhie

9.30 Pick of the World 9.50 Over to You 10.00 News 10.05 Not by the Playbook 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 Unspun World with John Simpson: the BBC’s world affairs editor reflects on the week’s major global news stories, talking to local experts from around the world to go behind the headlines 12.00 News 12.05pm The Documentary: Digital Dolittles — Talking to the Animals?: how technology is transforming the science of bioacoustics 1.00 Newshour 2.00 Sportsworld 6.00 The Newsroom 6.30 Trending 6.50 More or Less 7.00 News 7.05 The Inquiry 7.30 Happy News 8.00 News 8.05 The Arts Hour 9.00 Newshour 10.05 Not by the Playbook 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 This Is Africa: DJ Edu’s pan-African music show for the BBC World Service 12.00 News 12.05am BBC OS Conversations 12.30 The Documentary: The Social Lives Of Bacteria 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 Trending 1.50 Sporting Witness: German high jumper

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SUNDAY Radio

CHOICES

Sunday Feature:

The Man Who Played the Kremlin’s Tune

7.15pm Radio 3

How far is a musician compromised by links with an authoritarian regime? As wars rage, calls to keep culture out of politics, or to admit instead that art will always be weaponised, have become louder. Tikhon Khrennikov (above), a musician handpicked by Stalin, became perhaps the ultimate cultural power player in the USSR. He wrote upbeat melodies, while casting damaging doubt on the loyalty of his great peers, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Lucy Ash tries to uncover the real Khrennikov, aided by the renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin, who knew and admired him. VANESSA THORPE

How Trains Shrank Time and Space

7.15pm Radio 4

The railway line between Stockton and Darlington that we hear about in this magical mosaic comes across as a kind of Garden of Eden of transportation, because that’s where the railways all began in 1825. Scottish poet Katrina Porteous is the train manager (in modern parlance) guiding us through a 200th-anniversary celebration that travels forwards and backwards through time, with “memories, seams, veins and strata” appearing before us like scenes in a passing landscape. All aboard! SIMON O’HAGAN

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS See p112

70 Years of ITV

8.00pm Boom Radio

A celebration of the channel. Music Uncovered: David Bowie — Changeling

12 midnight 6 Music Kate Moss on a pop icon.

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6.00am Swarzy 7.00 James Cusack

10.00 Radio 1 00s 11.00 Radio 1 10s

12.00 Radio 1 20s 1.00pm Sam and Danni 4.00 Life Hacks 6.00 Official Chart: First Look 7.00 Chillest Show

9.00 IndieShow11.00 BBCIntroducing

1.00am 1Xtra’sR&BShowwithChuckie 2.30 1Xtra’s R&B Slow Jamz Mix with Chuckie 3.00 Interview 3.15 Playlists 3.30 Chill Mix 4.00 Workout Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

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6.00am Good Morning Sunday

9.00 Love Songs with Michael Ball Featuringlisteners’dedications. 11.00 Paddy McGuinness

1.00pm Elaine Paige on Sunday

3.00 Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris

5.00 Pick of the Pops Mark Goodier with 1978 and 1982. Rptd Mon 3am (1978) and Tue 3am (1982)

7.00 Tony Blackburn’s Golden Hour Pop and soul oldies.

8.00 The Paul Gambaccini Collection Themed playlists. 10.00 Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin

12.00 Richie Anderson

3.00am Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O’Leary

4.00 Jason Mohammad

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6.00am Amy Lamé

8.00 Radcliffe and Maconie

10.00 Cerys Matthews

1.00pm Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour

4.00 Iggy Pop Personal picks.

6.00 Mary Anne Hobbs

8.00 Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone

10.00 Dream Time WithZakiaSewell.

12.00 Music Uncovered, David 4Bowie: Changeling New series. 1—8/8. Marking the recent opening of the David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse in east London, model Kate Moss, a friend to Bowie since the 1990s, explores the enigmatic fellow icon’s explosive career during the first half of the 1970s. The series/ podcast features rare and previously unaired interviews with Bowie and new interviews with those who knew him and those he’s inspired, including Boy George, Chrissie Hynde, Dave Gahan, Elton John, Goldie, Iggy Pop, Robbie Williams, Tilda Swinton and Twiggy. Plus archive input by Sinéad O’Connor, Lou Reed and Lady Gaga. See p112

The entire series is available on BBC Sounds See tomorrow 7am

2.00am The David Bowie Playlist

3.00 Jukebox

4.00 The BBC Introducing Mixtape

5.00 Chris Hawkins Boom Radio

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6.00am Dave Jamieson 8.00 Rod Whiting 10.00 Rob Jones 12.00 The Vintage Charts: Peter Quinn with this week in 1965 and 1975 2.00pm Simon Bates 4.00 Les Ross 6.00 Requests with Paul Robey 8.00 CHOICE: 70 Years of ITV: a one-off special to mark 70 years of ITV, co-presented by Jenny Hanley — actor, Boom broadcaster and 1974—80 host of ITV children’s show Magpie — and Trevor McDonald, who between 1992 and 99 presented News at Ten as well as other current affairs programmes.WithinputbyactorSimon Williams (LWT’s Upstairs Downstairs), sitcom writer and Doctor at Large star George Layton and veteran TV mogul Michael Grade. See page 112 10.00 Bill Bingham 12.00 Night Music

6.30am Breakfast With Mark Forrest.

9.00 Sunday Morning

Sarah Walker with a playlist that includes music from a famous film score by Prokofiev and beautiful melodies from Tchaikovsky and JS Bach. Pianists KatiaandMarielleLabèquegoforamusicaldogwalk andMichaelNymanchasessheep.Thisweek’sChoral Reflection features the choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, in a performance of Eleanor Daley’s Set Me as a Seal upon Your Heart, commissioned in 1999 to celebrate a 45-year wedding anniversary.

12.00 Private Passions

Michael Berkeley welcomes Deborah Prentice, the first American vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, a position she took up in 2023. Previously she was a professor of psychology and provost at Princeton University. Her picks include works by Beethoven, Bach, Mussorgsky and Ravel.

1.30pm Music Map

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores classical pieces in the context of their history and connections to other works.ShecontinueswithSchumann’sPianoQuintet in E flat, Op 44, including a complete performance.

3.00 Choral Evensong

From Truro Cathedral. Recorded on 4 March. Introit: Yesu, drudh a hwans an werin (Bach, trans Carlton). Responses: Gabriel Jackson Psalm 89 (Goss, Day, Battishill). First Lesson: Judges 4, vv1—10. Canticles: The Truro Canticles (Dobrinka Tabakova). Second Lesson: Romans 1, vv 8—17 Anthem: Give unto the Lord (Elgar). Voluntary: Fête (Langlais). Director of music James Anderson-Besant. Assistant director of music Andrew Wyatt.

4.00 Jazz Record Requests With Alyn Shipton.

5.00 The Early Music Show

Second of two programmes in which Hannah French exploresthelivesof16th-centurypopes(andcousins) Leo X and Clement VII. Here she compares their papacies — how Leo X was portrayed by opponents as a man of gross excess while Clement VII had to impose austerity measures to pay off debts left by his cousin and how both were gifted musicians.

6.00 Words and Music

A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of rising heights, whether involving skyscrapers, bell towers or the heavens. Robert Glenister and Maggie Service read from works by John Gillespie Magee Jr, Carol Ann Duffy, Emily Dickinson, William Golding, Mary Shelley, Ayn Rand, John Dos Passos, Stephen Spender, Imtiaz Dharker, Ian McEwan, Langston Hughes, JG Ballard, Seamus Heaney, Tove Jansson, Percy Bysshe Shelley and more. With music by Handel, Allegri, Bellini, Stravinsky and Judith Weir, and recordings by Miles Davis and Franz Ferdinand.

7.15 Sunday Feature: The Man Who Played the Kremlin’s Tune

4Lucy Ash charts the rise and rule of composer and pianist Tikhon Khrennikov (1913—2007), who for more than 40 years led the Union of Soviet Composers, a role for which he was handpicked by Stalin himself. Khrennikov played a double role: composing bright, accessible tunes celebrated by the regime while condemning his peers Shostakovich and Prokofiev to the point of career ruin. From the 1948 Zhdanov Decree that vilified “formalist” composers to the scandal of the Khrennikov Seven in 1979, this programme maps Khrennikov’s influence across decades of cultural control. Contributors include academics Marina Frolova-Walker and Pauline Fairclough, persecuted composer Elena Firsova and worldrenowned Moscow-born pianist Evgeny Kissin (now 53), who knew and admired Khrennikov. Producer Katie Hill

8.00 Strauss’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme

A complete recording of Strauss’s orchestral suite, as recommended in yesterday’s Record Review

9.00 20th Century Radicals

Kate Molleson uncovers the creative journey which led to John Cage’s Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra (1951). The playlist includes part of a radical work by one of Cage’s own musical heroes, Erik Satie , and reveals a seemingly unlikely and influentialearlymusicalally.Theprogrammealsolooks at how a gift from a student revolutionised Cage’s art and led to influential instrumental techniques.

10.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel. 11.30 Unclassified With Elizabeth Alker. 12.30am Through the Night

With Penny Gore, who begins with the First Night of the Proms concert from July 2024. Handel, arr Mackerras Overture: Music for the Royal Fireworks in D, HWV351 Bruckner Psalm 150 Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 7 Gershwin, arr Grainger The Man I Love (Strike Up the Band) Ben Nobuto Hallelujah Sim (first performance) Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

Sophie Bevan (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, choirmaster Neil Ferris, Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Elim Chan 1.55 C Schumann Impromptu in E 1.59 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1 No 1 2.31 Kraus Symphony in E flat 2.51 Jenner Trio in E flat for Clarinet, Horn and Piano 3.18 Monteverdi Magnificat II 3.29 Franck Prélude, fugue et variation, Op 18 3.41 Sanz Tarantella 3.49 Rossini String Sonata No 1 in G 4.03 Josquin In te Domine speravi Anon Zorzi; Giorgio Anon Forte cosa è la speranza 4.11 Debussy Prelude à l’apres-midi d’un faune 4.22 Verdi, arr Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto 4.31 Carwithen Sonatina for Cello and Piano 4.42 Dvorak Bacchanalia (Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85) 4.47 Kreisler Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane in the Style of Couperin 4.53 Taˇranu Siciliana Blues for Piano and Orchestra 5.06 Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191 5.25 Wagner, arr Mottl Wesendonck 5.44 Geijer Piano Sonata in F minor (four hands) 6.05 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending 6.21 Lassus Pelli meae consumptis carnibus

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5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Bells on Sunday From St Peter’s Church in Theberton, Suffolk.

5.45 In Touch With Peter White. Rptd from Tue 6.00 News Summary

6.05 Heart and Soul

9/9. The stories of two women who were born at the liberated Nazi Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945, who are trying to fillinthegapsofwhathappenedtotheirfamilies. Executive producer Rajeev Gupta; Editor Chloe Walker (R)

6.35 On Your Farm

7.00 News; Sunday Papers

7.10 Sunday Religious and ethical issues.

7.54 The Radio 4 Appeal

Dr Adam Rutherford appeals on behalf of AMR Action UK, the world’s first charity dedicated to research, education and patient support related to antibiotic resistance.

Producer Katy Takatsuki Rptd 9.25pm and Thu 3.27pm Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked AMR Action UK on the back of the envelope; Credit/debit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144; online via the Radio 4 website

8.00 News; Sunday Papers

8.10 Sunday Worship

With Fr Adrian Porter SJ and the Schola Cantorum of St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow. Readings: Amos 8 vv4—7; Luke 16 vv10—13. Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind (Repton); Before The World Began (John L Bell/ Graham Maule); Ubi Caritas (Gjeilo); Our Father (Roberts); Praise To The Holiest In The Height (Billing). Organ Voluntary: March from The Occasional Oratorio (Handel). Director of music Ann Archibald, organist Ronan McQuade. Producer Mo McCullough

8.48 Witness History

Archivist Christine Roussel talks about her mission to uncover the secrets behind the photo taken in 1932 of 11 ironworkers eating lunch on a steel beam at the top of a skyscraper. Repeated from Sunday

8.58 Tweet of the Day

9.00 Broadcasting House Presented by Paddy O’Connell. 10.00 The Reunion

5/5. House of Lords Reform. Kirsty Wark reunites those involved in the 1999 reform of the House of Lords. Producer Leo Hornak Repeated Friday 9am

11.00 The Archers Omnibus edition. Available on BBC Sounds since midnight yesterday.

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6.00am Desert Island Discs Revisited as 5pm 6.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories

7.00 Poetry Extra as 6pm 7.30 The Phantom of the Opera as 6.30pm 8.40 Inheritance Tracks With Rick Edwards

8.50 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.50pm 10.00 Frankie Howerd as 3pm

10.30 Jim the Great as 3.30pm 11.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited as 5pm 11.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories 12.00 Poetry Extra as 6pm 12.30pm The Phantom of the Opera as 6.30pm 1.40 Inheritance Tracks With Rick Edwards

1.50 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.50pm 3.00 Frankie Howerd A 1975 episode of the 1973–75 Radio 2 comedy starring the comedian

3.30 Jim the Great Historical sitcom starring Jimmy Edwards as the moustachioed monarch. With Julian Orchard, Joan Sanderson and others.From 1979 (4/8)

4.00 Hothouse Gareth Thomas reads Lu Kemp’s adaptation of Brian Aldiss’s 1962 sci-fi fantasy set on a non-rotating earth in the distant future when the sun has expanded and man is on the brink of extinction. From 2009 (5/5)

4.30 The Man in Black Mark Gatiss introduces MatthewWilkie’ssinistertaleTheNewBoy.Amanis keen to make the right impression on his new boss. With Simon Bubb and Stephen Grief. From 2011

12.15pm Profile

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

12.30 Just a Minute

5/6. Sue Perkins challenges Stephen Mangan, Lucy Porter, Paul Merton and Zoe Lyons to speak on a topic for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

Repeated from Monday

Repeated tomorrow 9am Radio 4 Extra 1.00 The World This Weekend

Presented by Jonny Dymond.

1.30 Scotland Wants You

Nick Eardley investigates Scottish attitudes to immigration, and if the generally more liberal outlook than found in England is starting to shift. Scotland avoided last year’s wave of immigration riots, but Reform UK have seen a recent rise in support. Eardley uncovers whether Scotland’s reputation for openness aligns with current attitudes, or if this image masks deeper ambivalences.

Producer Peter McManus Repeated tomorrow 4pm

2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time

Kathy Clugston chairs an edition from Elmbridge in Surrey, as panellists Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Juliet Sargeant answer audience queries.

Repeated from Friday

Your RT Gardening: page 134

2.45 Opening Lines

John Yorke takes a look at The Cherry Orchard, examining how its mix of comedy and tragedy and rejection of naturalism represent a departure from Chekhov’s previous work, and were to prove so influential in the development of 20thcentury theatre. Producer Torquil MacLeod (R)

3.00 The Yafa Cherry Orchard 2/2. Hassan Abdulrazzak’s reinvention of Anton Chekhov’s play, set in Palestine during the events of 1948, and following a woman returning to her ancestral home.

Producer/Director Boz Temple-Morris

4.00 Take Four Books

James Crawford welcomes another author for a discussion about their latest book, and about three other titles that influenced the writing of it, which might come from any period in literary history.

Producer Dominic Howell Repeated Saturday 12.15am

4.30 The Third Degree 2/6. Quiz show hosted by Steve Punt, in which undergraduates from Queen Mary, University of London, compete against their professors. The specialist subjects this week are Dentistry, Medicine and Politics, and the contest includes a game of Vaccine Scrabble.

Producer David Tyler Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

5.00 Witness History

Personal accounts of historic events.

First broadcast on BBC World Service Rptd Sun 8.48am

5.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited A 2011 edition with writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth discussing his life and his then eight favourite recordings, from Noël Coward to the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral

5.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories

6.00 Poetry Extra Daljit Nagra recalls Lemn Sissay in 2007 and Carol Ann Duffy in 2013

6.30 The Phantom of the Opera JackKlaffreads the classic 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux, abridged by Andrew Simpon, from a translation by Peter Haining. The half-crazed Phantom lurks in the labyrinth of the Paris Opera House, obsessed with beautifuloperasingerChristine.From1995(6—10/10)

7.40 Inheritance Tracks With Rick Edwards

7.50 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Rachel Joyce’s dramatisation of Anne Brontë’s second (and final) novel. A farmer becomes interested in an enigmatic widow residing in a dilapidated house. With Robert Lonsdale, Hattie Morahan, Leo Bill, Samuel Bridger and others. From 2011 (1—5/10)

9.00 Frankie Howerd as 3pm

9.30 Jim the Great as 3.30pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Clare in the Community (4/6), at 10.30 King Cutler (5/6), at 10.55 Interview WithDomJoly(1/3),andat11.00

The Penny Dreadfuls Present: the Odyssey

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm

1.00 as 5pm 1.45 as 5.45pm 2.00 as 6pm

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5.10 Inheritors of Partition

Kavita Puri explores the legacy of the Indian subcontinent’s division.

Producer Ant Adeane; Editor Hugh Levinson (R)

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.15 Pick of the Week WithAlexLathbridge.

7.00 The Archers

Susan makes a decision, and there’s a near miss for Alan. For cast see Friday Rptd tomorrow 2pm Ambridge Diary: page 111

7.15 How Trains Shrank Time and Space 4

Soundscape exploring the impact of 200 years of railways on the modern world, incorporating archive materials, contemporary voices and a light poetic narration. Poet Katrina Porteous walks an old passenger route, revealing her family’s connections to County Durham’s mines and railways, and musing on what a world shrunk by technology and speed means for us now.

ProducerAnnaScott-Brown RepeatedWednesday9.30pm

7.45 Just One Thing with Michael Mosley Dance. Michael explores the benefits of dancing, which has been shown to be better than traditional fitness exercises for improving muscles, balance and even the size of the brain. Producer Nija Dalal-Small (R)

8.00 Word of Mouth

5/7. Dr Jessica Aiston talks to Michael Rosen about her research into the specialised vocabulary of modern misogyny, including many terms created for the purpose of internet dialogue. Producer Maggie Ayre (R)

8.30 Last Word

Reflecting on the lives of notable people who have recently died. Repeated from Friday

9.00 Money Box Rptd from yesterday 12.04pm

9.25 The Radio 4 Appeal Repeated from 7.54am

9.30 From Our Own Correspondent Repeated from yesterday 11.30am

10.00 The Westminster Hour

11.00 On the Run

1/3. Stay Alive. Helen Mort presents a history of running, asking why people run and what it has meant through the ages. She begins in prehistoric times. Producer Sam Peach (R) 11.45 Short Works Gerard McKeown’s Every Ballymena Man’s Dream. An ill-timed attempt to kick a football leads to a trip to the hospital. Read by Seamus O’Hara. Producer Michael Shannon (R) 12.00 News and Weather

12.15—12.45am Crossing Continents

Over the past year, Kenya has been rocked by anti-government protests. Michael Kaloki meets the young Kenyans risking their lives in a battle for change. Repeated from Tuesday 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am Newscast

6.00 The Martin Lewis Podcast

7.00 Sunday Breakfast With JeanetteKwakyeandGordonSmart.

10.00 Colin Murray

11.30 5 Live Sport Steve Crossman with sports coverage, including finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo and, from 12.00, updates from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Plus Premier League coverage, including build-up to the 2.00pm commentary on Sunderland v Aston Villa. From 4.00 there’s build-up to the 4.30 commentary on Arsenal v Manchester City.

6.30pm 606 Phone-in with Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton.

8.00 The Wayne Rooney Show The ex-footballer teams up with Kelly Somers and comedian Kae Kurd to dive into big topical stories.

8.30 Football Daily WithRickEdwards and guests.

9.00 Stephen Nolan Topical show. 12.00 Ryder Cup 2023

Withthisyear’smatchstartingon Friday,RyderCupcaptainLuke Donaldlooks back two years to Team Europe’s dramatic victory over the US in Rome. He’s joined by members of Team Europe.

1.00am Dotun Adebayo

5.00am The Newsroom 5.30 The Documentary: The Social Lives of Bacteria 6.00 Weekend 9.00 News 9.05 From Our Own Correspondent 9.30 The Food Chain 10.00 News 10.05 People Fixing the World: the links between play and children’s development and mental health 10.30 The Fifth Floor 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 Trending 11.50 More or Less 12.00 News 12.05pm BBC OS Conversations 12.30 Assignment: young people in Kenya taking part in anti-government protests As broadcast

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MONDAY Radio

TODAY’S CHOICES

Looking for No Man’s Land

1.45pm Radio 4

We should all be as concerned as science presenter Caroline Steel and producer Florian Bohr about the rate of man’s destruction of the globe. In this engaging series, they set out to discover whether there is anywhere left unchanged by humans. They begin by gathering surprising historical evidence from environmental scientist Erle Ellis about how human have impacted the Earth ever since they arrived. News is no better from Nasa’s Mark SubbaRao about the gasses in the atmosphere. But he also offers a glimmer of hope. FIONA HUGHES

Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems

11.45am/12.30am Radio 4

There can be no better way to search for the true history of England than through poetry. In her new book, Catherine Clarke attempts to trace a line through 25 poems, five of which she covers in daily excerpts this week. Today’s offering is in Old English (we get a translation), about the Battle of Maldon. The poem shines a light on the catastrophic fight to see off marauding Vikings that led to the death of legendary Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth.

FIONA HUGHES

THIS WEEK’S

HIGHLIGHTS See p112

The Essay: How Music Heals

9.45pm Radio 3

Psychotherapist Philippa Perry on the role of music in therapy. Thrilling Stories of the Railway

8.30am/1.30pm/7.30pm Radio 4 Extra

The first in a week’s worth of railway-themed programmes.

BBC Radio 1

97.6—99.8 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio1

F’view* 700 F’sat 700 Sky 0101 Virgin 901

7.00am Greg James 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.30 Going Home 6.00 New MusicShow8.00 FutureArtists10.00 Power Down Playlist 11.00 Daniel P Carter 1.00am BBC Introducing Rock 2.00 Anthems 4.00 Pop Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

BBC Radio 2

88—90.2 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio2

F’view* 702 F’sat 702 Sky 0102 Virgin 902

6.30am Scott Mills

9.30 Vernon Kay

Including at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, this week featuring picks by Wigan-born indie singer/songwriter and former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, who next month releases his seventh solo album, Lovin’ You 12.00 Jeremy Vine

2.00pm Trevor Nelson

4.00 Sara Cox

7.00 Jo Whiley

9.00 The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews

10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony

12.00 OJ Borg

3.00am Pick of the Pops 1/2

Mark Goodier with this week in 1978, whentheTop20includedAbba,Blondie, Boney M, the Motors and Sylvester. (R) 4.00 Jason Mohammad

BBC 6 Music

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Freeview 707 Freesat 707 Sky 0118 Virgin 909

7.00am Nick Grimshaw Guest Kate Moss discusses her friendship with David Bowie. She and Nick also discuss his music and legacy. The interview was recorded at the recently opened David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse — a new working archive for the world’s largest collection dedicatedtoBowie’slifeandworks.The neweight-partseries MusicUncovered, David Bowie: Changeling, presented by Moss, is now available on BBC Sounds.

10.00 Lauren Laverne

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Steve Lamacq’s Teatime Session

7.00 New Music Fix Daily

9.00 Riley and Coe

11.00 Grounding 5/12. Four neurodivergentartists—DJEmma-Jean Thackray, GaryNuman,Irishsatirist BlindboyBoatclub(DavidChambers)and DJ/producer Afrodeutsche (Henrietta Smith-Rolla) — lead three two-hour conversationsexploringmusic,identity and creativity. Today: the second of three programmes from Gary Numan.

1.00am Joni Mitchell at the BBC

A profile of Joni Mitchell by way of BBC archive interviews kicks off four hours of programming devoted to the influential folk-jazz singer/songwriter.

2.00 Joni Mitchell Live at TV Centre

A 1970 BBC performance.

3.00 Joni Mitchell Live at Wembley

A London concert from 1983.

4.00 Johnnie Walker’s Long-Players

A 2012 episode, with Johnnie Walker joined by David Hepworth to examine JoniMitchell’sclassic1971LP Blue.With input by Mitchell and contemporaries Graham Nash and David Crosby. Plus a look at Jackson Browne’s 1977 album Running On Empty 5.00 Chris Hawkins Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham

Dene 10.00 David Lloyd 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day 4.00 Nicky Horne 6.00 Peter Quinn 8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 David Hamilton

10.00 Diana Luke 12.00 Derek Webster 2.00am Night Music

BBC Radio 3

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News and weather Half-hourly 6.30—8.30am, 1.00pm, 6.00

6.30am Breakfast With Tom McKinney. 9.30 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann. 1.00pm Classical Live

With Mark Forrest, who throughout the week presents highlights of concerts featuring British orchestras on tour in Europe, starting with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (from May at the Saar International Music Festival in South West Germany) — and more tomorrow, Thursday and Friday — and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (from November 2023 in Warsaw), with more on Friday. Plus a week-long spotlight on recently graduated Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Chaos String Quartet.

But to start, from 1.00,the weekly lunchtime recital from London’s Wigmore Hall, with Petroc Trelawny introducing Macedonian pianist Simon Trpc˘eski in a concert of works by Tchaikovsky and Ravel. Tchaikovsky October (Autumn Song) (The Seasons, Op 37a)

Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Tchaikovsky, arr Pletnev Suite: The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a

2.00 Berlioz Le carnaval romain City of Brimingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kazuki Yamada Mozart String Quartet No 17 in B flat, K458 (The Hunt) Chaos String Quartet Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 2, Op 61 Sibelius Lemminkäinen’s Return (Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22) Vadim Gluzman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts Uccellini Aria sopra La Bergamasca, Op 3 No 5 Chaos String Quartet

Classical Live listings are not comprehensive and content is subject to changes prior to broadcast 4.00 Composer of the Week: Joaquín Rodrigo (1901—1999)

1/5. Shadow World. Donald Macleod explores the life of Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo, who at three years old lost his eyesight due to diptheria and who is responsibleforoneofthemostinstantly recognisable works for classical guitar, the Concierto de Aranjuez. He begins in the composer’s early years when, thanks to his teachers and also friend Rafael Ibáñez, Rodrigo quickly found his calling. Concierto de Aranjuez Pepe Romero (guitar), Christine Pendrill (horn), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner Dos Esbozos (Two Sketches); Rumaniana Eva León (violin), Olga Vinokur (piano) Tres evocaciones; Sonatas de Castilla con toccata a modo de pregón (selection) Gregory Allen (piano) Juglares Castile and Leon Symphony Orchestra, conductor Max Bragado-Darman RT OFFER Rodrigo/Villa-Lobos — Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasia para un gentilhomme (Rodrigo) and Guitar Concerto (Villa-Lobos) performed by guitarist John Williams and the English Chamber Orchestra with conductors Daniel Barenboim and Charles Groves — is available for £12.95 incl p&p. Call 0115 982 7500 quoting ref 88697690542 or visit radiotimes.com/cds

Greatest Hits

DAB greatesthitsradio.co.uk Regional variations on FM

6.00am Rossie: chat, a playlist for breakfast and, after 9.00, the Top Ten till Ken 10.00 Ken Bruce: including at 10.30 the PopMaster music quiz 1.00pm Kate Thornton 4.00 The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show 7.00 Jackie Brambles 10.00 Andy Crane 1.00am Music Marathon 4.00 Alex Lester

BBC Asian Network

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6.00am The Everyday Hustle 6.30 Desi Dancefloor Mix 7.00 Nikita Kanda 10.00 Certified 11.00 Haroon Rashid 1.00pm Bollywood 2.00 Certified Throwbacks 3.00 Jaz Singh 6.00 Vallisa 8.00 Motivation 10.00 The Everyday Hustle 11.00 Shisha Lounge Mix 12.00 Shades On Mix: with DJ Manara 1.00am Nadia Ali 3.00 Bobby Friction 5.00 Fresh

Absolute Radio

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6.00am Dave Berry: lively chat, guests and tunes, with Matt Dyson 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Ben Coley

5.00 In Tune

Petroc Trelawny with news from the classical world, an eclectic playlist and studio guests, including live performances.

7.00 Classical Mixtape Nonstop music.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

Linton Stephens introduces a concert from Wednesday at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, with Kazuki Yamada conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and soloists in a performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius ahead of the 3 October anniversary of the work’s premiere in 1900 in Birmingham Town Hall.

Jess Dandy (contralto), Toby Spence (tenor) and Roderick Williams (baritone), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Kazuki Yamada Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

9.45 The Essay: How Music Heals

41/5. Psychotherapist and author Philippa Perry explores the potential power of music therapy, beginning with a focus on group sessions. In east London, she meets music therapist Donald Wetherick, who works with adults experiencing the most serious mental health conditions, including psychosis, schizophrenia and severe depression. She then speaks to newly qualified music therapists at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and hears about how they learn to use music as a therapeutic tool with their clients. See page 112.

10.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel.

11.30 ’Round Midnight Saxophonist Soweto Kinch presents a series showcasing jazz, with a particular focus on the British scene. For the next four evenings, in the 4/4 feature, Latin soul singer Joe Bataan (now 82) shares — one per evening — four favourite recordings, starting with singer Nancy Wilson. 12.30am Through the Night With Penny Gore, who begins with a concert from Riga Cathedral recorded in September 2024 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner. Bruckner Mass No 3 in F minor; Psalm 150 Lina Dambrauskalte (soprano), Emilia Rukavina (mezzo), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Thomas Essl (bass), Latvian State Choir, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maris Sirmais 1.34 Viotti Duo concertante in A minor 1.41 Smetana Pensée fugitive in D minor 1.45 Reinecke Ballade, Op 288 1.54 Bruckner Locus iste; Christus factus est 2.01 Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 3.31 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor 3.19 Hammerschmidt Suite in D minor (Erster Fleiss) 3.35 Viardot Choeur bohémien 3.39 Haydn Divertimento in C, H IV 1 (London Trio) 3.48 Clara Schumann Scherzo No 1 in D minor, Op 10 3.53 Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 4.01 Hildegard of Bingen O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium) 4.10 Trad Romanza (arr Yepes for guitar) 4.17 Brahms Nänie, Op 82 4.31 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K9; Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Kk377 4.37 Palestrina Tu es Petrus 4.43 Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures 4.51 Parry Lord, Let Me Know Mine End (Songs of Farewell) 5.02 Chaminade Concertino pour flûte, Op.107 5.10 Kajanus Finnish Rhapsody No 1, Op 5 5.20 Handel He Shall Feed His Flock (Messiah) 5.27 Howell Two Pieces for Muted Strings 5.36 Gebauer Trio in E minor for flute, clarinet and bassoon, Op 32 No 2 5.49 Brahms Serenade No 1 in D, Op 11 (R)

Radio 3 Unwind

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6.00am Mindful Mix 9.00 Classical Unwind 12.00 Piano Focus 2.00pm Mindful Mix 5.00 Classical Wind Down 8.00 Cinematic Soundtracks: with Edith Bowman9.00 UltimateCalm:withpianistOlafurArnalds. Series one. From 2022 (1/12) 10.00 Night Tracks 11.30 The Sleeping Forecast 12.30am Sleep Tracks

Coward

5.00am News Briefing

5.04 Last Word Repeated from yesterday 8.30pm 5.43 Prayer for the Day With Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today

With Anna Foster and Nick Robinson.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With Philip North. 9.00 Start the Week

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by historian Catherine Clarke, writer Saima Mir and poet Andrew McMillan at the Contains Strong Language Festival in Bradford for a discussion exploring the city’s culture and history through its poetry and stories.

Producer Katy Hickman Repeated 9pm 9.45 Café Hope

3/12. Rachel Burden opens the doors of her virtual café to welcome guests involved in projects that are making the world a better place. Today she talks to the founder of Quilts for Care Leavers, Maggie Lloyd-Jones, about how the charity offers “quilted hugs” to young people who are leaving the local authority care system.

Producer Uma Doraiswamy Repeated 9.45pm 10.00 Woman’s Hour

With Nuala McGovern.

Editor Karen Dalziel

11.00 The Great Influencer Experiment 3/3. The Business of Being Seen. As the experiment comes to an end, Emily, Alun and Danyah assess what they’ve learnt and if it brought success or exposed the limits of life online. Beneath their stories lies a bigger question: can being a creator really be a sustainable career? Editor Matt Willis

11.45 Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems

41/5. Vikings the Battle of Maldon Catherine Clarke reads from her history of England exploring the ways in which poetry has shaped English identity. The first episode focuses on The Battle of Maldon, a poem from Essex in the year 1000 that celebrates the idea of England as a proud warrior nation.

Producer Justine Willett Repeated 12.30am 12.04pm You and Yours Reports on consumer affairs.

1.00 The World at One Presented by Sarah Montague.

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RAILWAY 200 ON 4 EXTRA Throughout the week 4 Extra celebrates the 200th anniversary of the British railway system

6.00am Dr Finlay as 5pm

6.30 Red for Danger Vintage thriller. From 1954

7.00 Pankhiraj By Tanika Gupta. From 1996

7.30 Dad’s Army 1974 sitcom

8.00 Michael Frayn’s Pocket Playhouse (3/4)

8.30 CHOICE: Thrilling Stories of the Railway

8.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.45pm 9.00 Just a Minute (4/6) As broadcast last Mon R4

9.30 The Railways: Nation, Network and People How Britain was transformed by the railways (1/5)

9.45 Daily Service Led by Grace Thomas

10.00 Salute to Steam as 4pm

10.30 Off-Peak Performance as 4.30pm

11.00 Dr Finlay as 5pm 11.30 Red for Danger Vintage thriller. From 1954

12.00 Pankhiraj By Tanika Gupta. From 1996 12.30pm Dad’s Army 1974 sitcom

1.00 Michael Frayn’s Pocket Playhouse (3/4) 1.30 CHOICE: Thrilling Stories of the Railway 1.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.45pm

2.00 Booked Literary quiz (6/6)

2.30 Married 2000 sitcom (3/6)

3.00 Victoria Station as 9pm

3.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train as9.45pm 4.00 Salute to Steam A look at railway travel

1.45 Looking for No Man’s Land 4New series. 1/5. All Great Quests Start with a Map. Caroline Steel with producer Florian Bohr go in search of a place on Earth untouched by humans. In the first episode, Steel seeks the help of the help of environmental scientist Erle Ellis and the head of Nasa’s scientific visualisation team Mark Subbarao, and explores maps that reveal humanity’s astonishing global footprint. Producer Florian Bohr

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Alone

2/6. Anti-Valentine’s Day. By Moray Hunter. As Valentine’s Day approaches, the singletons worry about feeling left out, so Will encourages the five of them to go out for a meal together.

Mitch Angus Deayton

Louisa Kate Isitt

Will Pearce Quigley

Morris Bennett Arron

Ellie Abigail Cruttenden

Producer Gordon Kennedy

Directors Moray Hunter and Gordon Kennedy (R)

2.45 Mrs Bridge

6/10. By Evan S Connell. The story of an upper middle-class, bourgeois family in Kansas City in the period between the First and Second World Wars. Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters. Mr and Mrs Bridge find that Europe is very different from Kansas City, following memorable experiences in London, Paris and Rome. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Series producer Jill Waters (R)

3.00 Great Lives

7/9. Elizabeth Day on Hatshesput

Author Elizabeth Day joins Matthew Parris to discuss the great Egyptian female pharaoh Hatshepsut, with help in the studio from archaeologist Professor Joyce Tyldesley.

Producer Miles Warde Repeated tomorrow 9.30pm

3.30 You’re Dead to Me

Repeated from Saturday 10am

4.00 Scotland Wants You

Repeated from yesterday 1.30pm Rptd tomorrow 5.04am

4.30 The Kitchen Cabinet

Repeated from Saturday 10.30am

5.00 PM

With Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 Just a Minute

6/6. Do You Believe in Soul Mates? Sue Perkins challenges Julian Clary, Rachel Parris, Paterson Joseph and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation on topics including My Spanish Exchange,PaddingtonBear,andShoulderPads.

Producer Georgia Keating; Executive producer James Robinson Repeated Sunday 12.30pm

7.00 The Archers

Justin finds himself on the spot, and Jill comes to a surprising realisation. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

4.30 Off-Peak Performance JohnnyI’Ansonhears from aggrieved London to Manchester passengers

5.00 Dr Finlay — The Further Adventures of a Black Bag AJCronin’s1966comictaleTheMatch

5.30 Red for Danger Vintage thriller. From 1954

6.00 Pankhiraj By Tanika Gupta. From 1996

6.30 Dad’s Army 1974 sitcom

7.00 Michael Frayn’s Pocket Playhouse (3/4)

7.30 CHOICE Thrilling Stories of the Railway BenedictCumberbatchreadsadaptationsof five tales from the 1912 collection by clergyman Victor L Whitechurch (1868—1933), about vegetarian railway detective Thorpe Hazell. He starts with The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box See p111

7.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (6/10)

8.00 Booked Literary quiz. From 1998 (6/6)

8.30 Married 2000 sitcom (3/6)

9.00 Victoria Station FivedramasbySteve ChambersbeginningwithSignalFailure.From1995

9.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train Serial by Roy Apps, inspired by a 1950s true story. Penelope Keith stars as wealthy Sussex resident Miss Bessemer, who campaigns to halt the closure of her local railway. From 2021 (1/5)

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club:Just a Minute(5/6), 10.30 The Right Time (1/6), at 10.55 Interview With Dom Joly (2/3), 11.00 The News Quiz (3/8), and at 11.30 Old Harry’s Game (4/4)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm 1.30 as5.30pm2.00 as6pm2.30 as6.30pm3.00 as 7pm 3.30 as 7.30pm 3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 2pm4.30 as2.30pm5.00 as9pm5.45 as9.45pm

7.15 Front Row

A round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. Tonight Samira Ahmed talks to Heartstopper star Joe Locke as he makes his West End debut in Samuel D Hunter’s new play, Clarkston, a love story that begins on the night shift at Costco. Producer Harry Graham 8.00 Rethink

3/5. Should We Stop Flying? Aviation is far more difficult to decarbonise than other sectors of the economy because kerosene is the perfect fuel for planes and alternatives are thin on the ground. Ben Ansell considers whether people should take individual responsibility for the polluting effects of aviation by flying less, with guests including Alice Larkin, Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy in the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester. Rptd from last Thu 8.30 BBC Inside Science With Victoria Gill.

Repeated from Thursday Repeated tomorrow 5.04am

9.00 Start the Week Repeated from 9am 9.45 Café Hope Repeated from 9.45am

10.00 The World Tonight Presented by James Coomarasamy. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Plot against America

1/10. Philip Roth’s modern classic, published in 2004, charts the fortunes of the Roth family during an alternate reality — a Charles Lindbergh presidency in which antisemitism becomes more acceptable in American life and Jewish-American families are persecuted on various levels. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Richard Schiff. Producers Mair Bosworth and Fay Lomas 11.00 Tracking the Planet 2/3. Riding the Storm. Emily Knight explores the impact environmental changes are having on animals, using trackers that report what they’re up to and the climatic conditions they’re dealing with. (R) 11.30 Great Lives 1/5. Sir Bruce Forsyth. Another chance to hear — over five evenings this week — five programmes from the Great Lives series, starting with entertainer Bruce Forsyth, who’s chosen by the political writer and broadcaster Steve Richards. Steve recalls discovering Forsyth as a teenager during the 1970s, and the light he provided during a dark time. Matthew Paris presents. Producer Paul Martin (R) 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

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5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 The Interview 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 Crowd Science 10.00 News 10.05 The History Hour 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Conversation 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 The Interview 3.30 Business Daily 3.50 World Business Express 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History: origins of scouting, one of the largest international youth movements 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.05 From Our Own Correspondent 8.30 The Life Scientific: developing the Cardiff Model of Violence Prevention 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.05 The Interview: 10.30 The Conversation: foragers Roushanna Gray and Emily Smith talk about their professions 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 World Business Report 12.00 News 12.05am The History Hour 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Global Story 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 Assignment: Anna Holligan learns about Denmark’s new conscription lottery system 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 In the Studio: Kyiv railway-station artwork making a statement on the conflict

5.00am Wake Up to Money

Financial news stories and reports from the business world.

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a detailed look at the headlines, plus sports news, weather and unique stories from across the UK.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Discussion of topical issues and the chance for listeners to phone in.

11.00 Naga Munchetty

With the latest news, big-name interviews from around the UK and listeners’ personal experiences.

2.00pm Matt Chorley

News and political discussion, with guests and input from listeners.

4.00 5 Live Drive

Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton with the latest news and sport. Plus interviews linked to topical and cultural issues.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Mark Chapman with sports news and features, including The Monday Night Club — in which he’s joined by Chris Sutton, Joe Hart and Rory Smith to discuss the weekend’s football action — and at 9.00 The Ryder Cup, with Mark joined by guests to discuss the latest golf news ahead of the Ryder Cup, starting on Friday in New York.

10.00 Tony Livesey

A topical look at sports, news and culture, with in-depth interviews and listener input. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo

Talksport

6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Jeff Stelling. 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Sporting insight.

1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Talksport Drive Opinionated sporting debate on the way home. 7.00 Kick Off Sports debate. 10.00 The Sports Bar Reaction, analysis and listeners’ input regarding the day’s sport. 1.00am Extra Time WithPaulRoss. 5.00

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TODAY’S CHOICES

Iris Barry, First Lady of Film

4.00pm Radio 4

From humble beginnings living on a farm outside Birmingham at the turn of the 20th century, Iris Barry (above) went on to dedicate her life to changing the perception of cinema as cheap, throwaway entertainment to the status of high art. Mentored by modernist poet Ezra Pound after moving to London, the indomitable Barry established “an uncompromising, incendiary writing style” as The Spectator’s first film critic, helped to found the London Film Society (a forerunner to the BFI), and furthered the curation and preservation of film at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Arguably, the study of movies as an art form would not be the same without her immense contributions.

Entertaining and informative as the programme is, a mere 30 minutes barely does justice to an extraordinary life.

JEREMY ASPINALL

In the Studio

1.30pm/10.30pm

BBC World Service

When artist Lesia Khomenko fled to New York with her daughter the day after the Russians invaded Ukraine in February 2022, partner Max stayed in Kyiv to defend their country. Khomenko talks about the series of paintings titled “Max is in the Army” that she contributed to the Venice Biennale that year, not just of Max but also of lawyers, bus drivers, shopkeepers and all the other civilians who had to adjust to bearing weapons for the first time. She also talks about working on the 20m-long painting destined for Kyiv station which had her walking 10km a day in her studio, spurred on by loud music and coffee. FIONA HUGHES

BBC Radio 1

97.6—99.8 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio1

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7.00am Greg James 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.30 Going Home 6.00 New Music Show with Jack Saunders

8.00 Future Artists with Sian Eleri

10.00 Power Down Playlist 11.00

Martha 1.00am Drum ’n’ Bass Mix

2.00 Anthems 4.00 Pop Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

BBC Radio 2

88—90.2 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio2

F’view* 702 F’sat 702 Sky 0102 Virgin 902

6.30am Scott Mills

9.30 Vernon Kay

Music, chat and features, including at 10.30 the Ten to the Top music quiz and at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, with two more picks from singer/songwriter and former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

2.00pm Trevor Nelson

4.00 Sara Cox

With news of the Radio 2 Book Club podcast, available on BBC Sounds, which today marks the launchofthis year’s 500 Words, the UK’s largest children’s writing competition.

7.00 Jo Whiley

Including the Shiny Happy Playlist, with 30 minutes of feel-good music to start the show.

9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum

10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony Eclectic playlists that can include classicdoo-wop,soul,R&B,funk,disco and reggae, plus hip-hop, house, UK garage and dance remixes.

12.00 OJ Borg

Chat, music, texts and features, including Midnight Mastermind

3.00am Pick of the Pops

2/2. Mark Goodier with the singles chart from this week in 1982, when the Top 20 included radio hits by Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Duran Duran and David Christie. (R)

4.00 Jason Mohammad Chatandmusic,broadcastfromCardiff, with extensive input from listeners.

BBC 6 Music

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7.00am Nick Grimshaw

10.00 Lauren Laverne

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Huw Stephens

7.00 New Music Fix Daily 9.00 Riley and Coe 11.00 Grounding 6/12. Series in which neurodivergent artists lead talks exploring music, identity and creativity. Today’s programme features the third and final instalment presented by Gary Numan.

1.00am 6 Music’s Indie Forever A playlist of anthems, including the Zutons, Tame Impala, Oasis, Gossip, the Strokes, Klaxons and Wolf Alice. 2.00 This Cultural Life Two 2023 episodes of John Wilson’s interview series, starting with singer/songwriter Angélique Kidjo (the queen of African music), followed at 3.00 by Senegalese singing star Baaba Maal.

4.00 The 6 Music Playlist

5.00 Chris Hawkins

Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham

Dene 10.00 David Lloyd 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day 4.00 Nicky Horne 6.00 Peter Quinn 8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 David Hamilton’s MillionSellers10.00 Diana

BBC Radio 3

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News and weather as Monday

6.30am Breakfast

With Tom McKinney, broadcast from Salford, featuring the headlines and an eclectic playlist, including music works linked to anniversaries, the Dawn Chorus and Bach before 7 features and listeners’ playlist suggestions.

9.30 Essential Classics

Georgia Mann with music and features, including at 10.00 the Playlister Starter, in which listeners are played a piece of music and then invited to suggest compatible works for broadcast at 11.15 in the Playlister Reveal. Plus Album of the Week at 10.30 and, at 12.00, Feast of a Piece, showcasing a very fine orchestra work.

1.00pm Classical Live

With Mark Forrest, featuring further highlights of concerts given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (from May at the Saar International Music Festival in Germany) — with more on Thursday and Friday — and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (from November 2023 in Warsaw). Plus a continued spotlight on the Chaos String Quartet and more piano transcriptions, today featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Alexandre Tharaud. Dukas, arr Tharaud The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Sibelius The Death of Mélisande (Suite: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op 46)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts Haydn Symphony No 93 in D Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Manfred Honeck Schubert Du bist die Ruh’, D776 (with piano improvisation)

Chaos String Quartet, Fergus McCreadie (piano)

Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suites No 1 and No 2 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kazuki Yamada

Liszt (after Wagner) Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral aus Parsifal, S450; Ballade aus Der Fliegende Holländer, S441 Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Schubert String Quintet in C, D956

ChaosStringQuartet,SantiagoCañónValencia(cello) Monnot/Piaf, arr Tharaud Hymne à l’amour

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

4.00 Composer of the Week: Rodrigo 2/5. Tower of Babel. Donald Macleod follows Rodrigo’s journey from Valencia to Paris, where he joins the melting pot of Paul Dukas’s composition class—andmeetsanenchantingyoungpianoteacher. Zarabanda Lejana Manuel Barrueco (guitar)

Pastorale; Deux berceuses; Bagatela; Preludio de añoranza Artur Pizarro (piano) Suite pour piano Gregory Allen

Greatest Hits

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6.00am Rossie: A nostalgic playlist of hits from the 1970s, 80s and 90s (and the occasional 60s classic), plus chat, listeners’ texts, news and, after 9.00, the Top Ten til Ken, featuring ten hits all from one mystery year 10.00 Ken Bruce: including at 10.30 the famous PopMaster music quiz 1.00pm Kate Thornton 4.00 The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show: music and chat, plus the features Confessions, Dramas and Big 45s 7.00 Jackie Brambles 10.00 Andy Crane 1.00am Music Marathon 4.00 Alex Lester

BBC Asian Network

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6.00am Motivation 7.00 Nikita Kanda 10.00 Certified 11.00 Haroon Rashid 2.00pm Certified Throwbacks 3.00 Jaz Singh 6.00 Nadia Ali 8.00

BBC Introducing with Jasmine Takhar 10.00 Celebrates 11.00 All Star Anthems 12.00 Certified Mashups 1.00am Vallisa 3.00 New Music Show with DJ Limelight 5.00 Celebrates

Absolute Radio

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6.00am Dave Berry: chat, music and features 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell: hard rock, indie pop and everything in between 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Ben Coley

Preludio para un poema a la Alhambra

Castile and León Symphony Orchestra, conductor Max Bragado-Darman

Cinco piezas infantiles (Five Children’s Pieces)

José Melitón and Elena Martin (pianos)

5.00 In Tune

Petroc Trelawny with news from the classical world, an eclectic playlist and studio guests, including performances from top musicians, soloists, vocalists and ensembles.

7.00 Classical Mixtape Anunpredictableplaylist.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

In a concert from Thursday at the Barbican in London, Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in symphonies by Shostakovich and Beethoven, joined by South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho for Prokofiev’s technically challenging Second Piano Concerto. Presented by Penny Gore.

Shostakovich Symphony No 9

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2

Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

9.45 The Essay: How Music Heals 2/5. Author and psychotherapist Philippa Perry focuses on how music helps palliative care and bereavement. She meets a music therapist and client who work in a hospice in Edinburgh.

10.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel.

11.30 ’Round Midnight

Jazz series presented by saxophonist Soweto Kinch. In this evening’s 4/4 feature, veteran Latin soul singer Joe Bataan introduces a personal favourite recording by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

12.30am Through the Night With Penny Gore, who begins with a performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony from last November at the Cologne Philharmonie.

Mahler Symphony No 3

Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Cologne Cathedral Choir, WDR Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, conductor Cristian Mac˘elaru

2.12 Mahler Piano Quartet 2.25 Mahler Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) 2.31 Biber Missa Alleluja

3.07 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 9 in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer)

3.40 Grieg Last Spring, Op 33 No 2

3.46 Buxtehude Prelude in G minor, BuxWV149 3.54 Rachmaninov When Night Descends in Silence, Op 4 No 3; Oh Stop Thy Singing, Maiden Fair, Op 4 No 4 4.02 Lithander Rondo for flute and keyboard, Op 8 4.10 Piccinini Toccata; Chiaccona (Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, libro primo) 4.15 Ravel Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs) 4.22 Zelenka Overture in F ZWV188 4.31 Wagenaar Concert Overture, Op 11 (Frühlingsgewalt) 4.39 Fauré Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 74 4.47 M Haydn Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich

4.57 Purcell Sonata in G minor, Z807 5.04 Webern Langsamer Satz 5.13 Groneman Sonata in G for two flutes 5.22 Schumann Piano Trio No 2 in F, Op 80 5.47 Andrew Huggett Canadian folk-song suite for accordion and piano 6.01 Crusell Concertante in B flat, Op 3

Radio 3 Unwind

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6.00am Mindful Mix 9.00 Classical Unwind 12.00 Piano Focus: including works by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Strauss, Grieg, Philip Glass, Grovlez, Yasushi Yoshida, Daniel P Somogyi, Yoko Komatsu and many others

2.00pm Mindful Mix 5.00 Classical Wind Down: Niall Breslin with a playlist designed to be calming 8.00 Cinematic Soundtracks: Edith Bowman with highlights of film and TV scores 9.00 Ultimate Calm (2/12) 10.00 Night Tracks: with Hannah Peel 11.30 The Sleeping Forecast 12.30am Sleep Tracks

Bill Overton 4.00 Lucy Coward

5.00am News Summary

5.04 Scotland Wants You Repeated from 4pm yesterday

5.43 Prayer for the Day With Fr Philip Blackledge.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today With Nick Robinson and Justin Webb.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With Chief Rabbi Mirvis.

9.00 The Life Scientific

3/10. Former British Army brigadier general and engineer Dr Gareth Collett joins Jim Al-Khalili to discuss his 32-year military career in bomb disposal that took him around the world and his move from the army to academia after his retirement. Now a university lecturer, he researches a possible link between bomb disposal veterans and higher rates of urological cancers. Producer Lucy Taylor Repeated tomorrow 9pm

9.30 Universities Challenged 3/3. Still Worth It? Sophia Galer Smith concludes her series by asking, what is the value of a degree? AI could change the whole university project, and financial pressures on universities mean courses are getting cut to the bone. Many graduates leave university facing a nightmare jobs market. So — is it still worth getting a degree? Does a degree still offer value for money? Or are there other values at stake? Producer Lucy Burns 10.00 Woman’s Hour

Presented by Nuala McGovern. 11.00 Add to Playlist

6/6. Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe are joinedbycomposerandconductorAnneDudley, and pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe to add the last five tracks. They head to Trinidad and a London building site, and spend time with a Beethoven masterpiece. Repeated from Friday 11.45 Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems 2/5. Poetry, Prophecy and the Island: This England, from Shakespeare’s Richard II ByCatherineClarke.Theauthorlooksattheways in which Shakespeare’s endlessly anthologised “This England” speech from Richard II has shaped English identity. Read by the author. For details see yesterday Repeated 12.30am 12.04pm Call You and Yours Winifred Robinson invites listeners to offer their experiences in consumer affairs.

PHONE: 0370 010 0444 (Lines open from 10am)

EMAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

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6.00am The Mystery of the Blue Train as 5pm 6.30 Red for Danger 1954radioserialthriller(3/6)

7.00 Wally Who? 1982 sitcom by Bob Grant (1/5)

7.30 The Goon Show Vintage 1958 comedy

8.00 Mrs Sidhu’s Deadly Highland Game as1pm

8.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm 8.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (7/10)

9.00 Mark Steel’s in Town A stand-up show in Blyth. Series 11 (1/3) As broadcast last Tue on Radio 4

9.30 The Railways: Nation, Network and People Simon Bradley’s account of how Britain was transformed by the railways. From 2015 (2/5)

9.45 Daily Service Led by Georgia Clarke. Psalm65,vv9—13;CreationSingstheFather’sSong (Stuart Townend); For the Fruits of His Creation (Sasha Johnson Manning and Holly Marland); ChorusofCreation(SethPinnockandANewThing) 10.00 Train Tracks Simon Townley explores links betweentrainsandmusic,withcountrysingerLaura Cantrell,musicprofessorAlanMooreandcomposer Richard Rodney Bennett (1936—2012). From 2009 10.30 The Trainspotter’s Guide to Dracula

11.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train as 5pm 11.30 Red for Danger as 5.30pm

12.00 Wally Who? 1982 sitcom by Bob Grant (1/5) 12.30pm The Goon Show Vintage 1958 comedy

1.00 Mrs Sidhu’s Deadly Highland Game (4/4)

1.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm 1.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (7/10)

1.00 The World at One News and analysis with Sarah Montague.

1.45 Looking for No Man’s Land

2/5. Caroline Steel and Florian Bohr set out to discover whether there is anywhere left in the world unchanged by human intervention. For details see Monday

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Life Lines

1/2. Drama set in an ambulance control room, by Al Smith. Newly pregnant Carrie tries to maintain her calm when she has to work with an AI system that can listen but doesn’t always understand, and her own body starts rebelling against her. Concludes tomorrow 2.15pm.

Carrie Sarah Ridgeway

Will Rick Warden

Ian Michael Jibson

Caitlyn Rowan Robinson

Dan/Doctor Tom Victor

Receptionist Maggie Service

Director Sally Avens

3.00 History’s Heroes

2/3. Katharine Hepburn: Queen of the Screen

Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on the ways in which actor Katharine Hepburn challenged the conventions of Hollywood’s studio system. All episodes are on BBC Sounds.

Producer Lorna Reader; Series producer Suniti Somaiya

3.30 Beyond Belief

Faith versus Fear. Immigration remains at the top of the political agenda as “Stop the Boats” fuels the rise of Reform and puts the Government under pressure to find a solution to the issue. But what is the “Christian” response to migrants? Giles Fraser and guests discuss.

Producer Alexa Good Repeated Sunday 6.06am

4.00 Iris Barry, First Lady of Film

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Silent film historian Pamela Hutchinson explores the extraordinary life of Iris Barry — the pioneering 1920s critic, curator and film preservationist who changed the way the world views cinema.

Producers James King and Ashley Pollak

4.30 What’s Up Docs?

Identical twin doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken are joined by Dr Deirdre Tobias, an obesity and nutritional epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, for a discussion on fibre. They find out what fibre is, why it’s beneficial,howmuchtheyshouldbeconsuming and which foods are the best sources.

Producers Maia Miller-Lewis and Jo Rowntree

Executive producer Rami Tzabar

5.00 PM Presented by Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 Mark Steel’s in Town

The stand-up is in Walthamstow in north-east London. Producer Carl Cooper Repeated next Tuesday on Radio 4 Extra (R)

2.00 Guess What? 1998 panel game (6/10)

2.30 Trapped Daniel and Mark Maier’s Break Out

3.00 Victoria Station Sean Baker stars in Steve Chambers’s Tunnel Vision. From 1995

3.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train (2/5)

4.00 Train Tracks as 10am

4.30 The Trainspotter’s Guide to Dracula

Miles Jupp uses Bram Stoker’s famous novel as it has never been used before, as a train timetable

5.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train Dramatisation of the 1928 Agatha Christie novel, with Maurice Denham as Hercule Poirot. From 1985 (1/6)

5.30 Red for Danger 1954radioserialthriller(3/6)

6.00 Wally Who? 1982 sitcom by Bob Grant (1/5)

6.30 The Goon Show Vintage 1958 comedy

7.00 Mrs Sidhu’s Deadly Highland Game as1pm

7.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway

Victor L Whitechurch’s Sir Gilbert Murrell’s Picture

7.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (7/10)

8.00 Guess What? 1998 panel game (6/10)

8.30 Trapped as 2.30pm

9.00 Victoria Station as 3pm

9.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train as3.45pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Mark Steel’s in Town (1/3),at 10.30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (5/6), at 11.00

Nick Revell: BrokenDreamCatcher (3/3), and at 11.30 And Now in Colour (4/6)

12.00 as 10am 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm

1.30 as5.30pm2.00 as6pm2.30 as6.30pm3.00 as 1pm 3.30 as 7.30pm 3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 8pm4.30 as2.30pm5.00 as3pm5.45 as3.45pm

7.00 The Archers

Stella has a golden opportunity and Ruairi is uncertain which way to turn. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row

Samira Ahmed talks to Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight about his new Netflix series The House of Guinness, which tells the story of the family behind the Irish brewing company’s rise. Producer Oliver Jones

8.00 File on 4 Investigates

Sue Mitchell goes inside the world of migrant hotels. As protesters gather outside, she provides a unique insight into a story that’s dominating the headlines. Rptd tomorrow 11am 8.40 In Touch

News and features for people who are blind or partially sighted. With Peter White. Producer Pete Wilson Repeated Sunday 5.45am 9.00 Crossing Continents

8/9. Denmark is eyeing up the military threat from Russia and dramatically increasing the numbersinitsnationalservice.Now,18-year-old women are facing a call-up. Anna Holligan visits a military base on the outskirts of Copenhagen to observe how the newest recruitslearntooperateonthebattlefield. Also broadcast in Assignment at 9.30am on the BBC World Service. Producer Ellie House 9.30 Great Lives Repeated from yesterday 3pm 10.00 The World Tonight Presented by James Coomarasamy. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Plot against America

2/10. By Philip Roth. The fortunes of the Roth family during an alternate reality — a Charles Lindbergh presidency in which antisemitism becomes more acceptable in American life and Jewish-American families are persecuted on various levels. Read by Richard Schiff. For details see yesterday 11.00 Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

2/7. The story of Ancient Greek poet Hesiod, whose writings ranged from an account of the origins of the gods to a manual for assembling a wagon. Producer Mary Ward-Lowery (R) 11.30 Great Lives

2/5. Antoni Gaudi. Ros Altmann nominates architect Antoni Gaudi, and uncovers the conservative, religious man who used such exuberant and flamboyant use of colour and natural shapes in his work. Matthew Parris presents. Producer Paul Martin (R) 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

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5.00am Newsday8.00 News8.05 PeopleFixing the World: a portable operating theatre 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History: the origins of Médecins Sans Frontières 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 Assignment: Anna Holligan visits a Danish military base to learn about the country’s new conscription lottery system. Also broadcast in CrossingContinentsat9pmonRadio410.00 News 10.05 The Arts Hour 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30

CHOICE: IntheStudio:Kyivrailwaystationartwork 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 People Fixing the World 3.30 Business Daily 3.50 World Business Express 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 Assignment 8.30 Tech Life 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News10.05 PeopleFixingtheWorld10.30 CHOICE: In the Studio 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 World Business Report 12.00 News 12.05am The Arts Hour 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Global Story 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 The Climate Question

5.00am Wake Up to Money

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a detailed look at the headlines.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Discussion of topical issues and the chance for listeners to phone in.

11.00 Naga Munchetty

With the latest news, big-name interviews from around the UK and listeners’ personal experiences.

2.00pm Matt Chorley

News and topical political discussion, including analysis from specialist commentators and listener input.

4.00 5 Live Drive

News, sport and interviews presented by Clare McDonnell and Johnny I’Anson, who sits in for Chris Warburton.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Kelly Cates with sports news and debate. Plus build-up to tonight’s third-round League Cup fixtures, with live commentary on Lincoln City v Chelsea starting at 7.45 And there are updates of the evening’s other ties.

10.30 Tony Livesey

1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion.

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6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Jeff Stelling. 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Sporting insight. 1.00pm Hawksbee and Baker 4.00 Talksport Drive Debate. 7.00 League Cup Football Lincoln

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WEDNESDAY Radio

TODAY’S CHOICES

Radio 3 in Concert

7.30pm Radio 3

Apparently British composer John Pickard and poet Gavin D’Costa had the vision of Earth seen from space — as caught in the famous photograph taken by the Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders — in their minds when asked by the BBC Singers (who they have previously worked with) to create a piece that celebrated our planet. The resulting four-part choral work was written for 18 voices, harp and percussion, and is conducted by Martyn Brabbins (above). Pickard’s music can, variously, be brooding, spiky or urgent, and D’Costa is a professor of Catholic theology at the University of Bristol, so it’s reasonable to expect something that dwells upon the sacred nature of our beautiful planet while noting that we are in danger of breaking it. The BBC Singers were saved, perhaps the Earth can be too?

MICHAEL HODGES

The Artificial Human

3.30pm Radio 4

A new series of the show exploring all things AI begins with presenters Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong responding to a listener’s question: can AI help you get fitter? The assumption for some is that artificial intelligence is a panacea which can crunch the numbers, deliver a more efficient exercise programme, and improve athletic performance, possibly to an elite level. What emerges is that AI analytics can certainly suggest marginal gains to professional athletes, but it is a different matter when it comes to ordinary folk. “Humans are messy”, so the importance of empathy, whether from a personal coach or an individual listening to their own body, should not be under-estimated.

JEREMY ASPINALL

BBC

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7.00am Greg James 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.30 Going Home 6.00 New Music Live in Cardiff: with Jack Saunders 11.00 Benji B 1.00am Dance Presents 2.00 Anthems 4.00 Pop Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

BBC Radio 3

FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio1 News and weather as Monday

90.2—92.4 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio3

6.30am Breakfast With Tom McKinney. 9.30 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann. 1.00pm Classical Live

BBC Radio 2

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6.30am Sara Cox

Sitting in for Scott Mills with chat, old and new pop hits, extensive listenerinputandtopguests.Plusthe headlines, sports news and traffic.

9.30 Vernon Kay

Music, chat and features including at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, with singer/songwriter Richard Ashcroft discussing two more records of personal significance.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

Topical discussion. Plus music.

2.00pm Trevor Nelson

Music, texts and features, including 5 Seconds to Name, in which listeners must identify an artist from a mash-up of five of their records.

4.00 Emma Willis

Sitting in for Sara Cox. Including at 6.30 the Half Wower, with potentially mood-lifting hits.

7.00 Jo Whiley

New music and hip chart oldies, including the Shiny Happy Playlist, with 30 minutes of feel-good music to start the show.

9.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

Traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music.

10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony

Eclectic playlists that can include classic doo-wop, soul, R&B, funk, disco and reggae, plus hip-hop, house, UK garage and remixes.

12.00 OJ Borg

Chat, music, texts and features, including Midnight Mastermind

3.00am Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O’Leary Alex James, Louise Wener, Ian Broudie, Sonya Madden, Alex Kapranos, David Gray and Kylie Minogue identify their favourite 1990s bands. (R) 4.00 Jason Mohammad

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7.00am Nick Grimshaw

10.00 Lauren Laverne

1.00pm Craig Charles 4.00 Huw Stephens

7.00 New Music Fix Daily

With Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant. 9.00 Riley and Coe 11.00 Grounding

7/12. Series in which neurodivergent artists lead talks exploring music, identity and creativity. Today’s programme features the first of three instalments presented by Blindboy Boatclub (David Chambers).

1.00am Freak Zone Playlist

2.00 Music programme 4.00 Jukebox 5.00 Chris Hawkins Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham

Dene 10.00 David Lloyd 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day 4.00 Nicky Horne 6.00 Peter Quinn

8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 More Music 10.00 Diana Luke

With Mark Forrest, who continues a showcase of British orchestras on tour in Europe with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Plus a continued spotlight on the Chaos String Quartet and more piano transcriptions, today with Marc-André Hamelin performing another of Liszt’s arrangements of Wagner.

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op 19 Martha Argerich, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Renaud Capuçon Telemann Sonata in D minor, TWV41:d4 (Essercizii musici) (1st and 2nd mvts) Forma Antiqva

Bosmans String Quartet Chaos String Quartet Beethoven, arr Liszt An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Wagner, arr Liszt O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhäuser) Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

3.00 Choral Evensong

nFrom Westminster Abbey, with an introit composed especially for the service by John Rutter, to mark the composer’s 80th birthday. Introit: Come, My Joy (John Rutter) (first performance). Responses: Ayleward. Psalm 119, vv1—32. First Lesson: Hosea 11, vv1—11. Canticles: Second Service (Gibbons). Second Lesson: 1 John 4, vv9—21. Anthem: See, See the Word Is incarnate (Gibbons). Voluntary: Fancy in gamut flatt (Gibbons). Organist and master of the choristers Andrew Nethsingha. Sub-organist Matthew Jorysz. Repeated Sunday 3pm

4.00 Composer of the Week: Rodrigo 3/5. Sacred Fire. Presented by Donald Macleod. Rodrigo struggles for a source of inspiration and, as life continues to get in the way of music, he is forced to return to his homeland.

Serenata Española Artur Pizarro (piano) Tres danzas de España Maria Garzón (piano) Cuatro estampas andaluzas Artur Pizarro (piano) Sonada de adiós (Homenaje a Paul Dukas) Artur Pizarro (piano)

Per la flor del lliri blau (For the Flower of the Blue Lily) Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, conductor Mark Heron

5.00 In Tune

Petroc Trelawny with news from the classical world, music and studio guests, today featuring author Tim Greiving, who discusses his recently published biography of multi-Oscar-winning Hollywood film composer John Williams (now 93).

7.00 Classical Mixtape Nonstop music.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

4In a concert from Friday at St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, Ian Skelly presents the BBC Singers and soloists in a programme that includes music by Elgar, Holst and Britten. Plus the world premiere of Elemental — a work for choir, harp

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BBC Asian Network 6.00am R&B Anthems 7.00 Nikita Kanda 10.00 Certified 11.00 Haroon Rashid 2.00pm Certified Throwbacks 3.00 Jaz Singh 6.00 Kan D Man 8.00 New Music Show with DJ Limelight 10.00 One More Chai: with SmashBengali and Gura 11.00 Club Hit Squad Mix 12.00 Fresh 1.00am AJD 3.00 Punjabi with AJD 4.00 Celebrates 5.00 Motivation

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and percussion written by Lancashire-born composer John Pickard and dedicated to the BBC Singers. The piece is structured around the four classical elements: earth, fire, air and water. The concert also includes music by Sarah Garrard, a former student of John Pickard at Bristol University.

BBC Singers, Elizabeth Bass (harp), Andrew Barclay (percussion), conductor Martyn Brabbins Holst Hymns from the Rig Veda

Britten The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard

Sara Garrard Missa brevis

Elgar Five Partsongs from the Greek Anthology John Pickard Elemental (BBC Commission: first performance)

9.45 The Essay: How Music Heals

3/5. Author and psychotherapist Philippa Perry goes to Treloars school in Hampshire to find out how music therapy can help young people with complex physical disabilities.

10.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel.

11.30 ’Round Midnight London-born saxophonist Soweto Kinch presents a series showcasing the full spectrum of jazz, classic and new, with a particular focus on the British scene. In the 4/4 feature, veteran Latin soul singer Joe Bataan introduces another favourite recording, tonight featuring Puerto Rican singer and band leader Tito Rodriguez (1923—73).

12.30am Through the Night

With Penny Gore, who begins with a song recital from July 2024 at the Pau Casals Auditorium in El Vendrell, Catalonia. The programme is dedicated to composer and cellist Pau Casals (1876—1973) and soprano Victoria de los Angeles (1923—2005). Schubert Lachen und Weinen, D777 12.33 Schubert Ständchen, D957 No 4 12.38 Ponce Lejos de ti 12.41 Herrera Je t’aime 12.43 Hahn A Chloris 12.47 Mendelssohn An die Entfernte, Op 71 No 3 12.48 Schumann Meine Ros (Sechs Gedichte und Requiem) 12.52 Ginastera Canción al àrbol del olvido 12.55 Schumann Der Nussbaum (Myrthen, Op 25) 12.58 Wolf Verborgenheit (Mörike-Lieder) 1.02 Schubert Ave Maria 1.05 Nachtstück, D672 1.11 Brahms Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op 105 No 1 1.14 Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4 1.16 Die Mainacht, Op 43 No 2 1.20 Schubert Die Sterne, D939 1.23 Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola Song, OP 19b No 6 1.26 Liszt Freudvoll und Leidvoll, S280 No 1 1.29 Schubert An Die Musik, D547 Benjamin Appl (baritone), Jorge Viladoms (piano) 1.33 Catalan, arr Montsalvatge El cant dels ocells 1.38 Iradier La Paloma 1.43 Zelenka Simphonie à 8 in A minor, ZWV189 2.06 Cervelló Remembrances 2.31 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 3.10 A Scarlatti Toccata in D minor per cembalo d’ottava stesa 3.30 Philip Glass Saxophone Quartet Concerto 3.55 Lechner Deutsche Sprüche von Leben und Tod 4.06 Vaughan Williams Romance for viola and piano 4.13 Elizabeth Ogonek Moondog 4.21 Nielsen String Quartet No 4, Op 44 (2nd mvt) 4.31 Unsuk Chin Subito con forza 4.37 Dufay Balsamus et munda cera 4.42 Dvorˇák Klid (Silent Woods) 4.48 Griffes Three Tone-Pictures, Op 5 4.57 Gorczycki Missa Paschalis 5.12 Klic˘ka Fantasia on the Symphonic Poem Vyöehrad by B Smetana 5.24 Martinu ° Three Madrigals for violin and viola 5.39 Farrenc Symphony No 1 in C minor 6.12 CPE Bach Trio Sonata in B flat, Wq161 No 2

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6.00am Mindful Mix 9.00 Classical Unwind 12.00 Piano Focus 2.00pm Mindful Mix 5.00 Classical Wind Down8.00 CinematicSoundtracks:hEdithBowman with TV and film music, including highlights of scores by Kris Bowers (Bridgerton), Debbie Wiseman (Wolf Hall) and Robin Carolan (Nosferatu) 9.00 Ultimate Calm (3/12) 10.00 Night Tracks 11.30 The Sleeping Forecast 12.30am Sleep Tracks

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5.04 BBC Inside Science

Repeated from yesterday 8.30pm

5.43 Prayer for the Day

With Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today

With Emma Barnett and Justin Webb.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With Chine McDonald.

9.00 More or Less

3/6. Tim Harford presents the programme that interrogates and debunks the claims around topical numbers and statistics. Repeated tomorrow 5.04am

9.30 Paul Simon’s Political Storm

The pairing of joyful Black South African music with Paul Simon’s cinematic lyricism is either a high point in cultural exchange, or an outrageous betrayal of the anti-apartheid movement. So how, nearly 40 years on, should we now view Simon’s landmark Graceland album — a time when issues of cultural boycotts, cultural appropriation, and cancel culture are high on the agenda?

Presented by Lynsey Chutel. Producers Seun Matiluko and Jack Howson (R)

10.00 Woman’s Hour

Presented by Nuala McGovern.

11.00 File on 4 Investigates

Repeated from yesterday 8pm

11.40 This Week in History

A look at the events of this week in years past. Producer Luke Doran Repeated Friday 8.55pm 11.45 Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems

3/5. Below Stairs in the Country House: Crumble Hall by Mary Leapor. By Catherine Clarke. The author examines Mary Leapor’s satire on the 18th-century country house poem, Crumble Hall. Read by the author. For details see Monday Repeated 12.30am 12.04pm You and Yours Consumer affairs and public interest stories. EMAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

1.00 The World at One News and analysis with Sarah Montague. 1.45 Looking for No Man’s Land 3/5. Caroline Steel and Florian Bohr set out to discover whether there is anywhere left in the world unchanged by human intervention. For details see Monday 2.00 The Archers Repeated from yesterday 7pm

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6.00am The Mystery of the Blue Train (2/6) 6.30 Red for Danger as 11.30pm

7.00 Star Terk II Sketch show from 1987 (3/6)

7.30 Hancock’s Half Hour 1958 comedy

8.00 Dot Wartime comedy by Ed Harris (1/4)

8.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm

8.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.45pm

9.00 Do Gooders Garrett Millerick’s sitcom (3/6) As broadcast last Wednesday on Radio 4

9.30 The Railways: Nation, Network and People With Simon Bradley (3/5)

9.45 Daily Service Led by Haydon Spenceley. Reading: John 4, vv31—38. Music: Come Ye Thankful People Come; Praise God for the Harvest; This Is the Way God Loves the World

10.00 El Tren Fantasma (The Ghost Train)

11.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train (2/6)

11.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio serial thriller by Edward J Mason. From 1954 (4/6)

12.00 Star Terk II Sketch show from 1987 (3/6)

12.30pm Hancock’s Half Hour 1958 comedy

1.00 Dot Wartime-set comedy by Ed Harris, set in the personnel department of the Cabinet Rooms. With Fenella Woolgar and others. Series two (1/4)

1.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm

1.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (8/10)

2.00 The Museum of Curiosity (5/6)

2.30 Millport Lynn Ferguson’s 2001 sitcom (2/6)

3.00 Victoria Station as 9pm

2.15 Life Lines

2/2. Al Smith’s ambulance call centre drama. As Carrie (Sarah Ridgeway) struggles with loss in her personal life, she must maintain her cool when a woman calls saying her husband is trying to kill her.

Carrie Sarah Ridgeway Will Rick Warden

Ian Michael Jibson

Oscar Alex Laurence-Philips

Paul Jason Barnett

Lindsay Maggie Service James/Luke Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Maira Aoife Moss

3.00 Money Box Live

Listeners receive financial advice.

EMAIL: moneybox@bbc.co.uk

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3.30 The Artificial Human 4New series. 1/6. Can AI Make Me Fitter? Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong examine artificial intelligence. In this edition they set out to discover how AI could help reshape fitness goals — from what top athletes are using to track their progress and how that trickles down to everyday users, to how AI is levelling the playing field when it comes to scouting new talent.

Producer Emily Esson

4.00 When It Hits the Fan

3/15. David Yelland and Simon Lewis go inside the world of crisis management and spin doctors as they take a look at recent PR setbacks, and find out how, where and when it all began to go wrong.

Repeated tomorrow 8pm

4.15 The Media Show

With Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall.

Repeated tomorrow 8.15pm

5.00 PM

Presented by Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 Do Gooders

4/6. Garrett Millerick’s workplace comedy set behind the scenes of the charity sector. Clive attempts to impress his father with a lavish birthday party. Unfortunately, numbers are low, not least because the rest of the team are at a secret fundraising dinner.

Gladys Kathryn Drysdale

Lauren Ania Magliano

Clive Garrett Millerick Achi Ahir Shah Ken Frank Skinner Harriett Fay Ripley

Producer Jules Lom

Repeated next Wednesday on Radio 4 Extra

7.00 The Archers

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Home Farm and Dane launches another initiative.

For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row

Kate Molleson discusses the life and music of Arvo Pärt, one of the most influential and popular classical composers of the last 50 years, in the month of the Estonian’s 90th birthday. Producer Mark Crossan

3.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train (3/5)

4.00 El Tren Fantasma (The Ghost Train) Chris Watson narrates an atmospheric acoustic journey across the heart of Mexico, using archive recordings to recreate a passenger service that no longer exists. From 2010

5.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train (2/6)

5.30 Red for Danger as 11.30am

6.00 Star Terk II Sketch show from 1987 (3/6)

6.30 Hancock’s Half Hour 1958 comedy

7.00 Dot Wartime comedy by Ed Harris (1/4)

7.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor L Whitechurch 1912 mystery The Affair of the Corridor Express. A multimillionaire’s son is kidnapped from a moving train. Adapted by Fiona Kelcher. From 2008

7.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 1.45pm

8.00 The Museum of Curiosity (5/6)

8.30 Millport Lynn Ferguson’s 2001 sitcom (2/6)

9.00 Victoria Station Sean Baker stars in Steve Chambers’s First Class Distinction

9.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train as3.45pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Do Gooders (3/6), at 10.30 Flight of the Conchords (1/6), at 11.00 The Million Pound Radio Show (5/6), at 11.30 The Skewer (2/5), and at 11.45 Rosie Jones: Box Ticker Too (2/4)

12.00 as 4pm 1.00am as 11am 1.30 as 11.30am

2.00 as 6pm 2.30 as 6.30pm 3.00 as 7pm 3.30 as 7.30pm 3.45 as 1.45pm 4.00 as 2pm 4.30 as 8.30pm 5.00 as 9pm 5.45 as 3.45pm

8.00 The Moral Maze

5/6. Michael Buerk is joined by Mona Siddiqui, Giles Fraser, Ash Sarkar and Tim Stanley — and the witnesses they call — to debate a topical moral issue.

Producer Dan Tierney

9.00 The Life Scientific

3/10. Former British Army brigadier general and engineer Dr Gareth Collett joins Jim Al-Khalili to discuss his 32-year military career in bomb disposal that took him around the world and his move from the army to academia after his retirement. Now a university lecturer, he researches a possible link between bomb disposal veterans and higher rates of urological cancers.

Repeated from yesterday 9am

9.30 How Trains Shrank Time and Space

Soundscape exploring the impact of 200 years of railways on the modern world, incorporating archive materials, contemporary voices and poetic narration. Poet Katrina Porteous walks an old passenger route, revealing her family’s connections to County Durham’s mines and railways, and musing on what a world shrunk by technology and speed means for us now.

Repeated from Sunday 7.15pm

10.00 The World Tonight

Presented by James Coomarasamy.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Plot against America

3/10. By Philip Roth. The fortunes of the Roth family during an alternate reality — a Charles Lindbergh presidency in which antisemitism becomes alarmingly more acceptable in American life. Read by Richard Schiff. For details see Monday 11.00 Ria Lina Gets Forensic 3/5. Red Light Therapy. The comedian is joined by Ninia Benjamin to find out if red light therapy can heal Ria’s aching shoulder and Ninia’s aching knees, shoulder, finger and earlobe. Producer Ben Walker 11.15 The Skewer

3/5. Jon Holmes twists current affairs clips into a surreal, satirical soundscape. Producer Jon Holmes

11.30 Great Lives

3/5. Writer Katherine Rundell talks to Matthew Parris about children’s author E Nesbit. She praises Nesbit’s ability to capture the worldview of a child and bring fantastical creatures vividly to life, and reflects on her unusual private life. Producer Robin Markwell (R) 12.00 News and Weather

12.30am Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems Rptd from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am Wake Up to Money

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a detailed look at the headlines.

9.00 Nicky Campbell Discussion of topical issues and the chance for listeners to phone in.

11.00 Naga Munchetty

With the latest news, big-name interviews from around the UK and listeners’ personal experiences.

2.00pm Matt Chorley News and political discussion.

4.00 5 Live Drive

Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton with the latest news and sport. Plus interviews linked to topical and cultural issues.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Steve Crossman with sports news and debate. Plus build-up to tonight’s third-round League Cup fixtures, with live commentary on Huddersfield Town of League One v the Premier League’s Manchester City starting at 7.45. And there are updates on the evening’s other ties.

10.30 Tony Livesey

A topical look at sports, news and culture, with in-depth interviews. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo

5.00am Newsday8.00 News8.05 TheInterview 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 The Climate Question 10.00 News 10.05 The Documentary: Digital Dolittles — Talking to the Animals?: how technology is transformingthescienceofbioacoustics11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle: the launch of the Discovery shuttle andthechangesmadebyNasa.Allepisodesareon BBC Sounds (10/10) 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 The Interview 3.30 Business Daily 3.50 World Business Express 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History: actor Kajol looks back on the production of Dilwale Dulhania LeJayenge7.00 TheNewsroom7.30 SportToday 8.00 News 8.05 The Climate Question 8.30 Health Check 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.05 TheInterview10.30 13MinutesPresents:TheSpace Shuttle11.00 TheNewsroom11.30 WorldBusiness Report 12.00 News 12.05am The Documentary: Digital Dolittles — Talking to the Animals? 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Global Story 2.00 The Newsroom2.30 TheDocumentary:Kharkiv—Love in a War Zone: why one woman chose to live in Ukraine 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 3.50

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Radio 3 in Concert

7.30pm Radio 3

Live from Glasgow’s City Halls, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s 90th season opens on a solemn note as it pays tribute to the previous leader of the orchestra, violinist Laura Samuel (above), who died aged only 48 in 2024 after suffering from the rare cancer leiomyosarcoma. The orchestra, under Ryan Wigglesworth, will be joined by 24-year-old Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich as they scale the stately edifice of Schumann’s Violin Concerto. Lozakovich is a young man who can cope with emotionally freighted occasions; he played Bach’s Air on the G String at the re-opening ceremony inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a concert which he admitted was “a deeply moving experience” — as it was for those who listened. After the break, the melancholy of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 3. MICHAEL HODGES

The Documentary:

Kharkiv — Love in a War Zone

9.30am/8.05pm BBC World Service

This quite unexpected report from Kharkiv — only 30km from the Russian border, and one of the most bombed cities in Ukraine — is a love story like no other. Albina Kovalyova meets Czech journalist Adéla Knapová, who fell head over heels for Ukrainian sculptor Kostiantyn Zorkin and moved to Kharkiv to be with him. Somehow everyday life goes on there. Exhibitions are held and people meet in coffee shops. We hear air raid sirens and explosions and, during recording, Russia launched its biggest missile attack on the city. But this heart-warming romance from behind the headlines gives us some much-needed hope.

DAVID MCGILLIVRAY

BBC Radio 1

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7.00am Greg James 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.00 Pop Anthems 3.30 Going Home 6.00 New Music Show with Jack Saunders 8.00 Rave-Up with Arielle Free 10.00 BBC

Introducing Dance 11.00 Residency

1.00am Danny Howard’s Club Mix

2.00 Anthems 4.00 Workout Anthems 5.00 Beth Wallace

BBC Radio 2

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6.30am Scott Mills

9.30 Vernon Kay

Chat, music and features, including at 10.30 the Ten to the Top music quiz and at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, today with Wigan-born singer/songwriter Richard Ashcroft discussing two more of his all-time favourite records. Plus Vernon’s Vault, featuring material from the BBC’s archive.

12.00 Jeremy Vine Topical show.

2.00pm Trevor Nelson

4.00 Emma Willis

Sitting in for Sara Cox.

7.00 Jo Whiley

New music and oldies, including the Thursday Theme playlist.

9.00 The Country Show with Bob Harris

The latest from the worlds of country, roots and Americana, plus classic recordings and guests.

10.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony

Eclectic playlists that can include classic doo-wop, soul, R&B, funk, disco, reggae, hip-hop and more.

12.00 OJ Borg

Chat, music, texts and features, including Midnight Mastermind — in which listeners challenge OJ in a specialist subject — and Wish You Were There, in which listeners suggest the perfect song to go with a fictional situation or story.

3.00am Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton

A playlist with Urban Cookie Collective, Alex Party, Nomad and more. (R) 4.00 Jason Mohammad

BBC 6 Music

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7.00am Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Lauren Laverne

1.00pm Craig Charles 4.00 Huw Stephens Including at 6.00 Roundtable, with Huw joined by music specialists to assess the new releases.

7.00 New Music Fix Daily

9.00 Riley and Coe 11.00 Grounding 8/12. Series in which neurodivergent artists lead talks exploring music, identity and creativity. Today’s programme features the second of three instalments presented by Blindboy Boatclub (David Chambers).

1.00am New Music Fix

2.00 New Album Fix

3.00 6 Music’s 90s Forever 4.00 6 Music’s 00s Forever 5.00 Chris Hawkins

Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham

Dene 10.00 David Lloyd 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day

4.00 Nicky Horne 6.00 Peter Quinn

8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 Choices (R) 10.00 Diana Luke 12.00 Derek Webster 2.00am Night Music

BBC Radio 3

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News and weather as Monday

6.30am Breakfast

Tom McKinney with music, the headlines and texts. 9.30 Essential Classics

With Georgia Mann. Including at 10.00 Playlister Starter, in which listeners are played a piece of music and invited to suggest compatible works for broadcast at 11.15 in the Playlister Reveal. Plus Album of the Week at 10.30 and, at 12.00, Feast of a Piece, showcasing a great orchestra work.

1.00pm Classical Live

Presented by Mark Forrest, who continues a showcase of British orchestras on tour in Europe with the Philharmonia Orchestra and also more from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (from May at the Saar International Music Festival in Germany). Plus a week-long spotlight on the Chaos String Quartet and piano transcriptions, today featuring Alexandre Tharaud with JS Bach. Bach, arr Tharaud Opening Chorus (St John Passion); Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV1031 (2nd mvt: siciliano); Bach Keyboard Suite in A minor BWV818a Bach, arr Tharaud Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (St Matthew Passion); Lute Suite in E minor, BWV996

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Fauré Elégie for cello and orchestra

Kian Soltani (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kazuki Yamada

Caroline Shaw Entr’acte Chaos String Quartet Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad)

Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali

4.00 Composer of the Week: Rodrigo 4/5. Phantom of Sound. Donald Macleod finds Rodrigo on the brink of tragedy, just as Spain is plunged into civil war. From the eye of the storm, he writes his most famous work: the Concierto de Aranjuez Cuatros piezas para piano Artur Pizarro Canción del Cucú; Coplas del pastor enamorado

Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Anthony Spiri (piano) En los trigales; Tiento antiguo; Junto al generalife Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

Concierto de Aranjuez

Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, conductor Ben Glassberg

5.00 In Tune

Petroc Trelawny with classical news, music and guests, including a live performance by English lutenist Matthew Wadsworth, who features in Braille Music — Michael House’s 2017 documentary about Louis Braille — and who presents a Radio 3 feature on braille music broadcast this coming Sunday. And Maria Seletskaja, musical director of English National Ballet Philharmonic, discusses R:Evolution— ENB’s programme kicking off its 2025/26 Season at Sadler’s Wells in London.

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6.00am Rossie 10.00 Ken Bruce: including at 10.30 the PopMaster music quiz 1.00pm Kate Thornton 4.00 The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show: music and chat, plus the features Confessions, Dramas and Big 45s 7.00 Jackie Brambles 10.00 Andy Crane 1.00am Music Marathon 4.00 Alex Lester

BBC Asian Network

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6.00am Certified Mashups 7.00 Nikita Kanda 10.00 Certified 11.00 Haroon Rashid 1.00pm Bollywood with Haroon Rashid 2.00 Certified Throwbacks 3.00 Jaz Singh 6.00 DJ AMXN 8.00 Punjabi with DJ AMXN 9.00 The Official British Asian Chart Show 10.00 Bobby Friction 12.00 Love Friday Mix 1.00am Certified 4.00 Certified Mashups 5.00 Celebrates

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6.00am Dave Berry: chat, guests and tunes, with Dave joined by Matt Dyson 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Ben Coley

7.00 Classical Mixtape

An unpredictable playlist of nonstop music.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

4The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra launches its 90th season, with chief conductor Ryan Wigglesworth paying tribute to London-born violinist Laura Samuel, the orchestra’s leader from 2012 until last year, when she died of cancer, aged 48. The programme includes Wigglesworth’s piece, For Laura, after Bach, which premiered in late July at the BBC Proms, also with Wigglesworth and the BBCSSO. The orchestra is joined by Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich for Schumann’s only violin concerto. Rachmaninov’s energetic Third Symphony features after the interval. Presented by Gillian Moore, live from the City Halls in Glasgow. Wigglesworth for Laura, after Bach Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 1 Rachmaninov Symphony No 3 in A minor

9.45 The Essay: How Music Heals 4/5. Author and psychotherapist Philippa Perry meets Ellie Ruddock, who has trained in neurologic music therapy and specialises in working with stroke victims, enabling her clients to relearn and retrain their brains to absorb new information. She explains to Philippa how the rhythmic power of music can facilitate physical recovery, particularly in learning to walk again. 10.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel. 11.30 ’Round Midnight Saxophonist Soweto Kinch showcases the full spectrum of jazz, classic and new, with a particular focus on the British scene. In the 4/4 feature, singer Joe Bataan introduces the last of his personal picks, tonight with a recording featuring doo-wop-era singer Frankie Lymon (1942—68), who remains best known for the 1956 classic Why Do Fools Fall in Love 12.30am Through the Night Presented by Penny Gore, who begins with a concert featuring Patricia Kopatchinskaja, recorded in September 2024 at the Philharmonie Berlin. Elena Langer Suite: Figaro Gets a Divorce Bartok Violin Concerto No 2 Ravel Blues (Violin Sonata No 2) Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish) Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin, conductor Maxim Emelyanychev 2.15 Mozart Voi, che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro) (arr Danzi for two cellos) 2.18 Kodaly Four Madrigals 2.31 Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor

3.02 Grieg String Quartet No 2 in F (unfinished) 3.23 Glick Oboe Sonata 3.41 Andrée Concert Overture in D 3.52 Bosmans Cello Sonata (1st mvt)

4.00 Verdi O Padre nostro

4.07 Spain-Dunk The Farmer’s Boy

4.14 Maxwell Davies A Sad Paven for These Distracted Tymes 4.22 Handel Al lamp dell’armi (Giulio Cesare in Egitto); Where’er You Walk (Semele)

4.31 Bernstein Overture: Candide

4.36 Corelli Trio Sonata in C, Op 3 No 8

4.43 Chaminade Automne, Op 35 No 2

4.51 Kurpinski Two Huts

5.00 Grainger Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)

5.04 Monk of Salzburg In aller Werlt mein liebster Hort 5.10 Mozart Piano Sonata in F, K280

5.30 Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber 5.52 Franck Piano Quintet in F minor (R)

Radio 3 Unwind

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Music and features.

5.00am News Summary

5.04 More or Less

3/6. Tim Harford presents the programme that interrogates and often debunks topical numbers and statistics. Repeated from 9am 5.43 Prayer for the Day

With Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today

With Emma Barnett and Amol Rajan. 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With John Studzinski.

Radical with Amol Rajan is available on BBC Sounds from this morning and broadcast on Radio 4 at 11pm

9.00 Writing the Universe

2/3. The Fabric of the Universe. Robin Ince discovers how black holes have captured the imagination of film-makers and authors and hears how Einstein first conceived of them over a century ago — but never believed anyone would prove their existence. Robin talks to cosmologistsabouthowtheyattempttoconvey their almost unbelievable size, at the same time as staying true to the maths that explains them. All episodes are on BBC Sounds. Producer Marijke Peters (R) 9.45 Strong Message Here

Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis decode the baffling world of political language. Repeated 9.45pm 10.00 Woman’s Hour With Anita Rani.

11.00 This Cultural Life

5/11. John Wilson talks to the poet and writer Jackie Kay, who tells him about her upbringing in Glasgow and the importance to her of the American writer, philosopher and civil rights campaigner Audre Lord. Producer Edwina Pitman Repeated Saturday 7.15pm 11.45 Book of the Week:

A History of England in 25 Poems 4/5. Modernity, Mourning and the Shadow of War: Funeral Blues by WH Auden By Catherine Clarke. The author continues her exploration into how poetry has shaped English identity. She considers WH Auden’s beloved Funeral Blues, asking whether it is a moving portrait of grief, or a satire on 1930s nationalism. Read by the author. For details see Monday Repeated 12.30am 12.04pm The Bottom Line New series. 1/7. Evan Davis talks to entrepreneurs and company bosses about workplace issues that matter, from the boardroom to the shop floor. Repeated Tuesday 9.30pm

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6.00am The Mystery of the Blue Train (3/6) 6.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio thriller (5/6)

7.00 Bristow 1999 comedy (1/4)

7.30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter

8.00 A Month of Maureen as 1pm

8.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm

8.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (9/10)

9.00 Glenn Moore’s Almanac Comedy (3/4) As broadcast last Thursday Radio 4

9.30 The Railways: Nation, Network and People With Simon Bradley (4/5)

9.45 Daily Service Reading: Psalm 9,6 vv11—13

10.00 Train Hopping in the USA as 4pm

10.30 The Ghost Trains of Old England

11.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train (3/6)

11.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio thriller (5/6)

12.00 Bristow 1999 comedy (1/4)

12.30pm The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Series three of the comedy about an optimistic crime writer who’s married to a more successful author. With Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell. From 1979 (2/6)

1.00 A Month of Maureen In Gary Brown’s Three Journeys—thefirstoffourplayswrittenforMaureen Lipman — she and Jasper Britton play a mother and son with a special relationship. From 2017 (1/4) 1.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm 1.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (9/10)

2.00 Counterpoint Eclectic music quiz (1/13)

12.30 Dough

5/5. Greg Foot and futurist Tom Cheesewright examine whether supersonic air travel could make a comeback. Producer Jay Unger

1.00 The World at One News and analysis with Sarah Montague.

1.45 Looking for No Man’s Land

4/5. Caroline Steel and Florian Bohr set out to discover whether there is anywhere left in the world unchanged by human intervention. For details see Monday

2.00 The Archers Repeated from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Love across the Ages

Shahid Iqbal Khan’s radio drama debut tackles love between two Muslim men from Iran in 815 through to modern-day Bradford, Danyaal and Saif meet in a bookshop in Bradford. They are both drawn to a book of poetry by Abu Nawas, but with only one copy left, who will become its lucky owner?

Available now on BBC Sounds.

Danyaal Esh Alladi

Saif Darren Kuppan

Abu Nawas Raad Rawi

Shop assistant/Shazia Nadia Emam

Producer Polly Thomas; Director Nickie Miles-Wildin (R)

3.00 Open Country

6/7. Snuff Mills. Tucked away in a wooded valley on the outskirts of Bristol is a woodland nature reserve, Snuff Mills. Helen Mark discovers what lies beneath the trees, a now peaceful place with a history of heavy industry, where stone quarrying has left behind a stunning playground for climbers. Perched across the river are the grounds of what was once Bristol’s Asylum and — Helen hears — a landscape carefully designed to be therapeutic for patients. But where does the name Snuff Mills come from? And is it really one of the most haunted places in Bristol?

Producer Beth Sagar Fenton Rptd Saturday 6.07am

3.27 The Radio 4 Appeal

Repeated from Sunday 9.25pm

3.30 Word of Mouth

6/7. What We Say and What We Actually Mean. Michael Rosen reflects on clichés, gaslighting and how language is used to connect and manipulate.

Producer Beth O’Dea Repeated Sunday 8pm

4.00 Rethink

4/5. Winners and Losers. Both antimigrant campaigners and anti-capitalists share an identical mindset. Both demonstrate zero-sum thinking; the belief that if one group wins, another has to lose. In itself, zero-sum thinking isn’t right or wrong. Meanwhile, economists say it is possible to create win-win situations for everyone. Ben

Ansell discovers why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics. Producer Ravi Naik Rptd tomorrow 5.04am

2.30 HR NicholasLeProvostandJonathanPryce star in Nigel Williams’s comedy drama about two colleagues in human resources. From 2009 (1/6)

3.00 Victoria Station as 9pm

3.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train (4/5)

4.00 Train Hopping in the USA Peter Bowes on modern-day train hoppers who regularly jump freight trains to travel across America. From 2012

4.30 The Ghost Trains of Old England Ian Marchant travels to Britain’s least-used stations.

5.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train (3/6)

5.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio thriller (5/6)

6.00 Bristow 1999 comedy (1/4)

6.30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter

7.00 A Month of Maureen as 1pm

7.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway Victor L Whitechurch’s 1912 mystery The Stolen Necklace

7.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (9/10)

8.00 Counterpoint Eclectic music quiz (1/13)

8.30 HR as 2.30pm

9.00 Victoria Station Sean Baker stars in Steve Chambers’s Fog Warnings. From 1995

9.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train (4/5)

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Glenn Moore’s Almanac (3/4), at 10.30 iGod (1/6), at 10.45

Steven Appleby’s Normal Life (3/5), at 11.00 Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere (1/4), and at 11.30 Beauty of Britain (6/6)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm

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4.30 BBC Inside Science With Victoria Gill.

5.00 PM

Presented by Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 Glenn Moore’s Almanac

4/4. Run Glenn Run! The comedian enters a marathon, leading to 26 miles of sheer agony.

Producer/Director David Tyler Repeated next Thursday on Radio 4 Extra

7.00 The Archers

There’s bad news for one family and Adam is left surprised.

For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row

Tom Sutcliffe presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. Tonight he’s in conversation with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Paul Thomas Anderson as their new movie One Battle After Another — a thriller about a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own — is released. Producer Claire Bartleet

8.00 When It Hits the Fan

3/15. David Yelland and Simon Lewis go inside the world of crisis management and spin doctors as they take a look at recent PR setbacks, and find out how, where and when it all began to go wrong. Rptd from yesterday 4pm

8.15 The Media Show Rptdfromyesterday4.15pm

9.00 Loose Ends Rptd from Saturday 6.15pm

9.45 Strong Message Here Rptd from 9.45am

10.00 The World Tonight Global news round-up with Jane Hill.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Plot against America 4/10. By Philip Roth. The fortunes of the Roth family during an alternate reality — a Charles Lindbergh presidency in which antisemitism becomes more acceptable in American life and Jewish-American families are persecuted on various levels. Read by Richard Schiff. For details see Monday 11.00 Radical with Amol Rajan Amol Rajan with his take on the biggest news stories of the week. Available on BBC Sounds from this morning. Producer Lewis Vickers 11.30 Great Lives 4/5. James Dyson on Frank Whittle Matthew Parris presents as James Dyson nominates Frank Whittle, the pilot-turnedinventor of the turbojet engine, who revolutionised air travel. Producer Beth McLeod (R) 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

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5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 The Inquiry 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History: how a secretary from Texas invented the first correcting fluid 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 CHOICE: The Documentary: Kharkiv — Love in a War Zone: why one woman chose to live under fire in Kharkiv, Ukraine 10.00 News 10.05 The Media Show Rptd fromyesterdayRadio410.30 WorldofSecrets:Death in Dubai: the story behind a woman falling from a tower block. All episodes are on BBC Sounds 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Food Chain 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 The Inquiry 3.30 BusinessDaily3.50 WorldBusinessExpress4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 CHOICE: The Documentary: Kharkiv—LoveinaWarZone8.30 ScienceinAction 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.05 The Inquiry 10.30 TheFoodChain11.00

5.00am Wake Up to Money Financial news, reports and analysis.

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a detailed look at the headlines, plus sports news, weather and unique stories from across the UK.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Topical discussion , with a phone-in.

11.00 Adrian Chiles

With a fresh journalistic approach and unusual news stories.

2.00pm Matt Chorley News and political discussion, with guests and input from listeners.

4.00 5 Live Drive

Clare McDonnell and Chris Warburton with news and sport.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Mark Chapman with sports news and and features. He’s joined by guests for a preview of the Ryder Cup, which begins on Friday in Farmingdale, New York. And at 9.00 Women’s Rugby World Cup, in which Eleanor Oldroyd and guests look ahead to Saturday’s final at Twickenham. 10.00 Tony Livesey

1.00am Laura McGhie Topical and cultural discussion

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TODAY’S CHOICES BBC Radio 3

Free Thinking

9.00pm Radio 4

As we move into political party conference season, Anne McElvoy and guests examine the shifting sense of belonging to a “tribe”. Colonial-era anthropologists in the 19th-century framed a tribe as those who share territory, language, customs and a distinct government. Can these same parameters be applied to modern political thinking when we witness MPs defecting to Reform or the coming of Jeremy Corbyn’s new party? Has it become easier to shift one’s allegiances without facing probing questions? Where do young minds fit in the digital world, with social media being the main entrance route to finding one’s tribe? And, in an increasingly atomised society, does the concept of belonging still play a role in sports teams or even criminal gangs? So many questions, but McElvoy and guests will, hopefully, have some answers.

ANNA JONES

Heart and Soul

1.30pm/10.30pm

BBC World Service

The thrill of a night at a casino led Harj Garley from being a successful entrepreneur to a crippling debt of £250,000. “I thought I’d be a lawyer, a dentist, a doctor. I’m a recovering gambling addict,” he explains to fellow Sikh, presenter Rajeev Gupta. Harj turned to the elders at his local gurdwara (or temple) in Slough but felt abandoned and judged. It was the words of his young son at a drive-through McDonald’s that brought the spiritual enlightenment that led to recovery. Harj’s honesty is to be admired as he shares the very lowest moments in his life and how he found a pathway out of addiction.

ANNA JONES

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7.00am Greg James 10.30 Nat and Vicky 1.00pm Sam and Danni 3.00 Party Anthems 4.00 Official Chart

6.00 Dance Party 8.00 Future Dance 10.00 Pete Tong 12.00 Essential Mix 2.00am Dance Presents 3.00 Danny Howard’s Club Mix 4.00 Dance Party Playlist 5.00 Radio 1’s Happy Anthems

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6.30am Sara Cox

9.30 Vernon Kay

Including at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, with the final two picks of Wigan-born indie singer/ songwriter Richard Ashcroft. 12.00 Jeremy Vine

2.00pm Trevor Nelson

4.00 Emma Willis All requests.

7.00 Michelle Visage

A party playlist of disco, dance, pop, neo-R&B bangers and, at 8.30, an “push the button”themed edition of Handbag Hits, featuring nonstop bops, including the Spice Girls, the Pussycat Dolls, Jennifer Lopez and Sugababes.

9.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco Upbeat playlists.

11.00 The Rock Show with Shaun Keaveny

12.00 Romesh Ranganathan: For the Love of Hip-Hop

1.00am Julie Andrews at the BBC Radio 2 celebrates the life and career of Julie Andrews, via a wealth of BBC archive material. The iconic Surrey-born star of The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, who is 90 next Wednesday, is heard in interviews with Nicky Campbell, Sue Lawley, Michael Parkinson, Steve Wright, Michael Billington, Russell Harty, Tom Brook, Francine Stock, Jonathan Ross and Martha Kearney. Subjects include her early life in London, the discovery of her singing voice (at 12), her first employment (a BBC job), and personal and professional anecdotes involving Hattie Jacques, Tony Hancock,HarrySecombe,RexHarrison, Richard Burton, PL Travers, Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore and John Cleese. Radio 2 broadcasts Julie Andrews: the Fans’ Story tomorrow at midnight.

2.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco Upbeat music, including a 2000-themed playlist. (R)

4.00 Radio 2 in Concert Earth, Wind and Fire in 1998. (R) 5.00 Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin (R)

BBC 6 Music

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7.00am Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Lauren Laverne 1.00pm Craig Charles 4.00 Huw Stephens

The People’s Party with Afrodeutsche

6 Mix with Mary Anne Hobbs

6 Music’s Rave Forever

Forever Dark 2.00 Focus Beats 4.00 Ambient

6.30am Breakfast With Tom McKinney. 9.30 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann. 1.00pm Classical Live With Mark Forrest. Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 33 Kian Soltani, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kazuki Yamada Kian Soltani Persian Fire Dance Kian Soltani (cello) Wagner, transcr Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5 Chaos String Quartet. Mussorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali Ravel Miroirs Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Sibelius En Saga, Op 9

BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Olari Elts Glanzberg, arr Tharaud Padam, Padam Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

4.00 Composer of the Week: Rodrigo 5/5. Don Quixote. Donald Macleod looks at how the Guitar Concerto transformed Rodrigo’s career, with the composer finally finding recognition. Villano y ricercare (Fantasia para un gentilhombre)

Pepe Romero (guitar), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner Siciliana (Concierto de estío) Mikhail Ovrutsky (violin), Castile and Leon Symphony Orchestra, conductor Max Bragado Darman Invocación y danza Miloš Karadagli´c (guitar) Ausencias de Dulcinea José Antonio López (baritone), Lilian Moriani (soprano), Victoria Marchante (soprano), Celia Alcedo, (soprano), María José Suárez (mezzo), Víctor Arriola (violin). Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, conductor José Ramón Encinar Concierto para una fiesta (3rd mvt)

Pepe Romero (guitar), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

5.00 In Tune

A special broadcast from the Royal Highland Hotel in Inverness, with presenter Petroc Trelawny at a Highland party on the evening before boarding the Highland Chieftain train to London for Train Tracks — Radio 3’s celebration of the 200th birthday of UK’s modern railway, broadcast tomorrow from 7.30am to 5pm. The 150-year-old Royal Highland Hotel is located just minutes from Inverness station, where there’ll be live music from local folk musicians Julie Fowlis, Eamon Doorley, Duncan Chisholm, Ingrid Henderson and harpist Karen Marshalsay (with her three types of Scottish harp), plus the massed voices of local Gaelic Choirs.

7.00 Classical Mixtape Nonstop music.

7.30 Friday Night Is Music Night

nFrom the Royal Festival Hall in London, Karen Ní Bhroin conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in music from TV period dramas, including Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Sanditon and others. Presented by Sarah Walker.

Greatest

Simon Mayo Drivetime Show: music and chat, plus the features Confessions, Dramas and Big 45s 7.00 The Mixtape with Martin Kemp 10.00 Rhythm of the Night 1.00am Music Marathon

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Ben Dawson (piano), Alice Fearn (singer), Nathaniel Anderson-Frank (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Karen Ní Bhroin

Kris Bowers Bridgerton — Main Theme;

We Could Form an Attachment

Offenbach Barcarolle (Gaîté Parisienne)

John Lunn Downton Abbey — The Suite

Celeste, arr Moore Strange

Davis, arr Warman Pride and Prejudice — Suite

Dario Marianelli Pride and Prejudice — Suite

Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical) (1st mvt)

Patrick Doyle Sense and Sensibility

— My Father’s Favourite

Belinda O’Hooley/Heidi Tidow, arr Brice

Gentleman Jack — Theme

Rachel Portman Emma — End Titles

Peter Brown/Robert Rans, arr Brice Material Girl

Gowers Sherlock Holmes — Holmes in Europe; The Death of Sherlock Holmes

Ruth Barrett Sanditon — Suite

9.45 The Essay: How Music Heals

5/5. Philippa Perry meets Cerrita Black, a lecturer on music therapy at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Central London, to learn how music can help those experiencing complex trauma.

10.00 Late Junction

On the eve of Train Tracks — Radio 3’s all-day celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern railway in the UK — Verity Sharp presents an eclectic programme of sonic odes to rail travel. Highlights include an archival adieu to the steam locomotives from Carnforth in Lancashire, echoes of a station piano recorded during a transit interlude, and a ticket inspector’s nod to the quiet solitude of the trans-European night train cabin in the form of contemporary field recordings.

11.30 ’Round Midnight

Jazz series presented by Soweto Kinch, tonight with highlights of a concert given by Trish Clowes and the NDRBigBandlastNovemberintheRolf-LiebermannStudio of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. 12.30am Through the Night

With Penny Gore, who begins with a BBC Proms concert given in July 2024. Schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande, Op 5 Zemlinsky Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Ryan Bancroft 1.54 Haydn The Mermaid’s Song, H XXVIa 25 1.58 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D784 2.18 Mendelssohn Overture: Die schöne Melusine, Op 32 2.31 Stenhammar String Quartet No 4, Op 25 3.07 Sirola Missa poetica 3.40 Schubert Scherzo in B flat, D593 No 1 3.46 Sibelius Ballade (Karelia Suite, Op 11) 3.54 Lauber Trois morceaux caractéristiques, Op 47 4.00 Lonati Violin Sonata No 5 4.08 Purcell Trumpet Suite 4.15 Fauré Nocturne in B, Op 33 No 2 4.22 D Scarlatti Sonata in E minor, K81 (arr for recorder and harpsichord) 4.31 Mantzaros Sinfonia di genere Orientale in A minor 4.41 Grieg Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op 72 (selection) 4.49 Bach Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV228 4.58 Luigi Donorà There Where Kvarner Lies 5.06 Sor Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op 9 5.14 Mozart Ecco quel fiero istante, K436; Più non si trovano, K549; Se lontan ben mio, tu sei, K438; Due pupille amabili, K439 5.22 Roussel Piano Trio in E flat, Op 2 5.51 Kilar Orawa 6.00 Thuille Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, Op 6

Radio 3 Unwind

5.00am News Summary

5.04 Rethink

Repeated from yesterday 4pm

5.43 Prayer for the Day

With Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today

With Anna Foster and Amol Rajan.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the DayWithMonaSiddiqui. 9.00 The Reunion

Repeated from Sunday 10am

10.00 Woman’s Hour With Anita Rani.

11.00 The Food Programme

Sheila Dillon hears lessons from Wales on the future of food with a panel of guests at the Abergavenny Food Festival, including author Carwyn Graves, whose books include Apples of Wales; cook, food writer and the presenter of Becws on S4C Beca Lyne-Pirkis; Sue Pritchard, who is the director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission; and Patrick Holden, dairy farmer and co-founder of the Sustainable Food Trust — .

Producer Natalie Donovan Repeated tomorrow 10.15pm 11.45 Book of the Week:

A History of England in 25 Poems

5/5. Green: the Groundsman, by Zaffar Kunial. By Catherine Clarke. The author explores the future of England’s “green and pleasant land” through The Groundsman, Zaffar Kunial’s 2022 poem set on an English cricket pitch. Read by the author. For details see Monday Repeated 12.30am 12.04pm Rare Earth

6/6. It’s 200 years since the first passenger rail journey saw George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 travel 26 miles between Shildon, Darlington and Stockton. Environmentalists love trains — making a journey by rail can be up to 80 per cent greener than doing it by car — and there are exciting new inventions hoping to make train travel even greener. But can we pin part of the blame for global warming on the invention of the railways in the first place? Presented by Tom Heap and Helen Czerski. Producer Beth Sagar-Fenton

1.00 The World at One Presented by Jonny Dymond.

1.45 Looking for No Man’s Land

5/5. Caroline Steel and Florian Bohr set out to discover whether there is anywhere left in the world unchanged by human intervention. For details see Monday

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6.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio thriller

7.00 The Sit Crom as 12 noon

7.30 The Inimitable Jeeves as 6.30pm

8.00 Teatime 2020 sitcom (4/4)

8.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm

8.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.45pm

9.00 Icklewick FM Comedy (3/6)

As broadcast Saturday 11pm BBC Radio 4

9.30 The Railways: Nation, Network and People

Simon Bradley’s account of the UK railways (5/5)

9.45 Daily Service

LedbyPaulKerensa.Reading: John 6, vv35—40. Music: Let Us Break Bread Together; Bread for the World; Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah

10.00 Wireless Nights as 4pm

10.30 Anything You Can Do as 4.30pm

11.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train (4/6)

11.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio thriller

12.00 The Sit Crom Sue Limb’s sitcom set during the English Civil War. With Joss Ackland, Denise Coffey, Clive Merrison, Miriam Margolyes and Alun Armstrong. From 1990 (1/6)

12.30pm The Inimitable Jeeves as 6.30pm

1.00 Teatime 2020 sitcom (4/4)

1.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway as 7.30pm 1.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as 7.45pm

2.00 The Motion Show Debating game (4/6)

2.30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (5/6)

2.00 The Archers Repeated from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Limelight: Mothercover

5/5. The Visit. By Fflur Dafydd. Gwen has to do one final task. But just as she thinks things are over, she realises she’s more in danger than ever. All episodes are on BBC Sounds.

Gwen Alexandra Roach

Liz Remy Beasley

Owen Sacha Dhawan

Geraint Matthew Gravelle

Dean Alex Harries

The Home Secretary Claire Cage Henry Gwydion Rhys Ticket office girl Aoife Moss Ioan Liam Donnelly

Producers Fay Lomas and John Norton

2.45 Untaxing

1/5. The Napkin That Changed the World. Dan Neidle delves into the bizarre, brilliant and sometimes disastrous ways tax shapes our lives, starting with the story of how a quick sketch over dinner in 1974 became one of the most influential ideas in economic policy. Art Laffer’s curve promised that tax cuts could pay for themselves — but was it brilliant insight or a costly illusion? Producer Tom Pooley

3.00 Gardeners’ Question Time

From St Austell in Cornwall, with Kathy Clugston in the chair and a panel of Frances Tophill, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw. Repeated Sunday 2pm Your RT Gardening: page 134

3.45 Short Works

Seamus O’Hara reads Shadowing Gordon, by Jan Carson. While researching his next novel, a writer spends a day shadowing an exorcist called Gordon as he makes his rounds at a nursing home.

Producer Michael Shannon Repeated Sunday 11.45pm (R)

4.00 Last Word

Reflecting on the lives of notable people who have recently died. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm

4.30 More or Less Rptd from Wednesday 9am

5.00 PM With Paddy O’Connell.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 The News Quiz

4/8. Andy Zaltzman chairs, with the quartet on the panel including Simon Evans.

Producer Samuel Holmes Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm

7.00 The Archers

Brian launches a final plea and there’s a shock for George.

BrianAldridge CharlesCollingwood

3.00 Victoria Station OverthePoints.From1995

3.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train (5/5)

4.00 Wireless Nights Sleeper trains (2/4)

4.30 Anything You Can Do PiersBishoptellsthe story of Nigel Gresley’s 1938 Mallard steam engine speed record that still stands today. From 1988

5.00 The Mystery of the Blue Train (4/6)

5.30 Red for Danger Vintage radio thriller

6.00 The Sit Crom as 12 noon

6.30 The Inimitable Jeeves Richard Briers and Michael Hordern star in Chris Miller’s dramatisation of PG Wodehouse’s 1923 comic tale Bingo and the Little Woman. From 1973

7.00 Teatime 2020 sitcom (4/4)

7.30 Thrilling Stories of the Railway Benedict Cumberbatch reads Victor L Whitechurch’s 1912 mystery The Affair of the Birmingham Bank

7.45 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (10/10)

8.00 The Motion Show Debating game (4/6)

8.30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! (5/6)

9.00 Victoria Station as 3pm

9.45 Miss Bessemer Saves the Train as3.45pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Icklewick FM(4/6), at 10.30 Dial M for Pizza (6/6), at 10.55

Interview With Dom Joly (3/3), at 11.00 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (1/3), and at 11.30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (4/6)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm

1.00 as 5pm 1.30 as 5.30pm 2.00 as 6pm

2.30 as 6.30pm 3.00 as 7pm 3.30 as 7.30pm

3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 8pm 4.30 as 8.30pm 5.00 as 3pm 5.45 as 3.45pm

7.15 Screenshot

New series. 1/7. As cult classic American Psycho turns 25 this year, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode investigate the world of yuppies on screen and ask, are yuppies a thing of the past or more prevalent than ever? They talk to director of American Psycho Mary Harron; the co-creators of the BBC/HBO drama Industry; and the film director Whit Stillman, who with works like Metropolitan charted the lifestyles of aspirant and outwardly privileged American youth. Producer Jane Long Repeated Tuesday 11am

8.00 Any Questions?

Alex Forsyth chairs the forum at Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire, with an audience canvassing the opinions of four prominent panellists.

Producer Paul Martin Repeated tomorrow 1.10pm

8.55 This Week in History Repeated from Wednesday 11.40am

9.00 Free Thinking

4New series. 1/5. Finding My Tribe

As the series that invites free-flowing discussion around modern ideas and preoccupations returns amid political party conference season, Anne McElvoy and her guests look at what bonds party members, and what it means to share beliefs and rituals. Producer Ruth Watts

10.00 The World Tonight WithShaunLey. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Plot against America

5/10. Philip Roth’s modern classic, published in 2004, charts the fortunes of the Roth family during an alternate reality — a Charles Lindbergh presidency in which antisemitism becomes more acceptable in American life and Jewish-American families are persecuted on various levels. Read by Richard Schiff. For details see Monday 11.00 Americast

Justin Webb, Sarah Smith, Marianna Spring and Anthony “The Zurch” Zurcher chart the latest issues in US politics. 11.30 Great Lives 5/5. Queen Emma. Historian Alice Roberts chooses Emma of Normandy, wife of Kings Aethelred and Canute. Matthew Parris presents, and there are contributions from Janina Ramirez — the author of Femina — A New History of the Middle Ages — and Patricia Bracewell, who has written a trilogy of historical novels based on Emma’s life.

Producer Miles Warde (R) 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Book of the Week: A History of England in 25 Poems Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am Wake Up to Money

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Presented by Rick Edwards and Kylie Pentelow, who sits in for Rachel Burden.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Discussion of topical issues and the chance for listeners to phone in.

11.00 Chiles on Friday

Adrian Chiles presents a goodhumoured weekly show, featuring the latest news and sport.

12.00 The Ryder Cup

Featuring golf commentary on the opening foursomes session on day one of the 45th Ryder Cup, live from the Bethpage Black Course on Long Island, New York.

5.00pm 5 Live News

The latest headlines, including global news and sport.

5.30 The Ryder Cup

Continued first-day coverage of the biennial golf competition, from the Bethpage Black Course in New York, here with commentary on the four-ball session.

12.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Laura McGhie

5 Sports Extra

DAB bbc.co.uk/sports

10.25am—6.30pm

Kevin Howells with live commentary from the

5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 Americast: analysis of cultural and social stories breaking in the US 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 Science in Action 10.00 News 10.05 Unexpected Elements 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History: the story behind troops open firing on around 50,000 protesters in Guinea, 2009 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 CHOICE: Heart and Soul: a British Sikh’s journey from gambling addiction and shame to spiritual renewal 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 Americast 3.30 Business Daily 3.50 World Business Express 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 BBC OS Conversations 8.30 Crowd Science: questions from listeners who have written in after being inspired by an episode 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.05 Americast 10.30 CHOICE:

6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Alan Brazil. 10.00 Sam Matterface, Alex Crook and Troy Deeney Breaking sports news, big name guests and opinionated debate. 1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Talksport Drive

7.00 Thank Football It’s Friday Ade Oladipo and Rory Jennings preview the weekend’s action. 10.00 The Sports Bar Weekender Reaction, analysis and your chance to have your say on the day’s sport. 1.00am Extra Time Presented by Ben Fletcher.

DAB bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio

Programmes

Freeview 708 Freesat 708 Sky 0123 Virgin 910

Freeview* 710 Freesat 711 Sky 0113 Virgin 906

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Face behind the voice Stu White Rotherham Radio

Age 54

Current job Has presented The Late Lunch (Monday—Friday, 1—4pm) on Rotherham Radio and Weekends with Stu White (Sunday, 2—5pm) on Doncaster Radio, since 2021. “They’re both in the same family of radio stations and they’re uber-local. If there’s an opportunity to crowbar something local into every link, I’ll do it.”

CV Stuart White was born in Hartlepool, County Durham and “came out of school with not one qualification”. Between the ages of 16 and 24, he was a part-time production assistant at BBC Radio Cleveland [now Radio Tees]. He then studied horticulture at East Durham College and worked in the industry for the next 20 years. “I was a commercial grower. I had massive Dutch-style greenhouses. It was really hard work.” He has also worked for several other radio stations including Hartlepool FM, Zetland FM, Sheffield Hospital Radio

Berkshire

Saturday

6am LucyAmbache10.00

AliceHopkins2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am PhilMercer10.00 Katie

TylerandDuncanMcLarty

12.00 RichClarke2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amPhilMercer10.00Kirsten

O’Brien;Thu/Fri: KatieTyler

2pmBridgitteTetteh;Wed:Katie Tyler6.00Mon:Sport;Tue/Wed: StephenBrown;Thu: Upload; Fri: Kick-Off7.00 Mon: Rena Annobil;Fri: KamilahMcInnis

8.00 Thu: Introducing9.00 Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Bristol

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett2pm Sport

6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin10.00

AndyBennett2pm Sport

6.00 DotunAdebayo

10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am JoeSims;Thu: Paris

Troy10.00JohnDarvall

2pmClaireCarter;Fri: Andy Bennett6.00 Mon: Soundof theCity;Tue: TheScrum;Wed: ExtraTime;Thu: HavingaGas; Fri: Sport7.00 Mon: Manny Masih;Tue/Wed: DanPascoe; Thu: Upload;Fri: Sport

and YO1. For the past 15 years his day job has been in education. He currently supports young people at a college in Middlesbrough.

Social media — yes or no? “In a controlled fashion, where people follow the rules, yes. If I haven’t got anything nice to say, I don’t say it.”

Best moments “Being on the radio interacting with people across North Yorkshire on YO1 in York. It’s a buzzing city. I also created a series for Doncaster and Rotherham Radio about South Yorkshire music legends — Def Leppard, the Reytons [from Rotherham], Joe Cocker.”

Worst moment “I managed to turn a radio station off air for about 90 seconds by hitting a button with my knee. I came back, bold as brass, as if nothing had happened.”

Off air He still lives in Hartlepool.

“I have three budgies — George, Mildred and Dolly. They’re great. Lovely companions.”

First radio memory “My local station was Radio Tees and there was a late-night “zoo”-style programme called Late On.

8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1amTheLateShow;Fri:JoGood

Cambridgeshire

Saturday

6am HeidiSecker10.00 ThordisFridriksson2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6amBabsMichel10.00Thordis Fridriksson2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amDottyMcLeod10.00Chris Mann2pm LouiseHulland 6.00 Sport;Wed: BabsMichel 7.00 Mon: AmirSuleman; Tue: BabsMichel;Thu: Upload; Fri: AngelleJoseph8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Cornwall

Saturday

6am NeilCaddy10.00 James Dundon2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am MattWoodley10.00

TobyBuckland2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday 6am JamesChurchfield; Mon/Tue:MattWoodley10.00

JulieSkentelbery;Tue: Emma Gill2pmDavidWhite6.00Mon: Sport;Tue/Wed: TomWilliams; Thu:Upload;Fri:RossEllis7.00 Mon/Fri: AnoushkaWilliams

8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1amTheLateShow;Fri:JoGood

Graham Robb used to have a series of characters. This had never been done before. This was madness on the radio.”

Favourite broadcasters “I was more a Luxembourg than a Radio 1 kid. In my studio I have a beautiful picture of Stuart Henry. One of my sweetest memories is of Stuart and [his wife] Ollie. That partnership was beautiful. His physical condition deteriorated and she looked after him. There’s also a great guy in the North East called Goffy [Paul Gough], who I’ve always admired. And John Myers was a real character.” Ambition/Dream job “I’d love to be back on the radio in the North East. A few years ago I would have said BBC local radio, but the chances of that are now [slight]. They’re not employing anybody, never mind me.”

Secret skills “I do like my Chinese cooking. My other big passion is trains. I spend a lot of time going on trains.”

DAVID MCGILLIVRAY

Listen at rotherhamradio.com/ doncasterradio.com

Cumbria

Saturday

6am IanBrannan10.00 HayleyKay2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am JoeWilson10.00 Fiona Sadler2pm MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am MikeZeller; Fri: PeteOtway 10.00 StephanieFinnon 2pm NishmaHindocha 6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: JoJo Hatfield;Wed: JoelMitchell; Thu: Upload;Fri: RachelTeate 8.00 Thu: Introducing 10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

CWR

Saturday

6am LornaBailey10.00

MarkRhodes11.30 Sport 6pmUpload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am DonnaAlos10.00

DarrenHarriott2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am PhilUpton10.00

VicMinett2pm TrishAdudu

6.00 Mon/Fri: FancastLive; Tue/Wed/Thu: Sport

7.00 Mon: MyaKhan; Tue/Wed: ArunVerma; Thu: Upload;Fri: Merisha

Stevenson8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Essex

Saturday

6am HeidiSecker10.00

SadieNine2pm Sport8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Sadie Nine2pm MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am SoniaWatson10.00 Ben Fryer2pm AkylahRodriguez 6.00Mon:Sport;Tue:Framed; Wed: AroundtheWicket; Thu: Upload;Fri: FansPhonein6.30 Tue: BabsMichel 7.00 Mon: AmirSuleman; Wed: Sport;Fri: Angelle Joseph8.00 Thu: Introducing 10.00—1am (Wed: 10.30) TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood Gloucestershire

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00

AndyBennett2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin10.00

AndyBennett2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am JonSmith10.00 Nicky

Price2pm GrahamRogers

Derby

Saturday

6am AndyTwigge10.00 Kelly Hinch2pm Sportscene6.00

DeanJackson8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am AndyTwigge10.00

CharlieBurley2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am BeckyMeasures10.00 IanSkye2pm LaurieDyche 6.00 Sportscene7.00 Mon: ShrutiChauhan;Tue/Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload; Fri: LetitiaGeorge8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Devon

Saturday

6am NeilCaddy10.00 RichardGreen2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am Matt Woodley

10.00 Toby Buckland 2pm Make a Difference 6.00 Dotun Adebayo 10.00—1am The Late Show Monday—Friday 6am JohnAcres; Thu/Fri: RickEdwards 10.00 NeilCaddy2pm David White6.00 Mon: Grassroots Devon;Tue/Fri: Sport; Thu: Upload7.00 Mon/Fri: AnoushkaWilliams; Wed: TomWilliams8.00 Thu: Introducing9.00 Tue: TomWilliams10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Humberside

Saturday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6amFionaMills9.00Gardening 10.00 SeanDunderdale2pm MakeaDifference6.00Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow Monday—Friday

6am AmyThompson10.00 CarlaGreene2pm Richard Stead6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta;Tue: BekHomer; Thu: Upload;Fri: SileSibanda 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Jersey

Saturday

6am MatthewPrice10.00 JimDelbridge2pm Danny Parkinson6.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am MatthewPrice10.00 JimDelbridge2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday

6.00 Mon: SportsRoundup; Tue: TheScrum;Wed: Extra Time;Thu: Upload;Fri: Sport atSix7.00 Mon: MannyMasih; Tue/Wed: DanPascoe; Fri: KevinPhilemon8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

Guernsey

Saturday

6am MatthewPrice10.00

JimDelbridge2pm Danny Parkinson6.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am MatthewPrice10.00

JimDelbridge2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday

6am NikdeGaris10.00 Steph Watkins2pm DarcyKelly

6.00 Mon/Fri: JohnRandall; Tue/Wed: TomWilliams; Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood Hereford/Worcester

Saturday

6amSusanHanks10.00Sport

6pm Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am PaulShuttleworth10.00 LizEllis2pmMakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am TammyGooding10.00

ElliottWebb2pmToniMcDonald

6.00Mon/Fri:MalcolmBoyden; Tue/Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload7.00 Mon: MyaKhan; Fri: MerishaStevenson8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

6amJennyMullin10.00Alison Moss2pm DarcyKelly6.00 Mon:JamesDundon;Tue/Wed: DanPascoe;Thu: Introducing; Fri: JohnRandall8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Kent

Saturday 6am AllisonFerns10.00 StephenBrown2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am AllisonFerns10.00 Pat Marsh2pm MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday 6am DominicKing;Fri: Mike Ziolek10.00 SophieSutton 2pm AdamDowling 6.00 Mon: GameChangers; Tue/Wed: StephenBrown; Thu: Upload;Fri: TheHuddle 7.00 Mon: RenaAnnobil; Fri: KamilahMcInnis 8.00 Thu: Introducing9.00 Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

6am IanBrannan 10.00 HayleyKay12.00 Sport 6pm Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

6am JoeWilson10.00 Fiona Sadler2pm MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Leeds

Saturday

6am KatCowan10.00 Colson

Smith2pm Sport6.00

Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am KatCowan10.00 Nick Ahad2pm MakeaDifference

6.00 DotunAdebayo

10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amRimaAhmed10.00Gayle Lofthouse2pmTobyFoster6.00 Sport7.00Mon:ArzuDutta;Tue: BekHomer;Wed: JohnKane; Thu: Upload;Fri: SileSibanda 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow; Fri: JoGood

Leicester

Saturday

6am AndyTwigge10.00 Kelly Hinch12.00 Sport6pm Dean Jackson8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am AndyTwigge10.00 Kelly Hinch2pm MakeaDifference

6.00 DotunAdebayo

10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AdyDayman10.00 Ben Jackson2pm LaurieDyche

6.00Mon:FootballForum;Tue: GameNight;Wed:RugbyShow; Thu: BootRoom;Fri: Preview 7.00 Mon: ShrutiChauhan; Tue/Wed: ArunVerma; Thu: Upload;Fri: Sport8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Lincolnshire

Saturday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale12.00 Hopeand Glory6pmDeanJackson8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale2pm Makea Difference6.00Farmwatch7.00 TimWalker10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amScottDalton10.00SarahJaneHoneywell;Fri: Sean Dunderdale2pmRichardStead

6.00HopeandGlory7.00Mon: ArzuDutta;Thu:Upload;Fri:Sile Sibanda8.00Thu:Introducing 10.00—1am (Tue/Wed: 10.30) TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

London

Saturday

6am CarrieandDavidGrant

10.00 RobertElms1pm Gary Crowley2.00 Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am Inspirit10.00 Robert Elms2pm MakeaDifference

6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amAaronPaul;Fri:RizLateef

10.00EddieNestor;Fri:Robert Elms2pm ShayGrewal;Fri: JumokéFashola6.00Sport7.00 Mon: BobbyFriction;Tue: Kim Davis;Wed/Fri: Jacqueline Shepherd;Thu: Upload

8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Manchester

Saturday

6am SimoneRiley10.00 Phil Trow12.00 Sport6pm Upload 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am SimoneRiley10.00 Phil Trow2pm Sport7.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am JoeMcGrath10.00 Mike Sweeney;Fri: PhilTrow2pm MichelleDignan;Thu/Fri:Simone Riley6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: RaeesKhan;Tue/Wed: Jade Burns;Thu:Upload;Fri:UKBlack 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Merseyside

Saturday

6am PaulBeesley10.00 SeanStyles11.30 Sport 6pm Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am JoeWilson10.00 Sean Styles2pm MakeaDifference

6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am KevinDuala;Wed: Paul Beesley10.00 TonySnell2pm HelenJones6.00 Sport8.00 Mon: RaeesKhan;Tue/Wed: JoelMitchell;Thu:Introducing; Fri: UKBlack9.00 Mon: OrientExpress10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

Newcastle

Saturday

6am ChrisFelton10.00 KellyScott2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am ChrisFelton9.00 Garden Mania10.00 KellyScott1pm Sport4.00 MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday

6am MattBailey10.00 Anna Foster; Mon: KellyScott2pm ScottMakin;Fri: SteveBailey 6.00 Sport8.00 Mon: JoJo Hatfield;Tue/Wed:JoelMitchell; Thu:Introducing10.00—1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Norfolk

Saturday

6am HeidiSecker10.00 ThordisFridriksson2pm Sport

6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6amBabsMichel10.00Thordis Fridriksson2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amChrisGoreham;Tue/Wed: RobButler10.00 Kayleigh Poacher2pm LouiseHulland

6.00 Mon: Scrimmage;Tue/ Wed:BabsMichel;Thu:Upload; Fri: YellowFriday6.30 Fri: LocalReport7.00 Mon: Amir Suleman;Fri: AngelleJoseph

8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow; Fri: JoGood

Northampton

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Justin Dealey2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Justin Dealey2pm MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am LizJeeves10.00 Janey LeeGrace2pmRobertoPerrone 6.00Mon:Non-LeagueScene; Tue: Motorsport;Wed: Saints Show;Thu: CobblersShow; Fri: Sport7.00 Mon: Amir Suleman;Tue: Sport;Wed: BabsMichel;Fri:AngelieJoseph 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Nottingham

Saturday

6am AndyTwigge10.00 Kelly Hinch2pm Sport6.00 Dean Jackson8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am AndyTwigge10.00 Kelly Hinch2pm MakeaDifference

6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am SummayaMughal;Thu/ Fri: Dino10.00 Dino;Thu/Fri: EmmaCaldwell2pm Laurie Dyche6.00 IntheGame;Wed: Sport7.00Mon:ShrutiChauhan; Tue:ArunVerma;Thu:Upload; Fri: LetitiaGeorge8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am (Wed: 11.00) LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Oxford

Saturday

6am LucyAmbache10.00

AliceHopkins2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am PhilMercer10.00 Rich Clarke2pm Sport6.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am SophieLaw;Mon: Lilley Mitchell10.00 AdamBall2pm BridgitteTetteh;Wed: Katie Tyler6.00 Mon/Fri: Sport; Tue/Wed: StephenBrown; Thu: Upload7.00 Mon: Rena Annobil;Fri: KamilahMcInnis

8.00 Thu: Introducing9.00 Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Sheffield

Saturday

6am KatCowan10.00 Colson Smith2pm FootballHeaven

6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am KatCowan10.00 Nick Ahad2pm MakeaDifference

6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am EllieColton;Fri: Xanthe Palmer10.00 Paulette Edwards;Fri: KateBottley

2pmTobyFoster6.00Football Heaven7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta; Tue:BekHomer;Wed:JohnKane; Thu: Upload;Fri: SileSibanda 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Shropshire

Saturday

6am SusanHanks10.00 LizEllis2pm Sport5.00 The Verdict6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am PaulShuttleworth10.00 LizEllis2pmMakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AdamGreen10.00 Clare Ashford2pm ToniMcDonald 6.00 Mon/Fri: Sport; Tue/Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload7.00 Mon: MyaKhan; Fri: MerishaStevenson8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Radio Solent

Saturday

6am LucyAmbache10.00 AliceHopkins2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am PhilMercer10.00 Katie Tyler1pm Sport5.00Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AlunNewman;Fri: Lucy Ambache10.00 KatieMartin 2pm RickJackson6.00 Sport 7.00 Mon: RenaAnnobil;Tue/ Wed: StephenBrown;Thu: Upload;Fri: KamilahMcInnis 8.00 Thu: Introducing9.00 Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood 103.8FORWESTDORSET

As Radio Solent, including Dorset news and features, plus: Monday—Friday 7.00amSteveHarris 9.00—10.00 AlunNewman; Fri: LucyAmbache Somerset

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett2pm Sport 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amEmmaBritton10.00Simon Parkin2pm ClaireCarter;Fri: AndyBennett6.00Mon:Sound oftheCity;Tue:TheScrum;Wed: ExtraTime;Thu: HavingaGas; Fri: Sport7.00 Mon: Manny Masih;Tue: DanPascoe; Wed: Sport;Thu: Upload8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood Stoke

Saturday

6am SusanHanks10.00 Liz Ellis11.00 Sport5pm Praise andGrumble6.00 Upload

8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am PaulShuttleworth10.00

LizEllis2pmMakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amLeeBlakeman10.00Stuart George;Mon:SusanHanks2pm ToniMcDonald6.00 Sport; Mon/Fri: PraiseandGrumble 7.00Mon:MyaKhan;Tue/Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload; Fri: MerishaStevenson8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood Suffolk

Saturday

6am HeidiSecker10.00 ThordisFridriksson2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6amBabsMichel10.00Thordis Fridriksson2pm Makea Difference6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am WayneBavin;Mon/Tue: MattMarvel10.00 SarahLilley 2pmLouiseHulland6.00Mon: BrennerWoolley;Tue/Wed: BabsMichel;Thu: Upload;Fri: GraemeMac7.00 Mon: Amir Suleman;Fri: AngelleJoseph 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1amTheLateShow;Fri:JoGood

BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex

Saturday

6am AllisonFerns10.00 StephenBrown2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am AllisonFerns10.00 Pat Marsh2pm MakeaDifference 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

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A REAL PAGE TURNER

From career lows to Gavin & Stacey, Joanna Page’s memoir Lush! tells all. But why did she write it in her car at 5am?

I’m probably not even allowed to say this,” confides Joanna Page, pausing for perhaps 0.4 seconds before saying it anyway. “I wanted to call my book ‘Breathe Through Your Anus’.”

The explanation tumbles out just as quickly (“It’s something our teacher at Rada told us to do, and I thought it was quite a fitting title”), but it’s typical of the way the Gavin & Stacey star talks: winningly wide-eyed, utterly unfiltered, 19 (or 20!) to the dozen, and always on the edge of laughter.

In the end – and in a nod to one of Stacey’s most repeated lines – Page has called her memoir Lush! It’s no less frank or relatable (or scatologically funny) for all that, though. “When I realised I was going to write a book,” she admits in the acknowledgements, “I got overexcited, thought I was Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City and went straight out to buy a handbag I could carry my notepad and pens in. Then I realised I was going to have to actually write the thing and s**t myself.”

It turns out she was right to panic, as producing a book when you’ve got four young children, four guinea pigs and two dogs to look after is no breeze. “I’d go and sit in our garage to write, and my husband would be like, ‘I’ll look after all of them’ – but that apparently involves him popping in every five minutes to ask me something. So then I started going to car parks to write, just sitting there in my car trying to get it done in the middle of the night until I thought ‘This is getting a bit dodgy’ – or maybe a bit dogging-y – so I’d go back and park outside my own house, not daring to go inside in case I woke the kids, and keep writing in my car till five in the morning.”

Refreshingly for an actor’s autobiography, she’s just as candid about her career lows: lad-mag photographers getting her drunk for raunchy shoots, mendacious directors tricking her into sex scenes, a handsy TV presenter trying to feel her up on set (she won’t name him because “he’s not on telly any more. He got his comeuppance”). And then there’s the story of missing out on a role, wandering the streets crying, retreating to a hotel where she “drank and drank and drank and said to my husband ‘I’m not coming back’. He phoned the hotel next morning – I think he thought I’d hanged myself because I was so low, and I thought, ‘I can’t carry on with this any more. I’m done.’ I

‘Gavin & Stacey completely and utterly changed my life’

went back to my job in a shoe shop and thought, ‘I’m happy with this.’

“Then two weeks later a script came in about a Welsh girl who falls in love with a boy from Essex, and it completely and utterly changed my life. It’s given me amazing opportunities, wonderful experiences and a whole new family.”

Gavin & Stacey may have robbed the world of an excellent shoe-shop assistant then, but Page isn’t exaggerating when she says it gave her – and, arguably, viewers – a whole new family. Ruth Jones is like a sister to her (present the night before the birth of Page’s first child); James Corden, Mathew Horne and Rob Brydon like brothers (“Three naughty little brothers taking the piss out of you the whole time, thinking they’re a lot funnier than they are”);

and Larry Lamb like… well, she describes him in the book as “very dishy”. So did she fancy him? “Oh, God, when I re-read that I was thinking, ‘That’s really bad, I’ve sexualised Larry Lamb.’ But you can’t not do that because he’s so lovely. Out of all the stuff I’ve ever done in my career, the happiest my mother has ever been was when she came to a screening and got to meet Larry. She kissed him on the lips and I was like, ‘Mum, could you just calm down?’”

The G&S family is still together, it seems, even after the very final-feeling 2024 Christmas special (of which Page says, “I 100 per cent now think that is the end”). “We’ve got a WhatsApp group, called ‘Christmas is occurring’, and we send messages all the time. When Rob was doing Destination X, he’d send us photos and James would zoom into them and try and work out the locations. We’re always sending each other messages of support or arranging to see each other. And I’ve got a secret little chat with just me and Ruth, too.”

In fact, the only things she hasn’t shared with the gang are details of the new show she’s filming right now. “I’m too scared because the producers said to me, ‘You’re not allowed to say you’re on this or who you’re working with.’”

There’s a 0.4-second pause, and then: “It’s not me acting, it’s not me hosting, it’s…” ED GRENBY

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A trip down memory lane

A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN 25 POEMS

CATHERINE CLARKE

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LONDON RULES

MICK HERRON

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A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE

ADAM KAY

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After a long, sunny summer, the sugars in plant leaves will have built up nicely and so we can expect some spectacular colour this year. I love autumn –combining flower colours requires a little artistry but with autumnal foliage, I never worry about clashing colours. Burnt oranges and reds, buttery yellows, deep purples and brown and oaty tones sit beautifully together to help your garden go out with a bang. I now leave most deciduous leaves on the flower beds (sweep them off paths and patios and rake off lawns if you need to). The worms will break them down by spring, improving the soil structure. Left on the ground, they’ll also create a fab, if rather fleeting, art installation to celebrate the season.

So, what to grow? Well, I plant Euonymus alatus “Compactus” (winged spindle) in just about every garden I design. It reaches around 1.5m in height and spread with a neat, nicely rounded form. It has light green leaves in summer and small white flowers in late spring (bees go crazy for them). In autumn it can add drama, revealing its true identity with unmissably fiery crimson leaves.

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he common blueberry plant, of which there are many to choose from, is of a similar size. After producing fruit in summer, their foliage turns an intense, deep red. Blueberries prefer acidic soil, but if you can’t naturally provide that, grow them in containers using a mix of ericaceous compost with some added leaf mould mixed in.

If you have space for something a little larger, consider a Cornus kousa chinensis (Chinese dogwood), which, at around 6m tall and 3m wide, is more like a small tree. It’s a brilliant all-rounder, with long-lasting white bracts (like large flowers) in spring followed by yellow, purple and crimson autumn tints, and strawberry-like (and edible) red fruit.

Of course, Japanese maples are a favourite for this time of year, and come in a huge range of shapes and sizes. Autumn is not only the time to see these shrubs in action; it’s the perfect time to plant them, too.

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NO LEAFING MATTER

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After fruiting, blueberries brighten up nicely

ACER IN THE HOLE Japanese maples are at their best in autumn

NATURE’S CANVAS

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BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO…

Pruning lavender

If pruned correctly, English lavenders (Lavandula angustifolia) can live for up to 20 years without becoming woody and leggy. Grow in full sun on well-drained soil (or in containers) or they will struggle from the get-go.

BE BRAVE…

n To keep a compact, tidy shape, you’ll need to be quite ruthless.

n After flowering, from the second half of August to around now (it’s still not too late), cut back by between a third and a half.

n Use a sharp pair of secateurs or snips and cut off old flowerheads and a little foliage — avoid cutting hard back into the old wood.

n Before the autumn frosts hit, it will have regrown a little into a neat dome shape with new foliage that will

be hardy enough to get through the winter.

DEALING WITH A LEGGY LAVENDER

If your English lavender is out of shape or leggy due to lack of regular pruning, you can try cutting back into the old wood. It’s a little late in the year, so maybe wait and do this in spring, as hopefully it’ll then put on vigorous growth. Some will shape up, some won’t, so perhaps take cuttings now and grow them on in case you need them.

GET THE TIMING RIGHT

Plant in the right season and you’ll use less water. Last year, shrubs, grasses and hardy perennials planted from May onwards — when it was hot and dry — required more mollycoddling. From November to March the soil is moist and new hardy plants will establish a strong root system before putting on leaf growth in spring.

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Complicated past lives and crime dramas are a winning combination; Hotel Costiera, streaming on Amazon Prime, is no exception.

US actor Jesse Williams plays Daniel De Luca, an ex-marine with a mysterious past who has rocked up in Italy to work for silver-haired Augusto (Italian star Tommaso Ragno), the equally enigmatic owner of a luxurious hotel.

With his blue eyes, rippled muscles and detailed body art, Williams is clearly the star of the series, which is set on Italy’s beautiful Amalfi Coast. But he is in serious danger of being upstaged by Treville Positano, the exclusive seaside boutique hotel where many scenes were shot.

Those vine-decked terraces and balconies that Williams, best known for Grey’s Anatomy, cogitates thoughtfully from? The jetty that he jumps into powerful speedboats from? The luxurious suites awash with antiques and floaty linen curtains that waft on cue from the sea breezes? All available – although the opulence comes with a serious price tag – by staying at a hotel that’s so discreet that it declined the opportunity to let Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti behind the scenes in Amazing Hotels: Life beyond the Lobby Treville Positano is built into the cliffs just outside the town of Positano, which has been the focus of attention since the Roman Empire and gets plenty of action in this new thriller. A buttery yellow cathedral with an extravagantly tiled dome roof takes centre stage, with terraces of houses clinging to the hills while boats are moored prettily offshore, with waves tickling their sides.

It’s not hard to get to Positano. There are regular buses that hug the coastline between Naples and Sorrento, both of which have railway stations. Between April and October, it’s even nicer to get the ferry from Sorrento, which takes about an hour and costs under 20 euros. When you arrive, there’s lemon-accented everything to buy – including ceramics, clothing and comestibles – in a hundred and one shops that are on every stepped pathway.

The hotel, a series of 16 rooms and suites, began life as an 18th-century mansion and is surrounded by steeply terraced gardens. Every wall seems studded with jasmine, while the Aleppo pine trees appear to have been designed to pose in the most picturesque way possible. The rugged little bathing platform built into the rocks is enhanced with bright blue sun loungers and parasols.

ESCAPE TO AMALFI

From jaw-dropping ocean views to a rich Italian history, Positano positively radiates movie-star glamour

The sunsets here are deeply theatrical, too; technicolor, widescreen, atmospheric love affairs between sea and sky.

And this hotel also has quite the back story. It was the private estate of director Franco Zeffirelli, and over a period of 30 years from the 1970s onwards, he used his favourite opera and film set designers to transform it into a home that matches the town of Positano for sheer, highly vertiginous theatricality.

Guests at his residence included some of the late 20th century’s biggest stars, such as Maria Callas, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

In 2010, after the director sold it at the age of 90, Treville became a hotel but Zeffirelli allowed the new owners to keep most of his furniture and belongings, including silver-framed photographs of frequent guests Rudolf Nureyev and Liza Minnelli, in situ.

Treville’s spa is housed in a Victorian conservatory that was once part of Zeffirelli’s 1984 production of La Traviata

Casa Bernstein, named after American composer Leonard Bernstein, who also stayed there regularly, is now

one of the most sought-after suites. It features a vast circular shower, in what was once a bread oven, and its own goldfish pond.

Bernstein wrote the score for Brother Sun, Sister Moon here. But all the rooms have a dreamy vista, beautiful at any time of day, particularly heart-stopping as the sun sets.

Naturally, A-listers still seek out Treville. Last year, Madonna marked her 66th birthday with a stay in Casa Zeffirelli, the four-bedroom villa that the director kept for his own use. In a hotel that doesn’t have a bad angle or outlook, Zeffirelli –who passed away in 2019 – kept the best view for himself: a perfectly curated snapshot of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

It still has the director’s

Jesse Williams stars in Hotel

BREATHTAKING

Treville Positano’s restaurant Maestro and, below, the Callas Suite plunge pool

original furniture, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and also a bath made from Carrara marble. Jennifer Lopez also notched up a stay here. This year, it was the turn of Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Maestro’s, Treville’s restaurant, is in the same spot where Zeffirelli fed his guests. It serves resolutely Italian food: creamy burrata with tomatoes from the vines around the hotel, squid caught just offshore and zingy granita, all rounded off with limoncello made from fruits gathered from Treville’s own lemon trees, which is best enjoyed under a vine-covered pergola.

Rates are sky-high, but so are the toys. Guests can be collected from Naples from the hotel’s own speedboat or take trips from its private yacht. Treville’s sleek wooden speedboats regularly visit Positano’s harbour to go shopping in the boutiques, sip limoncello around the square and gaze at the crinklecut coastline. If the best crime dramas have complicated back stories, it’s always an added bonus when the settings are so extraordinarily beautiful. SARAH TURNER

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THE TAXMAN COMETH

Cashing in some of your pension pot

early?

Beware the pitfall, cautions Paul Lewis

More people are taking money out of their pension early. Some are probably worried that if they die after 5 April 2027 with a pension pot they leave to their children, large amounts could be snaffled by the Government in inheritance tax and income tax. But beware. Money taken out of your pot before you die is taxed as income. And HMRC routinely takes too much of it, which you then have to claim back – or wait months for a refund.

£10,000 on top of your tax-free amount, HMRC assumes you will have an extra annual income of £120,000 and boom! – you are paying tax at the highest rate of 45% (48% in Scotland).

The firm keeping your pension fund has to deduct the tax before giving you the balance. You get this extra tax back either by waiting for HMRC to realise its mistake and adjust your tax code back to where it should be, by reducing the tax on your other income. Or you can get it back much more quickly by filling in a form.

TSince pension freedoms began ten years ago, more than £83 billion has been taken out of pension funds early by people aged 55 or over. Almost all of them will have been overtaxed. That is because HMRC automatically assumes the amount taken out will be a new monthly income! This strange procedure does not apply to the tax-free part of your fund, which is usually 25% of the total. But it does apply to anything above that. So if you take out

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Unscramble the letters in the shaded crossword boxes to reveal a TV show. Enter by sending an email with your name, address and telephone number to wf39@radiotimescomps.co.uk

Or post your entry (postcards only) to: Radio Times Wordfinder, Week 39 2025, PO Box 501, Leicester LE94 0AA. Two winners will receive the DVD shown left. Prizes sent monthly. Closing date: 3 October.

THE CHASE 1b 2c 3a 4b 5a 6c 7a 8c 9c

So sheep is the answer that the fewest people gave.

POINTLESS Swallow (67), Sheep (8), Goat (28), Dog (93), Shark (15).

Across Gush, Coward, Lizard, Strong, Totemic, Guess, Age, Pylon, Ago, Kebab, Gesture, Oxtail, Woeful, Dinghy, Jeer Down Flatpack, Odd, Gazette, Baton, Serum, Publish, Ecology, Octagon, Swore, Abode, Aquifer, Dog, Slovenly

How Rachel did it: 75+2=77, 77x7=539, 539—9=530, 530x2=1060, 1060—100=960 ENIGMA

Parts of an electric guitar

Famous Brians Cox, Blessed, May, Clough

Tow (two), Eno (one), There (three), Evens (seven)

Anagrams of numbers

ONLY CONNECT

Pickup, Strings, Fretboard, Whammy bar ____ truck Flatbed, Forklift, Tipper, Monster COUNTDOWN

The connecting wall from Only Connect combines general knowledge, wordplay and lateral thinking to give your brain cells a workout!

How to play Your task is to sort the 16 seemingly random words/phrases below into four groups of four connected words. You may find some clues fall into more than one category, but there is only one complete solution. If you get stuck, have a look at the clues on the side of the page…

Using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, try to get as close to the target as possible in 30 seconds. You can use each of the six numbers only once, but you don’t have to use them all. Rachel’s solution is on the previous page.

SUPER SUDOKU

SUDOKU NO 1027 SOLUTION 1028

How to play Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3 x 3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. Difficulty: 11/20

THE ENIGMA CODE

Can you crack the Enigma code? Each grid number represents a letter. Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter or letters — below the main grid — to start. The solution is on the previous page. Difficulty: 13/20 Target time: 26 minutes

TRACKWORD

How many words of three letters or more can you find by tracking from one square to the next, going up, down, sideways or diagonally in order? You may not use the same letter square twice in any word. Adding an ”s” to make the third-person singular of a verb is allowed; a plural is not. Proper nouns/foreign words not allowed. What is the nine-letter word?

BRAINBOX 47 words AVERAGE 32

TRACKWORD FOR LAST ISSUE nine-letter word BARBARISM aba, abb, abba, aim, aims, air, ami, amir, arab, aria, arm, arms, baa, baba, bam, bar, barb, barbarism, barm, bra, iamb, ism, maar, mar, mara, maria, mas, mir, rai, ram, rami, rams, ras, ria, rim, rima, rims, sab, sai, sam, samba, sambar, sar, sari, sim, sima, simar, sir (Ref: Chambers English Dictionary)

Cox Strings There Monster

Tow Blessed Forklift Clough

Pointless asks a question of 100 people; the contestants must then choose the answer they think the fewest of the 100 knew. How to play Here are five sayings featuring animals, but each is missing the name of the animal. Can you work out what the missing animals are and give us the most obscure answer?

THE CHASE with TV’s toughest quizzers

Pit your wits against the Chasers in our general knowledge quiz.

“THE BEAST”

Mark Labbett

1 Which of these was a Second World War German warship?

a Admiral Cooler b Admiral Hipper

c Admiral Groovier

2 Red sprites and blue jets refer to flashes of light during what?

a Meteor showers b Sunrise

c Thunderstorms

3 King Candy first appears as a villain in which Disney film?

a Wreck-It Ralph b Big Hero 6

c Monsters Inc

“THE DARK DESTROYER”

Shaun Wallace

4 Jamie Lee Curtis is the godmother of which actor?

a Ryan Gosling b Jake Gyllenhaal

c Ashton Kutcher

DICTIONARY CORNER

5 The London 2012 Paralympics mascot Mandeville was named after what?

a A hospital b A former champion

c A school

6 To make his army more mobile, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden experimented with cannons made largely of what?

a Cardboard b Wood c Leather

“THE GOVERNESS”

Anne Hegerty

7 What is the speciality of the Gloucestershire university known as the RAU?

a Agriculture b Archaeology c Art

8 What term denotes words or expressions used only in academic writing?

a Penciltooth b Stampnail c Inkhorn

9 Frenchman Francis Poulenc was famous for being a what?

a Cyclist b Scientist c Composer

Phrase of the week The walls have ears

The desire to eavesdrop is as old as time. Eavesdropping itself was named for the habit of inquisitive people who stood beneath their home’s eavesdrip, the ground onto which water dripped from the eaves, where they could tune into the conversations of their neighbours. Domes in many churches and castles, such as St Paul’s Cathedral, have

whispering galleries that transport sound along their curved surfaces, allowing the softest of speech to be carried from one side to the other. Meanwhile, it’s said that Catherine de Medici arranged for the Tuileries Palace in Paris to include tubes of communication known as auriculaires in order to eavesdrop on conversations. These may have inspired the warning “The walls have ears”, which was first recorded as a French phrase in 1592, just a few years after Catherine died. Susie’s book Words for Life is on sale now

SEVEN QUEENS

HOW TO PLAY Each grid contains seven realms and within each you must place one queen. Each row, column and diagonal can only contain at most one queen; there will always be one row and column that contains no queen.

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WORTHY OF DUMAS

From the opening scenes I was transfixed by The Count of Monte Cristo (Saturday U&Drama). It’s one of my favourite novels, and Sam Claflin is absolutely perfect in the title role. He has been supported by a terrific cast, not least Jeremy Irons. Never mind some of the production howlers (there’s nothing like a bit of director’s licence), the story bowled along as quickly as the carriage carrying Edmond away from his engagement party to his prison cell deep within the Château d’If. Michele Platman Birmingham

DARK BUT THRILLING

Thanks to BBC Four for airing the French drama series Dark Hearts, set in a special forces unit in Iraq. The first season was a ten out of ten and the second was every bit as good, full of great characters and exciting action. I really hope there will be a third season. Ken Stirling Turriff, Aberdeenshire No official word on this yet, but fan pressure is building

FINISH IN SIGHT?

We were taken aback to be robbed of the final hour or so of the Tour of Britain (7 September ITV4), having been following it all week. We were told to switch to ITVX, but where we are the signal quality is so poor that it can’t be relied on. The whole finale of the race, especially with the departure of Geraint Thomas, was ruined.

Jacqueline and Bernard Simpson Leeds

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Originality is key to comedy

John Cleese (RT, 13 September) is right – TV is becoming a monoculture. But he’s wrong to blame it on “wokeism”. It has more to do with an overreliance on algorithms, data and social media, where engagement is driven by copycat “trends”. The reason Monty Python wouldn’t be made today is because it was a blitz of imagination and creativity, and didn’t come with a set of pre-existing analytics. The BBC has a responsibility to start prioritising shows that are unproven, niche or, yes, edgy. The problem is they’re choosing to ape rather than innovate.

I love John Cleese, but he should stop blaming everything on people trying to have a conscience, keep their own minds, stay awake. He’s looking in the wrong direction.

Dave Lawrie Larne, Antrim

SOUNDS SUBLIME

It is a long time since a radio programme has moved me as much as Finding Elgar (9 September Radio 4). Adrian Chiles’s enthusiasm was almost

ANN McMANUS 1957—2025

With the death of Ann McManus, co-creator of Bad Girls, Footballers’ Wives and Waterloo Road, television has lost one of its most original and ebullient voices.

Shaped by her working-class background in Glasgow and her experience as an inner-city teacher, Ann’s storytelling turned the drama dial up to 11 with outrageous stories and

watercooler moments, while at the same time smuggling edgy, contentious, thought-provoking conversations into incredibly popular mainstream TV.

As her life partner, Eileen Gallagher, put it, Ann burned brightly. Those of us who worked closely with her over the years have lost an extraordinary colleague, friend and mentor.

Liz Lake London N1

palpable, and the programme was brilliantly researched and structured. I have known Elgar’s music for well over 60 years, and fancy myself as something of an authority, but Adrian’s genuine love brought a fresh dimension.

Christopher Morley Halesowen, West Midlands

NOT SO FUNNY

What a huge disappointment Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping (Friday C4) has been. In place of the wit and irony of sketches like Angel Summoner or the SS wondering if they were the baddies was humour relying on crude and obnoxious characters.

Come on, Mitchell and Webb – you did some brilliant stuff in the past. Time to get back to being funny again.

Adam Huntley St Albans, Hertfordshire

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

John Cleese and Monty Python’s Flying Circus brought a new edge to TV comedy

A TRUE ALL-ROUNDER

I was so pleased by the first episode of Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test (7 September BBC One) as yet again he works his magic with teenage boys excluded from their schools, now also joined by a girls’ team. Flintoff has a monumental task, but he believes in these young people and even tolerates their over-exuberant banter. As someone who once would rather watch paint dry than cricket, I am completely bowled over. It’s a masterclass of praise and reward, but Freddie also hands out the criticism when necessary and that’s

INSPIRING

Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has the right blend of carrot and stick

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The Thursday Murder Club has divided opinion…

I loved it. It’s joyful and fun. The chemistry and humour between the cast are infectious. It looks beautiful, the sets are sumptuous and beautifully designed. It’s like finally meeting old friends.

Janina Grice

Overall great casting and performances, with special kudos to Helen Mirren (right) and Celia Imrie. But Pierce Brosnan… just no. Not sure where the accent was from. It started in Liverpool, diverted to Birmingham and ended up meandering around cockney. Please recast with Ray Winston, the man born to play Ron. Sarah Dolden

I thought I would be disappointed as you can never cover all the twists and turns of a book. But I loved it! It was a bit cheesy but I watched it with my 16-year-old and 19-year-old sons and they both loved it too.

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what makes him so relatable. We’re all rooting for these young people. Judith Daniels

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

RAFIEL’S RESURRECTION

As much as I’m enjoying the reruns of Joan Hickson’s inimitable sleuthing detective Miss Marple (Saturday BBC Four), watching A Caribbean Mystery (6 September), it was perplexing

PARTY POOPER?

I’m getting increasingly bored by interviewees who are guests on current affairs discussion programmes chanting, “Thank you for having me”, like small children leaving a birthday party. Don’t they realise that without them, there would be no programme at all?

I hope they get a goodie bag on the way out…

Cynthia Morey Wallingford, Oxfordshire

The portrayal of dementia is sensitively done, but I’m sad to say the film has diluted the story and lost much of its charm. They took away what made it different and delightful.

Jane Morris

My highlights were Ben Kingsley (Ibrahim), Daniel Mays (Chris), David Tennant (Ventham) and Jonathan Pryce (Stephen). Pierce Brosnan (Ron) was never going to lose his smooth twinkly Irishness to become a hard, West Ham-loving trade unionist! But that didn’t detract too much. A fun, easy watch.

Joanne Mercer

I now want to re-read the book with the image of these fabulous actors in my mind. However, I can’t help feeling this would have been better as a series of hour-long episodes. So many “side stories” were chopped out to fit the two-hour format.

Paul Cooper

Wished they’d found a way for Joyce to narrate her journal entries at the end of the day. Otherwise, I loved it. Beverley Drummond

PERFECT CASTING

to see financier Jason Rafiel alive following his demise two weeks earlier in Nemesis. A puzzle worthy of the little grey cells of a certain Belgian?

Martin Dawber

Southport, Merseyside

At the time Nemesis was made, the BBC didn’t have the rights to adapt A Caribbean Mystery. BBC Four has been showing the series in the correct production order, but you’re correct,

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SCORE BORE

Further to Anthony Davidson’s letter about BBC One’s Final Score (Feedback, 6 September), I’d like to point out the total lack of results coverage on BBC TV when there are no Premier League matches due to internationals.

Would it be too much to spare a few minutes to present the results of league matches played on these days? There are people who follow teams other than those in the Premier League, myself included, and it’s not always convenient (or possible) to head to the BBC Sport website.

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ITV AT 70

Your memories of the best of commercial TV

On Monday ITV celebrates 70 years since its first broadcast on 22 September 1955. Initially the independent television service was based in London with AssociatedRediffusion, followed by ATV and ABC and a fourth company, Granada, based in Manchester.

By 1962 commercial TV had expanded to cover the whole country, until in 2006 the national network was created, with regional opt-outs for news and sport.

ITV has made some important, memorable television, most recently Mr Bates vs the Post Office. Think back to dramas such as Brideshead Revisited, Foyle’s War, The Bill, Prime Suspect and Inspector Morse — even Upstairs Downstairs, forerunner of Downton Abbey. Current affairs was brave, with World in Action, Death of a Princess and Thames TV’s Death on the Rock; and documentaries had a global impact, such as The World at War and John Pilger’s Year Zero: the Silent Death of Cambodia. Remember comedies like Brass and Mr Bean; entertainment like Blind Date and Sunday Night at the London Palladium, not to mention The X Factor; and children’s TV series Magpie, Press Gang and Worzel Gummidge

Here are some of your fondest memories from the past 70 years…

One of my favourite shows as a young boy was the CITV fantasy game show Knightmare (1987—94). It utilised blue screen, virtual reality and actors playing fantasy characters and monsters. A podcast is currently recapping the series episode by episode.

Chris Evans, Northamptonshire

Sunday evening may not seem the

TOP ITV SHOWS

Spitting Image broke the mould, The Sweeney was gritty and Foyle’s War quickly became an RT reader

best slot in the schedule for comedy, but this was when ITV gave us Spitting Image, The New Statesman, Agony and Whoops Apocalypse — just some of the shows that sent me to bed with a smile on my face.

Alan Stafford, Ipswich, Suffolk

What really made an impression on my family was the advertisements: Bernard Miles and Mackeson Stout (“Looks good, tastes good and, by golly, it does you good”), the cigar smoked to Air on a G String, Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter lusting over Cinzano… I could go on.

Mickie Wynne-Davies, Oxted, Surrey

I have happy memories of 1964’s Stingray (now on ITV Retro). The 1960s have never been bettered for action television.

G Cope, Winchester

I watched Crossroads from the beginning. Noele Gordon was undoubtedly one of ITV’s major stars and Meg one of TV’s most iconic characters. Sheila Clark, Glasgow

I would always go to the BBC for the coronation or a football match, but many of my favourite shows have been on ITV. My top three are The Sweeney, The

Professionals and Inspector Morse. ITV has always been at the forefront of crime drama.

Ed Spearman, Aberdeen

I remember The Adventures of Robin Hood in the 1950s, although my brother and I had to go next door to watch as our father considered ITV’s quality “low”. On warm summer evenings there was No Hiding Place with Raymond Francis as Inspector Lockhart, but only if our father was gardening. Tim Collings, Ashill, Norfolk

The Naked Civil Servant (1975) had a Bafta-winning performance by John Hurt as Quentin Crisp. In the 1930s, when homosexuality was against the law, Crisp was the most despised, beaten and spat upon gay man in Britain. A drama of enduring brilliance and appeal.

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In these days when people are far too easily offended, it’s possible a sitcom like Rising Damp might never be made. Leonard Rossiter and Frances de la Tour gave us one of the funniest comedies ever made. Alan Boothroyd, Liverpool

Being a Yorkshire lad I absolutely loved dramas like Justice, The Main Chance, and Heartbeat that brought great acting names up to Leeds. And from ITV under Lew Grade, I remember fondly The Saint, The Persuaders, The Champions, Department S and the ridiculous spin-off Jason King! Jeremy Baker, East Yorkshire

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She’s breathing fresh life into Jane Austen — and would love to be Helen of Troy

What’s the view from your sofa?

My telly is in a bookshelf. I usually have my legs stretched out on an ottoman, and there’s a fireplace.

What have you been watching?

I’m in training for a film right now and I’m also planning my wedding [to actor and writer Jamie Bogyo], so I haven’t really been watching that much, but I just finished Love Island and KPop Demon Hunters – it’s crazy, but I really enjoyed it. I get into a bit of a cooking and reality TV-show hole while I’m filming, because otherwise it can feel like work.

Who controls the remote in your household?

Probably me. If I’m not enjoying something within the first ten minutes, I’ll be like, “Turn it off”. I can be a bit of a tyrant with my attention span.

What was your first reaction when you were asked to play Elizabeth Bennet in Audible’s new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice?

I was so excited. Pride and Prejudice was the first book that I couldn’t put down, so this genuinely does feel like a full-circle moment. Of all the iconic characters in literature, Elizabeth has been a part that I’ve always been drawn to, and there is so much to excavate within her. When I heard about the rest of the cast for this specific production, I couldn’t believe my luck.

What did you want to bring to your version of Elizabeth?

I was quite specific that I didn’t want to put any kind of spin on it unnecessarily. That’s why it’s so nice to do a version like this, so people get to use their imagination. I’m not telling you what Lizzie looks like or what she’s doing with her face – I’m trying to bring life to her decisions, her relationships and everything that’s going on in the book, but it’s a collaboration with the listener.

What kind of Mr Darcy is your co-star Harris Dickinson?

He plays the character perfectly true to form. You get everything that you crave from Mr Darcy, but Harris adds a lot of layers to a more modern perspective on why a man might behave in that way. That arrogance, ego and pride come from somewhere. Often in Pride and Prejudice, Mr Darcy’s wound only comes out when it’s necessary for Elizabeth to see, whereas it kind of leaks out of Harris throughout. It’s a really sensitive performance.

We last spoke to you before your Bafta leading actress win for Industry. Has your phone been ringing off the hook ever since?

I’m pretty sure I got offered the job I’m doing now a couple of days after that win. To have that kind of recognition feels amazing and crazy. I’m incredibly proud that it was for Industry, which I love so much. Without it, I wouldn’t be doing any of this. It was my first job – I was at drama school when I booked it, and I remember going back from filming the first episode to graduate.

BACK IN TIME

You’ve just finished filming the fourth series. What makes this one different?

EARLIEST FILM MEMORY

Watching Jaws when I was very, very young and being scared out of my mind and not being able to go in the ocean.

EARLIEST TV MEMORY

I grew up with a lot of Ricky Gervais — Extras, The Office, Karl Pilkington. That’s peak childhood for me.

There are new characters, so it was really fun to work with those new people. You first met Yasmin when she was an intern, carrying salads, and now she’s in a very different place in her life. I think I’m playing the most grown-up version of her this season, and that’s quite interesting.

You played Amy Winehouse in Back to Black. Would you play another real-life figure in the future?

Definitely. I might not be interested in playing someone who’s quite as highprofile as Amy, because there’s a level of intensity to getting it right that comes with that. But I love history, and I love historical fiction as well as non-fiction, so I would be more interested in playing either a historical figure or someone who is known for their work, rather than for who they are – an artist or a writer. I would love to play Sylvia Plath or Helen of Troy. JAMES HIBBS

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At Inspired Villages, we believe retirement is just the beginning of your next adventure! We don’t just offer homes - we create a dynamic, fun-filled lifestyle. Imagine having a pool, wellness centre, library, bar, restaurant, and café all right outside your door. Plus, with endless social clubs and activities, everyday is a chance to discover something new and exciting.

We have several villages across the country. To find out more visit inspiredvillages.co.uk Or call us now to find out about our summer offers: 0800 331 7430

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How to get more from your holiday than just sand between your toes…

DUBROVNIK, MONTENEGRO AND THE DALMATIAN COAST

Eight days now from £1,449pp Departures April—October 2026

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Seven nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at a four-star hotel in Drvenik (three nights) and a three-star hotel on the Dubrovnik Riviera (four)

CAPRI, POMPEII AND THE AMALFI COAST

Eight days now from £1,409pp Departures October 2025—October 2026

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Seven nights’ half-board accommodation at Hotel Girasole, Sant’Agnello (upgrade hotels are available for a supplement)

◼ 14 meals

◼ Guided excursions to Pompeii, Naples and Capri

◼ A coach trip along the Amalfi Drive

◼ Return flights to Italy

◼ Coach travel and transfers throughout

◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager, with specialist local guides where applicable

◼ Krka National Park excursion

◼ Split and Trogir excursion

◼ Tour of Montenegro and the Bay of Kotor

◼ Visit to Mostar and a guided tour of Dubrovnik

LAKE COMO, ST MORITZ & THE BERNINA EXPRESS

Eight days now from £1,400pp Departures October 2025—October 2026

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Seven nights’ bed and breakfast or half-board accommodation in your chosen Lake Como hotel

◼ Enjoy a week on Italy’s most romantic lake

◼ Two boat trips on Lake Como

◼ A ride on the Bernina Express

◼ Entrance to the gardens of Villa del Balbianello

◼ Return flights to Milan

◼ Coach travel and transfers throughout

◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager, with specialist local guides where applicable

◼ Return flights to Dubrovnik

◼ Comfortable, air-conditioned coach travel and transfers throughout

◼ Fully escorted by a friendly, experienced tour manager

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND RAILWAYS

Five days now from £815pp Departures October 2025—October 2026 SAVE UP TO 10%*

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Four nights’ dinner, bed and Scottish breakfast accommodation at either the Highlander Hotel, Newtonmore, or The Coylumbridge Hotel, Aviemore

◼ Rail trip from Inverness to Kyle

◼ West Highland Line rail journey

◼ Strathspey steam rail journey to Aviemore

◼ Return flights to Edinburgh or Inverness, with coach travel and transfers throughout

◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager

Amalfi coast

Budva riviera, Montenegro

Lake Como

Glencoe

Swimming

Italy has stunning marine waters and the four islands that comprise the Tremiti archipelago have access to some of the best. The jade clarity of the Adriatic Sea around this area of Italy, part of the Puglia region halfway between Bari and Pescara, allows for stunning swimming, and it is possible to make the most of it with a week-long holiday of total immersion: also known as a full-on swimming holiday. Sign up for balmy coastal swims, inter-island crossings, and a full circumnavigation of the island of San Nicola, returning each day to San Dòmino island for lunch, and a rest at Hotel La Vela, set in a serene pine forest.

➥ Book with Swimtrek: swimtrek.com

Archaeology

Byzantium is a historical concept many of us may have difficulty elaborating upon. But there’s a lot to learn on an activity-packed holiday in Bulgaria. The Byzantine capital was Istanbul, which had access to the Black Sea, and Bulgaria is on its shores, part of a fascinating and undervisited cultural landscape. Discover, on an archaeological tour of the old Eastern Bloc nation, the fascinating link between Europe, Asia Minor and the Mediterranean; and the cultural traffic that has passed by, from ancient Roman cities to tombs of the war-ravaged old Roman region of Thrace. All that, plus tales of old gold, mountains, clear sea, moreish food and great wine.

ANCIENT WAYS

The

➥ Book with Hidden History: hiddenhistory.co.uk

PACKED Action

Why not try a break that will leave you feeling invigorated as well as rested, suggests Nick Redman

It’s tempting to think of holidays as an excuse to do nothing, but in reality, utter indolence can soon lead to boredom and a fretful mind. Far better to factor in a little (or a lot of) activity to keep you moving along without taxing your brain cells. Before you know it, you’ll be sleeping more deeply, making new friends and adopting beneficial habits that may well last a lifetime. From swimming to cooking, walking to cycling, there are so many ways to take a break that will restore you emotionally and mentally. Here are six of the best in our books.

Cycling

Take a (figurative) tandem and explore Portugal with a pal and/or loved one. On a week-long group trip, cyclists of varied abilities get to bike the holiday together, enjoying horizons at a leisurely pace. Believe it or not, pedal power does work with wine, and so the city of Porto can be discovered by night, along with the photogenic canals of Aveiro, further south. Portugal is known for its comfortable, characterful, affordable hotels. And bonus attractions along the way include sightings of birdlife (herons, kingfishers and vibrant-pink flamingos) — plus palm-trimmed stretches of coast as well as relaxed, sociable wine-tastings.

➥ Book with Headwater: headwater.com/list/by-country/portugal/cycling.htm

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Discover a different view of Portugal

Cala del Sale on San Domino in the Tremiti Islands

Thracian city of Perperikon in Bulgaria

CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRIA’S LAKE DISTRICT

Eight days, first person from £2,329, second person now from £1,164.50

Departing 20 December 2025. Book by 17 October

Immerse yourself in the heart of Austria’s stunning Lake District and experience a truly magical Christmas, surrounded by majestic, snow-covered mountains.

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES

◼ Excursion to Lake Wolfgang’s Three Christmas Markets and lake cruise

CLASSICAL SPAIN AND ANDALUCÍA

Eight days, first person from £1,579, second person now from £789.50. Dep Oct 2025, May, Jun, Sept and Oct 2026. Book by 17 Oct

With its warm climate, outstanding natural beauty and historical cities, Andalucía has always been a favourite with holiday makers.

PRICE INCLUDES

◼ Excursion to Seville and guided tour

◼ Excursion to Granada and guided tour

◼ Entrance to the Alhambra Palace and gardens with guided tour**

◼ Excursion to Ronda and a walking tour

◼ Excursion to Cordoba and wine tasting

◼ 7 nights’ 4 star half-board hotel accommodation in twin/double bedrooms with en-suite bathroom

◼ Services of a Mistral Representative in resort

◼ Return flights to Malaga, luggage and transfers

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◼ Excursion to Gmunden on the shores of Lake Traunsee

◼ Excursion to Salzburg — the Sound of Music city

◼ Christmas Day — Winter Wonderland tour to Hallstatt

◼ Boxing Day — Bad Ischl, the Kaiser Villa and a horse-drawn carriage trip

◼ Seven nights’ half-board accommodation at the Hotel Attergauhof in St Georgen in Attergau

◼ Traditional Austrian dinner on Christmas Eve

◼ Festive Christmas Day dinner

◼ Return flights to Salzburg, luggage and hotel transfers

◼ Services of a Mistral representative in Austria

◼ ATOL protected

CROATIA’S DALMATIAN RIVIERA AND SPLIT

Eight days, first person from £1,519, second person now from £759.50. Departures May, Jun and Sept 2026. Book by 17 Oct

Modern resorts, scenic beaches, natural wonders and ancient Roman ruins, you can expect all this and more on our holiday staying on the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia.

PRICE INCLUDES

◼ Excursion to Split

◼ Excursion to Mostar and Medjugorje

◼ Excursion to the Krka National Park, waterfalls and Šibenik

◼ Seven nights’ half-board accommodation in the four-star Hotel Bluesun Alga in Tuc˘epi

◼ Twin bedroom with private bathroom

◼ Return flights to Split, luggage and hotel transfers

◼ Services of a Mistral Tour Manager in Croatia

◼ ATOL protected

Granada

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ITALIAN RIVIERA

Eight days, first person from £1,299, second person now from £649.50. Departures October 2025, April—June, September and October 2026. Book by 17 October

Discover the wonderful contrasts of the Italian Riviera and inland Tuscany on this superb holiday to one the most beautiful regions of Italy. With an included programme of fabulous excursions to exclusive resorts and breathtaking coastlines, historical cities and ancient towns, picturesque villages and rolling hill, this delightful holiday will delight all your senses.

PRICE INCLUDES

◼ Excursion to Florence and a guided tour

◼ Excursion to Portofino and a boat trip

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◼ Excursion to the historic cities of Pisa and Lucca

◼ Excursion to the scenic Cinque Terre and train ticket

◼ Seven nights’ accommodation in a three-star hotel, or for a supplement upgrade to a four-star hotel

◼ Twin/double bedroom with en-suite bathroom

◼ 14 meals: seven breakfasts and seven dinners

◼ Return flights to Pisa, luggage and hotel transfers

◼ Services of a Mistral Holidays Tour Manager

◼ ATOL protected

CROATIA’S ISTRIAN RIVIERA

Eight days, first person from £1,399, second person now from £699.50. Departures October 2025, May, June, September and October 2026. Book by 17 October

Stay in the charming resort of Porec˘, a favourite for its coastal setting and architectural heritage. Enjoy relaxing beach time, leisurely promenade walks, and a wonderful range of included excursions and visits – all carefully planned for you.

PRICE INCLUDES

◼ Excursion to Pula and Rovinj

◼ Excursion to Krk island and wine tasting

◼ Excursion to Slovenia visiting the

Postojna Caves and Predjama Castle

◼ Seven nights’ accommodation in a four-star hotel

◼ Twin/double bedrooms with en-suite bathroom

◼ 14 meals: seven breakfasts and seven dinners

◼ Return flights, luggage and hotel transfers

◼ Services of a Mistral Holidays Tour Manager

◼ ATOL protected

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SORRENTO, CAPRI, POMPEII AND THE AMALFI COAST

Eight days, first person from £1,999, second person now from £999.50. Departures April—June, August—October 2026. Book by 17 October

The Sorrento Peninsula is set in a beautiful landscape overlooking the sparkling Bay of Naples, with a backdrop formed by dramatic hills. Discover the breath-taking Amalfi Coast, the Roman city of Pompeii, the bustling resort of Sorrento and the fabulous island of Capri.

PRICE INCLUDES

◼ Excursion to Capri and island tour

◼ Excursion to Pompeii and guided tour

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◼ Cruise along the Amalfi Coast visiting Positano and Amalfi

◼ Sorrento walking tour and limoncello tasting

◼ Seven nights’ accommodation in a four-star hotel

◼ 14 meals: seven breakfasts and seven dinners

◼ Return flights to Naples, luggage and hotel transfers

◼ Services of a Mistral Holidays Tour Manager and local guides

◼ ATOL protected

Sorrento

Rovinj

Cinque Terre

ITALY BY COACH

Discover Italy in style with our trio of escorted coach holidays, each blending scenery, history and culture.

On the Portofino, San Remo and Monte Carlo tour, for example, you’ll enjoy pastel harbours, elegant promenades and the

PORTOFINO, SAN REMO AND MONTE CARLO

10 days from £1,199pp Departures May—July, September 2026

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES

◼ Return coach travel and ferry crossings

◼ First and last night on a B&B basis in France

◼ Additional overnight stay on the outward journey on a half-board basis in France

◼ Six nights at a selected hotel in Diano Marina with dinner and breakfast

◼ Excursions to Monaco, Monte Carlo, Portofino and San Remo, and en-route visit to Dijon

◼ Scenic boat trip from Rapallo to Portofino

◼ Services of a tour manager

sophisticated glamour of the Côte d’Azur. Head further south to explore Pompeii, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast, where ancient ruins meet lemon groves and cliffside villages.

Or choose the Grand Tour of Italy, sweeping north to south through Renaissance cities,

POMPEII, SORRENTO AND THE AMALFI COAST

14 days from £1,949pp

Departures May, June and September 2026

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES

◼ Return coach travel and ferry crossings

◼ First and last night on a B&B basis in France

◼ Additional overnight stays on outward and return journey on a half-board basis in France and Italy

◼ Seven nights at a selected hotel in Sorrento with dinner and breakfast

◼ Excursions to Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast, Naples and Rome

◼ En-route visit to Lyon

◼ Services of a tour manager

tranquil lakes, sun-kissed coastlines, and world-famous art — a complete portrait of this captivating country.

Whichever you choose, you’ll experience comfortable coach travel, handpicked hotels and unforgettable memories.

GRAND TOUR OF ITALY

14 days from £1,999pp

Departures May, June and September 2026

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES

◼ Return coach travel and ferry crossings

◼ First and last night on a B&B basis in France

◼ Additional overnight stays on outward and return journey on half-board basis in France/Switzerland

◼ Nine nights at a selection of hotels in Italy with dinner and breakfast

◼ Guided tours of Rome, Pisa, Verona, Florence and Venice

◼ En-route visits to Strasbourg, Pisa, Siena, Orvieto and Verona

◼ Scenic drive through the Alps

◼ Services of a tour manager

Portofino Tuscany

Positano

Rome

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Walking

Italy’s Amalfi Coast is made for walkers, not least because the coast roads are so rammed, making travel automatically slow. As well as lemon groves and sugar-cube towns piled upon hillsides, there are towering cliffs and communities set around piazzas. Explore the ruins of Pompeii and the magnificence of Mount Vesuvius. There’s the vertiginous Path of the Gods to conquer, too, if you have a spare three hours.

➥ Book with Exodus: exodus.co.uk

KEEP ACTIVE Walkers on Vesuvius, which last erupted in 1944

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WEEK AT THE PESTANA ROYAL IN MADEIRA

Seven days from £799pp Departures until September 2026

Yoga

Cornwall is a region tailor-made for rest and relaxation. No wonder, then, that yoga holidays here are growing in popularity. They’re easy to combine with wanders along coastal paths, bobbing about in surflaced sea and settling in for the occasional quiet pint at pubs with great gardens. The beauty of yoga? Once you’ve experienced laid-back life in Mawgan Porth, with its bracing cove waters, or the golden sands of Perranporth, you might just rethink your whole existence and relocate permanently for a fresh new mindset.

➥ Book with Adventure Yogi: adventureyogi.com/yoga-destinations/ cornwall/

With superb uninterrupted views across Cabo Girão and unforgettable sunsets, the five-star Pestana Royal is an all-inclusive resort, which means you can sit back, relax and truly unwind.

What’s included ◼ Return UK flights ◼ Seven nights at the five-star Pestana Royal ◼ All-inclusive board basis ◼ Return private transfers

CULINARY HIGH

Val d’Aran in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees

Cooking

Beautiful food is in the DNA of the Spanish Pyrenees — as you’ll find if you explore its tranquil, mountainous expanses. It’s easy to combine light, leisurely walking with culinary workshops held in simple guesthouses. Head out with expert locals and fellow holidaymakers to browse markets brimming with fresh ingredients — look for local honey, walnut oil, wild strawberries and cheeses from high pastures — then return to base to cook dishes characteristic of the area, from soups to hearty stews. Among the favourites is trinxat (left), a Catalan comfort-food staple based on cabbage, potato and sizzling bacon.

➥ Book with Responsible Travel: responsibletravel.com

LUXURY WEEK AT THE VIDAMAR RESORTS MADEIRA

Eight days from £749pp Departures until October 2026

Just a short walk from Funchal centre, with stunning clifftop views, the VidaMar Resorts Madeira is a customer favourite. The resort boasts five restaurants, three infinity pools and an incredible Thalasso Sea Spa — perfect for a spot of indulgent luxury.

What’s included ◼ Return UK flights ◼ Seven nights at the five-star VidaMar Resorts ◼ Half board (dine-around) ◼ Return private transfers

To book or for more details, please call 020 7030 3407 quoting Radio Times or visit radiotimes.com/holidayoffers

Funchal

Madeira

SOUTH AFRICA

15 days from £3,129pp Departures February—May, July—November 2026

South Africans call their homeland “a world in one country”. It covers an area five times the size of Britain, with a climate ranging from temperate and sub-tropical to desert.

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES

◼ Return scheduled flights from the UK with premium economy upgrades available

BEST OF JAPAN

13 days from £4,399pp Departures Nov 2025, Feb—Nov 2026

Japan is an ancient culture of emperors, fierce shoguns, samurais and brutal martial arts. Yet it’s also a place of gentle geishas, colourful kimonos, exquisite garden design and Zen Buddhism.

Your tour includes ◼ Return scheduled flights with premium economy upgrades available at a supplement ◼ Stay in hand-picked four-star accommodation, with daily breakfast, two lunches and one dinner ◼ The services of our experienced tour manager

Included experiences ◼ Travel at 189mph on the high-speed bullet train ◼ 11 visits including Hiroshima Peace Park and museum, Mount Fuji, Korakuen garden, Miyajima, Tokyo’s Asakusa district, Lake Kawaguchi, Hakone, Lake Ashi, Shinto Meiji shrine, Omotesando Street and Harajuku

◼ Three guided tours including Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo ◼ Option to stay in a traditional Ryokan inn (from £99pp)

◼ Stay in three-star and four-star hotels with daily breakfast, two lunches and four dinners

◼ The services of our experienced tour manager

INCLUDED EXPERIENCES

◼ Two guided tours including the Zulu War battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift

◼ Full-day guided safari in Kruger National Park

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◼ Enjoy a cellar tour and tasting at a 300-year-old wine estate

◼ Explore the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

◼ Seven visits including the Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn, Blyde River canyon, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Hermanus, the Winelands and Boulders Beach

GRAND JOURNEY FROM INDIA’S GOLDEN TRIANGLE TO SHIMLA

15 days from £2,699pp Departures Nov 2025, March and Sept—Dec 2026

India is a mind-boggling potpourri of sights, sounds, colours and experiences, as well as a variety of astonishing cultural contrasts.

Your tour includes ◼ Return scheduled flights with premium economy flight upgrades available at a supplement ◼ Stay in three-star to five-star accommodation with daily breakfast, four lunches and six dinners ◼ The services of our experienced tour manager

Included experiences ◼ Seven guided tours including Old and New Delhi, Jaipur, the Amber Fort, Alsisar and Viceregal Lodge in Shimla plus a walking tour of the city ◼ Two visits including the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri ◼ Travel on the famous Shimla railway ◼ Driving safari in Ranthambore National Park

Mount Fuji

One of the “big five”

Amber Fort