West Country Life magazine 19 October 2013

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My iPad sketches of the wine world DAVID CHANDLER’S TOUR DE FRANCE

The oldest ‘free miner’ STEVE ROBERTS’ PICTURE ESSAY

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COLUMNISTS

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PEOPLE

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PHOTO ESSAY

Martin Hesp is all for the latest gadgets; while Lizzie Lane recalls Beatlemania

How modern technology met classic wine for a colourful new West guide

Photographer Steve Roberts dips into the dark world of the UK’s oldest free miner

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PEOPLE

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PEOPLE

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FOOD

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ABSOLUTE CORKERS

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SHOPPING

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BOOKS

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TRAVEL

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WALKS

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GARDENING

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ANTIQUES

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TELEVISION

Rural rambles

Raymond Blanc waxes lyrical ahead of his date at the Great Bath Feast

The 15-year-old with a taste for beekeeping; plus, we talk to actress Lindsey Duncan

Chris Rundle on quince; the Leiths guide; plus apples, cheese, and a Sunday lunch

Ned Halley looks back on 40 years of M&S wine; plus he visits Uncle’s Tom’s Cabin

Pink is the latest tend for the home; while fashionistas must learn to love hearts

Johnny Vegas; Patsy Kensit; plus the people who changed the way we live today

Wine and food are plentiful on a South African trip; plus, a Cornish spa break

Martin takes his pick in Devon; while Sue explores Lydney, in Gloucestershire

Alan Down on the beauty of growing cyclamen; plus apples weekend at Snowshill

Minis look like being a runaway success; while an old biscuit tin looks tasty

Our TV critic Adam Postans says farewell; plus , we talk to Joanna Vanderham

TV guide Puzzles & Poem Horoscope Where in the West Cover by Fran Stothard

Western Daily Press photographer Fran Stothard captured the early morning sunshine highlighting Flatholm in the Bristol Channel, in this gorgeous scene

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Roger Evans The horror of TB has always been around.

When I was a little boy there was a TB hospital, in a former stately home, outside our village. They probably called it a sanatorium, but I probably couldn’t spell that when I was a little boy.

Sometimes, on nice sunny days, as we rode our bikes around the lanes, we would meet the patients out taking the sun and the fresh air.

They were mostly people from the South Wales valleys and they all had an unhealthy pallor about them, which may seem a bit obvious, but it’s an impression that lives with me still.

They were ill, they looked ill and even then I suspected that they were the better ones.

At this time I used to help out a bit on a friend’s farm, (it’s where the farming bug bit me).

I well remember his dad coming home from market one day and saying that he had just seen the highest-yielding cow in the county sold for very little money because she had TB. It was a mammoth task, taking the nation’s cattle from a position where TB was endemic to where it was TB free.

And like with all mammoth tasks, there were steps along that road to achieve this. You couldn’t go from A to B in one big step.

So while cattle were achieving TB attested status, it was perfectly legal for non-attested cattle to be traded.

The irony in this particular story is that the high-yielding cow was sold to a producer retailer (someone who milked his own cows then sold the milk on a milk round) up in the valleys.

Which is where if you remember, most of the patients in the sanatorium came from.

Even as that little boy sitting at a kitchen table, I remember thinking it was a crazy scenario.

The nation’s cattle became TB free in 1960ish. This was a huge step forward for the health and wellbeing of the nation and the nation’s cattle.

So why am I dragging all this history up?

Well this week saw us undergo a 60-day TB test, which is the prescribed test interval after a breakdown.

Five more cattle have reacted to the test.

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we stopped doing that and bought some milk from the shop (you can’t get TB from pasteurised milk).

To my mind, just having to do that is a step back down the road to that awful scenario, all those years ago.

Is it any wonder that farmers are frustrated by what is going on, or more accurately what isn’t going on?

We’re used to adversity, it’s a part of our lives, we can fight the weather and make the best of it. With TB there is nothing at all I can do.

Fighting back usually makes you feel better, doing nothing and not being able to do anything just makes you feel worse.

Somewhere the statistics will exist that will tell us just how many backward steps we have taken, back down the road from a TB-free national herd to the present situation, where it is once again a serious problem.

The good reasons that existed 50 or 60 years ago that made TB-free status a worthwhile exercise are still as pertinent today as they were then.

That status was precious. Anything that is precious needs our care. If it doesn’t get that care, we see what happens.

If any of you want to watch my five cows go for slaughter you can. I have to.

The last of our harvesting for this year involved baling our spring barley straw.

It had a couple of showers on it after it was combined so I turned the straw swathes over just to dry them out.

I’d had a ride on my nephew’s combine when we cut this barley and there were a lot of hares in there.

So I’m going quietly down the field moving the straw over and I’m actually marvelling at a red kite as it, seemingly without effort, covers the field looking for food.

A slight movement of a wing here, an adjustment of tail feathers there.

Suddenly a half-grown leveret breaks cover in front of me and makes for the next swathe.

Just as suddenly there are now three kites, two must have been behind me.

The leveret makes it to the next swathe but the three birds soon dig it out and it is carried off by the victor.

As the kite goes past the tractor with the leveret in its talons I can see it looking about at this new perspective on life.

I can imagine how it feels.

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Columnists

Lizzie Lane Do you remember the screaming girls of the Beatlemania days?

Martin Hesp As I write, the house is filled with the sweet perfume of apples.

I understand it’s 50 years last Tuesday since the word Beatlemania was first used. Girls fainted all over the West Country and the world due their infatuation with four mop headed boys from Liverpool.

Just 14 years old, I screamed along with them and was willing to pay any price for a ticket that would admit me to their concert at the Colston Hall, Bristol, if I’d had the money that is.

I wore beetle stockings; note the difference in spelling. The stockings were supposed to refer to the pop group, but the pattern was definitely of the insect variety. Beetles crawling up my legs nowadays are redirected to the backyard and a handy hosta or hydrangea; whatever they prefer.

I am sighing with nostalgia; where is that leggy girl who screamed at the television set when Cathy McGowan on Ready Steady Go introduced John, Paul, George and Ringo?

Well she’s still around. I suppose that’s something to be thankful for. As for the Beatles, well, they’re either drawing their pensions or dead. Shame.

In the mind of their fans they’ll be forever young.

Actually I grew out of the Beatles; I preferred the Rolling Stones. Glad to say I have fewer wrinkles than they do.

Let’s get down to more serious stuff, like is it right to take the stalks off vine tomatoes?

I think it’s OK to do that, but there are others who think it’s being a bit pernickety.

My friend Mary thought it was a terribly embarrassing practice. That was, before I pointed out to her that stalks only add to the weight not to the enjoyment. I don’t eat the stalks. I only eat the tomatoes.

I treat cauliflower similarly, stripping off the outside leaves, though only when they’re being sold by the pound or the kilo.

Go round any continental supermarket or market stall, and you will see the locals stripping off the outside leaves and only paying for the bit that’s left.

The nearer the heart of the vegetables, the sweeter the taste. I think that makes sense.

This pickiness may all be in vain as regards tomatoes. Latest research suggests that vine tomatoes have no more taste than the loose ones that cost less and are heaped up with a cut price placard hanging over them.

Is this true, or is this just a rumour being circulated because the sales of those without stalks had taken a nose dive?

Never mind. As usual my thoughts are wandering. In the days of Beatlemania our fish and chips from the fish and chip shop

It is a really good year for the fruit here in the South West– but what do you do when your garden trees produce enough apples to turn your lawn to cider?

I remember climbing, as a boy, into the dusty barn lofts owned by distant relatives on the Somerset Levels and seeing massive racks of apples that had been carefully arranged in old newspapers so that the cool air could preserve them for the long winter months to come.

Like most people, I don’t have anywhere near enough room for such traditional storage techniques – but I do have a new friend...

It’s my hi-tech food dehydration machine. It cost 35 quid, runs on the same amount of energy as a light bulb, and is absolutely

were wrapped up in newspaper. How about that? A free read along with your supper.

You don’t get fish and chips with an iPod download do you? Or with a digital reader like Kindle. No, they only go as far as providing you with supper – the vinegar the chips are soaked in would do untold damage to your internet connection.

Hygiene dictates that fish and chips are no longer wrapped up in newspaper. Few are wrapped up in that plain white butcher’s paper they used to use.

Styrofoam cartons. That’s what they use.

Discarded cartons litter our hedgerows, the smell of grease and vinegar more pungent than a heap of cows dung.

I can’t blame just fish and chip shops for using Styrofoam cartons. The burger brigade use them too. I’m always undecided on which bit to throw away, the carton or the burger. As you can tell, I am not a great burger lover. Nor do I care much for hotdogs. I used to when I was younger, swamping the Frankfurter in mustard and onions, adding a dollop of ketchup for good measure.

I indulged in hotdogs back in the days when I rode pillion on a motorbike, a Triumph Bonneville if you must know. We all gathered at the 63 Club in Lawrence Hill, in Bristol, that was back in the days when it was surrounded by terraced houses not traffic. I wore black leather back then.

Nowadays I avoid black leather. I’d look like a hot dog in tights.

■ A Christmas Wish, a new book from Lizzie Lane, comes out on October 24

COLUMNISTS ONLINE You can enjoy the best of Lizzie Lane and Martin Hesp’s Saturday essays – and our other writers – on the Western Daily Press website westerndailypress.co.uk/wcl

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brilliant. The gadget arrived yesterday and already I have dried a batch of windfall apples, a bag of field mushrooms, some tired kiwi fruits and a droopy cucumber.

The leathery shards of apple tasted as sweet and as rich as wine gums. The mushrooms, which would by now have turned to mouldy mulch, are destined for future stews. And I am about to try out a Japanese salad in which the dried kiwis and cucumber (which now have an amazingly satisfying crunch) are soused in rice wine vinegar and served with smoked fish.

Smoked, that is, by my own fair hand.

Because – being gadget-boy – I of course have my own home-smoker.

And that’s what this column is about. I’m not out to sell you the idea of buying a food dehydration machine or anything else. My mission is to defend the kind of modern technology which so many people of a certain age and over treat with much disdain.

The older I get the more I love gadgets of every size, shape and hue.

Recently my bosses gave me an iPhone – after a fortnight in its excellent company I have come to the conclusion that I could never, ever, spend a single day without one again. It does so, so much. Indeed, I have worked out that I use it as an actual telephone less than one per cent of its valuable time.

I email, Tweet, take photos and shoot videos on it. I could even write this article on it, although I’ll admit that would tax my ageing eyes. The gadget’s on-board calendar, which is linked to the one on my computer, tells me where I should be and what I should be doing.

And the phone’s GPS mapping will tell me exactly where I am and the best way to get to my destination.

A tiny spreadsheet programme works out my expenses. I can find out which restaurant or pub is doing a special offer near to wherever I happen to be. I can check out train and plane times, beam it at barcodes and understand what’s on offer, get the latest news and sports results... Oh, and it even acts as a torch.

The sales bumph for computerised phones makes lofty claims that they give you the world in your pocket – but not once have I ever heard the trades descriptions people criticising manufacturers for making such sweeping assertions. They really do.

Meanwhile, on a recent walking holiday, I used a tiny camera that I’ve been loaned for testing. It came in a box with not one, but three, different lenses. All of it – the camera, the lenses, the spare battery, the image capture cards – I carried in just one anorak pocket. It was so lightweight, I could not sense the gear was there. The quality of the photos was superb. Never again will I go walking with a heavy camera clonking about my person.

Gadgets... I love them. I cannot understand anyone who believes they are all part of some kind of technological conspiracy.

Yes, I know there are a plethora of useless gizmos out there – indeed I have just received an email advertising a watch that allows you to: “Stay connected anytime, anywhere – the wearable extension of your smartphone that helps manage your connected life.”

My “connected life”?

The only real connection I want is with things that make my life easier, more fun, more flavoursome, more healthy, more dependable – all with much less hassle. If gadgets can do that – bring ’em on...

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People Suzanne Savill

The images are unmistakably French: a chateau; a bowl filled with mussels; a gaggle of geese; a bottle of red wine; a loaf of bread and cheese.

A blue vintage Citroen delivery van can be seen in many of the pictures, making its way through cornfields, past a hilltop village, or on a road past a vineyard.

Yet this evocation of French life has a distinctly West Country connection. Closer inspection of the angular bodywork of the Citroen H van that is a recurring motif reveals the words: “Yapp Wines – Mere”.

The images have all been created for Yapp Brothers – the wine merchants based in the small Wiltshire town of Mere, near Warminster – by artist David Chandler, who lives nearby in Frome, for the company’s 2013 wine catalogue. And they do more than provide colourful illustrations to accompany listings of the company’s current selection of wines.

They also vividly bring to life a mutual love of France.

For Robin Yapp, the founder of Yapp Brothers, it was a passion for the French way of life, and its lesser-known regional wines, that led to numerous visits to the country with his brother Michael – culminating in him giving up his career as a dentist and founding the company now run by his son Jason, 46, and step-son Tom Ashworth, 43.

Meanwhile, David’s fascination with rural France developed after he gave up a music career in London alongside such names as Boy George, and has led him to combine running art classes in Frome with organising painting holidays on the other side of the Channel.

“I’ve been going to France every year for about 15 years, so I already had a portfolio of images of France when Jason approached me about doing this year’s catalogue,” he says.

“I started doing painting holidays over there, and have spent quite a lot of time in the Loire Valley, Provence, Nice and Charente.”

David, 59, then ponders briefly and adds: “Yapps do a very good Charente wine. It’s not a region terribly well known for its wine, but there are some excellent ones on the Yapp list.”

We are standing talking in the courtyard of the Yapp Brothers’ premises, a former brewery, complete with 60ft redbrick chimney, which was derelict when Robin Yapp decided to buy it back in 1977 for his fledgling wine business.

Since then Yapp Brothers have become renowned experts in lesser-known wines from regions including the Rhone, LanguedocRoussillon, Provence, and the Loire, and were recently named French Regional Specialist Merchant in the International Wine Challenge Awards.

“This is like a little piece of France in Wiltshire,” says David, glancing around the courtyard, where the vehicles include the Citroen H van delivery vehicle and a vintage Citroen Traction Avant, and the ornamental fountain is a specially-commissioned replica of the fountain at Chateauneuf-du-Pape, one of Robin Yapp’s favourite wine areas.

It was Robin, who retired from running the business in 2004, who some 30 years ago began the tradition of commissioning an artist to illustrate the annual wine catalogue by asking his friend Quentin Blake, the acclaimed illustrator, whose images can still be seen today on some Yapp Brothers’ wine labels.

Other artists whose work has been featured over the years are Glen Baxter, Willie Rushton, John Raynes, Merrily Harpur, and John Bur ningham.

Jason, 46, who is managing director of Yapp Brothers and, like David, lives in Frome, says “David is the most local artist we have used so far.

“He is a real Francophile who teaches painting in Provence, so when I approached him about doing art for us he already had examples of work to show, and then he added to them for us, and went further and had the motif of the Citroen H van running through different images.”

The art that David produced for Yapp Brothers will be the subject of an exhibition in Frome this month, called “I Came, I Saw, iPad” – a reference to the fact that he used an iPad instead of traditional painting materials.

David says: “When I told Jason I wanted to use an iPad for the commission, I could see him thinking and all credit to him, he then told me to go ahead.

“Artists have always used latest technology, from tempura to oil paint in the old days, to iPads nowadays. I’ve always been an admirer of David Hockney, and when I heard he was using an iPad I decided to have a go.

“I have a brush with special conductive bristles to provide the contact that you need for an iPad. It isn’t very good in bright sunlight, but I can sketch a scene using an old fashioned pad and pens and then develop it further on the iPad.” He continues: “I’ve always, always drawn.

As a toddler the best thing my parents could give me was a big pile of paper, so I could lie on the floor for hours drawing.”

However, despite his ability as an artist, David ended up putting his efforts into music and writing during the Seventies and Eighties.

“I was in punk bands and rock bands. I fronted a band and I also played sax. But I ended up watching while all my mates, including Boy George, became famous,” he says.

David goes on to tell how he joined the group Wang Chung playing sax, but left just before they became well known, and how he was also in a group with Jon Moss, the drummer from Culture Club, the band Boy George found fame in, but again never hit the big time and moved out of London. “I came to live in Frome before the trendy types moved in,” he laughs, adding that he then began writing drama and comedy for BBC radio and television, including a series called Driving to Distraction which was based on his experiences of a job he had driving out-of-hours doctors around Bath.

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Somerset artist David Chandler, pictured right, may have once wanted to carve out a career as a pop star but, after failing to hit the big time, he moved to the West Country and rekindled his love for art.

His latest commission has taken him on a journey around France, providing illustrations using an iPad for renowned wine merchants the Yapp Brothers.

Pictured, far right top, with David, is Jason Yapp who runs the company with Tom Ashworth, which has a wine shop in Mere, Wiltshire, shown far right.

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David continues: “I had a friend working at Frome Community College, and he told me they needed a watercolour teacher, and I started working there for one afternoon a week with six students.

“Within two years I was teaching 11 classes and had 200 students. I felt that I had at last found something that I knew I could do and that was solid.”

That was 20 years ago, and David still runs courses at the collage, as well as holding a variety of classes and workshops at other venues, and also arranging painting tuition holidays in locations such as France and Italy.

“I realised that some of the other teachers at the college were going to wonderful places by leading painting holidays, so I decided to have a go myself,” he says.

“I took ten people to Italy on a painting holiday which went very well, and the following year I took 35.

“On that holiday my marriage broke up, the cook we hired had a car crash and didn’t appear for three days because she had whiplash, and three members of the group fell off the hill and injured themselves.

“We were accompanied by a Channel 4 film crew, and I had told them that when the cook finally appeared she did not want to be filmed.

But they burst into the kitchen, and she was furious and went off taking the hire car.”

Such an experience might be enough to put most people off ever again leading a painting holiday, but David was undeterred.

“I like the adventure, and I always meet such really great people,” he enthuses.

“During the years when I’ve been teaching in France for about a month at a time, I’ve spent my spare time cycling around the big open spaces and filled sketchbooks with work.

So when Jason approached me about a commission I already had sketchbooks dating back over 15 years, with some pictures that were suitable for the wine list.

“However, it was quite an experience to visit the vineyards and wine makers involved in some of the wines on the Yapp Brothers’ list. It was actually quite humbling to realise their knowledge and expertise. They taught me a deeper appreciation of wines, in the much same way that I might teach a deeper appreciation of art. There are now certain things that I’m looking for in a wine, of which previously I wouldn’t have been aware.”

I Came, I Saw, iPad – David Chandler’s Year with Yapp Brothers’ runs from Tuesday, October 22, to Saturday, October 26, 10am to 4pm, at Rook Lane Arts, Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street, Frome.

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Picture essay Steve Roberts

Our oldest free miner Robin Morgan, age 78 Stephen Harding shines a light towards the steep, narrow, forbidding tunnel, dark as a raven’s eye. The steep, descending, aperture offers no hand of comfort for those who do not possess a miner’s steel.

For Robin Morgan at 78, the oldest “free miner” still mining in the Forest of Dean, this dark place would not be given up lightly. Robin extracts coal from Hopewell Colliery, with the help of brothers Stephen and Richard Harding. “People think I have adopted them,” says Robin as the twins reach daylight.

The men, in their 50s, relate that their father, Gerald, had worked iron ore mines in the Forest, aged 14, to help the war effort.

Robin has worked the face of deep mines for the National Coal Board, has dug tunnels in Gloucester, and under the railway at Cheltenham: “All that was on my mind then was how I was to feed the kids.”

Pushing an iron door which covers the way to the bowels of the Earth, Robin says: “Trouble with small mines is not the roof coming down, it’s the floor coming up. I have worked underground, by candlelight. There is no gas; the danger comes from carbon dioxide, so I kept an eye on the flicker of the flame.”

Robin always works with a mask. “Best mask is the cheapest you can buy. Can’t breathe through cotton wool, the condensation and the sweat.”

He started early at the coal face, admitting he never enjoyed school. “Never hardly went to school, best part was going through gates on my way home. At 13 I was dropped a hundred foot in a 40 gallon oil drum – straight down.

What frightened the life out of me as a kid was the timbers busting, the floor coming up, but you get used to it.”

Robin opened a mining museum adjacent to the pit while still digging coal: “All I am doing is keeping the mine alive so it is here long after I am gone.”

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minutes to know Ian McShane Ian McShane born in Lancashire in 1942, is best known in the UK for the long-running drama Lovejoy, but in the US, he became a major star thanks to Deadwood – a multi-award-winning Western series now back on UK screens courtesy of CBS Action So, Deadwood is heading back to the UK for a repeat run...

That’s right. When it was first broadcast in 2004, I came over and did a lot of publicity with Sky and asked when it was going out. They told me Monday night at 10 O’Clock, and I thought, “well, that’s the way to bury it!”. I think they were scared of the language and of the show, so they didn’t know what to do with it. But Sky has changed a lot since then.

We missed out on it really That’s right. Not only did it have a great part for me, I thought it was a great expose of 19thcentury politics in America.

Your character, Al Swearengen, was based on a real person. Did you do much research into him?

It was only very vaguely based on him. It’s basically the story of a town.

Are you a fan of Westerns?

Yeah, I’ve always loved Westerns. I think it’s every English actor’s dream as a kid to star in one.

The series had a big impact on your career in the states It does when something has an immediate impact on the critics and public alike. The show got immediate reaction, it was perhaps the most critically acclaimed show ever made.

You’re based in the States now, aren’t you?

I have been since the 1980s. I was on about this to my old mate Johnny Hurt recently.

Johnny’s lived in the States from time to time.

You live where the work is.

How does living abroad affect your ability to get the football results? You’re a Manchester United fan, aren’t you?

My dad played for Manchester United. Alex Ferguson is one of my oldest friends. I keep my computer at the ready for the results. The problem is, I haven’t quite figured out how to get Sky Go to work yet! So I’m getting an education in computer literacy.

Are you happy with David Moyes as manager?

Yes. Fergie had been there for 25 years, so it was very difficult to replace him. But Moyes has a great reputation. He did a great job at Everton, and he’ll get a fair lick at United, a couple of years – or at least I hope he will. I love football, but I hate the way it is now because of the money; it’s all bandit territory. When my dad played, the most he ever made was £20 a week – £15 wage, and a £5 win bonus.

Looking back on your career, are you happy with how it’s worked out?

I think after 51 years, yes. I’ve made something like 75 movies, hundreds of hours of television, West End plays, Broadway... Yeah, I’ve had luck. I do think life is made up of good and bad luck, and I’ve had a lot of good luck.

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People Emma Dance

I’ve been RB’d – apparently. At least that’s what I’m told by an employee at Raymond Blanc’s hotel and two-Michelin starred restaurant.

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I’m at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, in Oxford, and the knowing smile on his face suggests I’m not the first to have asked Monsieur Blanc a question, and to get in response a 30-minute torrent of enthusiasm, complete with wild gesticulations, anecdotes and frantically drawn sketches to illustrate his point, that leaves you feeling slightly shell-shocked.

Because when you hit upon a subject that Raymond feels strongly about, there’s no stopping him. Like a runaway train gathering momentum he increases pace, talking faster and faster, while the French accent gets stronger and stronger.

There’s an intensity to him, something that rarely comes across on television, and in person he is even more captivating than he is on screen.

On this occasion it is a question about whether he thinks it’s important to encourage children to cook and become interested in food, that opens the floodgates.

“I could respond with 25 answers, saying yes, yes, yes, yes, and more,” he says, looking me straight in the eye.

“It is that important. It really is that important. We are a generation who treats food so badly. We have reduced food to a mere commodity. Our food became poor from intensive farming, heavy processing, heavy branding.

Food lost its soul and lost completely its

meaning and was trivialised. We wanted the cheapest possible food and now look at the problems it has caused. You have billions of problems in terms of agriculture, like Mad Cow Disease where millions of cows were incinerated because they were fed dead bodies. We could not trust our food chain.

“Equally, all of Europe knew that all the rubbish would go to England because you buy it. Everyone is at fault. If you think that molecular gastronomy has been invented in the last 20 years you are joking. They have about 1,000 elements to add to your food to make it prettier, to make it more colourful, to make it last longer and it is full of preservatives; full of agents that change the texture and the flavour.

“Nobody wanted to know the way the cheap food was produced. We stuffed our faces with food not knowing how much hormone had been injected into it. All we wanted was cheap food that would last longer on the shelf.

“We didn’t care what was in it and nobody was asking a single question.

“It would be so easy to learn to eat well.

Learning how to eat well is simple – you vary your diet and you learn how to cook, not just by watching TV with Raymond Blanc or Gordon Ramsay or whoever it might be – you cook.

“You learn the simple art of pan frying. Pan

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frying will take you five minutes and you have 1,000 dishes. We are a generation who messed up. We chewed things up, swallowed it, and never asked a single question, because we didn’t care.”

“The government made sure, the processors made sure and the retailer made sure that we didn’t care.

“We thought there were no consequences.

And there were enormous consequences, terrible consequences, which are just coming out right now.”

But although he may think that the past has been bleak, Raymond believes there is still hope for the future.

“Today we are living in a world where all is changing and at last we are connecting with our food,” he said. “Food is part of our culture.

Food is part of our ethics. We want to know where our food comes from. And, of course, now the kids are the ones who will save the world. They are the best possible investment so the health service doesn’t explode or implode – or both. We are now living longer and it will cost more and more and more to keep us alive, but if we eat healthier foods, there will be less cavities and less obesity and we will cost less to the state.”

“The government is at long last putting food technology back on the curriculum. It is a great victory. It is a no-brainer and it makes

sense, but it took a long time to do it.”

For Raymond, the benefits of eating better are not just for your health: “For me, seasonality is the most important word in the world of gastronomy – and I don’t mean gastronomy, just as a Michelin star meal at Le Manoir.

“It means Brasserie Blanc [Raymond’s restaurant chain that has outlets in Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham], it means gastronomy in your home – you go into the garden and pick tomatoes and make a tomato salad. That’s where it starts. Seasonality for me is close to home. Your home, your history, your heritage, your village. And the food comes from as close to your home as possible.

“Because it is close to home, and if it is seasonal there is a glut of it and it will cost you half as much, it will have better taste, better texture, better colour, minimal loss of nutrients caused by rotting and decay, and transporting from thousands of miles away.

“It is so important and so crucial because no one really understands the benefit of real seasonality. If you eat food that is local, then you help your farmer to keep his business and his farm, and if you buy more, he will grow more, and then you keep your village and the village keeps its post office. There is less global warming and less carbon footprint. It is all an incredible patchwork.

“But more than that – the most important

thing – we are almost nine billion people and we do not have the means to feed everyone. A million people will die every day in Africa because they do not have enough to eat – mostly children. Morally is that acceptable?

No, to me it is not. We cannot go on. We need to be more responsible. We need to reinvent our agriculture by taking food seasonally.

“When I see a beautiful golden field of rapeseed oil, I smile. Or sunflowers. Or when I see fields of corn or maize, of local food of course, I smile.

“It tells me at last we are connecting with our craft. Farmers are connecting with their craft, fishermen are connecting with their craft, and at last consumers are reconnecting with their craft, and the chef is reconnecting with his craft. And the chef, increasingly, will want to help his local food, his local farmer, his local fisherman and at last you are creating a cycle of community and goodness where everyone wins.

“The moment you want your strawberries in the winter, think of the implication of it.

And each time you buy an apple. Every time you buy an apple, you make a choice. You make a political choice, an economic choice, a socio-economic choice, an environmental choice and a health choice. Kids are the ones who will reconnect with eating well and I believe nutrition is going to become more and more important. Each generation will know more about food because we are on a journey of discovery and it is very exciting.”

Raymond will be cooking with young people in Bath when he visits the city next week, on Wednesday, October 23, as part of the Great Bath Feast. He will be judging a cookery competition for budding chefs from the Royal High School, where the competitors will be challenged to produce a soufflé to rival Raymond’s own.

He said with a smile: “From my British friends I have acquired the notion of fair play so it would be very unfair of me to compete against them.

“I would beat them down completely flat, so I have sent Clive Fretwell to give them a masterclass on how to make a soufflé so it will be a better match.

“Clive has worked for me for 28 years, 14 as head chef at Le Manoir and 14 at Brasserie Blanc. He is a wonderful man.

“I am very much looking forward to coming to Bath. We will have a wonderful evening at Brasserie Blanc where we will have a lovely dinner and I will speak as well, and create a lovely evening for the community that we are a part of.

“What’s lovely about Brasserie Blanc is that although it is a chain, it is a chain with a big heart and we are part of the fabric of the community in all the towns and cities that we are in.

“I think we might add another item to the festivities, too. In Queen Square outside the Francis Hotel there is a wonderful place for playing pétanque.

“Whoever wants to play, I will take them on.

But I am a very bad loser. I have been here for 40 years and still don’t know how to lose. It’s terrible. But I can laugh about it. That’s one thing I have learned from you. Years ago I could not have laughed at myself. The French take themselves very seriously. But now I don’t. It has taken a long time, mind you.”

West Country voices heard this week Penny Adie Penny Adie is the founder of the Two Moors Festival which is now in its 13th year. Running until October 27, the event features classical music concerts on Dartmoor and Exmoor over several days. To book tickets call 01643 831006 or visit thetwomoorsfestival.com. Here she talks about music and memories...

I founded the festival in 2001 to combat the effects of foot and mouth disease.

I had been putting on concerts for a very long time all over the world, particularly in the Middle East. It’s just something I knew could bring people together.

That first year was intended to be a one off. We had no expectation.

We advertised it in national newspapers, musical magazines, Country Living, all these kinds of things, and gave it as much sponsorship as we possibly could, wanting for something to happen. Little did we know the take-up would be so high, that it could spark such enthusiasm and so much support.

The message has changed.

We don’t talk about foot and mouth at all.

When it comes to the 15th anniversary it will be an concert of celebration that foot and mouth has been got over and people have survived and there’s a message of how we moved on a long time ago.

The festival has a format that seems to be very attractive to people right across the board.

It’s particularly popular to the active semiretired type of person that’s got some disposable income. That sort of person comes from anywhere in the country and, increasingly, stays in the area.

I have one particular stand-out memory of the festival.

It occurred in 2010, we were celebrating the tenth anniversary and we decided to mark that with a show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It seemed to strike the balance between music and the great outdoors. If you start to think about all the pieces of music that were inspired by things of nature. It had been two years in the planning, we had a huge amount of support from the Royal Horticultural Society, they told us that everything was in the planning, and that you had to have everything in place before you put your application in. We were completely astonished when we came away with a gold medal and Best in Show in the courtyard category.

The festival’s patron, the Countess of Wessex, has been a huge support.

She takes a very keen interest in what we do and the concerts she’s been to have all featured the young artists, so they have been full of enthusiasm. She knows exactly what makes the festival tick.

Music runs in my family.

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I have three daughters, the eldest is a professional harpist, the middle one, she is a journalist, and the youngest was a professional oboist until three months ago when she started a Teach First scheme to be a primary school teacher. I come from a very musical family. I studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music and I went on to have a professional singing career. I married someone in the army and then he left the army and when he left we moved out to the Middle East and spent ten years in the Sultanate of Oman, where life changed dramatically. I saw an opportunity to put on concerts, particularly because of the beautiful place in which we lived. I also ran a tour for years for BBC Young Musician of the Year from 1992 to 2006.

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People Marianne Sweet

Jack Anderson inspects a hive at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire while other members of the school’s bee-keeping club look on. The 15-year-old has become something of an expert in the field

When it comes to bee-keeping there is no sting in the tail for Jack Anderson.

The 15-year-old has become a bit of a bee specialist at his school, Wycliffe in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, and even stepped in to look after the school hive over the holidays.

Such is his enthusiasm, the school awarded him with a special beekeeping cup.

“The cup is engraved on one side with the date 1943 and bee-keeping cup, but on the other side it has engraved ‘inter-house public speaking competition’ so I suppose bee-keeping hasn’t been that popular at school,” says Jack.

But that is changing. There is an increasing number of schools where teachers are introducing bees to the classroom activities. The British Beekeepers Association has written a guide for teachers.

The senior school at Wycliffe launched its club two years ago. The preparatory school started its bee project five years ago. The prep school children are involved in the harvesting of the honey, spinning it out, bottling it and then manning the stall at the school Christmas fair where they will sell their honey.

The senior school club is headed by apiarist and librarian Sharon Hodgkins. The club meets weekly to inspect and feed the colonies which are in the head’s garden. “We wanted to help the students understand the importance of bees, and the delicate and fragile nature of our dependence on wild or natural things which we may take for granted,” said Sharon.

“On another note, it will be great to eventually get some honey for human consumption.”

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Jack, who lives near Stroud, decided to sign up to the club because he thought it would be interesting. “I had a vague idea of what beekeeping involved but didn’t know very much about it.”

Then he started reading. The more he read about bees, the more he wanted to know. “You can be a bee-keeper all your life and there is still something more to learn. I do have a hunger for knowledge and there is a nice feeling to be involved in caring for something.”

Bee-keeping is an ancient craft. The first record of people keeping bees was in Spain in about 6,000BC. The UK experienced a peak in beekeeping after the Second World War, because of sugar rationing, with up to one million hives. The British Beekeepers Association has seen its membership grow from 10,000 in the UK to 23,000.

In the past few years the association has seen an increase in interest which the association believes is fuelled by concern for the countryside and the trend to grow-your-own.

Keeping bees, like keeping chickens, is trendy.

Famous bee-keepers include actress Scarlett Johansson, BBC newsreader Bill Turnbull, comedian Ronnie Corbett and actor Nicholas Lyndhurst.

For Jack, it has nothing to do with trends.

He simply enjoys it. The club now has two colonies and he plans to spend the winter building a traditional hive for the new colony.

Each colony has one Queen (who lays all the eggs), and approximately 3,000 drones (males) and 50-60,000 female worker bees at the peak of

summer. Remaining drones are killed by the workers in the autumn and the colony has about 5-7,000 workers to keep it “ticking over” through the winter.

Jack often leads the weekly inspection of the school hives looking for any tell-tale signs of the deadly parasite varroa or possible swarming. The club lost its first colony of bees to colony collapse disorder so Jack is ultracautious.

Don’t be fooled that this isn’t a competitive hobby. Jack is quick to point out that unlike other local bee-keepers the school didn’t lose their hive over the winter.

“We fed our bees a lot last year and during the time when some keepers say it is unnecessary. Well our bees survived. It’s quite competitive. People will say something must be done this way or that and then there is someone else proving just the opposite.”

While there are a few other students in the club, Jack is the stalwart. “More young people should get involved with bee-keeping especially with the continuing decline of the native bee population.”

“Jack has been an absolute star right from the start,” said Sharon. “He does his own research which he shares with us, and often leads the inspection with a supervising adult.”

Jack, who is in Year 11, hopes to go to university to study chemistry. He would like to have his own personal hive. “I will keep my own bees but not for a while. It could be difficult when I go to university but I will definitely have them when I am older. There is something about bee-keeping.”

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People Sophie Herdman

Lindsay Duncan looks super-chic as she enjoys a spot of lunch with Jim Broadbent.

Wearing a black buttoned-up dress, black pumps and with her hair scraped back, she looks graceful yet strong.

The pair play a married couple in their late fifties who have decided to spend the weekend of their 30th wedding anniversary in Paris, in their latest film Le Week-End. From the start, it’s clear that Meg (Duncan) feels unfulfilled and finds her husband Nick (Broadbent) irritating, despite a few tender moments of affection.

“She’s just a little bit angry,” says Lindsay, 62. “She’s wanting more and wondering how much time is left. She still feels like a woman with appetites and she wants her husband to keep up.”

Though Meg is only human, a free-spirited but frustrated woman who knows her own mind, she’s also quite a hard character to like.

Duncan agrees. “I do stand by her though,” she says. “I think she’s real, and I’m very lucky to play such a complex woman who I completely believe in.”

While the subject matter might not be particularly joyful, the movie is charming, touching and sharp (as well as funny, particularly the scenes with Jeff Goldblum, who plays an egotistical American writer) – and filming in Paris was a delight, says Lindsay.

“We were seeing the city every working day – we were on the streets and shooting in restaurants, so we could never forget where we were. It was heaven,” she smiles.

It wasn’t her first visit to the city of love, of course. One year she spent Christmas there with her husband, the Scottish stage actor Hilton McRae, and says it was one of her best Christmases ever.

“We had been together for a few years and we sort of ran away from family responsibilities and stayed in someone’s garret in Paris,” she explains.

It sounds like Lindsay has a bit of Meg’s freespirited, fun-seeking side? “Well, I don’t think I’m very sensible,” she admits, laughing.

This is the second time Lindsay has played Broadbent’s wife. The first was in the TV film Longford, in which Broadbent played Labour peer Lord Longford, who spent years campaigning for the parole of Moors murderer Myra Hindley. Lindsay played Lady Longford.

In Le Week-End, the pair look very at ease with each other. So much so that I wonder if they were sent off together for a day of bonding. Duncan laughs hysterically at the suggestion.

“No. We know each other and we get on very well. We try not to make too much fuss about it,” she says.

Relationships in the later stages of life have been the subject matter for a string of films and TV shows in recent years (think The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and TV’s recent Love And Marriage).

It’s a theme that’s interested Hanif Kureishi and Roger Michell, writer and director of Le Week-End respectively, for some time.

While their first project, The Buddha Of Suburbia, looked at a young boy’s relationships, a later film, The Mother, told the story of a grandmother having an affair with a man half her age who is also sleeping with her daughter. And when the writer and director teamed up for Venus it featured an elderly man who develops a relationship with a teenage girl that’s verging on romantic.

“They’ve always been ahead,” says Lindsay.

“But it’s not about wanting to take a position, this is just what interests them.”

She believes there’s a simple explanation for the increased demand for relationships of a more mature nature on screen.

“There are a lot of us about,” she notes. “And we go to the cinema and still have quite high expectations for our lives, we’re that generation.”

An increase in the number of older faces on screen can only be a good thing for an actress aged 62. Having said that, it will probably make little difference to Lindsay’s working life.

She has referred to her film career as a sideline because she’s better known for her stage work, for which she’s won numerous awards, and her TV roles.

Lindsay, who spent most of her childhood in Birmingham, first became interested in drama, as many actors do, through school productions.

She became good friends with future playwright Kevin Elyot and followed him to Bristol where he studied drama at the city’s university. Now living in the West Country, Lindsay took on a variety of odd jobs but kept her hand in drama by staging her own production of Joe Orton’s Funeral Games. Then, at the age of 21, she was given a place at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama.

She started working immediately after graduating in repertory theatre, and soon transferred to more mainstream theatre, as well as landing small TV roles.

Her breakthrough was in Caryl Churchill’s infamous play Top Girls in 1982, which later went to Broadway. In 1985 she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she met her husband, and the couple have a 22-year-old son, Cal. Since then, notable stage roles have included the Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Maggie in Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Amanda Prynne in Private Lives with Alan Rickman, and many collaborations with Harold Pinter.

Being an actor, Lindsay says, means living life on a whim, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “We get a lot of surprises in our lives and we absolutely lay ourselves open to that,” she says. “That’s the choice we’ve made.”

Le Week-End is on general release

Celebrated actress Lindsay Duncan was awarded an MBE four years ago, above right. The actress has appeared in numerous film, TV and stage roles – the latest being on the silver screen opposite Jim Broadbent in Le Week-End, top left. Pictured with Albert Finney, above left, at the Olivier Awards in 1986.

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Food Chris Rundle

The garden has certainly served us well this year. My garage is suitable stacked with raspberry, gooseberry and blackcurrant jam.

What space all that jam doesn’t occupy is taken up with various kinds of jellies.

Then there are the dried tomatoes and figs in the freezer, the bags of tomato sauce and the considerable quantity of French beans, not to mention the pickled cucumbers and the jars of chutney.

But as work starts on cutting, slashing and burning there are two crops still remaining to be taken – though since we only have two trees of one and one of the other “crop” might be overstating it.

But it’s hard to overstate the sight of a fair harvest of both quince and medlar now ripening in the late sunshine.

Both were once hugely popular but fell out of fashion for years.

We used to make regular journeys past an enormous quince tree, watching it flower and fruit, admiring the fruit as it swelled and turned bright yellow, then seeing it falling to the ground and rotting because no one was making use of it.

And we never plucked up the courage necessary to go and knock at the door and ask if we could buy some.

Quinces look extremely attractive in a garden, clinging on stubbornly after the wind has dislodged the apples.

They’ll still be rock-hard when they are finally picked but will cook down to provide a delicately-perfumed jelly – you won’t want to eat anything else with roast lamb, pork or pheasant one you’ve tried it. Apart, perhaps, from medlar jelly – see below.

Without quinces we wouldn’t have marmalade. The Portuguese for quince is marmelo, and pastes, or cheeses made from quinces and citrus fruits began to be imported from Iberia back in the late 15th century.

The trade developed and we then started importing the unprocessed fruit, which English housewives would make into their own “mar malade”.

This was still a pretty solid affair, however, and it wasn’t until Dundee merchant John Keiller managed to get his hands on a bargain consignment of oranges and persuaded Mrs Keiller to cook them up using a wee bit of water to make them go further that we arrived at the modern, jelly marmalades that we know today.

So the Scots didn’t, as they sometimes claim, invent marmalade: they just watered it down.

The Romans, who brought the fruit across from the Middle East (whence it had spread from its original home in the Caucasus) were partial to a bit of quince preserved in honey.

They also cultivated the medlar, which was native to Persia, so that it spread rapidly across Europe and by the Middle Ages was widely grown here to provide a source of winter fruit.

It was almost as popular on the continent (because of its shape the French, in typically vulgar fashion, call it cul de chien, or dog’s

arse) but it never made it across the Atlantic, so when we tried to explain to the Canadian cousins that it has to be picked while still hard and then allowed to start rotting, or bletting, so the pulp can eventually be scraped out and cooked we got some very strange looks indeed.

Medlar jelly, like quince, has a rare, goldenorange tint and not only looks good on a plate next to a slice of roast pork or lamb, but has a delightfully subtle flavour.

Both it and quince jelly can be stirred into a red wine sauce at the last minute to add depth, and both are remarkably easy to make.

Quince or medlar jelly Ingredients for about six jars Two kilos of quince or medlars, water, sugar.

Method

Roughly chop the fruit and place in a preserving pan with just enough water to cover.

Set over a moderate heat, bring to a simmer then cook gently for an hour or so or until the fruit has turned to a pulp.

Allow to cool slightly then transfer to a jelly bag and strain overnight.

Do not be tempted to squeeze the bag to get more juice out: the result will be a cloudy and unpleasantly grainy jelly.

Measure the liquid and allow a pound of sugar (jam sugar if you can get it) for each pint, or a kilo for each litre.

Pour the sugar on to a baking sheet and warm in a low oven for ten minutes. Pour the juice into a clean pan, bring up to a gentle simmer, add the sugar and stir well then boil gently until setting point has reached – the jelly will slide off a cold spoon in a single mass rather than in drops.

Pour into clean, sterilised jars, cover and store in a cool, dry place.

Quince with rosemary glaze Ingredients For four Four quinces, 80g sugar, 40g butter, few sprigs of rosemary, two tablespoons orange juice.

Method

Peel the quinces and cut into eight segments.

Remove the core. Melt the butter and the sugar in a heavy-bottomed frying pan and as soon as the sugar has dissolved add the quince segments and the rosemary.

Turn the segments to coat well with the sugar and butter then cook very gently for ten minutes.

Add the orange juice to the pan and continue to cook gently, turning the segments frequently, until the liquid has all but reduced.

Check the quinces are done by inserting a sharp knife then turn on to a serving dish, discard the rosemary and pour the buttery syrup over. Delicious with vanilla ice cream.

Poached quince with vanilla Ingredients Three or four large quinces, a litre of water, 400g granulated sugar, one large cinnamon stick, one vanilla bean, split.

Method

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Combine the water, sugar, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.

Heat gently, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil and remove from the heat.

Peel the quince with a vegetable peeler and cut them into quarters.

Cut out the cores and cut each quarter in half.

Add the fruit to the syrup. Return to the heat and simmer gently for 40 minutes to an hour, or until the fruit cuts easily with a sharp knife. Allow to cool.

Serve with cream, custard or ice cream. Any unused can be kept in a sealed container in the fridge for up to ten days.

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Eating out Richard Bache

Soggy bottoms were mercifully nowhere to be seen at this Chew Valley gem of a pub.

PICK ’N’ MIX Andy White from Bradford on Avon, sells his range of olives from Mediterranean Supply at Corsham Market every Tuesday, Trowbridge on Wednesday, Devizes indoor market on Thursday, Calne on Friday and Marlborough on Saturday PICTURE: CLARE GREEN PICTURE: FRAN STOTHARD

From the beer garden of the Waldegrave Arms in East Harptree, Somerset, it is probably possible to smell a burnt biscuit from the contestants on the Great British Bake Off. It is only some 300 yards from where GBBO is filmed at Harptree Court, but has had a reputation as being a haven of good food for a deal longer than the popular BBC show.

Set in the picturesque – and prosperous – village of East Harptree, which is roughly equidistant from Bristol and Bath, the Waldegrave Arms is a handsome stone building with a pleasant garden.

The name Waldegrave of course refers to the local landed gentry. Bristol’s last Conservative MP, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury William Waldegrave is the younger son of the 12th Earl Waldegrave. Incidentally he is now Baron Hill of North Hill, Chewton Mendip, where another Waldegrave Arms is located a mere three-and-a-half miles away.

Don’t let an aristocratic name give the impression the Waldegrave Arms – known locally as the Waldy – is posh or unwelcoming.

It isn’t, it is a proper country pub.

Inside it is, to put it mildly, idiosyncratic. It is full to the rafters of curiosities of every imaginable type. From taxidermy to teddy bears via brass hands and bottles no wall, shelf, nook or cranny goes unadorned.

It might be unusual, but it is undeniably interesting.

On a gloriously sunny early October day I may have missed out on most of the esoteric decor if I had had my way and eaten outside in the garden, but was outvoted by my guests, so inside we headed.

A couple of regulars were in the front bar (keeping the teddy bear collection company) and after a journey from North Somerset that fell foul on more than one occasion of Bristol Water’s seemingly endless roadworks programme, I was more than ready to join them in a pint of Butcombe from a well-stocked bar.

The range of whisky on offer looked particularly intriguing, but just about resistible on a Sunday lunchtime. Fortunately the Butcombe had travelled the half-a-dozen miles or so from the other side of Blagdon Lake in fine fettle and the four of us took our drinks to the dining room to peruse the menu.

The Sunday set menu is concise, with four or five choices per course, but all sounded appetising. At £12.95 for two courses and £15.95 for three it appeared to offer very fair value.

But as Bake Off hosts Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood would no doubt attest, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

My starter of a smoked chicken and ham terrine arrived on a heart-shaped slate. I certainly loved it. Two more-than-generous slices of moist terrine, toast and a lively spicy tomato chutney made an excellent impression. Faultless.

The chicken liver pate, under a layer of butter, was equally good and heartily enjoyed by my father. It too was served on slate with the homemade chutney.

My sister opted not to have a starter in order to leave room to do battle with desserts, but mum’s crayfish and melon salad franked the form shown by the excellent pate and terrine. It was, again, a very generous offering, but fresh, fragrant and light. It comes recommended.

After a short break, main courses arrived – all of us had opted for roast dinners, two beef, one pork and one chicken. One of the very few discordant notes of the meal was the lamb unfortunately having sold out.

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My loin and belly of pork with apple sauce was a proper rustic roast. The crisp-skinned belly being a particular highlight. It came with, joy of joys, an unadvertised Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and a selection of green vegetables for the table.

The Yorkshire was magnificent. It is rare to get one when ordering any roast other than beef and if the contestants at the Bake Off had produced a soufflé that had risen as well as this, it would have had Paul Hollywood drooling.

All of the roasts were good, with the chicken an especially tasty specimen. The portions again veered towards the trencherman, but there is no shortage of spectacular walks in the nearby Mendips to either build an appetite or walk off excesses.

Only two of us managed room for dessert.

My sister picked the undisputed winner, a St Clement’s pie, in the style of a Key Lime pie.

The Waldegrave Arms is ‘a proper country pub’ Sharp, fruity, with a crisp base and served with a caramalised orange it was an elegant dish. My toffee apple cheesecake, rich with cinnamon, was well executed, but one giant portion too far for me to do full justice to.

There are no shortage of fine pubs in the Chew Valley, with the nearby Pony and Trap in Chew Magna recently retaining its Michelin star. But for a proper English country pub, that serves good food, the Waldegrave Arms is hard to beat.

There is a full restaurant menu available Tuesday to Saturday, as well as bar food. No food Sunday evenings or Monday.

Be warned, it does get busy, so booking is recommended.

Venue The Waldegrave Arms, East Harptree, Church Lane, BS40 6BD Contact 01761 221429 Price Four Sunday lunches (a mixture of two and three courses), plus a round of drinks was £62.10. A la carte starters from £5, mains from £10. Bar menu from £5-£9.

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Food Martin Hesp

Adam’s Pearmain, Laxton’s Epicure, Ellison’s Orange, James Grieve, Ribston Pippin ... the names alone are enough to make anyone drool.

So let’s not stop there – it’s Apple Day, after all.

Saint Edmund’s Russet, Huesgen’s Golden Reinette, Ashmead’s Kernel ... the list goes on and on.

Old-fashioned English apples are fabulous, world-beating, fruit. Nowhere on Earth can they grow apples that beat the varieties and cultivars that have stemmed from British orchards down the centuries.

The very first eating apples similar to the ones we enjoy today were being cropped many thousands of years ago near the modern city of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. The earliest examples in Europe were found among charred remains at a Stone Age village in Switzerland. The ancient Greeks grew some varieties and the Romans were said to have been very fond of the fruit. In fact, it was they who first brought them to our shores.

The cool damp climate of the West Country and certain soils found in our more protected areas was ideal for the growing of apples, both to eat and for cider-making purposes. Which makes it all the more of an anathema that today we rely on supermarkets to sell us green things (I am loath to use the word apple here) from South Africa, pale yellow orbs from France, and brightly coloured, highly polished globes from the Antipodes. So many of these long-distance fruits have one thing in common – while being sweet, they lack distinctive flavour.

Meanwhile, landowners in the West Country have been grubbing up old orchards for decades. And why shouldn’t they? If no one wants to buy their fruit then they may as well grow grant-aided wheat or rape.

We must be mad. We have turned our backs on one of our national treasures – and in the West Country we are more guilty than most.

I am quite willing to believe, for instance,

that the chalky slopes of France are the best place in the world for grapes – but it is equally true that our lush, cool, damp valleys provide God’s own acre for the noble apple.

It’s all about climate, according to some experts. Because of the cool temperatures (but obviously, it shouldn’t be too cold) our apples must undergo a lengthy growing season in order to mature. It is this length of time on the tree that allows the fruit to develop such a full flavour.

By the way, it’s also this lengthy growing time that allows misshapen fruit to occur – and you know how much the supermarket bosses hate anything that is deemed visually imperfect...

Do yourselves a favour and visit somewhere like Charlton Orchards at Creech St Michael near Taunton. Sink your teeth into one, or several, of the different varieties on sale and you will, I bet, swear that you’ll never bother with bland imported fruit again.

Duncan Small and his partner Sally Bail run the family-owned orchards nowadays, but the 40 acres have been producing various forms of fruit since 1947.

“There are 25 acres of apples – that’s 32 different varieties growing on more than 6,000 trees,” says Duncan as he wanders around the heavily laden orchards. “We’ve chosen our varieties for flavour rather than just for being local – a lot of old Somerset apples were grown for cider and you can’t eat them.”

As we walk, we munch our way through a couple of the different varieties.

“The first was the Discovery which started in August, but now they are coming to an end,” explains Duncan. “They’re actually a cross between Beauty of Bath and Worcester Permain.”

Next we try a Laxton’s Fortune. “Worcester

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Permain is a mainstream apple for early September and it is a nice apple,” says Duncan. “But the first of our more unusual apples is the Laxton’s Fortune, which is sweet and aromatic with an open textured crunchy flesh.”

Back at the sorting sheds, where four women are working hard packing and weighing the freshly picked apples, Sally tells us more about the business.

“The Cox’s Orange Pippin is still the favourite English eating apple – about 50 per cent of ours are Cox’s – and that’s from a mix where 85 per cent of the apples we grow are for eating, the rest cooking.

“It’s an extremely nice apple and can be stored relatively well, which gives it a long season. It’s very aromatic and has an attractive flavour which people associate with the classic English eater. And it crops reasonably regularly. Some of our more obscure varieties eat fantastically well but can be a bit temperamental when it comes to cropping.

“The Cox’s won’t start until the end of September or beginning of October – they need time for the flavour to develop while they’re still on the tree – and that’s something

we believe in firmly here. We like our fruit to ripen on the trees because it really gives you flavour. The leaves of the trees are working to collect sunlight which in turn helps the starches in the fruit convert to sugars. The downside of this is you can’t store them indefinitely. But we think the apples taste of sour turnips if you pick them before they are really ready.”

However, some of the later cropping apples do require further ripening after they’ve been picked.

“Of the really late apples, some aren’t edible when they are picked,” says Sally. “They need to slowly mature off the tree and won’t be ready to eat until January or February.”

These late croppers (like the old English Russet) are delicious but they can be problematic because people simply don’t know how to store them properly.

“We get people saying, ‘I can’t keep apples like my grandmother used to – they don’t taste the same’. And we ask, ‘Do you have central heating?’ Of course they do, but when we ask if their grandmother had it they say, ‘Oh no – her spare bedroom was like a fridge!”

Unfortunately, many today would shirk al-

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There is little more entwined with our region than cheese.

At work in Charlton Orchards near Taunton, where flavour and origin trump the supermarkets’ desires for conformity and shine. Below, from left: Duncan Small picking Lord Lambourne apples at Charlton Orchards; a basket of Adam’s Pearmain apples; Paul Cornish and Ben Drew with wassail queen Tia Cox at the Kilmersdon wassail in Somerset; cider master Julian Temperley; Sarah Malleson with a glass of Hidcote Apple Juice – apparently some people drink it before it ferments; a community pressing of windfalls at Bishop’s Cleeve; and racks of the good stuff at the Royal Bath and West Show together from the task of carefully storing late-cropping apples for use throughout the winter. It’s a fuss – why bother when there are always apples on sale at the supermarket?

But there are more and more good reasons to source and eat local food rather than rely on produce from far afield.

“I think there’s definitely an increasing interest in real food,” comments Sally.

“Whether it is fruit, meat, or whatever. There is a resurgence in interest when it comes to flavour.

“People are prepared to look for food that actually tastes of something. I think we’re getting more into the continental way of enjoying what we are eating. “ The whole farmers’ market thing has helped immensely. They have enabled us to go to town centres where people are able to sample our apples.

She adds: “We do feel passionate about our orchards. Really, it is our back garden and we

want to be successful in encouraging things like beneficial species – we love to see wildlife in the orchards.”

But profit doesn’t simply grow on trees – running an orchard is hard work.

“You’ve got to feel passionate about the orchard environment and want to work in it,” says Sally, explaining that the work stretches far beyond harvest time. “We are grading apples until Christmas and beyond, then we start pruning.

“That takes us from January through to the beginning of May – it is quite intensive work.

“Then there’s the planting new orchards and general maintenance…” Perhaps because of this, as a nation we have forgotten far more apples than we ever knew – although Duncan tells me some old varieties are best forgotten.

You could call it evolution – they went out because they were truly horrible.”

Fortunately, though, enthusiasts and spe-

cialist growers have begun to reverse the trend when it comes to the old-fashioned varieties that are worth saving. We in the West Country have no excuse when it comes to losing our wondrous apples – Somerset in particular was once as synonymous with apples as Burgundy is with grapes.

We ought to be supporting our local growers and attending events across the region like those held on Apple Day in an effort to do everything we can to rediscover our culinary heritage.

At this time of year those of us lucky enough to have a few apple trees might become overburdened with fruit. To store, try to keep them at 3-4C. A frost-proof shed is ideal, but may also suit mice. Another way of keeping apples is to make and freeze apple sauce.

Celebrate Apple Day with a visit to Snowshill Manor, in Gloucestershire See page 33

And to celebrate that, 19 of the – dare we say it – big cheeses of the region and further afield come to Bath next week.

From Cheshire to camembert, goat’s milk to Devonshire farmhouse, Milsom Place hosts The Fine Cheese Co. Festival on October 26 as part of the Great Bath Feast. With tastings, talks and the opportunity to talk to producers, this is the event for cheese enthusiasts.

Ann-Marie Dyas, owner of The Fine Cheese Co. in Bath said: “We are thrilled to be welcoming the leading cheese makers to Bath for the festival. This year the event will feature a great variety of cheese makers presenting classic English cheeses and innovative new cheeses. There has been a complete renaissance of British cheese making in recent years, using old techniques to create new and exciting cheeses. It is extraordinary that we can even hold our own against French cheese makers, reflecting the integrity and quality of these British cheese makers.”

Among the medal-winning line up is Dorstone goat’s cheese which took the Gold Medal at the 2013 Mondial du Fromage. Dorstone, made by Neal’s Yard Creamery, takes its name from a Herefordshire village close to where the cheese is made.

The goats’ milk cheese is coated in ash, and then ripened in a mould that leads to faint veining reminiscent of Carrera marble.

Cheese is, of course, synonymous with the South West and Bath Soft Cheese, Sleight Farm, Keen’s Cheddar and the Old Cheese Room will be championing local cheese.

Visitors to the festival will be able to record their tasting notes for the Christmas party season and plan their own cheeseboard.

Sarah Mansfield, director of Milsom Place in the city said: “Working with the Fine Cheese Co. to host the nation’s top cheese makers makes this event a favourite with Bath foodies as well as one of the headline events for the Great Bath Feast. This is just one of the artisan producer events that bring people to Milsom Place in the heart of Bath.”

Entry to the festival is free and the event runs from 10am to 5pm.

Graham Padfield with some of his maturing cheese at the Bath Soft Cheese Co in Kelston, near Bath FIVE CHEESE FACTS

1 There are more than 700 named British cheeses produced in the UK. 2 Cheese is purchased by more than 98 per cent of British households. The average person eats about 30g per day, with Cheddar the favourite.

3 The word ‘cheese’ occurs only twice in the King James Bible (in 2 Samuel 17 and Job 10) and ‘cheeses’ occurs once (1 Samuel 17).

Cheshire is thought to be the oldest British cheese. It’s even mentioned in the Domesday Book, commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085.

4 The patron saint of cheesemongers (or more specifically of Florentine cheese merchants) is St Bartholomew the Apostle.

5 It’s not true that eating cheese before bedtime will give you nightmares. In fact, cheese can actually help a good night’s rest – it contains tryptophan, an essential amino acid that has been shown to reduce stress and induce sleep.

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Food Andy Welch

For two decades, Leiths Cookery Bible has been a bestseller in the country.

A manual written by Prue Leith, who founded the prestigious Leiths School Of Food And Wine in 1975, it featured all the instructions and techniques the aspiring home cook needed.

After 20 years, however, it was time for an update. While Leith sold the school years ago, its reputation as one of the world’s finest catering schools remains, which the new “bible” needed to match.

Step up Leiths: How To Cook – more simply titled than its spiritual predecessor, but no less informative and, thanks to the countless colour photographs inside, much prettier to look at.

“The main aim was to not rewrite that Bible,” explains Jenny Stringer, the school’s deputy managing director and former private chef of Prince Charles.

“In our books prior to this, we’ve never been able to have the huge amount of images, but because we wanted so many recipes in there, and so many descriptive pieces, we wanted to get as many images in as well.

“And we wanted to get recipes as close to the over-the-shoulder advice you would get from an instructor as possible.”

How To Cook isn’t your standard cookbook.

It’s 800 pages long for starters, and while there are hundreds of recipes to choose from – all definitive takes on a range of classics – the technique tutorials are where it really comes into its own.

Do you want to know the difference between slicing, dicing and chopping an onion, and the correct way to do each? How about boning a chicken, or making lamb noisettes? Or the different characteristics sugar goes through when heated? Look no further. It’s possible this book covers every technique a chef needs, and provides a recipe that utilises the skill.

“That was probably the most difficult thing about writing it,” says co-author and Leiths principal Claire Macdonald. “We wanted a book we could use on our various courses, from the one-day types through to the full diploma, but of course it has to be relevant to the wider public too.”

Try this recipe from the book...

Comfort food Rosa Mashiter I am certainly feeling the first whiffs of autumn as the days, and particularly early mornings and evening time, continue to cool down.

It is a time of the year that I really enjoy, and so does the dog and, despite the fact that he is in his 12th year, he has become much sprightlier in the fresher and somewhat clearer air of autumn.

We now have some ten weeks to Christmas!

– frightening, isn’t it? This year, however, I started my Christmas shopping in the summer sales which, as most of us know, have continued everywhere ever since.

I have very few presents left to buy now, and instead have embarked on making some chutneys and pickles in little Kilner jars, which make excellent gifts for the man, or men (like brothers, dads and granddads) in your life, and now is the time to do it.

I think we ladies are more into the jams and jellies, so do the same for the ladies in your life, be they sisters, mums, aunties, cousins,

Za’atar crusted prawns with a bulghar wheat and herb salad Ingredients for four 20 raw prawns; 2-3tblspns olive oil; 3-4tblspns za’atar (available in selected supermarkets, or see below for recipe to make your own); ½tblspn plain flour; salt and freshly ground black pepper; one lemon

For the salad 100g bulghar wheat; one red onion; 1tblspn olive oil; one pomegranate; ½ cucumber; ½ bunch of dill; bunch of flat-leaf parsley; ¼ bunch of mint

For the dressing One lemon; one orange; 5tblspns olive oil; pinch of ground sumac; ½-1tspn clear honey

Method

Why not have a go at making za’atar crusted prawns with a bulghar wheat and herb salad, above, as featured in Leiths: How To Cook

by Claire Macdonald and Jenny Stringer, right

Peel the prawns, leaving the tail tip intact, then clean, carefully removing the intestinal tract (the dark vein along the back). Set aside in the fridge.

For the salad, prepare the bulghar wheat by putting in a small saucepan and adding enough water to come 3cm above the level of the wheat. Simmer, uncovered, over a low to medium heat for about ten minutes, until just tender. Drain well and scatter over a tray lined with kitchen paper, then cover with kitchen paper to absorb the moisture.

Halve, peel and finely slice the onion. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a low heat and add the onion. Cook until just starting to soften, then increase the heat and allow to brown. Remove from the heat, drain the onion of excess oil and transfer to a bowl. Heat the oven to 120C. Halve the pomegranate and extract the seeds by holding cut side down over a bowl and hitting the skin side with a rolling pin or the back of a wooden spoon.

Cut the cucumber in half lengthways, deseed by scraping the length with a teaspoon, then finely dice. Pick the herbs into bite-sized sprigs or very coarsely chop. Add all these ingredients to the onion. Once the bulghar wheat is dry, add it to the bowl. Cut the lemon into wedges and reserve for serving.

For the dressing, juice the lemon and orange. Mix one tablespoon of each with the olive oil, sumac, honey and salt and pepper to taste. Whisk to combine, then set aside.

Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in the frying pan over a medium heat. Mix the za’atar and flour with some salt and pepper in a large bowl. Dry the prawns and add them to the bowl. Toss in the za’atar mix to coat.

Fry the prawns in batches until pink and the tails have curled, around three to four minutes. Keep the cooked prawns warm in the low oven while you fry the rest.

Add the dressing to the salad and toss together. Divide the salad between four shallow bowls and arrange the prawns on top.

Serve with the lemon wedges.

grandmothers and friends of course. You should be able to find the small Kilner jars in your local ironmongers.

Stir gently then pour into hot, clean, jars.

Seal as above and store in a cool, dry and preferably dark place.

Plum, brandy and walnut conserve

Kiwi fruit and ginger jam

Ingredients for about 2.5 litres 1.8kg plums; two cinnamon stick; 1.4kg preserving sugar; 125g chopped walnuts; 4tblspns brandy

Method

Halve the plums and remove and place the stones in a small pan with 300ml of water, bring to the boil and simmer rapidly for ten minutes. Strain the liquid into a large pan and discard the stones.

Add the halved plums and cinnamon sticks to the pan and simmer for ten minutes, stirring all the time until the fruit has softened.

Add the sugar, stirring until dissolved, then return to the boil and simmer rapidly for ten to 30 minutes until setting point is reached.

Remove from the heat and stir in the walnuts and brandy and leave to stand for five minutes before removing and discarding the cinnamon sticks.

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Foodie treat with Mark Taylor Former owner and chef of Bell’s Diner Chris Wicks makes a welcome return to the stoves next week when he hosts a pop-up restaurant as part of the Bristol Home, Food & Drink Festival at the UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Organised in conjunction with Bristol’s Chefs’ Forum, the five-course dinner on October 26 will see Wicks joined by students from City of Bristol College and the college’s chef and restaurant manager, Adrian Kirikmaa.

The Bristol Home, Food & Drink Festival is at the UWE Exhibition Centre in Bristol, on October 26 and 27, from 10am until 5pm.

For more information go to www.homeandfoodfestival.co.uk In the meantime, try out this recipe from Chris...

Pigeon pastilla Ingredients 2tblspns vegetable oil; one onion, chopped; 2cm piece fresh root ginger, grated; ½tspn ground cloves; 1½tspn freshly grated nutmeg; ½tspn ground cinnamon; salt and freshly ground black pepper; two oven-ready pigeons; 50g/1.5oz unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; handful chopped fresh parsley; handful chopped fresh coriander; few saffron strands; 250g/9oz flaked almonds or pistachios, toasted, roughly crushed; 30g dried fruit or cherries in Kirsch chopped; three sheets brik or filo pastry

Method

Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan and fry the onions for six to eight minutes, or until softened.

Stir in the ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, saffron and stock and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the legs of the pigeons to the pan and top up with a bit of chicken stock or water. Braise on top of stove until meat is soft. Remove the meat from the pigeon legs and shred roughly.

Meanwhile, continue to cook the onion mixture until thickened. Add toasted nuts, fruit and pigeon leg meat to the mixture and cool.

When cool add chopped herbs.

Melt butter, then unwrap pastry and lay out a long rectangle and lightly butter with a pastry brush. Spoon the pigeon mixture on to one end in a triangle shape and turn in triangle to the end of pastry, brush with more melted butter. Bake in the oven 180°c for 15-20 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden-brown on top. Keep warm.

Sear seasoned breasts in hot pan for three minutes. Rest and serve with pastille and a vegetable purée such as butternut squash.

Sprinkle with crushed nuts and slivers of chopped fruit.

Ingredients for about 1.5 litres 10cm piece of root ginger; 1kg kiwi fruit; 1kg preserving sugar

Method

Peel and finely chop the ginger. Peel and dice the kiwi fruit.

Place the ginger, fruit and sugar in a large pan, bring to the boil and simmer steadily for five to 25 minutes until setting point is reached.

Stir gently then transfer to hot, clean, jars. Seal label and store as above.

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Absolute Corkers Ned Halley

Watering hole Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Wincanton This fine, quirky pub first opened for business in 1861, the year of the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Chris Murphy, who has worked at Marks & Spencer for 38 years and in the wine department since 1985

I think we all have a small place in our hearts for the retailer Marks & Spencer.

And as an enthusiast of wine, I’m happy to admit to more than a little affection for this Great British Institution.

This month, M&S is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its first venture into wine. Has it really only been 40 years?

For a dynamic enterprise launched by Polish refugee Michael Marks back in 1884 (he was joined by Tom Spencer ten years later), waiting until 1973 to get into wine looks like dawdling.

Better late than never. M&S, after all, only launched into food in the 1960s. And in spite of starting a long way behind the grocery giants, it has been in the front rank of wine retailing from the word go.

Chris Murphy, who has worked at M&S for 38 years and in the wine department since 1985, looks back fondly to the early days.

“The first range was a small selection of eight wines, four sherries and a few beers,” he says, giving an incidental reminder that back then, sherry still represented a significant proportion of the wine market. Today, the fortified Spanish wine accounts for less than 1 per cent of total wine sales across the trade.

At M&S that tiny original range, all of generic wines labelled in terms such as French Dry White, and at first stocked in only 12 of the stores nationwide, grew steadily, closely reflecting the rising interest in Britain in proper wine (as distinct from rubbish like Liebfraumilch and ludicrous brands such as Hirondelle and Don Cortes.

Marks’ wines were their own, and as such could be

trusted. I remember being told that as its buying power grew, M&S began to insist on its own wine-making facilities and bottling lines.

Quality and hygiene standards at some of its suppliers on the Continent were simply not considered up to snuff. But smoking was forbidden in wineries supplying the company.

It can’t have gone down well with the Gitanepuffing workers of the day.

The pricing of wines in the early days was simple. The first advertisement for the range bore this matter-of-fact slogan: “Wines about £1 at Marks & Spencer”.

It started to get serious in 1980, when that familiar, though now sadly dropped, badge of quality, the St Michael trademark, first appeared on the wines. At the same time, a new Vintage Selection range of upmarket bottles was added. Among them was a single-estate red wine from Spain’s premier wine region, Rioja Marques de Romeral.

Wine from that same estate is still part of the range today, and the current offering, Marques de Romeral Reserva 2007 (£11.99) is one of six wines Chris Murphy has chosen for the 40th-anniversary case of six bottles (£68.94 online at M&S), all of them very long-serving names.

“They’re iconic classic wines,” says Chris, “our favourites and yours.”

He’s certainly right about the Rioja.

It’s a dense, dark and muscular red with the unmistakable blackcurrant and vanilla (from two years’ oak contact) aroma of aged Rioja and a long, silky intense fruit. You feel it will devel-

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op for years more in the bottle, but it’s already very delicious.

By the mid-1980s, M&S was selling wine in about 250 stores. Having been the first mass retailer to launch “own-label” wines, it now pioneered the informative back-label, too.

This was the era of “varietal” wines, where the name of the grape variety appeared on the label, rather than the place of its origin. And varietal wines, of course, came from mysterious places, far away.

“In the early days wines from ‘The New World’ were only just being talked about,” says Chris, “and M&S was at the forefront of this pioneering spirit.”

It was. Chris was among the buyers who sallied forth to the south hemisphere from 1988 in search of flavours new. One of the wines they came back with was the ancestor of the current Hunter Valley Shiraz 2012 (£9.99), another of the six wines in the anniversary mixed case. It has been supplied from the start by the Tyrell family, now headed by outspoken patriarch Bruce.

As Chris puts it, “the Hunter Valley is not for the faint-hearted; its capricious climate requires skill and dedication to master.”

This wine, robust and spicy, also has an elegant definition of flavour and it genuinely stands out from the crowd. It is, Chris says, “as much a reflection of the man as the valley.”

New Zealand has also long featured in the M&S list. Kaituna Hills Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2012 is just the 20th successive vintage supplied to M&S by the largest Kiwi wine producer, formerly called Montana, now redesignated (can’t think why) as Brancott. The current, 2012 vintage, priced at £11.99, is fabulous.

Here’s to another 40 adventurous years at M&S.

Landlord Thomas Green was an admirer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the novel of 1852 that sensationally exposed the plight of black slaves in the southern United States.

The book helped provoke the war and consequently to free the nation’s four million slaves.

There have been many changes of ownership over the years, but the pub, built as a house in the 1700s, still retains the bench seating and other fixtures Thomas Green originally installed for the comfort of his customers.

The public bar – turn right when you enter – is an unmistakably authentic period piece.

Plain and homely, it has pleasing proportions and a slightly bookish air.

One panelled wall sports a shelf of volumes, including a recent edition of Harriet Beecher’s Stowe’s masterpiece, and there is a collection of framed prints of the book’s original illustrations, by Hammatt Billings.

On tap when I popped in were two ales, Hobgoblin from the Cotswolds and Hop Crop from somewhere else.

I had been lured in by a poster in the window advertising Rich’s, the world’s best cider. It’s from Highbridge near Burnham, and you don’t often find it. Nor did I at Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Sadly, the Rich’s had been sold out long ago.

But there were three Thatcher’s ciders on tap, Gold, Traditional and Cheddar Valley. My pint of the latter, russet-coloured, crisply apple-fresh and very reasonable at £2.20, was a consolation. Another customer enjoying a pint of the same advised me that this is in fact the best cider in the world, although he conceded that Rich’s might well be the second best. He added that Cheddar Valley needs to be consumed with moderation, because despite the 6 per cent alcohol asserted on the pump clip, the strength is more like 8 per cent.

Can this be true? A debate on the matter ensued with other patrons, but no firm conclusions were reached.

This is clearly a pub where conversations easily get started, and by no means to the exclusion of out-and-out strangers like me. We moved on to the price of ale. One customer could remember paying 1/6 (call it 7p) a pint in this very inn, although he was a shade uncertain as to when this was, exactly. There was a good deal of laughter.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a proper pub of the old school. No food, but a genuine welcome.

Wine of the Week Taste the Difference Languedoc White 2012 This wine is down from £8.99 to £6.74 at Sainsburys for the rest of October. A successful repeat of the superb 2011 vintage, this delicious Mediterranean mélange of mysterious regional grapes such as marsanne and roussanne has freshness and tang as well as a basketful of white fruits, and a nice little toffee lick to boot. With autumnal flavours tailored to the season, this will make a nifty match for poultry dishes.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 51 High Street, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 9JU. Tel 01963 32790.

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Shopping Gabrielle Fagan

Pink’s packing a punch in decor and proving that it doesn’t have to be just for little girls.

With a whole variety of shades to choose from in the pink palette, it’s easy to conjure a grown-up, cheery, sophisticated or downright sexy effect for an interior.

And there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to “think pink”, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month with its signature pink campaign shade.

It’s also “the” hot shade of the season in the fashion world, with pink coats reportedly this autumn’s must-have garment. Where the catwalk leads, interiors always follow.

“Pinks and soft corals have been seen on the catwalks featuring in Burberry and Antonio Berardi’s fashion collections for 2014,” says Judy Smith, colour consultant at Crown Paints.

If you’re decorating with pink, she advises using different tones and textures of the same colour to add depth and interest.

“Alternatively, bring a scheme right up to date by using pink and adding touches of something unexpected, like a flash of chartreuse (yellowy-green) or combining pinks with the highly fashionable, deep char-

TOP TIP: Use bright pinks, he suggests, for the underneath of shelves or inside cupboards to add interest. The colour works well in alcoves, in contrast with a white wall, as it reflects light and adds warmth.

PINK PICKS: Make a wall really dazzle with Crown Vintage Flat Matt Emulsion Paint in deep fuchsia Free Love, £18.93 for 2.5 litres, Homebase.

Go tropical with Flamingo Beach Orchid Designer Wallpaper, £40 a roll, A Shade Wilder.

Echo the look with a Flamingo neon pink cushion, £40, BoConcept, or add a funky floral like a pink velvet Darling Buds Cushion, £30, The French Bedroom Company.

Add vibrant pops of pink with seating. A fluffy Sheepskin beanbag, £372, The Conran Shop (in stores only), or a Miss Behaving sofa, currently £1,449 in Snooze Cerise fabric, Sofa Workshop.

Give a bathroom a facelift with a pink bath, like the striking vintage-style La Provence bath, from £3,000, Catchpole & Rye. Keen DIYers could paint a bath themselves, but make sure you use specialist paint from a company such as Tubby.

coal grey,” says Smith.

Those who just want to dip their toe could have a guilt-free splurge knowing they’re helping a good cause, as a number of stores, including Laura Ashley, Marks & Spencer and Debenhams, are supporting breast cancer charities by donating a percentage of sales for certain pink items.

Here’s a selection of some of the prettiest pinks in town, some of which will see 10 per cent of proceeds go to charity.

A paler shade Pink is perfect paired with neutrals for a soft, feminine look, or a crisp clean effect which suits kitchens and bathrooms.

Lighter pinks soften a space and work well with a shabby chic decorating style, says Angela Whittaker at fabric specialists JAB Anstoetz.

“Pink’s an easy and forgiving palette to use and dusty or pale pinks are especially soft and easy to live with, creating a comfortable airy feeling to a room.”

TOP TIP: If you want to brighten the space a little more, she suggests picking another pastel colour as an accent and using it for a flower arrangement, artwork or cushions.

PINK PICKS: Laura Ashley has four pink papers and 10 per cent of their sale price will go to Breakthrough Breast Cancer. One of the prettiest is the delicate Abbeville Floral Wallpaper, currently reduced from £30 a roll to £15.

Laura Ashley’s Salcott Upholstered Chair, in a pale Caitlin Coral, currently priced from £540, also sees a percentage going to charity.

A pale palette has been chosen for much of the homeware benefiting breast cancer charities. Marks & Spencer has dusky pink Luxury Egyptian Cotton Towels, from £2.50 to £24, and pastel pink Non-Iron 190 Thread Count Perfect Supima sheets, currently on sale from £8, and pillowcases from £2, with 10 per cent going to Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

There’s a retro feel and witty slogans like ‘Instead of cleaning the house I just turn off the lights’ on Debenhams’ Good Wife collection, with part of the proceeds benefiting charity. Set Of Three “Good Wife” Storage Tins, £16; a cushion, £25; Think Pink Spotted “Home Baking” Scented Candle, £10 each, Debenhams.

Sainsbury’s Pink Heart Button Cushion, £10, is a pretty choice, as are the Primrose & Peony Heart Pomanders, £6 for set of three (in stores only), and both are supporting Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

The full-on effect Shake up a room by creating a feature wall with a vibrant pink wallpaper or paint.

“Pink’s a complex colour which can lift a space, particularly when mixed with contrasting colours and natural materials, like wood,” says Mark Upstone, international head of display at Conran. “Softer shades can be calming, or go bold and vibrant with pops of neon pink and contrast with white and chocolate brown.”

Pink destinations

From the top, Think Pink spotted ‘home baking’ scented candle votive, £10, each, Debenhams; Luxury Egyptian Cotton Towels, from £2.50 , Marks & Spencer; pink heart button cushion £10, Sainsbury’s; Debenhams’ Good Wife Think Pink, storage tins (set of three) £16; Darling Buds Cushion, £30, the French Bedroom Company; BCAM Supima Bedding from £4 for a pillowcase, from Marks & Spencer

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BoConcept: www.boconcept.co.uk Catchpole & Rye: 01233 840 840/ www.catchpoleandrye.com The Conran Shop: 0844 848 4000/ www.conranshop.co.uk Crown Paints: www.crownpaint.co.uk Debenhams: 08445 616 161/ www.debenhams.com The French Bedroom Company: 08456 448 022/ www.frenchbedroomcompany.co.uk Homebase: www.homebase.co.uk JAB Anstoetz: 0207 348 6620/www.jab-uk.co.uk Laura Ashley: 0871 230 2301/ www.lauraashley.com Marks & Spencer: 0845 302 1234/ www.marksandspencer.com Sainsbury’s: 0800 636 262/www.sainsburys.co.uk Sofa Workshop: 0844 249 9161/ www.sofaworkshop.com A Shade Wilder: www.ashadewilder.com Tubby: www.tubbyuk.com

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Shopping Lisa Haynes

Spend or splurge?

Go expensive or go cheap with funky animal prints this week Spend...

■ Classy cutlery... French flatware from boutique brand Sabre is not only practical, these stylish utensils can also be mixed and matched to enhance any table setting with their countless designs and creative colours.

Zebra cutlery range from Sabre, from £9.50, from Amara.

For stockists visit www.amara.com ■ Get the look... Just as stylish as a designer label, this modern take on a leopard print dress has a flattering cut enhanced by acid bright lime to complement the spots. Moda Animal Print Dress, £18, from George at Asda.

For stockists visit www.direct.asda.com ■ Zebra crossing... These statement zebra striped boxes can be used to jazz up a home office space, or for boudoir booty like toiletries and hair accessories. Ideal Set of Three Print Storage Boxes (two zebra print, one plain black), £27, from Littlewoods.com. For stockists visit www.littlewoods.com

Splurge...

■ The cat’s whiskers... Lulu Guinness has stamped this purrfectly gorgeous purse with her trademark humour, offering feline fans the ideal pocket for loose change. Wild Cat Coin Purse, £75, from Lulu Guinness. For stockists visit www.luluguinness.com ■ Fabulous faux... Ruby + Ed’s fake fur accessories and clothing not only mimic the real thing, fashionistas also don’t have to shy away from getting the synthetics wet and can leave their ‘leopard, mink and wolf ’ to dry naturally. Snow leopard hooded jacket, £245, from Ruby + Ed. For stockists visit www.rubyanded.co.uk ■ Come slither... Fashionably on time, the WatchShop’s latest range of chronographs by Gc (part of the Guess fashion empire) include this python print chronograph with mother of pearl dial and rose plating. Gc Ladies Python Diver Chic Chronograph Watch, £550, from WatchShop. For stockists visit www.watchshop.com

Burberry picked up on the heart trend this autumn. It all began back in February when pop star Harry Styles wore a particular top

The big love affair began with Harry Styles on his 19th birthday in February.

Not the One Direction heart-throb himself, but his printed shirt.

Fresh off the Burberry Prorsum autumn/ winter 13 runway, Harry’s designer heart print has since been worn by Victoria Beckham, Alexa Chung and even rock legend Rod Stewart. In short, it’s become the “It print” of the season.

And it’s not hard to fall in love with this micro trend. The uplifting power print is an on-trend alternative to polka dots and can be worn in a subtle way, with miniature hearts, or by really showing the love with statement oversized prints. But think glossy and grownup, rather than schoolgirl cute.

Don’t wait for Valentine’s Day – wear your heart on your sleeve (or trousers, dress, skirt...) right now with these romantic finds.

Berry beautiful Set hearts aflutter with a feminine silhouette.

Closet’s Heart Print V-neck Dress nips in at the waist to accentuate an hourglass shape, £48 (www.closetclothing.co.uk).

don’t appeal. In versatile black and tan, Accessorize’s Heart Print Oversize Clutch is the affordable alternative to Burberry’s £875 Little Crush bag, £19 (uk.accessorize.com).

Dotty devotion If you love pretty polka dots, experiment with mini hearts instead. Matalan’s burgundy Heart Print Skater Skirt is so subtle you’ll have to play spot the difference, £14 (www.matalan.co.uk).

Camel crush Show your neck some love as temperatures plummet. Add some passion to your autumnal outfits with Dorothy Perkins’ Camel and Black Heart Snood, £9.50 (www.dorothyperkins.com).

Lucky in love Become the Queen of Hearts with a quirky jumper. Red Herring at Debenhams’ Cream Striped Hearts Jumper is sure to put you on a winning style streak, £30 (www.debenhams.com).

Half measures The most wearable way to work hearts is with a block panel of print. Yumi’s Heart Print Knitted Dress is a real heart warmer for the winter months, £45, available in black or burgundy (www.yumidirect.co.uk).

Sweetheart shirt Be the envy of the office with an eye-catching print blouse. Topshop’s navy blue Heart Print Shirt can be worn buttoned-up for an androgynous take or tucked in to a pencil skirt for a lady-like vibe, £32 (www.topshop.com).

Subtle enchantment Opt for a hearty accent if all-over prints

Print passion Can’t decide whether you’re more in love with the idea of a heart-laden shirt or dress?

Oasis delivers both with a smart Heart Print Shirt Dress, featuring shiny buttons and skinny metallic belt for a touch of glam, £55 (www.oasis-stores.com).

Love-ly knit If you’re hopelessly devoted to this trend, one statement heart is all you need. Nail the monochrome trend and cosy up in Apricot’s contrast colour Big Heart Sequin Jumper, £27 (www.apricotonline.co.uk).

Footwear infatuation Slippers (for outdoors only) just got superchic. Step into love territory with Dune’s Loveley Suede Embellished Heart Detail Slipper shoes, currently £37 reduced from £57, available in black or blue (www.dunelondon.com).

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Books Hannah Stephenson

At a major gig at the Edinburgh Festival, he needed alcohol to ease him into his persona.

For he was Johnny Vegas, the drunken, ranting, sharp-as-a-knife comedian who the audience had paid to see.

But short of money and low on booze, Pennington found himself uncharacteristically sober. “I had to drink to get Johnny up to ranting pace,” he explains.

As Eddie Izzard welcomed him on stage, his fate was sealed. Without alcohol, he was simply Michael Pennington, a quiet, gently witty guy with none of the unrelenting bravado of his acerbic alter ego.

Several minutes of excruciating silence followed as he willed Johnny Vegas to emerge but he was a no-show and the act fell horrendously flat.

It’s just one of the anecdotes penned by Pennington in his autobiography, Becoming Johnny Vegas, in which he tries to analyse how and why Vegas came to be, and how he obliterated Michael Pennington completely.

It’s a worrying tale written by someone who was apparently living a schizophrenic existence – he writes about Johnny in the third person, as though it was “he” who was taking over and becoming the monster who ensured that Pennington ceased to exist.

Today, appearing much more sober and having lost a few stone in weight since his stand-up days, he explains: “I wanted to try and trace the genuine origins of Johnny and how he so successfully staged this takeover of Michael Pennington.”

The 42-year-old comedian, actor and director, who originally trained as a potter, continues: “Johnny is a contradiction to who I am as a person. I’m not very good at confrontation, I have a tendency to internalise and to carry things around.

“Johnny was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me.”

Brought up in a strict Roman Catholic household, some of the blame for Johnny’s emergence may be laid at the door of the cold seminary in Lancashire which Michael attended as a trainee Catholic priest when he was aged just 11. During his time there, he was interfered with by a sixth-former and, though not actually physically sexually abused, was left feeling completely ashamed.

“I came from a very loving home, had a happy life, with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing,” he says.

“Once I’d realised I’d made a mistake and it wasn’t for me, I still felt this tremendous pressure to continue with it, for fear of letting everybody down.”

He lasted 18 months, but when he returned home to St Helens to attend regular secondary school, he didn’t fit in.

“I felt like a 30-year-old trapped in the body of a 13-year-old because I’d been away and done so much. And there was this stigma of having been away to train for the priesthood.”

When bullies threatened him, he retorted by saying he’d pray for them and it was then that the first signs of Johnny appeared, giving him the back-up he needed to survive. His alter ego didn’t care what other people thought.

“Johnny made my dad this really nasty figure, which he isn’t at all, and I think subconsciously that was him taking revenge on my parents for allowing me to go there. He made my dad the villain of the piece in the stand-up routine.”

He says he still has faith and admires the strength that his parents gained from theirs, but he struggles to come to terms with it.

“I do have faith, but in practising it there are a lot of things for me to wrestle with. But it’s not something I’ve given up on. I have my own internal monologue with God.” Pennington also suffered from hypochondria, thinking he had every ailment from lockjaw to cancer, but brave Johnny Vegas killed those fears. “What would stop it was alcohol and that would encourage Johnny out, but you can’t stay drunk the whole time to stop yourself from worrying.”

He still doesn’t know how much Guinness and vodka he drank during his stand-up days in pubs and clubs, or when he was nominated for the Edinburgh Festival’s Perrier Award in 1997, or on sell-out tours.

“Johnny had a theory that if you ever counted how much you were drinking, you weren’t enjoying it. He fortunately never kept track but he could go on drinking for hours. I was ill a lot with nerves before going on. As Michael Pennington, I’d build up during the day, hoping I could coax Johnny out of his box.”

It was the birth of his son, Michael Jr (who is now ten), from his first marriage to Kitty Donnelly, which made Michael Pennington take control again.

“It took me back to a time when I was really happy and I thought, ‘My son doesn’t deserve Johnny Vegas as a dad’.”

Public expectations made ridding himself of the demon of Johnny Vegas harder, he reflects, as he tried to build a career which didn’t involve getting drunk.

He was lucky that other things came into place, including winning acting roles in the BBC series Bleak House and the sitcoms Benidorm and Ideal, as well as drinking tea with a knitted monkey for a certain TV advertisement.

“I’d love to play a really good baddie,” he adds. “I’ve been offered all the reality TV shows but have turned them down. If I did it as Johnny, there’d be no jungle left!”

He has directed various one-off TV and radio dramas, has just completed series three of Moone Boy and recently directed and cowrote Ragged, a one-off drama starring Ricky Tomlinson for Sky Arts. He’s also hoping to produce six 15-minute adaptations of Beatrix Potter for Radio 4 next year.

He feels happy behind the camera, saying: “It’s more of a job for Michael Pennington.”

Remarried in 2011 to Irish TV producer Maia Dunphy, Pennington credits her with helping him keep the lid on Johnny Vegas.

“My wife has made a huge difference. I don’t feel like I’m searching for things any more.

“Johnny would get easily distracted by friends who’d say, ‘We’ll just go for one drink’, and it would turn into five.

“Now that doesn’t happen. I have a good social life with friends, but most weekends I’ve got my son, and my socialising’s limited to myself and my wife or family parties.”

These days, his time is divided between London, where his son lives; his home town of St Helens, and Dublin, where Maia lives. “I commute to Dublin and Maia commutes to St Helens. Half my life is spent running for a flight or a train.”

So will Johnny Vegas ever emerge again?

“There are certain panel shows where I need to borrow a watered-down version of Johnny from time to time, so I can let him out of the bottle and get him back in straight away.

“I’m loving being on the other side of the camera, as Michael. Just being involved in the creative process of making film and TV fascinates me,” he says. “ I can do something that Johnny couldn’t.”

Becoming Johnny Vegas by Johnny Vegas is published by HarperCollins, priced £20

Michael Pennington is now learning to control his alter ego Johnny Vegas – the drunken comedian who doesn’t care what people think. Performing as Johnny in 1997, above

Books reviews Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by

by Jung Chang is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape, priced £20 (ebook £11.39) Chang’s writing is sympathetic towards the Empress without being biased, and gives a fresh insight into the political career of one of the world’s most influential leaders. In addition she manages to inform the reader without overbearing with heavy detail. This is one of the most engaging and informed political biographies I have ever read.

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A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay is published in hardback by Orion Books, priced £16.99 (ebook £8.49)

The Autobiography by Ronnie O’Sullivan published in hardback by Orion Books, priced £18.99 (ebook £9.49)

A Tap on the Window is the latest thriller from Canadian author Linwood Barclay.

Driving home one dark rainy night, private investigator Cal Weaver is flagged down by a teenage girl in need of a lift. Originally reluctant, he agrees when she reveals that she knew his recently deceased son. Although enjoyable, this book requires some perseverance. Once the plot picks up though, it’s hard to put the book down and the misdirection, twists and turns don’t disappoint.

In Ronnie O’Sullivan’s candid first book he spoke of how a troubled home life – both parents in prison, one for murder – had contributed to him going down a path of drink, drugs and depression, all while ruling the snooker world. In this more grown-up life account, Running, he talks of how running itself has helped him banish those demons.The book is a chaotic race through O’Sullivan’s life, but this does little to dethrone him as the people’s champion.

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Books Hannah Stephenson

It’s clear that actress Patsy Kensit is feeling vulnerable after having a major operation.

It’s been just two months since Patsy had a hysterectomy to remove two large cysts and the 45-year-old actress may look good in a fetching red dress, but from the start of our interview, she’s fidgety, nervous, talks quickly and often loses the thread of her sentences, which are at best disjointed.

She had already had a large ovarian cyst removed in a previous operation and says she felt more scared when two more cysts were discovered this year, because her mother, Margaret, died from breast cancer at 45. Patsy has been having mammograms and ultrasounds annually for more than 20 years.

“I’d had pneumonia, then there were these tumours and there was this sense of urgency,” she recalls, her words tumbling out almost incoherently.

We’re here to discuss her autobiography, Absolute Beginner, which charts her life growing up on a London council estate as the daughter of a fraudster who had associations with the criminal underworld and the notorious Kray twins.

But she seems so fragile today that, after a few minutes of listening to her, I wonder if it’s a bit too soon for the former rock chick to have bared her soul about her life and loves.

When the first cyst was discovered, there was a point when she thought she was going to die, she reveals.

“I’d been sent for an MRI and everyone had gone. All you’re left with is a camomile tea, a ginger biscuit and your thoughts.

“The mind is a very powerful thing and I’ve seen it with my mum. My mum was told, ‘You are going to die in six months’, and six years later she was still there. I’d waited my whole life for the inevitable to happen. Every happy time was compromised with the reality that she was sick. I never saw her cry, she never got depressed. She was incredible.”

She continues: “I’m not scared of dying. I’m terrified of being sick. I’ve been very unwell.

“I like to be strong and well and this whole thing happened two months ago and I haven’t bounced back like I normally do.

“It’s a shock when your body gets a kicking.

I’m 45 now and it takes time. It’s been very scary.”

She’s seeing a hormone specialist and is in full-blown menopause due to the operation, she explains. “I’ve been very emotional. No one talks about hysterectomies. The word is Dickensian. I’m 45 and I go to the supermarket and forget why I’m in there. I come out with a cabbage and a pair of tights.”

Patsy’s career began at the age of four and she soon became a child star, appearing in major films alongside the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Mia Farrow.

Then, in Hollywood, she starred with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 2 and later, after returning to Britain, clinched roles in Emmerdale and Holby City.

Yet much of her life seems to have been defined by her men, most notably Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr and Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, two of her four ex-husbands.

Her jailbird father James was in and out of prison for much of his adult life, so it was left to her mother to bring up Patsy and her brother Jamie (whose godfather was Reggie Kray).

“Despite what he did for a living, he was my father and I loved him,” she says. “Some weeks we’d eat out at restaurants, other weeks it was bubble and squeak. From what I now know about the East End, you either boxed or you were in a band or you were a villain.”

She believes her father’s time in and out of prison may have affected her subsequent rela-

tionships with men, explaining: “I seem to function, or maybe not function so well, in a relationship when the man goes away a lot.”

She says she doesn’t really count her first marriage to Dan Donovan of 1980s’ pop band Big Audio Dynamite or her last, to DJ Jeremy Healy.

“My relationships with my two boys’ fathers (she has a son, James, with Kerr and another, Lennon, with Gallagher) are the two [marriages] that I choose to acknowledge. And I’m mindful of the boys’ dads. I don’t want to keep dragging up the past because it’s a long time ago.”

She might not want to talk about her past personal life today, but is happy to spill the beans in her autobiography. Of her ill-fated marriage to Kerr, she writes: “I believe in marriage with all my heart and I’ve never made light of it. I just seem to be terribly bad at it.

“I think there’s a perception that I get married for all the wrong reasons, but I was so in love with Jim when we got together. It was the real thing and, possibly, if I’d known then what I know now about relationships and life in general, I might have worked harder at my marriage and things might have turned out differently for us.

“I changed a lot after my mum died – her death broke me and I was on a quest to find someone to love me the way she had.”

Today, she remains close to Kerr, saying: “He’s a wonderful father and a great friend.”

She’s slightly less forthcoming about Gallagher. “With Liam, it was the relationship you dream of when you’re a teenager and you just sit up talking all night. It didn’t start off in some horrible sleazy way. It was really sweet and again, I think, hats off to them both because they really tried.”

She seems to blame herself for her marriage to Gallagher going wrong, even though he was away so much and rumours were flying about his infidelities.

“I just don’t want to think about it,” she says warily. “He’s a great dad.”

But how could she ignore his womanising?

“Well, I’m not still with him and that’s all I’m prepared to say,” she says frostily, before deciding to end the interview prematurely, leaving me with so many more questions to ask.

Her book is more revealing. She had herself been a singer with the group Eighth Wonder and says that being seen as a wannabe pop star wiped out years of worthy acting roles. Her marriage to Gallagher had a similar effect...

“I was suddenly seen as this tabloid creature and it diluted who I was,” she writes.

I’d heard all the rumours about his womanising and I knew exactly what was going on behind my back, but I want to focus on the good times because there were plenty of them.”

Absolute Beginner by Patsy Kensit is published by Sidgwick & Jackson, priced £20

Actress Patsy Kensit only counts her second and third marriages as being significant despite having had four husbands. Pictured on her wedding day to pop star Jim Kerr, above left, and with third spouse Liam Gallagher, above right. She has a son from both marriages – James with Jim, and Lennon with Liam WCL-E01-S2

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Books Donough O’Brien

These people really did change the way we live today – Marconi, above left, first used the Bristol Channel to test his radio across open water; Frederick Banting, pictured top right with Charles Best – together they stopped diabetes from being a sure killer; while Norman Borlaug, above right, won the Nobel Prize for increasing the world’s food supply, saving a billion lives

A glance at any rack of magazines shows we live in a very strange world of ‘celebrity’.

It’s often pretty shallow and undeserved. But who should we really thank for the way we live today?

It is a sobering thought that many of us are totally unaware of scores of people who truly shaped our world. And it’s an even more sobering one that many people would go little further than mentioning “media celebrities” in an age obsessed with instant fame.

As the title implies, my book Who? – The most remarkable people you’ve never heard of tries to give credit where credit is due, to reveal the answers to some important questions...

Who saved us from diabetes, malaria and scurvy? Who made skyscrapers possible? Who invented the computer and air-conditioning?

Who gave us petrol, the microchip, television and aeroplanes? And who really gave us penicillin?

Women could argue that they might survive without plastic surgery, Chanel No. 5 and Botox, but they’d be lost without the bra, the “pill”, the plastic rubbish bag and the food

mixer. And many insist they couldn’t survive without their Agas.

Yet who to thank? How many people know who invented these life-changers?

And what about people important to the history of the South West? First, where would the region’s agriculture be without some of the key pioneers that I unearthed? Jethro Tull (no, not the rock band) whose seed drill helped to create Britain’s “agricultural revolution”; Joseph Glidden’s invention of barbed wire was not only significant for farming, but sadly for security and warfare; Norman Borlaug and his genetic crop advances created the “green revolution” and have just about enabled the world to feed itself – for now.

And then there is Harry Ferguson, not just for his tractors but, much more important, for that collection of tubes you can see at the back of every tractor in the world – his “three point linkage”. Before that, tractors were little more useful and versatile than diesel-powered horses – able merely to pull things. Now tractors could do innumerable tasks, trans-

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forming the world’s agriculture. Ferguson was typical of those pioneers who should be known for more than one thing – like Humphry Davy (now only remembered for his mining safety lamp, but actually one of Britain’s great scientists) who early in his illustrious career, at Bristol’s Pneumatic Institution, discovered the anaesthetic properties of “laughing gas”.

Mind you, even the most exciting scientific news could travel slowly. At the turn of the last century, my own great, great aunt Beatrice O’Brien was strolling in the garden with her mother and she proudly announced a startling fact: “My new Italian suitor can send messages hundreds of miles.”

“Oh that can’t be right, dear,” replied her mother. “Everyone knows you can’t shout more than a hundred yards.”

This was six years after Beatrice’s fiancé, Guglielmo Marconi, had first sent signals across open water using the Bristol Channel, and was now, of course, sending them hundreds of miles.

Another strong influence on the region was Joseph Banks, most famous for Kew, who encouraged the cultification of cotton in America.

Eli Whitney’s simple “cotton gin” then solved the problem of cleaning it, leading directly to a huge expansion of cotton growing and of the slave trade.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is famous enough and played a huge role in improving communications to Bristol and then the whole South West. But where would his Great Western Railway have been without the pioneering work on steam by Thomas Newcomen and James Watt? Less edifying, is the depressing way that successive British governments, by ordering planes and cancelling them, have managed to undermine the aviation industry, one of our most successful. It’s a fact that some of the things we enjoy most have been created

by unsung heroes – music like jazz, swing, country, rock’n’roll, and also our TV soaps and talent shows. So, too, with sports, like the Tour de France, the Indy 500, modern American football and soccer, the Cresta Run, surfing, the Olympics and Paralympics But to bring us down to the everyday basics that we all now take for granted. Do you use deodorant? Zip up your trousers? Get cash from a hole in the wall? Own a leotard? Watch TV? Or zap it with a remote? Use lifts? Listen to weather reports? Enjoy a hamburger?

Who’s to thank for all that? Who really shaped our world?

Donough O’Brien, before turning to writing, enjoyed a successful marketing career in Europe and the US. His previous “quirky history” books include Fame by Chance, Numeroids, In the Heat of the Battle and Banana Skins which covered the secrets of the slips and screw-ups that brought the famous down to earth (quirkyhistory.com).

Donough, an experienced broadcaster and media commentator, lives in London with his writer wife, Liz Cowley

Who? by Donough O’Brien, published

by Bene Factum, hardback £14.99, paperback £12.99

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Travel Madeleine Yorke

I started the day with toasted brioche, Camembert, bacon and lashings of maple syrup.

This was always going to put me in a good mood. But throw in a sun-dappled patio, lush vineyards and a glorious mountain view, and you can’t really beat this for a princely breakfast.

This relaxed vibe comes courtesy of the Steenberg estate, site of the oldest farm in South Africa’s Constantia Valley, just south of Cape Town.

The estate’s luxury hotel is steeped in oldfashioned charm, complete with gleaming white Cape Dutch-style buildings and a fragrant herb garden. Those with a contemporary love of food and drink-based travel will find plenty of interest here.

Breakfast complete, I set my mind to the serious task of getting to know the region’s wines – starting with a tasting at tapas bar Bistro 1682 on the estate.

I’m an enthusiastic wine drinker but, apart from a sixth sense for sniffing out the supermarket special offers, you could fit my actual knowledge on the back of a cork. Thankfully Chloe Canderle, our twinkly-eyed host, is a font of patience and wisdom.

We kick off with a glass of crisp sauvignon blanc, and I nod sagely as Chloe points out its distinct hint of gooseberries. This grape is a particular favourite of the region thanks to its proximity to the ocean and the relatively cool temperatures.

Under Chloe’s guidance, we work our way through a Catharina (a cherry-rich rare blend of three reds), semillon (notes of dried apricots, vanilla, and cedar wood) and Steenberg’s “icon wine”, the Magna Carta. Burying my nose in this elegant white blend, I try and detect the wafts of “fresh ocean breeze” that my host references.

Perhaps not as well known as the sprawling vineyards of Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, the Constantia Valley has history on its side (it’s the oldest wine region in the country), not to mention a handy proximity to Cape Town.

It’s a mere 20-minute drive, although the tranquil surroundings suggest it’s a good deal further away.

“Franschhoek and Stellenbosch have done a great job of marketing themselves,” says

Chloe. “But here we’re a valley of just eight producers, so it’s not quite as overwhelming.

You can see it all in a day, and you’re almost 100 per cent assured the wine will all be of fantastic quality.”

As everything begins to get a bit blurry round the edges, it seems a good time to move into the dining area, where I concentrate on soaking up the wine with pan-fried beef, chilli tiger prawns and a several bowlfuls of patatas bravas.

Despite rolling out of the restaurant hours (and another bottle of Catharina) later, I am determined to explore the other culinary gems of the region with equal gusto.

So, the next day, we head to Klein Constantia, a pretty estate on the foothills of the Constantiaberg, where tourists can sample its famous Vin de Constance – a sweet wine favoured by Napoleon, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

An afternoon drive around the Cape Peninsula – a visit to see the cute colony of African penguins on Boulders Beach is a must – helps work off the excesses of the morning, before the evening’s next wine-centric onslaught.

Suitably glammed up, we visit Gorgeous by Graham Beck, a shiny, sparkling wine bar at Steenberg, named after the late wine-maker’s favourite word. Here, we are treated to the full range of Beck’s Methode Cap Classique – bubbly made by the traditional Champagne method. A highlight is the Brut NV, chosen by President Obama to mark his inauguration.

As the empties line up, bar lady Zelda regales us with tales of Catharina Ras, the estate’s founder. Legend has it the feisty German widow arrived on the Cape as a stowaway and went on to survive a series of new husbands – who were variously mauled, stabbed and trampled to death by a lion, tribesman and elephant. Buzzing from the story-telling and the bubbles, we round off the evening at hotel restaurant Catharina’s, where a starter of fresh asparagus spears and a buttery-tender South African Chalmar beef steak go down a treat, as does the quartet of creme brulees for dessert.

Executive chef Garth Almazan has won

The vast vineyards Stellenbosch, South Africa – producers of some delicious wines

Travel news Why travellers are switching back to ‘safe’ Spain It may be October, but it seems the summer holiday season is far from over, with 1.15m Britons predicted to take a break abroad in the next eight weeks.

Not only will they be lured by the promise of late sunshine, they will also enjoy lower offpeak prices, fewer crowds, and an added spending power as the pound hits a ninemonth high against the euro.

Spain, in particular, looks set to be the prime destination for these autumn holidaymakers, following the trend of the summer months, where the mainland Costas, Balearic Islands and Canaries all saw a massive return of British holidaymakers in 2013. Indeed, official figures from Spain’s tourist board showed a 6.6 per cent leap in the number of British visitors in August, making nearly a quarter

(24.3 per cent) of the country’s total tourist arrivals.

So what’s behind our renewed love of Spain?

Of course, a relatively short flight time, almost guaranteed sunshine and family-friendly resorts are big draws. But in a year of major international political upheavals and fears of another financial crunch, the idea of a “safe Spain” has also played its part in 2013.

David Skillicorn, general manager at Prestige Holidays, explains: “So many travellers have booked at the last minute in 2013 – after reports of political troubles in Egypt, financial chaos in Cyprus, and riots in Istanbul, which put people off Turkey.

“Cyprus has suffered too – because people realise the Syrian coast is little over 100 miles away.

“This travel market is a bit like 2001 after the New York terror attacks, which stopped transatlantic travel for a while and the Balearic Islands went through the roof.”

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Do websites push hotel prices up or down?

Many are opting for Spain this autumn

The latest edition of the Good Hotel Guide (GHG) criticises online travel agents (OTAs) for pushing up prices on short hotel breaks?

“Hotel guests pay millions in commission to online travel agents, for little in return”, says CHG co-author Adam Raphael. “This is one of the reasons why hotel prices remain stubbornly high in the UK, and far higher than Europe.

“Hotels say they use booking agents to fill empty rooms, but do these agents really bring additional guests or merely cream off revenue?”

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awards for his fresh, seasonal cuisine, and I could happily while away several meals here, flitting between the sun-drenched gardens and the bright restaurant indoors.

But to get a different flavour of South African food, we drive into the city and pay a lunchtime visit to Bo-Kaap, the district settled in the mid-1800s by former slaves and exiles from Indonesia.

Amid a jumble of rainbow-coloured houses, we search for a taste of Cape Malay cuisine, which combines Southeast Asian and Indian influences with Dutch and British tastes and local ingredients.

In an unassuming street corner cafe, I watch wide-eyed as our table fills with treats – lamb curries, samosas and South African national dish bobotie, a moussaka-like mix of spiced mincemeat and fruits with a golden topping.

It’s the ideal way to refuel after a bracing stroll over the top of Table Mountain.

All that gluttony can be exhausting, so I do some serious unwinding back at the hotel’s spa and in my palatial suite, the Cape Colonial. One of three “heritage suites” paying tribute to a distinct part of the nation’s history, it’s actually a full-blown house with two floors.

Mine resembles a hunting lodge – albeit one where the living room mirror transforms into a huge TV. With Cape Town under our ever-expanding belts, we fly across to sample the delights of the Garden Route, a lush stretch along the south-eastern coast of the country.

Our base here is the sprawling Hotel Fancourt, in George. Guests are assigned their own butler (although, with a selection of glass decanters full of spirits in each room, you may not require their services) and you’re simply not allowed to go hungry while staying here.

No sooner have we polished off the cakes and afternoon tea on the private terrace, than out come endless trays of canapes and Champagne to gorge on.

All these are just appetisers, of course, and for proper dining we see what the rest of the hotel has to offer. My favourite is the crayfish special at Morning Glory restaurant – a half kilo of local lobster drenched in lemon butter sauce and served with stacks of fries.

If you can tear yourself away from the resort, the Garden Route is brimming with activities for visitors. At Oudtshoorn, we explore the vast underground network of the Cango Caves and then visit Buffelsdrift Game Lodge to feed, climb on, and even hug, three friendly rescued elephants.

Afterwards, I tuck into a juicy ostrich steak at the lodge and then drop by the Safari Ostrich Show Farm to see the living versions of these giant birds. Braver visitors can have a ride, but I was more than content to watch.

Travel facts – South Africa ■ Madeleine Yorke was a guest of African Pride (01904 619428; www.african-pride.co.uk) who offer a six-night Cape Escape in South Africa (three nights at Hotel Fancourt, two nights at Steenberg and one night on The Blue Train) including flights from Heathrow and hire car from £2,464 per person.

agents promise, and urges GHG readers to book direct.

Raphael: “What are online agents doing to earn high commissions? They have slick computerised booking systems, their selected hotels feature at the top of search engine pages, and they are effective in selling rooms in certain types of big hotels such as chains.

But benefits are far fewer for small, ownermanaged hotels.”

There is another side to the argument, of course. Alex Saint, chief executive of Secret Escapes, a members’ only hand-picked travel website, says: “The assumption that the internet is an evil wild-west, run by cartels, is untrue. At Secret Escapes, we hand-pick hotels and holidays.

“Some 80 per cent of bookings through Secret Escapes are incremental – the member was not thinking of taking the trip or staying at the hotel until they saw our email – so we fill empty rooms effectively and at short notice.”

Coastal Cottages (01437 772760) offers seven nights from Oct 26 in Ty Olwen sleeping four at Abercastle, Pembrokeshire for £449 (saving £79); and Holiday Cottages (01237 426256) offers seven nights from Oct 26 in Nilgala, sleeping up to eight in North Devon for £860, saving £215. All on self-catering basis.

Isle of Wight Wightlink (0871 376 0013) offers three nights’ B&B from Nov 1 at family guesthouse Sentry Mead in Totland Bay from £150, incl return car ferry ex-Portsmouth/ Lymington.

Christmas markets Cresta (0844 879 8014) offers two nights’ B&B in Nuremburg from £219, saving £70, ex-London City Dec 11; three nights’ B&B in Krakow from £199, saving £70, ex-Liverpool by Easyjet Dec 1; three nights’ B&B in Berlin from £219, saving £94, ex-Edinburgh by Easyjet Nov 23. Hotels mainly three-star.

See Santa in Lapland Santa’s Lapland (01483 791945) offers three days for family of four in Finnish resort of Saariselka from Dec 2 for £1799 or from £1,349 for family of three, saving up to £527 per family, with half-board accom at Hotel Holiday Club with indoor water-park with slides, waves, chutes and pools, a husky sled ride and reindeer sleigh ride and flights ex-Gatwick.

Verona Citalia (0844 415 1956) offers 11-night Verona and Lake Garda multi-centre holiday from £649, saving of up to £345, incl four nights B&B at four-star Grand Hotel Verona and seven nights half board in Lake Garda at four star Hotel Sole, ex-Gatwick with BA, Mar 28.

Lanzarote BA Holidays (0844 493 0758) offers seven nights’ room-only at three-star Mansion de Nazaret from £299, ex-Gatwick on selected dates through November.

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Staff based in 11,000 Post Office branches across Britain are getting ready to sell National Express coach tickets to around 1,000 destinations in England, Scotland and Wales.

Roughly a third of all the 17 million journeys taken each year with the UK’s largest coach operator go to airports, and the new link-up enables people to book coach travel straight to the terminal, while also arranging travel insurance and foreign currency.

For cheapest fares, passengers should book weeks in advance: 21-day advance singles for London-Truro, for example, start at £19.20; a 14-day advance single for London-Manchester starts at £12, while a three-day advance single for London-Edinburgh starts at £38.90.

For details visit www.nationalexpress.com, or call 08717 818 181.

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Half-term UK breaks

Hayes & Jarvis (0844 415 1918) offers eight nights’ B&B at four-star Mai Khao Lak Beach resort & Spa from £799, saving £437, with Thai Airways flights ex-Heathrow Oct 21.

Post Office steps in to boost coach travel

Book National Express at the Post Office

Travel take-off

Worldwide Dream Villas (0845 017 6707) offers seven nights’ B&B based on Junior Garden View Suite at The Crane Residential Resort, Barbados from £1,293, saving 30 per cent of brochure price. Must be booked by Oct 31 for deps through Nov and until Dec 20.

Danube river cruise Fred Olsen/River Cruises (0808 250 7052) offers eight days on Danube on deluxe MS Mozart from Oct 24 via Passau, Krems, Esztergom/Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna and Melk for £1,219, saving £580,(cruise only). Excursions incl city tours of Budapest, Bratislava Vienna. Prices including flights/transfers from £1,559 per person, with four-course lunches and dinner each day.

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Travel Eleanor Gaskarth

The Cornwall Hotel Spa and Estate’s Clearing Spa is home to an infinity pool that opens on to a walled garden, and also has a restaurant with an AA Rosette

What could be better than a remote, relaxing space to spend a few days away?

One answer might be somewhere that feels just like that, while actually being two miles away from a train station or around ten from a major road.

As well as managing to be both peaceful and accessible, the Cornwall Hotel Spa and Estate also combines new (only opened in 2010) with old (original Victorian manor house at its centre) and independence (self-catering woodland homes available) with indulgence (they are luxury five-star cabins).

In short, the best of both worlds may exist in Tregorrick, just outside St Austell.

If the receptionist thought it odd when I asked if I could take my surfboard up to the room, she did not show it. The birthday present had been purchased just an hour

previously and I could not bear to part with it so soon. Luckily our Woodland Room turned out to be spacious and breezy, certainly ample for the three of us, with a balcony looking out across lawn, mature woodland and a lake.

A modern open-plan layout means the shower and bath are in plain sight. Basically, if you are not familiar with your spouse’s bathing habits before your stay, you soon will be. By not walling the facilities off, the architects have achieved a wonderful airy feeling within the space and, of course, the WC is in a separate en suite.

A short stroll around the main building sits the Clearing Spa. An infinity pool stretches into retractable glass walls that open onto a walled garden, with a Hockney’esque land-

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scape of copses and fields beyond. Loungers and deep sofas surround the pool and – although this is a very family-friendly place – there are two child-free sessions each day (bliss if you enjoy a dip without being divebombed or boshed in the face with an inflatable crocodile). There is also time for a sauna, aroma steam room and drench shower before donning a fluffy white robe and flip flops and hitting the juice bar.

Relaxation levels reached a peak when beauty therapist Libby took over for a 50-minute Equilibrium Journey spa treatment. From the toes to the top of the scalp, this is complete indulgence – a full body massage including deep inhalation which concentrates on facial pressure points, followed by an ayurvedic scalp massage. When Libby returned from getting me a glass of water she found me asleep, and I emerged into the hotel grounds feeling like molten muscles vaguely shaped into a human.

That evening we dined at the Arboretum Restaurant in the Hotel’s White House, once a grand private mansion and now an intimate setting with an AA rosette.

My starter of chicken liver parfait was light with a creamy, velvety texture, while a smoked haddock rarebit was rich with a hint of sweetness – the sharp cheese and smoky fish a perfect fit. Less inspired was slightly-toocrispy chicken in a thyme jus with buttered leeks and mushrooms, outclassed by its fellow main of succulent pink lamb with a peppery crust. Not fancying the accompanying kidney risotto, the chef very accommodatingly created a Jerusalem artichoke replacement that

complemented the carrot and cardamom puree to top off a tasteful, beautifully presented dish.

While I could only manage one scoop of chocolate ice cream, my husband’s cheese board was a line up of Duchy greats: Cornish Blue, Cornish Yarg, Helford White and St Endellion Brie.

By the following day I felt it was time to get out and take advantage of the area’s rich activity offering. Porthpean and Pentewan are less than two miles away and the idyllic coves provide an ideal base to try a wide range of watersports. Ours was a baking, breezeless day so the planned sailing lesson went out of the window and – to my speed hungry delight – the hotel kindly organised a power-boating taster session instead.

Instructor Anna gave me the all-important safety lesson before showing me how to drive and handle the boat. Blessed with glassy, waveless conditions, we roared around the bay for a while and I was completely enthralled at the force and acceleration of the boat. Once I had the hang of it, we putted into Mevagissey Harbour to try some more gentle manouevering and enjoy the atmosphere of the historic fishing port.

The hotel is happy to arrange all kinds of activities from the thrill-seeking to the more family-friendly, including horse riding, sea kayaking, coasteering, fishing, golf and rib hire. You will just have to tear yourself away from that fluffy dressing gown...

■ For more information visit www.thecornwall.com or call 01726 874050

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Walks Sue Gearing

Lydney.

Last week, my circle visited Purton on the Eastern side of the Severn Estuary. This week we cross the estuary and circle round through the Purton on the Lydney side getting great views back across to Sharpness.

It’s a fairly long, rural and then riverside walk which takes in Lydney Harbour.

From the West side of the Severn Estuary, from Lydney and Purton, look across to the other Purton and to Sharpness where I walked last week.

It starts in Lydney and crosses pleasant open Gloucestershire farmland to reach the estuary.

Follow the estuary and railway where you may be passed by a steam train or two. Reach fascinating Lydney Harbour and then up go the Lyd on the raised bank to the town, over the Dean Valley railway and through the recreation ground.

Some paths may be a little overgrown and there could be some mud in parts. It is a bit of a countryside exploration in an area not frequented by too many walkers.

Wear good boots as, after ploughing and harvesting maize, some fields may be muddy.

There are very few hills, but some stiles may present a challenge to dogs.

There is no refreshment en route – only back in Lydney, so take a picnic. Parking is 80p for four hours.

Start Turn right out to the junction and cross and go up Tuthill opposite, passing the Greyhound on your right. Keep on for several minutes all the way to Meadow View. Turn left and shortly bear right across the grass to pick up a footpath under trees which goes alongside the school metal fence. Continue to the corner and into a field.

1 Field Turn right along the end of the school grounds. At the hedge corner, turn 90 degrees left across the field and on the far side meet a small path and turn right. It leads to a footbridge over into a field. Turn left along the left hedge to a stile in the corner.

2 Main road This takes you down across the main A48 and over a stile opposite. Follow the left hedge for about 80 single paces and look carefully for a stile on the left, where it may be a little overgrown.

Once over, go ahead to reach a farm drive.

Go more or less straight over to a footpath sign by a fence corner and go ahead along a grassy path (if the stile is too hard, continue in the field to an opening and wide track left which leads to the farm. Turn left down the drive for a short way to pick up the footpath on the right by the fence corner.)

Reach a field and go through a gate and straight on down. Cross a footbridge and head up into a field and straight across to the far corner. Turn right on to a farm track/drive.

There is a small footbridge and stile down on the left of the track but may be too overgrown. Don’t go up the drive but go immediately into the field and then head diagonally across and up towards the top corner, heading towards a pylon where the power lines do a right-angle. Cross a plastic covered wire on the way. In the field corner, leave through a gate and go ahead to a hard track.

3 Track Pass Wards Farm and continue up the lane to Gurshill Farm and a junction.

4 Junction Turn right and then right again. This small lane drops downhill towards the estuary and Purton. After just over half a mile reach the footpath you want on the right before you actually reach Purton hamlet. It is only a couple of minutes further on and you get a

good close view across to the other Purton and along the Severn, if you wish. At very low tide you can see the remains of the central pier of the Severn Rail bridge which spectacularly burnt down one October night in 1960 after two boats collided and exploded underneath.

The line was invaluable in taking coal from South Wales to Sharpness Docks.

5 Footpath Take the footpath right along a stony track.

After a couple of minutes go left under a huge stone bridge under the old railway. Enter a field and follow the hedge left.

Half way along, go left down a path that’s maybe a little muddy. Go through a gate and on down. Come into a field with a hill ahead.

Turn left through a gate and then right with hedge on right and go uphill getting great views across the estuary. Maintain direction walking just below the hill top and coming above woodland.

Follow it along on your left, going through two kissing gates until you reach a kissing gate into the wood. This next section is through the wood which may be a little overgrown in parts. Eventually the path comes to a track and during forestry work, the path is clearly diverted alongside the track.

It goes through woodland again and then back alongside the track. Carry on all the way

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to the end where you go left on to the track and then over a railbridge

6 Rail bridge Follow alongside the track and then go ahead on to a pleasant footpath into the woodland high above the estuary which you follow for nearly three quarters of a mile. En route, pass close by a cottage. Ignore side paths and eventually come into a field. Go left round the edge, passing moored boats way down below.

Then turn left down steps to Lydney Harbour

7 Lydney Harbour This has been a vital part of River Severn navigation since Roman times and is now a much valued historic part of Lydney, a popular visitor destination and home of the Lydney Sailing Club.

Turn right with the locks on your left and come through a barrier to a parking area.

Cross left over the bridge at the end of the marina and on up to a picnic area on the estuary edge and the raised old bank. There are some standing stones here too, designed by local sculptor David Yeates. As you walk around the rocks, you will see the compass directions appear as the letters on the rocks become aligned.

When you can read a compass direction that is the direction in which you are looking.

Continue to a boulder also designed by David Yeates and which shows the direction to the site of the Lydney Roman Temple and Alvington church. Continue towards Lydney Town Centre on the raised bank alongside the old canal looking down the estuary to the two Severn bridges. This one-mile canal was opened in 1813 to trans-ship iron and coal from the Forest of Dean.

8 Station At the end, turn right, soon reaching Lydney Station. Follow the road on and shortly reach Lydney Junction, which serves the Dean Forest Railway. Follow the pavement to a roundabout. Go round the right side and through a barrier into the recreation ground opposite.

9 Lake Go clockwise around the lake to the far corner.

Carry on along a path which leads along the end of gardens, through a parking area and out onto a road at the bus station.

Turn left and soon reach the junction in the centre of Lydney. Go straight over to where you parked.

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Walks Martin Hesp

I’ve heard that the best walking routes should offer choice...

That is what I was told by a group of hiking enthusiasts the other day after we’d been discussing the rather obvious, but often overlooked, fact that walkers come in many different shapes, sizes and abilities.

In which case, here’s a three-mile walk that offers an ideal example of choice as it waltzes around the roof of western Exmoor, because you can add to it a couple of easy-to-follow extensions.

We’re in the parish of Trentishoe, in North Devon, perched high above the ludicrously steep sides of Heddon’s Mouth Cleave.

This is the deep valley where Exmoor’s hills suddenly divide halfway between Lynmouth and Combe Martin. Cleave is the name and cleave is the word. Stand high on the western rim of Exmoor’s rift valley and you get the impression that God used an axe when he created this great gulch.

This column has been close to the spot before. A while ago I wrote about the eastern approach to the valley from Woody Bay. This time we’re starting high on the western side.

Trentishoe is the name of a hamlet tucked way up on the great shoulder that is the western jaw of the Cleave’s mouth, and basically we are going to walk around this lofty ridge.

But, as I’ve indicated, there are options. Last week I was on a hiking holiday in the Mediterranean with a group of walkers whose ability to amble, clamber and climb varied hugely.

After discovering I was a walks writer, the group asked if I provided options when describing hikes and regular readers will know that I sometimes do...

This is a case in point – on this walk we have the option of staying more or less on the same high contour all the way, which makes for an easy amble – or plunging down into the ravine which will mean we have to climb all the way back up again.

Whichever route we want to follow, we start at a place where the eastern moors of Holdstone Down give way to walled fields.

From here we set off along the coast path to a place called North Cleave Gut, which I’m told contains the highest cliffs in England – even higher than those at Countisbury, which are generally regarded as the country’s tallest.

Everything beneath us is impenetrable and dangerous – the domain of the peregrine falcon and not the hiker. At a place marked on the map as East Cleave, which is no more than a sea-facing indentation in the hill, our high path now rounds the great shoulder to head south.

And here comes the first of our choices – we can take the lower coast path proper to enter the great ravine of the Cleave, or follow the field walls around to the hamlet of Trentishoe on what is actually the Tarka Trail.

The lower path is more dramatic – we are treated to amazing views of the scree slopes on both sides of the valley that spill their shale towards the river far below.

Look south and the ravine cuts right into the heart of the moors. Look north and there, far below, is the rocky mouth of the valley being smashed by a raging sea.

If we’ve followed this lower path to enjoy the best of the views, we come to our second choice of the day.

Halfway around the shoulder of hill we can either turn right up a steep track which rejoins the Tarka Trail

250ft above, or turn sharp left and descend all the way to the bottom of the Cleave.

The beauty of the latter is that we can walk upstream to partake of refreshment at the excellent Hunter’s Inn. I did this recently and recalled Henry Williamson’s description of the place in his story The Old Stag: “The wind screamed around Hunter’s Inn...

The sea was less than a mile away. The river flowed beneath the towering cleave, tameless and unclimbable, its sides grey and smooth with loose flakes of shale. All things in the cleave were hidden as the hounds of the storm bayed across the sky... Fed by a hundred torrents, the river rose many feet.”

After visiting the inn we can follow footpaths up Trentishoe Coombe, which is a western tributary valley to the main Cleave – passing Black Cleave and Heale Brake to cross the stream and join a path called Ladies Miles which (if we turn right) will take us right up over mighty Trentishoe Down back to the place where we began the hike. This option is for the fitter, more energetic, walker.

Our other, easier, choice left us up on the hill heading for downtown Trentishoe which consists of a nothing but farm and a famous old church.

St Peter stands tucked in its hollow – all austere and modest – as honest a house of worship as you’re ever likely to find in Christendom. You get the feeling that the folk who knelt here in this wild spot down through the centuries would have been more ear nest in their prayers than perhaps the high and mighty who wafted incense in urban cathedrals. Earnest – but not, perhaps, honest – at least as far as the Customs men were concerned. In 1827 a Trentishoe farmer called Jim Hoyle was caught with no fewer than £1,180’s worth of brandy hidden under his stable floors. Customs and Excise confiscated the 262 tubs of booze, but something within me is glad to report that Jim escaped through a back window.

Spend a few moments in the churchyard and try to spot the gravestone which marks the final resting place of David [Dick] Turpin. No highwayman this, but the church organist who passed away in 1979.

From here we can climb easily away from the hamlet by following Trentishoe Lane back to where we began... Don’t worry about walking along a proper road – this is one of those peaceful three-cars-per-hour routes which makes a gentle ascent to Holdstone Down.

All three routes start and end in the same place, but for those who like the idea of choice you have a two-and-a-half mile dawdle that is fairly level, or the three mile option with the slight extension which includes one steep climb.

Then there’s a six-mile full-on route that will see you descending and climbing over 1,000 feet, but does boast a pub stop.

FactFile Basic Hike: Short route – from Holdstone Down around western slopes of Heddon’s Mouth Cleave to Trentishoe.

Mid route – basically the same with an extension around the lower contours of Heddon Cleave. Tougher route descends to bottom of Cleave, passes Hunter’s Inn before following Trentishoe Coombe upstream.

Recommended Map: Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure 9.

Distance and Going: Short – 2½ miles easy going; mid – 3 miles, one sharp climb; longest – 6 miles, one long descent and one long climb.

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Gardening Alan Down

Cyclamen can bloom every month, but they are just so right for this time of the year.

As the nights draw in and days become short and often dull, cyclamen are there to brighten up our lives.

By carefully collecting and cultivating hardy outdoor species and varieties, cyclamen will almost be in bloom in your garden continuously but, realistically, most of us will only attempt to grow the autumn flowering Cyclamen hederifolium (formerly C. neapolitanum).

There’s nothing wrong with that and it is easy enough to grow and very long flowering too. Given time, this little beauty will steadily spread and colonise a part of your garden.

You can plant this species now from either British pot-grown stock or from dry corms that are sadly still often harvested in the wild.

The dry corms are dormant of course and may take a bit of persuading that they should wake up and grow in your garden.

But what is more worrying is the damage that this form of wild collecting does to the Middle Eastern hillsides where they are found.

At Cleeve Nursery, we only offer the British pot-grown type.

Cyclamen hederifolium is available in soft shades of pink through to white and the leaves mostly appear after the blooms have finished.

Each corm will steadily increase in size and often sits right on the soil surface. Old corms can reach dinner plate size.

Following on soon after this autumn flowering type is the smaller-looking but equally tough Cyclamen coum. Again with a good colour range between dark cerise, pink and white, these are great colonisers. The seed pods of cyclamen are worth a mention since, after fertilisation (all are favoured by bees) the flower stem coils up like a spring pulling the fattened seed pod back towards the centre of the plant. You would think that this would lead to all new seedlings growing close to the centre of the plant but somehow they disperse quite widely and I rather suspect that ants have a role in this.

Both of these hardy types often have very decorative leaves, some silvery white and others pewter and intricately marked.

These easy-to-grow hardy species thrive under trees, especially those that lose their leaves in winter. They can also be planted on dry grassy banks or at the feet of large shrubs.

In my own garden, both species have invaded the lawn, and flower at a time when there is little risk of them being decapitated by the mower.

I suspect that these species have been used to produce what was novel but is now mainstream – autumn-bedding miniature cyclamen. These are delightful and remarkably tough little customers.

Having slightly bigger blooms than their truly hardy perennial cousins, they are very showy plants for filling any container.

With a widened colour range and some boasting delightful delicate perfume too, little wonder that hundreds of thousands are planted to brighten up our winter days. With bi-colours and picotee blooms, the range gets better every year.

Popular colours include dark vermillion, shell pink, dark pink and of course a Christmas favourite; purest white with rich red. All mix readily with variegated ivy, dainty viola and pansies, winter-flowering heathers and primroses.

To succeed, well-structured potting compost and slow-release fertiliser should be used in pots, window boxes, hanging baskets and bowls. There is really no limit to the type of container that can be used, provided that excess water can readily drain away.

Position planted containers in sheltered but “open” positions. If that sounds contradictory, you are trying to get plenty of air movement around plants so that the wet leaves and flowers dry quickly after rainfall or watering.

Wet plants, particularly those exposed to cold north easterly winds, are likely to struggle and succumb to grey mould rotting the centre of each plant.

To avoid this, and this applies as much to indoor cyclamen as these outdoor bedding types, dying flowers should be carefully removed, endeavouring to remove the whole flower stem right down to the point where it is attached to the corm. To achieve this, grip the stem (applies to yellowing leaves too) between your forefinger and thumb, twist the stem through 90 degrees and give it a gentle inward (towards the plant centre) and upward tug.

This should ensure that there is no part of the stem left to rot back and infect the centre of the cor m.

So what of the more conventional indoor pot plant cyclamen?

Well here is a plant that relishes cool temperatures. If you keep the thermostat up and your house is warm, you will need to find a cool place for these to do well for you. The potted cyclamen is a perfect plant for a glazed porch, an occasionally heated bedroom, a hallway or a conservatory.

If you live in the city, you may be able to get away with these lasting well outside in window boxes, where the waste heat ensures that the temperature is always a few degrees above those in the countryside.

All cyclamen hate to have moisture around the plant centre where there will be plenty of new flower buds developing and a crowd of leaf stem bases too. When watering these you should avoid splashing water into this area and the best way is to give water from the base of the pot allowing the plant to draw up what it needs by. Don’t be tempted to constantly stand your plants in a saucer of water (a tray of wet pebbles is OK). A weekly feed of high-potash liquid fertiliser will help to keep the show going too.

Some gardeners struggle with indoor cyclamen and find that they are short lived. It may be watering in the wrong way or that their house is too warm but it may also be that the plant they bought was grown too fast and “soft”.

While I hesitate to recommend this to everyone buying our cyclamen, we have a simple check that we make when buying our plants in. That is to spread your fingers and slip them between the flower stems. Then with the other hand lift the pot and invert the plant so that the whole plant is resting in the palm of your hand on its leaves. If it sits there happily without the leaves breaking, it has been well grown.

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Garden visits Antiques Alan’s gardening tips for the weekend ■ Reduce the height of bush roses by trimming them back by a third to half their height.

This will reduce the likelihood of the roots being damaged if the tops rock around in the winter gales. Clear up and burn any diseased leaves.

■ Plant new roses. If you can only replant where roses were before, put some of the new Rootgrow in the bottom of the planting hole.

■ If you are trying to grow lime-hating plants and your soil is naturally alkaline (limey), add sulphate of iron to the soil and gently hoe it in now. This will lower the pH of the soil and enable you to grow such beautiful plants as rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and the summer-flowering group of heathers.

■ Aquadulce Claudia broad beans can be sown from now on. This autumn sowing will produce the earliest crop and invariably avoids attack from blackfly.

■ Pull up runner bean plants and put them on the compost heap.

■ Sweep up leaves regularly, don’t let them lie on your grass and spoil it. You can turn them into a good soil improver by adding some Maxicrop liquid compost activator or Garotta and allowing them to rot down. This can even be done in a plastic sack with a few pinprick holes in it.

■ Finish bulb planting now, the sooner they are in the ground, the sooner they will start rooting and the better they will perform next year.

■ If badgers dig up tulip bulbs, plant them in a buried cage made of chicken wire.

■ Put up ladybird/lacewing/mason bee overwintering lodges to help these useful insects over-winter.

■ Treat lawns with an autumn feed and moss killer

Ask Alan QUESTION I have been sorting through my onions which I had dug and left to dry. I find a lot of them, particularly the white ones, have little worms in them, most of which appear to have gone in via the neck of the onions. Do you know what these little worms are and is there any way I can prevent it happening next year? I would add that I use a three-year rotation in my little veg plot so no onions had been planted in the same ground for two years From D Biddulph

ANSWER It sounds as if your onions have onion fly larvae. There is no chemical control but here are some non-chemical remedies to try.

Remove and burn any plants as soon as pests are seen. Keep host weeds such as dandelions under control. Don’t plant on soil that has fresh and un-rotted manure added to it. A fleece barrier may keep the adults out. Planting sets rather than sowing seeds may help.

Plant companion plants nearby as this could attract natural predators of the onion fly.

Alan’s Plant of the Week – Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ This compact version of the Sacred Bamboo is a real star at this time of the year. It’s an evergreen shrub that resembles a dwarf bamboo but is in fact related to that prickly customer the Berberis. However, you will find no prickles on Nandina.

In autumn, the curled mid-green leaves change to fiery reds, pinks and orange tints.

Firepower is a good plant to grow in a pot or at the front of a border and is happy if grown in full or part sun. Even though the leaves turn this glorious colour in autumn, unlike so many other plants that have good autumn colour, the leaves do not fall off in winter.

Asked to name an apple most of us could probably come up with four or five. Granny Smith and Bramley would lead the way, with Cox and Braeburn following closely behind.

In fact, despite the limited range in supermarkets, there are hundreds of different varieties, covering everything from eaters and cookers to early season and late harvesters.

Quite how many there are was brought home to me when I visited Snowshill Manor, in Gloucestershire to see the preparations for their annual apple weekend. I’ve been to orchards and gardens all over the region and seen dozens of different varieties but head gardener Linda Roberts was still able to show me some I’d never seen before.

When she arrived at Snowshill 23 years ago the old orchard was long past its best.

“There were just five apples, a few pears and one walnut,” she says.

Slowly she has replanted the space, using a quincunx arrangement, which means the trees are in straight rows from every angle. In addition, more trees have been planted in Pipers Grove near the National Trust property’s restaurant. All are on a traditional full standard rootstock, rather than the dwarfing rootstock commonly used in domestic gardens.

“They will make a big tree eventually,” explains Linda, “because we wanted a traditional looking orchard.”

Snowshill now has around 50 different varieties of apple, mostly from the three counties with just a few from further afield.

Linda admits that it was not always their eating quality or reliability that made her choose them.

“Sometimes it was just the name that attracted me.”

And with names such as Hoary Morning and Cow Apple it’s easy to see why.

Among the local varieties are Severn Bank and Corse Hill, which has dainty fruit.

Gloucester Underleaf has a lax growing habit, Hunts Duke of Gloucester is a russet and Gloucester Royal has very red fruit.

Other interesting varieties include Lemon Pippin, with small, yellow fruit, Egremont Russet with tawny fruit, Cat’s Head, with apples shaped like the skull of a cat, Wormsley Pippin from Herefordshire, and Sheep’s Nose, which is less prolific than many varieties.

The apple weekend is a chance for visitors to see these old varieties and many more as every year Linda travels to different orchards, gathering unusual apples.

Last year there were 429 varieties and this year she aims to have even more. “I never know what I’m going to collect because every season is different,” she says.

Mandy Bradshaw

Snowshill Apple Weekend is today and tomorrow from 11am to 5.30pm

For Good Advice & Excellent Home Grown Plants visit your local nursery!

Picture guide Alan Down loves the vibrancy of cyclamen, main image at this time of year. Bottom, from left, Cylamen coum pewter leaf; a ladybird lodge; broad beans; Alan has advice on growing onions; and Alan’s plant of the week, Nandina domestica

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Assistant gardener at Snowshill Manor, Katie Tippens, checks the apples

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Antiques They came, two by two

Chest the ticket for bids battle

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Smiths Auction Rooms

A Noah’s Ark dating from 19th-century Germany is expected to be a popular lot in an upcoming auction at Lawrences of Crewker ne.

Entered for sale by a local client, the painted Ark comes with Noah and a large quantity of hand-carved wooden animals.

Auctioneer Simon Jones said: “We have sold a number of arks over the years and they are always very popular. A great many of the animals have survived, which is unusual, as they generally get lost or broken over time. We are expecting a great deal of interest from private buyers and collectors.”

The ark will be sold in Lawrences forthcoming Autumn Collectors Sale, held on November 14 and 15, and is expected to make up to £500. For further details, call Simon Jones on 01460 73041.

Smiths Auction on October 4 saw a military chest make £1,200 after a battle between three telephone bidders and interest in the room.

The 19th-century chest had reputedly been carried on a number of Victorian campaigns and was in surprisingly good condition.

In an exciting jewellery section a 1950s Rolex watch in very good condition with its original box made £1,200, while an amber necklace made £1,000 followed by two smaller amber necklaces which made £700. Chinese buyers are very keen on amber at present, favouring antique “egg-yolk yellow” opaque bead necklaces to the heat treated translucent beads previously popular with British buyers.

The longer yellow necklaces with larger beads make the most money with cherry amber and faceted amber beads making far less.

Antique jewellery also appears to be selling well with a pair of silver and diamond drop earrings making £300, a large cameo brooch making £200 and an early 19th-century garnet and diamond ring making £240. A silver and enamel Art Nouveau necklace made £250, while a Victorian coral and seed pearl set bangle made £270. Boxes of antique costume and vintage jewellery were also snapped up – with some boxes of mixed costume jewellery making more than £100 each.

Elsewhere in the sale, Chinese items continued to perform well, with a Chinese embroidered rank badge circa 1900 making £1,100 to a Chinese buyer from East Anglia. Other collectables included a Louis Wain book of comical cat pictures which made £270, while a charming Edwardian children’s book of moving pictures made £75. Scouting items continue to prove popular with a box of old scouting badges making an unexpected £240.

Smiths’ next sale on November 8 includes a special section for silver, gold and jewellery.

Already consigned is a large diamond ring weighing more than two carats and estimated at £4,000-£6,000. A good selection of antique jewellery includes an early Victorian cabochon-cut garnet pendant and a selection of delicate Edwardian jewellery set of seed pearls.

A fine early 19th-century apothecary box in beautiful condition and fitted with the original glass bottles and dissecting kit is sure to prove popular and is estimated to make £200£300. A selection of silver items includes a George III silver teapot by Henry Chawner estimated to make £300-£500, while a stunning Mappin & Webb huge silver plated punch bowl decorated with vines is sure to make a stunning centre piece to any Christmas party.

Entries are still invited for Smiths’ November sale – call 01531 821776 or see the website.

Classic cars and motorcycles Richard Edmonds A brace of Lagondas will once again be the show piece on the sesond day of Richard Edmonds’ October auction at Castle Combe today.

The 1932 three-litre saloon has only recently been unearthed and has been in single ownership since the 1960s. Auctioneer Richard Edmonds has valued it £30,000-£40,000 and past popularity for such items indicate there will be plenty of interest.

From the same stable is a 1928 Lagonda 12.9 Vanden plas tower, also owned by one person since the early 1960s, and a 1929 Lea Francis Ptype, found in a barn. The discovery follows Richard Edmonds; success in selling a P-type in similar condition in August. The 12.9 is estimated at £38,000-45,000 and the Lea Francis at £5,000-£8,000, a figure sure to attract keen restorers.

A rare biscuit tin by Pearce Duff’s from the 1920s is to be sold by Tamlyn’s on October 29, estimated at £200-£300. A fine early 19th-century apothecary box carries and estimate of £200-£300 for its sale at Smiths, and an early Norfolk Liar Game Counter achieved £520 at Greenslade Taylor Hunt The same could be said of the 1959 Jaguar XK 150 Fixed head Coupe, although bearing a family resemblance to the XK120 and XK140, the XK150 was radically revised. This is estimated at £35,000-£45,000.

There will also be a gathering of Austins with two coming over from Ireland, a 1929 Austin Seven RK Saloon at £5,000-£6,000 and a 1932 Austin Seven RP estimated at £4,000£5,000. The other two are a 1927 Austin 20/4 Mulliner, a two seater and dickey and an Austin 12/4 Burnham Saloon Estate estimated at £16,000-£18,000 and £9,500-£10,000 respectively.

Other cars include a 1952 Land Rover and 1927 Overland Saloon, while yesterday was dominated by a private collection of automobilia that has come in from an estate in Bath. It contains an array of enamel signs, early road signs, petrol pumps and globes.

Four classic motorcycles from Stroud in Gloucestershire top the bill for the motorcycle section. They include a 1964 Triumph Tiger 100 and a Tiger 70. The 100 will go under the hammer with an estimate of £3,000-£4,000.

The other bikes include a 1948 BSA M21 and a 1963 Velocette Venom, carrying estimates of £3,000-£5,000 and £6,000-£7,000 respectively.

“The M21 was produced by BSA from 1937 to 1963 making it an important and popular model,” said auctioneer Richard Edmonds.

“The Velocette is from a time when they were the fastest bikes in the world so it is a fabulous little collection and already we have plenty of interest.”

More details from 01249 444544 or online at www.richardedmondsauctions.com

Crumbs, biscuit tin’s a cracker Tamlyns The highlight of the forthcoming sale at Tamlyn’s, in Bridgwater, will be a rare biscuit tin by Pearce Duff ’s, taken from a selection of tinplate toys.

In good original condition, the tin dates from the 1920s and is to be sold in the Collectors’ sale on October 29, with an estimate of £200-£300.

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Roach case proves top catch Greenslade Taylor Hunt Sporting ephemera came under the spotlight at the biannual West Country Sporting Sale this month, with more than 600 diverse lots, from a pair of whale’s teeth to paintings of hunting scenes.

A multiplicity of taxidermy formed a considerable section of the auction and was much in demand. A splendid recumbent terrier on a red cushion proved particularly popular, making £260 from a guide of £60-£80.

A cased display of five adult kingfishers and a nest of young fetched double its estimate, going for £360, and a hare mask dating from the 1930s fetched £150 from a guide of £20.

It was a bowed glazed display case of three roach swimming among rocks and water plants that caught the eye in this section. A phone bidder secured the lot with a bid of £1,100. It had a pre-sale estimate of £80-£120.

The fish theme continued with a cracking price achieved for a Hardy Perfect 4¼in salmon reel. The gavel went down at £290 from a guide of £80-£90.

A superb oil painting of hounds at a gate by French artist Charles Oliver de Penne was secured by phone for £1,800. This had been expected to achieve £1,000-£1,500.

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Antiques examples in this sale both achieving excellent prices. An early Norfolk Liar Game Counter achieved £520 from a pre-sale guide of £350£400. The other a G and JW Hawksley Norfolk Liar Game Counter went for £440 from an estimate of £350-£400.

The next monthly sale takes place on Thursday, November 7, from 10.30am at The Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton.

This will include a special paintings section.

Free valuation mornings are held each Monday from 9am-1pm and home valuations are available by arrangement. Call Stuart Triggol on 01823 332525.

Downsizing owner’s art on the up Charterhouse A collection of train and railway-related pictures and prints feature at auction on Friday, after their owner downsized and unable to accommodate all the pictures.

Auctioneer Richard Bromell said: “They have mostly been purchased through London and other galleries and will no doubt appeal to collectors and enthusiasts of trains and Railwayana. Included in the collection are original watercolour drawings, oil paintings, limited etchings, linocuts and other prints, and with estimates from £50 up to £500 there is plenty of choice for everyone.”

Viewing for this auction of nearly 1,000 lots is on Wednesday Thursday. Catalogues are available from Charterhouse or from www.charterhouse-auction.com Charterhouse is now accepting for their forthcoming programme of antiques auctions with specialist sections of silver, watches & jewellery and wine in November.

For further information or to arrange a home visit, please contact Richard Bromell, Partner at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset 01935 812277 or via email on info@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

Own a Mini part of car history Charterhouse

This stunning chess piece was one of many that gained interest among buyers in a sale at Stroud Auction Rooms, where buyers from around the world pushed prices into the thousands

The Charterhouse November classic car and motorcycle auction includes a group of Minis rarely seen on our roads today.

“The classic car market is particularly buoyant at present with high prices being achieved across the broad spectrum of vehicles,” said auctioneer Matthew Whitney.

“However, while cars such as Aston Martin and Jaguar E Types continue to produce bidding wars as demand outstrips supply, there are other winners such as the range of classic Minis. Once a common sight on our roads, their numbers are dwindling as they are more and more often being put into private collections.”

There are several star Minis in the Charterhouse auction, with some of them estimated higher than the price of a new Mini.

First up is an extremely rare 1961 Mini pickup. From the first year of pick-up production, this is probably the earliest pick-up currently available. One family owned from new, and with only 27,000 recorded miles, this has spent the whole of its life in Dorset and Somerset.

Now looking for a new owner, this marvellous little commercial vehicle is estimated at £11,000-13,000.

Estimated at £3,000 more is a 1969 Mini Cooper S from a client in Cornwall. Being a matching numbers car, in perhaps arguably the most desirable Cooper specification, this Mini has been garage stored since 1988.

But purists may fancy a 1960 Austin Se7en, which sports only an 850cc engine. The first owner had the factory put in many extras such as numerous dials, toggles and even faux leopard seat covers, no doubt the height of fashion in its day. Now looking for a new garage, this early Mini is estimated at £10,000£15,000.

However, for the Mini owner who is looking for some fun in the sun, Charterhouse has a Mini Moke from a client in Wiltshire. Painted in a patriotic red, white and blue combination, this summer fun motor is estimated at £4,000£6,000 Charterhouse is now accepting late entries for this auction of classic cars and motor-

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Antiques From previous page

Chess draws across the board

cycles on November 3 at The Royal Bath & West Showground.

For further information, call Matthew Whitney at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset 01935 812277 or email info@charterhouse-auctions.co.uk

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Quays hopes to build success Gloucester Quays Antiques Fair Bookings for the fair are strong and the organisers are hoping that numbers will build on those at the inaugural event in April.

The eclectic mix of exhibitors includes many new stand holders, most of whom are dealing in traditional antiques and collectables. We have some quirky and unusual stands verging on vintage/retro. Mr Douglas from Bristol, primarily a vintage toy and children’s book dealer, will be offering an exquisite and pristine 1960s boxed Max Factor cosmetics collection.

South Gloucestershire artist Alexander Fothergill will be exhibiting a selection of his recent works for sale, which have proved very popular among young buyers and collectors.

His work is of the urban genre influenced by street art such as Bristol artist Bansky. At the other end of the art spectrum, Candice Horley from Surrey has a rare Greek tripych of the Deisis. The central panel depicts the enthroned Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. On the left and right panels are St Nicholas, St George, St Spyridon and St Demetrios.

The fair is open from 10am to 5pm in the exhibition space known as the Upper Deck.

Access is directly from the Gloucester Quays multi-storey car park on Level One. Admission is £2.50, no charge for accompanied children. Call Brian and Wes on 07948 168098 or see www.gloucesterquaysantiquesfair.co.uk

A triptych for sale at Gloucester Quays Antiques Fair; jewellery sold well at Smiths; and a case of three roach that proved a hit at Greenslade Taylor Hunt

Gloucester Quays Antiques Fair at the UpperDeck level one Quays car park

Keen bidding from across the globe saw a large 19th-century Indian ivory part chess set sell for £9,000, in a sale which included a number of other chess items, with all doing well.

Among them were a collection of 18th century Persian chess pieces of maharajas and kings that went under the hammer for £5,500; while a mid 19th-century Indian Rajasthan lacquered ivory part set made £3,400. A 19th century ivory-and-red set sold for £3,000, while a Castleford porcelain chess set together with a board fetched £2,600.

Auctioneer Nick Bowkett said it was very rare to have so many high quality chess sets in an auction that wasn’t a specialist chess sale, though many other sections also surpassed expectations.

There were the ceramics, with hundreds of Susie Cooper pieces and rare Clarice Cliff; some early Worcester, including a large twinhandled Royal Worcester vase decorated with wading storks, and a Russian Poppe porcelain figure of a boy on a hobby horse, which each made £2,200; while an unusual vase engraved with a cricket scene, together with some other pieces, sold for £1,600.

Glass was another talking point, with one dealer commenting that he had not seen such an amazing array of glass in an auction for many years. Among the impressive prices achieved was £1,900 for a dozen 19th-century etched and engraved glasses.

Stroud Auctions is also getting a name for its Oriental section and October saw an 18th or 19th-century Chinese Yixing stoneware libation cup in the form of a pine trunk sell for £6,000: a Chinese bronze vase sell for £4,000 and a Chinese polished bronze censer with Fo dog head handles for £3,800; while a 19th or 20th-century jade pendant made £2,800. Going under the hammer for £2,200 each were a pair of large late 19th-century Chinese vases with blue-and-white decoration, a pair of Chinese blue-and-white vases with court scenes and a collection of approximately 140 Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming counters.

Quirkiest lots of the sale were a pair of kneeling Montreux Black Forest bears holding a plank to form a low table or bench. This sold for £4,000 to a buyer who found them irresistible, while a large Black Forest carved walking bear sold for £2,200.

The list of successes goes on, and delighted owners Nick and Lyn Bowkett firmly believe that the huge number of sales made to internet buyers made all the difference to the outcome.

The October sale had 807 registered bidders with 800 lots being sold via the net. It’s hardly surprising that Stroud Auctions are no.1 in the country for online bidding.

For information, ring 01453 873800, email info@stroudauctions.com or visit the website www.stroudauctions.co.uk Free valuation sessions are held on Fridays from 9am to 5pm and Saturdays between 9.30am and 12.30pm.

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Several Beryl Cook limited edition prints are included in Devon & Cornwall Auction’s next 1,100-lot sale on Saturday, October 26 at 10am.

Beryl Cook OBE is of course well known for her intimate portraits of bold bulky figures depicting people enjoying themselves. As a Plymouth resident until her death five years ago, her work is a West Country favourite.

Estimates begin at £300.

Attracting ceramics buffs, Royal Worcester again is to the fore in our Ceramics Section.

Following our success in selling a reticulated exhibition quality Victorian vase for £2,600 last month we now have a selection of smaller items decorated with flowers and fruit by a range of artists across the last 100 years.

Estimates are from £75 upwards.

To display your collections of china, objet d’art or collectibles our furniture section has several china display cabinets including a Victorian walnut inlaid and gilt metal mounted cabinet of compact proportions estimated at £300-£400. There are also tilt-top tables, chairs, stools, an antique coffer, and cabinets of all types.

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Antiques Given the South West’s proximity to the sea, there is understandably great interest in things maritime. For these enthusiasts we have two ship’s bulkhead clocks which would have been housed on the bridge of a merchant ship no doubt.

Back on land, railway enthusiasts will be interested in the two cast iron and painted wood railway signs believed to be GWR with estimates of £150-£250 each.

Elsewhere in the sale are also a fine collection of Victorian and later jewellery, a rare set of 13 hand bells by Mears of London (Est £600£800), a Mulberry bag (originally bought for £1,000, a gnarled swordstick, Dinky Toys, Dolls, a collection of carnival glass, oriental rugs, wall and mantle clocks, English and oriental ceramics and a hand-wrought weather vane depicting the temptation of Eve. Viewing is from Wednesday to Friday, 10am4pm. The saleroom at Broadwoodwidger is just off the A30 Contact Nigel or Alan on 01566 784404 or go online to www.dandcauctions.co.uk

A 1932 Austin Seven van owned by Stroud-based S.J Moreland & Sons, the one-time owners of England’s Glory safety matches, goes on sale at Barons car auction at Sandown Park on October 29 with an estimate of £15,000

Online at westerndailypress.co.uk/news

Snowmen bring Christmas early Moore Allen & Innocent The early appearance of snowmen caused some excitement at a Cotwolds antiques auction last week, when a large collection of Royal Doulton figures made one of the top prices of the day.

The figurines depicted characters from Raymond Briggs’ 1978 classic The Snowman, including The Snowman in his hat and scarf, James in his familiar dressing gown and striped pyjamas, and various snowmen with whom the protagonists play at the North Pole.

The 36 figures were designed by the artist Shane Ridge between 1985 and 1990, following the popularity of the 1982 film based on the book, and were produced in limited editions of 2,500.

A flurry of bidding at Moore Allen & Innocent’s antiques and general sale on Friday, October 11 led to the hammer falling at £920.

But it wasn’t enough to make the top price of the day at the sale – or even in the ceramics section. That section was topped by two Chinese pieces, both bought by dealers from the Far East.

A Guangxu polychrome decorated Chinese porcelain bowl and cover depicting figures in a landscape achieved £980, while an early 20th century Chinese porcelain vase of slab-sided form with elephant head handles made £950.

And the top price of the sale was a set of display cabinets that would be perfect for displaying Royal Doulton figures, or any other collection.

The three walnut-and-brass display cabinets in the Art Deco manner, with handsome quartered back and chequered display case, each made £1,550 after attracting interest on the internet, on the telephones and in the room.

Other notable lots included a fountain head as a merman blowing a conch shell , which achieved £800, and a pair of painted green Oka single glazed door wardrobes, which each sold for £440.

In all, £60,000 of antiques were bought and sold at the sale. The next auction is the selected picture sale, which will be held on Friday, October 25. For details, visit www.mooreallen.co.uk

Historical interest in clock sale Gardiner Houlgate

Clockwise from top left: A Mappin & Webb huge silver-plated punch bowl decorated with vines is offered at Smiths; a watercolour by Fritz Althous of Belleview House, Chelsea, London in 1889, carried an estimate of £300-£500; and a Frank Brangwyn etching of Cannon Street Station interior, estimated at £200-£300, both for sale at Charterhouse; a 1950s Rolex watch in very good condition with its original box made £1,200 at Smiths; this 1960s cosmetic set is one of the items at the Gloucester Quays Antiques Fair; a Mini Moke from a vendor in Wiltshire joins one of the first Mini pick-ups to be built in a sale of special items from the marque at Charterhouse; while Richard Edmonds’ sale at Castle Combe today includes this pair of Lagondas

The star lot at a clock auction on October 31 is a mahogany three-train musical and automata long-case clock by Matthew Worgan of Bristol, estimated at £3,000-£5,000. Worgan was well known in Bristol in the 1700s not only for making clocks but also for maintaining them at Christchurch, St Stephens, St James and St Mary Redcliffe.

A church warden at the latter, in 1771 he donated 20 guineas to a school at Pile Street, later to become St Mary Redcliffe School. He also left a bequest. More information at www.gardinerhoulgate.co.uk

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Television Adam Postans Today is my 260th and, it pains me to say, final TV column for the Western Daily Press.

It has been an honour and a privilege to have written about television, of all things, for the paper I love, having served in a previous, suit-wearing incarnation as a reporter and then deputy news editor (yes, hard as it might be to believe having read my stuff, but I do have a background as a genuine journalist).

So I’d like to sign off, if you’ll indulge me one last time, by picking out some personal highlights and barrel-scraping depths over the five-and-a-half years I’ve been doing this crazy thing for a living.

In that time we’ve seen the advent and the boneheaded all-too-soon axing of BBC1’s Total Wipeout, the best new Saturday night entertainment show I’ve seen on my watch.

The worst? No contest. The abomination that was Graham Norton’s Totally Saturday.

X Factor has all but cried itself out of existence and relevance, while Strictly Come Dancing cottoned on to a fact that Simon Cowell’s ITV karaoke nonsense has forgotten – it is there to put smiles on viewers’ faces.

The big two soaps marked milestone anniversaries with live specials.

And so did EastEnders, a show that remains consistently the worst, most depressing and least realistic on British telly, although none of its episodes were quite as singularly bad as ITV’s 2009 Boxing Day debacle The All Star Impressions Show or Live: TOWIE. Channel 4, in its wisdom, declared BBC2’s Top Gear the “Greatest TV Show of the Noughties”, when in fact the greatest TV show of the Noughties was The Sopranos, on Channel 4.

It also canned Big Brother five years too late, only for Channel 5 to revive it 25 years too early.

The best single broadcast was the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, with the Queen saying: “Good evening, Mr Bond,” narrowly beating Wagner’s She Bangs/Love Shack medley on X Factor as the greatest TV moment.

The BBC, meanwhile, decided to kill off comedy. Indeed, it’s almost impossible to believe that the same corporation that aired The Thick Of It was also behind Big Top, The Wright Way, Citizen Khan, Father Figure, The Stephen K Amos Show, Horne & Corden and David Jason’s The Royal Bodyguard, as well as cancelling Shooting Stars.

Much of what I’ve witnessed defies all possible logic, for which I cite the following programmes ...

That Dog Can Dance. ITV2’s OMG! With Peaches Geldof. Channel Five’s The Love Bus. Splash! (pro-celebrity diving from a Luton swimming baths). Don’t Scare The Hare.

All these actually happened. As did Jeremy Kyle attempting to reinvent himself as a primetime game-show host on ITV, the network that saw no irony in repeating Simply Red: For The Last Time no fewer than half a dozen times by the time I lost count.

They soon restricted him back to The Jeremy Kyle Show, which is just as well.

Otherwise we’d have never had the least appropriate episode title in TV history: “How did you catch an STI if you didn’t cheat on me?” on Valentine’s Day. Loose Women was named Best Factual Television Programme at the National Television Awards.

Jack Whitehall was crowned “King of Comedy” at the British Comedy Awards.

And Bafta bestowed gongs on both The Only Way Is Essex and Made In Chelsea, a show summed up to perfection by Jimmy Carr at the 2011 Big Fat Quiz of the Year: “Made In Chelsea was a brilliant idea for a show, ruined though by one small detail – everyone in it and everything they did and said.”

For pure personal enjoyment, though, my favourite television moments without exception come from the glorious unpredictably of live TV. And as I’m making up the rules here, I’d like to share the ones that gave me the most satisfaction writing them.

■ Sky News’ Katie Stallard, outside newly engaged Kate Middleton’s parents’ home, shouting to a neighbour: “You’re live on Sky News! Have you got a hat?”

■ Sky News’ Anna Botting, during the Pope’s 2010 UK visit. “People are already streaming out of Bellahouston Park. We’re expecting another song from Susan Boyle.”

■ Sky News’ Rachel Younger to John Hurt on the Bafta Film Awards red carpet: “So many roles come to mind just by looking at your face, like The Elephant Man.” ■ Astronomer Mark Thompson on BBC2’s Stargazing Live: “The Andromeda Galaxy is two-and-a-half million light years away.”

Jonathan Ross: “So how long is it taking for light to reach us?” Thompson: “Two-and-ahalf million years.”

■ BBC1’s Eddie Butler at rugby’s Six Nations: “Jonny Wilkinson, back in the number ten shirt. He’s wearing 21.”

■ Sky Sports’ Rob Hawthorne, at Newcastle United v Man City: “When City won the title here back in 1968, it was a six-goal thriller.

City won 4-3.”

■ Psychic Jayne Wallace on This Morning, attempting to guess the identity of a mystery celebrity waiting backstage by holding their watch: “I feel there’s a really strong creativity with her. I’m getting words and writing with her. She’s got a book. She’s a deep thinker.

She’s driven. She’s artistic. She’s creative.

She’s passionate. She’s sophisticated...”

She’s Lionel Blair.

■ And back in only my ninth column, I wrote this: “Andrew Lemoncello was Britain’s representative in the 3,000m steeplechase at the European Cup of Athletics. It might have been another string to his bow, but it meant no place in the team for Terry Bananadrums or Colin Appletrumpet.”

Graham Norton’s Totally Saturday was, in Adam Postans’ opinion, the worst programme of recent years PICTURE: BBC

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Frankly, I’ve been trying to match it ever since. Which means it’s as good a time as any to bring down the curtain. In the immortal words of Porky Pig, that’s all folks!

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Television Rachael Popow

Moray played by Emun Elliott and Denise (Joanna Vanderham) in The Paradise which returns to our screens tomorrow

As I walk on set, it’s like I’ve embarked on a time-travelling shopping spree.

Wandering around the set of The Paradise, the Victorian department store that gives the BBC period drama its name, is an extraordinary experience.

The ladies’ wear department is impressively glamorous, while in haberdashery you can marvel at the attention to detail - which includes price tags in shillings and pence.

But illusion is the name of the game here.

Just ask Joanna Vanderham, who plays ambitious shop employee Denise. She’s on a break from filming the second series and is sitting in the room that doubles as the workers’ canteen, demonstrating which bits of her elaborate plaited hairdo are real.

“Mine is the front bit and the back bit, and the style essentially is fake,” she says, pointing to the join. “It’s cleverly hidden by this piece of hair here.”

The 22-year-old Scottish actress is in an off-

duty outfit of yellow jeans and a black top – a lot more comfortable than her character’s corsets, although Vanderham is getting used to wearing the Victorian contraption.

“There’s a dress that was made for me four months ago that was known as the ‘tight dress’,” she says. “I had to wear that for the first time yesterday and the corset went on so much easier.

“I haven’t lost any weight or anything like that, it’s just your bone shape adjusts to the corset, as well as the corset adjusting to you.

I’ve lost half an inch off my waist without losing any weight.”

Vanderham has relished the opportunity to wear a much wider variety of outfits this time round.

“In series one, we tried to focus on reality and show that Denise didn’t have much money, and in this series we’ve kind of forgot-

ten the reality a touch!” she says.

“In the last season I had three dresses in total, and in this series I have only done six episodes so far, and I have seven already.

“I love it. It’s a costume drama and the audience like to see Denise in different costumes.”

The frocks aren’t the only things that have changed for her character. The first series saw Denise earn a job at The Paradise, as well as the affections of her charismatic boss Moray (Emun Elliott), which was tricky given that he was engaged to Katherine (Elaine Cassidy), who just happened to be the daughter of the store’s owner.

The series ended with Moray jilting Katherine for Denise – although apparently that wasn’t clear to everyone watching. Vanderham laughs: “I had a few people say to me, ‘So, did he marry Katherine then?’ and I was like, ‘Did you not see us kissing in the yard?’”

But for the actress, and most of the audience, it was a real cliffhanger. “It was so frustrating knowing that I had to wait another year, but we knew we were coming back for a second series at that point, so that filled us with confidence. I just wanted to know what the fallout was going to be.”

The second series picks up a year later and the couple are still dealing with the consequences of Moray’s decision. He’s spent most of the past year abroad, meaning his romance with Denise has largely been conducted by post, and even when he does come back, it seems we shouldn’t count on them finally getting together.

“Oh, it’s much more complicated than that,” Vanderham reveals. “There is the whole issue of who owns The Paradise, and who would be upset by them getting married and living

happily ever after. The ambition that both these characters have means that they put that in front of their union.”

Although some viewers may be rooting for the couple to put their romance ahead of the shop, Vanderham loves it that her character is ahead of her time when it comes to pursuing a career.

“There are some cracking lines in this series, like ‘I dream of a time when a woman doesn’t have to choose between work and marriage’. Everybody laughs and Denise sees the absurdity of it as well, but she says it, she thinks it.”

Vanderham can empathise with Denise’s ambition. She was still in her second year of drama school when she landed one of the lead roles in Sky’s 2011 adaptation of Martina Cole’s The Runaway, but she credits her work ethic to the anxious nine months after she finished filming, when it looked like it might not have been the big break she was hoping for.

“I was auditioning the whole time, and getting nowhere. It was like ‘The Runaway what? Who are you?’ I was there going, ‘I’m never going to work again – that was my one job, and I will just disappear into nothingness’. It was a very humbling experience.

But this year alone we’ve seen her in the critically acclaimed BBC Two drama Dancing On The Edge, as well as on the big screen alongside Steve Coogan and Julianne Moore in the movie What Maisie Knew.

And of course, there’s The Paradise, although she refuses to be drawn on whether she’ll be back for a third series. “I am saying nothing, that’s a giant ‘No comment’.”

The Paradise begins on BBC1 on Sunday, at 8pm

PICKS OF THE WEEK

DOCUMENTARY Anne Widdecombe looks back at her family’s service in War Hero in My Family (Saturday, Five, 8pm)

DOCUMENTARY Welcome to the chilling world of Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet (Monday, BBC Two, 9pm)

PROPERTY Sarah Beeny offers invaluable advice in Double Your House for Half the Money (Tuesday, Channel 4, 8pm)

HISTORY Every day we’re walking on the remains of the Medieval Dead (Monday, Yesterday, 10pm)

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INTERVIEW Discover a new level to the pop guru in Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Pete Waterman (Friday, ITV, 9pm)

DRAMA CSI: New York – The Penultimate Episode. It’s all nearly over for CSI fans (Tuesday, Five, 9pm)

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Saturday television&radio Saturday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

STRICTLY COME DANCING 6.30pm, BBC1

Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present another ballroom battle, as the couples aim to impress the judges and get their names at the top of the leaderboard.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S). 11.30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread (R,S,HD). 12.00 Football Focus (S,HD). 12.45 Saturday Sportsday (S,HD).

1.00 BBC News; Regional News (S,HD).

1.15 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (S,HD).

1.45 MotoGP (S,HD). 2.45 Bargain Hunt (S). 3.15 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD).

4.00 Final Score (S,HD). 5.20 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD). 5.40 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD).

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SIR DAVID FROST: THAT WAS THE LIFE THAT WAS 8.20pm, BBC2

Stephen Fry looks back at the career of TV host and journalist David Frost, who died in August.

The interviewer’s life is recalled by his three sons and friends, and there are further insights from former prime ministers and interviewees Tony Blair and John Major.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 Animal Park (R,S). 7.00 Film: Carnival Story (S) (1954). ●● 8.35 Film: The Lady Vanishes (S,HD) (1938). ●●●●● 10.10 Reel History of Britain (R,S). 10.40 The Life of Birds (R,S). 11.30 Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age (R,S). 12.00 The A to Z of TV Cooking (S). 12.45 Film: Follow the Fleet (S) (1936). ●●●● 2.35 Film: Shall We Dance? (S) (1937). ●● 4.20 Urban Jungle (S). 4.50 The House That £100K Built (R,S,HD). 5.50 Flog It! (S,HD).

THE X FACTOR 8pm, ITV

The aspiring pop stars perform modern love songs in the second live studio round, battling to win praise from the judges and support from viewers at home. Dermot O’Leary hosts.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou (R,S).

6.10 Matt Hatter Chronicles (R,S). 6.35 Dino Dan (R,S). 7.00 Canimals (R,S). 7.25 Sooty (S).

7.35 Horrid Henry (R,S). 7.50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (S). 8.15 Bottom Knocker Street (S). 8.30 Munch Box (S). 9.25 News (S). 9.30 Saturday Cookbook 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 News and Weather (S). 11.30 Surprise Surprise (R,S,HD). 12.30 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S). 1.15 Doc Martin (R,S). 2.15 Catchphrase 3.00 Film: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (S,HD) (1999). ●●● 5.35 Regional News (S). 5.45 News and Weather (S).

DIE HARD 9pm, Channel 4

A New York cop visits Los Angeles to see his family over the Christmas holiday. Stopping off at his wife’s place of work, he realises armed men have taken over the building and only he has the ability to fight back.

Action thriller, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 FIA GT Series (S,HD). 7.05 VW Racing Cup (S). 7.30 River Rat Race Stockton (S).

8.00 The Morning Line (S,HD). 9.00 The American Football Show (S). 10.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.30 Heston’s Chocolate Factory Feast (R,S). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD).

Live coverage of British Champions Day at Ascot. 4.30 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Power Rangers: Megaforce (S,HD). 10.35 Slugterra (S,HD).

11.00 The Dog Rescuers (R,S,HD). 11.30 Animal Maternity (R,S,HD). 12.30 Film: Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (S) (1971).

Detective drama, with Peter Falk. ●●● 2.00 Film: Operation Crossbow (S,HD) (1965).

Second World War adventure, with George Peppard. ●●● 4.15 Film: Operation: Daybreak (S) (1975). Second World War drama, starring Timothy Bottoms. ●●●

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Lost Heroes of World … 6.30pm

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly present another ballroom battle, as the celebrity hoofers who upset the judges in earlier editions try to do better – and hope not to suffer the same fate of last week’s eliminated couple Vanessa and James – while those who have shown early promise aim to climb further up the leaderboard. See Choices Above.

6.50 Count Arthur Strong (R,S,HD). Comedy, starring Steve Delaney.

6.00 New You’ve Been Framed!

(S). Featuring lookalikes of Matthew Kelly, Steven Spielberg and Osama bin Laden.

6.30 Fool Britannia (S,HD).

7.00 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 3/14. With Alastair Stewart, Natasha Hamilton, Kim Woodburn and Keith Chegwin.

6.30 News (S).

6.30 Lost Heroes of World War One (R,S). 2/5. The Battle of the Somme.

7.05 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (R,S,HD). 4/22. The team tries to catch a mysterious thief. Comicbook drama, starring Clark Gregg.

7.00 WW1’s Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig (R,S,HD). 2/2. The conclusion of the documentary about the dig exploring First World War battlefields near Messines in Belgium.

8.20 Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Grand Designs (R,S,HD). 7/11.

Kevin McCloud follows a London couple’s project to transform an inefficient and uninspiring 1950s house into a sleek, modernist masterpiece.

8.00 War Hero in My Family (R,S,HD). 2/6. See Choices Above.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

9.20 Frost on Satire (R,S). David Frost examines the power of political TV satire in the UK and America, featuring contributions from Rory Bremner, Ian Hislop, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell and Chevy Chase.

8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 14/22. Last week, Sharon Osbourne abstained from voting when two of her acts – Shelley Smith and Lorna Simpson – ended up in the bottom two, and it was student Lorna who got the boot. Now, the aspiring pop stars aim to show their softer sides as they perform songs on the theme Love and Heartbreak in the second live studio round.

Gary Barlow looks after the groups, Louis Walsh mentors the boys, Nicole Scherzinger has got the girls and Sharon is with her remaining two over-25s.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Die Hard (S,HD) (1988). New York cop John McClane visits Los Angeles to see his family over the Christmas holiday.

Stopping off at his wife’s place of work, he realises armed men have taken over the building and are holding the corporation’s staff to ransom – and only he has the ability to fight back. Action thriller, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia.

See Choices Above. ●●●●●

9.00 Pale Rider (S,HD) (1985). An unscrupulous landowner threatens to throw gold-miners off their land and take the riches for himself. As the law turns a blind eye to their troubles, the miners desperately need a saviour – who happens to arrive in the form of a mysterious preacher with formidable gunfighting skills. Western, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, alongside Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress and Richard Dysart. ●●●

7.20 Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker – Natural World (R,S,HD). An investigation into the breeding habits of walruses.

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, 7.05pm

8.20 Atlantis (S,HD). 4/13. The trio stumble across an abandoned baby in the mountains, and when they take it back to the city they find themselves embroiled in a web of deadly secrets and lies.

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after

Fool Britannia, 6.30pm

9.05 The National Lottery Live (S,HD).

9.15 Casualty (S,HD). Rita lets her personal feelings cloud her judgement while spending a day with the paramedics, and Big Mac forms a connection with a destitute patient (Keith Barron).

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Sir David Frost … 8.20pm

10.05 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

10.25 Match of the Day (S,HD). Gary Lineker presents highlights of the latest Premier League clashes, which included Newcastle United v Liverpool and Manchester United v Southampton. Followed by National Lottery Update.

10.20 The Sarah Millican Slightly Longer Television Programme (S,HD). 4/6.

Extended edition. Dr Christian Jessen chats about medical shows and Game of Thrones stars John Bradley, Finn Jones and Kristian Nairn discuss the fantasy genre.

10.05 The Jonathan Ross Show (S,HD). 2/10. With QPR manager Harry Redknapp, chef Gordon Ramsay, Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard, actress Julie Walters and rapper Dizzee Rascal, who also provides the music.

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10

Casualty, 9.15pm

11.55 The Football League Show (S). Manish Bhasin presents highlights and all the goals from today’s fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two, including Watford v Derby County.

11.00 Frost/Nixon (S,HD) (2008).

See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.10 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

11.25 Take Me Out (R,S,HD). 1/8. A pilot, an abseiler, an entrepreneur and a surfer take part.

11.40 The Way Back (S,HD) (2010).

See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.25 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (R,S). 13/23. The sudden death of a 17-year-old high-school student during a confrontation leads to the discovery of a dead cheerleader in a tree.

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(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

1.10 Weatherview (S). 1.15 BBC News (S,HD).

12.55 Film: Leaving (HD) (2009). A woman in a loveless marriage decides to abandon her husband and teenage children in pursuit of a purely sexual relationship. Drama, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Sergi Lopez. ●●●● 2.15 This Is BBC Two (S). 5.30 Live MotoGP (S,HD).

The Australian Grand Prix (Start-time 6.00am).

12.20 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside, where he invites American guests to air their differences. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

2.00 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). Omnibus.

Mercedes is determined to celebrate her 30th birthday in style, but a face from the past plots to ensure the party is memorable for all the wrong reasons. 4.15 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). High-stakes game show, with Noel Edmonds. 5.10 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.15 SuperCasino 3.55 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). Michaela has her hands full with two chimps. 4.20 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.05 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S).

5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

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WAR HERO IN MY FAMILY 8pm, Channel 5

NEW GIRL 8pm, E4

Former MP Ann Widdecombe and motoring journalist Quentin Willson uncover the stories of relatives who made valuable contributions during the course of the Second World War.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Coronation Street (HD).

9.40 Emmerdale (HD). 1.05 The X Factor USA (R,HD). 2.00 The X Factor USA (R,HD). 4.00 Peter Andre: My Life (R,HD). 5.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 5.30 Film: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (HD) (2004). Comedy adventure sequel, with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Matthew Lillard. ●●

The Xtra Factor, 10.05pm

7.20 Hulk (HD) (2003).

Scientist Dr Bruce Banner turns into the rampaging green Hulk after exposure to a huge dose of gamma radiation, prompting the military to embark on a no-holds-barred mission to destroy the monster. Meanwhile, Banner’s unstable father resurfaces, holding the secret to his transformation. Comicstrip adventure from director Ang Lee, starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott and Nick Nolte.

Including FYI Daily. ●●

10.05 The Xtra Factor (HD).

Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson go behind the scenes to find out what the judges and contestants thought of the night’s performances.

The boys instruct Jess to get a job so she can pay her share of the rent and utility costs, but a personal situation leaves her feeling emotionally delicate. Meanwhile, Nick meets a silent person who teaches him how to be peaceful and Cece yearns to rekindle her romance with Schmidt.

E4 E4

6.00 Being Erica (R,HD). 6.45 Make It or Break It (R,HD). 7.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.20 Charmed (R). 9.15 Glee (R,HD). 10.30 90210 11.25 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 1.50 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 2.20 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.20 Made in Chelsea 4.20 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.20 Film: Ice Age: The Meltdown (HD) (2006). ●●

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 7.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 8.00 Fantasy Football Club (R). 9.00 Game Changers.

10.00 Soccer AM. 12.00 WWE Superstars (HD). 1.00 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (R,S,HD). 2.00 Harrow (R,S,HD).

3.00 David Attenborough’s Kingdom of Plants (R,S,HD). 4.00 Modern Family (R,S,HD). 5.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

New Girl, 8pm

FILM PICKS

Saturday television&radio FROST/NIXON 11pm, BBC2

THE WAY BACK 11.40pm, Channel 4

Journalist David Frost sets up a series of interviews with former US president Richard Nixon. Drama, starring Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon and Michael Sheen.

Gold GOLD

6.05 2point4 Children 6.35 Sykes 7.15 2point4 Children 7.55 Sykes 8.35 Ever Decreasing Circles 9.15 Ever Decreasing Circles 9.55 As Time Goes By 10.35 Last of the Summer Wine 11.55 Yes, Prime Minister 12.30 Jeeves and Wooster 1.40 Jeeves and Wooster 2.55 The Good Life 3.30 The Good Life 4.05 The Good Life 4.45 Only Fools and Horses

SWAT, 9pm

The Catherine … 10.20pm

6.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). A millionaire former CIA man is killed.

6.40 Only Fools and Horses. Rodney leaves home after a fight with Cassandra, and arranges a date with receptionist Tanya in an effort to make his wife jealous – but Del’s interference ensures the plan fails to go as smoothly as it should. David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield star.

Premiere. Soviet gulag escapees embark on a 4,500-mile journey to freedom during the Second World War. Drama, with Ed Harris and Saoirse Ronan.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial (S). 6.30 Ringside (HD). 7.30 Premier League Preview (HD). 8.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 9.00 Game Changers (HD). 10.00 Soccer AM (HD). 12.00 FL72 Live (HD). 2.30 Saturday Team Talk (HD). 3.00 Soccer Saturday (HD).

5.00 Live Saturday Night Football (HD). West Ham United v Manchester City (kick-off 5.30pm).

FL72 Live, 12pm

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Lisa creates a social network that takes the town by storm.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

8.00 New Girl (R,HD).

See Choices Above.

8.30 New Girl (R,HD). Jess tries to trick her divorced parents into a reconciliation.

8.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). With Matt Smith, Jonathan Ross and Perri ShakesDrayton.

9.00 Never Been Kissed (HD) (1999). A clumsy 25-year-old would-be reporter is given the chance to prove herself when she is sent on an assignment to get an inside take on highschool life. However, when she falls for an English teacher, she has trouble maintaining the facade of a calm and sophisticated young lady, as all the bad memories of her awkward younger days come flooding back.

Romantic comedy, with Drew Barrymore and Michael Vartan. ●●●

9.00 Little Britain. Dafydd 9.00 SWAT (2003). A cop’s runs a gay stall at the career is seemingly over village fete, and when when he accidentally Lou’s van is blocked in at shoots a hostage while the car park Andy is thwarting a bank upset that he is going to robbery. He is given the miss My Hero. chance to redeem himself by joining an 9.40 Little Britain. Emily and elite unit headed by a Florence go to the ballet. veteran sergeant. Their mission is to escort an 10.00 SNF – Match Choice international crime lord 10.20 The Catherine Tate Show. Comedy sketches, (HD). Sarah-Jane Mee in custody as he is taken featuring Nan Taylor, presents extended to prison. Action thriller, Bernie the incompetent highlights from the starring Samuel L Jackson nurse, Margaret the Premier League, and Colin Farrell. ●● jumpy woman and Essex allowing viewers to couple Paul and Sam. access the latest round of top-flight fixtures, including Arsenal v Norwich City.

(HD). Sarah-Jane Mee presents a full re-run of the day’s top Premier League match.

11.00 Bottom. The bachelors 11.10 The Naked Gun: From 11.15 A League of Their have a run-in with a the Files of Police Own: Unseen (R,HD). burglar.

Squad! (HD) (1988).

James Corden introduces Comedy, starring Leslie out-takes from series 11.40 The Smell of Reeves Nielsen, Priscilla Presley seven of the sportsand Mortimer. and Ricardo Montalban. based comedy quiz.

Featuring Slade in ●●●●● Residence.

11.30 FL72 Highlights (HD).

Blackpool v Wigan Athletic. Action from the Championship encounter at Bloomfield Road.

12.55 Crazy Beaches (R,HD). In Malia, Crete, a group of naked cowboys takes to the town, and Chubby White decides to go on his first night out in three years. 1.25 The X Factor (R,HD). 3.10 Rita Ora: The Hot Desk (R,HD). 3.20 Teleshopping. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.55 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.25 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 1.55 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.20 Happy Endings (R,HD). 2.40 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 3.25 Life Unexpected (R,HD). 4.05 Being Erica (R,HD). 4.50 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.00 Saturday Reloaded (HD). A round-up of the latest football goals. 1.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD). Extended highlights from the Premier League. 2.30 SNF – Match Choice (HD). 4.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD). 5.30 Football Gold (S). 5.45 Football Gold (S).

Liverpool v Chelsea.

RADIO

11.05 Celebrity Juice: X Factor Special (R,HD).

11.55 The Magaluf Weekender (R,HD).

Two more groups of revellers arrive.

Radio 1 5.00am Rob da Bank 7.00 Gemma Cairney 10.00 Matt Edmondson 1.00pm Huw Stephens 4.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems with Danny Howard 7.00 MistaJam 9.00 Charlie Sloth 11.00 DJ Target 1.00am Diplo and Friends 3.00 Friction Radio 2 6.00am Anneka Rice 8.00 Sounds of the 60s 10.00 Graham Norton 1.00pm Pick of the Pops 3.00 Dermot O’Leary 6.00 Liza Tarbuck 8.00 Paul Gambaccini with America’s Greatest Hits. Records from this week’s US charts and the past six decades, plus tracks from a landmark album. 10.00 Sounds of the 80s Midnight Bob Harris Sunday 3.00 Richard Allinson

12.15 Brit Cops: War on Crime (R,S). 1.15 Brit Cops: War on Crime (R,S). 2.10 Ross Kemp in Search of Pirates (R,S,HD). 3.05 Ross Kemp in Search of Pirates (R,S,HD). 4.00 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD). 4.30 Luton Airport (R,S). 5.00 Luton Airport (R,S). 5.30 Luton Airport (R,S).

Radio 3 7.00am Breakfast 9.00 News 9.03 CD Review 12.15pm Music Matters 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Saturday Classics 4.00 Sound of Cinema 5.00 Jazz Record Requests 6.00 Jazz Line-Up 6.45 Opera on 3: Britten 100. Opera North’s production of Britten’s Death in Venice, live from the Grand Theatre in Leeds, with Alan Oke as Gustav von Aschenbach. Richard Farnes conducts.

10.00 Between the Ears at 20: Shadowplay. A playful exploration of expectations, illusions and delusions.

10.30 Hear and Now Midnight Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz 1.00 Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 iPM 6.00 News and Papers 6.07 Ramblings 6.30 Farming Today This Week 6.57 Weather 7.00 Today 9.00 Saturday Live 10.30 Don’t Log Off 11.00 The Week in Westminster 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 Money Box 12.30 The Now Show 12.57 Weather 1.00 News 1.10 Any Questions? 2.00 Any Answers? 2.30 Saturday Drama: Goodbye. By Morwenna Banks. 3.45 Witness 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour 5.00 Saturday PM 5.30 The Bottom Line 5.54 Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00

12.20 Big Train A man preparing to have his legs amputated finds the time to toast his surgeon’s birthday, and there is a public information film about making ham sandwiches. Kevin Eldon stars.

1.00 Little Britain 2.00 Bottom 2.30 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer 3.00 Home Shopping Six O’Clock News 6.15 Loose Ends 7.00 Profile 7.15 Saturday Review.

Presented by Tom Sutcliffe. 8.00 Archive on 4: Not Enough Hours in the Day. Claudia Hammond traces the history of time usage surveys. 9.00 Classic Serial: Sword of Honour – Officers and Gentlemen. By Evelyn Waugh. Dramatised by Jeremy Front.

10.00 News and Weather 10.15 The Reith Lectures 2013. Grayson Perry delivers the first of his 2013 Reith Lectures about the art world. 11.00 Round Britain Quiz 11.30 Poetry Please Midnight News and Weather 12.30 The Pat Hobby Stories 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service

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7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S). Robert Webb examines dance fads.

7.15 Doctor Who (R,S). Part one of two. The Time Lord meets Richard Nixon.

8.00 Top Gear (R,S).

Jeremy Clarkson races against Earth’s rotation.

9.00 MOBO Awards 2013 – Live (S).

Live coverage of the MOBO Awards 2013, held at the SSE in Glasgow.

11.05 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

Quagmire loses his job as a pilot.

11.45 Family Guy (R,S).

12.10 Family Guy (R,S).

12.30 Family Guy (R,S).

12.55 Family Guy (R,S).

1.15 Family Guy (R,S).

1.35 Family Guy (R,S).

2.00 Sweat the Small Stuff: Extra Sweaty (S).

2.45 Some Girls (R,S). 3.15 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 3.45 Pop’s Dance Crazes 8.00 SNF – Game of the Day Greatest (R,S).

7.05 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted and Robin volunteer at a homeless shelter.

7.35 Suburgatory (R,HD).

8.20 Porridge. Fletcher and the rest of Slade’s inmates take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere – and of Barrowclough – with Mackay away on holiday.

Ronnie Barker stars.

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BBC4 BBC4

7.00 Africa (R). The varied wildlife of the Sahara Desert.

8.00 Lost Kingdoms of Africa (R). The history of Buganda and Bunyoro in Uganda. Last in the series.

9.00 Inspector Montalbano.

New series. A series of burglaries takes place at the homes of wealthy Vigata residents, including that of a bank manager to whom Salvo is instantly attracted. With Luca Zingaretti.

10.55 Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century – Arena Special (R).

Profile of the legendary performer.

12.30 Top of the Pops: 1978 (R). 1.10 Africa (R).

2.10 Lost Kingdoms of Africa (R). The history of Buganda and Bunyoro in Uganda. Last in the series.

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 6.00 Saturday Breakfast 9.00 The Danny Baker Show 11.00 Fighting Talk Noon 5 Live Sport 12.45 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14 3.00 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14 5.00 Sports Report 6.06 6-0-6 8.00 Saturday Edition 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM Noon Nicholas Owen 3.00 Jamie Crick 5.00 Saturday Night at the Movies 7.00 Alex James’s Magical Musical Tour 9.00 The New Releases Show. David Mellor reviews the latest releases. 10.00 Smooth Classics Midnight Bob Jones

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Sunday television&radio Sunday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

THE PARADISE 8pm, BBC1

Moray has been banished for jilting Katherine, but he is called back when the shop begins to struggle. However, he and Denise’s happiness is short-lived.

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6.00 Breakfast 7.25 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD). 10.00 Morning Live 2013 (S,HD).

11.00 Politics (S). 12.15 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 1.00 News 1.15 Bargain Hunt (S).

2.15 Escape to the Country (R,S). 3.15 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (R,S,HD). 3.45 Points of View (S,HD). 4.00 Lifeline (S,HD). 4.10 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 4.45 The Great British Year 5.45 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD).

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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS THE OTTOMANS: 4.20pm, Channel 5 EUROPE’S MUSLIM EMPERORS Premiere. An inventor’s machine for turning 9pm, BBC2 water into food has a strange effect, causing giant meals to fall from the sky to the delight of the residents – until it gets out of control.

Animated comedy, with the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg and Bruce Campbell.

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7.05 Film: The Velvet Touch (S) (1948). ●●● 8.40 The A to Z of TV Gardening (R,S). 9.00 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD).

9.30 The Beechgrove Garden (S). 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 11.30 What to Eat Now (R,S). 12.00 What to Eat Now (R,S). 12.30 EastEnders (S,HD). 2.25 MotoGP (S,HD). 4.00 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.00 The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance (R,S). A celebration of the steam locomotive’s 90th birthday.

TOAST OF LONDON 10.40pm, Channel 4

Rageh Omaar examines why the empire finally collapsed and looks at the founding of the secular Turkish state by Ataturk.

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6.00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou (R,S).

6.10 Matt Hatter Chronicles (R,S). 6.35 Dino Dan (R,S). 7.00 Canimals (R,S). 7.25 Sooty (S).

7.35 Horrid Henry (R,S). 7.50 Big Time Rush (S).

8.15 Bottom Knocker Street (S). 8.30 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge (S). 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 Ade in Britain (R,S,HD). 10.25 Film: Columbo: Swan Song (S) (1974). ●●●● 12.25 ITV News and Weather (S). 12.35 Inside the National Trust (S,HD). 1.35 The X Factor (R,S).

3.40 Fool Britannia (R,S,HD). 4.10 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD). 5.10 Downton Abbey (R,S,HD).

Comedy following the life of an eccentric actor with a chequered past, starring Matt Berry. Things are looking up for Steven Toast – his agent Jane Plough reveals he’s won an award in a trendy magazine and he’s getting a lot of attention from the opposite sex.

Co-starring Doon Mackichan.

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Channel Channel 5

6.10 Ironman 2013 (S). 6.35 The American Football Show (R,S). 7.30 Cardiff Half Marathon (S). 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S).

12.25 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 1.55 The Simpsons (R,S). 2.55 Film: Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (S,HD) (2008). See Choices Above. ●●●● 4.55 Film: Journey to the Center of the Earth (S,HD) (2008). Fantasy adventure. ●●

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Great Birmingham Run (S,HD). Coverage of the half-marathon. 12.15 Jungle Babies: Tarsier Tails (R,S,HD). 12.45 Film: Are We There Yet? (S,HD) (2005). Family comedy, starring Ice Cube. ●● 2.35 Film: Big Daddy (S,HD) (1999). Comedy, starring Adam Sandler and Joey Lauren Adams. Edited for language. ●●●● 4.20 Film: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (S,HD) (2009). See Choices Above. ●●●

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6.45 News (S).

6.10 Royal Babies (S,HD).

Documentary exploring the lives of babies within the British monarchy, and assessing how royal approaches have changed over time.

7.00 Surprise Surprise (S,HD). 5/10.

See Choices Above.

7.05 World’s Weirdest Weather (R,S,HD). 1/3. Alex Beresford explores strange weather associated with fire.

7.00 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

7.05 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (S,HD) (2003).

Fearless hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a host of other characters from Victorian literature – including Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Tom Sawyer and Dr Jekyll – to put a stop to the nefarious Fantom’s evil plot to bring about a world war. Fantasy, starring Sean Connery. See Choices Above. ●●

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6.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S).

Footballing fun.

6.35 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

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6.00 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 17/25.

Michael Portillo visits Hadrian’s Wall.

6.30 The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek (S,HD).

7.00 The Great British Bake Off (R,S,HD). 9/16. The semi-finalists face three French challenges.

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins present.

6.15 Countryfile (S,HD). John Craven learns about the Norber Erratics – giant boulders in the Yorkshire Dales – and Ellie Harrison visits industrial sitesturned-nature reserves in Kent.

7.15 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman reveal which couples are in the danceoff, leaving their fates in the hands of the judges.

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8.00 The Paradise (S,HD). 1/8.

See Choices Above.

8.00 Dive WWII: Our Secret History (S,HD). 1/2. Jules Hudson presents the first of two documentaries following a diving team as they search for shipwrecks from the Battle of the Atlantic.

8.00 The X Factor Results (S,HD).

14/22. Dermot O’Leary reveals the names of the acts who are safe, and the two least popular sing for survival, before one of them must leave. With music by Katy Perry and Robin Thicke.

8.00 Bigfoot Files (S). 1/3. New series. Leading geneticist Bryan Sykes and presenter Mark Evans embark on a global quest to solve the riddle of mysterious creatures such as Yeti and Sasquatch.

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9.00 By Any Means (S,HD). 5/6. A crook kills an innocent bystander during a drug deal, only for MI5 to offer him freedom if he gives up his terrorist connections – so the team tries to bring him down.

Former Homeland actor David Harewood guest stars.

9.00 The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors (S,HD). 3/3.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Downton Abbey (S,HD). 5/8.

An exciting opportunity for Alfred creates tension between Ivy and Daisy, Isobel appeals to Violet’s sense of charity and Branson considers a new future for himself and baby Sybbie.

9.00 Homeland (S,HD). 3/12. Brody finds himself in an increasingly desperate situation and returns to his faith for guidance, while a mysterious man offers to help Carrie in Washington, DC.

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10.00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD).

10.25 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD).

Mark Chapman reviews the day’s only Premier League fixture, which was Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park.

10.00 The Wrong Mans (R,S,HD).

4/6. Sam and Phil stumble upon an assassination plot.

10.30 QI XL (S,HD). 7/16. Extended edition. Jo Brand, Graham Linehan and Jimmy Carr join regular panellist Alan Davies as host Stephen Fry asks a range of unusual questions on the topic of knowledge.

10.05 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

10.20 Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald (R,S,HD).

1/2. Part one of two. Life inside two of Indiana’s most dangerous women’s prisons.

10.05 Was It Something I Said?

(S,HD). 3/8. Panel show, with guests Jason Manford and Romesh Ranganathan.

10.40 Toast of London (S,HD). 1/6.

See Choices Above.

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The Ginge, the Geordie … 6.30pm

11.15 MOBO Awards 2013 – Highlights (S,HD). The best bits from the annual ceremony, held at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, featuring performances by Tinie Tempah, Rudimental, Iggy Azalea and Laura Mvula, among others.

11.15 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). 4/13. Sara Cox hosts, with Iggy Azalea, Eliza Doolittle, Jake Humphrey and Matt Richardson.

11.45 Glory Road (S) (2006). Drama, starring Josh Lucas. ●●●

11.20 The Cube (R,S,HD). 3/9. A fitness instructor takes up the challenge, aiming to complete tasks inside a large transparent cube to win a jackpot of £250,000. Hosted by Phillip Schofield.

11.10 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD). 8/18. Britney Spears talks about her new single, Mo Farah discusses his autobiography and Joseph Gordon-Levitt promotes his latest film Don Jon.

11.40 Highlander (S) (1986).

Immortal warriors must fight each other in duels to the death through the centuries, until only one survives. Fantasy action adventure, with Christopher Lambert.●●●●

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Countryfile, 6.15pm

12.45 Weatherview (S). 12.50 BBC News (S,HD).

1.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). John Craven harvests wild fruit in Somerset and presents autumn-based archive items, including Matt Baker celebrating British chestnuts and Ellie Harrison growing mushrooms. 2.35 Sign Zone: Holby City (R,S). Malick struggles to accept he is now a patient. 3.35 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.15 The Store Home shopping. 2.15 Motorsport UK (HD). Highlights of the Ginetta Junior Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup from Rockingham, with commentary by Richard John Neil and Simon Hill. 3.05 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.10 Paddy’s TV Guide (R,S,HD). Paddy McGuinness takes a comic look at talent, from British pop group Black Lace to American rock band Harry and the Potters.

12.55 American Football Live (S,HD).

Indianapolis Colts v Denver Broncos (kickoff 1.30am). 4.45 Ironman 2013 (R,S).

5.15 SuperScrimpers (S,HD). 5.30 Countdown (R,S,HD).

1.55 SuperCasino 4.00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). Michaela Strachan catches bats in the jungles of Panama. 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.30 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

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9.00 The Rock (S,HD) (1996). A renegade general and his crack team of mercenaries take over the abandoned fortress prison of Alcatraz and threaten San Francisco with toxic nerve-gas rockets to extort a massive ransom. To break their stranglehold on the city, the FBI sends in a chemical weapons expert and a jailed SAS veteran, chosen because he is the only man to have ever escaped from the infamous penitentiary.

Action thriller, with Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris. Edited for language. ●●●●

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SURPRISE SURPRISE 7pm, ITV

A 10-year-old boy receives an invitation from Samuel L Jackson, Selena Gomez meets two of her biggest fans and Mark Wright delivers a thank-you to a long-time foster parent. Holly Willoughby presents.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 9.10 Coronation Street (R,HD). 10.10 The X Factor (R,HD). 12.20 The Xtra Factor (R,HD). 1.20 Coronation Street (R,HD). 4.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 4.55 Film: The Flintstones (HD) (1994).

Live-action version of the cartoon comedy, with John Goodman, Rick Moranis and Rosie O’Donnell.

Including FYI Daily. ●●

KARL PILKINGTON: THE MOANING OF LIFE 9pm, Sky1 New series in which Karl Pilkington travels the world in search of answers to some of life’s most important questions. He begins with marriage, wondering whether he is wrong about not wanting to tie the knot with his long-term girlfriend.

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6.00 Switched (R). 6.20 Make It or Break It (R,HD). 7.05 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.55 Charmed (R).

8.55 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 9.55 Hollyoaks (R,HD).

12.30 Made in Chelsea (R,HD).

1.35 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 2.35 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 3.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Hour of Power (HD). 7.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 9.00 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (R,S,HD). 10.00 WWE Superstars (R,HD). 11.00 WWE: Experience (HD). 12.00 Harrow: A Very British School (R,S,HD). 1.00 Modern Family (R,S,HD). 3.00 Turbo: Sky Movies Special (S).

3.30 John Bishop’s Only Joking (R,S,HD). 4.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Sunday television&radio ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING 2.55pm, Channel 4

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN 7.05pm, Channel 5

Comedy drama based on Louise Rennison’s novels, starring Georgia Groome and Aaron Johnson.

Gold GOLD

6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Sykes 7.10 As Time Goes By 7.50 The Good Life 8.30 The Good Life 9.10 The Good Life 9.50 Heroes of Comedy 10.50 Jo Brand’s Great Wall of Comedy 11.30 Last of the Summer Wine 12.10 Keeping Up Appearances 1.30 Only Fools and Horses 3.25 Only Fools and Horses 5.00 Jeeves and Wooster

Comic-book fantasy adventure, starring Sean Connery, Shane West, Stuart Townsend and Richard Roxburgh.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 Champions League Weekly (HD). 6.30 SNF – Match Choice (HD). 8.00 Game Changers (HD).

9.00 FL72 Highlights (HD). 9.30 The Sunday Supplement (HD).

11.00 Goals on Sunday (HD). 1.00 FL72 Live (HD). Leeds United v Birmingham City (kick-off 1.15pm).

3.30 Live Super Sunday (HD).

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur (kick-off 4.00pm).

Twister, 6.45pm

Rules of Engagement, 7pm

Karl Pilkington … 9pm

The Office, 9pm

Live Super Sunday, 3.30pm

6.45 Twister (HD) (1996). A storm-chaser and her estranged husband are brought together in a joint project to monitor the path of an oncoming tornado – but the pair face a race against the clock as a rival governmentbacked group with hi-tech resources tries to beat them to it. Action thriller, starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Including FYI Daily. ●●●

6.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted is humiliated by Tiffany.

6.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

6.00 Futurama (R,S).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Milhouse’s estranged parents consider a reconciliation.

6.10 Jeeves and Wooster.

Bertie tries to suppress scandalous memoirs.

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry star.

7.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard gets back together with Leslie Winkle.

7.00 Harrow: A Very British School (R,S,HD). The boys prepare for the inter-house relay race.

7.20 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise. A celebration of the comedy duo’s series of sketches based around the plays that Ernie wrote.

6.30 Live Spanish Football (HD). Real Betis v Elche.

Coverage of the first of tonight’s two La Liga clashes, joining the match at the Estadio Benito Villamarin 30 minutes after kick-off.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Penny becomes addicted to an online game.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon bans Penny from the apartment.

8.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Lisa begins a whirlwind romance with her intellectual match.

8.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Bart’s dream girl Mary Spuckler comes to town.

8.20 Porridge. The inmates of Slade Prison are given time to pursue their hobbies, but Fletcher’s bid to find a little peace and quiet seems destined to fail.

9.00 The Xtra Factor (HD).

Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson go behind the scenes of the main results show to chat to the departing act and get opinions of the night’s performances.

9.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Howard becomes attracted to a woman who falls for Leonard.

9.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard is offered a job opportunity.

9.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life (HD).

See Choices Above.

9.00 The Office. The staff receive their annual appraisals.

9.40 Knowing Me, Knowing You – With Alan Partridge. Special French edition of the spoof chat show, starring Steve Coogan.

8.00 Live Spanish Football (HD). Real Valladolid v Sevilla (kick-off 8.00pm).

Coverage of tonight’s second La Liga match, which is staged at the Estadio Nuevo Jose Zorrilla. Neither of these teams have been able to put a consistent run of good form together so far, but Sevilla in particular will be expecting to start moving up the table.

12.00 Some Girls (R,S).

12.30 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S). 1.30 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 2.00 Some Girls (R,S). 2.30 Him & Her (R,S).

3.00 Him & Her (R,S). 3.30 Him & Her (R,S).

11.50 Tricked (R,HD).

Magician Ben Hanlin messes with Stacey Solomon’s mind, and Joe Swash experiences a scary spa treatment.

11.00 Channel 4’s Comedy 11.00 Trollied (R,S,HD).

Gala. The first of three Richard employs Kelly highlights compilations Brook to help with the from the annual charity reopening. event in aid of Great 11.30 John Bishop’s Only Ormond Street Hospital, Joking (R,S). filmed at the O2 in London.

11.00 The Thick of It. 11.30 FL72 Highlights (HD).

Malcolm Tucker sets his Leeds United v finest trap to date.

Birmingham City. Action 11.40 Nighty Night. Jill starts from the Championship a new life. Black comedy, clash at Elland Road. starring Julia Davis and Mark Gatiss.

12.50 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). Bonnie makes a secret deal that has devastating consequences.

Last in the series. 1.40 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 2.25 Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 12.35 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,HD).

1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 1.30 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 1.55 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.15 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.35 Channel 4’s Comedy Gala (R). 3.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD).

12.20 The Office Boss David Brent uses the staff’s annual appraisals as another opportunity to share his wisdom. Workplace comedy, with Ricky Gervais. 1.00 Knowing Me, Knowing You – With Alan Partridge 1.30 The Thick of It 2.00 The Thick of It 2.30 Nighty Night 3.00 Home Shopping

12.00 Brit Cops: War on Crime (R,S). 1.00 Brit Cops: War on Crime (R,S). 2.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). Conrad and Simon tackle a mugger. 3.00 Ross Kemp in Search of Pirates (R,S,HD). 4.00 Luton Airport (R,S). 4.30 Luton Airport (R,S). 5.00 Luton Airport (R,S). 5.30 Luton Airport (R,S).

Long 2.00 Alex Lester Radio 3 7.00am Breakfast 9.00 News 9.03 Sunday Morning with Rob Cowan Noon Private Passions 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 The Early Music Show 3.00 Choral Evensong 4.00 The Choir 5.30 Words and Music 6.45 Sunday Feature: The Devastation of British Art 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert 10.00 Drama on 3: The Product 11.45 David Matthews Symphony No 6 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Bells on Sunday 5.45 Profile 6.00 News Headlines 6.05 Something Understood 6.35 On Your Farm 6.57

Weather 7.00 News 7.07 Sunday Papers 7.10 Sunday 7.55 (LW) Radio 4 Appeal 7.55 (FM) Radio 4 Appeal 7.57 Weather 8.00 News 8.07 Sunday Papers 8.10 Sunday Worship 8.50 A Point of View 8.58 Tweet of the Day 9.00 Broadcasting House 10.00 The Archers 11.15 Desert Island Discs Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 The Museum of Curiosity 12.30 The Food Programme 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World This Weekend 1.30 I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down 2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time 2.45 The Listening Project 3.00 Classic Serial: Sword of Honour – Officers and Gentlemen 4.00 Open

Book 4.30 Poetry Please 5.00 File on 4 5.40 Profile 5.54 Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.15 Pick of the Week 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Alex Horne Presents the Horne Section 7.45 Stories from the South Downs 8.00 Feedback 8.30 Last Word 9.00 Money Box 9.26 (LW) Radio 4 Appeal 9.26 (FM) Radio 4 Appeal 9.30 Analysis 9.59 Weather 10.00 The Westminster Hour 11.00 The Film Programme 11.30 Something Understood Midnight News and Weather 12.15 Thinking Allowed 12.45 Bells on Sunday 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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7.00 Turner’s Thames (R). Matthew Collings explores JMW Turner’s paintings of the Thames.

8.00 Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams (R). Tom Fort journeys down the River Trent in a custombuilt punt.

9.00 The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge (R).

Stephen Smith explores the life and work of the renowned jeweller.

10.00 Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death (R).

11.00 Turner’s Thames (R).

12.00 Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (R). 1.00 Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams (R). 2.00 The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge (R). 3.00 Turner’s Thames (R).

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10.00 Revolution (S,HD). New 10.20 The Thick of It. Nicola 10.00 Football Special (HD). tries desperately to find series. The apocalyptic Aston Villa v Tottenham a sports star to front the drama picks up six Hotspur. Extended department’s latest months on from last highlights of the Premier campaign. With Malcolm season’s devastating League clash at Villa away, she has to rely on finale, when the Park, where the hosts advice from the prime triumph of turning the were looking to produce minister’s new fixer. power back on was cut another surprise result. short by the launch of the nuclear missiles.

10.00 Rude Tube. Alex Zane highlights more bandwidth-grabbing videos from the internet, this time focusing on contraptions and experiments devised by the world’s would-be mad scientists.

RADIO

7.00 Atlantis (R,S).

The trio find an abandoned baby in the mountains.

7.45 Top Gear Vietnam Special (R,S). The presenters travel through Vietnam.

9.00 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). An edition from 2011.

9.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S).

10.00 Family Guy (S).

Joe and Quagmire are suspicious of Peter’s new friend Mahmoud.

10.25 Family Guy (R,S).

10.45 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S).

Return of the panel show.

11.15 American Dad! (R,S).

21st Oct - BESTFORM

10.00 The Only Way Is Essex (HD). Reality programme following a group of people in Essex.

10.50 Freshers (R,HD). Six students embark on their first year at the University of Bedfordshire.

Radio 1 5.00am Seani B 7.00 Gemma Cairney 10.00 Matt Edmondson 1.00pm Huw Stephens 4.00 Jameela Jamil 7.00 Dan & Phil 9.00 The Surgery with Aled & Dr Radha 10.00 Annie Mac Midnight BBC Introducing with Jen and Ally 2.00 Monki 4.00 Dev Radio 2 6.00am The Sunday Hour 7.00 Clare Balding with Good Morning Sunday 9.00 Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs 11.00 Weekend Wogan 1.00pm Elaine Paige on Sunday 3.00 Johnnie Walker’s Sounds of the 70s 5.00 Paul O’Grady 7.00 Sunday Night with Michael Ball 9.00 Clare Teal 11.00 Don Black Midnight Janice

BBC3 BBC3

12.00 Spanish Football (HD). Real Madrid v Malaga. 1.00 Football Special (HD). Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur. 2.30 Scottish Premiership Football (HD). 3.00 Spanish Football (HD). 4.00 Football Special (HD). 5.30 FL72 Highlights (HD). Leeds United v Birmingham City.

Radio 5 Live 9.00am SportsWeek 10.00 Pienaar’s Politics 11.00 5 Live Investigates Noon 5 Live Sport 12.45 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Rugby 3.00 5 Live Sport 4.00 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14 6.06 6-0-6 7.30 On the Money 8.30 5 Live News 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 Aled Jones Noon Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 3.00 Charlotte Green’s Culture Club 5.00 The Classic FM Chart 7.00 David Mellor 9.00 Wynne Evans’ Guide to Verdi.

Conclusion. The middle period of Verdi’s life and career. 10.00 Smooth Classics Midnight Bob Jones

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TV PICKS

Monday’s Television Guide Monday television&radio ICELAND FOODS: LIFE IN THE FREEZER CABINET 9pm, BBC2

SHOPLIFTERS & PROUD 9pm, Channel 5

Documentary focusing on habitual thieves who are unapologetic about their crimes, including a 23-year-old woman who has been banned from every store in her home town of Stockport. The programme also meets Ian and Amanda, who shoplift to order and have clocked up almost 300 charges between them.

Documentary following the fortunes of frozenfood supermarket chain Iceland, featuring contributions by CEO Malcolm Walker.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Fake Britain (R,S). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Real Rescues (S,HD). 11.45 Britain’s Empty Homes (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Keeping Up Appearances (R,S). 3.15 Perfection (R,S,HD). 4.00 Escape to the Country (R,S).

4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Real Rescues (R,S,HD). 7.50 Britain’s Empty Homes (R,S). 8.20 Sign Zone: Wanted Down Under (R,S). 9.05 Watchdog (R,S).

10.05 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain (R,S).

10.35 Click (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD).

11.30 BBC World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (R,S,HD). 1.30 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.15 Great British Menu (R,S,HD). 2.45 Floyd on Fish (R,S,HD). 3.15 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 3.45 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.15 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD).

5.00 Flog It! (R,S).

DOC MARTIN 9pm, ITV

In the last episode of the series, as Louisa leaves for Spain, Martin discovers a health issue that could put her in danger if she gets on a plane. Meanwhile, Bert and Jennifer’s engagement party goes awry.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

MURDER IN THE ALPS 9pm, BBC1

Panorama investigation into the killing of Saad al-Hilli and his wife Iqbal, her mother Suhaila al-Allaf and French cyclist Sylvain Mollier in the Alps almost 14 months ago.

Jane Corbin visits the scene of the crime near Lake Annecy with witnesses who were there that day but have never spoken up before.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs. 7.00 According to Jim. 7.30 Will & Grace. 7.55 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Four Rooms. 11.00 Undercover Boss USA. 12.00 News. 12.05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking. 12.35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. 1.05 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems. 1.20 Film: The Violent Men (S,HD) (1955). ●●● 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD).

5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 War Hero in My Family (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.20 Castle (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: They Come Back (S) (2007). Supernatural drama, starring Mia Kirshner. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Lucas and Vanessa consider leaving Ramsay Street.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 10pm

Emmerdale, 7pm

Secrets of Your Pay Packet … 8pm

Under the Dome, 10pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 4/21. Bart trades lives with a wealthy lookalike.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Tamara decides whether she wants to be with Casey or Kyle.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Alex Jones and Matt Baker.

7.30 Regional Programme (S).

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 80/140. Quiz show.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Zoe Ball chats to the latest couple to be eliminated.

7.00 Rick Stein’s India (R,S,HD).

6/6. Rick meets India’s first MasterChef winner in Lucknow.

Last in the series.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Paddy plans to tell Rhona about his fling with Chas.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Things are not good between Hayley and Roy.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S,HD).

7.00 Beat the Ancestors (S,HD).

Re-creating rocket parachutes used during the Second World War. Last in the series. Followed by 5 News Update.

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Have I Got a Bit More … 10.35pm

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Whitney gets on the wrong side of Dennis the menace.

8.30 A Question of Sport (S,HD).

1/36. New series. With Michael Owen, Louis Smith, Ben Youngs and Helen Glover.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD).

15/37. Two teams are given another chance to make it to the next stage.

8.30 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food (S,HD). 5/6. The Michelinstarred chef demonstrates how to make two roast dinners.

8.00 Countrywise (S,HD). 8/8. Liz Bonnin joins conservationists trying to save the water vole.

Last in the series.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Roy keeps a vigil at Hayley’s bedside.

8.00 Secrets of Your Pay Packet: Channel 4 Dispatches (S).

How the recession has affected Britain’s workforce.

8.30 Health Freaks (S). 1/6.

See Choices Above.

8.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD). Jon Bentley tests translation apps for smartphones at the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, and learns about the UK’s best free-to-air TV services. Followed by 5 News Update.

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9.00 Murder in the Alps (S,HD).

See Choices Above.

9.00 Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet (S,HD). 1/3.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Doc Martin (S,HD). 8/8.

See Choices Above.

9.00 999: What’s Your Emergency? (S,HD). 3/6.

Paramedics deal with mentalhealth cases, attempting to talk a man away from the edge of a multi-storey car park and racing to help a father who is having suicidal thoughts.

9.00 Shoplifters & Proud (S,HD).

See Choices Above.

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10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). 5/13. Actress Kristen Schaal hosts the comedy music quiz, with Alice Levine, Rylan Clark, David O’Doherty and James Arthur joining team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 The Agenda (S,HD). 3/8. ITV’s political editor Tom Bradby presents a discussion on the week’s main talking points, with guests from the worlds of politics and popular culture.

10.00 Date My Porn Star (S). Three British men explore the bouxndaries between sexual fantasy and reality as they travel to Los Angeles to meet their favourite adult-film stars.

Part of the Campaign for Real Sex season.

10.00 Under the Dome (S,HD). 10/13.

Norrie, Joe and Angie find a monarch butterfly caterpillar inside the alien egg. Dodee is thrown clear of the mini-dome when she attempts to touch it, and becomes convinced Junior is the fourth hand when it is revealed he had a seizure at the school dance.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You (R,S,HD). 3/11. Stephen Merchant hosts the current affairs quiz, with stand-up comedian Hal Cruttenden joining regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton.

11.20 Citizen Khan (R,S,HD).

11.50 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). 2/20. Graham is joined by music royalty Paul McCartney, chatting and performing from his latest album New.

11.20 The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors (R,S,HD).

3/3. Rageh Omaar examines why the empire finally collapsed. Last in the series.

11.05 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Julian Clary (R,S,HD). 4/6. The comedian talks about his life and career.

11.05 Educating Yorkshire (R,S).

7/8. Year 9 pupil Jack has a big heart and a good sense of humour, but a short memory when it comes to promises to improve his behaviour in lessons.

11.00 Chaos (S) (2005). See Choices Above. ●●

12.35 Weatherview (S). 12.40 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: Horizon – Defeating the Hackers (R,S). An insight into the murky and fast-paced world of people using computers to steal money and identities, revealing the methods scientists are using to help stop hackers. 1.20 Sign Zone: The Story of the Jews (R,S). 2.20 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone

12.05 Jackpot247. Viewers are offered the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with an entertaining mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. Featuring a variety of prizes and promotions. 3.00 Champions League Weekly (S,HD). 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.05 First Time Farmers (R,S,HD). An 18-year-old who has won awards for her champion pigs. Last in the series. 1.00 Random Acts (S). 1.05 Film: Duniya Na Mane (S) (1937). Drama, starring Shanta Apte. ●●● 3.45 Nashville (S,HD). 4.30 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.20 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

1.00 SuperCasino. Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming, with an entertaining mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team.

Featuring a variety of prizes and promotions.3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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ARROW 8pm, Sky1

New series which sees members of the public try to convince a panel of GPs – Pixie McKenna, Ayan Panja and Ellie Cannon – that their homespun cures for various health problems actually work.

The fantasy drama returns four months on from the Undertaking. Events have taken their toll on local hero Oliver, who has retired and gone back to Lian Yu, the island where he was stranded and tortured for five years. Diggle and Felicity manage to track him down – but can they persuade him he is still needed?

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 6.25 Coronation Street (R,HD). 7.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.35 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD).

11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale. 1.00 Coronation Street.

2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.10 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 5.05 Big Rich Texas.

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD).

7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.55 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD). 3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD).

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

HEALTH FREAKS 8.30pm, Channel 4

CHAOS 11pm, Channel 5

Monday television&radio THE BOURNE SUPREMACY 10pm, ITV2

A veteran cop and his inexperienced new partner take on the mysterious criminal masterminding a series of hi-tech heists. Thriller, starring Jason Statham.

GOLD Gold

6.00 2point4 Children 6.35 Sykes 7.25 2point4 Children 8.05 Sykes 8.45 Last of the Summer Wine 9.25 Keeping Up Appearances 10.45 Heroes of Comedy 11.50 Just a Minute 12.30 Jo Brand’s Great Wall of Comedy 1.10 The Return of the Borrowers 1.50 Porridge 2.30 As Time Goes By 3.05 Jeeves and Wooster 4.20 Last of the Summer Wine 5.40 One Foot in the Grave

Action thriller sequel, starring Matt Damon, Brian Cox, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Franka Potente, Karl Urban and Gabriel Mann.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Football Special (HD).

10.30 FL72 Highlights (HD). 11.00 Spanish Football (HD). 12.00 Football Special (HD). 1.30 Spanish Football (HD). 2.30 Scottish Premiership Football (HD). 3.00 FL72 Highlights (HD).

3.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 4.00 Game Changers (HD).

5.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits.

Peter Andre: My Life, 9pm

Made in Chelsea, 10pm

Arrow, 8pm

Not Going Out, 9pm

Live Football, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Renny from Bristol chooses three blind dates.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Sheldon tries to extend his lifespan.

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Frankie and Mike worry Axl will lose out on a college scholarship.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

6.20 Steptoe and Son. Harold dreams of becoming a male model.

6.00 FL72 Review. A roundup of recent matches, featuring all the goals from League One and League Two.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Harry Hill narrates a selection of camcorder calamities.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Lily applies for a firearms licence after Marshall is mugged.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Fat Tony and Selma marry after a whirlwind romance.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

7.00 Bring Me Morecambe & Wise. Celebrating the comedy duo’s series of sketches based around plays that Ernie wrote.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed!

Forever (R). Comedian Harry Hill narrates a selection of surreal camcorder calamities and viewers’ mobilephone footage.

8.00 New Girl (R,HD). Jess and Cece panic about their biological clocks.

8.30 New Girl (R,HD).

Winston helps Jess get a bathtub for the apartment.

8.00 Arrow (HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Porridge. Fletch tries desperately to distance himself from an escape plan, convinced it is doomed from the outset. Festive edition of the comedy from 1975, starring Ronnie Barker.

9.00 Peter Andre: My Life (HD). Following their pregnancy announcement, Pete excitedly prepares for the future with Emily – before getting back to work with the promotion of his two new fragrances.

9.00 90210 (HD). Jordan asks a favour of his mother as he tries to help an incarcerated Mark, but finds that there are strings attached, while Silver attempts to nip Michaela’s promising musical career in the bud.

9.00 Arrow (S,HD). Familiar foe China White returns, and this time she has company in the form of a menacing new partner.

Thea gives Roy an ultimatum. Fantasy drama, starring Stephen Amell and Kelly Hu.

9.00 Not Going Out. Lee pretends to be Tim in front of Kate’s Australian friend Ruth and gets a job in a shopping centre distributing leaflets.

9.40 Not Going Out. Lee agrees to give Kate driving lessons.

7.00 Live Monday Night Football (HD). Crystal Palace v Fulham (kick-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the Premier League clash between the two London clubs at Selhurst Park.

Both of these teams will be under pressure to pick up points after disappointing starts to the campaign. The last time the two met here – coincidentally a Monday night in October nine years ago – it was the Eagles who came away with a 2-0 victory.

10.20 Outnumbered. Gran 10.00 Karl Pilkington: The 10.00 The Bourne 10.00 Made in Chelsea. takes the family out for Moaning of Life Supremacy (HD) Louise hatches a plan to a day of sightseeing in (R,HD). Karl Pilkington (2004). The amnesiac win back Andy London, where Pete uses answers important life assassin is living quietly following their split, a visit to HMS Belfast to questions, beginning in hiding, until his while Spencer’s romance stage a brief with the relevance of former employers come with a mystery re-enactment of the marriage today, after him again and Californian girl leaves Second World War. exploring arranged murder his girlfriend. A Lucy unimpressed – until marriages in India and CIA operation has Jamie starts flirting with ceremonies in Las Vegas. ended in disaster, and her. those responsible intend to clear their names by 11.00 Big Fat Quiz of the 90s 11.00 Spartacus: Vengeance 11.00 Absolutely Fabulous.

11.00 Spanish Football Gold. implicating Bourne.

Edina redesigns her (R,HD). Jimmy Carr grills (R,S,HD). Glaber’s forces Barcelona v Real Madrid.

Action thriller sequel, kitchen, and embarks on 11.15 FL72 Review. six celebrities on the gain new recruits, starring Matt Damon, a whirlwind visit to New 1990s. prompting Spartacus Brian Cox, Joan Allen York in search of the and the rebels to train and Julia Stiles. perfect doorknob. harder to keep their new Including FYI Daily. See sanctuary safe.

11.40 Absolutely Fabulous.

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12.10 The Only Way Is Essex (R,HD). Reality programme following a group of people in Essex, with each episode filmed just a few days before transmission.

12.55 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). 1.50 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 2.30 Teleshopping.

Home shopping.

12.45 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.45 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,HD).

2.05 Suburgatory (R,HD). 2.30 Happy Endings (R,HD). 2.50 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

3.15 Life Unexpected (R,HD).

3.55 Glee (R,HD). 4.35 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 Radio 1’s Stories 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Rock Show with Daniel P Carter 2.00 B.Traits 4.00 Dev Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Patrick Kielty 9.30 Michael Ball Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Paul Jones 8.00 Jo Whiley. The new albums

by Paul McCartney and Lissie. 10.00 Hugh Laurie’s Blues Changes 11.00 Jools Holland Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

12.15 A League of Their Own: Unseen (R,S,HD). 1.15 Brit Cops: War on Crime (R,S). 2.10 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). Danno’s former partner is murdered. 3.10 Road Wars (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.

The Doric Quartet performs Haydn and Schumann. 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. The Scottish Ensemble and artistic director Jonathan Morton play works by Brahms, Walton, Leopold Hurt and Martin Suckling, live from the Music Hall, Aberdeen. 10.00 Free Thinking. Matthew Sweet chairs a debate from Derry-Londonderry. 10.45 The Essay: Autumn 1973 11.00 Jazz on 3 12.30am Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 9.00 Start the Week 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Meet the Jewslims 11.30 Dilemma Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Terror Through Time: The Story of Terrorism from The Assassins to Al Qaeda 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: GF Newman’s The Corrupted 3.00 Round Britain Quiz. Teams from Northern Ireland and Wales compete. 3.30 The Food

12.20 The Comic Strip Presents: Four Men in a Plane. Squabbling and ego-clashes erupt between a quartet of sales professionals flying to a conference. Comedy, with Rik Mayall. 1.10 Not Going Out 1.45 Not Going Out 2.15 The Comic Strip Presents: Four Men in a Plane 3.00 Home Shopping Programme 4.00 Auditioning for Auntie 4.30 The Digital Human 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 The Museum of Curiosity 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Gillespie and I 8.00 The Invention of Italy 8.30 Analysis 9.00 Shared Planet 9.30 Start the Week 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Goldfinch 11.00 Verse Illustrated 11.15 Warhorses of Letters 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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12.15 SPFL Round-Up (HD). 12.45 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD).

1.45 Monday Night Football (HD). Crystal Palace v Fulham.

Action from the Premier League clash between the two London clubs. 4.15 Spanish Football Gold 4.30 SPFL Round-Up 5.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Sam Walker 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport: The Monday Night Club 8.00 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14 10.00 5 Live Sport: Final Whistle 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert. Beethoven, Schubert, Duruflé. 10.00 Smooth Classics. With Margherita Taylor.

2.00am Nick Bailey

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S).

8.00 Hotel of Mum and Dad (R,S).

Two couples from Norwich move into their own homes.

9.00 Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time (S). New series. The health implications of excessive consumption.

10.00 Some Girls (S).

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

Whitney gets on the wrong side of Dennis the menace.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (R,S).

12.10 American Dad! (R,S). Stan’s friends are shocked to learn that he has never killed anyone, despite his high-octane career.

12.30 Some Girls (R,S).

1.00 Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time (R,S). 2.00 Crime, Carnage & Cancun: Stacey Dooley Investigates (R,S). 3.00 Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Britain from Above (R).

Examining the history of Britain’s landscape.

8.00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

(R). Newlywed Bob has a trying time.

8.30 Only Connect.

Teams who lost their first heats compete.

9.00 Impact! A Horizon Guide to Car Crashes.

The breakthroughs which have transformed road safety since the 1950s.

10.00 Storyville: Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer.

11.30 Africa (R).

12.30 Lost Kingdoms of Africa (R). 1.30 Only Connect (R). 2.00 Britain from Above (R). 2.30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (R). 3.00 Impact! A Horizon Guide to Car Crashes (R).

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Tuesday’s Television Guide Tuesday television&radio TV PICKS

DIY SOS: THE BIG BUILD 9pm, BBC1

LIVE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 7.30pm, ITV

THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF: CLASS OF Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund (Kick-off 7.45pm). 2012 Coverage of the matchday three Group F clash 7pm, BBC2

Nick Knowles and his team enlist the help of local tradesmen to transform a family home in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsene Wenger’s men entertain last season’s runnersup. Adrian Chiles presents, with analysis by Roy Keane and Lee Dixon, and commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Fake Britain (R,S). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Real Rescues (S,HD). 11.45 Britain’s Empty Homes (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Keeping Up Appearances (R,S). 3.15 Perfection (R,S,HD). 4.00 Escape to the Country (R,S).

4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Real Rescues (R,S,HD). 7.50 Britain’s Empty Homes (R,S). 8.20 Sign Zone: Wanted Down Under (R,S). 9.05 Antiques Roadshow (R,S). 10.05 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD).

11.00 BBC News (S,HD). 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Classic Mastermind (R,S). 1.30 Cash in the Attic (R,S).

2.15 Great British Menu (R,S,HD). 2.45 Floyd on Fish (R,S,HD). 3.15 Are You Being Served? (R,S).

3.45 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.15 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 5.00 Flog It! (R,S).

CSI: NEW YORK – THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE 9pm, Channel 5

The CSIs are alerted to three separate murders on Valentine’s Day, including the CEO of a company killed at a farmers’ market and a man found dead in a hotel room. Crime drama, starring Gary Sinise and Eddie Cahill.

Members of the class of 2012 talk about their experiences of life inside the tent, including how practising their skills dominated their lives.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Northampton.

3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD).

Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.00 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.25 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Frasier (R,S). 8.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S).

10.00 Four Rooms (R,S,HD). 11.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking (S). 12.35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals (R,S,HD). 1.05 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 1.20 Film: 40 Guns to Apache Pass (S,HD) (1967). ●● 3.10 Countdown. 4.00 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me.

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Animal Maternity. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD).

1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.20 CSI: NY (R,S). 3.10 Film: Try to Remember (S) (2004). Drama, starring Gabrielle Anwar and Max Martini. Edited for violence and language. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD).

5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Lucas and Vanessa leave Ramsay Street.

(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 81/140. Quiz show.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Zoe Ball talks to the couple who escaped elimination on Sunday.

7.00 The Great British Bake Off: Class of 2012 (S,HD). See Choices Above.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 1/21. A parody of Michael Bay’s Transformers.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Holly is stunned by Cindy’s revelation.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Bianca celebrates her hen night at Angelo’s.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain is disappointed that Moira has put the farm up for sale.

7.30 Live UEFA Champions League (S,HD). Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund (kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the matchday three Group F clash at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsene Wenger’s men entertain last season’s runners-up. Having won both of their previous fixtures, the Gunners currently top the table and have a threepoint advantage over tonight’s opponents and Napoli.

However, the German outfit have been in fine form so far this term domestically and are likely to provide the Londoners with their toughest test of the campaign so far. See Choices Above.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S,HD).

7.00 Jungle Babies: Tarsier Tails (S,HD). 3/25.

7.30 The Dog Rescuers (S,HD). Sara Hughes visits the home of a malnourished dog. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Double Your House for Half the Money (S,HD). 10/10.

See Choices Above.

8.00 Cowboy Builders (S,HD).

Helping a family whose new home was left unfinished.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Masters of Sex (S,HD). 3/12.

Johnson and Masters continue to conduct their research in the brothel, but after receiving skewed data, they are determined to get the project reinstated at the hospital.

Drama, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan.

9.00 CSI: New York – The Penultimate Episode (S,HD).

16/17. See Choices Above.

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London Irish, 10.10pm

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports, presented by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Followed

by BBC News; Regional News.

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Tipping Point, 4pm

6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 2/52. Harry is forced to confront an old friend when drugs go missing, Ric is not impressed to find Gemma has brought her son into work and Arthur overreacts with a patient.

8.00 The Great British Bake Off – The Final (S,HD). Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc present the final of the competition. Last in the series.

9.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build (S,HD).

See Choices Above.

9.00 The Wrong Mans (S,HD). 5/6.

The duo find they have become high-profile fugitives.

9.30 The Sarah Millican Television Programme (S,HD). 5/6. With Dan Cruickshank, Martin Lewis and Gabriella Ellis.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Fox Wars (S,HD). One-off documentary revealing the measures some people take to get rid of the suburban fox – and introduces those who, on the other hand, welcome the animals’ company.

10.00 Later – with Jools Holland (S,HD). 6/8. Arctic Monkeys perform tunes from their fifth album AM. Also appearing are Paul McCartney, Gary Clark Jr, Katy B, Benjamin Clementine and Earth, Wind & Fire.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time (S,HD). Action from this evening’s matchday three fixtures, including FC Schalke 04 v Chelsea, Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund, Celtic v Ajax and AC Milan v Barcelona.

10.10 London Irish (S,HD). 5/6. The friends wake up hungover in a strange flat after St Patrick’s Day with no idea how they got there or what happened the previous night.

10.40 8 Out of 10 Cats (R,S,HD). 3/9.

With Helen Flanagan, Henning Wehn and Miles Jupp.

10.00 CSI: New York – The Last Ever Episode (S,HD). 17/17.

The team investigates a case involving a police officer. Last in the series.

10.55 CSI: New York – The First Ever Episode (R,S,HD). 1/23. A serial killer strikes in the city.

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The Wrong Mans, 9pm

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6 7 8 9

Holby City, 8pm

11.20 A Simple Plan (S,HD) (1998).

See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.20 Trust Me I’m a Doctor (R,S,HD). 2/3. Michael Mosley and the team are in Chester to learn about an experiment to find out whether standing up a few more hours each day could have major health benefits.

11.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside, where he invites American guests to air their differences, and dispenses his own judgment on the situation.

11.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 17/22.

Bart wins an elephant.

11.55 The Simpsons (R,S). 16/21. A new girl at school turns out to be a bully – so Lisa sets out to find a cure for anti-social behaviour.

11.50 Dennis Nilsen’s First Kill: Countdown to Murder (R,S,HD). 2/6. Examining the events that led Nilsen to become a serial killer.

1.15 Weatherview (S). 1.20 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: America’s Stoned Kids (R,S). Clinical psychologist John Marsden visits Denver to assess the impact Colorado’s legalisation of marijuana for recreational use may have on the rest of America. Part of the This World strand. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone

12.20 Jackpot247. Viewers are offered the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with an entertaining mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. Featuring a variety of prizes and promotions. 3.00 Loose Women (R,HD).

3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.25 Random Acts (S). An atmospheric short film by director Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic. 12.30 Poker (S). 1.25 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 1.50 Volleyball (S).

2.45 VW Racing Cup (R,S). 3.10 FIA GT Series (R,S,HD). 4.05 Cardiff Half Marathon (R,S). 5.00 River Rat Race Stockton (R,S). 5.25 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 5.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (R,S). 1.15 SuperCasino. Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team.

3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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REVOLUTION 9pm, Sky1

The apocalyptic drama picks up six months on from last season’s devastating finale, when the triumph of turning the power back on was cut short by the launch of the nuclear missiles.

Now the bombs have dropped and the world has changed again. Miles, Aaron and Rachel are adjusting to life in a small Texas town.

Sarah Beeny meets a Hertfordshire couple who are transforming a £900,000 property, and follows a project in Hampshire to renovate a former post office.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 6.25 Coronation Street (R,HD). 7.25 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.35 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD).

11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.00 Coronation Street. 2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show.

4.10 The Real Housewives of Orange County. 5.05 Big Rich Texas.

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD).

7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD). 3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD).

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

DOUBLE YOUR HOUSE FOR HALF THE MONEY 8pm, Channel 4

A SIMPLE PLAN 11.20pm, BBC1

Tuesday television&radio THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! 10pm, E4

The decision by two brothers to keep a fortune they find in a plane wreck has fateful consequences. Sam Raimi’s psychological thriller, with Bill Paxton.

GOLD Gold

6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Sykes 7.20 2point4 Children 8.00 Sykes 8.40 As Time Goes By 9.20 Goodnight Sweetheart 10.40 Last of the Summer Wine 12.00 One Foot in the Grave 12.40 Steptoe and Son 1.20 The Green Green Grass 2.00 Only Fools and Horses 2.40 As Time Goes By 3.20 The Best of Les Dawson 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine 5.20 Porridge.

Comedy, with Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, OJ Simpson and Ricardo Montalban.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans (HD). 9.00 Monday Night Football (HD). 11.30 SPFL Round-Up (HD). 12.00 FL72 Review. 1.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD). 2.00 Monday Night Football (HD). 4.30 Football Gold (S). 5.00 Premier League Review (HD).

Celebrity Juice, 10pm

Happy Endings, 9.30pm

Revolution, 9pm

Miranda, 9.40pm

Soccer Special, 7.30pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Potential suitors woo a single man from Carmarthenshire.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Homer discovers a talent for styling hair.

6.20 Steptoe and Son. Harold invests in a waterbed.

6.00 Revista De La Liga (HD). Scott Minto presents highlights of the latest La Liga matches in Spain.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Featuring giddy grandmas and wedding nightmares.

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Diane is rushed to hospital.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted walks out of his mother’s wedding.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

With the guest voice of Dolly Parton.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

With the guest voice of Joan Rivers.

7.00 Steptoe and Son. Harold brings a risque item home.

7.40 Outnumbered. The family spends a day sightseeing in London.

8.00 Peter Andre: My Life (R,HD). Pete prepares for the future with Emily.

8.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Ted dates a younger woman.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard is offered a job opportunity.

8.00 Glee (R,S,HD). Tribute episode to actor Cory Monteith, who died in July. New Directions are united in grief after hearing of the sudden death of Finn.

8.20 Only Fools and Horses.

Del plans a spot of salmon-poaching – only to find the bracing country air is not all it is cracked up to be.

7.00 Sportswomen (HD).

The biggest talkingpoints in the world of women’s sport.

7.30 Soccer Special (HD).

Julian Warren introduces pre-match reports and news of all tonight’s goals as they go in, while studio guests keep an eye on the big games and talking points. Plus, a classified results roundup from all of this evening’s fixtures.

9.00 Revolution (R,S,HD).

See Choices Above.

9.00 Only Fools and Horses.

Del falls for a glamorous antiques dealer who comes to view an old cabinet described as a ‘Queen Anne’ original.

9.40 Miranda. A shopping expedition ends in disaster.

9.00 The Magaluf 9.00 Rules of Engagement Weekender (HD). Party (HD). Audrey urges Jeff animals Adrian, Andy to change his unhealthy and Duane from Westoneating habits. super-Mare and posh 9.30 Happy Endings (HD).

Windsor girls Olivia and Penny seeks comfort Megan check in to the following her break-up party resort for three with Pete. days of holiday fun. Last in the series.

10.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Agnes tries to solve son Dermot’s relationship problems by giving his girlfriend advice, and Grandad ends up in hospital after Dr Flynn’s attempt to read his temperature goes awry.

11.50 Freshers (R,HD). Six students embark on their first year at the University of Bedfordshire.

11.45 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,HD). Sheldon breaks (R,S,HD). A former CIA up with Amy and turns man is killed, but his to cats in his search for long list of enemies an alternative to human makes finding a companionship. potential killer an uphill Comedy, starring Jim task.

Parsons.

11.00 Absolutely Fabulous. 11.00 Premier League Patsy and Edina consider Review (HD). A look throwing an orgy. back at recent fixtures in 11.40 The Vicar of Dibley. the English Premier The villagers of Dibley League. discover their new vicar is a woman.

12.50 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). Elena tries to cope with the highs and lows of being a vampire, while Stefan and Damon almost come to blows arguing over what is best for her. 1.40 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). 2.25 Teleshopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.15 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Howard tries to win back his ex-girlfriend. 12.45 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 1.15 90210 (R,HD). 2.05 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 2.30 Being Erica (R,HD).

3.10 Life Unexpected (R,HD).

3.50 Glee (R,HD). 4.35 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.20 The Comic Strip Presents: Funseekers. A holiday for 18-to-30-year-olds in Ibiza proves to be so much fun that nobody notices one of them is 34. Comedy, starring Keith Allen. 1.25 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.55 The Comic Strip Presents: Funseekers. 2.50 Morph. 3.00 Home Shopping.

RADIO

10.00 The Naked Gun: From 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). The killing of a the Files of Police naval technology Squad! (HD) (1988). See scientist throws up an Choices Above. ●●●●● unlikely link to a surfer, so Deeks and Kensi find themselves going undercover down at the beach.

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 The Review Show with Jen Long 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Punk Show with Mike Davies Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Patrick Kielty 9.30 Michael Ball Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Jamie Cullum 8.00 Jo Whiley. The host reveals her choice for this week’s best single. 10.00 Faith in the World 11.00 Mark Radcliffe’s Music Club Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: JeanBaptiste Lully 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. The Sixteen’s 2013 Choral Pilgrimage – The Queen of Heaven – live from Ealing Abbey. Harry Christophers and his choir explore the musical evolution of Allegri’s fabled Miserere. 10.00 Free Thinking 10.45 The Essay: Autumn 1973. Michael Goldfarb explores the deeper meaning of the October War. 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 The Reith Lectures 2013 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Shared Planet 11.30 Who Sold the Soul?

Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 Call You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Terror Through Time: The Story of Terrorism from The Assassins to Al Qaeda 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: GF Newman’s The Corrupted 3.00 Short Cuts 3.30

Costing the Earth 4.00 Law in Action 4.30 A Good Read 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 It’s Your Round 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 (LW) Gillespie and I 7.45 (FM) Gillespie and I 8.00 File on 4 8.40 In Touch 9.00 Inside Health 9.30 The Human Zoo 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Goldfinch 11.00 Small Scenes 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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7.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? (R,S).

7.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid? (R,S).

8.00 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). Gavin embarks on two stag nights.

8.30 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). The day of the wedding arrives. Last in the series.

9.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (S). A daredevil organises every detail of his wedding.

10.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (S). Panel show, hosted by Nick Grimshaw.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (R,S).

12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 1.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S).

2.00 Some Girls (R,S). 2.30 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). With Jack Whitehall and Katy B. 3.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Britain from Above (R). How intensive farming methods have altered the British countryside.

8.00 Operation Mincemeat (R).

A British mission to deceive Hitler in 1943.

9.00 The Art of Australia.

Edmund Capon reveals how Australia and its art went global.

Last in the series.

10.00 Storyville: Smash & Grab – The Story of the Pink Panthers.

11.30 Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (R).

12.30 Pandemic – A Horizon Guide (R). Dr Mike Leahy traces the history of infectious diseases using the BBC archives. 1.30 Britain from Above (R). 2.00 Operation Mincemeat. 3.00 The Art of Australia.

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10.00 Celebrity Juice: X Factor Special (R,HD).

With guests Dermot O’Leary, Caroline Flack, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger.

10.50 Tricked (R,HD). Joe Swash experiences a scary spa treatment.

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). 1.00 Brit Cops: Zero Tolerance (R,S).

Following police officers in Hammersmith and Fulham. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Ross Kemp: Middle East (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S).

5.00 Airline (R,S). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

BBC3 BBC3

10.00 Revista De La Liga (HD). Scott Minto presents highlights of the latest La Liga matches in Spain, featuring the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

12.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 1.00 Sportswomen (HD). 1.30 Football Asia (S). Soccer news from the Far East. 2.00 Revista De La Liga (HD). 3.00 Premier League Review (HD).

4.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 5.00 Revista De La Liga (HD).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Sam Walker 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.45 5 Live Sport: Champions League Football 2013-14.

Commentary on one of tonight’s matches. 9.40 5 Live Sport: Final Whistle. A selection of pundits review the evening’s football. 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Wednesday television&radio Wednesday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

FATHER FIGURE 10.35pm, BBC1

Elaine is worried about telling the family she could be pregnant, but all seems well – until Tom starts putting on weight and developing food cravings.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Fake Britain (R,S). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Real Rescues (S,HD). 11.45 Britain’s Empty Homes (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Keeping Up Appearances (R,S). 3.15 Perfection (R,S,HD). 4.00 Escape to the Country (R,S).

4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT 8pm, ITV

The sleuth is reunited with sidekick Captain Hastings, secretary Miss Lemon and Inspector Japp in a case that plunges him into the world of global espionage as the Second World War looms. The public are in panic after the shocking death of Russian grandmaster Ivan Savaranoff during a game of chess.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer 7.00 Real Rescues 7.45 Britain’s Empty Homes 8.15 Sign Zone: Wanted Down Under (R,S). 9.00 Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar – Natural World (R,S). 10.00 Plan It, Build It (R,S). 10.30 See Hear (S). 11.00 News (S,HD).

11.30 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Lifeline (R,S,HD).

1.10 A to Z of TV Gardening (R,S). 1.30 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.15 Great British Menu (R,S,HD). 2.45 Floyd on Fish (HD). 3.15 Are You Being Served? 3.45 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 4.15 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 5.00 Flog It! (R,S).

GRAND DESIGNS 9pm, Channel 4

AMBASSADORS 9pm, BBC2

Kevin McCloud meets a master craftsman who plans to build a castle in rural Devon made entirely of mud, forming the huge property out of two curved roundhouses connected by glazing.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Witney, near Oxford. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). Features, music and conversation.

3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Comedy following the exploits of Keith Davies and Neil Tilly, two British diplomats stationed in the fictional Central Asian country of Tazbekistan. The pair are tasked with securing a lucrative helicopter contract, but things get worse when the country’s president witnesses Keith accidentally shoot an ibex.

Channel Channel 4

7.25 Will & Grace 7.55 Frasier 8.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10.00 Four Rooms 11.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S).

12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking (S). 12.35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals (R,S,HD). 1.05 Film: The African Queen (S,HD) (1951).

See Choices Above. ●●●●● 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 The Railway: First Great Western (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD).

1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.20 NCIS (R,S).

3.15 Film: Stranger with My Face (S) (2009). Mystery, starring Catherine Hicks. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Chris asks Karl to prescribe him sleeping pills.

The House That £100K Built, 8pm

Coronation Street, 7.30pm

River Cottage to the Core, 8pm

Animal Maternity, 8pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 82/140. Quiz show.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Ian Waite analyses the couples’ training.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 5/21.

Homer and Marge reminisce about their marriage.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Diane is rushed to hospital.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Heath’s mother Cheryl arrives for the wedding.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 Nigellissima (R,S,HD). 1/6.

7.30 Nigellissima (R,S,HD). 2/6.

Simple Italian dishes, including roast chicken with saffron orzotto.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain unwittingly proposes to Moira.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Hayley and Roy struggle to move forward.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S,HD).

7.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge (R,S,HD). The actor heads to Texas. Followed by 5 News Update.

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Watchdog, 8pm

8.00 Watchdog (S,HD). 6/8. Anne Robinson, Matt Allwright and Chris Hollins present the consumer investigation show, looking into packaged bank accounts and the rising cost of train fares.

8.00 The House That £100K Built (S,HD). 6/6. A newly engaged couple plan to build a £95,000 home in rural Devon, but Kieran Long worries they have taken on too much when he discovers they only have £60,000. Last in the series.

8.00 Animal Maternity (S,HD). At Woburn Safari Park, Frankie the giraffe is pestered for milk by all the youngsters in the herd, leaving her newborn calf in danger of missing its first feed.

Last in the series. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 The Great British Year (S,HD).

4/4. The documentary follows wildlife throughout autumn, when the fading sun brings a change of energy to the landscape, while creatures prepare for shorter, darker days. Narrated by Joseph Fiennes. Last in the series.

9.00 Ambassadors (S,HD). 1/3.

See Choices Above.

8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (S,HD). 2/5. The sleuth is reunited with sidekick Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser), secretary Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) and Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) in a case that plunges him into the world of global espionage as the Second World War looms. The public are in panic after the shocking death of Russian grandmaster Ivan Savaranoff during a game of chess. Poirot must try to determine the good guys from the bad, as a complex plot by a gang of dangerous dissidents sees a host of international figures used like pawns. See Choices Above.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Exposure: Undercover Colleges (S,HD). 4/8. Highereducation institutions that have been given ‘highly trusted’ status by the Government and are seeking to attract foreign students.

8.00 River Cottage to the Core (S). 2/4. Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall and the team serve fruit-based picnic food and drink at a local sports day, including blueberry coronation chicken, and raspberry and labneh salad.

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9.00 Grand Designs (S,HD). 8/11.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Saving Britain’s 70-Stone Man (S,HD). Documentary following Keith, who weighs 70 stone and has not left his home for 11 years, as he enlists the help of obesity specialists to help him prepare for life-saving surgery. Part of Supersized Season.

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10.00 The Culture Show: The Art of Chinese Painting (S,HD).

18/32. To coincide with a new exhibition at the V&A, Kate Bryan travels to China to learn about the golden age of Chinese landscape and discover why ink is still favoured over paint.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed by Weather.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Father Figure (S,HD). 6/6.

See Choices Above.

11.05 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD).

1/36. With Michael Owen, Louis Smith, Ben Youngs and Helen Glover.

11.35 Is Anybody There? (S,HD) (2008). See Choices Above. ●●●●

11.20 David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (R,S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. How mammals came to dominate the natural world.

1.05 Weatherview (S). 1.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S). Weekly magazine for the deaf and hard of hearing.

With voiceover. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S).

Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone

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10.00 Gogglebox (S). 5/13. Weekly TV review programme.

10.45 How to Find the Perfect Flatmate (S,HD). Documentary about people entering the highly competitive rental market in London, involving events organised on the same basis as speed dating and elaborate interview processes.

10.00 Wentworth Prison (S,HD).

9/10. See Choices Above.

11.35 James Nesbitt’s Ireland (R,S,HD). 5/8. The actor visits the Galway Races and a food fair in Dingle.

11.50 Up All Night: The Nightclub Toilet (R,S,HD). 1/4. The first of four documentaries about life after dark across Britain.

11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (R,S). 14/23. The body of a former CIA director washes up in a swamp, while a bassist in a country music band is electrocuted mid-song. Crime drama, with Laurence Fishburne.

12.05 Jackpot247 Interactive gaming.

3.00 Film: Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (S) (2000). Jessica Fletcher and a fellow author investigate the death of a Soviet dissident responsible for revealing KGB secrets. Mystery, starring Angela Lansbury, Richard Crenna and Kathryn Morris. ●● 4.30 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.45 Random Acts (S). Short film about an ill-tempered rabbit. 12.50 Film: Sant Tukaram (1936). Drama, with Vishnupant Pagnis. ●●● 3.10 Film: Living Free (S) (1972). Drama, starring Susan Hampshire. ●● 4.45 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD). Mrs Moneypenny invites notorious spendthrifts to scrimp their way to success. 5.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.00 The Big Game (S,HD). Highlights of a recent event. 12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). Life-enhancing changes to a home.

4.20 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

Michaela Strachan goes on the trail of hippos in South Africa. Last in the series.

4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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WENTWORTH PRISON 10pm, Channel 5

MISFITS 10pm, E4

Bea blames husband Harry for Debbie’s death, and commits a desperate act when she is refused to attend the funeral.

The inmate’s reaction to the loss of her daughter brings back painful memories for Fletch.

The comedy drama returns for a final series.

In the first episode, barman Alex joins the gang after discovering a new superpower, while Rudy’s alter-ego attends a mysterious new support group in the middle of the estate. While there, he meets a man trapped in a turtle’s body.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Holiday Showdown 7.25 You’ve Been Framed! 7.55 Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.40 Dinner Date 9.40 Real Housewives of New York City 10.35 Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD).

1.00 Holiday Showdown (R). 2.00 Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.10 Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD). 7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee 10.00 New Girl 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

11.30 Charmed 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD).

9.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD).

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S).

FILM PICKS

Wednesday television&radio IS ANYBODY THERE? 11.35pm, BBC1

THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1.05pm, Channel 4

A 10-year-old boy living in an old people’s residential home strikes up an unlikely friendship with an elderly retired magician. Drama, starring Bill Milner.

Gold GOLD 6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Sykes 7.10 2point4 Children 7.50 Sykes 8.30 As Time Goes By 9.10 Green Green Grass 9.50 Best of Les Dawson 10.30 Last of the Summer Wine 11.50 Steptoe and Son 1.10 Green Green Grass 1.50 Best of Les Dawson 2.30 As Time Goes By 3.05 Jeeves and Wooster 4.20 Last of the Summer Wine 5.40 Only Fools and Horses

A missionary and a drunken captain make a perilous journey through Africa at the outbreak of the First World War. Adventure, with Katharine Hepburn.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). All the strikes from the opening night of matchday three fixtures. 7.00 Premier League Review. A look back at recent fixtures in the English Premier League. 8.00 Revista De La Liga 8.55 Live International One-Day Cricket (HD). India v Australia. 5.30 Champions Tour Golf (HD). The Greater Hickory Classic.

Forgetting Sarah … 10.50pm

Fantastic Four … 8pm

Live UEFA … 7.30pm

You, Me & Them, 9pm

Live Cricket, 8.55am

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Liverpudlian John picks three blind dates from five potential partners, based entirely on the menus they have created.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Comedy, starring Johnny Galecki.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

The Hecks are each assigned a New Year’s resolution.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.20 Steptoe and Son Local gangsters start running a protection racket in Shepherd’s Bush – and choose Harold as one of their first victims.

6.30 European Tour Weekly (HD). An essential roundup of the latest news and action from the golf circuit.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Featuring a dog’s encounter with a whoopee cushion.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

7.35 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Don asks Robin to move in with him.

7.00 Porridge Betting fever sweeps the prison.

7.40 The Vicar of Dibley The villagers of Dibley discover their new vicar is a woman.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed!

Favourites (R). Comical clips, featuring Annette Bening and Kim Jong-il lookalikes.

8.00 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (HD) (2007). The superpowered team takes on a mysterious alien who has been sent by his planet-eating master to prepare Earth for obliteration. While the four heroes try to find a way to foil its plans, an old enemy returns, intent on seizing the extraterrestrial’s power.

Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Jessica Alba. ●●●

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Bart and Lisa have families of their own.

7.30 Live UEFA Champions League (HD).

Manchester United v Real Sociedad (kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the Group A encounter at Old Trafford, where United face the only team in the group yet to earn a point. David Moyes will be hoping for a good result here as he looks to improve United’s inconsistent start to the season, and pick up maximum points after they let a 1-0 lead slip to draw 1-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk in matchday two.

7.00 Inside the PGA Tour (HD). Golf update.

7.30 Soccer Special (HD).

Julian Warren introduces pre-match reports and news of all tonight’s goals as they go in, while studio guests keep an eye on the big games and talking points. Plus, a classified results roundup from all of this evening’s fixtures.

9.00 Freshers (HD). The friends struggle to cope with living away from their parents, and head to a pool party in an attempt to cure their homesickness.

8.20 Miranda Socially awkward joke-shop owner Miranda visits a clothing store to buy an outfit suitable for a date – but the expedition ends in disaster.

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Total Wipeout (R,S). Adventure game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram.

8.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S). A daredevil organises every detail of his wedding.

9.00 Unsafe Sex in the City (S). A couple have a check-up before getting married.

10.00 Staying In with Greg and Russell (S). With Little Mix, Wretch 32, Rylan Clark and James Arthur.

10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S).

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (R,S).

12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S). 1.30 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 2.00 Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time (R,S). 3.00 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Britain from Above (R).

8.00 Heritage! The Battle for Britain’s Past (R).

Investigating how the Second World War affected the heritage movement. Last in the series.

9.00 Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death. How mortality was perceived in the Middle Ages. Last in the series.

10.00 Storyville: The Great Hip Hop Hoax. Two rappers from Dundee who duped the music industry.

11.30 Public Enemy: Prophets of Rage (R).

12.30 The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge 1.30 Britain from Above (R). 2.00 Heritage! The Battle for Britain’s Past 3.00 Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

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10.20 Blackadder Goes Forth 10.00 What’s the Story? (HD).

10.00 Karl Pilkington: The 10.00 The Only Way Is Essex 10.00 Misfits (HD). See Field Marshal Haig plans Moaning of Life Sarah-Jane Mee presents (HD). Reality Choices Above. a new offensive against (R,HD). Karl Pilkington a discussion show programme following a the Germans, and Capt answers important life focusing on recent sports group of people in Blackadder develops a questions, beginning developments.

Essex, with each episode keen interest in art to with the relevance of filmed just a few days avoid the bloodshed. marriage today, before transmission.

Classic comedy, starring exploring arranged 10.50 Forgetting Sarah Rowan Atkinson. marriages in India and Marshall (HD) (2008). A ceremonies in Las Vegas. jilted man takes a trip to Hawaii, only to find his ex and her new 11.00 Absolutely Fabulous 11.00 Made in Chelsea (R).

11.00 A League of Their 11.00 Sporting Heroes (HD). boyfriend are staying at Guest starring Naomi Louise hatches a plan to Own: Unseen (R,S,HD).

Interview with a leading the same resort.

Campbell and Celia win back Andy.

Out-takes and unseen sportsman.

Romantic comedy, Imrie. footage from the sportsstarring Jason Segel, based comedy quiz.

11.40 Gimme Gimme Kristen Bell and Russell Gimme Tom and Linda Brand. Including FYI go clubbing.

Daily ●●●

RADIO

1.05 Up All Night (R,HD). Chris and Reagan want a drama free Valentine’s Day. 1.30 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). Damon gives Elena a lesson in choosing a victim to feed from. 2.20 Teleshopping Buying goods from home. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

12.05 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 12.35 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.05 Suburgatory (R,HD). 1.35 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,HD).

2.05 The Cleveland Show (R,HD).

2.30 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 2.50 Being Erica (R,HD). 3.35 Glee (R,HD). 4.20 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 3.30 The Official Chart Update 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe. With live music from Maida Vale. 9.00 My Playlist. With Chase & Status. 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Huw Stephens Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Patrick Kielty 9.30 Michael Ball Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 The Folk Show with Cerys Matthews 8.00 Jo Whiley 10.00 The People’s Songs 11.00 Trevor Nelson’s Soul Show Midnight Janice Long

12.00 Brit Cops: Zero Tolerance (R,S). 1.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD).

Police officers combat vehicle crime. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD).

3.00 Ross Kemp: Middle East (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 3.30 Choral Evensong 4.30 In Tune. Cellist Matthew Barley performs live. 6.30 Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully. The composer belatedly goes into the opera business. 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra performs Prokofiev and Poulenc. 10.00 Night Waves: Landmarks. Anne McElvoy and guests study Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes. 10.45 The Essay: Autumn 1973 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night

12.20 Gimme Gimme Gimme.

Linda and Tom land new jobs. 1.00 The Comic Strip Presents: Slags.

Comedy drama about two rival street gangs. 1.30 Absolutely Fabulous. Guest starring Naomi Campbell. 2.00 Gimme Gimme Gimme 2.30 Gimme Gimme Gimme 3.00 Home Shopping

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 Midweek 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Silk 11.30 Hard to Tell Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 News and Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Terror Through Time: The Story of Terrorism from The Assassins to Al Qaeda 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: GF Newman’s The Corrupted 3.00 Money Box Live 3.30 Inside Health 4.00 Thinking Allowed

4.30 The Media Show 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Gillespie and I 8.00 The Moral Maze 8.45 Four Thought. How attention has shaped culture. 9.00 Costing the Earth 9.30 Midweek 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Goldfinch 11.00 Before They Were Famous 11.15 It Is Rocket Science 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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12.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 1.00 What’s the Story? (HD). 2.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial (S). 2.30 Football Gold (S). 3.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 4.00 Sporting Heroes (HD). 5.00 Football Gold (S). 5.15 Football Gold (S). 5.30 Live European Tour Golf (HD).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Sam Walker 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.45 5 Live Sport: Champions League Football 2013-14.

Commentary on one of tonight’s matches. 9.40 5 Live Sport: Final Whistle 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert. Bach, Mozart, Richard Harvey, Saint-Saëns. 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Thursday television&radio Thursday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

TRUCKERS 9pm, BBC1

Ashley Walters stars as Steven, who has to rethink his life of drunkenness and casual sex when his estranged children turn up and he discovers the realities of fatherhood.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Fake Britain (R,S). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Real Rescues (S,HD). 11.45 Britain’s Empty Homes (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Keeping Up Appearances (R,S). 3.15 Perfection (R,S,HD). 4.00 Escape to the Country (R,S).

4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

GEORGE CLARKE’S AMAZING SPACES 8pm, Channel 4

NO SEX PLEASE, WE’RE JAPANESE In the first edition, the architect meets a couple 9pm, BBC2 planning to transform a 1960s ambulance into a campervan, and an artist who has commissioned a giant wooden floating egg to use as a work and living space. He also discovers a novel way of turning a suburban basement in Nottingham into an aquarium.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer 7.05 Real Rescues 7.50 Britain’s Empty Homes 8.20 Sign Zone: Wanted Down Under 9.05 The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors 10.05 Plan It, Build It 10.35 HARDtalk 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 Classic Mastermind 1.30 Cash in the Attic 2.15 Great British Menu 2.45 Floyd on Britain and Ireland (HD). 3.15 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 3.45 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.15 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 5.00 Flog It! (R,S).

BENIDORM ER 8pm, Channel 5

Documentary following British tourists and expats in Benidorm who find themselves in need of medical attention. In the first edition, a great-grandfather is admitted to hospital after suffering multiple organ failure, and a woman undergoes an urgent healthcare procedure while on holiday.

Anita Rani investigates the impact of otaku culture – an obsession with computer games, manga and animation – on Japanese reproduction rates.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guests Daniel O’Donnell and Natasha Hamilton. 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S). 1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD).

5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel Channel 4

7.00 According to Jim 7.25 Will & Grace 7.55 Frasier 8.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10.00 Four Rooms 11.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking (S). 12.35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals (R,S,HD). 1.05 Film: Wake of the Red Witch (S) (1949). See Choices Above. ●●● 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S). The Castle of Brecon Hotel, reputedly the oldest in Wales. 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD).

12.15 Criminals: Caught on Camera (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD).

1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 Eve of Destruction (S,HD). Sci-fi drama, starring Treat Williams. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD).

5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Karl advises Chris to stop taking the sleeping pills.

Trust Me I’m a Doctor, 8pm

Britain’s Secret Treasures, 8.30pm

Educating Yorkshire, 9pm

Person of Interest, 10pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 83/140. Quiz show.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). A look ahead to the weekend’s action.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 6/21.

Homer and Lisa discover they have hidden talents.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Danny makes a surprising announcement.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Chris tells Indi he wants a serious relationship.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Alice is shocked by Michael’s plan for Janine. Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 Nigellissima (R,S,HD). 3/6.

7.30 Nigellissima (R,S,HD). 4/6.

Dishes include liquorice pudding, fregola with clams and butterflied leg of lamb.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD).

7.30 When the Drugs Don’t Work: Tonight (S,HD). The growing number of antibiotic-resistant infections.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). A woman talks about the drawbacks of sex offenders meeting their victims.

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD).

A stick of dynamite is brought into Carlisle’s main police station. Followed by 5 News Update.

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Question Time, 10.35pm

8.00 Waterloo Road (S,HD). 8/20.

The staff and pupils celebrate Living History Week, while Christine is keen to impress an important visitor – unaware Simon is out to prove what a bad head teacher she is.

8.00 Trust Me I’m a Doctor (S,HD).

3/3. Chris van Tulleken investigates probiotics, Gabriel Weston examines a novel cure for migraines and Saleyha Ahsan demonstrates how to revive a victim of drowning.

Last in the series.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain’s injured contact refuses to go to hospital.

8.30 Britain’s Secret Treasures (S,HD). 2/8. An ancient helmet, a war medal and Roman copper coins.

8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S,HD). 1/9. See Choices Above.

8.00 Benidorm ER (S,HD). See Choices Above.

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9.00 Truckers (S,HD). 3/5. See Choices Above.

9.00 No Sex Please, We’re Japanese (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 Breathless (S,HD). 3/6.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Educating Yorkshire (S). 8/8.

English teacher Mr Burton helps two students who pose very different challenges.

Musharaf has a severe stammer and his anxiety about leaving Thornhill seems to have made it worse. Last in the series.

9.00 The Butcher Boy: Countdown to Murder (S,HD). 3/6. Documentary revealing the motives of killer Roderick Newall, who reported his parents missing in 1987, but was later convicted of their murder after being tricked into a confession.

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10.00 Mock the Week – Again (R,S).

2/12. An edition of the comedy show from June 2012, with Carl Donnelly, Jo Caulfield and Milton Jones joining host Dara O Briain and regulars Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons and Chris Addison.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 The Jonathan Ross Show (R,S,HD). 2/10. With QPR manager Harry Redknapp, chef Gordon Ramsay, Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard, actress Julie Walters and rapper Dizzee Rascal, who also provides the music.

10.00 Up All Night: The Minicab Office (S). 2/4. The second documentary about life after dark across Britain follows the employees and customers of a taxi firm operating in the centre of Norwich.

10.00 Person of Interest (S,HD).

1/22. New series. Return of the drama about a CIA agent recruited to stop crimes before they happen. Reese discovers more about how the supercomputer works, but becomes frustrated when it fails to track down Finch, who is being held hostage by Root.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 7/38.

David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Liverpool, where a panel of guests faces topical questions from the audience.

11.35 This Week (S). Andrew Neil introduces a round-table chat, in which he, Michael Portillo and other guests take a lighthearted romp through the political and parliamentary developments of the past seven days.

11.20 Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet (R,S,HD). 1/3.

Documentary following the changing fortunes of frozenfood supermarket chain Iceland, featuring contributions

by CEO Malcolm Walker.

11.45 Regional Programme.

11.05 My Crazy New Jamaican Life (S,HD). A First Cut documentary in which director Vanessa VanYeboah meets two white British women who have a love of all things Jamaican.

11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (S,HD). 6/8. Goren and Eames investigate the death of a wealthy philanthropist on the night he awarded his research grant. Crime drama, starring Vincent D’Onofrio.

12.20 Holiday Weatherview (S). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 The Review Show Special: Man Booker Award (R,S,HD). Kirsty Wark discusses the works shortlisted for the 2013 Booker Prize. 1.20 Sign Zone: Murder in the Alps (R,S). 2.20 This Is BBC Two (S).

3.45 BBC Learning Zone 5.25 Live Formula 1: Indian Grand Prix – Practice One (S,HD). The opening session from the Buddh International Circuit.

12.10 Jackpot247 Interactive gaming.

3.00 When the Drugs Don’t Work: Tonight (R,HD). Fiona Foster investigates the extent to which antibiotics are being over-prescribed by GPs and how, as a result, a growing number of infections are becoming resistant to the drugs. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.10 999: What’s Your Emergency?

(R,S,HD). 1.05 Random Acts (S,HD). 1.10 Date My Porn Star (R,S). 2.05 Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic (R,S,HD). 3.00 Unreported World (R,S). 3.30 Secrets of Your Pay Packet: Channel 4 Dispatches (R,S). 4.00 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD).

4.55 Deal or No Deal 5.50 Countdown

12.00 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). Janet Ellis and the team suggest ways in which changes to homes could positively affect the lives of their owners. 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). A cottage in East Sussex. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). A three-bedroom house in Darlington, Co Durham. 5.10 Divine Designs (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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BREATHLESS 9pm, ITV

TROLLIED 9pm, Sky1

When Jean arrives at the hospital with a patient who wants a ‘private’ procedure, Angela struggles to believe her sister is risking everything to assist with Otto’s illegal activities.

Gavin doesn’t turn up for work the morning after his argument with Richard, prompting people to put two and two together – and when Julie is temporarily promoted to manager, it looks like the rumours are true.

Meanwhile, Katie is distracted after finding a manuscript for 50 Shades of Valco.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street 6.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R).

7.55 Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.40 Dinner Date 9.40 Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.35 Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD).

11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.00 Coronation Street (R,HD). 1.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 2.00 Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.10 Real Housewives of Orange County 5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 (R,HD).

7.10 Ugly Betty 8.00 Charmed (R).

9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

11.30 Charmed 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

7.30 The Middle (R,S). Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Thursday television&radio WAKE OF THE RED WITCH 1.05pm, Channel 4

A ship owner and his embittered captain engage in a battle of wills as they fight for the love of the same woman and embark on a quest for a treasure chest of pearls hidden in the den of an octopus in the South Seas. Romantic seafaring adventure, directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne, Luther Adler, Gig Young, Gail Russell, Adele Mara, Paul Fix, Eduard Franz and Grant Withers.

Gold GOLD 6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Sykes 7.00 2point4 Children 7.40 Sykes 8.20 As Time Goes By 9.00 The Green Green Grass 9.40 The Best of Les Dawson 10.20 Last of the Summer Wine 11.40 Steptoe and Son 12.20 Porridge 1.00 The Green Green Grass 1.40 The Best of Les Dawson 2.20 As Time Goes By 3.00 Goodnight Sweetheart 4.20 Last of the Summer Wine 5.40 One Foot in the Grave

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 Live European Tour Golf (HD). The BMW Masters. Coverage of the opening day of the event held at Lake Malaren in Shanghai, China, where Peter Hanson is the reigning champion. 9.30 PGA Tour Golf (HD). The CIMB Classic. 12.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial (S). 1.00 UEFA Champions League Goals (HD). 2.00 European Tour Golf (HD). The BMW Masters.

Tricked, 9pm

Don’t Trust the … 9pm

Trollied, 9pm

Gavin & Stacey, 9.40pm

Live Tour Golf, 6am

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Christina from London chooses three blind dates from five potential partners based on menus they have created.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Guest starring Eliza Dushku.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Frankie enlists as a volunteer at the Super Bowl.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.20 Steptoe and Son Albert is confined to bed with a back injury, meaning someone has to wait on him hand and foot.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Harry Hill narrates camcorder calamities.

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Naughty animals and crazy teenagers.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Patrick comes up with a devious plan to make Maxine confess.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer and Bart deliver a dead trucker’s cargo.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Guest starring John Slattery (Mad Men).

7.00 Porridge Fletcher and Godber while away a long night.

7.40 Blackadder Goes Forth Classic comedy, with Rowan Atkinson.

6.00 Ringside (HD). Boxing magazine, including highlights of recent bouts and interviews with the stars currently causing a stir in the ring.

7.00 FL72 Preview A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two.

8.00 The X Factor USA (HD).

The remaining contestants set out to impress during the last round of the four-chair challenge, in which they compete for four spots on each mentor’s team.

8.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). Sitcom, guest starring Jason Priestley.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Raj take a heartbroken Howard to Las Vegas.

8.00 Modern Family (R,S,HD). Elizabeth Banks guest stars.

8.30 Modern Family (R,S,HD). Claire and Cam fall out while trying to sell the house they bought together.

8.20 Yes, Prime Minister Modern update of the classic political comedy.

Jim Hacker’s government is in crisis, but an unlikely saviour is at hand. With David Haig and Henry Goodman.

9.00 Tricked (HD). Ben Hanlin 9.00 Don’t Trust the B**** 9.00 Trollied (S,HD). See messes with the mind of in Apartment 23 (HD).

Choices Above.

Atomic Kitten’s Natasha Chloe tries to exact 9.30 Brit Cops: Zero Hamilton as he sends her revenge on her first New Tolerance (R,S). on a creepy date, and York flatmate. Last in the Following police officers also makes the earth series. in Hammersmith and move for boxer Joe 9.30 Suburgatory (HD). Ryan Fulham.

Calzaghe. and Tess re-evaluate their plans for college.

10.00 Celebrity Juice (HD).

10.00 Educating Essex (R).

Comedy quiz, hosted by Documentary following Keith Lemon. the academic lives of pupils and staff at 10.50 The Magaluf Passmores School in Weekender (R,HD).

Harlow, Essex, as GCSE Groups from Westonstudents face the most super-Mare and important year in their Windsor arrive. Last in education. the series.

8.00 The Rugby Club (HD).

Alex Payne rounds up the latest domestic rugby union action, hearing from the players in the news and finding out how the game is developing at grass-roots level.

9.00 Only Fools and Horses 9.00 Ringside (HD). Boxing magazine, including Rodney unwittingly highlights of recent bouts causes a family crisis by and interviews with the bringing home a stranger stars currently causing a who claims to be an old stir in the ring. friend of Del’s.

9.40 Gavin & Stacey The gang reunites for Neil’s christening.

12.20 The Only Way Is Essex (R,HD). Reality programme following a group of people in Essex. 1.05 Tricked (R,HD).

Natasha Hamilton is sent on a creepy date. 2.00 Up All Night (R,HD). Chris and Reagan go on a trip with Amy. 2.20 Teleshopping 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 NFL – A Football Life (HD).

Documentary series focusing on the lives of NFL players. 1.00 Live NFL (HD). Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Carolina Panthers (kick-off 1.25am).

4.30 FL72 Preview A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures. 5.30 Live European Tour Golf (HD). The BMW Masters.

RADIO

11.00 FL72 Preview A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two.

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James. Music and chat. 7.00 Zane Lowe. Music by up-and-coming bands.

9.00 In New DJs We Trust. With Rockwell. 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine. Music and chat. Midnight The Residency: Heidi 2.00 Toddla T Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Patrick Kielty 9.30 Michael Ball Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Bob Harris Country 8.00 Jo Whiley. With a session by Goo Goo Dolls. 10.00 Didn’t It Rain: When the Blues Came to Britain

7.00 Top Gear (R,S).

8.00 Traffic Cops (R,S).

An insight into the working life of officers as they patrol the nation’s roads, bringing car criminals to justice.

9.00 Hotel of Mum and Dad (S). A five-year-long relationship is put to the test.

10.00 Live at the Apollo (R,S).

With Dara O Briain and Frankie Boyle.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

Alice is shocked

by Michael’s plan for Janine.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

Stewie begins working out at the gym.

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (R,S).

12.10 American Dad! 12.30 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S).

1.05 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 1.35 Hotel of Mum and Dad (R,S). 2.30 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S). 3.30 Some Girls

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Top of the Pops: 1978 (R). David Jensen presents an edition from November 16, 1978.

8.00 Tales from the Royal Bedchamber (R).

The changing fortunes of the British monarchy.

9.00 Arena: The National Theatre. Part one of two. The history of the venue.

10.00 Muse of Fire: A Shakespearean Road Movie.

How best to tackle and understand Shakespeare’s work.

11.00 Impact! A Horizon Guide to Car Crashes (R).

12.00 The Art of Australia (R). 1.00 Top of the Pops: 1978 (R). 1.40 Tales from the Royal Bedchamber (R). 2.40 Arena: The National Theatre (R).

Fashions & Lingerie

10.30 Road Wars (R,S). Police 10.20 You, Me & Them 10.00 NFL – A Football Life Sitcom, starring Anthony officers use unmarked (HD). Documentary series Head and Eve Myles as a cars fitted with on-board focusing on the lives of couple with a sizable video cameras, offering NFL players, coaches, age gap, who have to an insight into vehicle owners and teams. contend with interfering crime and how it can be relatives and his ex-wife prevented. The living next door. programme also features footage of dangerous drivers.

11.00 Absolutely Fabulous 11.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD).

11.50 Crazy Beaches (HD).

Patsy moves in with (R,HD). Leonard vows to Police officers use The holiday reps share Edina. Guest starring be more confident unmarked cars fitted their experiences of the Lulu. around women. with on-board video strip in Malia, Crete. cameras, offering an Plus, two of them go to 11.30 The Big Bang Theory 11.40 Absolutely Fabulous insight into vehicle crime war in the hope of Edina goes away to find (R,HD). and how it can be getting the most herself. prevented. punters into their bars.

12.00 Rude Tube (R). Contraptions and experiments devised by wouldbe mad scientists. 1.00 Happy Endings (R,HD). Penny seeks comfort following her break-up with Pete. 1.30 Misfits (R,HD). 2.25 Educating Essex (R). 3.20 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.40 Glee (R,HD). 4.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

BBC3 BBC3

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). 1.00 Road Wars (R,S). The work of the Proactive Squad from Thames Valley Police. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD).

4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R).

4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

11.00 Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains 11.30 Listen to the Band Midnight Janice Long Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3: Verdi 200 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. The BBCSSO performs Albert Schnelzer, Rachmaninov and Nielsen.

10.00 Night Waves. Matthew Sweet and guests explore the notion of a common reader. 10.45 The Essay: Autumn 1973 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 In Our Time 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 From Our Own Correspondent 11.30 Past Perfect Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Terror Through Time: The Story of Terrorism from The Assassins to Al Qaeda 2.00 Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: GF Newman’s The Corrupted 3.00 Ramblings 3.27 (LW) Radio 4

12.20 The Royle Family Nana grieves for her best friend. 12.55 Porridge Fletcher and Godber while away a long night. 1.30 Steptoe and Son Albert hosts a seance. 2.00 Absolutely Fabulous Patsy moves in with Edina. 2.30 Absolutely Fabulous 3.00 Home Shopping Appeal 3.27 (FM) Radio 4 Appeal 3.30 Open Book 4.00 The Film Programme 4.30 Inside Science 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 Clare in the Community 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Gillespie and I 8.00 Law in Action. Legal developments.

8.30 The Bottom Line 9.00 Inside Science 9.30 In Our Time 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Goldfinch 11.00 Seekers 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News 12.30 Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service

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Fr iday Television television&radio Friday’s Guide TV PICKS

LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND 11.05pm, BBC2

Extended edition. The host is joined by Sheffield rockers Arctic Monkeys, who perform tunes from their Mercury-nominated fifth album AM.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Fake Britain (R,S). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Real Rescues (S,HD). 11.45 Britain’s Empty Homes (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Keeping Up Appearances (R,S). 3.15 Perfection (R,S,HD). 4.00 Escape to the Country (S).

4.30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

RONNIE’S ANIMAL CRACKERS 7.30pm, BBC1

Ronnie Corbett presents one last look at people and their animals, including a woman authorised to look after bats at home, a breeder of pygmy hedgehogs, and a visit to the world’s ugliest dog, Mugly. Ronnie receives Baz’s DNA results, which might explain why the dog is so troubled.

BBC2 BBC2

7.10 Real Rescues 7.55 Britain’s Empty Homes 8.25 Sign Zone: Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S). 9.25 Live Formula 1: Indian Grand Prix – Practice Two (S,HD). 11.15 Animal Park (R,S). 12.00 Daily Politics (S).

1.00 Classic Mastermind (R,S). 1.30 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.15 Great British Menu (R,S,HD). 2.45 Floyd on Britain and Ireland (R,S,HD). 3.15 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 3.45 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.20 Cagney & Lacey (HD). 5.05 Flog It! (R,S).

PIERS MORGAN’S LIFE STORIES: PETE WATERMAN 9pm, ITV

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD 8pm, Channel 4

Coulson and the team head to Asia to rescue a young man with an unusual and dangerous power, and an elusive girl in a floral dress may hold the key to the mystery. Meanwhile, Skye harbours a secret that jeopardises her relationship with the agents just when they need her most.

The pop mogul talks about life in the music industry, learning to read and write in his thirties, his three failed marriages and the death of his eldest son.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase (S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

Channel Channel 4

6.35 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.00 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.25 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Frasier (R,S). 8.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S).

10.00 Four Rooms (R,S,HD). 11.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking (S). 12.35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals (R,S,HD). 1.05 Film: Heaven Knows, Mr Allison (S,HD) (1957). See Choices Above. ●●●● 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD).

5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S). Alex Polizzi visits the Lenchford Inn near Worcester. 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD).

1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 Exploding Sun (S,HD). 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Josh and Amber sneak into the Kapoors’ empty house to spend time together.

Killer Whales … 9pm

Coronation Street, 7.30pm

8 Out of 10 Cats, 9pm

Criminals: Caught on Camera, 8pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD). Followed by Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 84/140. Quiz show.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Analysis of the couples’ progress.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 7/21.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Patrick comes up with a plan to force Maxine to confess, and makes an alarming discovery.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Harvey asks John for a job.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD).

7.30 Ronnie’s Animal Crackers (S,HD). See Choices Above.

7.00 Nigellissima (R,S,HD). 5/6.

7.30 Nigellissima (R,S,HD). 6/6.

Dishes include a plum and amaretti crumble and chocolate pasta with butterscotch sauce.

Last in the series.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Moira takes pity on the intruder.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Tina gets back at Tracy by hiding a pair of lacy knickers in Rob’s car.

7.00 News (S).

7.30 Unreported World (S). 4/8.

Conditions inside psychiatric institutions across Mexico.

7.55 4thought.tv (S,HD).

7.00 World’s Strongest Man 2012 (R,S,HD). Action from the final in Los Angeles, California.

Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.30 Room 101 (R,S,HD). 2/8. Gregg Wallace, Gabby Logan and Sarah Millican join Frank Skinner for the comedy panel show.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 11/31.

John Humphrys invites four more contestants to take their place in the black chair.

8.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD).

28/31. Monty Don looks ahead to his spring display.

8.00 Gino’s Italian Escape (S,HD).

6/6. Gino D’Acampo visits Altamura, a town famous for its bread. Last in the series.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Tina faces a new threat from Tracy, while Tim decides the time has come to end it with Sally.

8.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 5/22. See Choices Above.

8.00 Criminals: Caught on Camera (S,HD). Journalist Nick Wallis joins police forces across the UK to discover how CCTV and technological advances are helping to bring criminals to justice. Followed by 5 News.

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9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 4/11. Jo Brand hosts the quiz, with panellists including John Prescott joining Paul Merton and Ian Hislop.

9.30 Citizen Khan (S,HD). 4/6. The Imam calls a special fast, so Mr Khan uses it to compete with mosque manager Dave.

9.00 Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface – Natural World (S,HD). A look at research into the lives of the marine mammals, including insights into the creatures’ intelligence, social interactions and parental instincts.

9.00 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Pete Waterman (S,HD). 5/6.

See Choices Above.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats (S,HD). 4/9.

Teams captained by Sean Lock and Jon Richardson answer questions based on opinion polls to see who best understands what is going on in Britain today.

9.30 Man Down (S,HD). 2/6. Dan tries to win back Naomi.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 3/20. Graham chats to big-screen superstar Robert De Niro, Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeiffer, comedienne Jennifer Saunders and actresssinger Cher.

10.00 QI (S,HD). 8/18. Comedy stars Isy Suttie, Tim Minchin and Bill Bailey join regular panellist Alan Davies as host Stephen Fry asks a range of unusual questions on the topic of keys, with points being awarded for interesting answers as well as correct ones.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 9/18. Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden talks about her autobiography No Holding Back – My Story, and American actor and musician Jared Leto discusses his new tour and album with his rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

11.20 Bluestone 42 (S,HD). 3/8. The team joins a midnight raid on a bomb factory.

11.50 Halloween H20 (S) (1998).

See Choices Above. ●●●

11.00 Weather (S).

11.05 Later with Jools Holland (S,HD). 6/8. See Choices Above.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Basic Instinct (S,HD) (1992). A hard-drinking San Francisco cop investigates the case of a man murdered with an ice-pick, but his normally well-honed intuition starts letting him down as he falls for the sultry and manipulative chief suspect, the victim’s former girlfriend.

Thriller from director Paul Verhoeven, starring Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, George Dzundza and Jeanne Tripplehorn. ●●●

9.00 TV’s 50 Greatest Magic Tricks (R,S). TV illusionists have been sawing ladies in half, catching bullets between their teeth, reading minds and performing feats of escapology for decades.

Channel 5 counts down the best, including the astonishing set-pieces of Penn and Teller, the mind-bending of Derren Brown and the street magic of David Blaine. It features spectacular illusions, such as making the Statue of Liberty disappear, intimate card tricks and the lighter side of the business, thanks to the inclusion of comedy great Tommy Cooper. See Choices Above.

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11.10 Was It Something I Said?

(S,HD). 3/8. Extended edition, with guests Jason Manford and Romesh Ranganathan.

11.55 Gogglebox (R,S). 5/13. Weekly TV review programme.

11.50 Inside Hollywood Magazine show, with location reports and showbusiness news from behind the scenes in Tinseltown.

1.10 Weatherview (S). 1.15 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 Film: Wreckers (S,HD) (2011). A woman discovers a dark side to her husband’s past when they take in his brother, a traumatised former soldier.

Drama, starring Claire Foy, Benedict Cumberbatch and Shaun Evans. ●●● 1.30 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). 2.30 Sign Zone: The Paradise (R,S). 3.30 This Is BBC Two (S).

12.55 Jackpot247 Interactive gaming.

3.00 Film: Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle (S,HD) (2003). Jessica Fletcher detects cryptic clues in a will that point to hidden treasure and may explain a spate of mysterious deaths. Mystery, starring Angela Lansbury and Fionnula Flanagan. ●● 4.30 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.

12.40 London Irish (R,S,HD). 1.05 Film: Crazy Heart (S,HD) (2009). Drama, starring an Oscar-winning Jeff Bridges. ●●●● 2.55 Random Acts (S,HD). 3.00 The Big C (S,HD). 3.30 2 Broke Girls (S,HD). 3.55 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (S,HD). 4.15 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

5.10 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.50 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard (R,S,HD).

12.05 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.55 Motorsport Mundial (HD).

A round-up of motorsport news. 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). A bachelor pad in Knutsford, Cheshire. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). From Scraptoft, Leicester. 5.10 Divine Designs (R,S). Gothic revival churches. 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S). The work of an animal sanctuary.

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EASTENDERS 8pm, BBC1

Michael puts the final touches to his carefully laid plan, instructing Alice to slipping some pills into Janine’s drink – then framing the nanny for his wife’s murder by placing her passport, plane ticket and the pill receipt in her bag. But then Alice makes a shocking realisation. Can she go through with it?

A countdown of illusions that have stood the test of time on the small screen, featuring Penn and Teller, Derren Brown, David Blaine, Paul Daniels and Dynamo.

FILM PICKS

Friday television&radio HALLOWEEN H20 11.50pm, BBC1

HEAVEN KNOWS, MR ALLISON 1.05pm, Channel 4

Homicidal maniac Michael Myers returns to stalk his original target, 20 years after his first infamous night of slaughter. Horror, with Jamie Lee Curtis.

A US marine corporal and a novice nun end up stranded on a Japaneseoccupied island in the South Pacific. Drama, with Robert Mitchum.

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6.00 Emmerdale 6.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.55 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.35 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD).

1.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.10 The Real Housewives of Orange County 5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD). 7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD). 3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

You’ve Been Framed!, 7pm

How I Met Your … 7.30pm

Modern Family, 8pm

Porridge, 8.20pm

Live Tour Golf, 6am

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Potential suitors woo a single man from Berkshire. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Penny’s dad pays a visit.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

American comedy, starring Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.20 Steptoe and Son Albert hosts a seance.

Classic comedy, starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

6.00 Champions League Weekly (HD).

6.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD).

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

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7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Comical clips, narrated by Harry Hill.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Maxine receives a devastating diagnosis.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Ned Flanders and Mrs Krabappel embark on a whirlwind romance.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

7.00 Gavin & Stacey The gang reunites for Neil’s christening.

7.40 You, Me & Them Sitcom, starring Anthony Head and Eve Myles.

7.30 FL72 Live (HD).

Middlesbrough v Doncaster Rovers (kickoff 7.45pm). Coverage of the Championship clash at the Riverside, featuring two sides that have struggled in the early stages of the campaign. Automatic promotion already appears to be an unrealistic target for either side this season, but both will feel they have strong enough squads to avoid being dragged into a fight against relegation, although an improvement in results will be required in the months ahead.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed!

Calendar Special (R).

Harry Hill delves into the archive and comes up with a whole year of merry mishaps.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). With guest star Jodi Lynn O’Keefe.

8.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Marshall and Lily are concerned about Ted’s new girlfriend.

9.00 Never Been Kissed 9.00 The Bourne (HD) (1999). A clumsy Supremacy (HD) (2004).

25-year-old would-be The amnesiac assassin is reporter is given the living quietly in hiding, chance to prove herself until his former when she is sent on an employers come after assignment to get an him again and murder inside take on highhis girlfriend. A CIA school life. However, operation has ended in when she falls for an disaster, and those English teacher, she has responsible intend to trouble maintaining the clear their names by facade of a calm and implicating Bourne. As sophisticated young the former secret agent lady, as all the bad tries to evade the hitmen memories of her on his trail, he also awkward younger days struggles to piece come flooding back. together the truth about Romantic comedy, with his past. Action thriller Drew Barrymore. ●●● sequel, starring Matt Damon. ●●●●

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S). 7.30 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 9.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Gold GOLD 6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Sykes 7.00 2point4 Children 7.40 Goodnight Sweetheart 8.20 As Time Goes By 9.00 Green Green Grass 9.40 Best of Les Dawson 10.20 Last of the Summer Wine 11.40 Steptoe and Son 12.20 One Foot in the Grave 1.00 Ever Decreasing Circles 2.20 As Time Goes By 3.00 Goodnight Sweetheart 4.20 Last of the Summer Wine 5.40 Only Fools and Horses

8.00 Modern Family (S,HD).

Phil and Claire get a worrying glimpse of the future.

8.30 Modern Family (R,S,HD). Gloria takes an instant dislike to Javier’s new girlfriend.

8.20 Porridge The inmates face a day of hard labour digging drains on a lonely stretch of moorland – but try to turn the situation to their advantage.

9.00 A League of Their Own: Unseen (HD).

James Corden introduces more out-takes from series seven of the show, featuring team captains Jamie Redknapp and Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, plus regular panellist Jack Whitehall.

9.00 The Royle Family Nana bores the family with memories of her recently deceased friend Elsie, while baby David’s crying proves unsettling.

9.40 The Royle Family Antony displays his juggling skills.

10.20 Come Fly with Me. 10.00 Karl Pilkington: The Matt Lucas and David Moaning of Life Walliams star in this (R,HD). Karl Pilkington spoof fly-on-the-wall answers important life documentary set in a questions, beginning busy airport. In the with the relevance of opening episode, marriage today, 80-year-old Hetty Wolf exploring arranged takes her first flight. marriages in India and ceremonies in Las Vegas.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.00 Live European Tour Golf (HD). The BMW Masters. Coverage of the second day of the event held at Lake Malaren in Shanghai, China, where Peter Hanson is the reigning champion. 9.30 PGA Tour Golf (HD). 12.30 Premier League World (S,HD). 1.00 FL72 Preview.

A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures. 2.00 European Tour Golf (HD). The BMW Masters.

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7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S).

7.15 Doctor Who (R,S).

8.00 Barely Legal Drivers (R,S). A girl whose father is a driving instructor.

9.00 Orphan Black (S). Mistrust takes hold between Paul and Sarah.

9.45 Orphan Black (S). Conflict brews among the Orphans as Sarah tries to plan her next move.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

Alice has second thoughts about Michael’s plot.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 The Cariad Show (S).

12.05 American Dad! (R,S). 12.30 American Dad! (R,S). 12.50 American Dad! (R,S). 1.15 American Dad! (R,S). 1.35 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 2.05 Staying In with Greg and Russell XL (S).

2.50 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Symphony (R).

How classical music evolved in the first half of the 19th century.

8.30 Transatlantic Sessions Music

by John Doyle, Aoife O’Donovan, Cara Dillon and Allan MacDonald.

9.00 The Who – The Story of Tommy The making of the Who’s critically acclaimed 1969 rock opera album.

10.00 Tommy (1975).

Rock opera, with Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, AnnMargret and Robert Powell. ●●● 11.50 Quadrophenia – Can You See the Real Me? (R).

Pete Townshend reflects on the Who’s sixth studio album.

1.00 Classic Albums (R).

1.55 Punk Britannia at the BBC (R). 2.55 The Who – The Story of Tommy (R).

10.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). John Fendley and Paul Merson present a discussion on key fantasy football issues, as well as the weekend’s Premier League matches.

Also featuring guests from the worlds of sport and showbiz.

11.10 Hannibal (HD) (2001).

11.00 Scary Movie 3 (2003).

11.05 Rude Tube (R).

11.00 Trollied (R,S,HD). The 11.00 Premier League Fugitive serial killer Dr The survivor of the first Contraptions and staff members think Preview (HD). A look Hannibal Lecter is two films has finally experiments devised by Gavin has been sacked. ahead to the weekend’s hunted by FBI agent found fame as a TV would-be mad scientists. 11.30 National Lampoon’s fixtures.

Clarice Starling and a reporter – but her nightChristmas Vacation (S) 11.30 The F1 Show (HD). vengeful victim from his mare experiences return (1989). Comedy, starring Formula One news and past. Thriller, with to haunt her. Spoof horChevy Chase. ●●● highlights.

Anthony Hopkins. ●●● ror, with Anna Faris. ●●

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1.50 All Star Family Fortunes (R). Vernon Kay invites broadcaster Vanessa Feltz and actor Lucy Speed to team up with their relatives to win up to £30,000 for a charity of their choice. 2.25 Teleshopping.

Buying goods from home. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Penny’s dad pays a visit.

12.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.10 PhoneShop (R). 1.45 Full English (R,HD). 2.15 Show and Tell (R). 2.55 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.20 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 3.40 Glee (R,HD). 4.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 6.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems with Greg James. The best dance tunes for the weekend. 7.00 Annie Mac. The official start to the weekend. 9.00 Pete Tong. Dance tracks and interviews.

11.00 Skream and Benga 1.00am Radio 1’s Essential Mix 3.00 Annie Nightingale Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Patrick Kielty 9.30 Michael Ball Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes

1.25 Road Wars (R,S,HD). The unit tracks down a stolen car. 2.15 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). The killer of McGarrett’s father kidnaps Chin Ho. 3.10 Road Wars (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S).

4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

Round 8.00 Friday Night Is Music Night 10.00 The Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman Midnight Huey Morgan 3.00 Richard Allinson Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune Live from Free Thinking 6.30 Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. The Royal Northern Sinfonia performs Britten and Mozart. 10.00 The Free Thinking Lecture 11.00 The Essay: Autumn 1973 11.15 World on 3 1.00am Through the Night

12.40 The Royle Family Antony displays his juggling skills. 1.15 Come Fly with Me Airport documentary spoof, starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams. 1.45 The Good Life Jerry has a dilemma.

2.15 The Good Life Sitcom, with Richard Briers. 2.45 Cr*pston Villas 3.00 Home Shopping

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 Desert Island Discs 9.45 (LW) Act of Worship 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 The Father of English Football 11.30 The Gobetweenies Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.52 The Listening Project 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 Terror Through Time: The Story of Terrorism from The Assassins to Al Qaeda 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: GF Newman’s

The Corrupted 3.00 Gardeners’ Question Time 3.45 Edinburgh Haunts 4.00 Last Word 4.30 Feedback 4.56 The Listening Project 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 The Now Show 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Gillespie and I 8.00 Any Questions? 8.50 A Point of View 9.00 Terror Through Time: The Story of Terrorism from The Assassins to Al Qaeda. Fergal Keane explains how the 1970s marked the birth of the modern insurgency. Last in the series. 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Goldfinch 11.00 A Good Read 11.30 Today in

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12.30 FL72 Highlights (HD).

Middlesbrough v Doncaster Rovers.

1.30 Premier League Preview (HD). 2.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 3.00 FL72 Highlights (HD). 4.00 Premier League Preview (HD). 4.30 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 5.30 Premier League Preview (HD).

Parliament 11.55 The Listening Project Midnight News 12.30 Book of the Week: Bonkers – My Life in Laughs 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 6.00am 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert. Wagner, Vivaldi, Haydn, Bach. 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Bob Jones

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A LABOUR OF LOVE Peggy was one of that stubborn old breed Whose garden bore witness to frailty’s need, She was losing the battle until, in the end, Her stoic endeavours had need of a friend.

When she asked, it was done in a roundabout way Like a schoolgirl acquiring a partner for play And so we joined forces with dogged concern, Reclaiming her treasures ‘mid bramble and fern.

And just as her garden emerged from the gloom, So Peggy, herself, seemed to blossom and bloom, One day, this renaissance would come to the fore Through a kind-hearted gesture announced at the door.

She’d baked me a cake, so she coyly declared With the sly, girlish glance of a confidence shared, ‘But silly old me,’ she confessed with a grin, ‘I’ve already forgotten what time it went in.’

I was flattered and honoured and touched by the scale Of the floury confusion her gift would entail, ’don’t worry,’ I chuckled, ‘It’s bound to be great, I’ll be pruning the buddleia down by the gate.’

It was flat in the middle but plump round the side As though reaching out for a corner to hide, It was crisp as a cornflake and blacker than coal And it mocked each iota of warmth in her soul.

‘No problem,’ I said, ‘ We can scrape off the crust,‘ As I pledged to myself I would eat it or bust, She sloped off in silence to make us some tea And the battle began between charcoal and me.

From the morsels I salvaged came edible crumbs Which seemed to be harmless to molars and gums, I feigned a great relish and swallowed in style And Peggy’s embarrassment turned to a smile.

‘You’re a man who likes challenges, clearly,’ she said, ’my garden bears witness, it’s raised from the dead, But I offer one other I dare you to take, That’s to come back tomorrow and finish the cake.’

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Bb4 Anticipating playing Ne4 to bring pressure on the pinned knight, but White has his own attacking plans. 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.Bb5+ The a-pawn is at his mercy, but first he prevents castling. 11...Kf8 12.Rxa7 Ne4 13.Ne5 Threatening a knight fork on d7, which Black must attend to by retreating his attacking knight. 13...Nf6 14.0–0 g6 15.h3 Kg7 16.Bd3 Rhc8 17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Rc1 Rc7 19.Nd3 Bf8 20.Nb5 Rxc1+ 21.Nxc1 Ne4 22.Nd3 Nd2 23.b4 Nc4 24.Na3 Nb6 25.Nc5 Winning Black’s b-pawn. 25...Kf6 26.Nc2 Ke7 27.Rxb7+ Rxb7 28.Nxb7 Now White is two pawns up, both of which are passed. The rest of the game is centred around how best to exploit them. 28...Nc4 29.b3 Nd2 30.Na1 Kd7 31.b5 Kc7 32.Nc5 Bd6 33.Na4 Ne4 34.f3 Nf6 35.Kf2 Nd7 36.Ke2 Nb6 37.Kd3 Kb7 38.Nc2 Na8 39.e4 fxe4+ 40.fxe4 dxe4+ 41.Kxe4 f5+ 42.Kd3 Nc7 43.Kc4 Bf8 44.Nc5+ Bxc5 45.Kxc5 f4 46.Nb4 h5 47.b6 Ne8 48.Nc6 Kc8 Starting another pawn-winning sequence.

49.Ne7+ Kd7 50.Ng6 f3 51.gxf3 1-0 Black resigned as he had no chance of countering the advance of all five pawns. White threatened Ne5+ followed by Kc6.

The 14th Seniors’ Congress starts at the Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth, on November 4. There is still time and space to enter, though with only three weeks to go, there is no time to waste. Contact me on 01395 223340 for details.

Entry forms may be downloaded from chessdevon.co.uk.

Last week’s position was solved by 1.Kd8! freeing up c7 for the knight to administer mate.

How does White administer the coup de grace here?

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But the call, when it came, was a whimpering cry And, a few moments later, I understood why, Poor Peggy stood sideways, a tear on her face, Over something resembling a missile from space.

Today sees the start on this season’s intercounty competition, when Devon meet Somerset at Norton Fitzwarren Village Hall. This has the potential to be the key match of the season for both, who will have their strongest available teams out. Next Saturday, Cornwall play Hampshire at Gittisham Village Hall, while Gloucestershire have a bye in round one.

Here is a recent Devon vs Somerset game from the WECU Jamboree.

White: Adrian Archer-Lock (188).

Black: David Littlejohns (186).

Queen’s Gambit – Slav Defence – Exchange Variation. [D10] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nf3 Qxb3 9.axb3

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DOWN DOWN 1 There’s no shops left in the centre Mamhead you 1 There’s of no shops left in thewhere centre of Mamcan get you proper no-nonsense head where can get proper no-nonsense grub (4) grub (4) 2 Healthcare-worker Ted, who’s from Dunster,Ted, who’s fixedfrom Dunmy 2 Healthcare-worker backache ster, fixed my (5) backache (5) 3 I was asked if I wanted to go to this event right in the of 3 I was asked if I wanted to gocentre to this event Cardiff unfortunately I’ve right in the – centre of Cardiff – unfortunately made other arrangements I’ve made other arrangements (7) (7) 4 In Cardigan, the men at rugby matches allthesing 4 In Cardigan, men atthis rugbyrousing matches all patriotic songpatriotic (6) song (6) sing this rousing 6 After three years and three months West Ashton, I’dWest 6 After threein years and three months in become and and wanted Ashton, I’d restless become restless wantedto to travel somewhere in the travel toto somewhere in the USA (7) USA (7) 7 There’s large house 7 There’s a a large empty empty house right at the right at road, theabout top three of this road, top of this miles from about three miles from Bradninch (8) Bradninch (8) 8 They large hospital close 8 Theybuilt built aalarge hospital close to the to backthe of myback house of last my June house – it’s not last far from June – (4)it’s not far from Bradninch Bradninch (4) 12 My place between 12 My place is betweenisBradworthy and Bradworthy Milton Damerel Milton Damereland – if you come by bus it only –takes if five youminutes, comeorby bus it (8)only thereabouts takes five minutes, or thereabouts (8) 14 My sister drove right into the back of a 14 My sister drove right so into car just outside of Axminster, now the she’s back a car just outside ofold looking of around for somewhere that fixes Axminster, ford cars (7) so now she’s looking around for somewhere that fixes cars 16 Yes, old headford teacher Ken (7) is moving to a place 16 Yes, head teacher Ken is not far from Liskeard (2,5) moving to a place not far from Liskeard 17 I met my (2,5) sweetheart at ten and went to a 17 Itop met my sweetheart tenunhappy and restaurant in East Looe at – I was went toofathe top restaurant in East with one courses we had (6) Looe – I was unhappy with one of thefrom courses had (6) with 19 Len Hellandwe hangs around 19 Len from Helland hangs around Sophie, daughter of a famous children’s author (4) with Sophie, daughter of a famous children’s author (4) 21 We’re off Sidmouth at the end August 21 We’re offto to Sidmouth at ofthe – surprisingly a lot of– upper-class peopleago end of August surprisingly there of (5) upper-class people go lot there (5) 22 I’veseen seen these lads hanging around my 22 I’ve these lads hanging village near Stroud (4) near Stroud around my village (4) Solutions on Page 56

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Let other people tell their own secrets or you could end up making an enemy out of a friend. Stop letting the past interfere with your present.This would be a really good month to think about taking up something purely for you. Ring now so I can guide you.

You’re getting over a shock, but step back and look at the bigger picture. Some astrologers would say you’re in shock and that’s why you’re not smiling yet, but you will by the end of this week. Give me a call now to hear which sign is taking advantage of you.

Life is too short to spend it with people who make you unhappy. News you hear by Thursday gives you reason to plan a major change or move in your life. If you weren’t in the driving seat before, you certainly will be now. Call me so I can tell you the whole story.

Face your fears to make you stronger and get back on good terms with close ones who have found it impossible to communicate with you of late. A change in someone’s circumstances gives you reason to rethink yours. Phone to better understand your stars.

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You may feel like you’re on borrowed time but you don’t have to rush. It would be far better for you to take things at a pace you feel comfortable with.

Money meetings go well, better on Friday. Phone now to hear how to make the most of this week’s line up.

Even people who love one another experience problems. Don’t brush your worries under the carpet.

Saturn helps you get home and vehicle matters under control. Don’t pay out more than you have to. Ring now to work out what and who you need.

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Puzzles Where in the West?

Can you name and locate these five wellknown West Country landmarks, as seen by Fran Stothard, Clare Green and our readers? Solutions below.

PICTURE: DAVE BETTS

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Across: 1 Nanjizal, 5 Wimp, 9 Shrove Tuesday, 10 West, 11 Elegant, 13 Upside, 15 Estate, 18 Cheldon, 20 Kith, 23 Merthyr Tydfil, 24 East, 25 Released.

Down 1 Nosh, 2 Nurse, 3 Invited, 4 Anthem, 6 Indiana, 7 Plymtree, 8 Hele, 12 Sutcombe, 14 Sierras, 16 St Keyne, 17 Entree, 19 Dahl, 21 Toffs, 22 Slad.

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1 The town crest on Royal Wootton Bassett Town Hall, Wiltshire. 2 Gaol Ferry Bridge, Bristol. 3 Battery Point, Portishead, North Somerset. 4 Hilles House, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. 5 headgear at South Crofty Mine, near Camborne, Cornwall.

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Across: 9, Hand’s turn 10, Agreeable 12, Lark 13, (be)St-roll 14, Sausage 15, Re-treated 17, Present-er 18, C-Rev-ice 19, De-not-e(d) 20, B-r-at 23, Al-located 25, Dismissed 26, Lows 27, Rumble 29, To-u-can-s 32, Has no idea 34, Con-tender 35, Starter 36, L-a-test 37, Chip 38, M-emorand-a 39, F-rag-rance Down: 1, Ch-oler-ic 2, Unwritten law 3, Sub-title 4, Un-told 5, T-ailsp-in 6, Prospect-US 7, Re-sum-ed 8, Celebrated 11, Blast 16, E-V-ince 19, Did 21, Rise and shine 22, Minute 23, All the same 24, Th-under-ing 25, Doe (doh) 28, Boatload 29, Tunisian 30, Strapped 31, Posters 33, S-warm 34, Cu-t-o-ff

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