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wednesday 20 Rory & Paddy’s Great British Adventure Channel 5, 9pm Comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness travel the UK in a camper van in search of strange sporting events. The pair head to the north of England and Scotland, where they try out axe throwing and caber tossing. They attempt to beat the pie-eating world record in Wigan.
Who Do You Think You Are? BBC1, 9pm Boris Johnson sets out to find out more about his roots. With a Turkish great-grandfather who was lynched by an angry mob and a grandmother who claimed she was descended from French aristocracy, Boris has many interesting ancestors. In Istanbul he investigates why his greatgrandfather met such an end.
Family Guy BBC3, 10.45pm & 11.10pm If you’ve not caught this superior animated comedy about the everyday trials of family life, then pull up a chair. Tonight Lois takes up Tae-Jitsu and chases away New York tourists. While, Meg and Neil intern at a TV station, and icon-in-the-making Stewie loses his tricycle to a bully. Stewie bullied? Are they mad?!
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6.00am Olympic Breakfast 9.00 Olympics 2008 12.00pm BBC News 12.30 South East Today; Weather 12.45 Olympics 2008 5.15 The Weakest Link
8.00 Watch My Chops 8.10 What’s New Scooby Doo? 8.30 Hider in the House 9.30 The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury 10.00 Get 100 10.30 Evacuation 11.00 Lifeline 11.10 Coast 11.15 Cash in the Attic 12.00pm Olympics 2008 12.45 Diagnosis Murder 1.30 Murder, She Wrote 2.15 Flog It! 3.00 Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Wink 3.25 Arthur 3.50 Skunk Fu 4.05 Young Dracula 4.30 Thumb Wrestling Federation 4.35 Serious Ocean 5.00 Newsround 5.15 Olympic Basketball: Beijing 2008 6.00 Battle of the Brains Quiz show hosted by Paddy O’Connell. 6.30 Eggheads Dermot Murnaghan hosts a general knowledge quiz. 7.00 Des Lynam: Sport Mastermind Des Lynam hosts the final of Sport Mastermind. 8.00 Jimmy and the Wild Honey Hunters See highlights 9.00 House of Saddam As Western coalition forces invade Iraq, Saddam Hussein and his family are forced to flee. 10.00 Room 101 Paul Merton chats with Fern Britton about her pet hates. 10.30 Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines. 11.20 Long Way Round Documentary showing the preparation and planning of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s famous motorbike journey. 12.20am Des Lynam: Sport Mastermind Tonight’s subjects are The Masters at Augusta, History of the Super League, South African Test Cricket, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Life and Career of Geoff Boycott and the Champion Hurdle. 1.20 Sign Zone: Tribal Wives 2.20 Cooking in the Danger Zone 3.20 DIY SOS 3.50 Rogue Restaurants wash customers’ cutlery. 4.20 Joins BBC News
6.00am GMTV 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10.30 This Morning 11.15 ITV News 11.20 Meridian News and Weather 11.25 This Morning 12.30pm 60 Minute Makeover 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News and Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 3.00 Daily Cooks Challenge 4.00 Inspector Morse 5.00 Goldenballs
6.10am The Hoobs (x2) 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.25 Big Brother’s Little Brother 7.55 Big Brother 8.55 Friends (x2) 9.55 Vodafone TBA 2008: NERD 10.30 Vodafone TBA 2008 Sidekick: McFly 10.45 Beauty and the Geek 11.45 Orange Rockcorps 12.00pm News at Noon 12.30 A Place by the Sea 1.30 Channel 4 Racing 3.45 Countdown 4.30 Come Dine with Me 5.00 Richard and Judy
7.20 The Mr. Men Show 7.35 Roary the Racing Car 7.45 Make Way for Noddy 8.00 Mio Mao 8.05 Fifi and The Flowertots 8.20 Peppa Pig 8.25 Thomas & Friends 8.35 Little Princess 8.50 Roobarb and Custard too 9.00 The Wright Stuff 10.30 Trisha Goddard 11.30 Michaela’s Zoo Babies 12.30pm Five News 12.45 House 1.45 Neighbours 2.15 Medical Investigation 3.10 Five News Update 3.15 FILM: The Hollywood Mom’s Mystery (2004) 5.00 Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky 5.30 Neighbours 6.00 Michaela’s Zoo Babies Wildlife documentary series with Michaela Strachan. At Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire, Friday the Bactrian camel is the last of the females to have her baby, but her behaviour is a worry. Elsewhere, a keeper has his hands full when he becomes a surrogate mother to a cockatoo chick; and a tiny baby monkey struggles to pull through after a shaky start to life. 7.00 Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky National and international news anchored by Natasha Kaplinsky. 7.30 Massive Speed Documentary series in which Chris Barrie examines the evolution of machines designed for speed. 8.00 Britain’s Strongest Man Athletes from England, Scotland and Wales compete across a range of disciplines in the second round of Britain’s Strongest Man 2008. 9.00 Rory & Paddy’s Great British Adventure See highlights. 10.00 Banged Up Abroad Dramadocumentary series telling the reallife stories of travellers who find themselves incarcerated overseas. 11.05 CCTV Cities Real-life footage of urban crime. 12.05am PartyPoker.com World Open IV Another six players take to the felt. 1.35 Major League Baseball 4.45 Race and Rally UK
6.00am Good Morning Sports Fans (x4) 9.00 Pipeline Adventures 9.30 Football Asia 10.00 PGA Euro Pro Tour Golf 12.00pm Football Asia 12.30 Golf: Wales Ladies Championship of Europe 1.30 PGA Euro Pro Tour Golf 3.30 Football Asia 4.00 LIVE Cricket: Twenty20 International 7.45 LIVE International Football 10.30 You’re on Sky Sports! 12.00am FIFA Futbol Mundial 12.30 Cricket 2.30 Football 4.30 You’re on Sky Sports!
6.00 BBC News National and international news; Weather. 6.30 South East Today; Weather Local news and weather. 7.00 The Games Today Gabby Logan features the best of the action, stories, analysis and interviews on day 12 of the Games. 7.57 BBC News and Regional News National and regional news. 8.00 Sky Cops Documentary series following the drama of Britain’s air support operation. 8.30 Trawlermen New series of the documentary programme about a group of trawler fishermen in Peterhead, Scotland. 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? See highlights 10.00 BBC News National and international news; weather. 10.25 South East Today; Weather Local news and weather. 10.33 BBC Weather The latest weather forecast. 10.35 The National Lottery Draws 10.45 The Man Who Cycled the World The inside story of Mark Beaumont’s extraordinary solo attempt to smash the Guinness World Record for cycling around the world. 11.15 The Tudors Henry ignores the splits within his court and kingdom as he awaits his male heir.. 12.05am Weatherview 12.10 Joins BBC News 1.50 Olympics 2008
6.00 Meridian Tonight Local news and weather. 6.30 ITV Evening News and Weather 7.00 Emmerdale Will Viv get sent to prison? Paul and Nicola’s quilt-making ends in disaster. Maybe Viv can use it in prison? 7.30 Coronation Street Chesney isn’t happy to see Fiz and John getting closer. Oh, let her get on with it Ches, she loves a wrong ‘un. 8.00 The Bill: Game Plan (Part Two) Starring Shaun Williamson and Liz May Brice. Max, and Dave’s son Pete, have been given the job of taking delivery of the drugs, but Max is frustrated to discover that they have been sent on a dummy run. Does Mothercare know? 9.00 Taggart Murder strikes close to home for the team when DCI Matt Burke’s elderly father is found dead in suspicious circumstances. 10.00 News at Ten and Weather 10.40 International Football: England V Czech Republic International friendly. 11.40 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show Sketch show starring Katy Brand. 12.10am Bingo Night Live Join in and play free bingo on ITV. 1.15 Nightwatch with Steve Scott: 2.10 The Jeremy Kyle Show 3.05 Moving Day x2 3.50 ITV Nightscreen 5.30 ITV Early Morning News
6.00 The Simpsons JK Rowling, Tony Blair and Ian McKellen are on hand to greet the Simpsons when they arrive in London on holiday. 6.30 Hollyoaks Steph revels in her role as weather reporter for the student TV channel. 7.00 Channel 4 News Including sport and weather. 7.55 Bright Young Wonders Showcase of 15 new presenting voices as part of Channel 4’s Generation Next season. 8.00 Embarrassing Illnesses Series looking at some of life’s more embarassing physical conditions. 8.30 How Clean is Your House? Kim and Aggie return to Greenwich. 9.00 Big Brother Highlights. 10.00 Dangerous Jobs for Girls Three women head to South Africa to work as professional game hunters. 11.05 Tonightly Comedy entertainment show. 11.35 Coming Up: Kings of London An original new drama following the fortunes of two estranged teenage brothers, both named Aristotle. 12.10am The Shooting Party Series following nine aspiring disabled film directors. 12.40 4 Music: Road to V 2008 12.55 New Love 1.20 Big Brother Live 4.20 St Elsewhere 5.10 Richard and Judy
Sky Sports 2 6.00am Aerobics 6.30 Pipeline Adventures 7.00 WWE 8.00 Sports Unlimited 9.00 Rally Fever 10.00 Pool 11.00 Poker: European Ladies Championship (x2) 1.00pm Pool: World Pool Masters 2.00 Football Asia 2.30 Spirit of Yachting 3.00 Poker: European Ladies Championship (x2) 5.00 NFL: Total Access 6.00 LIVE International Football (x2) 10.00 LIVE International Cricket 12.00am NFL: Total Access 1.00 Total Rugby 1.30 Poker 2.30 Poker: European Ladies Championship 3.30 Sports Unlimited 4.30 Close
Sky Sports 3 6.00am Spirit of Yachting 6.30 Everyday is Raceday: Touring Car Diaries 7.00 Golf: Ladies European Tour 8.00 Trilby Golf Tour 10.00 Everyday is Raceday: Touring Car Diaries 10.30 Pipeline Adventures 11.00 Aerobics: Oz Style 11.30 Racing News 12.00pm Sports Unlimited 1.00 NFL: Total Access 2.00 Pipeline Adventures 2.30 Everyday is Raceday: Touring Car Diaries 3.00 Sports Unlimited 4.00 Pool: World Pool Masters 5.00 WWE The Bottom Line 6.00 WWE Afterburn 7.00 Total Rugby 8.00 Boots ‘n’ All 9.00 Total Rugby 9.30 Rallyzone 10.00 Boots ‘n’ All 11.00 Trans World Sport 12.00am PGA Euro Pro Tour Golf 2.00 Trans World Sport 3.00 Watersports World 4.00 Close
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12.00pm Gladiators 1.00 Relic Hunter 2.00 Stargate SG-1 (x2) 4.00 Gladiators 5.00 Futurama 5.30 Malcolm in the Middle (x2) 6.30 The Simpsons (x3) 8.00 Don’t Forget the Lyrics 9.00 Bones 10.00 FILM: The Usual Suspects (1995) 12.05am Soccer AM: The Best Bits 1.05 Road Wars 1.55 Weeds
7.00pm Doctor Who 7.45 Doctor Who Confidential 8.00 Make My Body Younger 9.00 FILM: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life (2003) 10.45 Family Guy 11.10 Family Guy 11.35 Spooks: Code 9 12.25am How Not to Live Your Life 12.55 Make My Body Younger 1.50 Money Makers: Beach Break Live
7.00pm World News Today 7.30 Pop Go the Sixties 7.35 Batman 8.00 Life in Cold Blood 9.00 Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery 10.00 Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman – Storyville 12.00am Coal House 12.30 Passport to Liverpool 1.20 Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
1.30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show (x2) 3.45 The Ricki Lake Show 4.30 Sally Jessy Raphael 5.20 The Montel Williams Show 6.05 Judge Judy (x2) 7.00 Smallville 8.00 Kids do the Funniest Things 9.00 FILM: Wimbledon (2004) 11.00 FILM: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 1.35am Coronation Street
2.10pm Agatha Christie’s Poirot 3.15 On the Buses 3.50 On the Buses 4.20 Cadfael 6.00 Heartbeat 7.00 The Wonder Years (x2) 8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 9.00 Drama Trails: The Second Coming to Afterlife 10.00 Rebus 11.30 Super Sleuths: Inspector Morse 12.30am Agatha Christie’s Poirot
11.35am Gilmore Girls 12.30pm One Tree Hill 1.20 Big Brother 2.20 Big Brother: Live 4.20 Hollyoaks 4.55 Friends (x2) 6.00 Big Brother’s Little Brother 6.25 Friends 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 Friends (x2) 9.00 Ghost Whisperer (x2) 11.00 Big Brother’s Big Mouth 11.35 Big Brother: Live 12.00am Big Brother
4.50pm Relocation, Relocation 5.50 Selling Houses 6.25 Selling Houses 7.00 Grand Designs Revisited 8.00 News 8.30 First Cut: Karaoke Soul 9.00 Father Ted 9.35 Back to You 10.05 The IT Crowd 10.35 TV Heaven, Telly Hell 11.10 Bernard Manning from Beyond the Grave 12.15am Third Watch
11.55am Maury (x2) 1.45pm The Fix 2.00 Bewitched (x2) 3.00 Will and Grace (x2) 4.00 Charmed (x2) 6.00 Britain’s Next Top Model 7.00 Will and Grace (x2) 8.00 Private Practice 9.00 Diet on the Dancefloor 10.00 CSI: Miami 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 12.00am Will and Grace
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Discovery
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Sky Movies
Sky Movies
Film4
TCM
4.00pm Doctor Who 5.00 Sorry! 5.40 My Family 6.20 The Good Life 7.00 Last of the Summer Wine 7.40 Keeping Up Appearances 8.20 My Family 9.00 Only Fools and Horses 10.15 The Good Life 10.55 French and Saunders 11.35 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 12.15am What a Carry On!
3.00pm Two and a Half Men (x2) 4.00 The King of Queens (x2) 5.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (x2) 6.00 Frasier (x2) 7.00 Everybody Hates Chris (x2) 8.00 Two and a Half Men (x2) 9.00 Scrubs (x2) 10.00 Sex and the City (x2) 11.10 Grumpy Old Holidays 11.50 Stacked (x2) 12.50pm The Frank Skinner Show
3.00pm Deadliest Catch 4.00 Time Team 5.00 Mythbusters 6.00 American Chopper 7.00 How it’s Made 7.30 How do They do It? 8.00 Born Survivor: Bear Grylls 9.00 Elite Forces 10.00 Days that Shook the World 11.00 Crime Scene Australia 12.00am Unsolved Murders
12.05pm The Lost World 1.00 Quantum Leap 2.00 The Invisible Man 3.00 FILM: Late For Dinner (1991) 5.00 Thunderbirds 6.05 Quantum Leap 7.00 The Invisible Man 8.00 Angel 9.00 Medium 10.00 FILM: The Thing (1982) 12.10am FILM: Creature (2004) 2.00 Medium 3.00 Stephen King’s the Stand
7.40am Anna And The King Of Siam (1946) 10.00 The Guns Of Navarone (1961) 12.40pm Fail-Safe (1964) 2.40 King Kong Escapes (1968) 4.20 Topaz (1969) 6.45 Anna And The King Of Siam (1946) 9.00 The Guns Of Navarone (1961) 11.40 Seconds (1966) 1.30am White Savage (1943)
1.00pm The Page Turner (2006) 2.30 The Escapist (2001) 4.10 Schultze Gets The Blues (2003) 6.10 The Tango Lesson (1997) 8.00 Volver (2006) 10.00 Wild At Heart (1990) 12.10am OngBak (2004) 2.00 Atonement Special 2.30 The Road To Wellville (1994) 4.30 Indie Close-Up
1.00pm That Riviera Touch (1966) 3.00 Please Sir! (1971) 5.05 Boy On A Dolphin (1957) 7.10 Guillermo Del Toro on Hellboy II 7.20 The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) 9.00 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) 10.45 The Descent (2005) 12.35am Island 12.55 The Blair Witch Project (1999)
6.55am The Safecracker (1958) 8.35 The Champ (1931) 10.30 Mrs Miniver (1942) 1.00pm Wives And Daughters 3.00 Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) 5.10 Take The High Ground (1953) 7.00 The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) 9.00 Coma (1978) 11.05 Dark Of The Sun (1968) 12.55am The Human Comedy (1943)
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