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Easter ParadeMake a date

with Judy

Garland and

Fred Astaire in

Irving Berlin’s

majestic

musical

Line of DutyJed Mercurio’s

masterpiece

is fiendishly

complex

— but it’s

event TV,

says David

Butcher

Michael MosleySeven simple

steps you can

take to improve

your health

and your life

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Hard as it was in January to

imagine slogging through week

after week of lockdown, we have

come through the darkest of winters – and

the strictest of restrictions – to the sunlit

uplands of Easter. Never has the prospect of

new life felt more urgent than right now and

the broadcasters, thankfully, are here to help

you enjoy the promise of a fresh start.

For many of us it will be the first chance

to get together for months, as the rule of six

returns and with it, an invitation to step into

the garden, perhaps for a spot of lunch. Is

the weather set fair? Let’s hope so. But how

about your barbecue skills? If you have only

ever burnt sausages outside, now is the time

to aim higher, with the help of MasterChef ’s

John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

On page 8, the pair reveal the secrets

of successful cooking outdoors

and show you how to master

an al fresco Easter feast.

As they say on MasterChef, John is cooking lamb rumps

with spiced yogurt, flatbreads

and tzatziki, which we’ve

twinned with Gregg’s

stuffed deep fried

olives, and to finish,

a Capri chocolate tart.

And if you think that

all sounds vaguely

Mediterranean, then

you’re right, because

as Gregg’s top tip goes, if you’re going

to cook over a flame outside, learn from

“cooks who have been cooking like this for

centuries – the Greeks”. The MasterChef final is on Friday on BBC2.

Elsewhere we interview Louis

Theroux about his latest encounter

with the world of the Tiger King,

Joe Exotic. We hear from Anthony Horowitz

and David Suchet about our fascination

with Agatha Christie’s greatest creation,

Hercule Poirot, brush up on our Line of Duty knowledge, and meet Freddie

Mercury’s first girlfriend.

Beyond terrestrial TV’s holiday offerings

you may be considering setting aside part

of the Easter weekend to catch up on all the

great television you’ve missed. In which case,

turn to page 38 and our seven-page guide to

the best box sets and films available on

Netflix, iPlayer, BritBox, Now and beyond.

From Bridgerton to It’s a Sin, some of the biggest

hits of the last year are

still waiting for you to

discover afresh.

Until next week,

stay healthy, stay safe

– and have a very

happy Easter!

Tom Loxley

& Shem Law

Editors, Radio Times

Contact Radio Times by email on [email protected]

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up their menu for an al fresco lunch in your garden

Louis Theroux 16The documentary-maker is revisiting the

astonishing world of Tiger King, Joe Exotic

100 years of Hercule Poirot 22David Suchet and Anthony Horowitz investigate our

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Simon Barnes 31The men’s and women’s Boat Races are under

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of the best box sets to watch on demand

David Hepworth 120Thanks to podcasts, rock gods live on and on

Martha Kearney 121Tape, razor blades and Black Hawk helicopters

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Your RT Books, gardening, travel and money 140

Puzzles The prize crossword and more 147

Feedback You have your say 150

View from my sofa Katherine Parkinson 154

ON THE COVER

SAUCYBridgerton is just

one of our top dramas to stream

— see page 38

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New/Documentary of the Week Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten Pictures 9.00pmBBC2

(10.00pm in N Ireland)

From boy to global rock

star, the Queen singer’s

life story is told through

memories unlocked in a

series of personal photos.

Midsomer Murders8.00pm ITV

Just when you thought the

crime drama couldn’t get

more bonkers, a killer strikes

while wearing an oversized

wolf’s head. Neil Dudgeon

tries to make sense of it all.

Keeping Faith9.00pm BBC1

When her mother Rose

(Celia Imrie) arrives in

Abercorran, Eve’s already

messy life becomes just a

little bit more complicated.

Drama of the Week Line of Duty9.00pm BBC1

It’s getting nasty.

Ted (Adrian Dunbar,

right) is under

pressure. Steve

is suffering.

Kate is torn.

The magnifi cently

complex thriller delivers

tension and twists.

The Wind in the Willows4.00pm Radio 4 Extra

An Easter treat for young

and old — a version of Alan

Bennett’s 1990 adaptation of

Kenneth Grahame’s timeless

tale, with added social and

political allusions.

The Reunion11.00am Radio 4

The series returns with

Kirsty Wark (left) and guests

looking back to one of the

UK’s greatest archaeology

stories — the discovery and

burial of Richard III’s remains.

Easter from King’s7.00pm BBC2

This service of music and

Gospel readings from the

Chapel of King’s College,

Cambridge, is a glorious way

to mark Holy Week.

SATURDAY starts p48 E SUNDAY starts p58 E

i BlacKkKlansmanHHHHj 9.00pm C4

Directed by Spike Lee, this is

the astonishing true story of

Ron Stallworth (John David

Washington), a black cop who

infi ltrated the Ku Klux Klan.

Easter Parade5y

1.00pmBBC2

Classic seasonal fare

that has Judy Garland

and Fred Astaire

dancing up a storm

in their one movie

together. See Film

of the Week, page 32.

The Boat Race3.00pmBBC1

Live coverage of the women’s and men’s races from the

Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire. The women’s race is due

to start at 3.50pm, and the men’s follows at 4.50pm.

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My inspiration was blossom and

ferns unfurling, the beautiful

bright green of new leaves and

the fi rst time you see the spring sun as you

come out of winter. I wanted the piece to be

hopeful, to give the idea of the bigger spaces

that we might be able to go to soon — hence the view.

I had to include daffodils in the work because they’re

synonymous with spring, and behind the Radio Times

logo are hawthorn

leaves with their

blossom as they’re

among the fi rst leaves

to come out. Then

I added the blue tit

because when I’m in

my garden I’ve noticed

the birds visiting and

hear their songs.

Paper artist and illustrator Helen Musselwhite

on what inspired her Radio Times cover

EASTER DAY

PAPER CHASEThe entire artwork is

made of paper. I did some quick

sketches then chose the ones

I liked and worked with them.

I used marker pens to indicate

colour and that helped to work out the different layers.

Then I made a line drawing, which is bigger than the actual

cover, which means I can go into a lot of detail. I traced all

the elements on to coloured paper, cut them out and glued

them on. Then I glued all the layers together. The egg shape

is the top layer, which I glued all the elements on to. Then,

when it was fi nished, I photographed the artwork.

MUM, RT AND MEI grew up with Radio

Times and my mum is

still a subscriber, so I was

excited when the brief

came through because

I knew she’d be chuffed.

I haven’t seen her since

last July because of

Covid, and I haven’t told

her that I’ve designed the

cover… RT has been a

friend to her in lockdown

and I know she’ll be proud.

Helen was talking to

Kelly-Anne Taylor

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EASTER

MONDAY 5

We Are All Birds of Uganda 12.04pm Radio 4Hafsa Zayyan’s debut novel

explores themes of love, loss,

race and colonialism, and is

read by Sacha Dhawan and

Vincent Ebrahim.

New Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime 9.00pm ITVRichard E Grant (above)

charts the careers of both

Christie and the revered

detective she created.

New Intruder9.00pm Channel 5A nice dinner party

is interrupted by

a break-in and one

of the intruders ends

up dead. Uh-oh…

This four-parter

continues nightly

to Thursday.

New Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic 9.00pm BBC2Theroux revisits a doc

he made about America’s

dangerous pets back in 2011,

during which he fi rst met the

star of Netfl ix’s Tiger King.

MONDAY

starts p68 E

The Fall of the Roman Empire HHHHg

2.20pm BBC2 Put your feet up and settle in

for a proper epic, with Sophia

Loren and Stephen Boyd

heading up an all-star cast.

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY6 7 8 9

In the Studio11.30pm BBC World ServiceA jewel of a programme in

which Felicity Finch gains

access to Fabergé’s inner

sanctum to observe the

commissioning process

for a bespoke objet d’art.

Life Changing 9.00am Radio 4Jane Garvey’s new life on

Radio 4 post-Woman’s Hour

begins with this series in

which she meets people who

have experienced huge

turning points in their life.

Crossing Continents 11.00am Radio 4An investigation into

whether the Danish

government’s decision

to cull millions of mink last

year was driven purely by

concerns over Covid.

Radio 3 in Concert 7.30pm Radio 3Simon Rattle and the London

Symphony Orchestra pay

tribute to freelance

musicians in a concert in

which the string section is

joined by 30 freelance extras.

The Syndicate 9.00pm BBC1Frank (Neil Morrissey) must

be stopped before he fritters

away his ill-gotten gains,

so our band of syndicate

winners head to Monte Carlo.

Location, Location, Location 8.00pm C4Kirstie and Phil return for the

35th series of the show. They

may be two metres apart,

but the banter between them

is as warm as ever.

Dragons’ Den 8.00pm BBC1The tetchy titans hear some

intriguing pitches — for beer,

shampoo and superfood

powders — and they end up

fi ghting among themselves

to back one of them.

New Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure 8.30pm C4Comedian Rosie Jones

(right) and Scarlett Moffatt

from Gogglebox rip up the

travel-show rules as they

embark on a tour of Britain.

First stop: the Lake District.New The Michelangelo Code9.00pm Sky ArtsJoin Waldemar Januszczak

on a meandering journey to

fi nd out the real meaning

of the Sistine Chapel. And

what has it got to do with

the Waco siege?

Lights Up: Sitting 10.30pm BBC4Three models sit for, and

pour their hearts out to, a

silent painter, in this funny,

honest and moving drama

written by and co-starring

Katherine Parkinson (below).

Comedy of the Week Taskmaster9.00pm C4A frozen banana, a bag of

salt and a premature conker

are all part of the wacky

races this week as co-host

Alex Horne looks on.

Have I Got News for You 9.30pm BBC1If you’ve been missing topical

takedowns, the panel show

is back for series 61 with

David Tennant hosting and

Jack Dee among the guests.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C 8.00pm C4

m John Bishop (above)

is one of the fi nal four

celebs in the tent. It becomes

a messy affair, but it’s for a

good cause — and lots of fun.

New The Day Will and Kate Got Married 8.00pm ITVAn uplifting reminder of the

day in April 2011 when Kate

married the future King.

Some of those who were

there share their memories.

Golf: the Masters 2.00pm Sky Sports Golf/Main EventIt’s all azaleas and checked

pants in Augusta as live

coverage begins of the fi rst

round. You can see highlights

on BBC2 at 12.30am.

MasterChef 8.30pm BBC1There has been astonishing

cooking over the past weeks,

but now a three-course meal

is all that stands between the

last three cooks and the title

of MasterChef Champion.

WEDNESDAY

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King Rat HHHHg

6.15pm Sony Movies Classic George Segal was given his

fi rst starring role in this

gripping PoW drama.

Andrew

Collins pays

tribute to the

late actor on

page 32.

Casino Royale HHHHh

9.00pm ITV4 Daniel Craig makes an

effortless debut as 007, with

Eva Green on top ice-queen

form as his mysterious love

interest, Vesper Lynd.

The Elephant Man5h 9.00pm BBC4 David Lynch’s sublime drama

features a superb John Hurt

(buried beneath a ton of

prosthetics) as the disfi gured

Victorian curiosity.

Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHHHHh

6.20pm ITV2

m An eventful

year fi ve

at Hogwarts

sees Harry

fi ghting

forces of

evil at the

Ministry

of Magic.

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UNMISSABLE TV, FILM & RADIO FOR YOU TO WATCH AND RECORD

Just what is the point of religion on the telly, or the radio?

Easter services are welcome but the BBC must explore faith in other programmes, too

Beyond the God slot

12 months. It has entertained, informed and

educated, in that great Reithian tradition. We

will all have our favourites, no doubt, but

Channel 4’s recent Russell T Davies series revis-

iting the Aids crisis of the 1980s, It’s a Sin, really

hit home for me. It gave me hope, yes, but it also

delivered a blast of reality, too, and held up a

mirror to the messiness and complexity of life.

Drama can shine a light on how generations

have faced issues and challenges, many of which

resonate with our current pandemic crisis. We

all have world views, the question is how much

these help us understand one another, and the

things that motivate us. That’s what great TV

like It’s a Sin can do.

I want to be part of a conversation, not siloed

off in a single-interest worldview. I don’t just

want to watch a multi-platform worship service

at Easter. I’d like to ask hard questions and

explore what the answers might be. That’s where

the proverbial rubber hits the road.

Covid is a global issue that sits squarely

within the realm of religion and ethics.

If we are going to navigate our way out,

we urgently need intelligent, informed conversa-

tion about how to help knit our fractured

communities back together. There’s a massive

opportunity here for commissioners, content-

makers and drama writers to fire up their imagi-

nations and help us. As the virus began to take a

hold last year, the BBC broadcast The Windermere Children, a story of hope in the

midst of the trauma of the Holocaust. The

timing was coincidence, but these are the

narratives that help us gain perspective

in the midst of so much that is chal-

lenging at this time. I’m convinced

one of the reasons It’s a Sin became

such a hit with viewers was not

simply its evocation of the 1980s, but

also because of its resonance with

contemporary themes: the strengths of

community, forgiveness, and compas-

sion all in the face of fear, death and

uncertainty. Above all, the power

of love in a time of pandemic.

I can’t think of a more life-

affirming Easter message

than that.

The Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann

Hartley is the Bishop of

Ripon and Chair of the

Sandford St Martin Trust

‘ Just what is the point of religion on the telly, or the radio?’

BISHOP OF RIPON, THE RT REV DR

HELEN-ANN HARTLEY

TRADITIONALThe Archbishop of

Canterbury presides over Easter Day Eucharist,

10am BBC1

This annual award is part of the Sandford

St Martin awards for radio, TV and online

programmes touching on faith, belief and

ethics. Winners will be announced on Tuesday

8 June at 6pm. To help pick the winner of the

Radio Times Readers’ Award 2021, choose from

this shortlist of six programmes:

HOSPITAL BBC2

A two-part edition of the

documentary, from the Royal

Free hospital in London.

A patient called Nancy gave

an impromptu speech about

compassion, duty and the

importance of a life of service.

UNORTHODOX Netflix

Mini-series about a Hasidic

Jewish wife who flees her

ultra-conservative community

in America to find herself in

Berlin. Adapted from Deborah

Feldman’s 2012 memoir, this is

a story of belief and liberation.

IT’S A SIN C4

Russell T Davies’s tale of gay

life in London in the 1980s

also reveals the power of

community, compassion and

love in the face of fear caused

by a little-understood pandemic.

THE WINDERMERE

CHILDREN BBC1

Drama based on the real-life

testimony of a group of

Holocaust orphans who

arrived in the Lake District in

1945. Shown to mark 75 years

since the liberation of Auschwitz.

ONCE UPON A TIME

IN IRAQ BBC2

Religion — and the abuses

carried out in its name — were

never far from the surface in

this look at the price paid by

those caught up in the Iraq war.

CAROLS FROM KING’S BBC2

Despite a last-minute alarm

when some of the choir tested

positive for Covid, the annual

carol service went ahead,

delivering comfort and joy

when we needed it most.

HOW TO VOTE Please choose your

favourite and vote at radiotimes.com/sandford

by 11.59pm on Sunday 16 May.

VOTE FOR THE RT READERS AWARD

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This weekend hundreds of thou-

sands of Christians will be hoping to

go to church to celebrate Easter. For

those who are unable to attend, the

BBC is promising “more content

than ever before”, including the Archbishop of

Canterbury sharing his Easter message live from

Canterbury Cathedral and the Pope delivering a

blessing live from Rome.

This is great news for those who have been

denied the chance to worship in-person during

the pandemic. But it is, also, the BBC literally

preaching to the converted. It’s all very well

having more content than ever before, but if

most of it fails to get beyond the “God slot”

normally reserved for Songs of Praise, what’s the

point, beyond keeping the faithful happy?

Where are the documentaries that challenge

us to rethink the world we live in? Or the dramas

that ask us to re-imagine our human relation-

ships? Instead of congratulating itself on

producing more content than ever, I wonder if

it’s time for the BBC to ask just what is the point

of religion on the telly, or the radio for that

matter?

Public service broadcasters have a particular

responsibility to provide programming that

doesn’t simply play to stereotypes or

focuses unduly on particular things like

ritual, because that’s what the BBC

thinks religious people do or are inter-

ested in. I’m far more motivated by

programmes that explore the big

questions in life. You can’t really

understand the world and what moti-

vates people if you’re not able to inter-

pret or understand religion, which is

why the Sandford St Martin Trust, of

which I am chair, seeks to celebrate

programmes that put faith and

ethics at the heart of the action.

(See our shortlist for this year’s

Radio Times Readers Award

in the panel, right.)

Television has been an

enormous comfort to

most of us over the past

This year we have looked

forward to the arrival of

spring like never before.

With the e venings

lighter and the Easter

weekend bringing its

promise of new beginnings, many of us will

be taking advantage of the slight easing of lock-

down this weekend for a long-awaited garden

get-together. For John Torode and Gregg

Wallace, this week also marks the final of

MasterChef – more of which later.

“I was brought up as a good Catholic boy,” says

Torode. “So for me, Easter was always about

having a piece of fish on Good Friday and eating

chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday.

“Normally I’d take the kids to do something

cool over Easter, like hire a canal boat and stop

off at a pub on Easter Day. I always see Easter as

a good excuse to take some time off, and not

worry about cooking. But this year, of course,

that can’t happen. Although I have to say e

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If you want to cook outdoors, learn from the experts, say MasterChef ’s John Torode and Gregg Wallace, who present their al fresco lunch…

WHAT A SPREAD From left: flatbreads, stuffed deep-fried olives, lamb rumps with spiced yogurt and Capri chocolate tart

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I N T E R V I E W B Y

R O S I E M I L L A R D

F O O D S T Y L I N G A N D

P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y

I N D I A W H I L E Y- M O R T O N

P R O P S S T Y L I N G B Y

M I L LY B R U C E

I cook outside all the time, all through the year


f that I have been very productive

in lockdown. I’ve sorted out the

garden shed, and the cellar. I’ve

painted the bathroom. The dog is

saying, ‘No, please don’t take me

for another walk!’”

Wallace, who lives with wife

Anne-Marie, his children and his

extended family in Kent, adds: “My

wife is Italian and her family all live

with us, so we will be having a big

family meal, and eating a big leg of

lamb studded with anchovies. And

we will be eating all day.”

The four-day Easter

weekend is due to mark

the first time all year

when the easing of lock-

down permits us to meet members

of another household in our own

gardens (total numbers vary

depending where you are). There

can be no better excuse for a

(socially distanced) get-together

where not only will the smell of

spring be in the air, but also the aroma of

sausages on charcoal – and, let’s face it, the

whiff of lighter fluid. It’s a topic on which the

pair have strong opinions.

“What happens is this,” Torode says sternly.

“Suddenly, the sun comes out and men try to

undertake possibly the most difficult culinary

process ever, namely cooking over an open

flame to produce something delicious.”

He pauses. “I cook outside all the time,

all through the year, because

I don’t want the smell inside my

house. And I always have done.

But if you have never done it

before, or only do it when it’s

sunny, it’s very difficult.

“People rush outside and start to

cook all sorts of different meat; some

on the bone, some not, some wrapped

in foil, some marinated, mostly not,

all at the same time and all for

the same time. Unsurprisingly,

it’s a disaster.”

Wallace is only fractionally less

scathing. “Men who only ever

go into a kitchen to throw

beer cans away suddenly

seek to perfect one

of the most e

Stu�ed deep-fried olives

Lamb rumps with spiced yogurt

SERVES 4

• 40 large pitted green olives

• 4 tbsp plain flour

• 3 eggs, beaten

• 200g (7oz) breadcrumbs

• Sunflower oil, for deep frying

FOR THE STUFFING

• 20 canned anchovies, cut into 15mm pieces

• 4 slices of Parma ham, each slice torn into

about 10 pieces

1Place the olives in a bowl, and place an

empty bowl of similar size alongside it.

Take one olive at a time and stuff a small piece

of anchovy and a small piece of Parma ham into

the cavity. Put the stuffed olive into the empty

bowl and prepare the remaining olives in the

same way.

2Place the flour, eggs and breadcrumbs in

3 separate shallow bowls. Roll the olives

in the flour, then the egg and finally the

breadcrumbs. Repeat this step twice more so

that the olives are well coated.

3Half-fill a deep saucepan with oil and heat

until it reaches 180°C (350°F), or a cube

of bread added to the oil browns within

30 seconds. When ready, fry the olives in

small batches until golden and crisp; they

don’t take long, so keep an eye on them.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the olives

to a plate lined with kitchen paper.

FEEDS 6—8

• Juice of 2 lemons, plus extra to finish

• Small bunch of thyme, leaves stripped

• 4 rumps of lamb, about 250—300g each

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 tsp ground cardamom

• 1 tsp ground turmeric

• pinch of cloves

• 250ml thick yogurt

• 2 red chillies, de-seeded and diced

• 2 garlic cloves, grated

• 1 lemon

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1To marinate the lamb, mix the lemon juice,

1 tbsp salt and the thyme leaves. Score the

lamb fat. Rub the mixture all over the lamb and

leave for an hour at room temperature.

2Put the spices in a dry frying pan and toast

over a medium heat until fragrant and dark

in colour, almost smoking.

‘I cook outside all the time, all through the year’ J O H N T O R O D E

GREGG’S STARTER

JOHN’S MAIN


3Put the yogurt, chillies, garlic and toasted

spices in a bowl and mix to make a paste.

Rub the paste all over the lamb and leave to

marinate for an hour at room temperature.

4Light the barbecue or heat a griddle pan.

Once the barbecue has glowing coals or the

griddle is smoking hot, cook the lamb, fat-side

down, for about 30 minutes, turning every

couple of minutes, and continually basting it

with the yogurt paste. Take it off the heat, and

let it rest for a good 10 minutes. Finish with

a squeeze of lemon juice and serve it up.

Flatbreads & tzatzikiMAKES 10–12 GOOD-SIZED FLATBREADS FOR THE FLATBREADS

• 325g plain flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp sugar

• 1 x 7g sachet

fast-action yeast

• 100ml milk

• 150ml plain yogurt

• 60g butter or ghee,

melted

• Sesame seeds (optional)

Olive oil, for brushing

FOR THE TZATZIKI

• 1 garlic clove

• 150ml natural yogurt

• 10 mint leaves,

chopped

• 1 large cucumber,

very finely sliced

• Juice of 1 lemon

• Sea salt

MAKE THE DOUGH

1Put the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a large

bowl and mix well. Heat the milk until

lukewarm. Reserving 1 tbsp of yogurt, add the

rest to the milk, then add the melted butter or

ghee and mix well. Slowly pour the yogurt

mixture over the flour and mix well. Knead for

about 5 minutes on a well-floured worktop until

you have a springy dough. Cover the bowl with

cling film and leave the dough to rise in a warm

place for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

2Turn the dough out, slap it and it will

shrink. Divide the dough into 10 or 12

even-sized pieces and roll each piece into a ball.

Cover with cling film or a clean tea towel and

leave to rise for another 15 minutes. Gently

flatten the balls of dough into rough teardrop

shapes and use a rolling pin to roll them out to

about 1cm, and spread with the reserved yogurt.

Heat the grill to high and put a large baking

sheet under it to heat for about 10 minutes.

MAKE THE TZATZIKI

3Using a mortar and pestle, pound the

garlic with a little salt to form a paste.

Put the yogurt in a bowl, stir in the garlic

paste and mint. Finally, mix together the

cucumber and lemon juice, then combine

the yogurt with the cucumber and stir well.

COOK THE FLATBREADS

4Place a few flatbreads at a time on the hot

baking sheet and grill for 2–3 minutes,

then turn over, sprinkle with some sesame

seeds, if using, and cook for a further 2–3

minutes. If you’re barbecuing, you can cook

them on glowing coals, but watch carefully.

Brush each one with olive oil as soon as it is

cooked and stack one on top of the other while

hot. Serve the flatbreads with the tzatziki.

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RadioTimes 3–9 April 2021

Capri chocolate tartSERVES 10—12

• 225g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing

• 220g dark cooking chocolate, plus extra

to serve

• 4 large eggs, separated

• 160g caster sugar

• Pinch of salt

• 260g almond flour

• Cocoa powder, for dusting

1Preheat the oven to 190°C, 170°C fan,

gas mark 5.

2Line the bottom of a 20cm springform

cake tin with baking parchment and

grease the sides with butter.

3Sit a heatproof bowl over a pan of

simmering water, making sure the bottom

of the bowl does not actually touch the water.

Place the butter and chocolate in the bowl

and stir with a wooden spoon until they melt

together. Don’t be tempted to turn up the

heat or the chocolate will become grainy.

Set aside to cool slightly.

4Put the egg whites

and a tablespoon of the

caster sugar into a bowl and

whisk into stiff peaks.

5Put the egg yolks and the

remaining caster sugar into a

separate bowl and whisk until thick, creamy

and peach-coloured. Add the salt, almond

flour and the cooled chocolate and mix well.

6Gently fold the beaten egg whites into

the chocolate mixture until the bits of

white disappear. Be careful as you want to

keep it as airy as possible.

7Pour the batter into the prepared cake

tin and bake in the centre of the oven for

45–55 minutes, until a skewer inserted into

the centre comes out almost clean (it is quite

a gooey cake). Set aside to cool for about

15 minutes, then remove from the tin.

8Transfer the cake to a plate and serve

warm or cold, sprinkled with chunks of

dark chocolate and dusted with cocoa powder.

f difficult techniques known to man. If you

want to cook over a flame, please look at what

Greek cooks, or Turkish cooks, or Argentinian

cooks do, people who have been cooking like this

for centuries and all year round, rather than just

a few times a year. What you are cooking needs

to be small, it needs to be marinated, and you

need to be in control of it. Also, don’t cook one

dish and never try it again. Do it over and over

again and perfect it – it will taste much better

that way.”

Has Wallace ever witnessed any barbecue

disasters himself? “I once saw a man with a

sausage that was actually on fire, turning it.” And

he doesn’t stop there. “Every barbecue I have

ever been to was rubbish. I turn up and find the

same lump of uncooked meat on a paper plate

and I have to try to cut it with a plastic fork in

one hand and a drink in the other. Make sure

your guests are given a proper plate, proper

cutlery and somewhere to put their drink,” he

sighs. “And that each person has more than one

paper napkin!”

It’s a more scornful takedown than many

of their MasterChef analyses – especially

in the latest series. As RT went to press,

there were ten semi-finalists about to be

whittled down further ahead of the all-impor-

tant Finals Week. What do John and Gregg

make of the 2021 contestants?

“We’ve had the most extraordinary array of

cooks,” says Torode, who lives with wife Lisa

Faulkner in north London. “Very adventurous

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free thinkers, people doing food that is cross-

cultural. There’s Madeeha, who delivers a sort of

Indo-Chinese British fusion; then classic chefs

like Mike, who was influenced by his parents’

cooking; Claire, who is brilliant; Jacqui, too,

who cooked a stunning Canadian poutine [basi-

cally chips and gravy] in the street-food round…”

“There has been a massive difference in qual-

ity and ambition,” says Wallace. “By the time you

get to the quarter-finals you expect something

special, but right from the start, we found the

level of cooking really quite impressive. It must

be because people have been at home all week

long, not just at the weekends, and so they

have had more chance to practise.”

“And in lockdown, people started to try out

things they didn’t think they could do,” Torode

continues. “For example, Tom has achieved

new skills on multiple fronts, like making

mayonnaise from Japanese ingredients. He’s

had the time to cruise the internet, buy interest-

ing things from shops online and try stuff

out. People have used lockdown to practise, but

also to purchase interesting new things. I really

hope it carries on and I hope it is going to inspire

the viewer.”

MasterChef itself may be for ever

changed because of Covid. “We

have developed efficiencies of

scale because of the restrictions,”

says Torode, “and I think they will carry on

in future productions because they make a

progressive improvement. For example, I don’t

know if Gregg and I will ever

stand side by side again. It

doesn’t seem to make much

difference and for the

cameras it might be easier.”

He grins. “Although it

might help fuel that lovely

gossip that Gregg and

I aren’t actually stand-

ing in the same room

together.”

Wallace adds: “Each

contestant now cooks at least

two plates of food, so John and I get

one plate each. There is no sharing of food

now. That will stay. Also, we have started to have

fewer people sitting at the Chef ’s Table. That

works much better.”

He then snorts. “John and I don’t have to

share a dressing room any more, either, which is

a great pleasure. No longer do I have to have his

sweaty cycling gear hanging on my door!”

Stuffed deep-fried olives and Capri chocolate tart

recipes are extracted from Gregg’s Italian Family

Cookbook by Gregg and Anna Wallace (Octopus

Books). Lamb rumps, flatbread and tzatziki recipes

are extracted from My Kind of Food by John Torode

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In March 2020, in the early days of

the first lockdown, word began to

spread about a documentary so outra-

geous, so packed with astonishing

twists and turns, that it almost defied

belief. Just a month later, 64 million

households around the world had gawped at

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, Madness, a

seven-episode Netflix series that more than

delivered on its title. It told the wild story of Joe

Exotic, the gay, polyamorous proprietor of a big

cat wildlife park, GW Zoo in Oklahoma, and his

extraordinary rivalry with Carole Baskin, an

animal rights activist and proprietor of her own

big cat sanctuary, which ultimately led to his

downfall and eventual imprisonment for animal

abuse and hiring someone to kill Baskin.

Like so many others, Louis Theroux sat down

to watch Tiger King last year, but he was closer

to the story than most, having had his own

run-in with Exotic and the GW Zoo during film-

ing for a one-off documentary for the BBC in

2011. America’s Most Dangerous Pets (which is

available on iPlayer) offered a wider look at the

people who keep and breed big cats and

monkeys for profit and pleasure but, while

Exotic loomed large, he wasn’t its focus. Now, a

decade later, Theroux is revisiting the Tiger King

carnival for a new, feature-length documentary,

Shooting Joe Exotic.

So has he talked to Exotic again? “Mmmmm.

No, basically,” says Theroux. But Exotic has

reached out to him, despite the fact he’s serving

a 22-year prison sentence that was handed down

in 2018. “Joe is an indefatigable campaigner on

his own behalf,” Theroux explains. “He sent a

letter through someone else, in which I was

mentioned, asking for my help. I think a couple

of emails went back and forth, and then that line

of communication got shut down.”

Instead, the film draws on new interviews

with those around Exotic, as well as a wealth of

footage left over from the 2011 trip. Fittingly,

Theroux had arrived in Oklahoma in the middle

of a tornado and suspected there might be a

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TEN YEARS AGOLouis Theroux met Tiger

King’s Joe Exotic in 2011 for his documentary America’s

Most Dangerous Pets

Carole tends not to show whatever pain she’s feeling

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much they filmed. “It just felt chaotic and

extraordinary. [Exotic’s] feud with Carole

Baskin was very much ongoing at the time, so I

interviewed him about all of that, and talked to

his husband and their boyfriend, and in the end,

although he was a significant presence in that

film, very little of that material was reflected in

the finished programme.”

Theroux considers how he feels about the

Netflix series. “I thought, ‘Wow, they’ve done a

great job of making this compelling. It’s a romp,

and it’s obviously connecting with people.’ Given

how much material there was, it’s no easy job to

make a seven-hour documentary which is really

complicated and has lots of different layers and

sources of material.”

Did he have any qualms about how

lurid it seemed, particularly given

that he had spent time with some of

the people involved? “I don’t know

that I’d call them qualms. I had some niggling

concerns about aspects of the storytelling,

which, to some extent, I chalked up to the

understandable urge on the part of the film-

makers to make it as compelling as possible.”

He hasn’t watched it again but remembers

feeling as if it made Baskin’s facility look similar

to Exotic’s, “in terms of the conditions of the

animals. She is dedicated to getting rid of breed-

ing [big cats], whereas Joe breeds, which is a

really important distinction. I felt a kind of

moral equivalence had been made between

Carole and Joe that wasn’t justified, and that

many people were watching thinking that Carole

was basically just like Joe.”

When Tiger King was released, Baskin called

the series “salacious and sensational”, claiming

she had been “betrayed” by the directors. In

another near-unbelievable twist, Baskin has

now taken possession of the GW Zoo; Theroux

arrived to meet her about a week after she and

her husband Howard had become the new

owners. “I gave her a tour, in a weird way,

because I know the park better than Carole

does,” says Theroux. He says he felt sympathetic

towards her, knowing that she had been viciously

trolled in the aftermath of the series.

“At the same time, if I’m honest, what’s

extraordinary about Carole is how she seems

able to shake off a lot of that, which, paradoxi-

cally, can have the effect of feeding it. I might be

wrong, but because she tends not to show what-

ever pain she might be feeling, perhaps that’s

harder for some people to empathise with.

Whereas Joe clearly is the opposite. He wears his

pain very obviously. He sort of specialises in

leveraging his own angst for social influence.”

Theroux has said before that he felt protective

of Exotic. He’d visited the park three times in

2011 and, during their last day of filming, the

two had a confrontation. “I knew that he was

pissed off. He thought that

I had an animal rights agenda. I

also knew that I needed an

ending for the documentary

and needed to be seen to be

holding him to account in

some way, or at least posing

some fairly pointed questions.”

They had a conversation

and, in the middle of it, Exotic

lost his temper. “He ripped off

his microphone and said, ‘F*** you.

F*** Carole Baskin. F*** Tippi

Hedren. F*** PETA. Yes, my animals are

happy. Yes, I’m going to go on breeding.’ He had

a tantrum. Any time someone rips their mic off

and tells you to f*** yourself… I won’t say it’s

never happened before, but it’s not something

you typically forget.”

Until he saw the old footage, Theroux had

forgotten what came next. “I said, ‘Joe, I’m

just asking these questions. I don’t mean to

upset you. Can we just keep talking?’ He

came back on camera and we finished the

conversation, and I said, ‘Are we buds

again?’ And he goes on, ‘I guess.’ And I

said, ‘Can I have a hug?’, and went over

and I hugged him. What struck me was

the fact that I seemed to need some

emotional reassurance that he was

OK. I felt protective of him, and

I didn’t like the fact that I’d upset

him. It’s odd. But that’s actu-

ally a big part of how he

functioned, and now he’s

sort of done that on a global

scale. There’s hundreds of

thousands of people around the world

who want to give Joe a hug.”

Theroux’s new film deals

with the murder-for-hire

plot, “which makes virtu-

ally no reference to Tiger

King, the series. It’s something like a programme

I might have made if Tiger King hadn’t existed.”

But it also has to deal with the post-Tiger

King world of fame and notoriety for those

involved. Several dramatisations of Exotic’s story

are in the pipeline, one of which will see Nicolas

Cage playing Exotic himself. Since Theroux was

there in the early days, will he be a character in

any of them?

“I highly doubt it,” he says. “I’d love it if I was.

Any claim I can make on being part of television

history or whatever that is. Joe said at the time,

‘You’re the first crew that we’ve had at the park,

even though the park had been there for nine or

ten years… Story needs [to be] told, story needs

[to be] told.’ ”

JOE EXOTIC

Exotic (real name Joe Maldonado-

Passage) is now in prison in Texas,

serving 22 years for animal

abuse and for hiring someone

to kill Carole Baskin. He claims

he was “too innocent and too

gay” to be pardoned by Trump

and is planning his memoirs.

CAROLE BASKIN

Baskin (below) runs the Florida

sanctuary Big Cat Rescue with

her husband Howard. She appeared

on Dancing with the Stars in the US and

continues to lobby to make it illegal to trade,

breed or own big cats. She was handed

possession of Exotic’s zoo in 2020.

JEFF LOWE

Exotic’s former business partner,

Lowe took over the zoo in 2016.

He was accused by the US

government of animal cruelty, lost

his licence to exhibit wild animals

and closed the park for good in

August 2020 after a judge

handed it to Baskin.

DOC ANTLE

The guru-like Bhagavan “Doc”

Antle runs a wildlife park in

South Carolina. In October

2020, he was charged with

wildlife trafficking, animal

cruelty and violating the

Endangered Species Act.

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Now, that story is such a

cultural phenomenon that there was

even talk of President Trump pardoning

Exotic before he left office. “I thought there

was a chance of it happening, actually,” says

Theroux. “You know the term they use now,

‘brand adjacency’? Brand Trump and Brand

Joe are fairly adjacent, so I thought that would

make sense.” Does he think Joe should be free?

He takes a moment to think. “No. No, it was a

solid case.”

Tiger King is just the latest example of

Theroux seeming to find himself on the edges of

a strange story, circumnavigating an odd situa-

tion that later turns out to have been far bigger

than it first appeared. “Uh oh, I know where this

is going,” he says.

For his When Louis Met… series, he made

programmes about the late, disgraced PR

mogul Max Clifford, whom he caught lying on

microphone, and, most notoriously of all,

Jimmy Savile, years before it emerged that the

TV and radio presenter had been a prolific sex

offender and predator. What does it feel like to

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OF THE BEST FROM THEROUXO

ALTERED STATES: CHOOSING DEATH

2018 In this unforgettable doc

Theroux meets terminally ill

people who wish to end their

lives, in US States where it’s

legal, and in cases where it’s

morally unclear.

DARK STATES: HEROIN

TOWN 2017 Theroux visits

Huntingdon, West Virginia, a city ravaged by

opioid addiction, where one in ten babies is

born dependent on opiates. The stories he

finds among addicts, families and medical

professionals are devastating.

THE MOST HATED FAMILY IN AMERICA

2007 The infamous Westboro

Baptist Church staged pickets

of soldiers’ funerals. Over the

years Theroux would spend

more time with various

members of the Phelps family,

learning how their lives have

changed, some drastically.

LOUIS AND THE NAZIS 2003 One of

Theroux’s most notorious films shone an early

light on the modern far-right and neo-Nazi

movement in America. In 2020’s Life on the

Edge, he revisits the former racist folk singers

Prussian Blue, who have renounced their past.

LOUIS THEROUX’S WEIRD WEEKENDS:

PORN 1998 Focusing on the male performer,

Theroux dives into a pre-internet world

of pornography.

All these films are available to watch on iPlayer

LEGACY IN TATTERSLouis Theroux sifts through the remains of Joe Exotic’s

old Oklahoma home

be there before the bigger story breaks?

“Maybe I’m more insecure than you might

imagine. What occasionally flips through my

head and gives me a pang of momentary disquiet

is the idea that maybe I’m talentless, maybe I’m

not particularly good at my job, maybe I’ll be

unmasked and be out of work. But when I see

a story hit the headlines after I’ve made a

programme about it, mainly I feel a sense of

vindication. Like, ‘Oh, wow, look at me, I called

it. I was right, there is a good story, or there was

something there.’ ”

Theroux is at home in London, locked down

with his wife and three children and finding this

one to be “the worst of the trilogy”. “I can’t even

be bothered to pretend that this will end up

being morally strengthening, that in some way

this will be a salutary experience because we’ll

value life. I just feel miserable, and quite angry,

at no one and nothing in particular.”

Even so, he has had a busier year than most,

travelling to the US in November to make

Shooting Joe Exotic, as well as catching up with

some of his old subjects for his Life on the Edge

series, and creating a hit interview podcast,

Grounded with Louis Theroux. Is there anyone

he hasn’t interviewed yet that he’d like to? “I’m

feeling an urge to say, [rapper] Cardi B. I think

it’s about the mix, isn’t it? I’d like [author]

Kazuo Ishiguro. Bob Dylan would be amazing.

But then he might be so boring. They say be

careful of meeting your heroes, right?”

He’s also set up Mindhouse, a production

company with his wife, director Nancy Strang,

and executive producer Arron Fellows, which

has just finished making a three-part documen-

tary, provisionally titled Gods of Snooker, about

the glamorous golden age of the sport. “I’m not

in Gods of Snooker,” he says.

You’re not a “God of Snooker”? “I’m not even a

demigod. It’s about the heyday of snooker in the

1980s when I was in my teens, and it’s showing

every sign of being brilliant.”

Mindhouse is also behind Sex Odyssey,

another three-parter, about modern sex and

sexuality, presented by Alice Levine. “I’m 50, you

know, no one needs to see me with my shirt off.

I’m not saying Alice is going to take her shirt off,

by the way. But back in the day, I might have

done programmes a bit like that. I did

programmes about trying to be a porn performer

and so forth. So this is a way of getting involved

in programmes that I would love to watch, but

having a behind-the-scenes presence.”

Theroux has been fronting his own documen-

taries since 1998. Does this mean he’s moving

out of the limelight after almost a quarter of a

century? “I think a balance is good. I’m not

saying I’m not going to be on camera any more,

but it feels like a big departure. Going back to

that idea of me feeling insecure, it makes me feel

like, ‘Oh yes, I’m a programme-maker. I’m not

just a presenter.’ I’m actually one of the people

down in the engine room, making sure every-

thing works.”

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Agatha Christie was still very

much alive when I fell in love with

her work. She died in 1976, but 15

years before that I was a boarder at

a grim north London prep school

where one of the few pleasures was

a weekly film screening in the school

gymnasium. My favourites were the Miss Marple

films with Margaret Rutherford in the lead.

I can still remember the jaunty theme tune,

the black and white footage, the indomitable

investigator on her tricycle. But it was years

later, on my gap year, that I discovered my

favourite detective while swapping paperbacks

in youth hostels as I made my way on an

incredible journey overland from Singapore to

London. I even managed to read Death on the

Nile on the Nile! Miss Marple has her devotees

but for me, there can only be Hercule Poirot.

I’ll go further and say that just as Jeremy Brett

will always be, for me, the definitive Sherlock

Holmes, David Suchet is unrivalled in depicting

Christie’s Belgian detective. No fewer than 35

actors have played Poirot, from Ronnie Barker

(on stage) to Orson Welles (on the radio). Albert

Finney was memorable in the lavish 1974 film

Murder on the Orient Express, though Christie

was famously disappointed by his moustache.

Kenneth Branagh provided more grand facial

hair in his 2017 version, and will be seen again

next year in Death on the Nile.

But Suchet tops them all while completing the

Herculean task – in more than one sense – of

shooting the entire Poirot canon in 13 seasons

for ITV, starting in 1989. I adapted four of the

novels and seven short stories while working as

a writer for the show alongside producer Brian

Eastman, who gave the series its distinctive, art

As ITV celebrates 100 years since Agatha Christie’s first Hercule Poirot novel,

Anthony Horowitz investigates the timeless appeal of the Belgian sleuth

deco appearance. Brian was such a stickler for

detail that I’d often find myself in his office at

four in the morning arguing about fingerprints,

torn buttons, bloodstains and all the other

tropes that Christie deploys with such relish.

Adapting Christie’s work provided many

different challenges. The short stories were

basically too short for an hour of television.

Yellow Iris, for example, takes place almost

entirely in a restaurant and hangs on one very

simple but clever idea: nobody notices waiters.

I expanded it to embrace a military coup in

Buenos Aires and even had Poirot up before a

firing squad.

With the novels, it was the

opposite. They were too long,

meaning it was a case of filleting

out some of the myriad clues and

red herrings to allow time to enjoy the characters.

In The Murder on the Links, what I most

enjoyed was the rivalry between Poirot and a

pompous French detective called Giraud.

I threw in a bet: Giraud stakes his favourite pipe

against Poirot’s moustache as to who will solve

the case first. This was much more fun to write

than the intricate web spun by Christie in her

novel, which involves two murders set 22 years

apart and a welter of false identities.

That said, it is the extraordinary complexity of

the stories, their brilliant structure, that I admire

most about Agatha Christie. One of my favourite

ITV adaptations was Lord Edgware Dies, which

uses almost every weapon in the Christie

armoury. The motive for the murder is smart

and believable, and it is committed in fiendishly

clever fashion. As for the clues, which include a

torn letter, a Greek myth, a pair of pince-nez and

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fingerprints are all over them.

And what of Poirot himself? Well, it’s easy to

dismiss the man as a collection of mannerisms:

the famous moustache, the tisane, the slightly

mangled English, the sea-sickness (“the mal de mer – it is horrible suffering”), the little grey

cells. In his first appearance – The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920 – he is

described as “a funny little man, a great dandy,

but wonderfully clever,” and it’s true that there is

a comic side to him with his vanity and self-

importance. Apparently, Christie gave him his

first name as a joke: a small, portly, fastidious

man named after a mythical bodybuilder.

But, as Suchet revealed, there is so much more

to him. Poirot was originally inspired by the

Belgian refugees that Christie saw arriving in

Torquay during the First World War and there is

a certain tristesse attached to him – the

loneliness of a man who will always be not just a

foreigner, but an outsider. Although he had one

brief romance in the short story The Double Clue, he would never be married. He had good

friends, but he was always alone.

This is true of so much crime fiction.

The premise is hardly original any

more: a murder is committed in a

closed community where everybody

knows everybody – a format that makes an

English village the perfect setting. The detective

arrives and reveals all the hidden secrets, delving

behind the net curtains. When they leave,

everything has been put right in this miniature

world, the truth has been revealed and the killer

arrested. But the point is, they leave. With the

job done, the detective has no place in the

community they have just healed.

Yet you just can’t help liking Poirot, and it was

surely this warmth that David Suchet tapped

into more than any other actor to make the role

definitively his. Of course, it’s also worth

remembering that he was greatly helped by a

wonderful supporting cast. Hugh Fraser as

Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline

Moran as the acidic Miss Lemon were all very

much part of the Poirot “family”. I loved writing

for them and missed them dearly when they

disappeared from later episodes.

Writing Agatha Christie’s Poirot was a hugely

important part of my career. It led directly to

Midsomer Murders – which a producer once

described to me as “Agatha Christie on acid” –

and Foyle’s War. I’ve lost count of the number of

bodies I’ve piled up on screen, but right from the

start, I learnt from the best.

‘His name is a joke: a small man named a�er a bodybuilder’

ROLE OF A LIFETIMEDavid Suchet portrayed the detective in all 13 series of

ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot, with Horowitz writing scripts

from 1991 to 2001

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‘My saddest day as an actor was �lming Poirot’s death’

‘I’ve lost my best friend’

Sir David Suchet still misses the

man he calls his “best friend”. Such

was the anguish he felt in 2013 as

he bade farewell to Hercule Poirot

after 25 years that he arranged

filming schedules to ensure his last

scenes were not those of Poirot’s death. For him,

that would have been too brutal a finality.

Was that because you felt a little bit of you was

dying, too? “Yep, yep, yep,” he says, hurriedly,

eight years on. “As a human being, losing your

real family is always painful, but my saddest day

as an actor was filming Poirot’s death. I miss

him in my life because he was my life for 25

years and I’ve lost my best friend.”

Suchet, who turns 75 in May, is

speaking on Zoom from the London

home he shares with Sheila Ferris,

his wife of 45 years. The previous

evening, Suchet had done a live

event for one of the charities he

supports, the Tuberous Sclerosis

Association (TSA). (He tells me,

with quiet pride, that his knighthood

last October was for services to char-

ity as well as theatre.) The TSA

represents and advocates

for those who suffer from a

rare genetic condition

where noncancerous

tubers develop in differ-

ent organs of the body,

which affects people in

different ways.

One sufferer is his

seven-year-old grand-

son, who was diag-

nosed when he was

only a few months

old. “The earliest this

condition is found,

the worse it is,”

Suchet says. “My grandson cannot speak or eat

properly and he has epileptic fits. It’s been very

difficult to get drugs and we’re fighting for them

and financial support for research all the time. “

Poirot looms over any Suchet public appear-

ance. At the event, he showed the audience a

couple of presents he was given after he left the

show, seemingly as precious to him as if they

belonged to a beloved relation: Poirot’s waxed

moustache encased in a glass frame and the

handsome silver-topped cane presented to him

by Agatha Christie’s grandson Mathew Prichard

at the “End of 25 Years” Celebration at Bafta in

2013. The actor donated a second, identical cane

to the Torquay Museum, which houses a

dedicated Poirot section.

Having lived with him for so long,

what does Suchet feel is the essence of

Poirot, a century on from his literary

introduction? “He comes across as

very self-sufficient, but Christie has

him mention on several occasions

that the greatest gift from God to

human beings is a husband-and-

wife relationship. I’d try to

bring that out more as

I aged with Poirot –

that he would’ve

loved to have had

a c o m p a n i o n .

However, no one

person could have

put up with him.

He would be

impossible to live

with! He’s an

egotistical

perfectionist.”

B u t i n a

bromance sense,

at least, he and

Hastings seem

David Suchet says Hercule Poirot was in his life for 25 years – and he still misses him

I N T E R V I E W B Y G I N N Y D O U G A R Y

compatible? “Only compatible with his ‘little

grey cells’. Hastings always goes for the obvious,

which saves Poirot from thinking about that.”

From this distance, Suchet can now step back

and look at other interpretations of the detec-

tive, and consider how well they work for him.

He approves of Albert Finney, star of 1974’s

Murder on the Orient Express, though he

declined to adopt some of Finney’s choices, like

wearing a hairnet on the train and a net on his

moustache. And Kenneth Branagh? “Every jour-

nalist would like me to say what I think about

Branagh, but the reason I haven’t watched Ken

– and I have enormous admiration for him as an

actor – is that people ask me what I think of the

‘newest, greatest Poirot’ and if I’ve never seen

him, it’s best that I don’t have an opinion.

“It protects me and it keeps me from saying

anything that might be derogatory.” He adds

hastily, “I’m sure that were I to see it, there

would be hundreds of things to say that would

be complimentary.”

Suchet is a supremely versatile actor and, love

of Poirot notwithstanding, he places paramount

importance on his theatre work. One of his

standout stage roles was as the professor accused

of harassment by a student in a production of

David Mamet’s play Oleanna directed by Harold

Pinter. Now, he is developing a new play for his

directorial debut; he can’t discuss it at the

moment, but says he’s having a blast.

‘My saddest day as an actor was �lming Poirot’s death’ D AV I D S U C H E T

FAMILIAR FACEDavid Suchet portrayed Poirot in 70 episodes

between 1989 and 2013

SLEUTH IN A SUITAgatha Christie’s Poirot

cast members (from left): Philip Jackson, David Suchet, Pauline Moran

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Master detectivesFrom Finney to Malkovich, who best captured the little Belgian?

David SuchetAgatha Christie’s Poirot

(70 episodes, ITV, 1989-2013)

Earmarked for the part by

Christie’s family, Suchet

became a beloved Poirot as

he took on every one of the

detective’s cases in some

form. ITV’s iconic treatment

is characterised by its art deco

leanings, jazzy theme tune

and the memorable work of

supporting stars Hugh Fraser

and Philip Jackson.

John MalkovichThe ABC Murders (BBC1, 2018)

An English-accented Poirot with

a bald head and a white goatee?

Sacré bleu! Sarah Phelps’s

radical take was too much

for some, but Malkovich

(and Rupert Grint)

brought star power and

plenty of gravitas to the

dark and often

unflinching nature of

the adaptation, which

was as far away from

Ustinov’s sunny

romps as one can

possibly get.

Kenneth BranaghMurder on the Orient Express (2017);

Death on the Nile (February 2022)

Putting Poirot back on the big screen for the

first time in almost 30 years, Branagh harks

back to the star-laden Finney and Ustinov

years. The moustache is of cartoonish

proportions and Branagh has a lot of fun

opposite Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley and Johnny

Depp. His follow-up movie, featuring Gal Gadot

and Letitia Wright, has been pushed back to

February next year, but Poirot’s not one to let

a pandemic defeat him… ROBIN PARKER

Albert FinneyMurder on the Orient

Express (1974)

Finney coolly keeps Sidney

Lumet’s adaptation on the

rails as Lauren Bacall, Sean

Connery, John Gielgud and an

Oscar-winning Ingrid Bergman

jostle for screen time. He

makes the most of his one

opportunity to nail the part,

with his meticulous, serious

and at times deliberately

unlikeable portrayal of the

Belgian detective.

Peter UstinovSix films from Death on the Nile (1978)

to Appointment with Death (1988)

Actor and bon viveur Ustinov succeeded

Finney in a series of glossy, location-

hopping crowd-pleasers. A tongue-in-

cheek attitude to the character sees him

heighten Poirot’s eccentricities and flaws

to comedic effect, not least when

squeezing into a bathing suit.

Since hanging up Poirot’s

hat and cane, he’s clocked up

memorable turns in Doctor Who, BBC1’s journalism

drama Press and BBC2’s

Decline and Fall . Most

recently, he voiced the falcon

Kaisa in His Dark Materials, BBC1’s retelling of Philip

Pullman’s novels – but it’s on

stage that he’s continued to

shine. As Lady Bracknell in

The Importance of Being Earnest, he delivered what

critic Michael Billington

described as “a glowing perfor-

mance”. In 2018 he also stood

out as comical second-hand

dealer Gregory Solomon in The Price by Suchet’s favourite play-

wright, Arthur Miller.

“I’ve been very blessed in the

work that has been offered to me

in the past 52 years,” says the

actor. “I can’t think of a happier career.”

His Belgian chum remains a source

of that happiness, and in early

2020 – before the pandemic struck

– he took Poirot on tour in Australia

and New Zealand with his one-man show Poirot and Me: A Retrospective. Suchet hopes to revive

it in the UK, with a short run in the West End

and then a national tour “to try to get people

back into the theatre”.

The show is split evenly between Suchet’s life

story and his time as the detective, with the

flourish of his cane usually prompting the

biggest round of applause. When he moves his

natural bass voice through his diaphragm, into

his throat and up into his cavities so he can

declare “Je suis Hercule Poirot” in those familiar,

fluting, high-pitched tones, it’s as magical as

witnessing a skilled conjuror at the height of

their powers.

He’s aware, meanwhile, that for many, myself

included, Poirot has become comfort view-

ing during lockdown. “My fan mail has

increased three-fold with people who have

watched the whole box set twice! I’m

humbled that it has increased worldwide.”

But has he been among the audience?

“No, I don’t watch him,” he says, as

our interview draws to a close.

“Actually, that’s not true. My wife

does. I walked into the room

the other day and he was on

and I sat next to her and

watched him. I’m here to

say that I actually quite

enjoyed it!”

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‘A�er �ve series the actions of

characters nine years ago can

still have a ripple e�ect’

LINE OF DUTY EVIDENCE BOARD E

DETECTIVE

SUPERINTENDENT

IAN BUCKELLS

FIRST SEEN Series 1

STORY SO FAR Buckells

(Nigel Boyle) was chief

investigator on Jackie

Laverty’s disappearance.

He returned in series four to

take over DCI Huntley’s case.

WHAT’S HE UP TO?

He delays the arrest

of a high-profile suspect

and messes up some

paperwork relating to

the surveillance of

Terry Boyle’s flat.

DEPUTY CHIEF

CONSTABLE

ANDREA WISE POLICE & CRI

ME

COMMISSIONER

ROHAN SINDWHANI

FIRST SEEN Series 1

STORY SO FAR This

pair (Elizabeth Rider and

Ace Bhatti) covered up links

between Sindwhani’s legal

counsel Gill Biggeloe (Polly

Walker) and the OCG.

WHAT ARE THEY UP TO?

When Hastings approaches

them for help, both Wise

and Sindhwani play it down.

Why are they really trying

to get him to soften his

position on bent coppers?

CHIEF

SUPERINTENDENT

PATRICK FAIRBANK

FIRST SEEN Series 3

STORY SO FAR Fairbank

(George Costigan) is a

former friend of Hastings

and fellow Mason. Revealed

to be a paedophile who

abused his position to get

close to his victims, he’s now

serving time in prison.

WHAT’S HE UP TO?

In episode two, we learnt

that Gail Vella had reported

on Fairbank. Is this a subtle

reference to an earlier

episode, or is there more?

‘A�er �ve series the actions of

characters nine years ago can

still have a ripple e�ect’

hen it falls upon a

continuity announcer

to explain a bit of

jargon at the end of

an episode, it’s safe to

say the story has got a

little knotty. If you

turned to Google for

help with Line of Duty’s lingo, you were not alone. After

all, a captivating, yet often frustrating,

appeal of Line of Duty is its complex-

ity. After five series of labyrinthine

plotting and shady dealings, the

actions of characters nine years ago

can still have a ripple effect on the

latest storylines. Yet if you have

taken your eye off the ball (or have

simply forgotten), you can end up

thinking “Who?!” rather than the

desired “Aha!” if a character returns or

if an old storyline gets mentioned in

passing. Here is RT’s ultimate cheat

sheet as Jed Mercurio rearranges the

pieces on the AC-12 chess board once

more… SCOTT BRYAN

Need help sorting your OCGs from your AFOs? Who’s bent? Who isn’t? We’re here to help…

TOP BRASS

26

ALAMY

Line of Duty Sunday 9.00pm BBC1

JACKIE LAVERTYFIRST SEEN Series 1STORY SO FAR Propertydeveloper Laverty (GinaMcKee) ran over and killedher accountant after hefound out her firm had been laundering money to theOCG — which then murderedher to frame her loverDCI Gates (Lennie James). Her body was stored inTerry Boyle’s freezer.WHERE DOES SHE FITIN NOW? When Terrymoves property, the body

and the freezer moves withhim. Will it be found?

RYAN PILKINGTONFIRST SEEN Series 1STORY SO FAR ThisBMX-riding teen deliveredburner phones to corruptofficers and tried to cut offSteve Arnott’s fingers. Whenlast seen he was training tobe a police officer.

WHAT’S HE UP TO?Pilkington (Gregory Piper)

is working underDavidson’s team — butwhat’s his motive? Is hemore than an OCGinformant?

TERRY BOYLEFIRST SEEN Series 1STORY SO FAR Bullied andmanipulated by the OCG,Terry turned to the police, but to little avail. We nextsee him in series five (nowplayed by Tommy Jessop),in a new property, taskedwith surveillance ofa nearby building theOCG were using.WHAT’S HE UP TO? He’sbeen arrested as a suspectin the murder of journalist Gail Vella and then released.But is this all part of theOCG plan?

STEPH CORBETTFIRST SEEN Series 5STORY SO FAR Steph(Amy De Bhrun) is the widow of John Corbett,who believed Ted playeda role in the death of hismother. After Ted receivedan envelope of cash from anold contact, he approachedSteph at her husband’sgrave, with the implicationthat he gave her £50,000.WHAT’S SHE UP TO?In episode two of the newseries, Arnott visits Stephin Liverpool again andbecomes suspiciousof her lifestyle.Will the money be tracedback to Hastings?

SERGEANT

FARIDA JATRIFIRST SEEN Series 4

STORY SO FAR

Jatri (Anneika

Rose) worked under

DCI Roz Huntley (Thandie

Newton) to help track

down a serial murderer

WHAT’S SHE UP TO?

Jatri warns AC-12 they have

no idea what DCI Davidson

(Kelly Macdonald) is capable

of. She accused Davidson,

her ex-lover, of cheating

on her with Kate Fleming.

AC-12 has cast doubt on

Jatri’s judgement — but

could she be right?

CHIEF INSPECTOR

PHILIP OSBORNEFIRST SEEN Series 1

STORY SO FAR After an

anti-terrorist police raid

resulted in the death of an

innocent man, Steve Arnott

refused to comply with

Osborne’s cover-up and

transferred to AC-12. Arnott

testified against his old

colleagues in court, but no

officer was prosecuted.

WHAT’S HE UP TO?

Osborne (Owen Teale) has

now been promoted to Chief

Constable and is glimpsed in

a news report by murdered

journalist Gail Vella.

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JARGON BUSTEROCG Organised Crime GroupA criminal network.

CHIS Covert Human IntelligenceSource Essentially, an informant.

REG 15 A notice given to a police officer iftheir conduct is being investigated.

DL On the down low, ie keep it quiet

JARGON BUS

TER

MIT Murder Investigation Team

The people investigating the murder

of journalist Gail Vella.

AFO Authorised Firearm

Officers The people who are

trained to use a weapon.

DIR Digital Interview

Recorder The device that

records police interviews.

TRUTH-SEEKERSAC-12’s Steve Arnott (Martin Compston, Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) and Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) are on the trail of DCI Davidson (Kelly Madonald, front)

BLASTS FROM THE PAST

DODGY COPPERS?

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Is there anything left to say about

Freddie Mercury, musical genius,

outrageous showman and gay icon? In Ten Pictures, a six-part series using

photos and the testimony of intimates

to scrutinise the lives of celebrities

including John Lennon, Elizabeth Taylor and

the Queen frontman, suggests so. Some of these

images of the man born Farrokh Bulsara are

familiar and epochal, others less so. It’s the latter

that prove more revealing, not least in illuminat-

ing how a shy, closeted refugee from Zanzibar

began his journey to global stardom.

Rose Rose (formerly Rose Pearson) is laughing

about a photograph of the 22-year-old Mercury

– then Freddie Bulsara – sitting in the graphics

studio at Ealing Art College in 1969, five years

after his family had arrived in the UK. A fellow

student, Rose was also Mercury’s first girlfriend.

“The photo reminds me how fashion-

conscious he was, always dressing in black and

white with a fancy scarf,” she says, recalling their

first meeting. “I heard someone singing softly

in the corner of the studio, on and on. He always

seemed a bit of a fish out of water, and eventu-

ally I went to see what he was doing. Although I

can’t say I was impressed with his drawings, he

had a confidence and allure that was very strik-

ing and attractive, so I decided to flirt with him.

“When he came past my desk I said, ‘Do you

know, I’ve danced on Top of the Pops?’ It stopped

him in his tracks and later on he asked me to

come for a cup of tea in the canteen. I had to

make the first move, though, because I don’t

think he would have done.”

Freddie Mercury’s first girlfriend ended their relationship as his career took off. Now she shares her remarkable story

My lifewith

FreddieRose speaks with palpable awe of Mercury’s

all-conquering stage presence, already more or

less in place as he performed with blues band

Ibex, yet his extrovert nature could be

exhausting, too. “He would suddenly sing at

the top of his voice on an escalator on the

Tube, or do a whirling-dervish dance down

Portobello Road. And he used to love

mimicking the Marx Brothers – he loved

their freedom. But deep down, I think he

was lonely. I often felt rather maternal

towards him.”

An acquaintance of future film

director Derek Jarman and

artist David Hockney, Rose

offered to introduce them to her

friend, only for Mercury to “chicken out”.

“He wanted to do it but couldn’t face it and

I felt so sorry for him. I told Derek about

Freddie and he said, ‘Oh, bring him over

now and I’ll take him to the opera.’ We

know where that would have led…”

While her relationship with Mercury

was both physical and emotional – “a

genuine love affair and a meeting of

minds” – a trip to the cinema confirmed

concerns over their compatibility that

had been growing over a few months.

“We had been to the V&A and seen

Eadweard Muybridge’s photographs of

men wrestling in the nude,” she says. “I

could see he was enamoured in a way

that went beyond art appreciation.

Then we went to see Ken Russell’s

THE SHOWMANThe swaggering performer

and hero of Live Aid at Wembley Stadium

in July 1985

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Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten Pictures Saturday 9.00pm BBC2 (10pm in N Ireland)

‘Deep down, he was lonely.

I o�en felt maternal

towards him’

Women in Love and he was dumbfounded by the

wrestling scene. He wanted to stay in the cinema

and see the whole thing again. My blood ran

cold, not because it was a bad film but because

of the implications. That was the tipping point.”

Rose decided to end it. “I’d been away in

Russia for two weeks and realised, when I came

back, that I had to get a grip of myself and take

matters into my own hands. I knew we weren’t

the right people for each other and he desper-

ately wanted a relationship with a man by then.

I couldn’t stand by and watch that.”

Rose severed ties and never spoke

to him again, unable to bear hear-

ing about the relationships he

would go on to have, and avoided

watching his performances where possible.

One song, though, proved inescapable. “The

first time I knew what he’d done was hearing

Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio. It knocked

me off my perch – I admired the music with-

out necessarily wanting to hear it. I think

about knowing him and not the music, the

singer not the song.”

As devastated as Mercury was by her

decision (“He didn’t see it coming at all”), he

was already in the process of moving on,

“always getting ready for something without

knowing what the something was”. By the

time of their break-up, he was already talking

about changing his name and had been

collaborating with guitarist Brian May and

drummer Roger Taylor in Smile, the band

that would be Queen.

Rose went on to become an artist and in

the ensuing decades she has come to accept

the profound, if slightly unexpected impact

of their relationship on her life. “No one talks

about it much, but his religious upbringing

is what has stuck with me, his Zoroastrian

outlook on life that you have to overcome

your weaknesses to fulfil yourself. He used to

say that kept him going: feel the fear and do

it anyway. It’s about becoming who you are,

and he certainly knew how to do that.”

GABRIEL TATE

‘Deep down, he was lonely.

I o�en felt maternal

towards him’

THE STUDENT

Freddie Bulsara, as he was called in

1969, aged 22, at Ealing Art College

THE ARTISTMercury’s girlfriend Rose Pearson in 1970, the year that they split up


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They’ll face a headwind so the race will still be a �erce test of stamina

SIMON BARNES

here that cost nearly £5 million. It’s hard to be

certain about home advantage, though: in the

wartime race, Oxford won by three-quarters of a

length. Those who train here in the winter boast

of their endurance: water freezing on their

clothes and a merciless wind coming straight

from the Urals. “I think that will give Cambridge

a very slight advantage,” Cotter says. “From their

training they’ll know exactly how much it hurts.”

The wind might whip up on Sunday, or we

might get a perfect spring afternoon.

Either way, it will be brutally test-

ing and, as always, the winners

will look almost as terrible as

the losers. It will be a great

day of sport: and in these

mad times we must give

thanks for whatever sport

we can get. I wish them all

good racing, from the

tension of the start by the

Cathedral to the shattering

finish at Littleport beneath the

great cathedral of the sky.

The women’s race starts at 3.50pm, the men’s at 4.50pm on BBC1

THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCEThe Masters begins on Thursday at the Augusta

National course, where the leaves, grass and

flowers look like nothing else on Earth. Bryson

DeChambeau will be one of the biggest draws

— he’s known as the Scientist for his analytical

approach, and put on three stone (all of it muscle)

to become the tour’s longest driver.

Daily from Thursday 2pm Sky Golf/Main Event;

9pm 5 Live Sports Extra. Daily highlights on

BBC2, times vary

It’s Boat Race Day on Sunday, but it

won’t be the same. Both the men’s and

women’s races will be held in the vast-

skied immensity of the Fens rather than

on the Thames, with more cows than

people watching.

It truly won’t be like last year because in 2020

the whole damn thing was cancelled. But better

to race on the Great Ouse at Ely in Cambridge-

shire than not to race at all… and before you

start thinking these will be Boat Races like no

other, historians will tell you that in 1944 an

unofficial University Boat Race was held on

roughly the same course.

And let’s not have any whining about the

bleak and featureless Fens. The crews will set off

to the backdrop of Ely Cathedral, one of the

most dramatic buildings in the country. Ely is

the highest point in the Fens, standing a majes-

tic 85 feet above sea level, and it dominates a

landscape that’s as full of history as it is of water.

The course is more or less dead straight,

making it perhaps a fairer contest than one on

the extravagant curves of the Thames. “It’ll be

more like a championship race on a rowing

lake,” says Andrew Cotter, who’ll be commentat-

ing for BBC1. “It’ll be claustrophobic for the

crews. They’ll have to race very close to each

other, and if they try to move apart they might

catch the reedbed. It’ll have a very intense feel.

It’ll be harder for any one crew to get away, so

I think both races might be close.”

They’ll have to race without a crowd, of course

– the riverbanks will be closed to the public –

and the sometimes savage incoming tide of the

Thames. On the Tideway the best position is

right in the centre of the stream, which confus-

ingly isn’t always in the centre of the river (if you

ever happen to be coxing a Boat Race,

aim for the second lamppost from

the left on Hammersmith

Bridge). The fight for the best

water leads to disputes and

occasional clashes – in 2012

one of the Oxford oarsmen

had his blade irreparably

damaged when the boats

came together. The advan-

tages of aggressive coxing

will be much smaller at Ely,

so we might get cleaner races

than usual.

At 143 miles long, the Great Ouse

is the fourth-longest river in the UK and

the major river of East Anglia, reaching the sea

at the Wash. But the racing will be contested

over a little more than three miles of it. This is

shorter than the Tideway course of 4¼ miles,

but the boats won’t have the benefit of an incom-

ing tide, and are quite likely to be rowing into a

headwind, so it will still be a fierce test of stam-

ina. “The Boat Race on the Tideway takes about

18 minutes,” Cotter says. “This course should

take about 15.”

This is Cambridge University’s

home water; they have a boathouse

After last year’s cancellation the Boat Race is back – in the Fens

Shock and oar

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American cinema lost an important male lead on 23 March — George

Segal died at the age of 87. Capable of switching from steadfast and

handsome leading man to clubbable comic presence, Segal cut his

teeth at New York’s prestigious Actor’s Studio. Stage and TV roles

followed, before he then produced standout character work in 1965’s

Ship of Fools (Tuesday Sony Classic Movies). In the same year, he

took the part originally meant for Frank Sinatra in King Rat (see

Tuesday Film of the Day, p35), a Japanese PoW drama. In 1967 he

was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for Who’s Afraid

of Virginia Woolf?; and in the 1973 comedy A Touch of Class he

and Glenda Jackson lit up the screen. A third act followed in

the sitcom Just Shoot Me, in which he reaffirmed his grouchy

charm. And to top it all, he was also a whizz at the banjo. AC

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Easter Parade 5 Sunday 1.00pm BBC2

There’s something boldly brilliant about

tethering a big-budget spectacular to a specific

date in the diary. In this case, it was Metro-

Goldwyn-Mayer in its postwar pomp laying

down a national call-out to a still shell-shocked

and paranoid nation, imploring the masses to

celebrate a Christian holiday at the pictures.

Never mind that Easter Parade premiered in

June 1948 (Easter was in March that year),

because this was a time of change in Hollywood

as MGM’s co-founder Louis B Mayer overhauled

his contracted leads to give Easter Parade a

dream cast of then-newcomer Ann Miller, Brit

Rat Packer Peter Lawford and super-hoofer

Gene Kelly.

There were snags, though. Producer Arthur

Freed swallowed hard when Kelly knackered his

ankle playing volleyball. However, Fred Astaire

was persuaded to come out of retirement and

stood in for Kelly. And after what we would now

more empathetically call mental health issues,

Judy Garland readied herself for a comeback.

The show went on and she regained her stage

legs in a sumptuous, self-advertising spectacular

that was soon known as one of the biggest hits –

and hats – of her career.

Airing correctly on Easter Day, as it

should for ever be, Parade is set in the

early part of the 20th century, with

Astaire’s Broadway king drinking to forget the

collapse of his partnership with Miller, who goes

solo (Lawford is the loyal best friend). Boozy in a

bar, Astaire goes all My Fair Lady and vows to

turn random showgirl Garland into a star – or,

in fact, into Miller. Musical numbers written by

Irving Berlin such as We’re a Couple of Swells,

Steppin’ Out with My Baby and the Vaudeville Montage are immortalised alongside a score

by Johnny Green and Roger Edens.

Whether working a bare stage with Judy

or, in the classic, prop-driven showcase of

Drum Crazy (“a bunny for my honey”) in a

toyshop, you never see Astaire’s joins. His

whirling and sprightly routine has to be seen

to be believed – you’ll forget that he’s

essentially prising a cuddly pink

rabbit from a child.

The budget tipped $2.6 million

(spent mostly on hats, one imagi-

nes), but Garland got her mojo

back, and the box office totted up

$5.8 million in the US and

Canada, making the Techni-

color musical the fifth highest

grossing film of 1948.

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DID YOU KNOW?Washington became anactor after his dreamof being an Americanfootball player wasruined when he injuredhis Achilles tendoniBlacKkKlansman HHHH

9.00-11.40pm C4 j

CRIME THRILLER From its awkward-to-typetitle, to the incredible true-life story it tells, this film from director/producer/co-writer Spike Lee is anything but formulaic. Set in the 1970s, it stars John David Washington (son of Denzel) as Ron Stallworth, the first black police officer in Colorado Springs, who begs to be moved undercover. He gets his wish when he picks up the phone to the local Ku Klux Klan and puts on a humorous “white” voice. (The look on his face when they actually call him back is priceless.) With the help of a fellow co-worker (Adam Driver), the pair then insinuate themselves into the orbit of the Klan’s grand wizard, David Duke (Topher Grace). The film garnered six Oscar nominations and expertly balances the comedic and the deeply serious, with Charlottesville news footage interspersed with clips from The Birth of a Nation.(US 2018, violence, swearing, racist language, col/BW, HD)

Death on the Nile HHH

1.50-4.05pm BBC2 g

MURDER MYSTERY Peter Ustinov took over from Albert Finney as sleuth Hercule Poirot in this solid dramatisation of Agatha Christie’s paddle-steamer whodunnit. The plot is suitably tricksy, the Egyptian locations are dazzling and all the actors on board seem to be having a terrific time — especially Angela Lansbury as a drunken writer and Maggie Smith as an acid-tongued nurse. It’s only in comparison with 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express that the film suffers, but a humorous Ustinov keeps the whole thing afloat with his ability to add a twinkle to even the most earnest dialogue. Ustinov returns as Poirot in Evil under the Sun, which follows. DvB (UK 1978, edited for violence, HD)

i The Emoji Movie HH

3.25-5.05pm C5 y

ANIMATED COMEDY Though it surfed in on a tsunami of negative publicity, The Emoji Movie isn’t quite as awful as you might think. Its shabby plot and unexceptional design will probably annoy adults more than the youngsters the film is primarily aimed at. The story, such as it is, centres on a “meh” emoji who can’t “meh”, so sets out (via blatant plugs for Candy Crush and Spotify apps) to get reprogrammed so that he can fulfil his sole purpose in life. Sir Patrick Stewart, stalwart thespian and former captain of the Starship Enterprise, voices a poop emoji. Which sort of says it all, really. DA (US 2017, HD)

mHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban HHHH

5.20-8.00pm ITV2 g

FANTASY Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón (who went on to win Oscars for Gravity and Roma) brings a darker feel to this third instalment in the series, which has boy wizard Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) contending not only with Gary Oldman’s escaped convict, but also the difficulties involved with becoming a teenager. But there’s still plenty of fun to be had, with ghosts, ghouls and gizmos galore, the most striking being a shape-shifting triple-decker bus. David Thewlis, Emma Thompson and Timothy Spall join the list of cameoing stars, while the young leads are all growing into their roles. The saga continues tomorrow with The Goblet of Fire. DA

(US/UK 2004, some violence, HD)

mMrs Doubtfi re HHHH

6.40-9.00pm Film4 g

COMEDY DRAMA, Robin Williams gives one of the performances of his career here, playing an actor who disguises himself as a Scottish nanny in order to be close to his children after he splits from his wife (Sally Field). Director Chris Columbus reins in the usual Williams exuberance while retaining enough of his quick-fire personality to ensure that every gag hits its target. Pierce Brosnan also impresses as the bachelor looking

for a ready-made family. Among the set pieces are the make-up experiments and a series of table-hopping quick changes, which deliver some big laughs. No matter how many times you’ve seen the film before, it’s well worth catching again. DP (US 1993, edited for content, HD)

The Island HHH

7.20-10.00pm 5 Star h

THRILLER Transformers director Michael Bay delivers yet another blockbuster that is essentially a series of chase sequences given a flimsy sci-fi dressing. Yet, for all its superficiality, The

Island is still relentlessly entertaining. Ewan McGregor stars as a survivor of an ecological disaster who learns of a lottery draw that offers relocation to “the Island” — an uncontaminated paradise. Scarlett Johansson can’t quite match the allure of her co-star, and it’s a shame that she’s reduced to the role of ineffectual love interest. However, Bay focuses his efforts on the special effectsand his film works as a slick adrenaline fix. SF (US 2005, may be edited for content, HD)

House of Strangers HHH

8.40-10.45pm Talking Pictures TV

CRIME DRAMA A new addition to Talking Pictures TV today, this film sees Edward G Robinson playing a man who achieves the American Dream by becoming a successful banker — only

then to be arrested for malpractice. Three of his sons then take over the business, preventing him from resuming his responsibilities. Richard Conte plays the one son who stands firm with Robinson, and who pays the price for his loyalty. Sadly, Conte’s affair with Susan Hayward is a bit of a dramatic dead end, and this movie would have worked better as an exposé of organisedcrime. Despite its flaws, Robinson’s performance and the subversive theme make this worth a look. AT (US 1949, BW)

i The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart HHHH

9.00-11.00pm Sky Arts h

DOCUMENTARY Frank Marshall’s enjoyable scoot through the story of the Bee Gees receives a first showing on Freeview tonight. After emigrating from Manchester to Queensland in 1958, the band of brothers — Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb — started out playing skiffle, then returned to the UK in the late-1960s to enjoy a series of hits. Drugs and booze reduced them to playing the Northern club circuit, until Eric Clapton recommended a move to Miami, where they discovered soul music,sowing the seeds for Saturday Night

Fever. The Bee Gees brought worldwide pleasure, but survivor Barry says he’d sacrifice all that success to have his brothers back. AC (US 2020, some swearing, HD)

Ride Along HH

10.35pm-12.20am ITV h

ACTION COMEDY If you’re in the mood for some undemanding entertainment, this routine buddy cop caper offers some cheap laughs. Stand-up comic Kevin Hart plays a wimpish high-school security guard and wannabe police detective. His other big ambition is to marry Tika Sumpter, but first he has to get the blessing of her brother (Ice Cube), a hardcase Atlanta cop who insists that Hart ride along with him on a nightmare 24-hour patrol. Much fairly obvious slapstick action ensues, but Ride Along is watchable enough. DA

(US 2014, violence, swearing, HD)

Eye in the Sky HHHH

11.40pm-1.35am C4 j

WAR THRILLER South African film-maker Gavin Hood (Ender’s Game,

Official Secrets) confronts the hot topic of drone strikes in this nail-biting movie. Helen Mirren plays a steely colonel who is the remote commander of a joint UK/US mission aiming to capture key terror targets, while Aaron Paul (from TV’s Breaking Bad) is the US pilot operating the armed drone. All the legal, moral and political quandaries relating to remote warfare are woven into Guy Hibbert’s screenplay. There’s a welcome shot of humour from Alan Rickman, in his final film role, as a general acting as an exasperated intermediary. EAS

(UK 2015, violence, swearing, HD)

Bugsy Malone HHHH

9.30-11.20am ITV3 ySmart and sassy gangster pastiche. (1976)

Dracula HHHH

1.00-2.30pm Horror Channel gSeminal monster movie, kicking offa day of classic Universal horror. (1931)

Big Momma’s House HHH

1.30-3.25pm C5 hA cop disguises himself as a southern matriarch to catch a robber. (2000, HD)

Evil under the Sun HHH

4.05-6.00pm BBC2 gThe Poirot double bill concludes. (1982, HD)

The Graduate59.00-11.15pm Sony Movies Classic jLandmark Dustin Hoffman film. (1967)

Basic Instinct HHH

10.00pm-12.35am 5 Star zIs Sharon Stone a murderer? (1992, HD)

Cliffhanger HHHH

11.15pm-1.30am ITV4 jSylvester Stallone action thriller. (1993, HD)

Bo66y HHHH 11.50pm-1.25am

BBC1 (not in Scotland) gFitting tribute to Bobby Moore. (2016, HD)

A Late Quartet HHH

1.30-3.10am BBC2 jUnrest in a string ensemble. (2012, HD)

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tougher foe in the form of his city slicker nephew (Domhnall Gleeson), setting the scene for a series of lively, comically violent skirmishes. Lessons arelearned along the way, but the focus is solidly on the escalating battles betweenman and beast. TeS (Aus/US/UK 2017, HD)

mHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire HHHH

3.15-6.20pm ITV2 h

ADVENTURE As young wizard Harry Potter continues to mature, so too does this fantasy franchise. Now aged 14, Daniel Radcliffe’s hero faces a dauntingchallenge after being mysteriously entered into the Triwizard Tournament. The imaginative set pieces more than compensate for Radcliffe’s anaemic performance, and among the treats are a brilliantly rendered dragon and some creepy mermaids. British director Mike Newell stamps his mark on the movie, making Hogwarts seem like the most fabulous school ever. However, his vision may be too frightening for under-12s. Themagic continues with The Order of the

Phoenix — see Friday’s Film of the Day, p37. SF (US 2005, may be edited for violence, HD)

mCharlie and the Chocolate Factory HHH

3.20-5.30pm ITV g

FANTASY A superfluous backstory aside, Tim Burton sticks faithfully to the

Easter Parade51.00-2.40pm BBC2 y

See Film of the Week, page 32. (US 1948)

The Vikings53.05-5.00pm BBC2 g

EPIC This tremendously exciting, if gory, adventure was a huge hit for independent producer/star Kirk Douglas,who generously changed the title of Edison Marshall’s novel The Viking in order to include his friends Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine. Jack Cardiff’s Technirama location photography is superb (real fjords!) and Harper Goff’s splendid art direction gives a remarkably authentic sense of period. There’s a fine feel of lustyenjoyment pervading the movie, as rivalsDouglas and Curtis sustain their feud, and it’s hard to see how it could have been made any better. TS (US 1958, violence)

mPeter Rabbit HHH

3.10-5.00pm E4 g

FANTASY Beatrix Potter’s big-eared hero bounds into the 2010s with a caper owing as much to the cartoon mayhem of Tom and Jerry as it does the original stories written more than a century ago. Peter (voiced by James Corden) and his furry cohorts run riot in the vegetable patch and home of their nemesis Mr McGregor after he dies, but face a

mChitty Chitty Bang Bang HHHH

4.10-7.00pm C5 y

MUSICAL FANTASY There were only two types of kid at my school: those lucky enough to own the official Corgi-branded Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car; and those that didn’t. (My cousin did; I didn’t.) The fantastical vehicle originated in this 1968 film, based on the 1964 children’s book by James Bond author Ian Fleming. The movie itself is a mixed bag of emotion. There’s the sheer joy of seeing the fine four-fendered vintage car take off at a time when every other comedy caper seemed to involve cranks and steam. And it’s touching to see widowed father Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) rediscovering his vigour when the moneyed Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes) helps him renovate Chitty. But none of that erases the memory of the evil Child Catcher (dancer Robert Helpmann), who still has the power to haunts kids’ dreams. It’s a bittersweet treat, and all the better for it. (UK 1968, HD)

source text for this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-loved book. Freddie Highmore is the beating heart of the film as Charlie Bucket, who becomes one of five competition winners on a guided tour of Willy Wonka’s sweet factory. Johnny Depp’s campy Wonka is fun but ultimately too distant to match the love generated by Gene Wilder in the original 1971 film. But, as with most of Burton’s work, the production design looks good enough to eat. AC

(US/UK 2005, edited for language, HD)

mGrease HHHH

5.55-8.00pm C4 g

MUSICAL Fresh from Saturday Night

Fever, John Travolta was the biggest movie star in the world when he teamed up with Olivia Newton-John to help turn Broadway hit Grease into a Hollywood blockbuster. This film sets itself the odd task of trying to evoke nostalgia for a time before most of its audience would have been born — 1950s America — withRydell High School the setting for a rather slender tale of teenage love. The fact that it succeeds so well is thanks to some toe-tapping numbers, sprightly hoofing and slick performances, not least by Stockard Channing as the most unruly teenager in town. PF

(US 1978, some swearing, sexual references, HD)

mWe Bought a Zoo HHH

6.35-9.00pm Film4 g

COMEDY DRAMA Matt Damon stars in this cute family drama inspired by a true story. He plays newly widowed Benjamin Mee, who moves with his two children from the city to a wildlife park in rural California. His young daughter (Maggie Elizabeth Jones) immediately takes to the animals, but for teenage sonDylan (Colin Ford) it’s another traumatic upheaval. The prickly father/son relationship gives the film its pulse, with Ford’s quiet intensity tempering director Cameron Crowe’s gushing sentimentality.Damon gets to enjoy a romance with zookeeper Scarlett Johansson, however its Ford’s hesitant courtship of her younger cousin (Elle Fanning) that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy. SP

(US 2011, edited for content, HD)

Enemy of the State HHHH

9.00-11.40pm Sony Movies j

CONSPIRACY THRILLER Expert direction by Tony Scott and a winning central performance by Will Smith give this cracking thriller plenty of edge and appeal. When an incriminating tape revealing the murder of congressman Jason Robards accidentally ends up in Smith’s possession, he finds himself pursued by corrupt Jon Voight and his posse of electronic trackers, who use spy satellites, transmitters and all kinds of undercover gizmos to trace him. Only retired spook Gene Hackman can help the desperate Smith to survive. The

Fugitive meets The Conversation in this dynamic adventure that’s both intriguingand scarily thought-provoking. AJ

(US 1998, violence, swearing)

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i Red Joan HH

10.00-11.35pm BBC2 h

SPY DRAMA Judi Dench is well cast in this otherwise drab melodrama “inspired” by the story of real-life British KGB agent Melita Norwood. She’s remodelled here as Joan Stanley, a Cambridge physics student who falls for a communist in 1938 and supplies him with top-secret atomic information. Arrested for treason as a pensioner, Joan tells her cliché-ridden story to the interrogating MI5 authorities. Dench invests her all into the role, and Sophie Cookson capably plays her in flashback, but it’s all rather drearily directed by Trevor Nunn. With the end a foregone conclusion, there’s little suspense to be had. AJ (UK 2019, sex scenes, HD)

21 Jump Street HHHH

10.20pm-12.20am ITV j

COMEDY This update of the cheesy 1980s TV show stars Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as the dimwit cop duo who are sent back to high school to pose as students in order to root out a drugs ring. While the original series had pretensions to drama, The Lego Movie

co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller play the set-up strictly for laughs as a buddy comedy. Hill is a lot of fun as the needy nerd, but it’s Tatum who really shines as the jock cop — and there are some hilarious jokes about how he looks far too old to be in school. AS (US 2012, violence, swearing sex scenes, drug abuse, HD)

FILM OF THE DAY

Barabbas HHH 1.20-4.10pm C5 gImpressive biblical epic. (1961, HD)

Ferdinand HHHH

2.30-4.35pm Film4 yFun animated bovine comedy. (2017, HD)

Dances with Wolves52.40-6.15pm Paramount Network jShowing in a Kevin Costner western

double bill with Open Range. (1990, HD)

The Simpsons Movie HHHH

3.40-5.25pm C4 gBig-screen outing for the family. (2007, HD)

Ghost Busters HHHH

4.40-6.50pm Syfy gSpooks take Manhattan! Showing

back-to-back with the 1989 sequel. (1984)

Transformers: Dark of the MoonHHHH 6.00-9.00pm E4 hSpectacular action epic. (2011, HD)

Kill Command HHH

9.00-11.00pm Horror Channel jSoldiers versus robots. (2016)

The Talented Mr Ripley HHHH

11.20pm-2.05am 5 Star jMatt Damon spins a web of lies. (1999, HD)

i The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot HHH

11.45pm-1.40am Film4 jAdventure with Sam Elliott. (2018, HD)


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2.55-4.45pm Film4 h

ACTION A young warrior (Kodi Smit-

McPhee) forms an unlikely friendship

with a wolf in this prehistoric survival

saga. What starts out as a standard

rites-of-passage tale from director

Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli)

develops into something more refined

as it explores the themes of friendship

and resilience. Smit-McPhee is terrific

in a role that relies more on movement

than dialogue, while his four-legged

co-star is adorable. The cinematography

is stunning, with the environment a

supporting character in its own right.

Although the story is familiar, it’s

confidently told and will touch your

heart. JL (US 2017, edited for content, HD)

The School of Rock HHHH

6.00-8.00pm Sky1 g

COMEDY The School of Rock is that

rare thing: a kid’s film that doesn’t

patronise its target audience and has

enough wit to entertain adults. Jack

Black is outstanding as Dewey Finn, an

unemployed rock guitarist who passes

himself off as a supply teacher and

enlightens the sheltered pupils of a posh

private school with the joys of rock ‘n’

roll. Joan Cusack provides excellent

comic support as the uptight but by no

means unsympathetic headmistress.

Director Richard Linklater deftly avoids

the schmaltz and pre-programmed

mHop HHH

10.30am-12.30pm ITV2 y

COMEDY This seasonal children’s yarn

finds rabbit EB (voiced by Russell Brand)

reluctant to succeed his father (Hugh

Laurie) as the Easter Bunny. So he

runs away from the family home (on

Easter Island, naturally) and heads for

Hollywood, with dreams of becoming a

rock drummer. There he bounds into

the life of slacker human James

Marsden, causing mayhem at every

turn. Director Tim Hill mines the same

seam of cuteness as in his Alvin and

the Chipmunks, with Brand’s manic

characterisation helping to paper over

the cracks of a flimsy story. TeS (US 2011, HD)

Jane Eyre HHHH

1.45-3.55pm Sony Movies Classic g

PERIOD DRAMA From Tudor Rose to

Mary Poppins, the films of British

director Robert Stevenson always

demonstrated a warmly sympathetic

approach to women characters. This

adaptation of the Brontë classic is a fine

example of his work, though many will

persist in attributing its virtues to Orson

Welles, who might have made a fine job

of directing it, given the chance. Welles’s

Edward Rochester is suitably awesome,

but slows the pace whenever he appears,

while Joan Fontaine acquits herself well

in the title role. Watch out, too, for a

young Elizabeth Taylor in a small but

telling appearance. TS (US 1943, BW)

The Fall of the Roman Empire HHHH

2.20-5.15pm BBC2 g

HISTORICAL EPIC I’m reminded of the

mischievous strapline to Monty Python and the

Holy Grail, “Makes Ben-Hur look like an epic!”, but

a bank holiday is the ideal time to lose yourself in

the Hollywood blockbusters of yesteryear. This

one features the late Christopher Plummer

as a toned but disturbed Emperor

Commodus, Ben-Hur star Stephen Boyd

(in his second screen chariot race) as

noble general Livius, Alec Guinness

as Marcus Aurelius and Sophia Loren

(right) as his daughter Lucilla. It offers

an impressive reconstruction of

classical times, brought to the screen

by director Anthony Mann, hot off the

experience of El Cid, and was shot

mostly in Spain. Despite its

lengthy three-hour running

time, it’s a lot lighter on its

feet than you might think, as

it charts the unpredictable

Commodus’s rise to power.

Also featuring among an

international cast are Omar

Sharif, James Mason and — Ealing

klaxon! — Eric Porter. (US 1964, HD)

plotlines that can ruin these kind of

films, and gets plenty of enjoyable,

natural performances from his young

cast. AS (US/Ger 2003, some swearing, HD)

Skyscraper HHH

9.00-11.05pm Film4 h

ADVENTURE Die Hard meets The

Towering Inferno in this Hong Kong-set

disaster movie from director Rawson

Marshall Thurber (Central Intelligence).

Dwayne Johnson plays a skyscraper

security assessor who has cleared the

Pearl, the world’s tallest building, as

safe for residential use. When the 96th

floor is set ablaze by terrorists

searching for an incriminating hard

drive, Johnson is framed for the deed.

With the police in pursuit, he must fight

to rescue his family who are trapped

above the building’s fire line. It’s as

harebrained as it is hair-raising, while

the aerial stunts are truly vertigo-

inducing. AJ (US 2018, violence, swearing, HD)

Highlander HHH 10.30pm-12.20am

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FANTASY So confused as to be

hilariously watchable, this cult movie

from director Russell Mulcahy wavers

between sci-fi, horror and music video.

Christopher Lambert is the 16th-century

Scottish clansman who is schooled into

being an immortal swordsman by Sean

Connery, before battling with the evil

Kurgan (Clancy Brown). There are some

great sword-lunging duels — including

one in a Madison Square Garden garage

— but the story is never that engaging.

Still, it managed to spawn multiple

sequels and a hit TV series. TH (US/UK 1986, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, HD)

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BIBLICAL DRAMA Joseph Fiennes,

Tom Felton and Peter Firth go Roman

in an earnest offering that proves that

Hollywood believes there’s a market in

faith films — The Passion of the Christ

having set a blockbusting precedent.

Fiennes and Felton play officers looking

into the disappearance of Christ’s body

after the Crucifixion. Playing safe and

raising no serious questions, this feels

squarely aimed at the American Bible

Belt, but director Kevin Reynolds

(Waterworld) applies a glossy finish that

gives it a lift. DA (US 2016, some violence, HD)

Sense and Sensibility52.15-5.00pm C5 yOscar-winning period drama. (1995, HD)

Phenomenon HHH

6.25-9.00pm Sony Movies gJohn Travolta has strange powers. (1996)

The Day of the Jackal59.00-11.45pm Sony Movies Action jCompelling, suspenseful thriller. (1973)

i Slaughterhouse Rulez HH

11.05pm-1.10am Film4 jSpoof horror set in a school. (2018, HD)

Lifeboat HHHH

3.55-5.50pm Talking Pictures TV g

DRAMA New to Talking Pictures TV

this week, Alfred Hitchcock’s film is set

solely on a lifeboat after a liner is

torpedoed by a Nazi sub. As so often in

Hitch’s films, the suspense lies not in

the audience being kept in the dark

about the identity of the villain, but in

making us watch and wait while the

characters figure it out. Tallulah

Bankhead is the pick of the exceptional

cast, but the real draw is Hitch himself,

and his matchless ability to create,

shatter and re-create tension until our

nerves are frayed. DP (US 1944, BW)

An American Werewolf in LondonHHHH

9.00-10.50pm Sony Movies Classic z

HORROR COMEDY With his follow-up

to The Blues Brothers, director John

Landis pulled off the trick of revitalising

the horror genre and parodying it at the

same time. This lycanthropic lampoon

about two American students (David

Naughton and Griffin Dunne) attacked

by werewolves on an English moor is

also a splendid satire on British life as

seen through American eyes. The film’s

use of special effects and make-up

were revolutionary, and horror movies

were never the same again. AJ

(US 1981, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity)

King Rat HHHH 6.15-9.00pm

Sony Movies Classic g

WAR DRAMA The late George

Segal was given his first starring

role here, playing the opportunistic

custodian of everything of value in

a Japanese PoW camp. Segal excels

as the alpha American amid the

pukka English accents and class

warfare of James Fox, Denholm

Elliott and Tom Courtenay. Shot in

Hollywood (not that you’d notice),

this gripping film was directed by

Bryan Forbes and adapted from

James Clavell’s novel. Showing in a

Segal double bill with Ship of Fools.

Adrian Turner (US 1965, violence, BW)George Segal tribute, page 32

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Perfect Murderer, Perfect HusbandHH 2.15-4.00pm C5

A widow’s new man has a secret. (2019, HD)

Deep Impact HHHH

6.45-9.00pm Film4 hAn asteroid is heading our way… (1998, HD)

Inception HHHH

9.00pm-12.05am TCM hLeonardo DiCaprio’s dream team. (2010, HD)

The Road HHHH

11.45pm-1.00am Sony Movies jSober post-apocalyptic drama. (2009)

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Fatherly Obsession HH

2.15-4.00pm C5

Creepy landlord thriller. (2017, HD)

The Equalizer 2 HHH

9.00-11.20pm Film4 jAction-packed thriller sequel. (2018, HD)

Finding Jack Charlton511.30pm-1.05am BBC2

(not in N Ireland) hPortrait of a football legend. (2020, HD)

Joy HHHH 1.40-3.40am C4 hJennifer Lawrence plays the real-life

inventor of the Miracle Mop. (2015, HD)

Casino Royale HHHH

9.00pm-12 midnight ITV4 h

SPY As we continue to wait for the much-delayed No Time to Die

(scheduled for release in cinemas in October), here’s a chance to revisit

Daniel Craig’s first appearance as James Bond. In the director’s chair is

Martin Campbell, who had steered Pierce Brosnan to glory in GoldenEye,

working from a script by Robert Wade and Neal Purvis, who were to

become indispensable to the series. What else? Well, Bond is not yet a

double-0 agent in this semi-origins story and is largely unassisted by

gadgetry or quips. This suits the rugged Craig, who spends a good

portion of the film pitted against the villainous Le Chiffre (Mads

Mikkelsen) in a poker tournament, while managing his feelings for

Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). The result is a hugely convincing rebirth

for the franchise. (UK/CzRep/Ger/US 2006, violence, col/BW, HD)

DID YOU KNOW?When author Ian Flemingfi nished writing CasinoRoyale, he bought agold-plated typewriter,which is now ownedby Pierce Brosnan

3:10 to Yuma51.00-2.55pm Sony Movies Action g

WESTERN Glenn Ford delivers a great

performance in this genre classic,

playing a cocksure outlaw who is held in

check by Van Heflin’s farmer until the

Yuma train arrives. Director Delmer

Daves makes superior use of bleak

horizons, the screenplay (based on an

Elmore Leonard story) is exceptional,

and the scenes between Ford and

bargirl Felicia Farr are well crafted. The

superb whole is boosted by Frankie

Laine’s theme song. TS (US 1957, BW)

i Blood Father HHH

9.00-10.55pm TCM j

THRILLER A trashier copy of Liam

Neeson’s Taken, this sees Mel Gibson

having a ball in the role of an alcoholic

outlaw Hell’s Angel. His estranged

teenage daughter (Erin Moriarty) is on

the run from a drugs cartel, and

Gibson’s determination to protect her

paves the way for some bracing action

thrills. Not to be taken seriously, this is a

crowd-pleasingly nasty revenge saga

that builds to a surprising showdown. AJ

(Fr 2016, violence, swearing, drug abuse)

Stiff Upper Lips HHHH

9.05-11.05pm Talking Pictures TV j

PARODY Brideshead Revisited, Chariots

of Fire and Gandhi are all amusingly

ridiculed in this witty affair, new to

Talking Pictures TV this week. The film

finds Prunella Scales on delightful form

as an aristocrat who takes her soppy

family on a grand tour, during which

many mishaps occur. Locations in Italy

and India, alongside a marvellous cast,

make it easy to overlook the fact that

the joke could have been made in a three-

minute TV sketch. DM (UK 1997, sex scenes)

i Rules Don’t Apply HH

11.20pm-1.55am Film4 h

ROMCOM Set largely in Hollywood as

the 1950s gives way to the 1960s, this

showbiz send-up plays fast and loose

with the facts of Howard Hughes’s

real-life tenure at RKO Pictures. Warren

Beatty brings vulnerability to the lead

role with a sometimes knockabout

central performance, while Lily Collins

plays the wannabe star whose upright

Christian values are tested when she

falls for her ambitious chauffeur (Alden

Ehrenreich). The intrigue that follows is

mildly amusing, vaguely romantic and

entirely ill-focused, with Beatty is rather

past his best. TJ (US 2016, swearing, HD)


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(Carey Mulligan), her feisty colleague (Anne-Marie Duff) and the local protest ringleader (Helena Bonham Carter). There are real women’s stories here that intersect too briefly (with Meryl Streep cast in the role of Emmeline Pankhust), but Suffragette is a rousing and sometimes heart-stopping introduction to a chapter of history that’s been disgracefully ignored on screen. EAS (UK/Fr 2015, violence, swearing, HD)

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors HHH

9.00-11.05pm Talking Pictures TV g

HORROR Vampires, werewolves, voodoocurses and creeping vines — they’re all present and correct in the first, and best, fun fright anthology from the Amicus horror factory. Peter Cushing is the tarot card reader telling five men on a train (including Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland and Roy Castle) their grim fortunes. Director Freddie Francis delivers a fair quota of shocks with his trademark visual flair, and it’s always a joy to see DJ turned wooden actor Alan Freeman at the mercy of a writhing plant. AJ (UK 1964, violence)

A Canterbury Tale HHHH

12.30-3.00pm Talking Pictures TV y

DRAMA This Chaucer re-think from

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

is a most peculiar piece of wartime

propaganda. Two army sergeants (one

British, one American) and a girl arrive

at a Kentish village near Canterbury,

where the women fraternise with

servicemen and one local pours glue

into their hair as punishment. Our three

modern pilgrims set out to find the

culprit. While it’s hard to convey the

film’s eerie shifts of mood, it impresses

as a study of a community resistant to

change. This far-sighted film, dismissed

in its time, is lyrical in its celebration of

a disappearing England. AT (UK 1944, BW)

Suffragette HHHH

6.50-9.00pm Film4 h

DRAMA Director Sarah Gavron and

writer Abi Morgan beat their feminist

drum proudly as they portray the fight

for the female vote. The film centres

on a group of largely fictional women,

including a wrung-out laundress

mHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HHHH

6.20-9.00pm ITV2 h

FANTASY The fifth Potter film — one of my favourites — is the first to be directed by David Yates, who remained with the series through to the Deathly Hallows finale and on to the Fantastic Beasts prequels. In precis, The Order of the Phoenix is the one with Imelda Staunton as the dictatorial Dolores Umbridge, who takes over Hogwarts amid a Ministry of Magic-led denial of the Voldemortian threat. The rebellious students form Dumbledore’s Army, and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) falls in love with Cho Chang (Katie Leung). It’s a marked improvement on The

Goblet of Fire, with a much less frivolous plot, some impressive CGI centaurs and an epic showdown in the Department of Mysteries.(US/UK 2007, violence, HD)

War of the Worlds HHHH

11.35pm-1.25am BBC1 (starts 12.05am

in N Ireland and Wales) h

SCI-FI Previously filmed in 1953, Steven Spielberg’s update of the HG Wells classic is a disaster epic of two halves. The first hour is a masterclass in escalating tension, including the bizarre storm that heralds the arrival of the Tripod war machines. Unusually for an effects-driven blockbuster, the human drama is also transfixing, as divorcee Tom Cruise flees the invasion with his estranged kids. It’s only in the second hour that the story begins to wilt, when the CGI aliens are revealed, and when Spielberg’s schmaltz takes over. AJ(US 2005, violence, HD)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping HHH 12.35-2.05am C4 j

COMEDY Andy Samberg stars as a former boy-band star living the life as his solo second album is about to launch in this Spinal Tap-inspired “fauxumentary”. The film is vaguely modelled on the 2011 Justin Bieber film Never Say Never and delivers big laughs in its first half, before it cools into submission. Knowing cameos by Pink, Ringo Starr and Simon Cowell add to the fun, but it’s all rather spoiled by a happy-clappy conclusion. KK(US 2016, swearing, drug abuse, nudity, HD)

REVIEWERS Dave Aldridge, Jeremy Aspinall, David Brown, Andrew Collins, John Ferguson, Peter Freedman, Sloan Freer, Tom Hutchinson, Trevor Johnston, Alan Jones, Karen Krizanovich, James Luxford, David McGillivray, Stella Papamichael, David Parkinson, Emma Simmonds, Tony Sloman, Adam Smith, Terry Staunton, Adrian Turner

A Fatal Reunion HH

2.15-4.00pm C5

A woman seeks revenge. (2018, HD)

Chain Reaction HHH

6.50-9.00pm Sony Movies hExciting Keanu Reeves thriller. (1996)

i Angel Has Fallen HHH 9.00-

11.05pm Sky Cinema Premiere jWatchable third entry in the series starring Gerard Butler. (2019, HD)

The Quiet Ones HHH

10.40pm-12.35am Horror Channel jOccult shocker from Hammer. (2013)

Marvel Avengers Assemble510.45pm-1.00am BBC1 (starts 11.45pm

in N Ireland and Wales) h

ACTION Iron Man, Thor, Captain Americaand the Hulk are brought together for the first time in this ambitious Marvel adventure from writer/director Joss Whedon. The principals have great chemistry as they brawl, bond and eventually kick some alien butt in a spectacular city-wrecking slugfest that puts lesser franchises to shame. What raises this escapade above the merely awesome, however, is a script brimming with laugh-out-loud banter and some truly memorable sequences. JA(US 2012, violence, some swearing, HD)

The Elephant Man5

9.00-11.00pm BBC4 h

DRAMA This poignant film is probably the closest director David Lynch has got to the mainstream. It’s based on the true story of the profoundly disfigured John Merrick (a superb John Hurt), who battled the prejudices of Victorian society. Freddie Francis’s black-and-white photography evocatively re-creates the period’s industrial grimness, while there’s excellent playing from a top-drawer cast that includes Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and John Gielgud. Followed by Face

to Face with Anthony Hopkins. John Ferguson (US 1980, some violence, BW, HD)

FILM OF THE DAY

Dream House, Nightmare Neighbour HH 2.15-4.00pm C5

Property-bidding-war thriller. (2016, HD)

Teen Wolf HHH

4.10-6.00pm Film4 gLikeable Michael J Fox comedy. (1985, HD)

Unbreakable HHHH

9.00-11.15pm Sony Movies hCould Bruce Willis be a superhero? (2000)

Get Carter HHHH

11.15pm-1.35am ITV4 zCrime thriller with Michael Caine. (1971, HD)

DID YOU KNOW?After a prior incident with a milkshake, AlanRickman banned youngco-star Rupert Grintfrom going within fi vemetres of his new BMW

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Then catch up on the hits of the last 12 months with RT’s holiday box set guide…

REGENCY WITH A TWIST

Bridgerton Available now

Streaming TV has inhabited most genres, but until now the Regency drama,

with social hierarchies in which women in unforgiving corsets are wooed by

suitors either dreamy or unsuitable, has been an exception. That changed

with the arrival of Bridgerton on Netflix, which quickly became a global

phenomenon. Based on Julia Quinn’s books and overseen by American

super-producer Shonda Rhimes, this is Austen-esque wit and romance with

a sly modern twist. Bright colours and mischievous anachronisms abound

as Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), tiring of her family’s fussy advice,

meets notorious “rake” the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), to the delight

of a salacious society diarist voiced by Julie Andrews. JACK SEALE

With holidays off the cards and pubs,

restaurants and most shops still closed,

this four-day Easter weekend is the

perfect chance to catch up on some of

the biggest and most talked-about TV

shows and films from the past year.

These last 12 months have, of course, been

unique, in that we’re all currently a captive

crowd deprived of trips to the cinema and thea-

tre. Television has become one of our only forms

of distraction, so it’s little wonder that subscrip-

tions have soared, with Netflix adding 16 million

subscribers worldwide in the first three months

of 2020, and newcomer Disney+ now reaching

a global audience of close to 100 million.

Despite not appearing on any schedule, the

Regency-era raciness of Bridgerton and wild

thrills of Tiger King (see page 16) have

become the lockdown equivalent of

watercooler TV. The difference now

is that conversations about what

we’ve been watching are just that little

bit cagier.

“Just wait until you get to episode six

of Bridgerton,” one person will say. “Why,

what happens in episode six?” asks their

friend. “Oh, you’ll know what I mean

once you’ve seen it,” comes the reply.

(Two words for those in the know:

Wildest Dreams.) But the fact that

spoiler etiquette has become standard

is just further proof that we’re

now bingeing TV programmes hour

after hour rather than waiting week

after week.

And nostalgia, too, has proven to

be a comfort in dark times, with

BBC iPlayer giving us the chance

to watch everything from

Waking the Dead to

The Vicar of Dibley.

BritBox has also been

punching above i ts

weight. Half a million have

now signed up to the service – and

one of its biggest shows? Grange Hill. It seems kids weren’t the only ones

wanting to get back to school.

Now, as restrictions start to ease, one

thing that’s unlikely to change will

be this newfound desire to watch

television on our own terms and at

a time of our choosing. And for those

fearing that they’ve been miss-

ing out, let RT be your guide to

some of the best program-

ming of the past year…

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TEARS AND LAUGHTER

After LifeAvailable now

After Life is quite beautiful, a perfect

balance of the hilarious and piercingly

sad, written from the heart by Ricky

Gervais, who also directs and stars

as widower Tony, one of the most

cuttingly honest characters on

television. Series two finds him

aiming to be “more Zen” and kinder

to his chums and colleagues at The

Tambury Gazette, but soon Tony is

effing his way out of a yoga class and

interviewing a miserable 100-year-old

care-home resident (an astonishingly

potty-mouthed turn from Annette

Crosbie). PATRICK MULKERN

ENTER DIANA

The CrownAvailable now

There’s a moment early on in this

fourth series when Princess Anne

remarks that Charles’s relationship

woes feel like a soap opera. But

it’s fair to say that the 1980s

prove to be a fairly sudsy

decade in general for

the Windsors. But Peter

Morgan’s classy royal

drama is more than

just Dallas with RP

accents. In these

latest episodes, he

has also crafted an

immersive story

about traditions

being torn down,

be it by Margaret

Thatcher evicting

Tory grandees from

her cabinet or by

Lady Diana Spencer,

seen here roller-

skating along

the corridors of

Buckingham Palace

while listening to

Duran Duran. DBr

GOING WILD

Tiger KingAvailable now

The main character is — or appears to

be — Joe Exotic, who we’re told from

the start is both the proprietor of an

Oklahoma animal park specialising

in tigers and also in prison for trying

to pay to have someone killed.

Tiger King is a bewildering parade of

tawdry accusations and conflicting

theories, put forward by a gallery

of hideous caricatures. In truth, it

doesn’t make much of a point beyond

emphasising that rare animals need

protection. But when one of its

countless twists hits, just you try not

to play the next episode. JS See p16

FRENCH FARCE

Call My Agent!Available now

This nimble farce is set in the offices

of a Parisian talent agency where

the staff’s behaviour exacerbates

problems caused by the divas on

their books, often played by real

actors happy to send themselves up.

You might not always recognise the

stars and may miss some of the jokes,

but you can still enjoy its take on

highly strung creatives. And, as its

reputation has grown, the show’s

contacts book has bulged. The closing

episodes of its fourth and final series

feature Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean

Reno and Sigourney Weaver. JS

TOP OF ITS GAME

The Last DanceAvailable now

Detailing the Chicago Bulls’ attempt

to win the 1998 NBA championship

in Michael Jordan’s final season, this

has been hailed as one of the great

sports doc series. It deserves the

acclaim, because it has everything:

interviews with everyone, incredible

personal stories and a massive trump

card — behind-the-scenes footage,

permitted by the Bulls at the time but

somehow never seen until now. The

basketball itself is exhilarating; the

power struggles between Jordan

(above left) and his colleagues and

management are fascinating. JS

CHECK THIS OUT

The Queen’s GambitAvailable now

Netflix had a surprise word-of-

mouth hit when social media was

flooded with praise for The Queen’s

Gambit, a slick dramatisation of

Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel starring

Anya Taylor-Joy as brilliant but

damaged chess prodigy Beth

Harmon. Despite its adult themes of

addiction, loss and the stress of elite

competition, the show’s gorgeous

rendering of mid-1960s America

and its lack of cruel antagonists —

think how rare that is in TV drama

— create a world you can happily

disappear into. JS

PATHS OF LOVEPhoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean

Page in Bridgerton and (below) Emma

Corrin as Diana in The Crown

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GAME-CHANGER

I May Destroy You Available now

Critics have long since run out of

superlatives to describe Michaela

Coel’s game-changing drama. She

plays Arabella, a suddenly Twitter-

famous writer who, as she tries to

further her career, is raped. The

show doesn’t flinch from the trauma

of the aftermath, and it looks frankly

at other sexual aggressions and

transgressions suffered by Arabella

and her millennial friends. But it

manages to be wickedly funny, too,

as, with restless intelligence, it flits

back and forth to tell a host of other

fresh, perfectly observed stories.

JACK SEALE

POLITICAL INTRIGUE

RoadkillAvailable now

A new David Hare thriller lands with

a satisfying thud, like a hefty, glossy

hardback. His last for television was

Collateral in 2018, where he veered

into police procedural. Here he’s back

in his more natural habitat of politics

and intrigue, with the parable of Peter

Laurence (Hugh Laurie), a cabinet

minister with a popular touch, a

self-made fortune and skeletons

cluttering his every cupboard. Slick,

involving and nicely convoluted. DB

TALES OF INJUSTICE

Small AxeAvailable now

Small Axe is a quintet of films and the

brainchild of Steve McQueen, Oscar-

winning director of 12 Years a Slave,

with each drama telling a different

story of the injustices black people

have endured in Britain across many

decades. They include Mangrove, the

true story of a Trinidadian immigrant

opening a new restaurant in London

in 1968, and Education, a beautiful,

touching film that’s clearly close to

McQueen’s heart. PATRICK MULKERN

CHEMISTRY LESSON

Normal PeopleAvailable now

This dramatisation of Sally Rooney’s

bestseller is one of the best portrayals

of young love seen on TV, a genuinely

breathtaking series built around the

chemistry between the two lead

performers. Daisy Edgar-Jones and

Paul Mescal are brilliant individually

and phenomenal together as

spiky, brittle Marianne and quietly

smouldering Connell, whose courtship

across class boundaries starts at

school and continues at university. JS

TROPICAL TRUE-CRIME SAGA

The SerpentAvailable now

This is a trip (the operative word) on

the hippy trail of South East Asia for a

queasy true-crime saga. Tahar Rahim

plays conman and serial killer Charles

Sobhraj, with Jenna Coleman as

accomplice Marie-Andrée Leclerc,

but the real star is the setting, 1970s

Bangkok, where the tropical threads

and general decadence allow the

production design to cast a spell.

You’ll need to go with the flow a bit as

the plot plays leapfrog, with numerous

“two months later” and “four months

earlier” captions and shifts of

perspective, but it’s intriguing, lush

and seductive. DAVID BUTCHER

LOVE AND TRADITION

A Suitable BoyAvailable now

Lata Mehra is spirited, brimming with

confidence and on the brink of the

academic life she’s always dreamt of

in the post-partition India of 1951.

She’s a university student who

loves poetry and laughs fondly

when her traditional Hindu

mother insists that she

must marry the “suitable

boy” her mum will find

for her. In Andrew

Davies’s adaptation

of Vikram Seth’s

novel, Lata (radiant

newcomer Tanya

Maniktala, right)

faces the full force

of religion and

tradition when she

meets a charming

fellow student, Kabir

Durrani (Danesh Razvi).

But is he a “suitable boy”?

ALISON GRAHAM

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A GOOD-LOOKING MYSTERY

The Undoing Available now

David E Kelley knows a thing or two

about TV drama, with a track record

that runs from Ally McBeal to Big

Little Lies. He uses all his writerly skill

in this unnerving adaptation of Jean

Hanff Korelitz’s novel You Should Have

Known. It’s all richly atmospheric and

easy on the eye, as the awful shocks

rain down on wealthy New Yorker

Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman): her

husband Jonathan (Hugh Grant)

has vanished, a mother at their

son’s school has been murdered,

and the NYPD turns hostile. DB

THE SHAME OF THE GAME

Quiz Available now

First shown last Easter, this is a funny,

ebullient, brilliantly done dissection

of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

fraud scandal. Director Stephen

Frears (A Very English Scandal) is

so good at piercing the peculiarities

of Englishness, and there’s nothing

more English than the polite, hesitant

Major Charles Ingram (Matthew

Macfadyen) as he sets out to play the

game of his life opposite Chris Tarrant

(Michael Sheen, who is as eerily

brilliant as you would expect). AG

REOPENING A COLD CASE

The Pembrokeshire Murders Available now

In June 1989, Peter and Gwenda

Dixon were shot dead as they walked

along a coastal path in Wales. The

murders prompted a national wave of

revulsion and, locally, fear. But despite

intensive investigations, their killer

wasn’t caught. In this thoughtful,

absorbing dramatisation by Nick

Stevens, it is 2006 and Det Supt

Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans) is looking

for one piece of forensic evidence

that will lead them to their man… AG

IN THE SHADOW OF AIDS

It’s a Sin Available now

Buckle up for this wild, joyous, sad

whirlwind of a drama from Russell

T Davies. It’s a searing, often angry

personal piece about a group of

young gay men forging lives as the

shadow of the Aids virus looms.

It’s a Sin is brilliantly acted by a

largely unknown cast, playing

boys making the most of heady

new freedoms as they explore

their sexuality in the early 80s.

Though this is easier for some

of them than for others. AG

SIMPLY CHILLING

Des Available now

London in 1983 is a

bleak place, yet it’s still

a magnet for the lost who

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friendship. Meanwhile, in

the heart of respectable,

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23 Cranley Gardens, there’s

a problem with the drains.

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looks like ours, except that it’s

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Holland) and his older sibling Barley

(Chris Pratt) go on a quest and get

into exciting scrapes. With comedy as

well as action and emotion, it honours

the fantasy genre while giving it a

good ribbing. TREVOR JOHNSTON

SUPERHERO FANTASY EPIC

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to hand over direction of the 2017

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mins) and scope. The set-up is much

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Fisher’s Cyborg) to stop a cosmic

invasion. But in this cut, even horned

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more menace. An indulgence, but one

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Available now, Amazon Prime

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singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr)

and NFL star Jim Brown (Aldis

Hodge). But tensions boil as the men

grapple with differing perspectives on

the black struggle — themes that still

resonate today. HANNA FLINT

TEENAGE HEARTBREAKER

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Available now, Netflix

Crafted in collaboration with its cast

and other young Londoners, Rocks

tells a story of sisterly solidarity.

Nominated for the EE Rising Star

award at next weekend’s Bafta Film

Awards, Bukky Bakray (above, right)

plays teenager Shola, better known

as “Rocks”. When her mother walks

out on her and her little brother

(D’angelou Osei Kissiedu), Rocks

attempts to hold it together, with

the help of a clutch of close friends.

Director Sarah Gavron (Suffragette)

lovingly captures teenage banter,

domestic instability and seesawing

emotions. EMMA SIMMONDS

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onto the world stage in 2018 after she skipped school to protest outside

her nation’s parliament. Thunberg’s story is both politically and

emotionally stirring, which is perhaps why director Nathan Grossman

allows it to speak almost entirely for itself. The result is

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even more remarkable things in years to come. ANDREW COLLINS

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Many of us will have heard of Mary Anning, the 19th-century fossil hunter, but we certainly weren’t taught about her private life. Some of what we see in Ammonite is speculation — how much research did you do?I read a lot of old letters between

women as preparation for the film.

At that time, some of the intense

friendships between two women

would often spill over into a more

intimate connection, even if both

of them were married to men.

That’s why I have so much

admiration for Mary Anning.

What can you tell us about Mary?She’s a woman who wouldn’t

marry, which was highly unusual.

She was formidable and intensely

intelligent. The huge discoveries

she made on the beaches of Dorset

saw her become a renowned

palaeontologist, but she’s a little

jaded when we meet her in the

movie, looking after her ailing

mother and selling fossils to

tourists in their little shop.

How good are you with fossils? Funnily enough, I learnt how

to fossil hunt for the film. I

spent a month working with a

palaeontologist in Lyme Regis

[where Ammonite was filmed].

It was utterly fascinating. I

became as obsessed with scouring

cliffsides as Mary was, though

I certainly never became as

knowledgeable as her.

What other skills did you learn for the film? I had to do quite a lot of art

training as well. I’m not a natural

artist, but Mary drew all of the

fossils she found, so we wanted to

be historically accurate with that.

She also draws Charlotte in the

film [played by Saoirse Ronan], so

I worked with an artist to improve

my drawing. It was amazing.

I love learning new skills for roles.

And what about filming intimate scenes with Saoirse?We realised that by removing

dialogue, we could explore the

desire and depth of connection

between these two women further.

I learnt a lot. It felt very equal and

very safe; we weren’t objectified in

any way. But that also made

me realise that I’ve felt a little

objectified in the past without

knowing it. It brought up a lot

of interesting thoughts.

How would you describe the bond between Mary and her mother in the movie?It’s a very touching relationship.

They don’t know how to

communicate with one another,

which is sad, in a way. It’s partly

due to when the film is set, and

also a result of how much grief

they’ve suffered. Mary had several

siblings, but many of them passed

away due to various reasons –

including smallpox, house fires

and one died at birth. For Mary’s

mother, losing so many children

chipped away at her. That’s why

she doesn’t know how to love,

because she’s afraid that if she

loves too much, then that person

might be taken away from her.

What have you learnt about mother/daughter relationships from your bond with your own daughter, Mia? I’ve certainly realised how crucial

the connection between women

should be. As a mother, I think it’s

important to show affection and be

there for your daughter at every

stage of life, not just childhood. My

daughter is 20 years old and I’m

just as committed to her now

as when she was a baby.

How much do you cherish being a mother? It’s a great privilege. I don’t know

where I’d be without my daughter,

or the support of my own mother.

She died in 2017 and I miss her

every day. I’m very fortunate to

have had such a strong connection

with my mother in the same

way that I do with my

daughter now. I feel

very blessed.

ADAM TANSWELL

Shooting her latest film made Kate Winslet

reconsider her bonds with her daughter – and her late mother

‘I miss her every day’

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A TALE FROM THE TROUBLES

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From 1 April, Netflix

This is a stirring and well-acted

dramatisation of Gerry Conlon’s book

about the miscarriage of justice

suffered by the Guildford Four. Daniel

Day-Lewis stars as Conlon, a naive

Irishman who is arrested by the

police for terrorist bombings. Pete

Postlethwaite is brilliant as Conlon’s

bemused and hapless father, and the

only false note is struck by Emma

Thompson, who’s miscast as the

Four’s solicitor. Directed by Jim

Sheridan, the film packs an enormous

dramatic punch. SUE HEAL

FILMS OUR PICK OF THE LATEST

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New films on BritBoxFrom 1 April, BritBox

There are more film treats from

BritBox this month as the platform

adds fresh titles to its library. Among

them are the Oscar-winning drama

12 Years a Slave, starring Chiwetel

Ejiofor (pictured), and gentle romance

Hampstead, with Brendan Gleeson

and Diane Keaton. If you’re in the

mood for comedy, seek out an Ealing

classic, including The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts and Coronets and

Whisky Galore. Or if it’s cringe-

inducing satire you’re after, try John

Cleese’s Clockwise or Alan Partridge’s

foray into hostage negotiating, Alpha Papa. ELLIE PORTER

DEEP-DIGGING EXPOSÉ

The Dissident 5From 1 April, Amazon Prime

On 2 October 2018, Saudi Arabian

journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked

into the Istanbul consulate to collect

documents required for his marriage.

He never walked out. These hazy

circumstances inspired director Bryan

Fogel to investigate the propaganda-

driven war on truth in Saudi Arabia,

and his reporting draws on expert

testimony from journalists and people

within Turkish intelligence. Yet it’s the

blood-curdling typed transcript of the

murder itself (“Has the sacrificial

victim arrived?”) that turns this

account into a frightening depiction

of repression. ANDREW COLLINS

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FilmsON DEMAND

STAR POWEROscar-winner Kate

Winslet stars in Ammonite, the

second film from director Francis Lee

THE APOCALYPSE CAN WAIT

Superintelligence 111 g

From 30 March, Sky Store

The fourth collaboration between

actress Melissa McCarthy and her

director husband Ben Falcone is a

fun marriage of sci-fi and romcom.

McCarthy plays a woman targeted by

a high-tech superintelligence (voiced

by James Corden) that says it wants

to observe humanity before deciding

to save, enslave or destroy us. Oddly,

it then sets about reuniting McCarthy

with her ex (Bobby Cannavale). Made

with an appealing sweetness, the film

leans heavily on McCarthy’s charm

and comedic chops, but luckily she’s

more than capable of delivering the

goods. EMMA SIMMONDS

LOVE STORYKate Winslet (left) and Saoirse Ronan

in Ammonite

ALSO RELEASEDFORBIDDEN ROMANCE

Ammonite 1111 j

Available now, Sky Store

and other platforms

Kate Winslet gives one of her most

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sea-lashed drama, available as a

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JOSH WINNING

SynchronicFrom 29 March, various platforms

A strange new drug wreaks havoc

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and Jamie Dornan.

Godzilla vs KongFrom 1 April as a premium rental

on streaming platforms

The big beasts finally meet in

Universal’s MonsterVerse.

Concrete CowboyFrom 2 April, Netflix

Idris Elba (below) is an urban

rancher in this true-life drama.

Angel Has FallenFrom 9 April, Sky Cinema/Now

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It has wheels within wheels. It’s an endless, branching rabbit hole

DAVID BUTCHER TV CHOICES EDITOR

How do we make sense of Line of Duty? I don’t just mean how do

we make sense of the plot, which

might be the most complex

thing in the known universe. I

mean, how do we make sense of the beast that

Jed Mercurio’s bent-copper saga has become?

It’s a phenomenon. It blew up the ratings

computer like a balaclava man with a shotgun,

reaching not far off ten million people with the

first episode of series six. And this despite –

or maybe because of – that maze of a plot

that now stretches back over years and years

through any number of grey waistcoats and red

herrings and bent coppers and mutterings of

“Mother of God”.

I don’t know about you but I find watching

the new series – which keeps referring back to

all the old ones – can feel like sitting an exam.

Q1: Who is Philip Osborne and is he (a) in

prison (b) dead or (c) promoted to Chief

Constable? Q2: Discuss the movements of

Jackie Laverty’s corpse since she was killed in

series one. Q3: Under what circumstances have

we previously encountered Sergeant Farida Jatri

or Stephanie Corbett or Steve’s backache or…

[buries head in hands].

It was a relief to hear the host of a podcast

admitting she has to watch each episode three

times. I’ve seen fan groups that debate the

importance of eating quiet food so you

don’t miss any dialogue. (Eat your Haribo

from a bowl, not the packet, they advise –

something to bear in mind.)

At its trickiest, Line of Duty can feel

like a 1,000-piece jigsaw where half

the pieces are under the sofa. In this

week’s episode (Easter Day BBC1),

someone mentions Patrick Fair-

bank. “Who was he again?” you

will ask, unless you have the

kind of brain that can

instantly recall plot details

from three series ago.

(Answer: Ted’s mate, the

retired Chief Superintendent with mutton-chop

sideburns who turned out to be a paedophile and

perhaps part of a child exploitation ring, which…

look, if I start on this, we’ll be here all day.)

Jed Mercurio has created a jungle of storylines

that only he (and, one imagines, a few script

editors with brains the size of watermelons) can

understand. It’s masterful. It has wheels within

wheels. It’s an endless, branching rabbit hole.

It’s Bafta-worthy. And it’s liable to give you a

migraine if you get too involved.

Aha, you’ll find yourself thinking, this

suspect has the same surname as a

criminal from a previous series… Does

that mean they’re brothers? And look, an AC-12

officer could theoretically be the child of a couple

in series one: is she their daughter, now grown

up and bent on revenge?

You could drive yourself mad with this stuff,

and I nearly have. But I still love the show,

because it’s unlike anything else. It plays a

long game. It keeps its secrets. It doesn’t spoon-

feed us with lines of dialogue that start “As you know, Sir…”

And it’s your actual watercooler TV. Clearly,

LOOKING FOR CLUESVicky McClure and Kelly Macdonald star in the

latest Line of Duty

Don’t puzzle over this giant jigsaw – play the long game

Line of least resistancenobody has watercooler chats now because all

the watercoolers are full of plasticky water in

empty offices. But Line of Duty gets people talk-

ing, casting pods, WhatsApping, Tweeting, spec-

ulating, arguing – and itching for the next dose.

Which is surely the point. It’s a series we

assemble for at the same time each week, no

bingeing allowed. No “all episodes available

on iPlayer”; no skip-the-credits-and-go-straight-

to-the-next-episode-yes-we’ve-got-time-for-

one-more-before-bed. Because thankfully,

some things, fella, still work best on linear TV.

BRING BACK CANNED LAUGHTERIn the past year we’ve had to get used to

entertainment shows with virtual audiences. For

me, they never work. The odd, warbling laughter

beamed in electronically always sounds terrible,

like an anxious penguin colony, possibly trapped

in a church hall. Why not just include the reactions

of the production crew in the studio, as The Last

Leg does? Failing that, you could resurrect the

perky canned laughter they used to have on

Hanna-Barbera cartoons. It would bring back

memories of childhood, at least, and it couldn’t

be worse than the penguins.

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‘ It has wheels within wheels. It’s an endless, branching rabbit hole’

PICK OF THE DAY Keeping Faith 9.00pm BBC1

DRAMA When Judge Owens (a wonderfully imperious performance by Sian

Phillips) told Faith in no uncertain terms to curb her ridiculous outbursts,

I wish that instruction had extended to her behaviour beyond the courtroom.

The woman’s exhausting: stomping out of rooms, shrieking at her rebellious

teenage daughter, snapping at her mother-in-law, ripping up fl owers,

mouthing obscenities at her soon to be ex-husband Evan (Bradley Freegard,

above right) and even kneeing Steve. Although, to be fair, her life is a mess.

The arrival of her mother Rose (Celia Imrie), who’s a nasty piece of work,

is about to make things a whole lot messier. Faith focuses instead on the

stressful case of 14-year-old Osian, who has a brain tumour, and whether

he should have an operation the hospital considers much too risky.

If all the histrionics prove too much, you can revel in the glorious interiors.

Life in Abercorran may be fraught, but there are some fabulous homes.

JANE RACKHAM

Rugby: Champions CupFrom 12 noon C4/BT Sport 3

SPORT The European Champions

Cup, the top-tier rugby union

competition for clubs from countries

that compete in the Six Nations, has

undergone an overhaul in the wake

of the disruption caused by Covid.

This weekend’s round of 16 — two

matches last night, three today and

three tomorrow — comes after the

cancellation of the pool stage with

only two rounds completed, while

the quarter-fi nals will be one-off

affairs next weekend.

Today watch Munster v Toulouse

(k/o 3pm BT3) and two cracking

Anglo-French showdowns: two-time

winners Wasps v Clermont

Auvergne (k/o 12.30pm C4/BT3)

and holders Exeter Chiefs v Lyon

(k/o 5.30pm BT3). SIMON O’HAGAN

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway7.00pm ITV

ENTERTAINMENT Over the past

seven weeks they’ve given away

dozens of prizes, almost set Cat

Deeley on fi re, put Davina McCall

through an embarrassing fi tness

regime, inspired one over-excited

contestant to whip off her wig and

treated us to the sight of Stephen

Mulhern in eye-poppingly brief gold

shorts. Sadly, the fun all comes to an

end tonight, but at least there’s the

I’m a Celebrity... Get Out of Me Ear

segment we’ve been waiting for.

Ant and Dec put Mo Farah into a

very uncomfortable situation when

the Olympic champion interviews

some potential nannies. Showing the

candidates his kids’ bathroom, he’s

shocked to fi nd who’s in there. JR

Pointless Celebrities7.30pm BBC1

ENTERTAINMENT Richard Osman

makes a big deal of how diffi cult he

thinks round two, on cinema, is going

to be (he’s right because the fi lms

listed are very tricky). However,

before they deal with that, the

comedians standing behind the

podiums are faced with a question

that Alexander Armstrong

announces has two acceptable

answers. Has that ever happened

before? It hardly matters as none

of them works out what the second

answer could be.

Other subjects to puzzle over

include French food, wicked songs

(which surprisingly stumps all the

contestants), fi rst names and pants.

Prize for smartest-dressed pair goes

to Rhys James and Lloyd Griffi th. JR

Casualty8.20pm BBC1

DRAMA A quick tip for characters

wanting to make it through

an episode of Casualty without

sustaining a serious injury: don’t

spend the day with Grace. All she’s

missing is a cloak and scythe. After

last week’s fairground disaster, she’s

now on a woodland walk with Ollie,

who ends up choking with a sweet

lodged in his throat.

Chest compressions don’t appear

to be working, so what does Grace

decide to do? Why, search on

YouTube for the best way to do an

emergency tracheotomy, of course!

But she hasn’t factored in the risk of

starving Ollie’s brain of oxygen.

Or her blade being perilously close to

his vocal cords. Apart from that, she

does a bang-up job. DAVID BROWN

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FALLING APARTFaith Howells (Eve Myles) may have a great house,

but her life is a mess

The Young Montalbano9.00pm BBC4

DRAMA A welcome rerun of series

two, fi rst shown in 2016. Michele

Riondino stars as a youthful Salvo

Montalbano alongside younger

versions of his usual sidekicks: randy/

soppy deputy Mimi, dogged Fazio, and

Catarella, the calamitous desk

sergeant; as well as his radiant lover,

Livia, who is hiding some important

news. The locations are timeless so

it’s hard to spot the signs that tell us

it’s the early 1990s: period cars, talk of

lire not euros, an absence of mobiles

and a reference to the Bosnian war.

Two cases intertwine: the

disappearance of an unfaithful wife

and the murder of a limping man who

attended many funerals. A tiny link

and an eye for eggs help Salvo win

the day. PATRICK MULKERN

Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten Pictures9.00pm BBC2 (10.00pm in Northern Ireland)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK

“Pick the right pictures and they can

unlock the secrets of an entire life,”

claims the introduction to this

photo-based biography of the

Queen lead singer. It’s a beautiful and

intimate approach to storytelling.

Starting with his infancy in

Zanzibar, in the “Rolls-Royce of

prams”, the photographs here unveil

the many faces of Freddie Mercury.

The self-effacing art school student;

the fl amboyant rock star; the

domesticated cat lover: all enter the

frame, while the confl ict between his

on- and off-stage personas is vividly

and touchingly rendered. GARY ROSE

See feature: page 28

Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow — Celebrity Special 8.35pm ITVENTERTAINMENT I’m starting to think

ITV keeps Harry Redknapp and Martin

Kemp permanently on call. They seem

to get ferried from studio to studio to

take part in every show in need of

a celebrity guest. Maybe they haven’t

actually got homes to go to? If so, the

stakes are perilously high in this

revival of Play Your Cards Right.

Fingers crossed they (along with

respective wives Sandra and Shirlie)

win enough to put an end to their days

bedding down at ITV Towers.

In the weeks ahead, Alan Carr will

also be bringing us a reboot of Name

That Tune. Hopefully there’ll be a few

Spandau Ballet songs, so that Martin

can get a royalty cheque. DBr

Handel’s Messiah/ Easter from King’s6.00pm/7.00pm BBC2

MUSIC Much like the Christmas

broadcast, Easter from King’s has

become an important fi xture in

the religious calendar, and this

evening’s popular choral music and

readings will be especially welcome

to those unable to attend their own

churches. So step away from the

chocolate eggs and hot cross buns

to enjoy the full splendour of the

King’s College choristers, along

with the King’s singers, soaring

in the magnifi cent fan-vaulted

chapel in Cambridge. Although it

will look slightly different this year

as they will have to be masked-up

part of the time.

Preceding this is a recording by

English National Opera of Handel’s

Messiah, imaginatively staged at

the Coliseum and, as in Handel’s

time, using eight rather than four

soloists — including the “rich glowing

voice” of soprano Nadine Benjamin

and the “disquietingly beautiful”

tenor of Anthony Gregory. JR

Tonight’s The Young Montalbano

repeat on BBC4 (see below right)

could be your gateway into a whole

new world of Italian crime shows.

If you’ve not experienced the exploits

of the Sicilian sleuth (played by

Michele Riondino, right) before and

you’re taken with them, you can gorge

on the box set on iPlayer — plus there

are 36 episodes of the original

Inspector Montalbano.

And if you’re still hungry for crime

with a rich Sicilian fl avour, Walter

Presents/All 4 has the quirky black

comedy Mafi a Only Kills in

Summer, about a young Palermo boy

coming of age in the 1970s just as his

dad becomes entangled with the Mob.

Also on Walter Presents, you can

visit present-day Turin and the

beautiful surrounding countryside

via the dark murder drama Thou

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BlacKkKlansman9.00pm C4 Spike Lee thriller based on the

true story of a black policeman

(John David Washington) who

mounts a sting operation on

the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado

Springs, 1972. (2018) See p33

It’s Clarkson on TV 9.35pm ITVNo-holds-barred critiques of

TV from Jeremy Clarkson.

Expect a Clive James and Chris

Tarrant-style format, but with

a lot more venting of spleen.

Vicar of Dibley Easter Weekend Marathon From 7.10am GoldThe fi rst three series are being

shown back to back, along

with the excellent Vicar of

Dibley: Inside Out doc (at 7pm)

in which writer Richard Curtis

and star Dawn French stroll

down memory lane.

The Windsors: inside the Royal Dynasty 8.00pm C4The young Queen fi nds herself

torn between traditionalists

and modernisers.

L Rugby Union: Champions Cup:

Wasps v Clermont Auvergne

12 noon (k/o 12.30pm) C4/BT3 Wasps fl y-half Jimmy Gopperth helps kick off a weekend of European rugby. See Choice: p48

L Premier League Football:

Chelsea v West Brom 11.30am (k/o 12.30pm) BT1;Leeds v

Sheffi eld Utd 2.30pm (k/o 3pm) Amazon Prime; Leicester v Man

City 5pm (k/o 5.30pm), Arsenal v

Liverpool (k/o 8pm) Sky PL/ME

LIVE SPORT

BEST OF THE RESTSTREAMING NOW

6.00am Breakfast Naga Munchetty, Charlie Stayt. (S) (HD)

10.00 Saturday Kitchen Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Gennaro Contaldo and Shivi Ramoutar, guest Mel Giedroyc and wine expert Olly Smith. (S) (HD)

11.30 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Crewe, Cumbria and Gnosall, Staffordshire. (R) (S) (HD)

12 noon Football Focus Dan Walker presents. (S) (HD)

1.00pm BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

1.15 Bargain Hunt From Edinburgh. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Ready Steady Cook Sisters Elsa and Gabriella prepare a meal in 20 minutes. Shown last Monday (S) (HD)

2.45 Escape to the Country Searching for a large family home in Northern Ireland. (Revised repeat) (S) (HD)

3.40—4.40 Money for Nothing Transforming a filing cabinet, petrol can, table and chest of drawers from tips in Greater Manchester and Surrey. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

6.20am Marrying Mum and Dad First shown on CBBC (S) (HD)

6.50 The Dengineers First shown on CBBC (S) (HD)

2BBC RED BUTTON 7.00—8.30 Extreme E Qualifying rounds one and two from the Al-’Ula region in Saudi Arabia

7.20 Blue Peter First shown on CBBC (S) (HD)

7.50 New series. The Amelia Gething Complex 1/8 Series 2. Amelia and her flatmates buy a TV. (S) (HD)

8.10 2/8. Amelia is elected prime minister. (S) (HD)

8.30 Deadly 60 Hammerhead sharks. (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds How changes in ice crystals can cause avalanches. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Me and My Dog: the Ultimate Contest The pairs take part in an open-water swim. (R) (S) (HD)

11.00 Nature’s Microworlds Exploring ecosystems, beginning with the Galapagos islands. (R) (S) (HD)

2BBC RED BUTTON 12 noon—1.30pm Extreme E Coverage of qualifying rounds three and four of the off-road racing contest from the Al-’Ula region in Saudi Arabia

11.30 Great British Menu Four chefs representing Scotland present their canapés, starters and fish dishes. Shown last Wednesday (S) (HD)

12.30pm The remaining chefs compete over mains and dessert dishes. Shown last Thursday (S) (HD)

1.30 Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day Ricotta beefburger and smoked mackerel coleslaw. (R) (S) (HD)

1.50—4.05 Death on the Nile ★★★ Murder mystery

qbased on Agatha Christie’s novel, starring Peter Ustinov, David Niven and Bette Davis. Belgian

detective Hercule Poirot investigates a murder during a Nile cruise. Available on iPlayer for the next 30 days. Review page 33. Director John Guillermin (1978, PG) (S) (W) (HD)

6.00am CITV See page 54 9.25 ITV News (S) (HD)

9.30 James Martin’s Saturday Morning James serves up an Easter feast for Harry Redknapp, and chefs Michael Caines and Sally Abe drop by. (S) (HD)

11.40 Simply Raymond Blanc 10/10. Dishes for date nights and romantic events. Rptd tomorrow 1pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12.40pm James Martin’s Great British Adventure Fellow chef Paul Rankin gives James a personal tour of Belfast, before the duo play a round of golf. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.45 ITV News Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

1.55—3.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Dead Man’s Folly. A novelist is hired to appear at a “murder hunt“ at a summer fête, but becomes convinced she is being manipulated to distract attention from a real crime. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime is Easter Monday 9pm

6.00am The Big Bang Theory (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.05 The Simpsons Seven episodes. (R) (S) (AD)

10.25 Work on the Wild Side A dangerous pride of lions needs to be moved. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

10.55 Couples Come Dine with Me On the menu in Swansea are Welsh fine dining and pub food. (R) (S) (HD)

12 noon LIVE Rugby Union Wasps v Clermont

aAuvergne. Coverage of the last-16 Champions Cup match at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry (kick-off

12.30). Lee McKenzie presents. See page 48. The Big Tackle is tomorrow 12.20am (S) (HD)

2.45—5.30pm Four in a Bed From Torquay, Somerset, Eastbourne and Bournemouth. (R) (S) (HD)

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Keeping Faith

9.00pm Faith’s wayward mother Rose (Celia Imrie) is back, but what does she want?

Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten Pictures 9.00pm The gifted singer rocks a floral arrangement

4.40pm Garden RescueIn Coventry, the team creates a Tuscan garden.Director Steve Peet; Exec producer Juliet Rice (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

5.25 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

5.45 Celebrity Mastermind11/14. John Humphrys quizzes Steve Backshall, Noreen Khan, Rhys James and Caroline Flint.Producers Kate Middleditch and Chris Jones Executive producers David Young and Jimmy Mulville (S) (HD)

6.15 Catchpoint5/5 Series 4. Tanya and Asif take on Sam and Beck in the game show hosted by Paddy McGuinness.Director Derek Hallworth; Exec producers Glenn Hugill, Zoë Tait (S) (HD)

6.45 The Wall6/8 Series 3. Married couple Shelley and Ainsley from Merthyr Tydfil take part. Danny Dyer hosts.Director Richard van’t Riet; Series producer Stephen Lovelock Repeated tomorrow 1.15am (S) (HD)

7.30 Pointless Celebrities

aIn a stand-up edition, Rosie Jones, Miles Jupp, Russell Kane, Lucy Beaumont, Rhys James, Lloyd

Griffith, Phil Wang and Sindhu Vee take part. See p48. Director Richard van’t Riet; Series producer Laura Turner (S) (HD)

8.20 Casualty

aGrace makes a risky decision while out with Ollie that causes Connie great concern. See page 48.

Connie Beauchamp Amanda MealingDavid Hide Jason DurrGrace Beauchamp Emily CareyOllie Hide Harry CollettRosa Cadenas Jacey SallesJade Lovall Gabriella LeonChristina “Tina” Mollett Adele JamesRobyn Miller Amanda HendersonJacob Masters Charles VennRashid Masum Neet Mohan

Ethan Hardy George RainsfordCharlie Fairhead Derek ThompsonLeon Cook Bobby LockwoodJan Jenning Di BotcherAshok Masum Kriss DosanjhAnt Campbell Mark StewartMarika Hobart Tasha LimBradley Gibbins Lloyd MeredithMona Nadkarni Shobu Kapoor

Writers Kevin Rundle and Adam Hughes; Director Andy Newbery Producer Mat McHale (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Keeping Faith

a2/6 Series 3. Faith is unsettled by the unwelcome return of her mother, Rose, after 25 years. The

whole series is available on iPlayer. See page 48. Faith Howells Eve MylesSteve Baldini Mark Lewis JonesAngie Baldini Martha BrightTom Howells Aneirin HughesDelyth Lloyd Suzanne PackerMegan Howells Lacey JonesAlys Howells Demi LetherbyRose Celia ImrieCerys Jones Hannah DanielGareth Sion Daniel YoungMike Matthew Aubrey

Marion Howells Rhian MorganEvan Howells Bradley FreegardLisa Connors Catherine AyersArthur Davies Alex HarriesDS Susan Williams Eiry ThomasOsian Keogh KiernanJudge Owens Sian PhillipsDI Laurence Breeze Rhashan StoneDavid Tate Dan ThomasDr Gwawr Mali Ann Rees

Writer/Director Pip Broughton Producers Llyr Morus and Pip Broughton (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

10.20 Match of the DayHighlights of the latest Premier League fixtures.Producer Colm Harty; Editor Rich Hughes Rptd tomorrow 7.55am (S) (HD)

11.20 MOTD: Top Ten Hard MenGary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discuss the footballers they most feared playing against.Producer Colm Harty; Editor Rich Hughes (S) (HD)

11.50 Bo66y ★★★★

qDocumentary portrait of footballer Bobby Moore, charting his life and times from success with West

Ham and becoming England’s youngest-ever captain to World Cup glory in 1966, his later struggles with management and the battle with illness that took his life at the age of 51. Available on iPlayer for 30 days.Director Ron Scalpello (2016, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.25am Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 1.30—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

4.05pm Evil under the Sun ★★★

qMurder mystery based on the novel by Agatha Christie. When an actress is murdered near a chic

hotel on a remote island, Hercule Poirot is asked to investigate. Available on iPlayer for the next 30 days. Hercule Poirot Peter UstinovDaphne Castle Maggie SmithChristine Redfern Jane BirkinArlena Marshall Diana RiggPatrick Redfern Nicholas Clay

Odell Gardener James MasonRex Brewster Roddy McDowallKenneth Marshall Denis QuilleyMyra Gardener Sylvia MilesLinda Marshall Emily Hone

Director Guy Hamilton (1982, PG) (S) (W) (HD)

6.00 Handel’s Messiah from English National Opera

aPetroc Trelawny and YolanDa Brown present a performance of the oratorio staged at the London

Coliseum and filmed specifically for a television audience. The ENO Chorus and Orchestra is joined by celebrated soloists including countertenor Iestyn Davies, mezzo Christine Rice and soprano Nadine Benjamin, and rising stars Anthony Gregory, Nardus Williams, John Findon, William Thomas and Benson Wilson, while the conductor is Laurence Cummings. See p49. Director Rhodri Huw; Producer Serena Cross (S) (HD)

7.00 Easter from King’s

aMusic and readings for Holy Week by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge and the King’s

Singers, directed by Daniel Hyde in Covid-compliant conditions. Featuring seasonal choral favourites including Ubi Caritas by Duruflé and John Stainer’s God So Loved the World. Members of King’s College read the story of Jesus’s death and resurrection from the King James Bible. See page 49. Director Ian Russell; Producers Pamela Hossick and James Whitbourn Repeated tomorrow 6.55am (S) (HD)

8.15 Top of the Pops: the Story of 1981The music show embraced the advent of “new pop” by changing its theme tune and titles and parting company with dance act Legs & Co. Acts featured include Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and the Human League.Director/Producer Matt O’Casey First shown on BBC4 (S) (HD)


9.00 Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten Pictures

aA journey through the Queen frontman’s life through ten defining photos, with their secrets

revealed by those who were there, and those who knew Freddie Mercury best. Beginning with the earliest photo of the singer as a baby and ending with a private moment captured shortly before his death, the film charts an extraordinary life. See p49. Director Matthew Hill; Series producer Chris Wilson Repeated Thursday 11.30pm (S) (HD)


10.00 Queen Rock MontrealIn November 1981, Queen arrived in Montreal following dates in Japan and a tour of Latin America. It was to be the only concert by them shot on film. Always a great live band, they excelled themselves with the cameras rolling, performing hits such as We Will Rock You, Under Pressure and Bohemian Rhapsody. (S) (HD)

11.30 The Story of Bohemian RhapsodyBrian May and Roger Taylor share their memories of how the celebrated number one song — repeatedly voted the country’s favourite single — came to be.Director/Producer Carl Johnston (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am Top of the Pops: 1981 Big Hits Performances from Phil Collins, Kim Wilde and Odyssey. (R) (S) (HD)

1.30—3.10am A Late Quartet ★★★ Drama starring Philip

qSeymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener. A world-renowned string quartet is

celebrating its 25th anniversary when cellist Peter is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Available on iPlayer for the next 7 days. Director Yaron Zilberman (2012, 15) (S) (W) (HD)

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BBC1 SCOTLAND12 noon Live Scottish Cup Football: Dumbarton v Aberdeen (kick-off 12.15) 2.30pm Escape to the Country 3.25 Money for Nothing 4.25—5.25 Sportscene Results 10.20 Sportscene: Scottish Cup Highlights 11.20 Match of the Day 12.20am MOTD: Top Ten Hard Men 12.50 Weather for the Week Ahead 12.55—6.00 BBC News

BBC SCOTLAND7.00pm The Seven 7.15 The Edit 7.30 Eye of the Storm 8.30 City Lights: Willie’s literary ambitions are put on ice 9.00 The Karen Dunbar Show: Shoeless Josie stumbles on a busker 9.30 FILM: Gregory’s Girl ★★★★ Coming- of-age romantic comedy with Gordon John Sinclair (1980) 11.00 Rewind 1980s 11.30—12 midnight Tune and BBC Music Introducing Presents

STV12.20am London Zoo: an Extraordinary Year: the keepers use the quiet time to build a camel’s confidence 1.10—3.00 Nightscreen

BBC1 WALES3.40pm Garden Rescue 4.25—5.25 Land of the Wild — Secrets: an epic journey following Wales’s rivers

BBC2 NORTHERN IRELAND9.00pm LUSH! Classical: highlights from the 2019 show at Belfast’s SSE Arena 10.00 Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten Pictures: a journey through the Queen frontman’s life through ten photos 11.00 Queen Rock Montreal: a 1981 concert by the band 12.30—1.30am The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody: the making of the Queen song

Alan Carr’s Epic Game Show: Celebrity Special 8.35pm Alan holds all the cards in the game show reboot

BlacKkKlansman

9.00pm Cop Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) tries to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan

The Young Montalbano

9.00pm Salvo investigates the murder of a funeral mourner

3.55pm You’ve Been Framed!Harry Hill narrates another comical selection of mishaps filmed by viewers, including a man holding on for survival and a wandering trifle.Series producer Chris Thornton (R) (S) (HD)

4.25 Tipping Point: Lucky StarsComedian Richard Herring, actor Joe McFadden and reality star Olivia Attwood take on the giant arcade machine in an attempt to win £20,000 for charity. Presented by Ben Shephard. (R) (S) (HD)

5.30 ITV News Weather (S) (HD)

5.45 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.00 Catchphrase Celebrity SpecialJeff Stelling, Charlotte Hawkins and Andrew Whyment attempt to guess the familiar phrases from the animated clues. If they can “say what they see”, they could win the £50,000 jackpot for their chosen charity. Stephen Mulhern hosts.Director Geraldine Dowd; Series producer Sam Munday (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

a7/7. In tonight’s packed show, comedian Mo Gilligan is in the studio as the guest

announcer, four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah is the boys’ latest victim in I’m a Celebrity Get Out of Me Ear, and Stephen Mulhern is on hand for the climax of Ant v Dec: Go for Gold. The serial Double Trouble concludes and there’s a spectacular End of the Show Show. See p48.Director Chris Power Series producers Ben Aston and Rich Berkshire (S) (HD)

8.35 Alan Carr’s Epic Game Show: Celebrity Special

aNew series. Ep 1 Series 2. The series that reboots vintage game shows returns with

a celebrity special of Play Your Cards Right. Famous couples, including Harry and Sandra Redknapp, and Martin and Shirlie Kemp will make the higher or lower call on the turn of the playing cards in the hope of winning the jackpot for the charity of their choice. See page 49.Series producer Jamie Rea; Executive producer Jonno Richards Repeated Friday 11.55pm (S) (AD) (HD)

9.35 It’s Clarkson on TVThe Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? presenter offers his unique unfiltered perspective as he sifts through popular television events and unearthed hidden gems, deploying an eye for detail and a typically rogue sense of humour.Director Abigail Dankwa; Producers Ben Ruby, Caroline Fisher and Conor Butler Repeated Friday 11.10pm (S) (AD) (HD)

10.20 ITV NewsWeather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

10.35 Ride Along ★★

qAction comedy. Wimpy security guard Ben Barber needs the blessing of his girlfriend’s

cop brother James before they can marry. In an effort to prove his worth, Ben agrees to ride along on a patrol of Atlanta’s mean streets to hunt down a vicious criminal. Review page 33.James Payton Ice CubeBen Barber Kevin HartSantiago John LeguizamoLt Brooks Bruce McGillAngela Payton Tika Sumpter

Miggs Bryan CallenOmar Laurence FishburneMarko Dragos BucurCrazy Cody Gary OwenRamon Jacob Latimore

Director Tim Story (2014, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.20am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15—6.00am Nightscreen Text information. (HD)

5.30pm Grand DesignsKevin McCloud meets Harry and Briony, who have moved from London to Cornwall to fulfil Harry’s dream of building a five-bedroom steel and glass home inspired by the modernist house from 1980s teen movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Director Edward Sunderland Series producer John Lonsdale (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

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

7.00 The Queen’s Lost Family2/3. In the 1930s, Princes George and Henry both settled down after getting married, but the relationship of Edward, the Prince of Wales, with the American divorcee Wallis Simpson brought a scandal that was to threaten the future of the monarchy. But Edward had met his match in Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin as he was manoeuvred off the throne and into exile.Director Kelly Close; Producer Lisa Martinson Repeated Tuesday 8pm 4seven (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 The Windsors: inside the Royal Dynasty3/6. The Young Queen. Exploring the story of the British royal family, drawing on archive footage and interviews with insiders and experts. In this episode, as the young Elizabeth II takes her first steps as monarch, she finds herself torn between tradition and the views of those, such as her husband Prince Philip, who want to modernise the monarchy. Repeated tomorrow 8pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 BlacKkKlansman ★★★★

oCrime thriller based on a true story. In 1972, black cop Ron Stallworth works under

cover for the Colorado Springs PD. When he discovers a Ku Klux Klan recruitment poster, he investigates, posing over the phone as a fellow white supremacist. After building a rapport with his mark, Ron is invited to meet the local KKK chapter, so he enlists a white colleague as his stand-in, and mounts a masterful sting operation. Film of the Day: page 33.Ron Stallworth John David WashingtonFlip Zimmerman Adam DriverDavid Duke Topher GracePatrice Dumas Laura HarrierWalter Breachway Ryan EggoldFelix Jasper PääkkönenKwame Ture Corey HawkinsIvanhoe Paul Walter HauserConnie Ashlie Atkinson

Dr Kennebrew Beauregard/Narrator Alec BaldwinJerome Turner Harry BelafonteMr Turrentine Isiah Whitlock JrChief Bridges Robert John BurkeJimmy Creek Michael BuscemiMaster Patrolman Andy Landers Frederick WellerWalker Nicholas Turturro

Director Spike Lee (2018, 15) (S) (AD) (W) (HD) Also showing Wednesday 10pm 4seven

11.40 Eye in the Sky ★★★★

qWar thriller. Colonel Katherine Powell heads a top-secret operation to capture some high-

ranking terrorists. But a change in circumstances forces Powell and her bosses to confront a moral and political dilemma. Review page 33.Colonel Katherine Powell Helen MirrenSteve Watts Aaron PaulLieutenant General Frank Benson Alan RickmanJama Farah Barkhad Abdi

Brian Woodale Jeremy NorthamForeign Secretary James Willett Iain GlenCarrie Gershon Phoebe FoxMusa Mo’Allim Armaan Haggio

Director Gavin Hood (2015, 15) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.35am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Gordon visits Mojito, a Cuban restaurant in New York. (R) (S) 2.25 Hollyoaks Omnibus. Cast Tue/Thu (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 4.30 The £100k Drop Davina McCall hosts. (R) (S) (HD) 5.20 Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza The group arrives in Girona, Spain. First shown on E4 (S) (AD) (HD) 5.45—5.55am Food Unwrapped Kate Quilton visits the world’s largest jelly bean producers. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00pm Patagonia: Earth’s Secret Paradise1/3. Fire and Ice. A glimpse at the rarely seen South American wilderness, home to a range of creatures from the Andes mountains to Cape Horn. Cameras reveal the secret lives of pumas and hummingbirds, soar with condors over glacial peaks and explore monkey puzzle forests dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. Extreme kayakers are observed tackling the area’s raging waterfalls, while native cowboys are seen rounding up wild horses. Narrated by Santiago Cabrera.Series producer Tuppence Stone Executive producer James Honeyborne First shown on BBC2 Rptd 1.35am (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Voyages of Discovery4/5. The Figure of the Earth. Paul Rose visits Ecuador to examine the tale of an 18th-century expedition in which a group of French intellectuals set out to determine the shape of the Earth. The mission was beset by problems from the start as disease, disputes and affairs set the explorers on separate paths and, while great discoveries were made, the team was still to face theft, death and despair.Director/Producer Annabel Gillings Repeated 2.35am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

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who has made a habit of showing up at other people’s funerals, is found brutally murdered in the street, and only the disappearance of a woman linked to his former employer gives Montalbano his first lead. Italian +subtitles. See page 49. (R) (HD)Salvo Montalbano Michele RiondinoCarmine Fazio Andrea TidonaCatarella Fabrizio Pizzuto“Mimi” Augello Alessio VassalloLivia Burlando Sarah FelberbaumGiuseppe Fazio Beniamino MarconeGallo Maurilio LetoPaterno Alessandro Piazza

10.50 Italy’s Invisible Cities1/3. Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott uncover the hidden history of three Italian cities, beginning with Naples, from its earliest Greek and Roman origins.Director/Producer Harvey Lilley (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

RT TRAVEL An eight-day holiday in northern Italy, taking in Lake Garda, Venice and Verona: see p145

11.50 Collective: Unravelling a Scandal — StoryvilleDocumentary about a fraud scandal in Romania’s healthcare system that was exposed after survivors of a nightclub fire began dying in suspicious circumstances while recovering in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Director Alexander Nanau Shown last Mon (S) (HD)

1.35am Patagonia: Earth’s Secret Paradise Shown 7pm (S) (AD) (HD) 2.35—3.35am Voyages of Discovery Shown 8pm (S) (AD) (HD)

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7.30am Brojects in the House: two editions(S) (HD) 8.20 American Pickers (S) (HD)9.20 Rick Stein’s India (S) (AD) (HD) 10.20 Top Gear: Africa Special (S) (AD) (HD)

12.55pm World’s Most Dangerous Roads (S) (HD) 1.55 Top Gear Vietnam Special (S) (AD)3.35 Top Gear Nepal Special (S) (AD) (HD)5.10 FILM Hotel Transylvania 2 HHH

Animated horror comedy (W) (HD)

7.10pm Not Going Out Lee and Lucy take the children out trick-or-treating. (S) (HD)8.00 Lucy’s wallet and mobile phone are stolen on Christmas Eve. (S) (HD)9.00 FILM SWAT HH Police action thriller starring Samuel L Jackson and Colin Farrell. When a captured terrorist offers $100 million to anyone who can spring him from jail, a disgraced SWAT agent is given the chance to redeem himself. (W) (HD)11.25 Would I Lie to You? With guests Miranda Hart, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Rufus Hound and Rhod Gilbert. (S)

12.05am Room 101: with Miranda Hart, John Craven and Reggie Yates (HD) 12.40 Live at the Apollo(S) (HD) 1.50 Have I Got a Bit More News for You(S) (HD) 2.40—4.00am Drug Wars (S) (HD)

7.00am Little Women: LA: double bill (S) (HD)8.50 Be Tasty (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe 12 noon Be Tasty (S) (AD) (HD) 12.10pm The Real Housewives of Potomac (S) (HD) 1.05 The Real Housewives of Atlanta (S) (HD) 2.00 Sam and Billie: the Mummy Diaries (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD)

4.00pm Dinner Date Emma from London chooses dates from fi ve potential partners.5.00 Dai from Swansea goes on three dates.6.00 Coren chooses three dates.7.00 Helen from Essex takes part in the matchmaking contest. (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Celebrity Dinner Date Jess Wright chooses three men to date based on the menus she most likes the look of. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 Botched US star Tawny Kitaen seeks advice on cosmetic surgery. (S) (AD) (HD)10.00 Ibiza Weekender XXL Deano and Laura decide to put work before their relationship. Meanwhile, Jordan tries to prove himself as a rep. (S) (HD)11.00 Hayley and Rykard immerse the latest arrivals in the Ibiza nightlife. (S) (HD)

12 midnight—1.00am The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Cynthia and Kandi try to clean up the aftermath of the Barbie Bash (S) (HD)

6.00am On the Buses (S) 6.30 Coronation Street: omnibus (S) (AD) (HD) 9.30 FILM

Bugsy Malone HHHH Spoof gangster musical featuring a cast of children, including Scott Baio, Jodie Foster and John Cassisi (S) (W)11.20 FILM Carry On Loving HH Comedy starring Sidney James (S) (AD) (W)

1.20pm FILM Carry On Girls HH Comedy starring Sidney James, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor (S) (AD) (W) 3.00 FILM

Carry On Doctor HHH Comedy starring Frankie Howerd and Sidney James (S) (AD) (W)

5.00pm Carry On Cleo HHHH

qComedy. Mark Antony falls for Cleopatra’s charms and together

they begin plotting against Julius Caesar.Mark Antony Sidney JamesJulius Caesar Kenneth WilliamsHengist Pod Kenneth ConnorSeneca Charles HawtreyCleo Amanda BarrieCalpurnia Joan SimsHorsa Jim DaleGloria Julie StevensSoothsayer Jon PertweeSenna Pod Sheila HancockSergeant major Victor MaddernDirector Gerald Thomas (1964, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.50 Agatha Christie’s PoirotThe Mysterious Affair at StylesHastings asks Poirot to help him solve the baffling murder of his friend, the wealthy heiress Mrs Inglethorp. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Midsomer MurdersSeries 13. Not in My Back Yard. An open gardens event turns sour when Midsomer Conservation Society stalwart Maureen Stubbs accuses builder Geoff Rogers and councillor James Otley of threatening the future of Great Pelfe. As things turn violent, Barnaby and Jones are called in. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Endeavour3/4 Series 2. Sway. Oxford falls under a thick fog as a multiple murderer haunts the city, strangling a series of women. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00am Law & Order: UK (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)2.05—2.30am Nightscreen

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD)9.35 Dress to Impress (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)11.30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (S)

12 noon Take Me Out (S) (HD) 1.10pm FILM

Nanny McPhee HHH Fantasy adventure (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 3.15 FILM Despicable Me HHHH Animated comedy (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

5.20pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban HHHH

qFantasy adventure. With dangerous criminal Sirius Black on the run from

Azkaban, Harry Potter begins his third year at Hogwarts surrounded by heightened security. But is Black the real threat for the boy wizard? Review p33.Harry Potter Daniel RadcliffeRon Weasley Rupert GrintHermione Granger Emma WatsonProfessor Albus Dumbledore Michael GambonProfessor Minerva McGonagall Maggie SmithDirector Alfonso Cuarón (2004, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)Also showing Wednesday 6.15pm

8.00 Wonder Woman HHHH

qFantasy action adventure. Young Diana has been raised a warrior on the secret

island of Themyscira, shielded from the perils of the real world. When she rescues an American pilot whose plane crashes off the coast, Diana learns about the horrors of the First World War, and leaves the island with him to fi ght for peace and justice.Diana Prince/Wonder Woman Gal GadotSteve Trevor Chris PineQueen Hippolyta Connie NielsenGeneral Antiope Robin WrightLudendorff Danny HustonDirector Patty Jenkins (2017, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

10.45 Family GuySeries 3. Peter loses his job and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a knight.11.15 Series 2. Peter decides to establish his own country and declares war on America.11.45 Peter tries to help Meg in her bid to become a reporter. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am American Dad! (S) (AD) (HD) 1.10 The Stand Up Sketch Show (S) (HD) 1.40 Plebs (S) (AD) (HD) 2.35—3.30am Hell’s Kitchen USA (S) (HD)

6.00am The Best of the 70s (S) (HD) 6.15 New. Extreme E: Adventure Awaits (S) (HD)7.20 Hornblower (S) (HD) 9.30 New. Racing: the Opening Show: a look ahead to the Easter racing, with Matt Chapman (S) (HD)10.30 The Big Match Revisited (S) (HD)11.30 Euro 2020 Preview Show (S) (HD)

12 noon Made in Britain (S) (AD) (HD) 1.10pm The Derby Through the Years (S) (HD) 1.30 LIVE Racing: Oli Bell presents coverage from Musselburgh, including feature race the 3.35 Queen’s Cup. Plus, three races over jumps at Haydock Park (S) (HD)4.00 FILM On Her Majesty’s Secret Service HHHH Spy adventure with George Lazenby and Diana Rigg (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.55pm FILM The War Wagon HHH

Western starring John Wayne. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)9.00 FILM The Gauntlet HHH Action crime drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)11.15 FILM Cliffhanger HHHH Action thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow, with Michael Rooker. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.30am Robin of Sherwood (S) 2.30 World of Sport (S) (HD) 2.45—3.00am Nightscreen (HD)

7.30am Cadfael (S) 9.00 Where the Heart Is: double bill (S) (AD) 11.00 Sharpe (S)

1.00pm Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (S) 3.00 Birds of a Feather: double bill (S) 4.00 The Green Green Grass: three episodes (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Brokenwood Mysteries2/4 Series 5. Bride Not to Be. A bride-to-be and professional tennis player is found dead after her hen party, and the chief bridesmaid, best man and groom-to-be all come under suspicion. (S) (AD) (HD)Mike Shepherd Neill ReaKristin Sims Fern SutherlandDC Breen Nic SampsonGina Cristina Serban IondaHughes Colin Moy

8.00 Father Brown8/15 Series 3. The Lair of the LibertinesThe priest and his friends are stranded with a group of hedonists, and soon become desperate to escape. (S) (AD) (HD)Father Brown Mark WilliamsMrs McCarthy Sorcha CusackLady Felicia Nancy CarrollInspector Sullivan Tom ChambersSergeant Goodfellow John Burton

9.00 WPC 563/5 Series 3. From the Shadows. Events take a sinister turn when DI Sawyer’s missing suspect makes a violent reappearance, and the net tightens around Briggs as Coulson recruits Fenton to do his dirty work. (S) (AD) (HD)WPC Annie Taylor Claudia JessieSergeant Sidney Fenton Charlie De’AthDI Harry Sawyer Oliver RixDesk Sergeant Swift James BarriscaleChief Inspector Briggs Mark HealyAssistant Chief Constable Coulson John Bowler

10.00 Taggart1/3 Series 12. Legends. A legendary 1960s rock star is found dead in his swimming pool, just as he is about to make his comeback. Barbara Dickson guest-stars.12.50am The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (S)2.50—4.00am The Last Post (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Milkshake! See page 5410.00 SpongeBob SquarePantsPatrick thinks he is an old man. (S) (HD)

10.10 The Loud House Lincoln takes responsibility for the class tarantula. (S) (HD)

10.20 Entertainment News (S) (HD)

10.25 Friends Series 10. Rachel and Monica fi ght over a peculiar painting.10.55 Ross discovers Rachel’s worst fear.11.25 Monica cooks Thanksgiving dinner.11.55 Joey regrets dating Phoebe’s pal.12.25pm Rachel and Phoebe spot Chandler with a blonde beauty.12.55 Joey appears on a quiz show. (S) (HD)

1.30 Big Momma’s House HHH Comedy

q starring Martin Lawrence and Nia Long. An undercover cop disguises

himself as a 300lb southern matriarch to catch an escaped bank robber.Director Raja Gosnell (2000, 12) (S) (W) (HD)

3.25 The Emoji Movie HH Animated

o comedy featuring the voices of TJ Miller, James Corden and Anna Faris.

After ruining a teenager’s crucial text message, an emoji sets out to be reprogrammed. Review page 33.Director Tony Leondis (2017, U) (S) (HD)

5.00 5 News (S) (HD)

5.05pm Our Yorkshire Farm: Five Years with the Owen FamilyA celebration of how the Owen children have blossomed over half a decade on the remote family hill farm.Directors Kate Fraser, Natasha Jarvis, Ben Jamieson and Beatrice Ní Bhroin (S) (HD)

6.30 New York with Jane McDonaldThe singer stays in the heart of Manhattan, has her caricature done in Central Park and enjoys a helicopter ride over the city.Director Vanessa Williams (S) (HD)

7.30 Fergie and Andrew: the Duke and Duchess of DisasterAn account of how the Royal couple’s fairy-tale romance descended into a series of PR disasters and blunders.Series directors Judith Ahern, Simon Harries and Liv Witt (S) (HD)

9.00 New. Paul Burrell: Royal Service, Scandal and CelebrityHow the former royal footman’s close association with the late Princess of Wales rewarded him with book deals, work as a royal commentator, and a 2002 court case over charges of theft, of which he was cleared.Directors Diani Vyas and Toby Roebuck (S) (HD)

10.00 When Celebrity Goes Horribly WrongCelebs such as East 17’s Brian Harvey talk about low points in their careers, with commentary from the likes of Vanessa Feltz and Carol Decker.Executive producers Elaine Hackett, Jason Wells and Simon Withington (S) (HD)

12.45am Wonderful World of Chocolate(S) (HD) 1.10 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.10 The Funny Thing about Holidays (S) (HD) 4.00 The Funny Thing about Dating (S) (HD) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (S) (SL) 5.10 Nick’s Quest (S) (SL) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL)

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WPC 56 9.00pm Fenton receives his instructions from Coulson

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8.55am A Place in the Sun (S) (HD)

12.05pm Location, Location, Location (S) (HD) 1.10 Come Dine with Me (S) (HD) 3.50 Escape to the Château: the Great Outdoors(S) (AD) (HD) 4.55 Escape to the Château (S) (AD) (HD) 5.55 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (S) (HD)

7.00pm Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales1/4. Following the Countryfile presenter as he and his family come to the rescue of his parents’ farm in the Durham hills.Shown last Wednesday More4 (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Walking with ElephantsEp 2. Levison Wood treks along the route taken by the males through the immense salt pans of the Makgadikgadi, via the frontier town of Gweta, to the edge of the Okavango Delta. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 24 Hours in A&EA 79-year-old woman is brought in with signs of a stroke. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 A retired firefighter is treated after being hit with a golf club. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.05 Britain’s Best Loved Sitcoms1/2. A countdown of the UK’s favourite situation comedies. (S) (HD)

12.10am Father Ted (S) (AD) (HD) 1.15 24 Hours in A&E (S) (AD) (HD) 2.15 as 11.05pm3.20—3.50am Father Ted (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 6.20 Supernanny USA 7.10 Made in Chelsea 8.15 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 10.20 FILM A Dog’s Purpose HH (W)

12.15pm The Big Bang Theory (AD)

4.40pm The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer Matt Lucas welcomes journalist and presenter Stacey Dooley, Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall, internet personality KSI and comedian Katherine Ryan to the tent. (AD)

6.00 FILM Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen HH Sci-fi action sequel starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. The ancient history of the Transformers’ presence on Earth is revealed as the human race battles the fi rst ever Decepticon, and once again Sam Witwicky is in the thick of the action. (AD) (W)

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Shaun Ryder and Bez, Chris Kamara and his sons Jack and Ben, Example and Professor Green, and Martin and Roman Kemp are among the famous faces reacting to what they are watching on television. (AD)

10.00 Gogglebox Reviews of The Crown, I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and The X Factor: the Band. From December 2019. (AD)

11.05 Shows reviewed include The Strangerand EastEnders. From February 2020. (AD)

12.05am First Dates (SL) (AD) 2.15 Celebrity Gogglebox (AD) 3.10 Gogglebox (SL) (AD)4.05—6.00am Don’t Tell the Bride

8.30am The Key of David 9.00 Diagnosis Murder 12 noon Scorpion 2.00pm NCIS 7.00 Scorpion: double bill. A woman is trapped in tar pits, then the team encounters gunrunners 9.00 CSI: Cyber: triple bill. The team investigates the murder of a hacker 10.00 Cash machines spew money into the street 11.00 An air-traffi c control system is hacked 12 midnight CSI: Cyber 2.00am Scorpion 3.50 Medium 4.35 JAG 5.20—6.00am Bondi Rescue

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Operation Daybreak 6.30pm Czech patriot Joseph Gabcik is on a mission

9.00am Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites (AD) 9.30 Four in a Bed

12 noon Find It, Fix It, Flog It 4.00pm A Place in the Sun: triple bill

7.00pm Escape to the Château Ever passionate about giving old parts of the château a new lease of life, Dick and Angel turn their attention to the wash house. (AD)

8.00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds Extending their four-bed detached home in Windsor is not an option for Graham and Nardeth, so Kirstie has to work her magic on the existing space. In Northamptonshire, Louis and Isabel have a budget of £70,000 to reconfi gure their home’s ground-fl oor layout. (AD)

9.00 24 Hours in Police CustodyA man in Luton is left fi ghting for his life after being shot in the chest with a handgun at point-blank range. (AD)

10.00 First Dates Hotel Ep 2 Series 6.Ex-military man Richard loves musicals. Will his date with Emilia hit all the right notes? Having been straight all his life, 40-year-old hotelier Andy is excited to be going on his fi rst ever date with a man. (AD)

11.05 24 Hours in A&E Steve is rushed to St George’s after falling over and hitting his head on a concrete step. Fleur is assessed after she woke up with pain in her leg. (AD)

12.10am Gogglebox: double bill (AD)2.20—4.40am The Simpsons: fi ve episodes

9.00am Walker, Texas Ranger (HD) 2.00pm Medical Detectives (HD) 4.00 Judge Judy 9.00pm Psychic Private Eyes: cases of mysterious deaths and disappearances are re-opened 10.00 Medium: double bill. Allison dreams of a teenage girl trapped in a burning building, and suspects a fi reman of receiving money to kill someone, then a convicted sex offender moves into the neighbourhood 12 midnight Medium 3.00—6.00am Judge Judy

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More4 18

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Freeview 32 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 187/HD 1509.00am The A-Team (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00New. Wrestling (S) (HD) 11.00 Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (HD) 11.35 Police Interceptors: triple bill (S) (HD)

2.40pm FILM Ten Seconds to Hell HH War drama (BW) (S) (HD) 4.40 FILM Posse from Hell HH Western with Audie Murphy (S) (HD)

6.30pm Operation Daybreak HHH

qSecond World War thriller starring Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw and

Anthony Andrews. Three exiled Czechs, trained by the British, parachute into their homeland on a mission to assassinate the leader of the occupying Nazi forces.Director Lewis Gilbert (1975, 15) (S) (HD)

9.00 The Delta Force HH

qAction adventure starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin. An elite

anti-terrorist squad is ordered to reassemble when political extremists hijack a plane and force it to land in Beirut.Director Menahem Golan (1986, 15) (S) (HD)

11.40 Once upon a Time in London

q HHH Crime drama starring Terry Stone and Leo Gregory. Throughout

the 1930s and 40s, rival organised crime gangs emerge and scrap for dominance.Director Simon Rumley (2019, 18) (S) (HD)

2.00am The A-Team (S) (AD) (HD)

4.50—5.00am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

8.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (AD)

(HD) 8.25 Rich Kids, Skint Holiday (S) (HD) 9.15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (S) (HD)

11.20 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (S) (HD)

12.20pm FILM Chocolat HHHH (S) (HD) 2.45 FILM The Man in the Iron Mask HHH (S) (HD)

5.25pm FILM My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2HHH Romantic comedy sequel starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett. (S) (HD)

7.20 FILM The Island HHH Action thriller with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. A group of “survivors” of global contamination are living in a specially restricted facility. The residents are kept in check by a lottery offering relocation to “The Island”. Review p33. (HD)

10.00 FILM Basic Instinct HHH Thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. After a former rock star is murdered, a detective interviews the star’s novelist girlfriend, whose book contained an identical killing. (S) (HD)12.35am The Deceived: the truth about Roisin comes to light (S) (AD) (HD) 1.35 Britain’s Parking Hell (S) (HD) 2.35 Bargain Brits on Benefi ts (S) (HD)3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (HD)

9.00am Murder, She Wrote (S) (AD)6.00pm Murder, She Wrote: four further episodes. Suspicious deaths follow a nurse’s return to Cabot Cove 7.00 Jessica visits an Irish castle 8.00 Jessica escapes from the dungeon 9.00 A stuntman dies in suspicious circumstances (S) (AD) 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: double bill. Series 19. Detectives take sides in a family’s right-to-die court case, then Cassidy’s testimony causes a mistrial (S) 11.55 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Series 3. Goren and Eames have to deal with a murderous bank robber (S) (HD)

12.55am LA’s Finest: a transgender woman is murdered (S) (HD) 1.55 Grimm: double bill (S)3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S)

9.00am The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies(S) 1.00pm This Week on the Farm (S)2.00 Our Yorkshire Farm: four editions (S)6.00pm Our Yorkshire Farm Edith and Violet learn about lambing season. 7.00 Amanda and Clive, with two toddlers in tow, send their spring lambs to the moors. 8.00 The Owen children play a vital role in gathering the sheep for sheering. (S)9.00 Michael Palin in North Korea The actor documents life for many of the millions in North Korea, covering more than 1,300 miles from south to north of the country. (S)11.00 Holidaying with Jane McDonald and Friends Jane heads to New York and stays in the heart of Manhattan and Angellica Bell enjoys a Devon staycation weekend. (S)12 midnight The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S)3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

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6.00am Movie News 6.10 Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart 8.00 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 6.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye: three episodes. Sue must join forces with Ted Garrett to uncover a terrorist plot 7.00 The team tracks down a missing armoured car, and Sue is reunited with a college classmate 8.00 An intelligence leak causes problems for the agents 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: four editions 1.00am Murder, She Wrote 2.00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 3.00—6.00am Due South

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6.00am Royal Ballet: Tchaikovsky — Sleeping Beauty (HD) 8.30 Tales of the Unexpected: fi ve episodes (HD) 11.00 Discovering: Katharine Hepburn (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Discovering: Paul Newman (S) (AD)

(HD) 1.00pm Discovering: Lana Turner (S) (AD)

(HD) 2.00 Landscape Artist of the Year Canada(S) (HD) 3.00 The Eighties (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Queen: Live at the Rainbow (HD) 5.45 Pet Shop Boys: Inner Sanctum — The Super Tour (S) (HD)

8.00pm Guy Garvey: from the VaultsThe singer introduces music from the TV archives, starting with 1979 and unseen footage from a Kate Bush concert and an early performance by Dire Straits. (S) (HD)

9.00 The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart HHHH

qMusic documentary. Barry Gibb recalls the band’s history with

archival interviews from his brothers Robin and Maurice. Review page 33.Director Frank Marshall (2020) (S) (W) (HD)

11.00 Bee Gees: One Night OnlyThe Gibb brothers perform their greatest hits at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1997, and are joined by Celine Dion. (S)

1.10am The Great Songwriters (HD) 2.10 Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (S) (HD)

4.10 Guitar Star 2016 (S) (HD) 5.05—6.00am The Art of Architecture (S) (HD)

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend

a Broken Heart 9.00pm The band

6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Wild Japan: three editions (S) (HD)

11.00 Galapagos: triple bill (S) (HD)

2.00pm Thailand: Earth’s Tropical Paradise: three back-to-back editions (S) (HD)

5.00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide to explore Switzerland, visiting Lake Lucerne. 6.00 Michael travels through Holland and Belgium to the Forest of Compiegne.7.00 A journey through Spain, visiting the scene of an assassination attempt at a royal wedding in Madrid. (HD)

8.00 Porridge Fletcher helps Godber make it through the night, calling on his limitless imagination to while away the hours.8.40 The inmates face a day of hard labour.9.20 Fletch tries to shirk his duties. (S)

10.00 Guitar Heroes at the BBCPerformances by Carlos Santana, Peter Green, Mark Knopfl er and John Martyn.11.00 Performances by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and Fleetwood Mac. 12 midnight Featuring Status Quo, the Who, Dire Straits and Lynyrd Skynyrd. (S)

1.00—3.00am Viking Dead (S) (HD)

6.00am Homes under the Hammer (HD)

7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Helicopter ER: 13 episodes of the rescue series (HD)

9.00pm New. Unexplained: Caught on Camera: a snake hunter feels a paranormal presence while searching an abandoned bunker (HD) 10.00 Help! My House Is Haunted: paranormal investigators explore haunted houses (AD) (HD) 11.00 Ghost Adventures: a visit to a communal compound near Las Vegas (HD)

12 midnight Portals to Hell (HD) 2.00am Home Shopping 4.00—6.00am Helicopter ER (HD)

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6.00am Reith Lectures 6.50 HARDtalk 7.15 Briefi ngs 8.00 Prime Properties 8.10 Committee 10.40 Scottish FMQs 11.45 Committee 2.25pm HARDtalk 2.50 House of Lords 4.45 Parliamentary Firsts 4.50 Briefi ngs 5.50 Welsh FMQs 6.55 Reith Lectures 7.35 Committee 8.35 HARDtalk 9.00 Stormont 9.05 Week in Parliament 9.30 International Women’s Day 11.25 Ten Minute Rule Bill 11.35 Treaty of Versailles 12.20—6.00am Political Highlights

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6.00am Modern Family (S) (HD)

8.30 Trolls: Trollstopia (S) (HD)

9.45 Futurama: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow (S) (HD) 10.00 Cricket’s Funniest Moments (HD)

10.30 Soccer AM (HD) 12 noon David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive (S) (AD) (HD)

1.30pm The Simpsons (S) (HD)

3.00 Take That: Odyssey Greatest Hits Live 4.15 The Simpsons (HD)

6.15pm The Simpsons Homer has his jaw wired shut. (HD)

6.40 Marge’s former beau makes Homer an offer he can’t refuse. (HD)

7.10 The Nutty Professor HHHH

qComedy starring Eddie Murphy as both Sherman

Klump — amiable, portly science teacher — and Buddy Love — his sleek, sharp alter ego. (W) (HD)

9.00 The Da Vinci Code HHH

qMystery thriller based on the bestselling novel by Dan

Brown, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. English, French +subtitles. (S) (W) (HD)

11.45 David Blaine: Beyond Magic The illusionist entertains a host of celebrities. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.45am Dating No Filter (HD) 1.15 Resident Alien (S) (HD) 2.10 Magnum P.I. (S) (HD) 3.05 The Force: Essex (HD)

4.00—6.00am Highway Patrol (S) (AD)

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) 9.00 The Guest Wing (S) (AD) 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD)

3.35pm The Sopranos 7/13 Series 1. AJ gets into trouble.4.40 8/13. Rumours of an FBI clampdown lead to panic.5.45 9/13. Tony learns Carmela has heard intimate details of Junior’s love life and realises he could use them to his advantage.6.50 10/13. Tony’s henchmen kill a drug dealer doing business on their patch, resulting in a tidy profi t for the Soprano crew.7.55 11/13. Junior conspires with Livia when he suspects his nephew is plotting against him. (S) (HD)

9.00 Game of Thrones 1/7 Series 7. Jon organises the defence of the North, and Cersei tries to even the odds.10.10 2/7. Daenerys receives an unexpected visitor, and Tyrion plans the conquest of Westeros.11.20 3/7. Cersei returns a gift and Jaime learns from his mistakes.12.30am 4/7. Daenerys fi ghts back, Jaime faces an unexpected situation and Arya returns home.1.35 5/7. Bran has a vision of the Night King’s army. (S) (AD) (HD)

2.45 Get Shorty (S) (AD) 4.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD)

7.00am Four Weddings (S) (AD)

10.00 Most Haunted (S) 3.00pm Stargate SG-1: fi ve episodes (S)

8.00 Magnum P.I.: when an army ranger goes missing on his return home, Thomas learns of the traumatic news that could be behind his disappearance (S) 9.00 The Flight Attendant: Cassie returns to New York and crashes Alex’s memorial service, while Megan confesses that she has secrets of her own (S)

10.00 Resident Alien: Harry is on the verge of completing his mission(S) 11.00 Dating No Filter 11.30 SEAL Team: Jason returns to Bravo 12.30am The Blacklist (S) 1.30 A League of Their Own (S) (AD)3.30 Wild Vets (S) 4.45—6.00am Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh

6.00am FILM Earthstorm H8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Project Blue Book 4.00pm Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files 5.00 FILM Robin Hood: The Rebellion H7.00pm FILM Groundhog Day 5 Comedy fantasy starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell 9.00 FILM Safe HHH Action thriller starring Jason Statham and Catherine Chan. English, Mandarin, Russian +subtitles 11.00 FILM

At First Light HHH Sci-fi thriller staring Stefanie Scott 1.00am Mythica: a Quest for Heroes 3.00 Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files 4.00—6.00am FILM Monster Island H

8.00am Bull (S) (HD) 9.00 The Mentalist (S) (HD) 11.00 Bones (S)

(HD) 3.00pm NCIS (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00pm NCIS 17/24 Series 14McGee learns the previous occupant of his fl at hid an item of value within. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 18/24. The team re-investigates an apparent accidental death on behalf of a dying sailor. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Bless This Mess 19/20 Series 2. A wealthy restaurateur named Dolores comes to Bucksnort with plans to open a new diner outside of town. (S) (HD)

8.30 20/20. When a tornado touches down in Bucksnort, everyone’s concerns about their situations are heightened. (S) (HD)

9.00 The Walking Dead 20/22 Series 10. Eugene, Ezekiel, Yumiko and Princess are captured by the troopers that surrounded them at the rail yard. (S) (HD)

10.00 21/22. Daryl and Carol come to a fork in the road and head their separate ways. (S) (HD)

11.00 Family Guy Series 13Stewie impregnates himself with Brian’s DNA. (S) (HD)

11.30 Cleveland becomes a therapist and gives relationship advice to Peter and Lois. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Family Guy (S) (HD)

1.00am American Dad! (S) (HD)

2.00 Family Guy (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00am Bull (S) (HD)

8.00am Plane Resurrection 10.25 Country Music (S) 1.00pm The Civil War 4.10 Country Music: the history of the art form and how it evolved between 1964 and 1968, an era that embraced a cultural upheaval (S)

6.40pm Beautiful SerengetiLife in the region in northern Tanzania, beginning with a focus on its predators and how they hunt, from cheetahs running down gazelles to lions taking on buffalo.

7.15 Billy the Kid The story of the American outlaw who repeatedly escaped capture. The criminal with a deadly reputation was fi nally gunned down by sheriff Pat Garrett in July 1881.

8.30 Country Music The era from 1968 to 1972, when Army captain-turned-songwriter Kris Kristofferson set a new lyrical standard, and artists Bob Dylan and the Byrds found a recording home in Nashville. (S)

11.00 The Feud The story behind the confl ict between the Hatfi eld and the McCoy families, going beyond the myth to show the forces that ignited the feud that has gone down in history. (S)

12.15am Billy the Kid: the American outlaw 1.30 Country Music (S)

3.35—4.00am Beautiful Serengeti

6.00am Aerial America (HD)

1.00pm Aerial Greece (HD) 2.00 Inside the Factory (HD) 3.00 Food Factories: How They Work (HD)

6.00pm Food Factories: How They Work Gregg Wallace examines the processes used to manufacture family meals. Gadgets include robots using lasers to parcel up potato waffl es and an egg splitter that scoops up yolks to make mayonnaise. (HD)

7.00 Robert Powell on the Real Jesus of Nazareth The actor returns to the Holy Land on the 40th anniversary of Franco Zeffi relli’s TV series, in which he starred.8.00 Robert travels to Mount Precipice, the River Jordan, and Jerusalem to investigate the start of Jesus’s ministry.9.00 A look beyond the legend to reveal how Jesus built his ministry and the danger that came with it.10.00 The actor examines Jesus’s fi nal days, using Christian tradition and archaeology to separate the man from the myth. (HD)

11.00 Food Factories: How They Work Gregg Wallace unpacks the amazing engineering behind the manufacturing machines and processes of his favourite foods. (HD)

12 midnight Food Factories: How They Work (HD) 3.00—6.00am Aerial America (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (AD)

11.00 Monkey Business (AD)

1.00pm Wild Vets 3.00 The Chase 5.00 Warehouse 13 6.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 7.00 Magnum P.I.: reboot of the 1980s crime drama, starring Jay Hernandez as an ex-Navy Seal plying his trade as a private investigator in Hawaii (AD)

8.00 Hawaii Five-0 9.00 MacGyver: double bill. The team goes under cover on a college campus, then Riley helps Angus decide whether to allow his dad back into his life 11.00 Merlin: double bill 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2.00 Banged Up Abroad (HD)4.00—6.00am Police Force: Australia

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7.00am The Chase (HD) 10.00 Wheel of Fortune (AD) 12 noon Catchphrase (AD) 2.00pm Bruce’s Price Is Right 4.00 Family Fortunes 6.00 Pointless Celebrities: double bill of the general knowledge quiz with Alexander Armstrong 8.00 The Chase: quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh (HD) 9.00 The Chase Celebrity Special: former rugby player Matt Dawson, Big Brother’sSally Bercow, Coronation Street’sJack P Shepherd and comic Jimmy Carr team up to take on the Chaser(AD) (HD) 10.00 The Chase (HD)

11.00 Bullseye: eight editions of the darts-based quiz 3.00—6.00am The Chase (HD)

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7.00am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun: 11 back to back editions (HD)6.00pm Windy City Rehab: six editions. Alison Victoria buys and restores properties in her hometown of Chicago7.00 Alison takes on a box-like house from the 1990s on Wabansia Avenue8.00 Alison and Donovan tackle a landmarked home in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighbourhood 9.00 A neglected Bucktown home gets an upscale, English-style makeover 10.00 Alison is faced with a gamble when she fi nds a converted four-unit historic home11.00 Converting a huge two-fl at 1900s building in Lincoln Square back into a single-family home (HD)12 midnight—4.00am Windy City Rehab: four further editions (HD)

6.00am Mega Shippers (HD) 7.00 Mighty Trains (AD) (HD) 8.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 10.00 EFL on Quest (HD)12 noon Wheeler Dealers (HD)3.00pm Titanic: the Aftermath (HD)5.00 Aussie Gold Hunters (HD)6.00pm Wheeler Dealers (HD) 7.00 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (HD)8.00 Salvage Hunters: Drew Pritchard visits Cornwall to view a collection of classic cars (HD) 9.00 The Repair Shop: two editions (HD) 10.00 Loch Ness Monster: New Evidence (HD)12 midnight Man-Eating Super Croc(HD) 1.00am Man-Eating Super Wolves(HD) 2.00 American Chopper (HD)3.00 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers(HD) 4.00 Mighty Ships (HD)5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am Mofy 6.05 Mya Go 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Bob the Builder 6.35 Noddy in Toyland 6.45 Shane the Chef 6.50 Thomas & Friends 7.10 Fireman Sam 7.20 Ricky Zoom 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.40 Milkshake! Bop Box Boogie 8.00 The Adventures of Paddington 8.15 Paw Patrol 8.30 Pirata & Capitano 8.45 New. Butterbean’s Cafe 9.00New. Brave Bunnies 9.05 Little Princess 9.15 The World According to Grandpa 9.30 Floogals 9.40—10.00am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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6.00am Something Special: We’re All Friends 6.25 Twirlywoos 6.35 Teletubbies 6.50 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 7.00 Postman Pat: SDS 7.15 Bing 7.30 Hey Duggee 7.45 Go Jetters 8.00 Peter Rabbit 8.10 Octonauts 8.25 Chuggington 8.35 Bitz & Bob 8.45 The Furchester Hotel 9.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 9.20 Nick Cope’s Popcast 9.25 Bitz & Bob 9.50 Go Jetters 10.00 Biggleton 10.15 YolanDa’s Band Jam 10.30 Justin’s House 10.55 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 11.10 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.25 Waffl e the Wonder Dog 11.35 Molly and Mack 11.50 Topsy and Tim 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Apple Tree House 12.25 Old Jack’s Boat 12.40 Down on the Farm 1.00 Hey Duggee 1.15 Go Jetters 1.35 Bitz & Bob 1.45 Love Monster 1.55 B.O.T and the Beasties 2.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.20 Maddie’s Do You Know? 2.35 What’s On Your Head? 2.40 Timmy Time 2.45 Dog Loves Books 2.55 JoJo & Gran Gran 3.05 Topsy and Tim 3.15 Waffl e the Wonder Dog 3.25 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 3.40 Grace’s Amazing Machines 3.55 My Very First 4.10 The Toddler Club at Home 4.20 Magic Hands 4.30 Treasure Champs 4.45 Colours 4.55 CBeebies Presents Romeo and Juliet 5.45 Sarah & Duck 5.50 Charlie and Lola 6.05 Tee and Mo 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Arthur 7.10 Danger Mouse: double bill 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.05 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 8.20 Danny & Mick 8.35 Andy and the Band 8.50 New.

Monster Court 9.00 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 9.25 Danger Mouse 9.50 Odd Squad 10.15 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster 11.30 Deadly 60 12.30pm Horrible Histories 1.30 The Dengineers 2.25 Heirs of the Night 2.55 So Awkward 3.50 Almost Never: 4.45 Horrible Histories 5.45 Odd Squad 6.10 Summer Camp Island 6.30 Little Big Awesome 6.55 Danger Mouse 7.20 Sketchy Comedy 7.20 Dragons: Race to the Edge 7.45—9.00pm Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire

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6.00am Dino Dana 6.10 Mr Magoo 6.35 Thunderbirds Are Go 7.00 Mission Employable 7.05 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 7.30 Scrambled! 7.35 Mighty Mike 7.50 Craig of the Creek 8.10 Teen Titans Go! 8.30 Kung Fu Panda: the Paws of Destiny 9.05 Dave Spud 9.25 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 9.55 Captain Underpants 10.25 Dave Spud 10.55 Buck and Buddy 11.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 1.15pm The Tom and Jerry Show 1.50 Dave Spud 2.15 Hotel Transylvania 2.45 Teen Titans Go! 3.10 Buck and Buddy 3.15 NinjaGo: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu 3.45 Mr Magoo 4.25 Mighty Mike 5.00 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 5.30 Captain Underpants 6.00 Ninjago: Master of the Mountain 6.30 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 7.00 Buck and Buddy 7.05 How 7.35 Project Z 8.05 Detention Adventure 8.25 Drop Dead Weird 8.55—9.00pm Mission Employable


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Jesus of Nazareth 7.00pmThe Nutty Professor 7.10pm

Sherman Klump has a planGame of Thrones 9.00pm

Cersei goes on the offensive

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Sky 152 Virgin 138/HD 137 BT 346/HD 361

Sky 108 BT 342/HD 357

Syfy +1 Sky 252 Virgin 229

FoxSky 124 Virgin 157/HD 199 BT 349/HD 364

PBS America 84

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F’view 84 (1-11pm only) F’sat 155 Sky 174 Virgin 273 F’view (HD only) 56 F’sat 175 Sky 171 Virgin 276

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6.00am Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 12 noon Finding Escobar’s Millions (S) (HD)6.00pm Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine: pressure mounts on Jason to locate legendary “main channel” gold(HD) 7.00 Richard Hammond’s Big: Richard visits the huge Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium in London (S) (HD) 8.00 New. Blowing Up History: Seven Wonders: experts investigate the mystery behind ancient pyramids from all over the globe (HD) 10.00 Mighty Ships: the expedition cruise ship Framwhich, for the majority of the year, sails through the Arctic and Antarctic (S) (HD)11.00 Monsters of the Abyss: claims that a Second World War U-boat was attacked by a sea creature (S) (AD) (HD)1.00am Gold Divers (S) (HD) 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Shark (HD) 11.00 Ocean Giants (HD) 1.00pm Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats (HD) 2.00 Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar (HD)3.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 6.00 Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats(HD) 7.00 Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar (HD) 8.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders: triple bill. Some of the most inhospitable places on the planet 9.00 A Zambian fi sherman working above the Victoria Falls 10.00 A father and son brave deadly bees and tigers to fi nd honey (HD) 11.00 Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats (HD) 12 midnight Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar (HD)1.00am Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 2.00 The Brain with David Eagleman: four editions (AD) (HD)5.35—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am Stonehenge: Walking through History (HD) 7.00 River Hunters (HD)8.00 Winston Churchill’s War 9.00 Alone: the Beast (HD) 11.00 River Hunters (HD) 2.00pm Forged in Fire (HD)6.00 Shipwrecks: When History Resurfaces: a fl eet of sunken warships off Orkney (HD) 7.00 Banned from the Bible: double bill. The religious groups that emerged after Christ’s crucifi xion, then stories omitted from the Bible (HD)9.00 The LA Riots: 25 Years Later: a look back at the 1992 violence in Los Angeles, the most destructive riot in American history (HD) 11.00 Assembly Required: builders are challenged to create a class-A fi re extinguisher 12 midnight Banned from the Bible(HD) 2.00—6.00am Forged in Fire (HD)

6.00am Hanging with the Hendersons(S) (HD) 8.00 The Aquarium (HD) 9.00 The Zoo (S) (HD) 10.00 Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (S) (HD) 12 noon Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters (S) (HD) 6.00pmNew. Crikey! It’s the Irwins: Robert works with Bosco, an aggressive crocodile(HD) 7.00 New. The Zoo: San Diego: Arthur, a southern white rhino calf, arrives (HD) 8.00 Alien Sharks: Stranger Fins (S) (HD) 9.00 Cuba’s Secret Shark Lair: hammerhead and great white sharks (S) (HD) 10.00 Devil Sharks (S) (HD) 11.00 Lone Star Law (S) (HD)1.00am Alien Sharks: Stranger Fins (S) (HD) 2.00 Animal Cops San Francisco(S) (AD) 3.00 The Aquarium (HD) 3.50 The Zoo (S) (HD)4.40 How Do Animals Do That (HD) 5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am Discovering: Eli Wallach(S) (AD) 7.00 Discovering: Richard Widmark (S) (AD) 8.00 Discovering: Terence Stamp (S) (AD) 9.00 First Ladies (S) (AD) 12.50pm Driving Force (S) 1.55 The Biggest Little Farm (S) 3.40 Pretending I’m a Superman: the Tony Hawk Video Game Story (S) 5.05 FILM Tina HHHH Celebration of Tina Turner’s life and career (W)

7.05pm Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind Natasha Gregson Wagner presents a unique insight into her mother’s life and movie career. (S) (AD)

9.00 New. Audrey: More than an Icon A look back at the life, loves and career of Audrey Hepburn, who made waves in the fi lm and fashion industries during the Golden Age of Hollywood. (S)

10.55 I Am Heath Ledger

q HHHH A showcase of the life and work of Heath Ledger.

Through archive footage, home videos and original interviews, the fi lm reveals the man behind the movie roles and offers a fascinating insight into the life of a gifted artist. (S) (AD) (W)

12.55am Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (S) 2.40 Requiem for the Dead: an American Spring 2014 (S)

4.00—6.00am Fish Town (S)

6.00am Ol Pejeta Diaries (S) (HD)8.00 Arabian Seas (S) (HD) 1.00pm New Kids in the Wild (HD) 2.00 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (HD) 3.00 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm Secret Life of the Kangaroo How the eastern grey kangaroos come together in “mobs” to bond over food.6.00 This episode follows a joey facing a battle for survival, from predators to extreme conditions.7.00 The drive to continue the species facing males, . (S) (HD)

8.00 In for the Kill Footage of one of the most dramatic moments in nature — a predator claiming its prey. (S) (HD)

9.00 Deadly Hunters Following venomous predators, who hide beneath logs, in trees, burrows or long grass. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 New Kids in the WildThe documentary introduces a cheetah called Usana, born with the odds stacked against her. (HD)

11.00 Great Parks of AfricaThe ancient landscape of the Great Karoo in South Africa. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Zambia Untamed (S)

(HD) 1.00am Big Beasts: Last of the Giants (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 In for the Kill (S) (HD) 3.00 Deadly Hunters(S) (AD) (HD) 4.00—6.00am Wild Birds of Australia (S) (HD)

6.00am Stop, Search, Seize (S)

(AD) (HD) 7.00 UK Border Force (S)

(HD) 8.00 Border Patrol (S)

9.00 The Real A&E (S) (HD)

10.00 Paramedics Australia (S) (HD)

11.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD)

12 noon Caught on Dashcam (HD)

1.00pm Stop, Search, Seize (S) (AD)

(HD) 2.00 Nothing to Declare (S)

7.00pm Blue Bloods 11/22 Series 1. An unsolved case from Frank’s past returns to haunt him when a boy’s body is discovered at a building site. (HD)

8.00 12/22. Danny and Frank investigate the murder of a Russian mobster’s son. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Coroner 6/10 Series 3Ross becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. (HD)

10.00 Private Eyes 9/12 Series 4Actor Ben Riggs hires Matt and Angie to fi nd out who stole his priceless wristwatch. (HD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1/24 Series 12A girl is believed to have been abducted from her home. (S) (HD)

12 midnight 2/24. Benson and Stabler investigate the rape of a ten-year-old girl. (S) (HD)

1.00am Blue Bloods: double bill(S) (AD) (HD) 3.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare (S) (AD)

7.15am Hudson & Rex (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Father Brown (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Death in Paradise (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00pm Murdoch Mysteries (S) (HD)

5.00pm Death in Paradise 1/8 Series 6. A scientist studying a live volcano is found dead halfway up the mountain, and the evidence points to a heart attack. 6.20 2/8. The Saint Marie Literary Festival is rocked by the death of a literature student — and Florence’s childhood friend.7.40 3/8. Humphrey and Martha’s romantic weekend on a remote island is cut short when the hotel owner is stabbed to death in his room. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Father Brown 10/10 Series 2. A day at a local hill-climb track ends with a driver being killed, and Sullivan is furious that Father Brown is persisting with his personal investigation. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Major Crimes 7/13 Series 6. The squad investigates a second death related to their current case. Gus has an unexpected response to Rusty’s solution to their relationship issues. (HD)

11.00 Death in Paradise As 5pm.

12 midnight Evil (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am Harrow (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Copper(S) (HD) 3.00—4.00am Motive (HD)

7.10am The Vicar of Dibley: 15 back-to-back episodes (S) (AD)

6.05pm The Vicar of DibleyThe residents are up in arms when the water company wants to turn the village into a reservoir. (S) (AD)

7.00 Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutDawn French, Richard Curtis and a host of guest stars remember their favourite Dibley moments, and enjoy some unseen footage from the show. (S) (HD)

9.00 Mrs Brown’s BoysEverybody has a date on 14 February — except a disappointed Agnes. Can she really start internet dating at her age? (S) (HD)

9.40 Agnes’s children suspect that one of them might be adopted. Mark and Betty decide to move to Australia. (S) (HD)

10.20 All Round to Mrs Brown’sMammy is joined by Michael Ball and Sunetra Sarker. Ghost-hunter Yvette Fielding joins Dermot and Buster on a spooky tour, and The Vamps perform in Foley’s. (S) (HD)

11.40 Live at the ApolloWith Lee Nelson, Stewart Francis and Paul Chowdhry. (S) (HD)

12.40am Royle Family Portraits(S) (AD) (HD) 2.50—4.00am All Round to Mrs Brown’s (S) (HD)

6.10am The Bill (S) 11.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (S) (HD) 3.00pm The Shift: Women on the Force (S) (AD) (HD)6.00 The Shift: Women on the Force: triple bill. Response PC Becci deals with the fall out of a drink-drive case 7.00 Senior crime-scene investigator Jade is called out to a sudden death in Keighley8.00 Acting Sergeant Charlotte is called out after a stolen-car chase in Huddersfi eld (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Louis Theroux: America’s Most Hated Family in Crisis (S) (AD) (HD) 10.20 Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (AD) (HD) 11.20 The Catherine Tate Show (S) (AD)12.35am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan: four editions (S) (HD)2.30—3.00am Disaster DIY (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Highway Patrol (S) 11.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (S) 2.00pm Caught on Dashcam (S) (AD) 4.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 6.00 Killer in My Village: double bill. A 17-year-old whose body was found dumped in the Thames, followed by a look into the investigation of 16-year-old Leanne Tiernan’s murder(S) (HD) 8.00 The Real Manhunter: Delroy Grant: how the serial rapist’s reign of terror was brought to an end(HD) 9.40 Dahmer on Dahmer: a Serial Killer Speaks: journalist Nancy Glass investigates the crimes of American serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer (S) 11.15 Britain’s Most Evil Killers: fi ve back-to-back editions (S) (HD)4.00am Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (AD)5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol (S) (HD)

8.00am Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders (HD) 9.00 Egypt’s Sun King: Secrets and Treasures (HD) 10.00 Secret Lives of the Apostles (HD) 11.00 King Solomon’s Treasures (HD) 12 noon Ultimate Viking Sword (HD) 1.00pm Buried Secrets of the Bible (S) (HD)3.00 China’s Megatomb: Secrets of the Terracotta Army (HD) 4.00 Lost Empire of Easter Island (HD) 5.00 Lost Tombs of the Pyramids (HD)6.00pm Head of John the Baptist (S) (AD) (HD) 7.00 The Jesus Mysteries(HD) 8.00 Riddles of the Bible (HD)9.00 Ultimate Tutankhamun: new research surrounding the Egyptian pharaoh’s death (HD) 10.00 Valley of the Mummies (HD) 12 midnight Atlas of Cursed Places (S) (HD) 2.00—5.00am Lost Treasures of Egypt (S) (HD)

6.00am Combat Dealers (S) (AD)7.00 Mighty Ships (S) 8.00 Expedition Unknown 10.00 Blowing Up History(S) 1.00pm Nasa’s Unexplained Files(S) 5.00 Expedition Unknown 6.00pm Mysteries at the Museum: the origins of a lost civilisation 7.00 Combat Dealers: Bruce Crompton is tasked with creating a display based on the French Resistance (S) 8.00 Expedition Unknown: triple bill. Josh Gates searches for evidence that King Arthur was real 9.00 Exploring the true stories behind the legend of Robin Hood 10.00 The ancient origins and modern legacy of the vampire legend (S) 11.00 World War II: Witness to War (S) 1.00am Blowing Up History (S) 4.00—6.00am Nasa’s Unexplained Files (S)

8.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00pm Michael McIntyre’s Easter Night at the Coliseum (S) 3.00 FILM Matilda HHHH Comic fantasy starring Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito (S) (HD) 5.00 FILM The Princess Bride HHHH

Fantasy adventure starring Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin (S) 7.00 FILM

You, Me and Dupree HH Comedy starring Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon (S) (HD) 9.00 FILM The Intern HHH Comedy starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway (S) (HD)11.30 FILM 40 Days and 40 Nights HHH Romantic comedy starring Josh Hartnett (S) (HD) 1.30am Lee Evans — Monsters (S) (HD)3.00 South Park (S) (HD) 3.25—5.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am Will & Grace 20 back-to-back episodes of the American comedy (HD)6.00pm Will & Grace: six more back-to-back episodes of the comedy starring Eric McCormack and Debra Messing (HD) 9.00 Ricky Gervais: Fame: highlights of the comedian’s stand-up show tackling the world of fame 10.30 Work in Progress: sitcom starrring Abby McEnany 11.45 Room 104: a student preparing for his graduation ceremony refl ects on his life and relives memories of the moments that shaped him (S) (HD) 12.15am Girls: comedy following the exploits of four cash-strapped twenty-something women struggling to fi nd their feet amid the bustle of New York. Starring Lena Dunham (HD) 2.35—5.00am Everybody Hates Chris (HD)


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Animal PlanetSky 123 Virgin 270 BT 354/HD 369

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7.00pm Favourite momentsDeath in Paradise 7.40pm

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7.15am Four Kids and It As 2.05pm 9.10 Back to the Future 5 Brilliant sci-fi comedy.(1985, PG) 11.10 Combat Wombat HHH Animated adventure. Deborah Mailman (2020, U) 12.40pm Adventures in Zambezia HH Animated adventure. Jeremy Suarez (2012, U)

2.05pm Four Kids and It HHHH Fantasy drama in which children encounter a magical beach creature. Matthew Goode (2020, 12)

4.00 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5 The fi rst part in Peter Jackson’s trilogy. Elijah Wood (2001, PG)

7.00 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to Mordor. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen (2002, 12)

10.00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5Magnifi cent conclusion to the trilogy. Elijah Wood (2003, 12) 1.20am As 9.10am 3.20 Four Kids and It As 2.05pm 5.25 As 11.10am

7.00am Norbit As 4.20pm 8.45 The Nutty Professor As 6.15pm 10.35 Boomerang HHH Comedy.Eddie Murphy (1992, 15) 12.35pm The Golden Child HH Action comedy.Eddie Murphy (1986, PG) 2.20 Coming to America As 11.20pm 4.20 Norbit HRomantic comedy. Eddie Murphy (2007, 12)

6.15pm The Nutty Professor HHHH Eddie Murphy is on top form in this thoroughly enjoyable comedy remake. (1996, 12)

8.00 48 HRS HHHH Action thriller about a cop who has to enlist a convict to help him solve a case. Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy (1982, 15)

9.40 Another 48 HRS HH

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte resume their alliance in this sequel to the hit comedy thriller. (1990, 18)

11.20pm Coming to America HHH A pampered African prince looks for a wife in New York. Eddie Murphy (1988, 15) 1.20am BoomerangAs 10.35am 3.20 48 HRS As 8pm 5.00 The Golden Child As 12.35pm

6.15am Beverly Hills Cop As 6.30pm 8.15 Ender’s Game As 8.30pm 10.15 Batman Begins HHHH Gripping action fantasy.Christian Bale (2005, 12) 12.40pm Twister HHH Engrossing adventure. (1996, PG) 2.40 Speed 5 Exciting thriller. Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper (1994, 15)

4.40pm Battle of Leningrad HHH Epic Russian war drama loosely based on a real event.Maria Melnikova, Andrey Mironov-Udalov (2019, 15)

6.30 Beverly Hills Cop HHHH

Eddie Murphy brings swagger to the role of a streetwise cop in this blockbuster comedy. (1984, 15)

8.30 Ender’s Game HHH Sci-fi adventure about a teenage boy whose gaming skills might save the world. Harrison Ford (2013, 12)

10.25pm The Man from UNCLEHHH The TV spy series gets a big-screen makeover. Henry Cavill (2015, 12)12.25am Batman Begins As 10.15am 2.50 Twister As 12.40pm 4.45 Speed As 2.40pm

6.50am Ocean’s Eleven HHHH

Action crime caper. George Clooney (2001, 12) 8.50 Ocean’s Twelve HH Glossy sequel. Brad Pitt (2004, 12) 11.00 Ocean’s Thirteen HH The crew is out for revenge. (2007, PG) 1.10pm Close Encounters of the Third Kind 5 Sci-fi drama. (1998, PG)

3.30pm The Faculty HHH

High-school misfi ts uncover an alien invasion. Josh Hartnett (1998, 15)

5.15 The English Patient 5 Sweeping epic romantic war drama. Ralph Fiennes (1996, 15)

8.00 Jerry Maguire HHHH

Witty and moving romantic comedy drama. Tom Cruise (1996, 15)

10.20 Hancock HHH

A superhero is given a chance to rebuild his image. Will Smith (2008, 12)

11.55pm The Taking of Pelham 123 HH Retread of the 1974 New York subway hijack classic. Denzel Washington (2009, 15) 1.45am Fatal Attraction HHHH Thriller. Michael Douglas (1987, 18) 3.55 As 5.15pm

11.00am Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Long Haul HH A family road trip goes predictably awry in a patchy, rather strained fourth fi lm inspired by the children’s books.Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone (2017, U) (S)

12.50pm Shrek the Third HHH

Enjoyable outing for the grumpy ogre, with Shrek searching for the heir to the throne of Far Far Away.Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz (2007, U) (S)

2.35 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted HHH Hyperactive third fi lm in which Alex and friends team up with circus animals to get back home to New York. (2012, PG) (S)

4.20 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York HHH Macaulay Culkin fi nds himself separated from his family once again in this enjoyably slapstick comedy sequel. Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern (1992, PG)

6.40pm Mrs Doubtfi re HHHH

Comedy drama in which a father disguises himself as a nanny in order to be with his children after he splits from his wife. Review p33. Robin Williams, Sally Field (1993, PG) (S) (AD)

9.00 The Hitman’s Bodyguard HHHH Ryan Reynolds has to deliver killer Samuel L Jackson to court in a mismatched buddy movie that’s packed with gags and thrills. Gary Oldman (2017, 15) (S) (AD)

11.20 Return of the Living Dead HHH Enjoyable horror comedy that’s a semi-sequel of sorts to to the 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead. Clu Gulager (1984, 18) (S)

1.10—3.35am Train to Busan HHHH Superb South Korean zombie horror that delivers tense, nerve-shredding excitement in spades. Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok (2016, 15)

6.00am Port of New York HH

Crime drama. Scott Brady (1949) (S) 7.40 The Six Men HH Crime drama.Harold Warrender (1951) (S) 9.00 Saturday Morning PicturesA selection of vintage cartoons and serials,plus the rollicking Children’s Film Foundation yarn Peril for the Guy. 12 noon The Scarlet Blade HH

Swashbuckling drama. Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed (1963, PG) 1.40pm The Night My Number Came Up HHH

Drama. Michael Redgrave (1955, PG) (S) 3.40 Lifeboat HHHH Second World War drama. Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix (1944, PG) (S) 5.35 Night Mail 5 Classic documentary. (1936)

6.00pm Scotland Yard Crime drama television series.6.35 The Long and the Short and the Tall HHH Studio-bound tale of justice in the Burmese jungle. Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey (1960, PG)

8.40 House of Strangers HHH

Crime drama from All About Eve director Joseph L Mankiewicz, starring Edward G Robinson as a crooked banker. Review p33. (1949)

10.45 Personal Services HHH

Curiously coy and gently witty look at the unconventional careerof “luncheon voucher madam” Cynthia Payne. Julie Walters (1987, 18)

12.55am Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean HHHH Drama. (1982, 15) (S)3.05 Port of Escape HHH Crime drama. (1956, PG) (S) 4.35 Glimpses5.00—6.00am The Detectives

8.00am Battlestar Galactica1.00pm Dracula HHHH Classic horror.Bela Lugosi (1931, PG) 2.30 Frankenstein 5 Atmospheric horror. Colin Clive (1931, PG) 3.55 The Mummy HHH

Horror. Boris Karloff (1932, PG) 5.25 The Wolf Man HHHH Horror. (1941, PG)

6.50pm Creature from the Black Lagoon HHHH Seminal horror that earns its place as a chilling cult classic. Richard Carlson (1954, PG)

8.30 Tales from the Darkside TV horror anthology series.9.00 The Quiet Ones HHH

Heart-stopping moments and potent performances help make up for the overfamiliar plot of this science v occult shocker. Jared Harris (2013, 15)

10.55 Resident Evil HHH

Amnesiac Milla Jovovich takes on ravenous zombies in this effective sci-fi action horror adapted from the video game. Michelle Rodriguez (2002, 15)

12.55am Bait HH Horror thriller.Sharni Vinson, Xavier Samuel (2012, 15) 2.45—4.30am Blood Out HH

Crime action thriller. Luke Goss (2011, 18)



9.00am A Bundle of Trouble: an Aurora Teagarden Mystery 10.45 Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Dead Over Heels 12.30pm Krull HHH

Fantasy adventure. Ken Marshall (1983, PG) 2.50 Mother Lode HH Scenic adventure. Charlton Heston, Nick Mancuso, Kim Basinger (1982, PG) 4.55 Tracker HHH

Satisfying Kiwi western about a Boer War veteran hunting down a Maori seaman wanted for murder.Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison (2010, 12)

7.00pm Hours HHH Gripping battle-against-adversity thriller in which a father attempts to keep his baby daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Paul Walker (2013, 12)

9.00 Road to Perdition HHHH

Tom Hanks plays a hitman who fi nds his professional and family loyalties put to the test in this riveting period crime drama. Paul Newman (2002, 15)

11.20 Lions for Lambs HH

A-list ensemble drama that tackles post-9/11 US foreign policy, with Tom Cruise’s presidential hopeful sparring with Meryl Streep’sTV reporter. Robert Redford (2007, 15)

1.10am Mojave HHH A drifter latches onto a jaded Hollywood director in this handsome psycho-thriller. Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund (2014, 15) 3.15—5.50am Queen of the Desert HH Beautifully fi lmed biopic about aristocratic adventurer Gertrude Bell. Nicole Kidman (2015, PG)

6.00am The First Rebel HHH

Western. John Wayne (1939, U) 7.30 Fort Apache 5 Western. John Wayne (1948, U) 10.05 Reap the Wild Wind HHH Adventure. John Wayne (1942, PG) 12.35pm Tall in the Saddle HHH

Western. John Wayne (1944, U) 2.25 The Shepherd of the Hills HHH

Adventure. (1941, PG) 4.30 Flying Leathernecks HH Second World War action drama. John Wayne (1951, PG)

6.40pm Jet Pilot HH Clumsy drama in which a US airman helps a Russian pilot to defect. John Wayne (1957, U)

9.00 Pistol Whipped HH

A washed-up ex-cop gets a wake-up call in this predictable action drama. Steven Seagal (2008, 15)

11.05 The Mercenary: Absolution HH A hitman is diverted from his latest job by a woman on the run from a crime boss. Steven Seagal (2015, 18) 1.00am Drive HHHH Stylish crime drama. Ryan Gosling (2011, 18) 3.00—4.00am The War in the Desert

6.00am Roxanne HHHH Romantic comedy. Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah (1987, PG) 8.10 The Running Man HHHH

Crime drama. Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick (1963, PG) 10.15 84 Charing Cross Road HHHH Biographical drama.Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins (1986, U) 12.20pm Hanover Street HH

Romantic Second World War drama.Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down (1979, PG) 2.30 Move Over, Darling HHHH Comedy.Doris Day, James Garner (1963, U) 4.45 Summer Holiday HHH Musical comedy. Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters (1962, U)

6.55pm Georgy Girl HHHH

Warm, offbeat 1960s comedy drama in which a dowdy young girl falls for the boyfriend of her glamorous fl atmate. Lynn Redgrave (1966, 12)

9.00 The Graduate 5 Dustin Hoffman stars as a college graduate who fi nds himself adrift in the adult world in this landmark satirical comedy drama. Anne Bancroft (1967, 15)

11.15 10 Rillington Place 5Chilling crime drama based onthe case of notorious killer John Reginald Christie. Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt (1970, 15)

1.25am The Last Posse HH

Western. Broderick Crawford (1953, U) 2.55 Tunes of Glory HHHH Drama.Alec Guinness (1960, PG) 4.45—6.00am Operation Dames HH Wartime romance. Eve Meyer, Chuck Henderson (1959)

House of Strangers 111 8.40pm Talking Pictures TV

Banker Edward G Robinson makes it big in New York City, but when he’s put on trial, his discontented sons seize control of the business

7.00am Seized HH Action thriller.Scott Adkins (2020, 15) 8.45 As 9.50pm 10.30 i Scoob! As 6pm 12.15pm As 7.50pm 2.10 The Blackout: Invasion Earth HHH Sci-fi action drama. Pyotr Fyodorov (2019, 15) 4.20 Eternal Beauty HHHH Romantic comedy drama. Sally Hawkins (2019, 15)

6.00pm i Scoob! HH Breezy cartoon reboot in which the gang attempt to stop the ghost dog Cerberus from rising. (2020, PG)

7.50 Antebellum HHH

Janelle Monáe takes on dual roles in this mind-bending, time-hopping thriller. Eric Lange (2020, 15)

9.50 Save Yourselves! HHH

Silly sci-fi comedy about a pair of 30-somethings who come across an alien invasion. Sunita Mani (2020)

11.30pm Six Minutes to Midnight HHH Intriguing spy drama. Eddie Izzard (2019, 12) 1.15am As 2.10pm 3.25 The Racer HHH Cycling drama.Louis Talpe (2020, 15) 5.10 As 4.20pm

6.10am Safe As 6.10pm 8.00 Bloodshot As 8pm 10.00 Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island As 10pm 12 noon Just Go with It HH Romantic comedy. Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston (2011, 12) 2.10pm Fun with Dick and Jane HH Crime comedy. Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni (2005, 12)

3.55pm Emma HHHH Anya Taylor-Joy plays the meddling romantic in this handsome Jane Austen adaptation. Johnny Flynn (2020, U)

6.10 Safe HHH A former cage fi ghter must protect a maths genius from a crime organisation in this action fl ick. Jason Statham (2011, 15)

8.00 Bloodshot HH Sci-fi action adventure starringVin Diesel as an augmented super-soldier. Eiza Gonzalez (2020, 12)

10.00pm Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island HH Perfunctory horror.Michael Peña, Maggie Q (2020, 15) 12 midnight Just Go with It As 12pm 2.10am Fun with Dick and Jane As 2.10pm 3.55 Emma As 3.55pm

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Horror Channel 68

Sony Movies 33

F’view 41 (limited) F’sat 305 Sky 323 Virgin 426

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6.00am Greatest Games 7.00 Premier League Football 7.30 Match Pack 8.00 World 8.30 Premier League Football 9.00 Match Pack9.30 Saturday Social 10.30 Soccer AM12 noon Match Pack 12.30pm World1.00 Premier League Football 1.30 Match Pack 2.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

5.00 LIVE Premier League Football Leicester City v Man City;7.45 Arsenal v Liverpool. 10.30 Premier League Football2.00am Gary Neville’s Soccerbox3.00 Greatest Games (AD) 4.00 Best Goals (AD) 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)

Sky CricketSky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 BT 423/HD 443

6.00am Best of the 2015 Indian Premier League 10.30 International One-Day Cricket 11.30 Cricket Show12.30pm International One-Day Cricket 1.30 Cricket Show 2.30 Best of the 2015 Indian Premier League6.45 T20 Cricket 7.00 Cricket Show8.00 International One-Day Cricket9.00 Best of the 2015 Indian Premier League11.00 International One-Day Cricket12 midnight Best of the 2015 Indian Premier League 2.00am Best of the 2016 Indian Premier League3.00 T20 Cricket 4.00 Best of the Indian Premier League 5.00—6.00am T20 Cricket: Indian Premier League

Sky ActionSky 407 Virgin 517/HD 507 BT 426/HD 446

6.00am Extreme E: season preview

7.00 LIVE Extreme E Desert X-Prix.8.30 Extreme E: the Electric Dream 9.30 How to Build an Extreme E Car 10.00 Extreme E: the Electric Dream 11.00 LIVE Extreme E Desert X-Prix, rounds three and four.12.30pm Motorsport Mundial 1.00 NFL4.00 Basketball 9.00 Boxing2.00am The Darts Show 2.30 Darts5.45—6.00am Darts Gold

Sky ArenaSky 408 Virgin 518/HD 508 BT 427/HD 447

6.00am Netball 8.00 Life Lessons through Sport 8.30 Super League

9.30 LIVE NRL Gold Coast Titans v Canberra Raiders (kick-off 9.35). 11.30 Super League: highlights12 noon LIVE Super League Salford Red Devils v Hull FC;2.15pm Huddersfi eld Giants v Catalans Dragons (kick-off 2.30).4.45 Super League 5.30 The Darts Show 6.00 Darts: Premier League 9.00 The Darts Show 9.30 NBA 11.30 Super League 12 midnight LIVE NBA Washington Wizards v Dallas Mavericks. 2.30am NBA Champions 2011 Dallas Mavericks (AD) 4.00—6.00am Pool

Sky MixSky 416 Virgin 520/HD 510 BT 429/HD 449

7.00—8.30am LIVE Extreme E Desert X-Prix, rounds one and two.11.00—12.30pm LIVE Extreme E Desert X-Prix, rounds three and four.

Eurosport 1Sky 410 Virgin 521 BT 412/HD 435

6.00am Snowboarding 7.00 Cycling9.00 Snooker 11.00 Snowboarding12 noon Cycling: the Across Flanders race

1.00pm LIVE Cycling The one-day GP Miguel Indurain race.3.00 Cycling 6.00 Snooker 8.00 Cycling 10.00 Olympic Games: Far from Home 11.00 Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting2.00 Cycling 4.00 Snooker 5.00 Triathlon 5.30—6.40am Snowboarding

BT Sport 1Sky 413 Virgin 527 BT 408/HD 430

6.00am BT Sport Reload 6.30 MotoGP 7.00 Champions League 7.30 Premier League Football 8.00 Wrestling 10.30 Scottish Football11.00 The Number’s Game (AD)

11.30 LIVE Premier League Football Chelsea v West Brom.3.00pm BT Sport Score 5.15 LIVE German Football9.30 Wrestling 11.00 Reload 11.15 Ultimate Kricket Challenge11.45pm—6.00am LIVE Women’s International One-Day Cricket


6.00am Scottish Football

6.30 LIVE Australian Rules Football Essendon v St Kilda. 9.30 ESPN FC 10.00 Premier League Football 11.00 MotoGP 11.15 LIVE MotoGP From Doha.2.15pm Reload (AD) 2.30 Sailing 3.00 LIVE MotoGP Qualifying.7.00 Europa League Football 7.30 BT Sport Reload (AD)

7.45 LIVE French Football10.00 Uefa Documentaries (AD) 11.00 Australian Football12 midnight LIVE MLB 3.00am Champions League Football 3.30 UFC (AD) 4.30 Fishing (AD) 5.30—6.00am The Football Archives (AD)


6.00am Rugby Union (AD)

9.00 LIVE Australian Football Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers (kick-off 9.05).11.00 Test Cricket12 noon LIVE Rugby Union

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2.45pm Munster v Toulouse;5.15 Exeter Chiefs v Lyon. See p48.7.45 LIVE Rugby Union Leicester Tigers v Connacht.10.15 Reload (AD) 10.30 German Football 3.00—6.00am French Football

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6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 Reload (AD) 6.45 Around the Horn 7.15 Pardon the Interruption 7.45 Reload (AD) 8.00 Basketball: NCAA action

10.00 LIVE Australian Rules Football West Coast Eagles v Port Adelaide Power (bounce-up 10.10).1.00pm BT Sport Takeover (AD) 1.30 MLB: Caps Off2.45 LIVE Rugby Union Ospreys v Newcastle Falcons (kick-off 3.00);5.15 Dragons v Northampton Saints at Rodney Parade (kick-off 5.30). 7.30 LIVE Basketball NCAA.12.30am MLB: Caps Off 1.30 LIVE BasketballCollege action.4.00 MLB 4.15—6.00am Basketball


6.00am World Superbikes 7.00 Motor Racing 8.00 Extreme E 9.00 Ski Jumping 10.00 Figure Skating 11.00 Cycling 12 noon Hall of Fame: Greatest Gymnasts 1.00pm British Superbikes

3.00 LIVE Weightlifting4.45 Ski Jumping: World Cup 6.00 LIVE Weightlifting 7.45 Weightlifting 8.45 Motorcycling9.00 British Superbikes 11.00 Motor Racing 12 midnight Extreme E1.00am Cycling 2.00 Snowboarding3.00 Figure Skating 4.00 Cycling5.00—6.00am World Superbikes

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6.00am Sky Sports News

7.00 LIVE Extreme E8.30 Sky Sports News 9.30 Saturday Social 10.30 Soccer AM12 noon LIVE Championship Football Huddersfi eld v Brentford.2.45pm LIVE Super League Huddersfi eld Giants v Catalans Dragons at Totally Wicked Stadium.4.45 Super League Highlights5.00 LIVE Premier League Football Leicester City v Man City; 7.45 Arsenal v Liverpool.10.30 LIVE PGA Tour Golf11.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf2.00—6.00am Sky Sports News

Sky FootballSky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 BT 422/HD 442

6.00am Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 League One and Two Goals 7.30 Countdowns (AD) 8.00 Years (AD) 8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 League One and Two Goals9.30 Saturday Social 10.30 Soccer AM

12 noon LIVE Championship Football Huddersfi eld v Brentford 3.00pm League One and Two Goals3.30 Championship Highlights7.00 League One and Two Goals7.30 Championship Highlights10.00 SPFL Greatest Games 10.30 Scottish Premiership Football12 midnight Classic Play-Off Final 1.00am EFL Cup Retro 5.45—6.00am One2Eleven: Ryan Giggs (AD)

Sky GolfSky 405 Virgin 515/HD 505 BT 424/HD 444

6.00am LPGA Tour Golf12 noon Golf Academy 12.30pm Her Final Putt: Suzann Pettersen

1.15 LIVE PGA Tour Golf The third day of the Valero Texas Open. 5.00 LIVE Women’s Golf The Augusta National Women’s Amateur.8.00 LIVE PGA Tour Golf The third day of the Valero Texas Open.11.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf The ANA Inspiration in California.2.00am Feherty Talks To 3.00 PGA Tour Golf 5.00—6.00am Golf Academy

Amazon Prime2.00pm LIVE Premier League Football Leeds Utd v Sheffi eld Utd at Elland Road (kick-off 3.00).

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11.25am—1.30pm LIVE Italian Football AC Milan v Sampdoria. 7.30—10.00 LIVE Scottish Cup Football Celtic v Falkirk, third-round tie from Celtic Park (kick-off 7.30).

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6.15am As 10pm 8.05 As 3.50pm 10.15 Dolittle As 8pm 12.15pm Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet As 11.50pm 1.55 Millions HHHH Comedy drama.James Nesbitt (2004, 12) 3.50 Malefi cent: Mistress of Evil HH Fantasy adventure. Angelina Jolie (2019, PG)

6.00pm Paddington 2 5Charming sequel with a raft of oddball aliases courtesy of Hugh Grant’s villain. Ben Whishaw (2017, PG)

8.00 Dolittle H The animal-friendly medic goes on a globe-trotting adventure in this family comedy. Robert Downey Jr (2019, PG)

10.00 The Dark Crystal HHHH

This inspired Muppet-style fantasy adventure will enchant children and adults alike. Stephen Garlick (1982, PG)

11.50 Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet HH Pleasant fantasy.Kyler Charles Beck (2020, PG) 1.30am MillionsAs 1.55pm 3.20 Paddington 2 As 6pm 5.20 Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet As 11.50pm

7.20am Birds of a Feather HH

Adventure. Kate Winslet (2019, U) 9.05 As 6pm 10.50 As 7.45pm 12.40pm As 9.35pm 2.20 Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga’Hoole HHH Fantasy adventure. Jim Sturgess (2010, PG) 4.10 Turbo HHHH Fun comedy adventure. Ryan Reynolds (2013, U)

6.00pm Abominable HHH

A yeti escapes a laboratory and is helped by three kids to get home to the Himalayas. (2019, U)

7.45 The Angry Birds Movie 2 HHH Colourful, fun comedy sequel that features a top-notch voice cast. Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad (2019, U)

9.35 Shaun the Sheep Movie HHHH Mossy Bottom Farm’s mischief-maker gets a feature-length adventure. Justin Fletcher (2015, U)

11.15pm Fantastica: a Boonie Bears Adventure 12.55am Birds of a Feather As 7.20am 2.40 TurboAs 4.10pm 4.20 Charming HH

Musical adventure. Demi Lovato, Wilmer Valderrama (2018, PG) 5.50 As 2.20pm

6.45am Panic Room As 2.35pm 8.45 Paydirt As 4.35pm 10.15 The Good Liar As 6.05pm 12.15pm Shutter Island As 8pm 2.35 Panic Room HHH Tense thriller. Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker (2002, 15) 4.35 Paydirt HH Action crime thriller. Luke Goss, Val Kilmer (2020, 15)

6.05pm The Good Liar HH

A confi dence trickster targets a vulnerable widow in this admirably dark drama. Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen (2019, 15)

8.00 Shutter Island HHH

Stylish thriller in which Leonardo DiCaprio investigates a missing mental asylum patient. (2009, 15)

10.20 Gone Girl HHHH

Absorbing thriller about a man under suspicion after his wife disappears. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike (2014, 18)

12.50am Manhunter HHHH

A former FBI profi ler is on the trail of a serial killer. William Petersen, Brian Cox (1986, 18) 3.05 The Wolf Hour HH

Mystery thriller. Naomi Watts (2019, 15) 5.00 Sky Cinema Preview

7.30am As 8.20pm 9.15 As 6.45pm 10.55 As 11.40pm 12.35pm AVP: Alien vs Predator HHH

Fast-paced sci-fi thriller. (2004, 15) 2.25 Batman Unlimited: Mechs v Mutants3.45 Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem5.10 Jurassic Park III HHH Sci-fi adventure. Sam Neill (2001, PG)

6.45pm The Grudge HH This second American remake of the cult Japanese shocker retains the creepy, demonic premise. (2020, 15)

8.20 Zombieland: Double Tap HH The undead-slaying foursome return, with inventive visuals and plot twists aplenty. Woody Harrelson (2019, 15)

10.05 Crawl HHHH Taut horror thriller about alligators invading the crawl-space of a Florida family home. Kaya Scodelario (2019, 15)

11.40pm The Hole HHH Cute teen horror. Chris Massoglia (2009, 12) 1.15am As 12.35pm 3.00 Crawl As 10.05pm 4.30 Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem 5.55 Batman Unlimited: Mechs v Mutants


6.00am Off Set6.15 The Lusty Men HHH Western. Susan Hayward (1952, U) 8.35 Task Force HH Action drama.Gary Cooper (1949, U) 11.05 Strangerson a Train 5 Thriller. (1951, PG) 1.15pm Good Day for a Hanging HH Western. (1958, U) 3.00 Sierra StrangerHH Western. (1957, U)

4.40pm The Gun Hawk HH

Low-budget western drama about a gunfi ghter in the twilight of his career. Rory Calhoun (1963, U)

6.40 Chisum HH Rambling John Wayne movie telling the tale of the man who fi rst hired Billy the Kid. Forrest Tucker (1970, PG)

9.00 Blade II HHH Wesley Snipes returns as the half-human/half-vampire vigilante in this classy horror thriller. (2002, 18)

11.25pm District 9 HHHH Sci-fi action drama. Sharlto Copley (2009, 15) 1.50am The Counterfeit Traitor HHH War drama. (1962) 4.30 Hollywood’s Best Film Directors

7.00am Adopt a Highway HHH

Subtle indie drama. Ethan Hawke (2019, 15) 8.30 Almost Famous As 6.15pm 11.20 Jackie Brown As 9pm 1.55pm The Ghost Writer As 11.35pm 4.05 Michael Clayton HHHH Powerful conspiracy thriller. George Clooney, Tilda Swinton (2007, 15)

6.15pm Almost Famous HHHH A teenage journalist goes on tour with a rock band in this coming-of-age story. Billy Crudup, (2000, 15)

9.00 Jackie Brown HHHH

Simmering crime thriller about an air hostess who is pressured into assisting the FBI. Pam Grier (1997, 15)

11.35 The Ghost Writer HHHH

A novelist uncovers more than he should about the ex-PM’s plan to rewrite the past. Ewan McGregor (2010, 15)

1.45am American Woman HHHH Soul-baring indie drama.Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks (2018, 15) 3.45 Swallow HHH Psychological drama. Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell (2019, 18) 5.30 Adopt a Highway As 7am


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PICK OF THE DAY Line of Duty 9.00pm BBC1

DRAMA OF THE WEEK So what about Ryan Pilkington, then? It was a

sickening moment when we saw the baby-faced assassin was now working

as a uniformed copper. We knew this was coming: in the coda of the last

series we saw him passing out of police training, but the fact Ryan has been

able to worm his way from the ruthless organised crime outfi t into the heart

of Hillside Lane station is a little worrying, especially as, you know, he slit

John Corbett’s throat and everything.

There was also that time, when he was a young lad in series one, that he

went at Steve Arnott’s fi ngers with a pair of wire cutters. I’m talking about his

colourful past here because ruthless plot embargoes mean I can’t mention

what Ryan gets up to next, but let’s just say he’s not polishing Ted Hastings’

shoes or anything. Meanwhile, Steve — poor Steve — is suffering badly,

a soul in torment with no one to turn to. DAVID BUTCHER

See feature: page 26; David Butcher: page 47

Easter Day Eucharist10.00am BBC1

WORSHIP The Archbishop of

Canterbury, Justin Welby, leads

the service at Canterbury Cathedral,

delivering a message of hope and

resurrection for Easter. Members

of Canterbury Cathedral Choir,

appropriately spaced to conform

with Covid guidelines but still singing

with one clear voice, perform hymns

and anthems including Jesus Christ

Is Risen Today and This Joyful

Eastertide, while the mass setting is

Mozart’s Missa Brevis in B fl at.

There’s gospel music from Junior

Garr and the Spirituals Choir, too.

At 11am, coverage switches to the

Vatican, where Pope Francis gives

his Easter message, Urbi et Orbi.

JACK SEALE

The Bishop of Ripon’s viewpoint: p7

The Boat Races3.00pm BBC1

SPORT Oxford University versus

Cambridge University in the Boat

Race — it’s the same old scene every

year. Has been since 1829. Well,

not this time. After the event was

cancelled in 2020 due to Covid, the

lingering effects of the pandemic and

concerns about the safety of boats

passing underneath Hammersmith

Bridge have caused the race to be

relocated to the Great Ouse at Ely,

Cambridgeshire, for the fi rst time

since the Second World War made

rowing in London impossible in 1944.

Clare Balding is your host for the

166th men’s and 75th women’s races,

with commentary from Andrew

Cotter and analysis by Sir Matthew

Pinsent, Katherine Grainger and

James Cracknell. JS Sport: page 31

Antiques Roadshow7.00pm BBC1

FACTUAL On the team’s fi rst visit to

the spectacular Culzean Castle in

Ayrshire, Marc Allum was thrilled to

be shown an ornate Chinese table

that was one of the most valuable

ever seen on the Roadshow. He said

it was worth up to £120,000.

Although the treasures brought in

this time don’t reach those giddy

heights, there are lots of interesting

items, while some of the responses

to the valuations are simply

priceless. My favourite is from the

98-year-old man with an old pistol

he bought for 50 shillings in 1955

from a lad who was emigrating to

Canada. “Eh? Away with yer!” he

gasps when Robert Tilney tells him

what it’s worth now.

JANE RACKHAM

Top Gear8.00pm BBC1

MOTORING Some non-fans of this

show would argue it has always been

a midlife crisis on wheels, or certainly

for the last 20 years or so. Tonight’s

fi nal episode of the current (very

short) series embraces that idea

with a look at the kind of fl ashy

two-seaters men tend to buy when

they can fi nally afford the things

they dreamt of as kids.

“Let’s face it,” Chris Harris noted

in a recent interview, “If we were to

look at the Top Gear audience, there

are probably quite a few men in that

position.” So he and his co-presenters

put their chosen midlife-crisis cars

through a triathlon. Elsewhere,

Harris also has fun driving the

Toyota GR Yaris, a rugged little rally

car you can take on the road. DB

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DRAMA This mesmerising 90-minute

adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic

tragedy was initially intended for the

West End stage, but the summer of

2020 and Government guidelines

rendered live audiences a distant

reality. Instead, the production

approached the performance with

startling originality — using the empty

National Theatre as a studio to create

a stunning hybrid of theatre and fi lm.

Josh O’Connor (The Crown) and

Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose, Judy)

have great chemistry and bring

a seductive tenderness to the fi rst-

meet and balcony scenes. And it’s a

brilliant nod towards the malleability

of the arts. Tamsin Greig and Adrian

Lester co-star. KELLY-ANNE TAYLOR

Your RT Travel: page 144

Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace9.00pm C4

DOCUMENTARY In 1979, Sir Anthony

Blunt, Surveyor of the Queen’s

Pictures and a highly regarded art

historian, was unmasked as the “fourth

man” of the notorious Cambridge spy

ring. He always maintained his loyalty

to the royal family, but his KGB

handler later claimed that he’d passed

on possibly damaging information

about them to Moscow.

With access to previously classifi ed

documents, which suggest that Blunt

had evidence of royal family members’

Nazi sympathies, the programme

suggests that he used them as a

means to ensure he kept his job. But

could Russia today fi nd use for these

documents — if they exist? Speculation

runs rife throughout. GILL CRAWFORD

Scotland’s Scenic Railways8.00pm C4

TRAVEL The prettiest of all TV’s many

documentaries about railways and

the adorable enthusiasts who work on

them continues, located primarily

this week along Fife’s coastal railway.

There are plans to reopen part of the

line, which is good news both for those

concerned with the past, in the form of

the area’s link to the golden age of

steam, and the future, as Scotland

looks to move away from cars and

back to more sustainable travel.

Mother Nature’s not entirely behind

the project, however, since one of

the problems to be overcome is the

prospect of beavers causing the

tracks to fl ood. Meanwhile, Melanie

the trainee conductor hopes to move

up in the world of trains. JS

Not that Line of Duty needed it,

but the casting of Kelly Macdonald

in the new series of the BBC1 show

lends it an extra layer of quality.

American viewers know her as

Margaret, the great love of Steve

Buscemi’s 1920s gangster Nucky,

in Boardwalk Empire, all of which

you can see on Now (formerly

NowTV). But she’s on a great run of

form over here, having starred in two

of 2019’s best dramas: The Victim

(BBC iPlayer), where she’s the

mother of a murdered boy who

thinks she’s found his killer; and the

innovative, bewitching Giri/Haji

(Netfl ix, left), where she plays a

disaffected police offi cer.

Macdonald knows how to play

on her natural intensity for comic

effect, too: she has a nice cameo as

a paranoid conspiracy theorist in

episode fi ve of Truth Seekers

on Amazon Prime. JS

Midsomer Murders8.00pm ITV

DRAMA Howling mad is the best

way to describe tonight’s case,

which features a merciless killer

who’s stalking victims while

wearing an oversized wolf’s head

as a costume. It’s like The Masked

Singer with added bloodshed, to

the point where you expect

Barnaby and Winter to start

chanting “Take it off! Take it off!”

during the big reveal.

Before we get to that pivotal

moment, though, the dogged DCI

(Neil Dudgeon) gets to expand

his vocabulary thanks to a crash

course in memes and internet

hubs, and Dr Perkins (Annette

Badland) is revealed to have a

mean aim as she plays a game of

Aunt Sally at a local fête.

Oh, and a brief warning about

graphic imagery, as guest star

Mark Williams ends up baring

more of his body than he ever

does as Father Brown. Someone

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang4.10pm Channel 5 A fl ying car takes its owners

on a magical adventure to

the accompaniment of some

rousing songs in this colourful

fantasy. (1968) See page 34

Countryfi le 6.00pm BBC1Ellie Harrison wanders lonely

as a cloud in Gloucestershire,

where there is a host of wild

daffodils at this time of year,

and learns there was once a

“Daffodil Special” train line.

Britain’s Got Talent: I Wasn’t Expecting That 2.15pm ITVRemember the look of shock

on Simon Cowell’s face when

Susan Boyle sang I Dreamed

a Dream? Here’s a reminder of

BGT’s surprising moments.

A Wilderness of Error 9.00pm, 10.10pm SkyCrimeMarc Smerling reinvestigates

the case of army surgeon

Jeffrey MacDonald, convicted

of murdering his pregnant wife

and daughters in 1970, but who

maintains he’s innocent.

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Burnley 11.30am (k/o 12 noon)A goal from Nathan Redmond

could end Southampton’s

fear of relegation.

Newcastle United v Tottenham

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6.00am Breakfast Roger Johnson, Nina Warhurst. (S) (HD)

7.55 Match of the Day Shown yesterday 10.20pm (S) (HD)

9.00 Fern Britton’s Holy Land Journey The presenter travels to Jerusalem. (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 Easter Day Eucharist The Archbishop of

a Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, shares his Easter message of hope and resurrection,

from Canterbury Cathedral. See page 58. (S) (HD)

11.00 Urbi et Orbi Pope Francis gives his Easter

amessage and blessing from Rome, on the ninth Easter of his pontificate. See page 58. (S) (HD)

11.25 Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong 2/2. A garden surrounding sacred water at the Bishop’s Palace in Somerset. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2BBC RED BUTTON 12.20—2.30 Women’s Football Live coverage of Chelsea v Birmingham City in the Women’s Super League (kick-off 1.00)

12.25pm Bargain Hunt A search for treasures at Southwell Racecourse, Nottinghamshire. (R) (S) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

1.15 Songs of Praise Katherine Jenkins celebrates Easter Sunday at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff. (S) (HD)

1.50 Escape to the Country Jonnie Irwin helps two teachers find the ideal home in Lancashire. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.35—3.00 Money for Nothing A pair of seats, an Edwardian armchair and a typewriter. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

6.00am Countryfile At Bedfordshire’s Greensand Ridge. Shown last Sunday BBC1 Signed repeat tomorrow 12.20am (S) (HD)

6.55 Easter from King’s Music and readings for Holy Week. See choice, p49. Shown yesterday 7pm (S) (HD)

2BBC RED BUTTON 7.00—8.30 Extreme E The semi-final and the “Crazy Race” from the Al-’Ula region in Saudi Arabia

8.10 Britain’s Easter Story Gareth Malone and Karen Gibson tell how Easter was once banned. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Edible Garden Peas and beans. (R) (S) (HD)

9.30 Beechgrove The team returns after a year away from the garden. Shown last Thursday BBC Scotland (S) (HD)

10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Matt Tebbutt presents highlights of the series. (S) (HD)

11.30 Great British Menu The judges decide who will be the winner for Scotland. Shown last Friday (S) (HD)

12 noon Mary Berry’s Easter Feast Sampling Greek Orthodox, Fillipino and Italian dishes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00pm Easter Parade 5 Classic musical

qstarring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, with Peter Lawford. Available on iPlayer for the next 30 days.

Film of the Week: p32. Director Charles Walters (1948, U) (S)

2.40—3.05 Coast Exploring the Firth of Forth. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00am CITV See page 64 9.25 ITV News (S) (HD)

9.30 Britain’s Best Walks with Julia Bradbury Julia heads to Old Harry Rocks in Dorset. (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh With the Rev Richard Coles and Gary Wilmot. (S) (HD)

12 noon LIVE Extreme E The Desert X-Prix in Saudi Arabia, the opening round of the season. (S) (HD)

1.00pm Simply Raymond Blanc 10/10. Including an exotic fruit panna cotta. Shown yesterday 11.40am (S) (AD) (HD)


2.15—3.20 Britain’s Got Talent: I Wasn’t Expecting That! Extraordinary auditions. (S) (HD)

5.55am Escape from Planet Earth ★★★

qAnimated sci-fi comedy featuring the voices of Rob Corddry and Brendan Fraser.

Director Cal Brunker (2013, U) (S) (W) (HD)

7.20 The Big Bang Theory Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 The Simpsons Two episodes. (R) (S) (AD)

9.30 Sunday Brunch With Nish Kumar, Katherine Parkinson, Rick Edwards, Ray Mears and Tim Key. (S) (HD)

12.30pm A Taste of Italy Ep 7. Nisha Katona explores the city of Campobasso. The next edition is at 7.25pm on More4. Shown last Sunday More4 (S) (AD) (HD)

12.55 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to

m Cancer Ep 4. With Stacey Dooley, Jade Thirlwall, Katherine Ryan and KSI. Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

2.15—3.40 The Simpsons Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD)

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9.00pm Kate (left)is torn between loyalty to Jo and wanting to assist AC-12’s inquiry

Red Joan

10.00pm I spy... Judi Dench plays an octogenarian who’s arrested for espionage

3.00pm The Boat Races

aAfter the cancellation of last year’s races due to the pandemic, one of the staples of the sporting

calendar returns to a location that hasn’t been used since 1944, the Great Ouse in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Taking place behind closed doors, this is the 75th staging of the women’s contest (start time 3.50) and the 166th staging of the men’s race (start time 4.50). Hosted by Clare Balding, with Sir Matthew Pinsent, Katherine Grainger and James Cracknell providing analysis, and Andrew Cotter on commentary duty. Also available at bbc.co.uk/sport. See page 58.Editor Michael Jackson; Director Jonny Bramley (S) (HD)

Sport: page 31


6.00 CountryfileEllie Harrison is in Gloucestershire’s “golden triangle” to find out why the area is so renowned for the wild daffodil. Charlotte Smith examines challenges facing rural churches, and we meet a mother and son who are realising their dream of farming in the Cumbrian hills. Includes Weather for the Week Ahead.Executive producer Bill Lyons; Series editor Jane Lomas (S) (HD)

7.00 Antiques Roadshow

aThe second part of the team’s visit to Culzean Castle in Ayrshire elicits a 1914 FA Cup medal,

a valuable art nouveau clock and a sizeable statue unearthed from a compost heap. Presenter Fiona Bruce delves into the castle’s history. See page 58.Executive producer Gill Tierney; Series editor Robert Murphy (S) (HD)

8.00 Top Gear

a4/4. Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness acquire the perfect sports cars for

gentlemen of a certain age. Chris also puts the new Toyota GR Yaris hatchback to the test. See page 58.Executive producers Clare Pizey and Alex Renton Series editor Nick Dalton Repeated tomorrow 11.30pm (S) (HD)

DRAMA OF THE WEEK

9.00 Line of Duty

a3/7 Series 6. Evidence from a new witness prompts Jo to bring Terry Boyle back in for

questioning. Tensions increase when Kate encounters a face from the past with links to organised crime. A box set of series 1—5 is available on iPlayer. See p58.Jo Kelly MacdonaldKate Vicky McClureSteve Martin CompstonHastings Adrian DunbarFarida Anneika RoseBuckells Nigel BoyleChloë Shalom Brune-FranklinLomax Perry FitzpatrickSindwhani Ace Bhatti

Wise Elizabeth RiderGail Andi OshoOsborne Owen TealeTerry Tommy JessopAmanda Rosa EscodaLisa Tara DivinaDeborah Kerri McLeanMerchant Maria ConnollySolicitor Sara Dylan

Writer Jed Mercurio; Producer Ken Horn; Director Gareth Bryn (S) (AD) (HD)

Bafta-award winning police drama Between the Lines follows on BBC4

See feature: page 26; David Butcher: page 47


10.30 Match of the Day 2Highlights from today’s fixtures, including Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur. With Mark Chapman.Producer Graham Bennett; Editor Steve Houghton (S) (HD)

11.45 The Women’s Football ShowAction from Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City and Chelsea v Birmingham City. With Reshmin Chowdhury.Director Matt Roberts; Editor Jemma Archer (S) (HD)

12.15am This Is My House 2/6. Rob Rinder guests as the panel tries to identify a homeowner. Shown last Wed (S) (AD) (HD) 1.15 The Wall 6/8 Series 3. A married couple from Merthyr Tydfil take part. Shown yesterday 6.45pm (S) (HD) 2.00 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 2.05—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

3.05pm The Vikings 5

qEpic adventure. Eric is a Viking slave who makes a bitter enemy of Einar, ruthless son of the

feared Viking leader, Ragnar. However, the family ties of the two adversaries are closer than they know. Available on iPlayer for the next 7 days. Review p34.Eric Tony CurtisEinar Kirk DouglasRagnar Ernest BorgnineMorgana Janet LeighEgbert James Donald

Father Godwin Alexander KnoxAella Frank ThringEnid Maxine AudleyKitala Eileen WayBridget Dandy Nichols

Director Richard Fleischer (1958, PG) (S) (W)

5.00 Remarkable Places to EatEp 1. Britain’s best-known foodies invite host Fred Sirieix to experience their favourite restaurants and explore what makes them special. Tonight, Nadiya Hussain takes Fred on road trip around Yorkshire.Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 The Real T-Rex with Chris PackhamDespite enduring centuries of scientific speculation and Hollywood misrepresentation, tyrannosaurus rex remains the most famous of the dinosaurs. Chris goes behind the myth to find out how the predator moved and discover the true power of its bite.Director Mark Everest; Producers Andre Barro, Ruth Roberts (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 The Day the Dinosaurs DiedSixty-six million years ago the dinosaurs disappeared. Experts suspect they were wiped out after an asteroid hit what is now the Gulf of Mexico, but they have had little proof. Ben Garrod joins an expedition to the spot where the asteroid is thought to have crashed, while Alice Roberts travels the globe in search of evidence.Producer Amy Maher; Executive producers Aidan Laverty, Peter Wyles and Sam Barcroft (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Brazil with Michael Palin4/4. Heading to the region where European and Asian influences stir up a new melting pot, Michael meets the heir to the defunct throne of Brazil.Director/Series producer John Paul Davidson (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Eye of the StormRenowned landscape painter James Morrison faces his greatest challenge — he has one more major painting to complete and his eyesight is fading fast. Here, film-maker Anthony Baxter follows James as he picks up his brushes again at the age of 85.Director Anthony Baxter; Producer Richard Phinney First shown on BBC Scotland (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Red Joan ★★

oSpy drama based on a true story. When Joan Stanley is arrested on suspicion of spying for

the KGB decades before, flashbacks show her as a young woman at Cambridge University. In the 1930s, she becomes involved with radical politics, and the 1940s see Joan working on Britain’s atomic programme, until the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki force her to take a moral stand. Available on iPlayer for the next 30 days. Review page 34.Joan Stanley Judi DenchYoung Joan Sophie CooksonMax Stephen Campbell MooreLeo Tom Hughes

Nick Ben MilesSonya Tereza SrbovaPatrick Adams Laurence SpellmanClement Attlee Robin Soans

Director Trevor Nunn (2019, 12) (S) (W) (HD)

11.35 Heroes9/19 Series 4. Shadowboxing. Claire wants to know who attacked Gretchen and Annie. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am 10/19. Brother’s Keeper. Matt continues his battle to resist Sylar’s mental domination. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00—3.10am Sign Zone 1.00 Black Power: a British Story of Resistance How young black people battled racism in the 1960s and 70s. Shown last Wednesday (S) (AD) (HD) 2.30 Holby City Nicky must face up to the fact that she is carrying a killer’s baby. Shown last Tuesday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

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BBC SCOTLAND12.00—12.30pm The Service 7.00 The Seven 7.15 Grand Tours of Scotland 7.30 Stormborn 8.30 Sportscene: SWPL Highlights 9.00 Rise of the Clans 10.00 Still Game 10.30 Shelf Isolation 11.00—12 midnight Seven Days

STV12.20—3.00am Nightscreen

BBC2 WALES5.00—6.00pm Land of the Wild: after Dark: cutting-edge camera technology reveals the secrets of Wales’s nocturnal wildlife 8.00—9.00 Frank Lloyd Wright — the Man Who Built America: how Welsh Unitarianism inspired the renowned American architect

BBC1 NORTHERN IRELAND11.25am Service of Hope at Easter 11.55 Heavenly Gardens with Alexander Armstrong: at the Bishop’s Palace in Somerset 12.55—1.00pm Waterworld: at Strangford Lough

BBC2 NORTHERN IRELAND6.00pm Suzie Lee: Home Cook Hero: an Easter feast, including slow-cooked lamb 6.30 At Home with the Gettys: the world of hymn-writing duo Keith and Kristyn Getty 7.00 The Real T-Rex with Chris Packham: the naturalist uses new research to create a CGI representation of the dinosaur 8.00 The Day the Dinosaurs Died: an expedition to determine if an asteroid strike killed off the dinosaurs 9.00 Singing the Messiah: the choir prepare to perform Handel’s Messiah 9.30—10.00 The Blame Game: with Micky Bartlett and Laurie Kilmartin

Midsomer Murders 8.00pm A cult character leaves Barnaby and Winter with a new case to solve

Grease 5.55pm Sandy discovers that her summer sweetheart Danny Zuko is too cool for school

Between the Lines 10.00pm Tony Clark feels the pressure in his professional and personal life

3.20pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ★★★

qFantasy adventure. Impoverished Charlie Bucket wins the last of five golden tickets

hidden inside chocolate bars, entitling him to a guided tour of Willy Wonka’s mysterious factory. But it’s an adventure that will have contrasting results for all the children involved. Review p34.Willy Wonka Johnny DeppCharlie Bucket Freddie HighmoreMrs Bucket Helena Bonham CarterMr Salt James FoxDr Wilbur Wonka Christopher LeeGrandpa Joe David KellyMrs Beauregarde Missi PyleViolet Beauregarde AnnaSophia RobbAugustus Gloop Philip WiegratzVeruca Salt Julia WinterMike Teavee Jordan Fry

Mr Teavee Adam GodleyMr Bucket Noah TaylorOompa Loompa Deep RoyGrandma Georgina Liz SmithPrince Pondicherry Nitin GanatraPrincess Pondicherry Shelley ConnMen with dogs Kevin Eldon, Mark HeapShopkeeper Oscar JamesJolly woman Annette BadlandNarrator Geoffrey Holder

Director Tim Burton (2005, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

5.30 The Chase Celebrity SpecialJeff Banks, Brian Conley, Michelle Ackerley and Andy Crane team up to face one of the fearsome Chasers, hoping to win thousands of pounds for their charities. Presented by Bradley Walsh.Executive producers Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott and Helen Tumbridge (R) (S) (HD)

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7.00 Tipping Point: Lucky StarsJason Manford, Iwan Thomas and Debbie McGee tackle the supersized machine in the hope of winning £20,000 for charity. Ben Shephard hosts.Director Richard van’t Riet; Executive producers Sara Doyle, Hugh Rycroft and Kate Lownds (S) (HD)

8.00 Midsomer Murders

aThe Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy A local photographer wins an urban myth

competition with his creation of the Wolf Hunter, unexpectedly gaining a cult following. However, when a man is killed, Barnaby and Winter have to investigate whether myth has mutated into a sinister and murderous reality. See page 59.DCI John Barnaby Neil DudgeonDS Jamie Winter Nick HendrixFleur Perkins Annette BadlandSarah Barnaby Fiona DolmanMel Wallace Sinead MatthewsEric Gladberry Brian BovellAnnie Davids Louise JamesonBrandon Yarrow Ferdinand Kingsley

Rowan Yarrow Maimie McCoyRonnie Everett Siobhan RedmondPat Everett Mark WilliamsJez Gladberry Kojo AttahKelly Kirk-Lees Poppy GilbertWade Andow Kadell HeridaJosie Skelton Molly HarrisSteve Skelton Matt McCooey

Writer Chris Murray; Producer Carol Ann Docherty Director Matt Carter (S) (AD) (HD)


10.20 21 Jump Street ★★★★

qAction comedy. Underachieving rookie cops Jenko and Schmidt are given the

chance to make their name when they are sent back to their old high school to infiltrate a drugs ring. Unfortunately, the new boys don’t blend in as well as was hoped. Review page 34.Jenko Channing TatumSchmidt Jonah HillTom Hanson Johnny DeppEric Dave FrancoCaptain Dickson Ice CubeMolly Brie Larson

Ms Griggs Ellie KemperCaptain Nick OffermanMr Walters Rob RiggleFugazy Dakota JohnsonPrincipal Dadier Jake JohnsonOfficer Doug Penhall Peter DeLuise

Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2012, 15) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.20am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15 Nightscreen Text information. (HD) 5.05—6.00am Tipping Point (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

3.40pm The Simpsons Movie ★★★★

qFeature-length outing for America’s most dysfunctional family, with the voices of Dan

Castellaneta and Julie Kavner. Deciding to dump a silo of pig excrement in the local lake, Homer precipitates an environmental disaster that has dire consequences for the whole of Springfield. Director David Silverman (2007, PG) (S) (AD) (HD)


5.55 Grease ★★★★

qMusical based on the hit stage show. Unexpectedly reunited with summer love

Danny at her new high school, Sandy Olsson can’t believe how different he is. Can the new Danny Zuko, the leather-clad leader of the T-birds, really be the boy she met at the beach? Available to watch on All 4 for the next 7 days. Review p34.Danny Zuko John TravoltaSandy Olsson Olivia Newton-JohnBetty Rizzo Stockard ChanningKenickie Jeff ConawayDoody Barry PearlSonny Michael TucciPutzie Kelly WardFrenchy Didi Conn

Jan Jamie DonnellyMarty Dinah ManoffPrincipal McGee Eve ArdenTeen Angel Frankie AvalonVi Joan BlondellVince Fontaine Edd ByrnesCoach Calhoun Sid CaesarMrs Murdoch Alice Ghostley

Director Randal Kleiser (1978, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

8.00 Scotland’s Scenic Railways

aThis episode celebrates a golden age of steam travel on the east Fife coastal railway,

following plans to reopen part of the line. A pair of beavers — whose new home beneath the railway threatens to flood the line — have to be dealt with, and the piper and dancers of the Atholl Highlanders stage a takeover at King’s Cross station. See p59.Producer Vanda Kettelhut; Executive producer Chris Kelly Repeated tomorrow 2.35am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace

aIn 1979, Anthony Blunt, knight of the realm, a royal courtier for almost 30 years and a

respected art historian, was publicly revealed to have been a Soviet secret agent. Although he admitted betraying the British government during the war years, he maintained that he was always loyal to the Crown. With access to previously classified documents, this documentary reveals the claim that Blunt provided his KGB handlers with a damaging dossier about his royal employers. See p59.Director/Producer Andy Webb Repeated 11.05pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The CircleIn an extended edition of the game, Emma Willis makes a shock announcement to the players. Continues tomorrow 10pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 GoggleboxEp 6. The armchair critics share their opinions.Shown last Friday Repeated Tuesday 11.20pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12.20am The Big Tackle Champions Cup rugby highlights, with Ed Jackson and guest Topsy Ojo. (S) (HD) 1.15 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef visits a Danish restaurant in Miami, Florida. (R) (S) 2.05 Couples Come Dine with Me A meaty menu and Italian food are served in West Yorkshire. (R) (S) (HD) 3.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces A couple plan to turn a goods wagon into a gin bar. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 3.55 The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick Noel treats a french bulldog with a spinal deformity. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 4.50 The £100k Drop Siblings from London and an engaged couple from Newcastle compete. (R) (S) (HD) 5.40 Food Unwrapped The difference between white and dark rum. Repeated Friday 8.55am More4 (R) (S) (HD) 5.50—6.30am Countdown With Paul Zenon. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00pm The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: the Genius of Carl FabergéStephen Smith explores the life and work of virtuoso jeweller Carl Fabergé, who transformed his father’s modest business into the world’s most famous purveyor of luxury items. Smith talks to Prince Michael of Kent about the Fabergé items in the royal collection and to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who spent $100 million acquiring nine of the precious eggs.Director/Producer Spike Geilinger Signed repeat 2.35am (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook2/7. Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker reminisce about their all-time favourite sketches, including Garlic Breath Party, Sid and George — It’s a Duck, Mrs Mace Case, Swedish Made Simple and a Come Dancing musical number.Producer Sam Donnelly; Executive producer Beatrice Ballard Repeated 1.05am (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 The Two Ronnies: the Studio RecordingsUnedited takes and studio rushes from the show, featuring famous and more obscure sketches from 1979 and 1980.Producer Elaine Shepherd; Executive producer Caroline Wright Repeated 2.05am First shown on BBC2 (S)

9.30 The Two Ronnies: Talking ComedyA look back at some of the appearances by Barker and Corbett on a selection of the BBC’s best-loved talk shows.Series producer Simon Goretzki; Producer Simon Catt First shown on BBC2 (S)

10.00 Between the Lines3/13 Series 1. Words of Advice. Clark investigates a sexual harassment case involving accusations of bribery, and turns up prejudice within the force. 10.50 4/13. Lies and Damned Lies An influential officer obstructs Clark’s investigation into an attack on a prostitute, but that does not stop his quest for justice and promotion.11.40 5/13. A Watch and Chain, of Course. Maureen Connell needs Tony’s help to get her out of a tight spot, but unfortunately he is too embroiled in a murder case with both personal and professional implications.Detective Superintendent Tony Clark Neil PearsonDetective Inspector Harry Naylor Tom GeorgesonDetective Sergeant Maureen Connell Siobhan RedmondChief Superintendent John Deakin Tony DoyleJoyce Naylor Elaine DonnellyWriters Steve Trafford, Michael Russell and JC Wilsher Directors Alan Dosser and Roy Battersby First shown on BBC1 (S)

12.35am Sacred Songs: the Secrets of Our Hearts Vocal ensemble Tenebrae give a special performance of music for Easter. Shown last Friday (S) (HD) 1.05 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook Shown 8pm (S) (HD) 2.05 The Two Ronnies: the Studio Recordings Shown 9pm (S) 2.35—3.35am The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: the Genius of Carl Fabergé Shown 7pm (S) (SL) (HD)


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7.20am Brojects in the House (S) (HD)7.45 Rick Stein’s India (S) (AD) (HD)8.40 Top Gear Vietnam Special (S) (AD)10.20 Top Gear Nepal Special (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Secrets of the Supercars (HD) 1.00pm World’s Most Dangerous Roads (S) (HD) 2.20 Soapbox Race: USA’s Greatest Moments (HD)4.20 Top Gear Patagonia Special (S) (HD)

7.00pm New. Secrets of the Supercars2/10. A look at off-road vehicles. (HD)8.00 Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Pike fi shing in Enniskillen. (AD) (HD)8.40 Room 101 With Nick Hewer, Carol Vorderman and Rhod Gilbert. (S) (HD)9.20 With guests Miranda Hart, Reggie Yates and John Craven. (HD)10.00 Hypothetical 8/8 Series 3. Sue Perkins, Sara Pascoe, Dane Baptiste and Sindhu Vee join the regulars. (S) (HD)11.00 Live at the Apollo Nish Kumar hosts, with Luisa Omielan and David O’Doherty. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply (S) (HD) 1.00am Taskmaster (S) (HD) 2.00 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (S) (HD) 3.05 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience: Rhod works in a hair and beauty salon 3.35—4.00am Drug Wars (S) (HD)

7.00am Little Women: LA: double bill (S) (HD)8.45 Be Tasty (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe 12 noon Be Tasty (S) (AD) (HD) 12.10pm The Big Bake: Spring (S) (HD) 1.10 The Real Housewives of Atlanta: four editions (S) (HD)5.00 Chrisley Knows Best (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Only Way Is Essex Amy’s attempts to mediate between Harry and Bobby end in a heated row. (S) (HD)7.00 Celebrity Dinner Date Diags chooses three blind dates based entirely on menus created by potential partners. (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Sam and Billie: the Mummy DiariesBillie steps out on the ice for her fi rst live show and her family give their verdict. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 New. The Only Way Is Essex Gatsby is ready to step his relationship with Dani up a notch by introducing her to his friends. (S) (HD)10.00 New. The Real Housewives of AtlantaKenya confi des in her family that she and Marc are having problems, and the women head to New York City for WorldPride. (S) (HD)11.00 Dating in the Dark A woman dons a bunny costume to spice up her date. (S) (HD)

12 midnight—1.00am Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars: the couples are required to sacrifi ce either themselves or their partners (S) (HD)

6.00am On the Buses (S) 6.25 Emmerdale: omnibus. Mandy confronts Paul (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 9.10 FILM Carry On Cruising HHH

Comedy (S) (AD) (W) 10.55 FILM Carry On Screaming HHHH Comedy (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.55pm FILM Carry On Again Doctor HHHH Comedy (S) (AD) (W) 2.35 FILM

Carry On Follow That Camel HH Comedy (S) (AD) 4.35 FILM Carry On Matron HHH

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6.15pm Carry On Abroad HH

qComedy. The holidaymakers heading for the Mediterranean “paradise” of

Elsbels have high hopes. However, in an understaffed, half-built hotel the guests may not get quite what they expected.Vic Flange Sidney JamesStuart Farquhar Kenneth WilliamsTuttle Charles HawtreyPepe Peter ButterworthCora Flange Joan SimsStanley Blunt Kenneth ConnorBert Conway Jimmy LoganSadie Barbara WindsorDirector Gerald Thomas (1972, PG) (S) (AD) (W)

8.00 Kate: the Making of a Modern QueenA profile of Kate Middleton, looking at how she has changed as a person since her marriage to Prince William and what she means for the royal family. (S) (HD)

9.00 Joanna Lumley’s India2/3. The Maharaja of Dungarpur shows the actress around his lakeside palace. In stark contrast, Joanna visits a Dalit community in Gujarat, considered India’s lowest caste. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Lewis1/6 Series 8. Entry Wounds 1/2 DI Hathaway leads the investigation into a case bridging the worlds of neurosurgery, animal rights and blood sports. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Coronation Street: Todd tells Billy he loves him (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 2.55am Emmerdale (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 5.20 Bless This House (S) 5.45—6.00am Nightscreen

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD)8.40 Love Bites: triple bill (S) (AD) (HD) 11.45 Celebrity Supermarket Sweep (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50pm In for a Penny (S) (AD) (HD) 1.20 FILM Hop HHH Part-animated comedy with James Marsden. Review p35 (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 3.15 FILM Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire HHHH Fantasy adventure starring Daniel Radcliffe. Review p34 (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.20pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HHHH

qFantasy adventure. Despite having battled Voldemort in person, Harry

Potter cannot convince the wizarding world of the evil lord’s return. Inspired by his friends in the secret Order of the Phoenix, Harry forms an underground army at Hogwarts in preparation for battle with the forces of evil. Review p37.Harry Potter Daniel RadcliffeRon Weasley Rupert GrintHermione Granger Emma WatsonSirius Black Gary OldmanProf Albus Dumbledore Michael GambonDirector David Yates (2007, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)Also showing Friday 6.20pm

9.00 Family GuySeries 3. Lois shows Meg how to have fun during a spring break at the beach.9.30 Stewie is horrified when Peter and Lois decide to have another baby.10.00 Series 2. Peter and his friends try to win a tour of the local brewery.10.30 Peter realises Chris is irresponsible and gets him a job at a local golf course.11.00 Series 3. Brian becomes a sniffer dog with the Quahog police. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 American Dad!Series 7. Stan and Francine try to stop Hayley from eloping. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Roger tries to find a missing bride and groom in Thailand. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30am The Cleveland Show (S) (AD) (HD)1.25 Hell’s Kitchen USA: the fi nal four cook for club goers (S) (HD) 2.20 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility (S) (HD) 3.00—3.30am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD)

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Auto Mundial (S) (HD) 7.25 Extreme Salvage Squad (S) (HD) 8.25 Made in Britain: behind the scenes at Soreen (S) (AD) (HD) 9.25 Robin of Sherwood (S) 11.45 Hornblower (S) (HD)

1.55pm FILM The Guns of Navarone HHHH Classic Second World War adventure(S) (W) (HD) 5.05 FILM Kelly’s Heroes HHH Action adventure (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

8.00pm FILM Casino Royale HHHH

Spy adventure starring Daniel Craig. James Bond is awarded his licence to kill and sets off in pursuit of Le Chiffre, a corrupt banker who fi nances terrorism. Realising that Le Chiffre needs to win big on the gaming tables of Montenegro, Bond formulates a plan to ruin him. Review page 36. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)10.55 FILM Police Academy HHH

Comedy starring Steve Guttenberg. The new mayor of an American city decides to change the rules to allow anyone to join the police force. But the decision proves to be a recipe for unadulterated chaos. (S) (W) (HD)

1.00am Minder (S) (SL) (AD)2.00—3.00am Robin of Sherwood (S)

7.10am The Bill (S) 11.00 Bramwell (S)

2.00pm Call the Midwife (S) (AD) (HD)

4.40pm Call the Midwife8/8 Series 5. Dr Turner is horrified to realise he may be partly to blame for the recent rise in birth deformities. Sister Evangelina’s health continues to deteriorate, and a bride goes into labour during her wedding reception.6.00 In this Christmas special from 2016, Nonnatus House receives an SOS call from Hope Clinic, a tiny mission hospital in South Africa that is understaffed, underfunded and threatened with closure. The Nonnatus family digs deep to save the clinic.8.00 1/8 Series 6. The midwives return from their South African adventure, but all is not well at Nonnatus House. Sister Ursula has been running a very tight ship and it is quickly announced that she will remain in charge. (S) (AD) (HD) Sister Julienne Jenny AgutterNurse Phyllis Crane Linda BassettSister Monica Joan Judy Parfi ttSister Mary Cynthia Bryony HannahSister Evangelina Pam FerrisSister Ursula Harriet WalterDr Patrick Turner Stephen McGann

9.20 Silent Witness5/5 Series 22. Betrayal. Nikki is humiliated in court when a barrister accuses her of making a serious error, while the team investigates the death of a medical researcher. With Art Malik. (S) (HD)

11.40 The Heart Guy3/10 Series 3. Shock Rock. The opening of Hugh’s new cardiac clinic is upset by life-changing news from his ex-wife, and Charlie’s life is thrown into disarray when her father pays a visit. (HD)

12.40am 4/10. Runaway Baby. Meryl and Carlito’s relationship leaves the Knight family reeling, the tension between Hugh and Penny endangers the clinic, and Matt reconnects with a high-school crush. (HD)

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6.00am Milkshake! See page 64 10.00 SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob and Patrick give each other tiny living versions of themselves. (S) (HD)

10.15 The Loud House Lincoln wants someone to swap chores with him. (S) (HD)

10.25 Entertainment News (S) (HD)

10.30 New. WWE: Raw HighlightsAction with the wrestling stars. (S) (HD)

11.20 Friends Series 10. Monica and Joey take their roles a little too seriously.11.50 Joey tries to speak French. 12.15pm Phoebe wants to change her name.12.45 Joey’s agent passes away. (S) (HD)

1.20 Barabbas HHH Epic biblical drama

q starring Anthony Quinn. When Pontius Pilate offers to pardon either Jesus or

the thief Barabbas, the people ask for Barabbas’s release. But he returns to a life of crime and is sentenced to work in a mine.Director Richard Fleischer (1961, PG) (S) (W) (HD)

4.10pm Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

qHHHH Musical fantasy. An inventor restores a clapped-out car with the

help of his father and children. They christen it Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and, much to their surprise, the vehicle turns out to have magical powers. FIlm of the Day page 34.Caractacus Potts Dick Van DykeTruly Scrumptious Sally Ann HowesGrandpa Potts Lionel JeffriesBaron Bomburst Gert FrobeBaroness Bomburst Anna QuayleDirector Ken Hughes (1968, U) (S) (W) (HD)

7.00 New. Incredible Reunions: Pets and Their OwnersExtraordinary tales of people reunited with their pets, including a woman who rescued and raised a lioness cub in Africa.Director John Widdup (S) (HD)

8.00 New. Happy Campers: the Caravan Park4/6. At Holiday Resort Unity in Somerset, entertainment chief Chunkie Russell is fi nally allowed to welcome guests into the park’s main venue. (S) (HD)

9.00 New. Rich House, Poor House6/6 Series 7. Mel and Sophie, who have just £56 a week left over to cover their food and travel, swap lives with wealthy entrepreneurs Kamil and Francesca.Directors Sam Grocott and Carl Akkouh (S) (HD)

10.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the SunBambi and her former dance partner Johnny reunite for a charity fête.Directors Rob Cowling, Michela Marchina, Richard Mejeh and Phillip Rashleigh (S) (HD)

10.50 Britain’s Favourite 80s Songs: 19845/10. A look back at the music of the year in which Frankie Goes to Hollywood burst into the charts with Relax.Shown last Friday (S) (HD)

12.20am Greatest Ever Celebrity Wind-Ups(S) (HD) 1.15 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.15 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (S) (AD) (HD) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (S) (SL) (HD) 5.10 Nick’s Quest (S) (SL) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL) (HD)

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8.55am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S) (AD) (HD) 9.55 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke (S) (AD) (HD) 10.55 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Come Dine with Me: from Llanelli (S) (HD) 2.40pm Four in a Bed (S) (HD)

5.15pm Come Dine with MeDinner parties in Grimsby. (S) (HD)

7.25 New. A Taste of ItalyEp 8. In the city of Viterbo, Nisha Katona samples a traditional soup of herbs, local vegetables and a poached egg. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets UnwrappedA glimpse inside the world of Britain’s biggest chocolate-maker during a make-or-break year. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. 999: on the Front LineParamedics race against the clock as a man shows signs of a stroke. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. Surviving a Serial KillerEp 6. The crimes of Steve Wright. (S) (AD)

11.05 Britain’s Best Loved Sitcoms2/2. The countdown concludes. (S) (HD)

12.05am 999: on the Front Line (S) (HD)

1.10 Surviving a Serial Killer (S) (AD)

2.15 Britain’s Best Loved Sitcoms (S) (HD)

3.20—3.50am Father Ted (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Hollyoaks (AD) 8.20 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 10.20 FILM The Book of Life HHHH Animated comedy (W)

12.10pm Quentin Blake’s Clown (AD) 12.40 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.35 The Tiger Who Came to Tea (AD) 3.10 FILM Peter Rabbit HHH Part-animated fantasy. Review p34 (AD) (W) 5.00 Teen First Dates (AD)

6.00pm FILM Transformers: Dark of the Moon HHHH Sci-fi adventure starring Shia LaBeouf. Sam Witwicky and the Autobots must spring back into action when a Decepticon, planted on the Moon in the 1960s, becomes a clear and present danger. Not only is the technology contained within it potentially devastating, but Sam is also dealing with relationship problems. (AD) (W)9.00 FILM X-Men: Apocalypse HHH

Fantasy adventure starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Oscar Isaac. The X-Men are forced to assemble and defend the planet when Apocalypse, a long-lived and immensely powerful mutant, threatens to show he’s every bit as destructive as his name. (AD) (W)11.50 Taskmaster 3/10 Series 11. Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall compete. Greg Davies hosts. Shown last Thursday C4 (AD)

12.55am Gogglebox (SL) (AD) 3.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 3.50—6.00am Hollyoaks (SL) (AD)

9.00am Diagnosis Murder 12 noon Scorpion 2.00pm NCIS 7.00 Scorpion 9.00 NCIS: Los Angeles: triple bill. Sam goes under cover inside a federal prison, posing as an inmate to investigate a terrorist group 10.00 Callen encounters a former KGB operative 11.00 Callen and Sam infi ltrate a gang of corrupt cops 12 midnight NCIS: Los Angeles: two further episodes 2.00am Scorpion 3.50 Medium 4.35 JAG 5.20—6.00am Bondi Rescue


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6.00pm A Place in the SunEx-RAF offi cers Simon and Amanda from the Cotswolds look for a winter home on Antigua. 7.00 Two history enthusiasts from Lancashire seek a home in Normandy, northern France. 8.00 The Windsors: inside the Royal Dynasty 3/6. In this episode, as the young Elizabeth II takes her fi rst steps as monarch, she fi nds herself torn between tradition and the views of those who want to modernise the monarchy. Shown yesterday 8pm C4 (AD)

9.00 George Clarke’s Amazing SpacesIn Lancashire, George meets a 17-year-old who has single-handedly transformed a derelict narrowboat into a hand-crafted fl oating holiday home for his family. (AD)

10.00 24 Hours in Police CustodyA man in Luton is left fi ghting for his life after being shot in the chest with a handgun at point-blank range. (AD)

11.05 RT CHOICE Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace The story of Anthony Blunt, royal-appointed art expert and Soviet spy. See page 59. Shown 9pm Channel 4 (AD)

12.10am The Queen’s Lost Family (AD) 1.15 24 Hours in A&E: a 52-year-old hits his head on a step (AD) 2.20 The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick(AD) 3.25 The Simpsons 3.50—4.50am Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds

7.30am The Key of David 8.00 Home Shopping 9.00 The Father Dowling Mysteries 2.00pm Unsolved Mysteries 6.00 Matlock: fi ve episodes. A former client kills someone in self-defence 7.00 The lawyer defends a soldier 8.00 A vital witness disappears 9.00 A man is accused of murdering his sex therapist 10.00 The attorney is accused of bribery 11.00 CSI: Miami (HD)

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2.40pm FILM Dances with Wolves 5Oscar-winning epic western starring Kevin Costner. English, Sioux +subtitles (HD)

6.15pm Open Range HHHH

qWestern starring Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner and Annette Bening. When

their cook is beaten and arrested by a corrupt sheriff, an ageing cattleman and a former gunslinger are forced into a confrontation with a tyrannical rancher.Director Kevin Costner (2003, 12) (S) (HD)

9.00 Delta Force 2: the Colombian Connection H

qAction adventure starring Chuck Norris as Colonel Scott McCoy, who

travels to South America in pursuit of notorious drug baron Ramon Cota.Director Aaron Norris (1990, 18) (S) (HD)

11.15 Rise of the Footsoldier: Extreme and Extended H

qCrime thriller based on a true story, starring Ricci Harnett and Craig

Fairbrass. Carlton Leach progresses from football hooliganism to leading a gang that terrorises London and Essex.Director Julian Gilbey (2006, 18) (S) (HD)

2.00am The A-Team (S) (AD) (HD)

4.50—5.00am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

8.00am Entertainment News (HD) 8.05 Rich Kids, Skint Holiday (S) (HD) 8.55 Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords (S) (HD) 1.00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (S) (HD)

2.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD)

7.00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Two friends whose 22 dogs disrupted the peace of a South Ayrshire village. (S) (HD)

9.00 FILM Fifty Shades Darker HHH

Erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. Anastasia Steele has cut ties with former lover Christian Grey, but their paths cross again when he decides to buy the company she works for. (S) (HD)

11.20 FILM The Talented Mr RipleyHHHH Crime thriller based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law. A chance encounter with a wealthy couple leads to an interesting proposition for penniless Tom Ripley — a trip to Europe to bring back their errant son Dickie Greenleaf. (S) (HD)2.05am Ambulance: Code Red (S) (AD) (HD)3.05—4.00am Filthy House SOS (S) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (HD) 9.05 Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) 9.40 Columbo: Murder, a Self-Portrait (S) 11.35 Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (S) (HD)1.35pm Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (S) (HD)3.25 Columbo Likes the Nightlife (S) (HD)5.10 Columbo: Caution — Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (S) (AD) 7.05 Columbo: a Trace of Murder (S) 9.00 Columbo: an Exercise in Fatality: a health-club owner murders his business partner and makes it look like an accident (S)11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (S)

12.55am Murder, She Wrote: a town is under threat (S) (AD) (HD) 1.50 Grimm (S) 3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (S) 9.15 Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) 9.45 FILM

Appointment with Death HH (S) 12 noon FILM The Time of Their Lives HH (S)2.05pm FILM Kramer vs Kramer HHHH

4.05 World War I in Colour (S) (AD) 6.00pm World War I in Colour Fighting reaches unprecedented levels of violence. 7.00 Troops on both sides reach breaking point. 8.00 Victories in the Middle East. (S) (AD)9.00 Churchill: Beginnings The early life and career of Winston Churchill. (S)10.00 Churchill: the Long Grass (S)11.00 The Undiscovered Secrets of Petra: Ancient Mysteries The history of the city. (S)12 midnight Shrunken Heads of the Amazon: Ancient Mysteries (S) 1.00am The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S) 3.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (S) 3.55—4.00am Entertainment News

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6.00am Murder, She Wrote 6.00pm Murder, She Wrote: three further episodes. A tennis star’s boyfriend is murdered 7.00 A bedridden Jessica accidentally overhears a murder plot over the telephone but is unable to convince anyone that the threat is real 8.00 Jessica tries to prove the innocence of a record producer suspected of murdering the man responsible for his blindness 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 2.00 The Persuaders! 3.00—6.00am Due South


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6.00am Sons of Vienna (S) (HD) 6.30 Berlioz: Requiem (HD) 8.30 Tales of the Unexpected(HD) 11.00 Discovering: Tony Curtis (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Discovering: Doris Day (S) (AD) (HD)1.00pm Discovering: Pulp (S) (AD) (HD) 1.30 Pulp Live (HD) 2.30 Oasis: Live by the Sea(HD) 3.45 U2 Experience: Live in Berlin (HD)5.15 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks (S) (HD)

6.15pm Guitar Star 2016The three finalists are revealed before they head to Latitude Festival. (S) (HD)

7.15 Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in ConcertA New York production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical, with an all-star cast including John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles and Jason Tam. (HD)

9.00 New. Romeo and Juliet

aA National Theatre production of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy,

starring Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley in the title roles. See p59. (HD)

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10.35 Queen: Live at the RainbowA 1974 concert by the rock band. (HD)

12.20am Pet Shop Boys: Inner Sanctum — the Super Tour (S) (HD) 2.35 Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest (HD) 4.10 Marina Abramovic Takes Over TV (S) (HD) 5.05—6.00am Guy Garvey: from the Vaults (S) (HD)

Romeo and Juliet 9.00pm A National Theatre production of the tragedy

6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Thailand: Earth’s Tropical Paradise (S)

(HD) 11.00 India’s New Worlds (S) (HD)

1.00pm Planet Earth II (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo travels from Turin to Venice, recreating a scene from The Italian Job and investigating the British love affair with Lake Como in the early 20th century. (HD)

7.00 Michael travels through Germany, revealing how British yachtsmen spied on the German navy in the early 20th century. (HD)

8.00 ’Allo ’Allo! Helga tells Von Strohm that the stolen money was forged. 8.30 Herr Flick arrests Leclerc. 9.00 René escapes exploding puddings and becomes embroiled in another daring plot.9.30 René and the resistance attempt to smuggle the airmen back to England. (S)

10.00 Bangers and Cash Dave goes to Wales to bag a Sierra Cosworth, a sought-after car in the bidding market.11.00 A Cold War Soviet classic, the Moskovitch, goes under the hammer. 12 midnight A customer considers a Morris Marina as a present for his wife. (S) (HD)


6.00am Homes under the Hammer (HD)7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Dr Pimple Popper (HD) 6.00pm The Yorkshire Auction House: Angus is in Sutton Coldfi eld to look through a collection (HD) 7.00 Antiques Road Trip: James Braxton and Charles Hanson head to auction in Cumbria (HD)8.00 Secret Eaters (HD) 9.00 Helicopter ER(HD) 10.00 My Feet Are Killing Me (HD)11.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (HD)

12 midnight Body Cam (HD) 1.00am Ambulance Australia (HD) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 The Yorkshire Auction House (HD)5.00—6.00am Antiques Road Trip (HD)

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6.00am Reith Lectures 6.30 HARDtalk 6.55 Music Streaming 9.20 Lords Questions 10.05 Health and Social Care 11.55 Stormont 12 noon America This Week 1.00pm Washington Journal 3.00 Reith Lectures 3.45 Finance and Economics Committee 5.55 HARDtalk 6.20 Health White Paper Committee 7.45 The Week in Parliament 8.15 PMQs 9.00 National Security 11.00 Reith Lectures 11.50 HARDtalk 12.15—6.00am Highlights

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6.00am Hour of Power (HD) 7.00 Little Mix Live (S) (HD) 9.00 Trolls: Trollstopia (S) (HD) 10.15 The Simpsons (HD) 12.30pm The Queen and I (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 David Attenborough’s First Life (HD) 4.30 The Simpsons (HD) 5.30 Premier League’s Greatest Moments (S) (HD)

7.15pm Freddie Mercury: the Tribute Concert The 1992 concert at Wembley Stadium in honour of the Queen frontman, including performances by David Bowie, Elton John, Annie Lennox and George Michael. Featuring interviews with Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. (S)

9.00 New. Magnum P.I. 11/16 Series 3. A married woman asks Thomas to fi nd her lover’s killer as she does not want to expose the affair to the police. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. NCIS: Los Angeles 13/18 Series 12. To rescue Joelle from further torture by the Russians, the team must offer up Anna as bait to Katya. (HD)

11.00 Greg Davies: the Back of My Mum’s Head Stand-up comedy from the Lowry in Salford. (S) (HD)

12.45am SEAL Team (HD) 1.40 The Blacklist (S) (HD) 2.35 S.W.A.T.(S) (AD) (HD) 3.30 Road Wars (S) (HD)4.00—6.00am Send in the Dogs (S)

6.00am The British (S) (AD) 8.00 Storm City (S) (AD) 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: fi ve episodes

3.35pm The Sopranos 12/13 Series 1. Tony is targeted by killers.4.35 13/13. Artie learns the identity of the person who burned down his old restaurant.5.45 1/13 Series 2. Tony is now sole head of the professional “waste disposal” business and FBI interest is mounting.6.50 2/13. Junior urges Tony to make peace with his mother.7.55 3/13. Jackie Aprile’s older brother is released from prison and challenges Tony’s authority. (S)

9.00 The Sunset Limited HHHH

qDrama starring Samuel L Jackson and Tommy Lee

Jones. Two nameless men, designated only by their skin colour, engage in a theological debate after “Black” thwarts the suicide attempt of “White”. (S) (W)

10.45 Devils 7/10. Massimo discovers the secret dossier hides a liquidity recycling scheme. (S)

11.50 Six Feet Under 12/13 Series 2. Nate and Brenda’s problems come to a head. (S)

12.55am Six Feet Under (S) (AD)2.00 Get Shorty (S) (AD)4.10—6.00am Storm City (S) (AD)

7.00am Four Weddings (S) (AD)

10.00 Supergirl (S) 3.00pm Stargate SG-1 (S) 8.00 Chicago Med: Charles faces a fi nal custody hearing, Choi hires an old navy colleague for the ED and Maggie has a big choice to make (S) 9.00 Chicago Fire: Severide experiences mixed emotions on a call to a familiar location. Herrmann heads out on vacation and Casey is not pleased with his replacement (S)

10.00 Chicago PD: Atwater and Ruzek fi nd themselves in a dangerous situation as they look to make an arrest after a high-profi le shooting (S) 11.00 Blue Bloods (S)12 midnight The Good Doctor (S) 1.00am Station 19 (S) (AD) 2.00 Private Eyes(S) 3.00 Coroner (S) 3.55 Wild Vets(S) 4.45—6.00am All Hail King Julien

6.00am FILM San Andreas Mega Quake H 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Merlin 3.50pm Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files 4.40 FILM

Ghost Busters HHHH Supernatural comedy starring Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Dan Aykroyd 6.50 FILM Ghostbusters II HHH

Supernatural comedy sequel 9.00 FILM Total Recall HHH Sci-fi action thriller starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale 11.30 FILM

Robin Hood: the Rebellion H1.20am FILM Guardian HH Horror thriller 3.10 Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files 4.00—6.00am FILM San Andreas Mega Quake H Disaster movie

8.00am Bull (S) (HD) 9.00 The Mentalist (S) (HD) 11.00 Bones (S)

(HD) 4.00pm NCIS (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00pm NCIS 21/24 Series 14 Torres digs out old case notes and contacts when a US Marine’s murder is linked to a dirt-bike gang, one that he joined as part of an undercover sting operation.7.00 22/24. A mounted police offi cer helps the team discover the truth about why a US Marine died in a national park.8.00 23/24. The stress of McGee and Delilah’s imminent wedding takes its toll, as the would-be bride is rushed to hospital.9.00 3/20 Series 17. After a body is found hidden under a lorry, the team tracks the vehicle’s previous locations to pinpoint the crime scene and suspect. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Those Who Kill 9/10 Thomas tries to keep Catherine under control while she struggles with the death of her mother. The team investigates the connection the killer has with his drug-dealing, as he targets his next couple. (S) (HD)

11.00 Family Guy Series 14Stewie replaces Brian with a super-intelligent robot. (S) (HD)

11.30 Series 13. Brian goes to obedience classes. (S) (HD)


2.00am The Walking Dead (S) (HD)

3.00 Family Guy (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00am Bull (S) (HD)

8.00am Plane Resurrection 10.10 Beautiful Serengeti 10.40 Country Music (S) 1.00pm The Civil War: double bill. The Union’s failure to achieve a victory by the spring of 1863, then the Battle of Gettysburg

4.00pm Country Music How, between 1968 and 1972, country music responded to a US nation divided by the Vietnam War. Kris Kristofferson set a new lyrical standard, and artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds found a recording home in Nashville. (S)

6.20 Beautiful Serengeti This instalment focuses on the hunt, by far the most dramatic event on the plains of the Serengeti.

6.55 Wyatt Earp The truth behind the legend of Wyatt Earp, who spent most of his life roaming the West and associating with unsavoury characters before the infamous OK Corral shoot-out. (S)

8.05 Country Music The history of the musical art form from 1973 to 1983, when Dolly Parton crossed over to mainstream success and became the most famous woman in country music. (S)

11.00 Wyatt Earp As 6.55pm.

12.15am Bonnie & Clyde (S)

1.25—4.00am Country Music (S)

6.00am Aerial Greece (HD) 9.00 Aerial America (HD) 1.00pm Inside the Factory (HD) 2.00 Robert Powell on the Real Jesus of Nazareth (HD)

6.00pm Sacred Sites The astonishing role of women in the ancient world. (HD)

7.00 Catastrophes and cataclysms that have destroyed numerous cultures from the past. (HD)

8.00 Inside the Factory Gregg Wallace investigates the production of sauces in the Netherlands, and Cherry Healey lends a hand with making the glass jars needed for mayonnaise. (HD)

9.00 Aerial Greece Captured from on high, this edition explores the distinct culture and unique features of the islands of Crete, Samos, Chios, Rhodes and the Dodecanese. (HD)

10.00 An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates Julie Montagu visits the 450-year-old Holdenby House. (HD)

11.00 Aerial Britain A journey over Wales, taking in the Millennium Stadium and Harlech Castle. (HD)

12 midnight Aerial Greece (HD)

1.00am An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates (HD)

2.00 Aerial Britain (HD)

3.00 Aerial America (HD)

4.00—6.00am Aerial Africa (HD)

6.00am Border Patrol 8.00 Paramedics Australia (HD) 10.00 Police Ten 7 11.00 Monkey Life (HD)

3.00pm The Chase 5.00 Warehouse 13 6.00 NCIS: Los Angeles: the team tracks a dangerous hit squad(AD) 7.00 Magnum P.I.: Thomas helps a struggling fi sherman (AD)

8.00 Hawaii Five-0: a cyber-terrorism expert is abducted 9.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers: double bill. The “Sunderland Strangler” Steven Grieveson, then “Railway Killers” John Duffy and David Mulcahy (HD) 11.00 Merlin 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2.00 Banged Up Abroad: double bill 4.00—6.00am Border Patrol

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7.00am The Chase (AD) (HD) 10.00 Wheel of Fortune (AD) 12 noon Catchphrase (AD) 2.00pm Bruce’s Price Is Right 4.00 Family Fortunes 6.00 Pointless Celebrities: double bill of the unorthodox general knowledge quiz 8.00 The Chase: quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh(HD) 9.00 The Chase Celebrity Special: comic John Thomson, broadcaster Carol Vorderman, Corrie actress Sue Cleaver and TV presenter Paul Ross pit their wits against the Chaser (AD) (HD) 10.00 The Chase: hosted by Bradley Walsh (HD) 11.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Chris Tarrant hosts 3.00—6.00am The Chase (HD)


7.00am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun(AD) (HD) 2.00pm A Place in the Sun(AD) (HD) 4.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (AD) (HD) 6.00 My Mortgage Free Home: Amanda shows a couple around properties in East Anglia (HD)7.00 Restoration Home: a woman renovates a 16th-century castle in South Ayrshire (HD) 8.00 A Place in the Sun: a couple look for a holiday home in the Charente area of France (HD) 9.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun: two brothers seek a multifunctional home in Portugal’s Algarve, then a Dorset couple search for a holiday home in the western Algarve (HD) 11.00 Escape to the Country (HD) 2.00am Dream Gardens (HD) 3.00—4.00am My Dream Derelict Home (AD) (HD)

6.00am Combat Dealers (AD) (HD)7.00 Chasing Classic Cars (HD) 8.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 9.00 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (HD) 10.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (HD) 6.00 Scrap Kings(HD) 7.00 American Pickers (HD)8.00 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers: blacksmith Nev and stained-glass maker Gordon revamp a damaged gothic lantern (HD) 9.00 The Repair Shop: a battered ventriloquist’s dummy is brought back to life (HD) 10.00 Aussie Gold Hunters (HD) 11.00 Jade Fever (HD) 12 midnight Ed Stafford: First Man Out (AD) (HD) 1.00am Robson Green: Extreme Fisherman (HD)2.00 American Chopper (HD) 3.00 Scrap Kings (HD) 4.00 Mighty Ships(HD) 5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am Mofy 6.05 Mya Go 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Bob the Builder 6.35 Noddy in Toyland 6.45 Shane the Chef 6.55 Thomas & Friends 7.10 Fireman Sam 7.20 Ricky Zoom 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.40 Milkshake! Bop Box Boogie 8.00 Paw Patrol 8.25 Pirata & Capitano 8.45 New. Butterbean’s Café 9.00New. Brave Bunnies 9.15 Little Princess 9.25 The World According to Grandpa 9.35 Floogals 9.45—10.00am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom


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6.00am Something Special: We’re All Friends 6.25 Twirlywoos 6.35 Teletubbies 6.50 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 7.00 Postman Pat: SDS 7.15 Bing 7.30 Hey Duggee 7.45 Go Jetters 8.00 Peter Rabbit 8.10 Octonauts 8.25 Chuggington 8.35 Bitz & Bob 8.45 The Furchester Hotel 9.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends; At Home with Mr Tumble 9.20 CBeebies Romeo and Juliet 10.15 YolanDa’s Band Jam 10.30 Justin’s House 10.55 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 11.10 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.25 Waffl e the Wonder Dog 11.35 Molly and Mack 11.50 Topsy and Tim 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Apple Tree House 12.25 Old Jack’s Boat 12.40 Down on the Farm 1.00 Hey Duggee 1.15 Go Jetters 1.35 Bitz & Bob 1.45 Love Monster 1.55 B.O.T and the Beasties 2.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.20 Maddie’s Do You Know? 2.35 What’s On Your Head? 2.40 Timmy Time 2.45 Dog Loves Books 2.55 JoJo & Gran Gran 3.05 CBeebies Presents Romeo and Juliet 3.55 My First Festival: Easter 4.10 The Toddler Club at Home 4.20 Magic Hands 4.30 Treasure Champs 4.45 Colours 4.55 Maddie, the Plants and You 5.15 GiggleQuiz 5.30 Katie Morag 5.45 Sarah & Duck 5.50 Charlie and Lola 6.05 Tee and Mo 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Arthur 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.05 Danny & Mick 8.15 Nine Minute Ninja 8.25 The Dengineers 9.00 Blue Peter 9.30 Mimi & Co 9.40 Planet Defenders 10.05 Gym Stars 10.30 Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch 10.45 Odd Squad 11.10 Horrible Histories 12.05pm Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall 12.35 Operation Ouch! Hospital Takeover 1.05 Operation Ouch! 1.35 Dwight in Shining Armour 1.55 Nowhere Boys 2.20 The New Legends of Monkey 2.45 Mystic 3.15 Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall 3.45 The Dengineers 4.40 Gangsta Granny 5.50 Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury 6.10 Danger Mouse 6.35 Horrible Histories 7.05 Heirs of the Night 7.30 Dwight in Shining Armour 7.55 So Awkward 8.20 So Awkward Files 8.35—9.00pm The Next Step


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6.00am Dino Dana 6.10 Mr Magoo 6.35 Thunderbirds Are Go 7.00 Mission Employable 7.05 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 7.30 Scrambled! 7.35 Mighty Mike 7.50 Craig of the Creek 8.10 Teen Titans Go! 8.30 Don’t Unleash the Beast 9.05 Dave Spud 9.25 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 9.55 Captain Underpants 10.25 Dave Spud 10.55 Buck and Buddy 11.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 1.15pm The Tom and Jerry Show 1.50 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 2.15 Hotel Transylvania 2.45 Teen Titans Go! 3.10 Buck and Buddy 3.15 NinjaGo 3.45 Mr Magoo 4.25 Mighty Mike 5.00 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 5.30 Captain Underpants 6.00 Ninjago 6.30 Dave Spud 7.00 Buck and Buddy 7.05 How 7.35 Project Z 8.05 Detention Adventure 8.25 Drop Dead Weird 8.55—9.00pm Mission Employable


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How mayonnaise is madeMagnum P.I. 9.00pm Higgins and Thomas smell a rat

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6.00am Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 12 noon Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD) 6.00pm Fast ’n’ Loud: the team continues to work on a 1969 Plymouth Satellite commissioned by Barry Williams (S) (HD) 7.00 Blowing Up History: experts use cutting-edge technology to investigate a lost city buried in the Sahara (S) (HD) 8.00 Expedition Unknown: double bill. The buried secrets of three elusive women in ancient Egypt, then Josh Gates tries to unearth the fi nal resting places of Nefertiti and Cleopatra (HD)10.00 Tut’s Buried Secrets (HD)11.00 Edge of Alaska: Jenny and her newborn are stranded and must fi ght for survival (HD) 12 midnight Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD) 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats: Natural World (HD) 10.00 Natural World (HD) 11.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 2.00pm New.

Earth’s Sacred Wonders: in Mali, a young Muslim helps to renovate Djenne’s Great Mosque (HD) 3.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 6.00 Supercharged Otters: Natural World follows three orphaned river otters, as cameraman Charlie Hamilton James sets out to reveal their survival secrets (HD) 7.00New. Beasts in the City: a look at urban wildlife (HD) 8.00 Earth’s Sacred Wonders (HD) 9.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 2.00am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities (AD) (HD) 2.30 Jungle Planet (HD)3.50 Russia from Above (HD)5.35—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am Forged in Fire (HD) 9.00 Ancient Superstructures 10.00 Jesus: His Life (HD) 11.00 Strangest Things(HD) 12 noon American Pickers (HD)6.00pm The Curse of Oak Island: the team uncovers more evidence of a possible maritime connection 7.00 WWII’s Most Daring Raids: Operation Husky, a massive amphibious invasion of the island of Sicily (HD) 8.00 The Proof Is Out There: double bill. Suggestions that a creature known as the skunk ape might truly exist, then a strange fi gure that could be taken as evidence of an unknown lifeform 9.00 Caligula: 1,400 Days of Terror: the reign of Roman emperor Caligula (HD)11.00 Navy SEALs (HD) 12 midnight—6.00am American Pickers (HD)

6.00am Saved by the Barn (S) (HD)8.00 Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild(S) (HD) 9.00 Animal Cribs (HD) 10.00 Crikey! It’s the Irwins (HD) 11.00 Dodo Heroes (S) (HD) 12 noon Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 4.00pm Air Jaws 2020 (HD) 5.00 Alien Sharks: Stranger Fins (S) (HD) 6.00 Bondi Vet(S) (HD) 7.00 Homestead Rescue: Home Sweet Homestead (S) (HD) 8.00 In Search of Monsters (S) (HD) 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 10.00 Animal Cops Phoenix (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 Namibia’s Dog-Headed Pig Monster: Expedition Mungo (HD) 12 midnight Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters (S) (HD) 1.00am as 7pm 2.00 as 1pm 3.00 as 9pm 3.50 as 10pm 4.40 How Do Animals Do That(HD) 5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am Discovering: Max von Sydow (S) (AD) 7.00 Discovering: Julie Andrews (S) (AD) 8.00 Hollywood Couples (S) (AD) 12 noon Kareem: Minority of One 1.45pm Honeyland 3.25 Fake Famous 5.10 I Am Steve McQueen: the life and career of the American actor, with contributions from members of his family, ex-wives Neile Adams McQueen and Ali MacGraw and widow Barbara Minty McQueen (S)

7.05pm Audrey: More Than an Icon A look back at the life, loves and career of Audrey Hepburn, who made waves in the fi lm and fashion industries during the golden age of Hollywood. (S)

9.00 New. I Am MLK Jr An insight into the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, celebrating his achievements and his continuing impact on civil rights today.

10.45 John Lewis: Good Trouble The US statesman’s 60-year history of political activism, from the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the House of Representatives. (S) (AD)

12.30am Hotspots: on the Frontline — Remembering the Arab Spring (S) 1.30 Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (S) 2.45 My Icon: Deta Hedman (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00—6.00am Fish Town (S)

6.00am David Attenborough’s Wild City (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 David Attenborough’s Conquest of the Skies (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (S) (HD)

1.00pm Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (S) (HD)

4.00 Attenborough’s Journey (S)

(HD) 5.00 Attenborough at 90: behind the Lens (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00pm David Attenborough’s Global Adventure Previously unseen footage. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 New. David Attenborough’s Global Adventure: Home PlanetGlobal wildlife adventures.

8.00 New. New Kids in the WildA baby capuchin monkey learns the skills to survive. (HD)

9.00 Big Beasts: Last of the Giants A look at animals from Australia and Asia. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Life’s Journey Revealing the strategies by which animals overcome danger. (S) (HD)

11.00 David Attenborough’s Global Adventure: Home Planet As 7pm.

12 midnight New Kids in the Wild(HD) 1.00am Great Lakes Wild (S)

(HD) 2.00 Brazil Untamed (S) (HD)

3.00 Big Beasts: Last of the Giants(S) (AD) (HD) 4.00—6.00am Wild Birds of Australia (S) (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (S) 9.00 Border Patrol (S) 10.00 The Real A&E (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 Paramedics(HD) 12 noon Sun, Sea and A&E (S)

1.00pm Send in the Dogs (S)

2.00 Nothing to Declare (S) (AD)

7.00pm Ghost Whisperer 5/18 Series 3. Melinda is visited by the ghost of a woman executed for witchcraft 150 years ago. (S) (HD)

8.00 6/18. A photography professor is haunted by a former student, and Melinda discovers that the two were having a secret affair before his death. (S) (HD)

9.00 The Good Doctor Ep 3 Series 4. Lim gives Shaun, Claire and Alex the task of mentoring a new group of resident hopefuls. Shaun inadvertently insults Lea. (S) (HD)

10.00 Blue Bloods Ep 7 Series 11Jamie’s childhood friend thinks she has solved a murder. (S) (HD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3/24 Series 12A rape victim claims to have been attacked for a fourth time.12 midnight 4/24. A teenage girl is killed in a hit-and-run incident.1.00am 5/24. A PR executive is found dead in a fountain. (S) (HD)

2.00 Ghost Whisperer: double bill(S) (HD) 4.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare: four editions (S) (AD)





5.00pm Death in Paradise 3/8 Series 6. Humphrey and Martha plan a romantic weekend at the remote Hotel Cecile, but their getaway is disrupted by the murder of the hotel owner.6.20 4/8. The president of the cricket club is found shot dead in the centre of the team’s ground. Suspicion falls on his team-mates.7.40 5/8. A man is murdered miles out at sea — and Humphrey has to take his inquiry all the way to London. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Murdoch Mysteries 11/11 Series 14. Murdoch quickly realises that the boy who tried to avenge Anna’s murder is his son. (HD)

10.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries 10/10 Series 4. A shake-up in all the characters’ lives sees Frankie’s dad alive but in danger. (HD)

11.00 Harrow 9/10 Series 2The body of an elderly man is discovered in an Egyptian sarcophagus. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Evil (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00am Harrow (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Copper (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00am Motive (HD)

7.05am dinnerladies (S) (AD)

7.35 dinnerladies diaries (S) (HD)

10.30 dinnerladies (S) (AD)

6.25pm dinnerladies The crew prepares for the millennium dinner, but Tony makes a discovery on the fi re escape that puts a damper on the festivities.7.05 Petula’s bizarre lifestyle catches up with her, forcing Bren to make a diffi cult decision, and a new member of staff joins the team.7.45 Bren frets over the a new DIY table-clearing initiative, and a lack of funds threatens her plans.8.20 Tony worries that Bren will be distracted during her TV debut. Stan hopes for a proposal and Dolly gets in a fl ap. (S) (AD)

9.00 Mrs Brown’s BoysAgnes’s children suspect that one of them is adopted. (S) (HD)

9.40 Agnes falls under a hypnotist’s spell. (S) (HD)

10.15 Victoria Wood’s Midlife Christmas Festive skits. (S)

11.40 Live at the Apollo With Julian Clary, Omid Djalili and Reginald D Hunter. (S) (HD)

12.40am The Royle Family: behind the Sofa (S) (AD) (HD)

2.45—4.00am Victoria Wood’s Midlife Christmas (S)

6.15am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD) 6.40 Billionaire Boy (S) (HD) 8.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars(S) (HD) 6.00pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (S) (HD) 7.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and country (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 One Born Every Minute: a couple grow anxious on the labour ward (S) (HD)9.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over: Stacey spends a weekend with a popular YouTube family (S) (AD) (HD)10.00 FILM Seven Pounds HH Drama starring Will Smith. Taxman Ben Thomas harbours guilt over a past incident. In an attempt to make amends he decides to change the lives of seven strangers (W) (HD) 12.40am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD)2.35—3.00am Disaster DIY (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Motorway Patrol (S) 11.00 Highway Patrol (S)12 noon Highway Cops 1.00pm Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (S) (AD) 3.00 World’s Most Evil Killers (S) 6.00 Murders That Shocked the Nation: the case of Derek Bentley (S) (AD) 7.00 Killer in My Village: a look at the 2010 murder of two pensioners in Torquay(S) 8.00 World’s Most Evil Killers: a profi le of the Truck Stop Killer, Robert Ben Rhoades (S) 9.00 New series.

A Wilderness of Error: double bill. A re-investigation into the murder of a pregnant wife and her two daughters, then an army hearing frees Dr Jeffrey MacDonald 11.00 Framed by the Killer (S) 12 midnight World’s Most Evil Killers (S) 2.00am Snapped 4.30—6.00am Motorway Patrol (S)

8.00am The Last Pharaoh (HD) 9.00 The Jesus Mysteries (HD) 10.00 Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan (S) (HD) 11.00 Lost Tombs of the Pyramids (HD)12 noon Black Pharaohs: Sunken Treasures (HD) 1.00pm Mysteries of the Holy Arks (HD) 2.00 Lost Cities of the Old Testament (HD) 3.00 Kingdom of the Mummies (S) (HD) 7.00 Lost Treasures of the Maya: evidence of human sacrifi ce is found in a pyramid complex (HD) 8.00 The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great: the conqueror’s fi nal resting place (HD) 9.00 Secrets of Christ’s Tomb (HD) 10.00 Buried Secrets of the Bible (S) (HD)12 midnight Atlas of Cursed Places (S) (HD) 1.00am Elizabeth I: the Secret Life(HD) 2.00—5.00am Secrets of Tutankhamun’s Treasures (HD)

6.00am Combat Dealers (S) (AD)7.00 Mighty Ships (S) 8.00 Expedition Unknown 10.00 Blowing Up History (S)11.00 Mysteries at the Museum 1.00pm Curse of the Bermuda Triangle(S) 5.00 Expedition Unknown 6.00 Mysteries at the Museum: a war-time surgery that was truly life or death 7.00 Combat Dealers (S) 8.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files: triple bill. A mysterious craft that crashed on the moon 9.00 Scientists discuss baffl ing temperature readings from Jupiter 10.00 The mysteries surrounding the sun’s supposed “dark twin” (S) 11.00 The Strangest UFO Stories of All Time (S)1.00am Blowing Up History (S) 2.00 Mysteries at the Museum 4.00—6.00am Curse of the Bermuda Triangle (S)

8.00am Baywatch (S) 12 noon Friends(S) (AD) (HD) 7.00pm FILM 13 Going On 30 HHH Romantic comedy, starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo 9.00 FILM The Devil Wears Prada HHH Fashion-industry satire based on Lauren Weisberger’s novel, starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. When college graduate Andy Sachs gets a job as the editor’s assistant on New York fashion bible Runway, she thinks it’s a short cut to achieving her dream. Unfortunately, her boss makes Andy’s existence hell (S) 11.00 FILM

Get Him to the Greek HHHH Comedy starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill(HD) 1.00am South Park (S) (HD)3.25—5.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 6.00pm The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: six episodes. Will and Carlton’s plans for an evening in with two French girls are ruined by the arrival of Aunt Helen 6.30 Ashley seeks romantic advice from Will 7.00 Will and Carlton are strapped for cash, and become strippers as a last resort 7.30 William Shatner appears on Hilary’s talk show 8.00 Uncle Phil celebrates his 50th birthday while the gang gathers round to reminisce about the early days 8.30 Will refl ects on his lack of personal achievement (S) (HD) 9.00 Saturday Night Live (HD) 10.30 Ricky Gervais Live: Animals (HD) 12 midnight The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 2.00am Wellington Paranormal (S) (HD) 2.30—5.00am Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD)


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7.05am Adventures in Zambezia HH Animated adventure. (2012, U) 8.45 As 10.20pm 11.00 Back to the Future Part II HHH Sci-fi comedy adventure. (1989, PG) 1.00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5Fantasy adventure. Elijah Wood (2001, PG)

4.00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to Mordor. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen (2002, 12)

7.00 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5Frodo continues his quest to destroy the ring. Elijah Wood (2003, 12)

10.20 Jumanji: the Next Level HHH Teenagers return to the magical video-game world.Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart (2019, 12)

12.30am The Magic Roundabout HHH Animated fantasy. Kylie Minogue (2005, U) 2.10 The Adventures of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend HH

Sci-fi adventure. Jude Manley (2020, PG) 3.55 As 11am 5.55 As 12.30am

6.40am As 6pm 8.45 One Way to Denmark As 11.40pm 10.30 Like a Boss As 8pm 12.15pm In the Loop As 9.40pm 2.15 Misbehaviour HHHH Comedy drama. Keira Knightley (2019, 12) 4.15 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure HHHH

Comedy. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter (1988, PG)

6.00pm Jojo Rabbit 5A cherubic Hitler Youth member befriends a girl sheltering in his attic. Roman Griffi n Davis, Taika Waititi (2019, 12)

8.00 Like a Boss HH Salma Hayek’s beauty mogul tries to destroy Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish’s friendship. (2020, 15)

9.40 In the Loop HHHH

Oscar-nominated spin-off of sitcom The Thick of It. Tom Hollander, James Gandolfi ni, Steve Coogan (2009, 15)

11.40pm One Way to Denmark HHH Comedy. Rafe Spall (2019, 15) 1.25am Bulletproof 2: Rematch H Action comedy. Faizon Love (2020, 15) 3.10 As 2.15pm 5.00 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure As 4.15pm

6.45am As 6.45pm 8.45 Hancock As 8.45pm 10.25 The Dark Knight As 10.30pm 1.00pm Big Trouble in Little China HH

Adventure. Kurt Russell (1986, 15) 2.50 Speed 2: Cruise Control HH

Thriller. Sandra Bullock (1997, PG) 5.00 Salt HH Thriller. Angelina Jolie (2010, 12)

6.45pm Green Lantern HH

Ryan Reynolds is well cast as a rookie superhero with a power ring. Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard (2011, 12)

8.45 Hancock HHH

A superhero on the skids is given a chance to rebuild his image.Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman (2008, 12)

10.30 The Dark Knight 5Christian Bale’s gravel-voiced Batman returns to do battle with the Joker. Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart (2008, 12)

1.05am The Dark Knight Rises HHHH Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy.Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy (2012, 12) 3.50 Salt As 5pm 5.35 Big Trouble in Little China As 1pm

6.40am The Last Castle HHH

Thriller. (2001, 15) 9.05 As 6.35pm 11.40 As 9pm 2.20pm Jerry Maguire HHHH Romantic comedy.Tom Cruise (1996, 15) 4.45 Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 5 Comedy. Peter Sellers (1963, PG)

6.35pm The Great Gatsby HHH Baz Luhrmann’s exuberant take on F Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age tale. Leonardo DiCaprio (2013, 12)

9.00 Gladiator 5Betrayed Roman general Russell Crowe becomes a celebrated fi ghter in the Colosseum. (2000, 15)

11.45 Full Metal Jacket 5Harrowing Vietnam War drama that follows a group of recruits into battle. Matthew Modine (1987, 18)

1.45am The Last Castle As 6.40am 4.10 Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb As 4.45pm

11.00am Flushed Away HHH

A posh pet mouse discovers a vast rodent metropolis in this witty animation. Hugh Jackman (2006, U) (S) (AD)

12.45pm Shrek Forever After HHH Cleverly conceived fourth movie in which a bored Shrek falls foul of scheming Rumpelstiltskin.Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz (2010, U) (S)

2.30 Ferdinand HHHH Charming and lively animated comedy adventure based on the evergreen story of a bull with a big heart.John Cena, Kate McKinnon (2017, U) (S) (AD)

4.35 Evolution HHH Amiably daft sci-fi action comedy thatstars David Duchovny as a college professor who stumbles across an alien invasion. Julianne Moore (2001, PG)

6.35pm We Bought a Zoo HHH

Matt Damon plays a widower who moves with his children to a wildlife park in rural California in this cute comedy drama inspired by a true story. Review p34. (2011, PG) (S)

9.00 Kingsman: the Golden Circle HHH The Kingsman spies must team up with their American Statesman counterparts in this pacey, irreverent, occasionally self-indulgent action adventure.Taron Egerton, Colin Firth (2017, 15) (S) (AD)

11.45 i The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot HHH A well-crafted meditation on reality and regret, galvanised by a magnetic performance by Sam Elliott as a secretive loner. Aidan Turner (2018, 15) (S)

1.40—4.00am Thunderbolt and Lightfoot HHHH Marvellousheist drama in which a crook and a drifter team up. Clint Eastwood (1974, 18) (S)

6.00am No Hiding Place7.00 64-Day Hero: a Boxer’s Tale9.00 Black Saddle9.30 Johnny Ringo10.00 The Big Blockade HHH

Second World War drama. Leslie Banks, Will Hay, John Mills (1942, U) 11.30 Carols with Michael Hordern 12.25pm The Egyptian HH A poor orphan becomes a physician in the court of the pharaoh. Edmund Purdom, Jean Simmons (1954) (S) 3.15 Liberace Easter Special3.40 Simon and Laura HH

Comedy with Peter Finch andKay Kendall. (1955, PG) 5.30 The Adventures of Robin Hood6.00pm Upstairs, Downstairs Period drama with Gordon Jackson.7.00 Hannay Historical TV drama starring Robert Powell.8.00 Sunday Night at the London Palladium Jimmy Tarbuck hosts the fi rst colour edition, from 1966.9.00 The Champions Fantasy drama starring William Gaunt. (S)

10.00 Stiff Upper Lips HHHH

Witty parody of British costume dramas, starring Prunella Scales as an aristocrat who takes her family on a grand tour. Peter Ustinov (1997, 15)

12 midnight Enemy Mine HHHH

Two soldiers from enemy planets crash-land and have to co-operate to survive in this intelligent sci-fi drama. Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr (1985, 12) (S) 2.15am Play It Cool HH Comedy drama. Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr (1962, U) (S) 3.50 Popeye the Sailor: Ancient Fistory (S) 4.00 Lytton’s Diary5.00—6.00am The Tom Ewell Show

8.00am Star Trek: Enterprise 1.00pm It Came from beneath the Sea HHH Sci-fi adventure.Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue (1955, U) 2.30 This Island Earth HHHH Sci-fi adventure. Jeff Morrow (1955, PG) 4.10 Earth vs the Flying Saucers HH

Sci-fi fantasy. Hugh Marlowe (1956, U)

5.50pm The Incredible Shrinking Man 5 Superlative sci-fi thriller. Grant Williams, Randy Stuart (1957, PG)

7.25 20 Million Miles to Earth HHH Sci-fi horror notable for animation master Ray Harryhausen’s wonderful creations. William Hopper (1957, PG)

9.00 Kill Command HHH Human soldiers are hunted down by robots in this low-budget sci-fi action movie that boasts stunning special effects. Vanessa Kirby, Thure Lindhardt (2016, 15)

11.00 I Spit on Your Grave HH

Gory and uninspired remake of the seminal horror. Sarah Butler (2010, 18)

1.00am Discarnate HH Horror thriller. Thomas Kretschmann (2018, 18) 2.45—4.30am When a Stranger Calls H Horror. Camilla Belle (2006, 15)



9.10am Concrete Evidence: a Fixer Upper Mystery 10.55 Framed for Murder: a Fixer Upper Mystery12.45pm Upside Down HH

Romantic sci-fi drama. Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess (2012, 12) 2.55 Volcano HHH

Disaster thriller. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche (1997, 12) 5.00 Chain Reaction HHH Exciting action thriller in which two scientists are forced to go on the run after their discovery in providing cheap energy attracts unwanted attention. Keanu Reeves (1996, 12)

7.10pm Surrogates HHH Bruce Willis stars in this intriguing sci-fi thriller set in a future where people have robotic alter egos. Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe(2009, 12)

9.00 Enemy of the State HHHH

Cracking conspiracy thriller in which Will Smith’s lawyer goeson the run after receiving some politically sensitive information. Review p34. Gene Hackman, Jon Voight (1998, 15)

11.40 Alpha Dog HHH

A kidnapping goes tragically awry in a rambling but compelling crime drama from writer/director Nick Cassavetes. Emile Hirsch (2006, 15)

2.00am The Hunter’s Prayer HHH Slick action thriller. Sam Worthington, Odeya Rush, Martin Compston (2017, 15) 4.00—5.50am Bridge to Terabithia HHHH Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb star in this charming fantasy. (2006, PG)

6.00am Cripple Creek HH

Western. George Montgomery (1952, U) 7.35 The Big Sky HHHH Western. Kirk Douglas (1952, U) 9.55 The Stranger Wore a Gun HH Western. Randolph Scott (1953, U) 11.40 Jack McCall, Desperado HH Western. George Montgomery (1953, U) 1.20pm The Gun That Won the West HH Western. Dennis Morgan (1955, U) 2.50 Mackenna’s Gold HHH

Western. Gregory Peck (1969, 15) 5.20 Gun Fury HHH Western. Rock Hudson (1953, U)

7.05pm 3:10 to Yuma 5Gripping western, based on an Elmore Leonard story. Glenn Ford (1957, PG)

9.00 The Virginian HHH

Enjoyable update of the popular western story. Trace Adkins (2014, 12)

10.55 Cripple Creek HH Lawmen infi ltrate a band of robbers in this solid western. George Montgomery (1952, U)

12.30am Masterson of Kansas HH Western. George Montgomery (1954, U) 2.00 The War in the Desert3.00—4.00am The War in the Jungle

6.00am Jamaica Inn HH Period adventure. Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara (1939, PG) 8.05 The Juggler H Drama.Kirk Douglas (1953) 9.50 Sirocco HHH

Spy drama. Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren (1951, PG) 11.55 Dead Reckoning HHHH Hard-boiled thriller. Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott (1947, U) 2.00pm Sahara HHH Solid wartime action adventure. Humphrey Bogart (1943, PG) 4.05 The Barefoot Contessa HHHH

Biting satire on the movie business.Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner (1954, PG)

6.50pm The African Queen 5 Classic romantic adventure for which Humphrey Bogartwon an Oscar as the unkempt steamboat skipper who clashes with Katharine Hepburn. (1951, U)

9.00 The Caine Mutiny HHHH

Humphrey Bogart goes marvellously out of control as the martinet captain of a minesweeper in this gripping adaptation of Herman Wouk’s novel. (1954, U)

11.30 King Rat HHHH Gripping PoW drama centring on George Segal’s mercenary wheeler-dealer.Tom Courtenay, James Fox (1965, PG)

2.10am Snipers3.10 Candlelight in Algeria HH Wartime romance and spy thriller combine. James Mason, Carla Lehmann (1943, U) 4.35—6.00am The Giants of Thessaly HH

Adventure. Roland Carey (1960, U)

Kill Command 111 9.00pm Horror Channel

In a technologically advanced future, Vanessa Kirby’s cyborg helps a team of military trainees fi ght back against killer robots

6.50am Six Minutes to MidnightAs 4.20pm 8.40 Scoob! As 6.10pm 10.30 i Zeroville As 8pm 12.20pm Antebellum As 9.50pm 2.20 The Furnace HHH Absorbing western. David Wenham (2020, 15) 4.20 Six Minutes to Midnight HHH

Intriguing spy drama. Eddie Izzard (2019, 12)

6.10pm Scoob! HH Breezy cartoon reboot in which the gang attempt to stop the ghost dog Cerberus from rising. (2020, PG)

8.00 i Zeroville H A starry cast fails to rescue star-director James Franco’s trundle through 1970s Hollywood. Megan Fox (2019, 15)

9.50 Antebellum HHH Janelle Monáe takes on dual roles in this mind-bending, time-hopping thriller. Eric Lange, Jena Malone (2020, 15)

11.50pm Eternal Beauty HHHH

Comedy drama. (2019, 15) 1.30am The Blackout: Invasion Earth HHH

Sci-fi . (2019, 15) 3.40 The Racer HHH

Drama. (2020, 15) 5.25 As 2.20pm

6.15am As 5.50pm 8.30 As 8pm 10.55 As 10.35pm 12.55pm The Grudge HH Horror. Andrea Riseborough (2020, 15) 2.35 Dragon Rider HHH

Fun-fi lled animated fantasy. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Felicity Jones (2020) 4.10 To Olivia HHH Respectable biopic.Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville (2021, PG)

5.50pm Batman and Robin HH George Clooney’s Caped Crusader goes up against Arnie’s Mr Freeze. Chris O’Donnell (1997, PG)

8.00 Star Wars Episode IX: the Rise of Skywalker 5The saga concludes in thrilling, epic style. Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver (2019, 12)

10.35 Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn HHHH Comic-book spin-off. Margot Robbie (2020, 15)

12.40am The Grudge As 12.55pm 2.30 To Olivia As 4.10pm 4.20 Dragon Rider As 2.35pm

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6.00am Greatest Games (AD) 7.00 Legends (AD) 8.00 Premier League

11.30 LIVE Premier League Football Southampton v Burnley from St Mary’s (kick-off 12.00);2.00pm Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur from St James’ Park (kick-off 2.05);4.00 Aston Villa v Fulham from Villa Park (kick-off 4.30).7.30 Matchday Plus 8.15 Premier League 5.00am Best Goals 5.30—6.00am Premier League 100 Club (AD)


6.00am International One-Day Cricket: highlights 7.00 Talking Cricket 8.00 International One-Day Cricket

8.55 LIVE International One-Day Cricket South Africa v Pakistan, the second ODI in the three-match series.5.00pm Best of the 2020 Indian Premier League 6.00 Talking Cricket: Wasim and Waqar 6.30 Talking Cricket: Graeme Smith 7.00 International One-Day Cricket 8.00 On Safari with Makhaya Ntini 9.00 International One-Day Cricket 10.00 Nasser Meets Sachin (AD) 11.00 International One-Day Cricket 2.00am Best of the 2017 Indian Premier League 3.00 Best of the 2020 Indian Premier League 4.00 Best of the 2015 Indian Premier League 4.30 Best of the 2017 Indian Premier League 5.00—6.00am Best of the 2020 Indian Premier League


6.00am Extreme E

7.00 LIVE Extreme E Crazy Race.8.30 How to Build an Extreme E Car 9.00 Extreme E: the Electric Dream 10.00 Extreme E: preview11.00 LIVE Extreme E The Desert X-Prix in Al-’Ula, Saudi Arabia.1.00pm Darts Show 1.30 Darts 4.45 NFL 5.45 Darts Show 6.15 Darts10.00 Extreme E 11.00—6.00am NFL


6.00am I’m Game 6.15 Netball 8.00 Driving Force 9.00 Super League

9.10 LIVE NRL Sydney Roosters v New Zealand Warriors (kick-off 9.15).11.10 Super League 11.30 Boxing2.00pm Super League 3.30 Rugby Retro 5.15 Rugby Union 6.30 NBA8.30 LIVE NBA Coverage of LA Clippers v LA Lakers (tip-off 8.30).11.00 NBA Classic Games 12 midnight Super League 1.00am Darts Gold 1.30 The Darts Show 2.00 Darts 5.15 The Darts Show 5.45—6.00am Darts Gold


7.00—8.30am LIVE Extreme E The Crazy Race from Saudi Arabia.11.00—1.00pm LIVE Extreme E The Desert X-Prix in Saudi Arabia.8.30—11.00 LIVE NBA Coverage of LA Clippers v LA Lakers.


6.35am Cycling

8.55 LIVE Cycling The Tour of Flanders, the Spring Classic race;3.45pm The women’s Tour of Flanders, Antwerp to Oudenaarde.5.45 Cycling 6.00 Snooker 8.00 Cycling 10.00 Chess 10.30 Triathlon 11.00 Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting 2.00 Cycling 4.00 Olympic Games: Far from Home 5.00—6.00am Weightlifting


6.00am LIVE Women’s International One-Day Cricket New Zealand v Australia.8.30 The Number’s Game (AD) 9.00 Wrestling: WWE action (AD)

11.00 LIVE Extreme E1.00pm Uefa Documentaries (AD)

2.00 LIVE Women’s Football4.45 LIVE German Football FC Union Berlin v Hertha Berlin.7.00 LIVE Premier League Football Coverage of Manchester United v Brighton (kick-off 7.30).10.00 Wrestling 1.45am BT Sport Reload (AD) 2.00 Freeride 3.00 ESPN Films (AD) 5.00—6.00am Fishing (AD)


6.00am The Football Archives (AD) 7.00 Premier League Football

9.00 LIVE Australian Football11.00 ESPN FC 11.30 MotoGP12.30pm LIVE MotoGP Warm-ups ahead of the Grand Prix of Doha MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 races.2.15 Moto3 race (start-time 3.00);4.00 Moto2 race (start-time 4.20); 5.30 MotoGP race (start-time 6.00).7.00 MotoGP7.30 Sport Reload (AD)

7.45 LIVE French Football Marseille v Dijon (kick-off 8.00).10.00 LIVE Basketball NCAA.1.30am Women’s Football: FA WSL action 3.00 Women’s International One-Day Cricket 4.00 German Football(AD) 4.30 DIY Pundit 5.00—6.00am Beyond the Boundary (AD)


6.00am French Football 7.30 German Football 9.00 Champions League Football 9.30 Europa League Football

10.00 LIVE Australian Football Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC.12 noon LIVE Rugby Union Racing 92 v Edinburgh, European Rugby Champions Cup (kick-off 1.30);2.45pm Bordeaux Begles v Bristol Bears (kick-off 3.00);5.15 Scarlets v Sale Sharks (k-o 5.30).7.45 LIVE Rugby Union Harlequins v Ulster (kick-off 8.00).10.15 Women’s International One-Day Cricket 11.15 UFC (AD) 12.15am BT Sport Reload (AD) 12.30 German Football 3.30 Champions League 4.00—6.00am German Football


6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 World of X Games 7.30 ESPN FC 8.00 Basketball

12 noon LIVE French Football Angers v Montpellier (kick-off 12.00);2.00pm Reims v Rennes (k-o 2.00);4.00 Nimes v Saint-Etienne from Stade des Costières (kick-off 4.05).6.00 LIVE Major League Baseball9.00 NHRA Drag Racing10.00 LIVE Basketball NCAA.1.30am LIVE Major League Baseball Los Angeles Angels v Chicago White Sox (start-time 1.37).4.30 MLB 5.00—6.00am X Games


6.00am World Superbikes: from Estoril7.00 Extreme E 8.00 Formula E9.00 Weightlifting 10.00 Extreme E

11.00 LIVE Extreme E1.00pm LIVE Weightlifting7.45 Weightlifting 8.45 British Superbikes 11.00 Formula E 12 midnight Extreme E 1.00am Cycling 2.00 Snooker4.00 Weightlifting 5.00—6.00am Cycling


6.00am Sky Sports News

7.00 LIVE Extreme E The Crazy Race in Saudi Arabia, part of the opening meeting of the season.8.30 Sky Sports News9.00 LIVE International One-Day Cricket Coverage of South Africa v Pakistan, the second ODI in the three-match series, at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.11.30 LIVE Premier League Football Southampton v Burnley from St Mary’s (kick-off 12.00);2.00pm Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur from St James’ Park (kick-off 2.05);4.00 Aston Villa v Fulham from Villa Park (kick-off 4.30).7.30 LIVE PGA Tour Golf Coverage of the fourth and fi nal round of the Valero Texas Open from TPC San Antonio.11.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf The ANA Inspiration, the fourth and fi nal day at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.2.00—6.00am Sky Sports News


6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 EFL Highlights 8.30 League One and Two Goals 9.00 The Women’s Football Show10.00 EFL Highlights 11.30 League One and Two Goals 12 noon EFL Highlights 3.00pm Scottish Football8.15 EFL Highlights 10.00 League One and Two Goals 10.30 EFL Highlights12 midnight Classic Play Offs1.00am EFL Play Off Finals 3.00 EFL Cup Retro 2013 5.00—6.00am Championship Season Review 2015/16

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6.00am LPGA Tour Golf 9.00 Women’s Golf 12 noon Golf Academy

1.00pm LIVE Augusta Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals Coverage of the free, nationwide junior skills competition in Augusta.6.00 LIVE PGA Tour Golf The fi nal round of the Valero Texas Open from TPC San Antonio.11.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf The ANA Inspiration, the fourth and fi nal day in Rancho Mirage, California.2.00am Women’s Open 2020 Offi cial Film 3.00 PGA Tour Golf5.00—6.00am Golf Academy

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6.30—9.00pm LIVE Scottish Cup Football The third-round match between Rangers and Cove Rangers at Ibrox (kick-off 6.30).

European Rugby Union 5.15pm BT Sport 3 Scarlets’ tireless centre Jonathan Davies

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7.00am My Friend the DolphinAs 10pm 8.55 As 6pm 10.55 Dora & the Lost City of GoldAs 8pm 12.55pm The BorrowersAs 11.50pm 2.35 Thunderpants HFantasy. Simon Callow (2002, PG) 4.15 The Secret Garden HHHH Period drama. Colin Firth, Julie Walters (2020, PG)

6.00pm Roald Dahl’s The Witches HHHH Fun CGI-assisted update of the beloved children’s novel. Anne Hathaway (2020, PG)

8.00 Dora & the Lost City of Gold HHH Charming live-action outing for TV cartoon favourite Dora the Explorer. Isabela Moner (2019, PG)

10.00 My Friend the Dolphin HH The cute dolphin returns for another adventure — but so does bad guy Kevin Sorbo. Lola Sultan (2019)

11.50pm The Borrowers HHH

Delightful fantasy. John Goodman,Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams (1997, U) 1.30am Thunderpants As 2.35pm 3.10 The Secret Garden As 4.15pm 5.05 My Friend the Dolphin As 10pm

7.30am The Swan Princess HHH

Musical fairy tale. (1994, U) 9.05 As 5.20pm 10.35 As 7pm 12.10pm As 8.40pm 2.00 A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures HHH

Adventure. (2010, U) 3.45 As 10.30pm 5.20 The Secret Life of Pets 2 HHH Comedy adventure. (2019, U)

7.00pm Fantastic Mr Fox HHHH Director Wes Anderson adopts a delightful retro style for this adaptation. George Clooney (2009, PG)

8.40 Hop HHH A young rabbit (voiced by Russell Brand) is reluctant to succeed his father as the Easter bunny. James Marsden (2011, U)

10.30 The True Story of Puss’N Boots HH Irreverent fairy tale based on the traditional French story. (2009, U)

12.10am Valley of the Lanterns HH Canadian fantasy. (2018) 2.00 The Swan Princess As 7.30am 3.45 Fantastic Return to Oz HH

Adventure. Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Marc Thompson (2019) 5.15 As 2pm

6.00am Vantage Point As 2.25pm 7.45 Motherless Brooklyn As 6.35pm 10.15 Captain Phillips As 9pm 12.35pm The Big Ugly HH

Action drama. Vinnie Jones (2020, 15) 2.25 Vantage Point HH Thriller. Dennis Quaid (2008, 12) 4.00 The Firm HHHH

Thriller. Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn (1993, 15)

6.35pm Motherless Brooklyn HHHH Edward Norton writes, directs and stars as a private eye with Tourette syndrome. (2019, 15)

9.00 Captain Phillips 5Tom Hanks plays the captainof a US cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates. Catherine Keener (2013, 12)

11.15 Pulp Fiction 5Exhilarating crime drama that interweaves several LA stories in dazzling fashion. John Travolta (1994, 18)

1.50am The Big Ugly As 12.35pm 3.40 Run with the Hunted HH

Dark tale of redemption that develops rather predictably. Michael Pitt, Dree Hemingway, Mark Boone Junior (2019, 15) 5.15 Sky Cinema Preview

7.15am As 7.45pm 9.20 Aeonfl uxAs 6.10pm 10.55 Knowing As 11.30pm 1.00pm AVPR: Aliensvs Predator Requiem HH Sci-fi thriller. Steven Pasquale (2007, 15) 2.35 Paycheck HH Sci-fi thriller. Ben Affl eck (2003, 12) 4.35 Brightburn HHH Sci-fi horror. Elizabeth Banks (2019, 15)

6.10pm Aeonfl ux HH Charlize Theron plays a butt-kicking rebel agent in this handsome but lifeless sci-fi thriller. (2005, 15)

7.45 Alita: Battle Angel HH

Robert Rodriguez’s fl ashy live-action take on the dystopian manga adventure. Rosa Salazar (2018, 12)

9.50 The Curse of La Llorona HHH Decent horror from the makers of the Conjuring fi lm franchise. Linda Cardellini (2019, 15)

11.30pm Knowing HHH Modern twist on 1950s sci-fi movies. Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne (2009, 15) 1.35am AVPR: Aliens vs Predator Requiem As 1pm 3.15 The Curse of La LloronaAs 9.50pm 4.55 As 2.35pm


6.00am Hollywood’s Best Directors7.05 Above Suspicion HHHH

(1943, PG) 9.00 The Omaha Trail HHH (1942, U) 10.25 The Barretts of Wimpole Street HH (1956, U) 12.40pm Chisum HH (1970, PG) 3.00 Return to Warbow HH (1958) 4.40 The Texas Kid HHH (1943, U)

5.55pm Objective, Burma! HHH Rousing Second World War drama about a mission to destroy a radar station. Errol Flynn (1945, PG)

9.00 Blade: Trinity H Blade fi ghts Dracula in this disjointed episode in the vampire-hunting fantasy series. Wesley Snipes (2004, 15)

11.20 Pale Rider HHH

Handsome, mystical western that reworks Shane by way of High Plains Drifter. Clint Eastwood (1985, 15)

1.50am Double Team HH Action adventure. Jean-Claude Van Damme (1997, 18) 3.45 Off Set4.00 Close Up 5.00 Off Set5.10 Ben-Hur 5Period epic. Charlton Heston (1959, PG)

7.00am Love Happens As 5.30pm 9.05 Tell It to the Bees HH

Romantic drama. Anna Paquin (2018, 15) 11.05 Love Sarah HHH Drama.Celia Imrie (2020, 12) 1.00pm A Beautiful Mind As 9.35pm 3.20 Ghost As 11.55pm 5.30 Love Happens HH

Romantic drama. Aaron Eckhart (2009, 12)

7.30pm Downton Abbey HHH

This spin-off is a safe, sumptuous and crowd-pleasing delight. Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith (2019, PG)

9.35 A Beautiful Mind HHH

Drama starring Russell Crowe as a mathematics genius struggling with schizophrenia. Ed Harris (2001, 12)

11.55 Ghost HHHH A man returns from the dead to warn his fi ancée of impending danger.Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg (1990, 15)

2.05am The Glorias HH Four actors play activist Gloria Steinem in this inventive but uneven treatment of the feminist icon’s life.Julianne Moore, Lulu Wilson, Alicia Vikander (2020) 4.40 Downton Abbey As 7.30pm


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PICK OF THE DAY Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime 9.00pm ITV

DOCUMENTARY For a TV

biography about a famed writer to

have a feeling of authenticity, it’s

now obligatory to see a fragile

notebook being handled carefully

with white cotton gloves. But at

least the pages of Agatha

Christie’s journal give us some

terrifi c insights into the thought

process behind Hercule Poirot’s

creation. As it turns out, the

Belgian detective was her mirror

image: she having been wildly

untidy, he being pernickety and

exacting. We also see how

Christie’s own global travels —

including luxury train trips and a

journey through Egypt by steamer

— fed into her beloved mysteries.

In this enjoyable profi le, actor

Richard E Grant purrs his way

through accounts of Poirot’s

greatest cases, though there is the

familiar problem that all Christie

docs encounter: namely, how to

discuss the writer’s ingenious

plots without blowing

their solutions. Cutting

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before they do so

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Sort Your Life Out6.25pm BBC1

FACTUAL Chucked out of the

schedules to make way for sport on

25 March, the pilot for Stacey

Solomon’s new show is going to be

your new favourite programme if

your home is overrun with clutter.

She and a team of organisers,

cleaners and DIYers clear and sort

a family’s chaotic home, laying out

their possessions on a warehouse

fl oor. For one family that unnerving

display includes 60 obsolete

chargers, 3,000 toys, 48 mugs,

225 DVDs and a ton of out-of-date

foodstuffs. There are brilliant

cleaning hacks, storage ideas and

a frenzy of labelling, but also tears

as the couple try to let things go

before a satisfying reveal.

JANE RACKHAM

Canal Boat Diaries7.00pm BBC4

TRAVEL Channel 4’s Great Canal

Journeys with Sheila Hancock and

Gyles Brandreth implied that

tootling along a canal is a leisurely

experience punctuated by laughter,

but the reality of life on a narrowboat

is a very different thing. It can be

tough, as you’ll remember if you

joined Robbie Cumming earlier this

year when he navigated his way

through Derbyshire on Canal Boat

Diaries.

This time he’s on the River Severn,

facing the ups and downs of the

British weather and messy DIY jobs,

as well as taking an unexpected

tumble at the Tardebigge Flight of

locks in Worcestershire. It’s a gentle

way to enjoy canal life without all the

hard work. JR

The Three Tenors: from Caracalla to the World7.30pm Sky Arts

ARTS A look at a musical experiment

that became a global phenomenon.

At the 1990 World Cup, a concert put

opera superstars José Carreras,

Plácido Domingo and Luciano

Pavarotti on the same stage.

Interviews with the creative forces

behind the show, including Carreras

and Domingo, sketch the rivalries

and moments of inspiration that led

to one of the most impactful

televised gigs of all time.

The fi lm isn’t shy on questioning

the worth of 1994’s follow-up show

or the trio’s tour, but clips capture

how that 1990 rendition of Puccini’s

Nessun Dorma is still really

something. JACK SEALE

Food Unwrapped Does Great Britain8.00pm C4

FOOD Serving an amuse-bouche

for the new series starting on

Friday, the team have some tasty

titbits about our home-grown grub.

Apple pie, that great stalwart of

summer garden parties Pimm’s, and

chips — or rather the vinegar we put

on them — are on the menu.

Britain is the only country in the

world to use cooking apples, so

Jimmy Doherty and Matt Tebbutt

have an apple pie bake-off

comparing Granny Smiths with

Bramleys. Tebbutt’s pie wins, which

leaves Doherty muttering, “My

baking skills might have something

to do with it, but I’d like to see him

farm pigs.” JR

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SLEUTH STORYRichard E Grant (below)

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memorably for 25 years by David Suchet (left)

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DRAMA New series Hot on the trail of Your Honor and

The Flight Attendant, here’s a homegrown “Can they

get away with it?” drama. In a million-pound house

overlooking the sea, a terribly middle-class dinner party

(debating Brexit, reminiscing about uni, snorting cocaine)

is followed by a night of terror: two teens break in and the

homeowners end up killing one. It wasn’t quite self-

defence, so it’s time to lie fretfully to the police.

Episode one amasses loose ends and apparently

irrelevant subplots that will surely come back to bite

the guilty couple. But perhaps their biggest problem

is that Bailey, the kindly but perceptive family liaison

offi cer who’s working the case, is played by the

biggest name in the cast, Sally Lindsay. Is she going

to do a Columbo on them? Intruder continues nightly

until Thursday. JS

Wellington Paranormal9.00pm Sky Comedy

COMEDY New series Fans of What We

Do in the Shadows will enjoy this

deadpan sort-of-spin-off, co-written

by Jemaine Clement. It’s a New

Zealand-based parody of

programmes about the police, except

here it’s dim-witted cops who keep

stumbling on paranormal phenomena

without a clue how to proceed, like a

low-wattage Mulder and Scully.

A teenage girl they arrest has

demonic eyes and spews out green

bile, croaking that the dead shall rise

from hell, but Offi cer O’Leary (Karen

O’Leary) puts it all down to drugs,

while the girl’s mother wonders if it’s

“too much screen time”. When a

hellmouth opens in the mall, they

consult YouTube about how to

perform an exorcism. DAVID BUTCHER

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic9.00pm BBC2

DOCUMENTARY When Netfl ix

documentary Tiger King became a

global sensation a year ago, a few

people noticed that the series’

antagonist, tiger breeder Joe Exotic,

had appeared in Louis Theroux’s 2011

fi lm America’s Most Dangerous Pets.

Now re-investigating Exotic — and

his nemesis, animal rights activist

Carole Baskin — Theroux digs deeper

into how Exotic’s rampant insecurities

led to his downfall. And there’s an

interesting meeting with Baskin, who

was deluged with death threats after

the Netfl ix show. The recordings she

plays for Theroux reveal how toxic it

can be when social media creates cult

fi gures and then damns them. JS


MasterChef9.00pm BBC1

FOOD Five amateur cooks are left in

the competition and they all have one

goal in mind — to lift that MasterChef

trophy (and start an exciting new

career as a result, of course). But fi rst

they must prepare a fi ve-course meal

for 20 members of the hospitality

sector who generously delivered

thousands of meals to frontline

workers during lockdown.

As the week progresses, the

contestants’ numbers are reduced

while the challenges get tougher: on

Thursday they must impress some

of the best chefs in the country

(including Monica Galetti) with a menu

of classic dishes at a dinner hosted

by the legendary Michel Roux Jr at

Le Gavroche. JR

See feature: page 8

Channel 5 regularly shows original

dramas these days, the latest being

Intruder (see below) — but they

weren’t generally known for such

series until Blood came along in

2018. Capitalising on Adrian Dunbar’s

(right) renewed fame as a star of

Line of Duty, it cast him in a

psychological thriller where

ambiguity is key: he’s the patriarch

of a family split by grief who, his

daughter comes to suspect, has in

fact killed his wife. Family and

small-town Irish drama mingle with

skilfully placed shocks and twists.

Acorn TV now has both series.

Also new on the service today are

Canadian cop drama 19-2 and US

detective series The Aurora

Teagarden Mysteries — the latter

is based on the series of novels by

Charlaine Harris, whose work was

also the basis for True Blood , which

you can fi nd on Now. JS

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UNINVITED GUESTSA dinner party on the coast takes a dark turn

q FILM OF THE DAY

The Fall of the Roman Empire2.20pm BBC2 A high-budget historical epic

starring Sophia Loren,

Christopher Plummer, Stephen

Boyd and Alec Guinness. (1964)

See page 35

Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer 8.00pm ITV (not Wales)Alison Steadman says she

relaxes by bird watching, so

she joins Alan Titchmarsh in

Hampshire to talk about the joy

of getting back outdoors now

that the weather is improving.

The Joy of Painting 7.30 BBC4More paint-it-yourself tips from

the softly spoken Bob Ross,

who shows us how to paint

a beautiful mountain scene.

24 Hours in Police Custody 9.00pm C4DCI Adam Gallop investigates

a missing-believed-murdered

case from 2015, which takes

him across Europe in search

of clues.

L Racing: Irish Grand National

2.30pm ITV Ireland’s toughest

steeplechase is run for the fi rst

time since Burrows Saint won

in 2019.


Everton v Crystal Palace 5pm (k/o 6pm), Wolverhampton

Wanderers v West Ham United

k/o 8.15pm Sky Sports PL/ME

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Middlesborough v Watford 12pm (k/o 12.30pm) Sky Sports Football

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6.00am Breakfast Roger Johnson, Louise Minchin. (S) (HD)

9.15 Morning Live Magazine show. (S) (HD)

10.00 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Wolverhampton, Kent and Stoke-on-Trent. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Frontline Fightback An elderly woman has her handbag snatched. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

11.45 Paramedics on Scene A man gets stuck in the mud at a building site in Larkhall. (Revised rpt) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Christina Trevanion presents from Leominster in Herefordshire. (S) (AD) (HD)


1.30 Father Brown 3/10 Series 6. The local stationmaster is murdered. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.15 Impossible Quiz show hosted by Rick Edwards. Repeated tomorrow 6.30am BBC2 (S) (HD)

2BBC RED BUTTON 2.30—5.10 5 Live Final Score The latest football scores from BBC Radio 5 Live

3.00 Escape to the Country In Somerset. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.45—4.30 Ready Steady Cook Two sisters from Northern Ireland provide today’s ingredients. (S) (HD)

6.15am Gardeners’ World Easter Special Monty Don and the team return to offer seasonal advice and inspiration. Shown Good Friday (S) (HD)

7.15 Frontline Fightback A brutal attack on a 96-year-old D-Day veteran. Shown Good Friday BBC1 (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Inside the Zoo 2/8. The giant pandas keep everyone on their toes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

1.00pm Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking Preparing spicy dishes with a cool accompaniment, including a chicken and chilli curry and spiced rice pudding. (R) (S) (HD)

1.20 Attenborough’s Wonder of Eggs Revealing the secrets of birds’ eggs, exploring how they are made and the reasons behind their shape. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.20—5.15 The Fall of the Roman Empire ★★★★

qHistorical epic starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd and Christopher Plummer. The Roman Empire

falls into the hands of the unstable, corrupt Commodus. Caught up in the turmoil are his sister Lucilla and Livius, the soldier who should have become emperor after the wise Marcus Aurelius. Available on iPlayer for the next 12 months. Film of the Day: page 35. Director Anthony Mann (1964, PG) (S) (W) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Guests, gossip and more. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning A mix of celebrity interviews, lifestyle features, advice and competitions. (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Celebrity interviews and studio discussion from a female perspective. (S) (HD)

1.45 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Judge Rinder Criminal barrister Robert Rinder delivers his judgement on real-life legal cases. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tenable A team of old school friends take on the tower. Hosted by Warwick Davis. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30am Mike & Molly Double bill. (R) (S) (HD)

7.10 Cheers Two episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (HD)

8.10 The King of Queens Double bill. (R) (S) (AD)

9.05 Frasier Two episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD)

10.05 Escape to the Château: DIY Dick Strawbridge helps Lincolnshire couple Tim and Rebecca as they start a new life in a run-down château. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.05 The Great House Giveaway Builder Marcus and property manager Hailey buy a dilapidated semi-detached house at auction in Wigan. (R) (S) (HD)

12.05pm Couples Come Dine with Me Three couples compete in Northampton. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Henry and Simon head to Worcestershire to meet mechanic Adrian. (R) (S) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With John Thomson. (S) (HD)

3.00 A Place in the Sun Jasmine Harman helps Hannah find an apartment with a sea view on the south-west coast of Majorca for £250,000. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00 A New Life in the Sun A yoga teacher from Somerset tests out a Spanish villa. (R) (S) (HD)

MasterChef 9.00pm Boiling point: John and Gregg oversee the climax of this year’s competition

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic 9.00pm An update to a 2011 interview with the complex character

4.30pm The Repair ShopFeaturing a nursing chair and a helmet belonging to a firefighter involved in the Aberfan disaster. (S) (HD)

5.15 PointlessQuiz show hosted by Alexander Armstrong. (R) (S) (HD)


6.25 Sort Your Life Out

a Stacey Solomon and her team help families transform their homes through a declutter and

a makeover in just seven days. First, they challenge the Yaku family — consisting of Tash, Lawrence and four children — to let go of half of their possessions, so they can then reorganise their home. See page 68.Director James Callum; Series producer Kurt Seywald Postponed from Thursday 25 March Repeated Wednesday 12.05am (S) (AD) (HD)

7.25 Garden RescueThe team meets Jason and Emily, who want to create a bohemian fairy garden. (Revised repeat) (S) (HD)

8.10 EastEndersSheree and Isaac clash over what is best for Patrick.Sheree Trueman Suzette LlewellynIsaac Baptiste Stevie BasaulaPatrick Trueman Rudolph WalkerIqra Ahmed Priya DavdraChelsea Fox Zaraah AbrahamsFrankie Lewis Rose Ayling-EllisHoney Mitchell Emma BartonJay Brown Jamie BorthwickBen Mitchell Max BowdenLinda Carter Kellie BrightMartin Fowler James ByeSonia Fowler Natalie CassidyStuart Highway Ricky Champ

Callum “Halfway” Highway Tony ClayKheerat Panesar Jaz DeolMick Carter Danny DyerKim Fox Tameka EmpsonBilly Mitchell Perry FenwickRainie Highway Tanya FranksAsh Kaur Gurlaine Kaur GarchaKush Kazemi Davood GhadamiMitch Baker Roger GriffithsLola Pearce Danielle HaroldShirley Carter Linda HenryPeter Beale Dayle HudsonVinny Panesar Shiv Jalota

Writer Kevin Rundle More cast on Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Fawlty TowersThe Hotel Inspectors. A rumour that inspectors are in town brings out the grovelling worst in Basil, as he tries to spot the undercover enemy without upsetting the guests. The whole series is available on iPlayer.Basil Fawlty John CleeseSybil Fawlty Prunella ScalesManuel Andrew SachsPolly Connie BoothMr Hutchinson Bernard Cribbins

Mr Walt James Cossins The Major Ballard BerkeleyMiss Tibbs Gilly FlowerMiss Gatsby Renee RobertsJohn Geoffrey Morris

Writers John Cleese, Connie Booth; Director John Howard Davies (R) (S) (AD)

9.00 MasterChef

aIt’s finals week for the five surviving contestants and for their first challenge they’re tasked with

cooking a five-course lunch at the Plaisterers’ Hall in the City of London. The diners are 20 lockdown food heroes — members of the hospitality sector who delivered meals to frontline workers. Then the cooks must create a plate of food inspired by a person they admire. More Thursday 9pm. See page 69. (S) (AD) (HD)

See feature: page 8


10.30 Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton3/8. Faryal receives some make-up samples. (S) (HD)

11.00 4/8. Faryal seeks help after a wave of trolling abuse. Available on iPlayer since 6am yesterday.Series director Josh Jacobs (S) (HD)

11.30 Top Gear4/4. Chris Harris puts the new Toyota GR Yaris hatchback to the test. See choice, page 58.Shown yesterday 8pm (S) (HD)

12.30am ALL EXCEPT NORTH EAST/NORTH WEST The Graham Norton Show Guests include Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy. Shown last Friday (S) (HD) NORTH EAST/NORTH WEST The Super League Show Action from the latest games, including St Helens v Hull Kingston Rovers. Repeated Tuesday 1.40pm BBC2 (S)1.20 Weather (S) (HD) 1.25—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

5.15pm Flog It!A look back at some of the best finds made on the series, including a collection of Victorian prints.Director Deirdre Elphick; Series producer Louise Hibbins (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of GamesRadzi Chinyanganya, Hal Cruttenden, Kerry Godliman and Ebony Rainford-Brent go toe to toe as they test their general knowledge skills. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Saved and RemadeSabrina Grant and her team transform a childhood bike, an old hi-fi and a Royal Navy kit bag. (S) (HD)

7.00 Mary Berry Everyday6/6. As Mary and her husband’s wedding anniversary approaches, it’s the perfect time for her to prepare food that will impress on the big occasion. Mary shares the secrets behind some easy showstopping dishes and re-creates canapés from the 1960s.Series producer Emma Boswell; Exec producer Karen Ross (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 MastermindIn the first of the semi-finals, the specialist subjects are the Booker Prize, the city of York, the Busby Babes and the Russo-Japanese War. (S) (HD)

8.00 Contestants in the second semi-final answer questions on the works of Stephen King, comedian Joan Rivers, US state capitals and the novels of Neil Gaiman. Hosted by John Humphrys.Producers Kate Middleditch and Chris Jones Executive producers Jimmy Mulville and David Young (S) (HD)

8.30 University ChallengeJeremy Paxman presents the grand final of the current series as two teams of students battle it out for the honour of being crowned champions.Director Tracey Rooney; Producers Irene Daniels and Peter Gwyn (S) (HD)

9.00 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic

a Louis revisits his 2011 documentary America’s Most Dangerous Pets, where he interviewed

self-styled “gay hillbilly” and “Tiger King” Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage. Returning to Oklahoma to explore what has happened since, the journalist finds Joe now residing in prison after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot and multiple animal cruelty charges. Louis proceeds to pick apart the story of how Joe came to be convicted and the way his personality was key to him becoming a media phenomenon. Many of Louis Theroux’s previous documentaries are available on iPlayer. See page 69.Director Jack Rampling; Producer Cath Boggan (S) (AD) (HD)


10.30 Highlander ★★★

qAction fantasy. An antiques dealer living in modern New York is actually a 16th-century Scottish

warrior, one of a group known as the “immortals”, who can only be killed when decapitated by another of their kind. Meanwhile, the city’s police are concerned by the discovery of a headless body and an ancient sword. Available on iPlayer for the next 30 days. Review p35.Connor MacLeod Christopher LambertRamirez Sean ConneryBrenda Wyatt Roxanne HartKurgan Clancy BrownHeather Beatie EdneyLieutenant Frank Moran Alan NorthRachel Ellenstein Sheila GishDetective Walter Bedsoe Jon Polito

Sunda Kastagir Hugh QuarshieKirk Matunas Christopher MalcolmFasil Peter DiamondDugal MacLeod Billy HartmanAngus MacLeod James CosmoKate Celia ImrieBassett Ian Reddington

Director Russell Mulcahy (1986, 15) (S) (W) (HD)

12.20—2.35am Sign Zone 12.20am Countryfile How science is helping to promote a better understanding of nature on Bedfordshire’s Greensand Ridge. Shown yesterday 6am (S) (HD) 1.20 For Love or Money 9/10. A woman whose online friend tried to fleece her out of thousands of pounds. (R) (S) (HD) 2.05 My Unique B&B 12/15. Simon and the team are in Devon transforming a 1970s Californian airstream. (R) (S) (HD)

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BBC1 SCOTLAND12.30—1.20am The Graham Norton Show: with guests including Sharon Stone and Frank Skinner

BBC SCOTLAND1.30pm Flour Power: signed 2.00 Paramedics on Scene: signed 3.00—3.30 Beechgrove: signed 7.00 The Seven 7.30 Sportscene: Scottish Cup Live 10.00 River City 11.00 Scary Adult Things 11.30—12 midnight Susan Calman’s Happy Space


BBC1 WALES12.30—1.20am The Graham Norton Show

ITV WALES8.00—8.30pm Wales Decides

BBC1 NORTHERN IRELAND10.30pm Keepin’ ’Er Country at Home: Derek Ryan: Derek Ryan looks back on his career from his new home in Fermanagh 11.00 Sounds New Extra: Gemma Bradley hosts live performances from acts including Amy Montgomery 11.30 Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton: Amir gives the Bolton lads a wedding hall tour 12 midnight Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton: Amir opens up about how not fighting has impacted his mental health 12.30am Top Gear 1.30—6.00 BBC News

BBC2 NORTHERN IRELAND10.30pm Tréigthe: Cormac O hÁdhmaill visits a deserted lighthouse. Last in series 11.00 Irish Cup Highlights: action from the first round 11.30 Barbershop for Bald Men: Three men who lost their hair at a young age get new looks 12 midnight—12.20am BBC News

Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

9.00pm Richard E Grant discovers Christie’s real-life inspirations

Food Unwrapped Does Great Britain 8.00pm Andi Oliver learns about a classic British beverage

Canal Boat Diaries 7.00pm Robbie steers a steady course on the Shropshire Union Canal

4.00pm Tipping PointQuiz show hosted by Ben Shephard. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The ChaseContestants Nik, Chris, Ross and Jamie pit their wits against one of the Chasers. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 In for a PennyStephen Mulhern visits Bognor Regis, asking members of the public to play a series of games.Series producer Sophie Coen Executive producers Pete Ogden and Tim Dean (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)


7.00 EmmerdaleBob worries he has overstepped the mark.Writer Sue Mooney Cast Wednesday/Thursday Repeated tomorrow 8am and 12.30pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Coronation StreetFaye and Craig’s plans are ruined by Elaine.Faye Windass Ellie LeachCraig Tinker Colson SmithElaine Jones Paula WilcoxTyrone Dobbs Alan HalsallFiz Stape Jennie McAlpineAlina Pop Ruxandra PorojnicuCathy Matthews Melanie HillBrian Packham Peter GunnLeanne Battersby Jane Danson

Simon Barlow Alex Bain Gemma Winter Dolly-Rose CampbellDS Glynn Phil Rowson Ruby Dobbs Macy AlabiHope Stape Isabella FlanaganSally Metcalfe Sally DynevorSeb Franklin Harry VisinoniNina Lucas Mollie GallagherEmma Brooker Alexandra Mardell

Writer Steven Fay More cast Friday Repeated tomorrow 8.30am and 1pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into SummerNew series. 1/9. Alan celebrates the great outdoors as we step into the warmer months. Tonight, actress Alison Steadman discusses her efforts to protect wildlife, while carpenter Wayne Perrey reveals his top tips for garden seating.Director Marc Baker; Exec producer Lee Connolly (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Coronation StreetTyrone admits to Fiz that he is in love with Alina.Writer Steven Fay Repeated tomorrow 9am and 1.30pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime

aIt’s been 100 years since the Belgian super sleuth, Hercule Poirot, made his first

appearance in one of Agatha Christie’s novels. To celebrate the anniversary, actor Richard E Grant does some detective work of his own, investigating the real-life events that inspired the plots, characters and locations of the author’s many literary masterpieces. See p68.Director Toby Roebuck Producers Toby Roebuck and Sue Longmire (S) (AD) (HD)



10.40 Britain’s Tiger Kings: on the Trail with Ross Kemp1/2. Ross Kemp meets people who own exotic big cats in Britain. Continues tomorrow 9pm.Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

11.40 All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteGrappling action from the stars of AEW.Shown last Friday ITV4 (S) (HD)

12.30am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15 Lingo Quiz hosted by Adil Ray. (R) (S) (SL) (HD) 4.05 Nightscreen Text information. (HD) 5.05—6.00am Tipping Point (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

5.00pm Four in a BedAt B&B at No.3 in Leicestershire, a breakfast bombshell scrambles expectations.Director/Producer Bill Mohin (S) (HD)

5.30 The SimpsonsOh Brother, Where Bart Thou? Bart heads to the orphanage to acquire a baby brother. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Once upon a Time in Springfield Ratings for Krusty’s TV show start to fall. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 HollyoaksCher has a difficult decision to make.Writer Rebecca Ramsden Cast Tue/Thu Shown last Friday E4 Rptd Tue 6.30am E4 Next episode follows on E4 (S) (AD) (HD)


7.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites7/8 Series 2. Jamie Oliver cooks a pepper, prawn and chorizo bake, and his son Buddy whips up some chocolate-dipped strawberries and cherries. The chef also makes an Indian-inspired frittata with an unusual ingredient. The whole series is available online at All 4.Series director Ed St Giles; Series producer Katie Millard (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Food Unwrapped Does Great Britain

aAndi Oliver discovers the secrets behind Pimm’s, Jimmy Doherty examines the

influence of spicy Caribbean jerk seasoning on our taste buds, and Kate Quilton stirs the pot with a British porridge-making champion. Meanwhile, Matt Tebbutt heads to Orkney to find out why, when it comes to fish and chips, only one kind of vinegar will do. A new series of Food Unwrapped starts Friday 8pm. See p68.Directors/Producers Nicola Ollivere, George Vernon, Alice Wylie, Matt Wenham and Adrian Hylton Rptd Tue 3.40am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 24 Hours in Police CustodyDetective Chief Inspector Adam Gallop of the Major Crime Unit in Cambridgeshire believes a man who disappeared in 2015 has been murdered, but the victim’s body hasn’t been recovered. The investigation takes officers to an excavation in woodland and across Europe in search of clues.Directors Chris Atteshlis, Rebecca Coxon; Exec producers Zac Beattie, Simon Ford, Amber Ronowicz and Flavia Taylor Rptd tomorrow 9pm 4seven and Thursday 11.05pm C4 (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The CircleThe latest twists and turns from the game. Continues tomorrow 10.20pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.05 Risen ★★

qBiblical drama. In the days following the Crucifixion, a Roman soldier is ordered

to find the body of Christ and disprove the Resurrection. But what he discovers has a profound effect upon his faith. Review page 35.Clavius Joseph FiennesLucius Tom FeltonPontius Pilate Peter Firth

Mary Magdalene María Botto Joseph of Arimathea Antonio GilYeshua/Jesus Cliff Curtis

Director Kevin Reynolds (2016, 12) (S) (W) (HD)

1.05am The Handmaid’s Tale 12/13 Series 2 Offred is sent to a familiar place. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 2.05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces A teacher turns a bus into a mobile classroom. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Couples Come Dine with Me Couples from Bradford and Huddersfield compete. (R) (S) (HD) 3.50 Kirstie: Keep Crafting and Carry On Kirstie makes a paper garland and a bug hotel. (R) (S) (SL) (HD) 4.45 The £100k Drop Game show. (R) (S) (HD) 5.35 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures Kirstie Allsopp tries her hand at willow-weaving. (R) (S) (HD) 5.50—6.30am Countdown With Konnie Huq. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00pm Canal Boat Diaries

a1/4 Series 2 Ellesmere Port to Audlem. Robbie Cumming battles

his way through blanket weed on the Shropshire Union Canal. Continues tomorrow 7pm. The whole series is available on iPlayer. See page 68.Series producer Stuart Woodman; Executive producer Tony Parker First shown on BBC1 North West Repeated 1am (S) (HD)

7.30 The Joy of PaintingNew series. Bob Ross paints a quiet mountain scene. More tomorrow 7.30pm.Repeated 12.30am (S)

8.00 Fake or Fortune?Series 7. The owner of two sketchbooks found in a shed in France seeks help from Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce to prove they are the work of a young Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The sketches were given to teenager Alain by his grandmother in 1965, but when he presented them to the French committee responsible for authenticating the work of Toulouse-Lautrec they stated they were the work of artist René Princeteau. Producer Rachel Jardine; Executive producer Judith Winnan Rptd 1.30am First shown on BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The $50m Art SwindleThe remarkable story of Michel Cohen, a New York art dealer who swindled over $50 million from the art establishment before going on the run. A charming character, he was part and parcel of America’s art scene during the 1990s, selling paintings by artists such as Picasso, Monet and Chagall to the country’s wealthiest elite. Cohen was living the high life until he ran up huge debts in the stock market. To try and recoup his losses, he swindled private collectors, auction houses and other art dealers, then disappeared when it came to light. Director Vanessa Engle; Producer Billie Shepherd Signed repeat Thursday 1.40am First shown on BBC2 (S) (HD)

10.30 Art of France2/3. There Will Be Blood. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how art in France took a dramatic turn after the Revolution ushered in a bold new world of artists, including Jacques-Louis David and Theodore Gericault.Series producer Silvia Sacco; Executive producer Basil Comely Signed rpt 2.30am (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem: TimeshiftRecalling events that occurred in 1964, when large groups of young people who identified with two disparate subcultures descended upon seaside resorts on motorbikes and scooters — sparking violent confrontations. Director/Producer Rebecca Whyte (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am The Joy of Painting A mountain scene with a lake in a glen. Shown 7.30pm (S) 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries Shown 7pm (S) (HD) 1.30 Fake or Fortune? Shown 8pm (S) (AD) (HD) 2.30—3.30am Art of France The French Revolution. Shown 10.30pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)


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7.10am Brojects in the House (S) (HD) 8.00 World’s Most Dangerous Roads (S) (HD) 9.20 Soapbox Race: USA’s Greatest Moments (HD)11.20 Top Gear Patagonia Special (S) (HD)

2.00pm FILM Hotel Transylvania HH

Animated comedy with voice of Adam Sandler(W) (HD) 4.00 FILM Hotel Transylvania 2 HHH Animated horror comedy (W) (HD)

6.00pm Soapbox Race: London’s Greatest Moments Some of the most impressive performances at Alexandra Palace. (HD)8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Hong KongWith actor Jon Hamm. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 QI XL With guests John Barrowman, Phill Jupitus and Aisling Bea. (HD)10.00 Taskmaster 3/8 Series 4 In this episode, Greg Davies tries to identify the fi ve camoufl aged comics. (S) (HD)11.00 Mock the Week With Rob Beckett, Miles Jupp, Romesh Ranganathan and Tiff Stevenson. Dara O Briain hosts. (S) (HD)11.40 Would I Lie to You? (S) (HD)

12.20am QI XL (HD) 1.20 Mock the Week (S) (HD)2.30 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience: Rhod takes part in an Army training exercise 3.10—4.00am Travel Man: 48 Hours in Hong Kong (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00am The Big Bake — Spring (S) (HD) 8.00 Buying and Selling (S) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe (HD)

12 noon Be Tasty (S) (AD) (HD) 12.10pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S) (HD)1.00 Celebrity Dinner Date (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 The Big Bake — Spring: two editions (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Big Bake — Spring The teams celebrate Mother Nature. (S) (HD)7.00 Buying and Selling A fi re chief is desperate to move downtown with his two daughters to reduce his commute. (S) (HD)8.00 Dinner Date Will from Essex chooses three dates from a group of fi ve. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 Totally Unbelievable: Celebrity Holiday Hotspots The hottest super-rich celebrity holiday getaways. (S) (HD)10.00 New. The Real Housewives of Potomac Ashley searches for happiness amidst Michael’s infi delity. (S) (HD)11.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker Fran Drescher helps her ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson fi nd the perfect guy. (S) (HD)11.55 The Only Way Is Essex Bobby throws a fundraising fashion show for Breast Cancer Awareness. (S) (HD)

12.45—1.00am FYI Extra (HD)

6.00am Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Leanne starts work at the Kabin, then Alma is embarrassed (S) 6.55 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Donna and Andy talk about their troubles, then Ashley confronts Lisa about the missing church money (S)7.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (S) (AD) (HD)9.05 Bless This House (S) 9.35 FILM Carry On Dick HHH Comedy (S) (W) 11.15 FILM

Carry On Jack HH Comedy (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.00pm FILM Carry On Cleo HHHH

Comedy starring Sidney James (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 3.00 FILM Carry On Henry HHH

Comedy starring Sidney James (S) (AD) (W)4.45 FILM Carry On Up the Jungle HHH

Comedy starring Frankie Howerd (S) (AD)

6.30pm Carry On at Your Convenience HH

q Comedy starring Sidney James. Shop steward Vic Spanner leads the workers

at toilet makers WC Boggs out on strike.Director Gerald Thomas (1971, PG) (S) (AD)

8.15 Carry On Up the Khyber HHHH

qComedy. India, 1895: in the North-West Frontier province, the villainous Khasi

of Kalabar plans a rebellion against the governor, Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond.Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond Sidney JamesKhasi of Kalabar Kenneth WilliamsPrivate James Widdle Charles HawtreyCaptain Keene Roy CastleLady Ruff-Diamond Joan SimsBungdit Din Bernard BresslawBrother Belcher Peter ButterworthSergeant Major MacNutt Terry ScottDirector Gerald Thomas (1968, PG) (S) (AD) (W)

10.00 WycliffeThe Cycle of Death. The murder of a bookshop owner leads the detective to uncover a family feud. (S) (HD)

11.45 Carry On Cowboy HHH

qComedy starring Sidney James. There’s pandemonium in Stodge City

when the Rumpo Kid rides into town.Director Gerald Thomas (1965, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.35am Bless This House: Sid gets an unwanted present (S) 2.05—2.30am Nightscreen

7.00am Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed!(S) 8.00 Emmerdale (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 8.30 Coronation Street (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 9.30 Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 10.30 FILM

Hop HHH Part-animated comedy starring James Marsden. Review p35 (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.30pm Emmerdale Shown last Friday ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00 Coronation Street Shown last Fri ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Celebrity Catchphrase(S) (HD) 3.00 Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! (S) 4.00 FILM Despicable Me HHHH Animated comedy (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.05pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone HHHH

qFantasy adventure. Harry Potter lives a miserable existence with his

loathsome aunt and uncle. That is until he learns from a giant named Hagrid that he is the orphaned son of powerful wizards. Director Chris Columbus (2001, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

9.00 New. Family GuySeries 20. Peter makes it through the flu season without getting sick. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 New series. American Dad!Series 16. Stan tells Steve about a mission to take down a drug dealer. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 New. Hayley and Steve get stranded in a suburban neighbourhood.Both episodes first shown on Fox (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Family GuySeries 3. The Griffins are put into a witness-protection scheme. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Brian goes to Hollywood. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 American Dad!Series 7. Stan acts as foreman in a jury trial where Roger is the defendant. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 The Cleveland ShowSeries 4. Donna fears Freight Train is experiencing a breakdown. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Cleveland Jr excels during a pole-dancing class at the YMCA. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50 FILM Final Destination HHH

Supernatural horror thriller starring Devon Sawa and Ali Larter (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 2.50 FYI Extra (HD) 3.05—3.30am Nightscreen (HD)

6.00am Robin of Sherwood (S) 6.55 The Sweeney (S) (SL) 7.55 Dempsey and Makepeace (S) (AD) 8.55 Minder (S) (AD) 10.00 Robin of Sherwood (S) 11.15 The Sweeney (S)

12.20pm FILM The War Wagon HHH

Western starring John Wayne (S) (AD) (W) (HD)2.30 LIVE Racing: coverage of fi ve races from Fairyhouse, including the Irish Grand National, plus fl at action from Kempton Park (S) (HD)

5.30pm FILM The Horse Soldiers HHH

Civil War drama starring John Wayne. A group of Union soldiers sets out on a raid behind Confederate lines. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)8.00 Moto GP Action from the second race of the season, the Grand Prix of Doha. (S) (HD)9.00 FILM Jack Reacher HHH Action crime thriller starring Tom Cruise. When fi ve innocent people are gunned down, all evidence points to former US Army sniper James Barr. However, Barr sends out word for ex-military investigator Jack Reacher to clear his name. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)11.40 FILM Cop Land HHHH Police drama starring Sylvester Stallone. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.50am Minder: Arthur’s minicab fi rm is targeted(S) (SL) (AD) 2.50—3.00am Nightscreen (HD)

7.15am Monarch of the Glen 8.25 The Bill(S) 9.30 Classic Holby City (HD) 10.55 Classic Casualty: Harry proposes to Ellen 12 noon The Bill (S) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders 2.20 Soldier Soldier: the lads hunt for a panther 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small(S) 4.20 Lovejoy (S) 5.25 Fresh Fields

6.00pm Waiting for GodTom decides to go on hunger strike at the Bayview Retirement Village until the standard of food improves. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer WineSuspicious about the validity of Foggy’s war stories, Compo and Clegg devise a way to get to the truth. (S) (AD)

7.20 Marina wants to deliver a giant cuddly panda as her birthday present to Howard, so ropes in the reluctant trio to help. (S) (AD)

8.00 Inspector George Gently1/2 Series 8. Gently Liberated. DCI George Gently is facing imminent retirement when an open-and-shut case from eight years ago is reopened. An unidentified body found at a chemical plant is suspected to be the remains of the husband of Eve Liddell, who was convicted of his murder after an investigation by a cocky young DS — John Bacchus. As the team looks back over the old evidence, tensions between Gently and Bacchus escalate. Could Gently’s protégé be hiding something troubling? (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 New Tricks9/10 Series 11. Breadcrumbs. When cold-crime enthusiast Ellen Barker is murdered, Danny, who was her friend, is convinced that the last case she was looking into could lead to her killer. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.25 Silent Witness5/5 Series 17. Fraternity. Jack is taken off a murder case when he turns out to have a personal connection to the prime suspect — but finds it hard to keep away from the investigation. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.35am The Bill (S) 2.40—4.00am Cadfael (S)

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6.00am Milkshake! See page 749.15 New. Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.15 Build a New Life in the CountryConverting a barn into a four-bedroom home. (S) (HD) 12.15pm 5 News (S) (HD)

12.20 Our B&B Dream A home near Bournemouth is transformed. (S) (HD)

1.10 Home and Away Shown last Friday 5 Star Repeated 5.30pm (S) (AD) (HD)

1.40 New. Neighbours Rptd 5pm (S) (AD) (HD)

2.15 Sense and Sensibility 5

q Oscar-winning period romantic drama based on the novel by Jane Austen,

starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.Director Ang Lee (1995, U) (S) (W) (HD)

5.00pm Neighbours Shane and Dipi are back on track.Shown 1.40pm Repeated 6pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

5.30 Home and AwayMia hesitantly tries to fi x things with Ari.Shown 1.10pm Next episode 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Kate Humble’s Coastal BritainStarting at Porlock Weir, the naturalist enjoys an 11-mile walk on Exmoor along the South West Coast Path.Executive producer Charlie Bunce (S) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Ben Fogle: Make a New Life in the Country1/6 Series 1. Ben meets a woman who is planning to leave London to open a café in the Lake District.Director Josh Good (S) (HD)

Followed by 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 New series. Springtime on the Farm1/4 Series 4. With lambing season approaching, Adam Henson and Helen Skelton lend a hand to some of Britain’s farmers. Continues tomorrow at 8pm.Series producer Rachel Porter (S) (HD)


9.00 New series. Intruder

a1/4. In the opening episode of this four-part drama, Rebecca and

Sam’s perfect life is devastated when two teenagers break into their home. Continues tomorrow 9pm. See page 69.Rebecca Elaine CassidySam Tom MeetenBailey Sally LindsayAngela Helen BehanProducer Julie Ryan Writer/Director Gareth Tunley (S) (HD)

10.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second CountsA 72-year-old man is rushed into hospital suffering from severe chest pain.Directors Gavin Barclay and John Nichols (S) (HD)

11.05 999: Critical ConditionA woman who has been hit by a car.Directors Tom Turner and Leo Fawkes (S) (HD)

12.05am Extraordinary Medical Mysteries(S) (HD) 1.00 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 Entertainment News (S) (HD) 3.10 Friends (S) (HD) 4.00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (S) (HD) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (S) (SL) (HD) 5.10 Nick’s Quest (S) (SL) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL)

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King of Thieves 9.00pm Brian Reader (centre) masterminds a daring heist

Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan

Bomber 9.00pm Preparing a farewell

8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (S) (HD) 9.15 A Place in the Sun: in Sitges, near Barcelona(S) (HD) 10.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (S) (HD)

12.05pm Heir Hunters (S) (HD) 1.05 Building the Dream (S) (AD) (HD) 2.15 Four in a Bed (S) (HD) 4.55 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (S) (HD) 5.55 The Secret Life of the Zoo (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55pm Escape to the Château: DIYDick Strawbridge helps Philip and Angelina build a bridge on their property. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 Grand DesignsRevisiting a couple in the New Forest who built a spectacular modern home. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan BomberGuy Martin joins a group of engineers to prepare the last airworthy Vulcan bomber for a farewell tour of Britain. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.40 Eight out of Ten Cats Does CountdownJon Richardson and Joe Lycett take on Sean Lock and Michelle Wolf. (S) (HD)

11.40 24 Hours in A&EAn 85-year-old woman cannot move or feel her legs after a fall at home. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.40am Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber (S) (AD) (HD) 2.20 as 10.40pm 3.20—3.50am Father Ted (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown last Thu/Fri C4 (AD)7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00 Black-ish (AD) 9.00 Baby Daddy 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 The Goldbergs (AD)

12 noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 1.00pm The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.30 The Goldbergs (AD) 3.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD)4.30 Married at First Sight Australia 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 6/24 Series 6Sheldon upsets Stephen Hawking. (AD)6.30 7/24. Amy and Wil Wheaton get into a fi ght while fi lming Fun with Flags. (AD)7.00 New. Hollyoaks Luke is at a loss while searching for Ollie, and Mercedes tries to help Cher. Cast pp81/101 Rptd tomorrow 6.30pm C4 (AD)7.30 New. Below Deck MediterraneanSandy comes down hard on the crew. (AD)8.30 The Big Bang Theory 3/24 Series 9The guys’ skills are tested by a fl at tyre. (AD)9.00 New. Made in Chelsea James’s ego is bruised by Maeva’s friendship with her ex. 10.00 New series. Temptation IslandFour more couples put their relationships to the test in Hawaii. First shown on E! (AD)11.00 New. Pete and Sam’s Reality NewsGossip from the world of reality TV. 11.20 The Big Bang Theory (AD)12.20am Gogglebox (AD) 1.25 Taskmaster (AD)2.25 Made in Chelsea 3.20 Temptation Island(AD) 4.10 The Big Bang Theory: double bill (AD)5.00—6.00am Black-ish: double bill (AD)

9.00am Diagnosis Murder 11.00 The Fugitive 12 noon Perry Mason 1.05pm Walker, Texas Ranger 2.05 CSI: NY 3.00 NCIS 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 5.00 The Fugitive 6.00pm Perry Mason 7.05 NCIS 8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger 9.05 CSI: Cyber 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00 NCIS 12 midnight CSI: NY 1.00am CSI: Cyber 2.00 NCIS 2.55 Walker, Texas Ranger 3.55 The Fugitive 4.45 JAG 5.30—6.00am Bondi Rescue


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12 noon FILM Albert, RN HHH War drama (BW) (S) (HD) 1.55pm FILM White Feather HH Western (S) (HD) 4.00 Sewermen (S) (HD)

5.00pm Traffic CopsA suspected stolen car runs a red light. (S) (HD)

6.00 Officers track down a stolen Land Rover Defender. (S) (HD)

7.00 Police InterceptorsThe Operational Support Unit raid two flats whose occupants are suspected of producing the “zombie drug” spice. (S) (HD)

8.00 Winter Road RescueSnowplough team Chris Tate and Donald Mackenzie try to keep a Highland pass open.

9.00 King of Thieves HHHH

qCrime drama based on a true story, starring Michael Caine and Jim

Broadbent. A former career criminal comes out of retirement for one last job.Director James Marsh (2018, 15) (S) (HD)

11.10 The Fall of the Krays HH

qCrime drama starring Kevin Leslie and Simon Cotton. The empire of the

infamous gangster twins is threatened by the attentions of a tenacious detective.Director Zachary Adler (2016, 15) (S) (HD)

1.30—5.00am The A-Team (S) (AD)

9.00am Four in a Bed 9.30 A New Life in the Sun 10.30 A Place in the Sun 1.30pm Come Dine with Me: from Manchester 4.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 5.00pm A Place in the Sun Searching for an apartment with a sea view on Majorca. 6.00 A couple hunt for a holiday home in the town of Portimão in the Algarve. 7.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Henry Cole makes a table out of a part from a jet in Tiverton, and Simon O’Brien fi nds exhaust pipes which he thinks could become a trendy pair of lamps. 8.00 The Dog House Ep 4 Series 2. After the loss of her previous dog, Charley wonders if she can love again. Can Sonia the young lurcher fi nd the way to her heart? (AD)9.00 Gogglebox Ep 6. The armchair critics’ reactions to the latest television shows. (AD)10.00 Ep 5. Opinions on Line of Duty and Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. (AD)11.05 24 Hours in Police Custody Offi cers believe that a man declared missing has been murdered — but so far they have been unable to locate his body. Shown 9pm C4 (AD)12.10am The police investigate an apparently unprovoked shooting that has left a man fi ghting for his life, and meet a woman who reports being threatened by the suspect. (AD)1.15 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer: with Stacey Dooley, Jade Thirlwall, Katherine Ryan and KSI (AD) 2.35 Scotland’s Scenic Railways 3.40—4.40am Grayson’s Art Club

9.00am Walker, Texas Ranger (HD) 10.00 Matlock 11.05 CSI: Miami (HD) 12 noon Medium 1.00pm JAG 3.00 Perry Mason(HD) 5.00 Unsolved Mysteries: double bill 6.55pm Judge Judy 9.00 Medium 10.00 CSI: Miami: a celebrity is found dead at a party (HD) 11.00 Unsolved Mysteries 12 midnight Judge Judy 1.00am ER: Weaver makes Kovac an offer (HD) 2.00 Medium 3.00 CSI: Miami(HD) 4.00 Bondi Rescue 5.00—6.00am Matlock



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8.00am Entertainment News (HD) 8.10 Rich Kids Go Skint (S) (HD) 9.00 Filthy House SOS(HD) 10.00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords(S) (HD) 12.05pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD) 1.00 Police Interceptors (S) (HD)4.05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD)6.00pm Neighbours Fay’s family gathers for one last goodbye. Shown 5pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)6.30 New. Home and Away Martha is suspicious of Kieran. Rptd Tue 6pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Aldi’s Easter Secrets The cut-price supermarket’s hot cross buns, Easter eggs and Champagne are put to the test. (S) (HD)8.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Graeme helps twins whose dogs are at odds. (S) (HD)9.00 FILM Fifty Shades Freed HH

The fi nal part of the erotic trilogy, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. (S) (HD)11.10 FILM The Thomas Crown AffairHHH Remake of the 1968 romantic crime caper, starring Pierce Brosnan. (S) (HD)1.25am Britain’s Poshest Brothel (S) (HD) 2.25 Filthy Britain SOS (S) (HD) 3.25 Neighbours (S) (AD) (HD) 3.45—4.00am Entertainment News (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (HD) 9.10 Bull(S) 10.10 NCIS: double bill (S) 12.05pm Law & Order: six episodes (S) (HD) 6.05 NCIS: four episodes. Series 11. Tony and Tim think the death of a navy sergeant might not be the result of a bungled robbery 7.00 A sergeant’s alibi for a hit-and-run is that he was killing someone else at the time 8.00 Gibbs calls in NSA analyst Ellie Bishop for help 9.00 New.

Series 16. Gibbs’s investigation is shut downFirst shown on Fox (S) (AD) 9.55 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Series 1. Double bill. An accountant and his family are killed, thena magazine publisher is killed (S) (HD)11.55 CSI: NY (S) (AD) 1.55am Grimm (S)3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S)

9.00am Our Yorkshire Farm (S) 10.00 FILM

Wuthering Heights 5 (BW) (S) 12.10pm FILM Miss Potter HHH (S) 2.00 GPs: behind Closed Doors (S) 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet 6.00pm GPs: behind Closed DoorsA patient may have broken his neck. (S) (AD)7.00 The victim of a road traffi c accident arrives in the surgery. (S) (AD)8.00 Our Yorkshire Farm Storm Jorge blankets the farm in snow and ice. (S)9.00 The family tackles life in lockdown. (S)10.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the WildBen visits Ireland’s Atlantic coastline to stay with Judith, who has rejected modern living. (S)11.00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies1.00am Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild: double bill (S) 3.00 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: from Helsinki to Kemijärvi in Finnish Lapland (S) 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

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6.00am Hart to Hart 8.00 FILM Murder, She Wrote: the Last Free Man HH Murder mystery 9.45 Murder, She Wrote: the Celtic Riddle 11.30 FILM Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest HH A woman disappears 1.15pm FILM Murder, She Wrote: a Story to Die For HH A writer dies 3.00 Murder, She Wrote: six back-to-back episodes 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: four editions 1.00am Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 3.00 Hart to Hart 4.30 Due South: Fraser takes a post in Chicago 5.15—6.00am Crazy like a Fox


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6.00am Celtic Woman (S) (HD) 7.45 Pavarotti: Tenth Anniversary Gala (HD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Discovering: Tony Curtis (S) (AD) 11.00 The South Bank Show Originals (S) (HD) 11.30 Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon National Treasures: the Art of Collecting (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) 2.00 Discovering: Doris Day(S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 2013(HD) 4.00 Auction: Sir Winston Churchill Special(HD) 4.30 André Rieu: Shall We Dance? (HD)

7.30pm New. Three Tenors: from Caracalla to the World

a The story of the 1990 concert when Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo

and José Carreras performed at the thermal baths of Caracalla to mark Italy’s staging of the FIFA world cup. See p68. (HD)

9.30 Romeo and JulietA National Theatre production of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, starring Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley. (HD)

11.05 Discovering: Jodie FosterThe life of the Oscar-winning actress. (HD)

12.05am Megalodemocrat: the Public Art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (S) (HD) 2.05 The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor (S) (HD)3.05 Discovering (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) 4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (S) (HD)5.00 The South Bank Show Originals(S) (HD) 5.30—6.00am Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

Three Tenors: from Caracalla to the

World 7.30pm The 1990 concert

6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 India’s New Worlds (S) (HD) 10.00 Planet Earth II: fi ve editions (S) (AD) (HD)

3.00pm Wild France (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo travels through Scandinavia, crossing the Oresund Bridge which links Denmark to Sweden.6.00 Michael travels through Bohemia and Bavaria, and explores the art nouveau architecture of Czech Republic capital Prague.7.00 Michael Portillo travels from Bordeaux to Bilbao, exploring the industrial ties between France and Spain. (HD)8.00 New. Living with Hitler 3/3. This episode looks at life under Hitler from 1940 until the end of the Second World War. (HD)9.00 War Factories The efforts at sabotage by Peugeot in Nazi-occupied France. (S) (HD)10.00 The World at War Examining the Nazi occupation of Holland. (S) (HD)11.00 Open All Hours Arkwright purchases damaged stock, but the tins have lost their labels.11.40 Fed up with their bike, Granville tries to persuade Arkwright to buy a van. 12.20am Arkwright feels neglected. (S)


6.00am Wanted Down Under 7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: ten back-to-back editions (HD)6.00pm Money for Nothing (HD) 7.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 9.00 New. The Yorkshire Auction House: the team fi nds a lantern and some Vogue clothing patterns(HD) 10.00 Secret Eaters: a Hampshire couple are put under snacking surveillance(HD) 11.00 Paranormal Lockdown with Nick Groff: a haunted house in New York (HD)12 midnight Ghost Adventures (HD) 1.00am Most Haunted (HD) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00—6.00am Antiques Road Trip (HD)

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6.00am Futurama (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Big Cats: an Amazing Animal Family (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Trolls: Trollstopia (HD) 10.40 The Simpsons(S) (HD) 1.00pm Cricket’s Funniest Moments (S) (HD) 2.00 Premier League’s Greatest Moments (S) (HD)

4.00 The Simpsons (HD)

6.00pm The School of Rock

q HHHH Musical comedy. Jack Black stars as Dewey Finn, a

heavy metal guitarist who cons his way into a job teaching at a private school. Review p35. (S) (W) (HD)

8.00 Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reality show. (HD)

9.00 Men in Black HHHH

qSci-fi comedy starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.

A police offi cer is recruited by a top-secret agency that monitors alien activity and fi nds himself in a race against time to save the Earth from destruction. (W) (HD)

11.00 The Flight Attendant 3/8 Cassie doubles down on fi nding Miranda by crashing Alex’s memorial service. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Dating No Filter (HD)

12.30am The Blacklist (S) (HD)

1.30 Brit Cops: War on Crime (S)

2.30 Road Wars (S) 3.00 Hawaii Five-0 (S) (HD) 4.00 Stargate SG-1(S) 5.00—6.00am Road Wars (S)

6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD)

7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) 9.00 Ray Donovan(S) (AD) 11.15 Dexter (S) 1.30pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S)

3.20 The Affair: double bill (S) (AD)

5.30pm The Sopranos 4/13 Series 2. Carmela re-evaluates her marriage and Pussy commits murder in an attempt to cover up his involvement with the FBI. (S)

6.35 5/13. Tony is happy with Furio Giunta’s arrival and Christopher takes an acting class. (S)

7.40 Game of Thrones 6/7 Series 7. Jon Snow and his team go beyond the wall to capture a white walker. Meanwhile, Daenerys has to make a tough decision and Arya confronts Sansa. (S) (AD)

9.00 Your Honor 5/10. Michael attempts to return to business as usual until he discovers someone is blackmailing him. (S) (AD)

10.10 Grey Gardens HHH

qBiographical drama starring Jessica Lange and Drew

Barrymore, exploring the lives of socialite Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Little Edie. (S) (W)

12.10am Deadwood (S) 1.25 Ray Donovan (S) (AD) 3.35 Californication(S) 4.10 Storm City (S) (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD)

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry(S) 8.00 Four Weddings (S) (AD)

10.00 My Kitchen Rules: South Africa (S) 12 noon Robot Wars (S)

2.30pm Ninja Warrior (S) 3.00 Most Haunted (S) 4.00 Warehouse 13 (S) 5.00 Supergirl (S) 6.00 Stargate SG-1 (S) 8.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: the Legends’ plan to vanquish Mallus with the totems fails to work (S) (AD)

9.00 Magnum P.I.: a woman hires Thomas and Higgins to investigate her lover’s death (S) 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00 Blue Bloods (S)12 midnight Coroner 1.00am Warehouse 13 (S) 2.00 Jane Goldman Investigates (S) 3.00 A League of Their Own (S) (AD) 3.55 Wild Vets (S)4.45—6.00am Dawn of the Croods

6.00am Star Trek: Voyager 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Merlin 12 noon Stargate SG-1 1.00pm Project Blue Book 2.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager: Seven of Nine rescues a Borg child 4.00 Merlin 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00pm The Librarians 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Project Blue Book 9.00 Fringe 10.00 FILM Safe HHH

12 midnight The Librarians 1.00am Star Trek: the Next Generation 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager 3.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.00 Merlin 5.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1

8.00am Republic of Doyle (S) (HD)

9.00 Bones (S) (HD) 10.00 Bull (S)

(HD) 11.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Bones (S) (HD) 2.00pm The Mentalist(S) (HD) 3.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Bull (S) (HD) 5.00 Bones (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Mentalist 9/22 Series 6. Jane is living on a tropical island as he remains a fugitive from justice two years on from the death of Red John, but an FBI agent arrives with a tempting offer. (S) (HD)

7.00 NCIS 24/24 Series 14 A navy Seal disappears during an unsanctioned trip in a remote part of Paraguay controlled by violent rebels. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 1/24 Series 15. Vance and Torres are summoned to a hearing regarding the fallout from the Paraguay mission. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. The Walking Dead 22/22 Series 10. Carol takes Negan on a journey, hoping to minimise the increasing tension. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. Talking Dead 22/22 Series 10. Presented by Chris Hardwick. (HD)

11.00 American Dad! Series 16 Steve pushes Stan to trace the Smith family’s ancestry. (S) (HD)

11.30 Hayley becomes a businesswoman. (S) (HD)



2.00 Family Guy (S) (HD) 3.00 American Dad! (S) (HD) 4.00—5.00am Republic of Doyle (S) (HD)

8.00am Marked Man: Martin Luther King and the FBI 8.55 Buffalo Bill 10.05 Country Music (S)

1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 The Civil War 4.25 Country Music (S)

7.25pm Marked Man: Martin Luther King and the FBI The story of how the civil rights leader was subjected to a campaign of intimidation by J Edgar Hoover. Colleagues and academics explore the depth of the FBI director’s relentless vendetta, examining why he targeted King and the legacy of his decision to do so.

8.30 Country Music The history of the American art form from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, an era that saw the success of “New Traditionalists” such as Reba McEntire, George Strait and Dwight Yoakam. Contributors include Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash, Merle Haggard and Garth Brooks. Narrated by Peter Coyote. (S)

11.00 Annie Oakley The life of the sharpshooter, who rose from poor beginnings to almost mythical status as a pioneer of sexual equality and stardom.

12.10am Buffalo Bill: the life of the showman 1.25 Country Music (S)

3.35—4.00am Beautiful Serengeti

6.00am Aerial America (HD)

10.00 The Pacifi c War in Colour: eight back-to-back editions (HD)

6.00pm Air Warriors A look at one of the most famous fi ghter planes ever made, the Soviet Union’s MiG-1, which was debuted in 1940. (HD)

7.00 Inside the FactoryGregg Wallace investigates the production of sauces in the Netherlands, and Cherry Healey lends a hand making the glass jars needed for mayonnaise. (HD)

8.00 Combat Ships Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht and liners-turned-troopships. (HD)

9.00 Henry VIII and the King’s Men Tracy Borman, curator of Historic Royal Palaces, reveals how Henry VIII’s pursuit of pleasure saw him entrust power to the men around him. (HD)

10.00 Inside the FactoryGregg Wallace explores Ribena’s Gloucestershire factory, and Cherry Healey lends a hand harvesting berries on a farm in Kent. (HD)

11.00 Combat Ships As 8pm.

12 midnight Henry VIII and the King’s Men (HD) 1.00am Private Lives of the Windsors (HD)

3.00—6.00am Aerial Africa (HD)

7.00am Highway Patrol (AD) 8.00 Motorway Patrol (AD) 9.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 10.00 Border Patrol 11.00 Police Force: Australia (AD) 12 noon Police Ten 7 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Atlantis 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 6.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 8.00 Lost Girl: Bo and Lauren embark on a daring undercover mission 9.00 Ghost Whisperer 11.00 Merlin 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2.00 Banged Up Abroad 3.00 Highway Patrol: double bill (AD)4.00 Motorway Patrol: double bill (AD)5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare (AD)

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7.00am The Chase (HD) 10.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right 11.00 Bruce Forsyth’s Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1.00pm Catchphrase (AD) 2.00 Take Your Pick 3.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right(AD) 4.00 Supermarket Sweep 5.00 Family Fortunes 6.00 Bullseye (AD) 7.00 Weakest Link: Anne Robinson hosts the quiz 8.00 The Chase (HD) 9.00 The Chase Celebrity Special: Alex James, Ann Widdecombe, Sara Cox and Eamonn Holmes can win big money for the charities of their choice (AD) 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 11.00 Bullseye 1.00—6.00am The Chase (HD)


7.00am Escape to the Country: 11 back-to-back editions of the series (HD)6.00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun: double bill (HD) 8.00 Restoration Home: a Victorian town house in west Hull (HD) 9.00 Building the Dream: a couple build an eco home in Gloucestershire (HD) 10.00 New.

Help! I Wrecked My House: Jasmine helps a couple with demanding jobs complete projects around their home(HD) 11.00 Home Town: Ben and Erin help a country singer fi nd and restore a historic home in Mississippi (HD)12 midnight Windy City Rehab (HD)1.00am Escape to the Country: in Wiltshire (HD) 2.00 Dream Gardens: double bill (HD) 3.00—4.00am My Dream Derelict Home (AD) (HD)

6.00am How Do They Do It? (HD)6.20 The Repair Shop (HD) 3.00pm Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (HD)7.00pm Find It, Fix It, Flog It: converting a lantern and a fi re extinguisher (HD)8.00 Salvage Hunters: Drew Pritchard and Tee John attend a private motor museum in Denbighshire (HD) 9.00New. EFL on Quest: match highlights(HD) 11.00 How Do They Do It?: How Belgian monks produce some of the world’s fi nest beers, then trucks capable of crossing swamps (HD)12 midnight Wheeler Dealers: Mike targets a Lotus Elise (AD) (HD) 1.00am Incredible Engineering Blunders: Fixed(HD) 2.00 American Chopper (HD)3.00 Big, Big Bikes 4.00 Mighty Ships(HD) 5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am The Secret Life of Kittens 6.05 The Secret Life of Puppies 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Mya Go 6.25 Blue’s Clues & You 6.50 Thomas & Friends 7.10 Daisy & Ollie 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.45 New. Pip & Posy 8.00 Paddington 8.20 Paw Patrol 8.30 Ricky Zoom 8.40 The Wonderful World of Baby Animals 8.45 Wissper 8.55 Milkshake! Monkey 9.00 Peppa Pig 9.05—9.15am New. Sunny Bunnies


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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Bing 6.25 Teletubbies 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Bing 7.15 Hey Duggee 7.30 Go Jetters 7.40 Peter Rabbit 7.55 Octonauts 8.10 Numberblocks 8.15 Love Monster 8.20 New. School of Roars 8.30 Alphablocks 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Octonauts Special 9.25 Bing 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Hey Duggee 10.40 My Petsaurus 10.45 Kiri & Lou 10.50New. B.O.T and the Beasties 10.55 Garden Tales 11.05 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.20 New. Colours 11.25 Patchwork Pals 11.30 New. Tik Tak 11.35 New. My Very First 11.45 Woolly & Tig 11.50 Olobob Top 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Little Red Riding Hood 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Alphablocks 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Dog Loves Books 1.25 Messy Goes to OKIDO 1.35 Oti’s Boogie Beebies 1.40 Small Potatoes 1.45 Something Special 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Bing 2.25 Tee and Mo; My Petsaurus 2.35 Melody 2.45 Ferne and Rory’s Vet Tales 3.00 Maddie’s Do You Know? 3.15 Swashbuckle 3.35 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 3.55 Love Monster 4.05 What’s On Your Head? 4.10 New. Our Family 4.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 4.35 Bitz & Bob 4.50 Go Jetters 5.00 Molly and Mack 5.15 Waffl e the Wonder Dog 5.25 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Little Big Awesome 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.25 Dennis & Gnasher 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.10 Danny & Mick 8.25 Operation Ouch! 8.55 Tracy Beaker’s The Movie of Me 10.05 Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out 10.30 Absolute Genius: Monster Builds 11.00 Horrible Histories 11.30 Art Ninja 11.50 Danger Mouse 12 noon Shaun the Sheep 12.10pm The Deep 12.50 Hank Zipzer 1.40 Class Dismissed 1.55 Horrible Histories 2.25 Operation Ouch! 2.55 Little Big Awesome 3.05 Danny & Mick 3.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.30 New. She-Ra 3.55 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.05 Sketchy Comedy 4.10 We Bare Bears 4.20 Odd Squad 4.45 Danger Mouse 5.00 New. Dwight in Shining Armour 5.25 OOglies Funsize 5.30 We Bare Bears 5.45 Summer Camp Island 6.00 Dragons 6.20 New. Do Try This at Home 6.35 Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall 7.00 The Next Step 7.25 Holly Hobbie 7.50 The Story of Tracy Beaker 8.00 What’s Cooking Omari? 8.10 Odd Squad 8.20 The Next Step 8.45—9.00pm Nikki Lilly Meets


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6.00am Transformers 6.20 Buck and Buddy 6.25 NinjaGo 6.55 Mr Magoo 7.25 Hotel Transylvania 7.55 Teen Titans Go! 8.25 Dare Master 8.30 Scooby-Doo 10.45 Mr Magoo 10.55 Mr Bean 12 noon The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 12.55pm Mission Employable 1.00 Don’t Unleash the Beast 1.30 How 1.55 Teen Titans Go! 2.25 Mr Bean 3.30 Scooby-Doo 6.05 Robozuna 6.25 Ninjago 6.55 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 7.55 Scrambled! Bites 8.00 Project Z 8.25 Spy School 8.55—9.00pm Dare Master

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6.00am Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD)9.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 10.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 11.00 Wheeler Dealers(S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Gold Rush: White Water (S) (HD) 1.00pm Gold Divers (S) (HD) 2.00 Gold Rush (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD)4.00 Alaskan Bush People (S) (HD) 5.00 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 7.00 Outback Truckers (S) (HD) 8.00 Diesel Brothers (S) (HD) 9.00New. Street Outlaws (S) (HD) 10.00 New.

Texas Metal (HD) 11.00 Combat Dealers: Reloaded (S) (HD) 12 midnight as 9pm 1.00am as 10pm 2.00 Deadliest Catch(S) (HD) 3.00 as 9pm 3.50 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 4.40 Alaska: the Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD) 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 12 noon Natural World (HD)1.00pm Meet the Sloths (HD) 2.00 John Bishop’s Australia: triple bill(AD) (HD) 5.00 Natural World (HD)6.00pm Meet the Sloths (HD) 7.00 John Bishop’s Australia: triple bill. The comedian sets off on a mammoth bicycle journey Down Under 8.00 The comedian tries surfi ng and goes cattle herding Down Under 9.00 The cycling comic travels deep into tropical Australia (AD) (HD) 10.00 Natural World: a professor takes an octopus into his home to learn about its intelligence(HD) 11.00 Meet the Sloths (HD)12 midnight John Bishop’s Australia(AD) (HD) 2.00am Russia from Above(HD) 3.00 John Bishop’s Australia (AD) (HD) 5.35—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am Clash of the Gods (HD) 8.00 Pawn Stars (HD) 9.00 Highway thru Hell (HD) 10.00 River Hunters (HD)1.00pm Storage Wars: ten editions (HD)6.00 Proving God: a bid to answer life’s most fundamental questions (HD) 8.00New. Swamp Ghost: efforts to fi nd a crashed Second World War B-17 bomber in Papua New Guinea (HD) 9.00 New

series. River Hunters: a bid to fi nd evidence from one of Scotland’s bloodiest eras (HD) 10.00 New. Strangest Things: a tiny metal cube with a connection to Adolf Hitler is studied (HD) 11.00 Hunting Isis: American volunteers fi ghting Isis in Iraq and Syria (HD)12 midnight Ancient Superstructures 1.00am Swamp Ghost 2.00 Hunting Isis(HD) 3.00—6.00am River Hunters (HD)

6.00am The Zoo (S) (HD) 7.00 Preposterous Pets (S) (HD) 8.00 Hanging with the Hendersons (S) (HD)9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD)10.00 The Zoo (HD) 11.00 Bondi Vet(S) (HD) 12 noon Swimming with Monsters (S) (HD) 3.00pm Loch Ness Monster: New Evidence (S) (HD) 5.00 Mermaids: the New Evidence (HD) 6.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 7.00 Animal Cops San Francisco (S) (AD) 8.00 Dr Jeff (S) (HD) 9.00 Vet Gone Wild (S) (HD)10.00 Animal Cops San Francisco (S) (AD) 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 1.00am Dr Jeff (S) (HD) 2.00 Crikey! It’s the Irwins (HD) 3.00 as 10pm 3.50 Bondi Vet: Coast to Coast(S) (HD) 4.40 How Do Animals Do That(S) (HD) 5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am Wig (HD) 7.45 My Icon: Sarah Storey (HD) 8.00 Premier League Legends: Paolo Di Canio (S)

(AD) (HD) 8.30 Fish Town (S) (HD)

9.30 The History of Comedy (HD)

10.30 Inside the Freemasons (S)

(AD) (HD) 11.30 Formula One: Drive to Survive (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Driving Force (S) (HD) 2.00 Wig (HD)

3.45 My Icon: Stef Reid (HD) 4.00 Discovering: Julie Andrews (S) (AD)

(HD) 5.00 Hollywood Couples (S) (HD)

6.00pm The History of ComedyA look at the appeal of sexual humour. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Too Young to Die The lives and personas of celebrities who died prematurely, beginning with Oscar-winning Australian actor Heath Ledger. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 First Ladies A profi le of Lady Bird Johnson. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Armstrong Lie

q HHHH Charting cyclist Lance Armstrong’s attempt

to win the Tour de France again four years after retiring. (S) (W) (HD)

11.15 Kill Chain: the Cyber War on America’s Elections The vulnerabilities of election systems in America. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00am The Scheme (S) (HD) 3.10 Brillo Box (3¢ off) 3.55 Discovering: Alec Guinness (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00—6.00am Fish Town (S) (HD)

6.00am Baby Animals (HD) 7.00 New Kids in the Wild (S) (HD) 11.00 A Bee’s Diary (S) (HD) 12 noon Monkey Life (S) (HD) 1.00pm Wild Animal Babies (S) (HD) 4.00 New Kids in the Wild: two episodes (S) (HD)

6.00pm New Kids in the WildFollowing cheetah cub Usana through her fi rst few months. (S) (HD)

7.00 A baby capuchin monkey in Brazil learns key survival skills. (HD)

8.00 Great Lakes Wild The amazing world of the fl ying squirrel, typically found along the shores of Lake Erie. (S) (HD)

8.30 How the elk got a second chance. It became extinct in Ontario, but is now recovering after being re-introduced. (S) (HD)

9.00 Brazil Untamed Carolina Ribas sails through the Pantanal in search of the giant otter. (HD)

10.00 David Attenborough’s Global Adventure: Home PlanetFootage of David Attenborough’s global wildlife adventures.

11.00 Monkey Life A look inside the European Creche for Orphan Orangutans. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Life’s Journey (S) (HD)

1.00am Macro Worlds (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 Great Lakes Wild (S) (HD)

3.00 Brazil Untamed (HD) 4.00 A Bee’s Diary (S) (HD) 5.00—6.00am Baby Animals (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (S) (AD)

8.00 Border Patrol (S) 9.00 Caught on Dashcam (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Law & Order (HD) 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD)

12 noon The Rookie (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00pm Blue Bloods (HD) 3.00 Nothing to Declare UK (S) (HD)

5.00pm Nothing to Declare Six editions following the work of customs offi cers in Australia. (S)

8.00 Ghost Whisperer 13/18 Series 3. Ned enlists Melinda’s help when his girlfriend and her family believe they are being haunted by their deceased father. (S) (HD)

9.00 New. Blue Bloods Ep 8 Series 11. Erin feels the pressure from her new boss as she tries to get a nervous witness to reveal who shot her boyfriend. (HD)

10.00 New. Coroner 7/10 Series 3Jenny and Clark work together as they enter the worlds of narcotics and therapy. (HD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 19/22 Series 8Benson helps the FBI track down her brother. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Criminal Minds (S) (HD)

1.00am The Good Doctor (S) (HD)

2.00 FBI (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00—6.00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (S)





5.00pm Death in Paradise 5/8 Series 6. A man is murdered miles out at sea — and as the investigation deepens, Humphrey and his team take their inquiry to London.6.20 6/8. The discovery of a second body in London leaves the detectives with two murders to solve. Humphrey receives advice from an unexpected source.7.40 7/8. The team, headed up by new detective inspector Jack Mooney, reopens a seven-year-old murder when a tourist provides an alibi for the woman convicted of the crime. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Father Brown 4/15 Series 3 The priest investigates when a murder is committed at the local army barracks using a legendary broken sword. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 5/15. Kembleford’s new cricket captain is framed for murder and Father Brown must prove his innocence. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Death in Paradise As 6.20pm.


7.20am Gavin & Stacey: 17 back-to-back episodes (S) (AD) (HD)

6.20pm Gavin & Stacey The Essex boys plan a big night out in Cardiff and a sleepover at Bryn’s.7.00 Gavin feels uncomfortable about Gwen and Bryn knowing the details of his sex life.7.40 Bank Holiday Monday sees the Essex mob arrive for a day at the beach in Barry, where Gavin has a heart-to-heart with his dad.8.20 With preparations for the wedding in full swing, Stacey has news for Gavin. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Mrs Brown’s BoysA hypnotist provides the entertainment at the triplets’ baptism — and Agnes soon fi nds herself under his spell. (S) (HD)

9.40 Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutDawn French, Richard Curtis and a host of guest stars remember their favourite Dibley moments, and enjoy unseen footage. (S) (HD)

11.40 Live at the Apollo Greg Davies hosts another session of stand-up at Hammersmith Apollo, warming up the audience for Hal Cruttenden and Simon Evans. (S) (HD)

12.40am Gavin & Stacey: four episodes (S) (AD) (HD) 3.10—4.00am Live at the Apollo (S) (HD)

6.10am MasterChef Australia (S) (HD)7.30 Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD) 8.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (S) (HD) 10.00 The Bill (S)11.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country: eight editions (S) (AD) (HD)7.00pm New. Top Chef: the chefs walk in on an epic battle of Last Chance Kitchen (AD) (HD) 8.00 Inside the Ambulance: Adam and Jenine try to help a woman who’s fallen from a fi rst-fl oor window (S) (HD) 9.00 One Born Every Minute: double bill. Two students, Brooke and Tim, become parents, then a couple worry about their premature baby (S) (HD) 11.00 Great Ormond Street (HD)12 midnight One Born Every Minute (S) (HD) 1.00—3.00am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Motorway Patrol (S) (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (S) 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) 10.00 Road Wars (S)11.00 Caught on Dashcam 4.00pm World’s Most Evil Killers: double bill (S)6.00pm Killer in My Village (S) 8.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers: Mark Bridger, who in 2012 abducted and killed April Jones (S) 9.00 New. The Real Manhunter: Levi Bellfi eld: the police operation to convict the British serial killer 10.45 Snapped: how a neighbourhood feud led to the murder of a lieutenant (S)11.40 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S)12.35am World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (AD) 1.30 Snapped (S) 2.30 Killer in My Village (S) 3.30 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (S) (AD) 4.30—6.00am Motorway Patrol: triple bill (S)

8.00am Air Crash Investigation: ten back-to-back editions (S) (HD)6.00pm Air Crash Investigation: double bill. A plane that lost engine power after fl ying through volcanic ash in 1982, then the fate of Helios Flight 522 (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 New Air Force One: Flying Fortress: a fi rst look at the overhaul of the two presidential planes, exploring the technology that transforms the aircraft into a top-secret, highly-secured command centre (HD)9.00 New series. Air Crash Investigation: why a Boeing 737 Max 8 plunged into the Java Sea (S) (AD) (HD)10.00 New. Narco Wars: how Colombia was plunged into civil war fi nanced by cocaine traffi cking (S) (HD)11.00—5.00am Air Crash Investigation: six editions of the series (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Mysteries at the Museum 7.00 Combat Dealers (S) (AD) 8.00 Expedition Unknown 9.00 Blowing Up History 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S) 12 noon Combat Dealers (S) 1.00pm Codes and Conspiracies (S) 2.00 Expedition Unknown (S) 3.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files (S) 4.00 Mysteries at the Museum 5.00 Blowing Up History 6.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S) 7.00 Expedition Unknown 8.00 Blowing Up History 9.00 Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Mysteries of the Missing (S) 12 midnight Blowing Up History 1.00am Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 2.00 as 10pm 3.00 as 11pm 4.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S)5.00—6.00am Blowing Up History (S)

8.00am Friends: 25 back-to-back episodes of the series (S) (AD) (HD)9.00pm FILM PS I Love You HH Comedy drama starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. Following the death of her husband Gerry, Holly Kennedy receives the fi rst in a series of letters and recordings that Gerry had compiled before his demise in the hope that they would help her rebuild her life (S) (HD)11.00 New. Younger: double bill. Liza and Charles’s romance heats up, then in the wake of a book loss, Liza and Kelsey shift their focus to an author (HD) 12 midnight Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational Live (S) (HD) 1.00am Kevin Bridges Live in Glasgow (S) (HD) 2.00 South Park (S) (HD) 4.15—5.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: 26 back-to-back episodes (S) (HD)9.00pm RT CHOICE New series.

Wellington Paranormal: spoof documentary from the creators of What We Do in the Shadows, about New Zealand cops investigating the supernatural — beginning with a case of demonic possession See page 69 (HD)9.30 A Black Lady Sketch Show: comedy sketch show, featuring Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Quinta Brunson and Gabrielle Dennis. Guest stars include Issa Rae and Jamar Malachi Neighbors (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00New. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: news and pop culture (HD)10.40 Saturday Night Live (HD)12.10—5.00am The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: ten episodes of the series (HD)


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7.35am The Adventures of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend HH

Sci-fi adventure. Jude Manley (2020, PG) 9.10 As 8.50pm 10.50 The Mummy HHH Adventure. Brendan Fraser (1999, 12) 1.00pm Malefi cent: Mistress of Evil HH Fantasy.Angelina Jolie (2019, PG) 3.10 As 10.35pm

5.10pm A-X-L HH A boy meets a dog who is a top-secret military weapon. Alex Neustaedter (2018)

7.00 Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga’Hoole HHH An owl is kidnapped. Jim Sturgess (2010, PG)

8.50 The Road to El Dorado HHH Fun adventure about the search for the city of gold. (2000, U)

10.35 Back to the Future Part III HHHH Spectacular conclusion to the trilogy. Michael J Fox (1990, PG)

12.35am Malefi cent: Mistress of Evil As 1pm 2.35 The MummyAs 10.50am 4.45 Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga’Hoole As 7pm

6.45am The Argument As 8.30pm 8.20 Buffaloed As 5pm 10.00 Irresistible As 6.40pm 12 noon Sell By As 10pm 1.40pm All Nighter HH Comedy. JK Simmons (2017, 15) 3.20 Beetle Juice HHHH

Horror. (1988, 15) 5.00 Buffaloed HHH Drama. Zoey Deutch (2019, 15)

6.40pm Irresistible HHH

A political strategist helps to get a small-town candidate elected as mayor. Steve Carell, Rose Byrne (2020, 15)

8.30 The Argument HH

A group of friends re-createan earlier dinner party in order to settle a dispute. Dan Fogler (2020)

10.00 Sell By HHH Entertaining ensemble comedy about the lives and loves of a group of New Yorkers. Scott Evans, Augustus Prew (2019, 15)

11.40pm Kill Ben Lyk HHH

Inventive comedy thriller. Eugene Simon (2018, 15) 1.05am As 1.40pm 2.45 Beetle Juice As 3.20pm 4.25 A Guide to Second Date Sex HHH Comedy. George MacKay (2019, 15)

7.20am Superman Returns As 7.05pm 9.55 Safe As 9.40pm 11.35 Flight of the Phoenix HHH Adventure. Dennis Quaid (2004, 12) 1.30pm Sands of Iwo Jima HHH

Second World War drama. John Wayne (1949, PG) 3.25 Cliffhanger HHHH

Action thriller. Sylvester Stallone (1993, 15)

5.20pm The Hurricane Heist HH Crime caper disaster movie in which thieves attempt to rob the US Treasury. Maggie Grace (2018, 12)

7.05 Superman Returns HHHH Breathtaking and nostalgia-tinged comic-book blockbuster. Brandon Routh (2006, 12)

9.40 Safe HHH A former cage fi ghter must protect a young maths genius from rival crime organisations. Jason Statham (2011, 15)

11.20pm Patriot Games HHH

Engaging thriller. Harrison Ford, Anne Archer (1992, 15) 1.20am Flight of the Phoenix As 11.35am 3.15 Cliffhanger As 3.25pm 5.10 Sands of Iwo Jima As 1.30pm

6.00am Lawrence of Arabia 5 Epic historical adventure.Peter O’Toole (1962, PG) 9.35 Blood Diamond As 5pm 12 noon Gandhi 5 Epic. Ben Kingsley (1982, PG) 3.10pm Dirty Harry As 11.55pm 5.00 Blood Diamond HHH

Action thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio (2006, 15)

7.25pm There Will Be Blood 5 A prospector strikes “black gold” and sets out to build an oil empire. Daniel Day-Lewis (2007, 15)

10.05 Predator HHHH Sci-fi action thriller in which an elite military force is hunted down by an alien. Arnold Schwarzenegger (1987, 15)

11.55 Dirty Harry 5 Clint Eastwood excels as the ruthless cop in pursuit of a psychopathin this outstanding thriller. (1971, 18)

1.40am The Ladykillers 5Wonderfully sinister comedy in which a gang of robbers fi nd their nefarious plans upset by an eccentric old lady. Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker (1955, U) 3.15 Gandhi As 12pm

11.00am The Spiderwick Chronicles HHHH Young Freddie Highmore plays dual roles as twin brothers who move into a creepy old mansion in this gripping fantasy adventure. Sarah Bolger (2008, PG) (S) (AD)

12.50pm Hotel for Dogs HHH

Decent family comedy in which two orphaned children care for a brood of canine waifs and strays. Emma Roberts, Jake T Austin, Don Cheadle (2008, U) (S) (AD)

2.55 i Alpha HHH A warrior and his wolf companion face terrifying foes and harsh conditions in an elegantly told prehistoric tale. Review p35. Kodi Smit-McPhee (2017, 12) (S)

4.45 Zathura: a Space Adventure HHHH Two squabbling boys fi nd a magical outer-space board game in this witty, retro-style fantasy adventure.Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo (2005, PG)

6.45pm Bumblebee HHH Fun-fi lled, 1980s-set spin-off from the Transformers sci-fi action franchise that sees the lovable alien robot befriend a teenage girl. Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena (2018, PG) (S) (AD)

9.00 Skyscraper HHH Exciting action adventure in which Dwayne Johnson attempts to save his family from a towering inferno. Review p35. (2018, 12) (S) (AD)

11.05 i Slaughterhouse Rulez HH A posh boarding school is attacked by beasts from below in a spoof horror that should have been better. Simon Pegg,Asa Butterfi eld, Michael Sheen (2018, 15) (S)

1.10—3.55am Brawl in Cell Block 99 HHH Thriller starring a deadly serious Vince Vaughn as a prisoner who must commit murder to save his family. Jennifer Carpenter (2017, 18) (S)

6.00am Johnny on the Spot HH

Crime drama. Hugh McDermott, Elspet Gray, Paul Carpenter (1954, U) (S) 7.45 Emergency Call HH Medical drama. Jack Warner, Anthony Steel (1952, PG) (S) 9.30 The Adventures of William Tell 10.00 Get Some In! 10.30 Hangman’s Wharf HH Crime drama. John Witty (1950, U) (S) 11.50 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby HHHH Period drama. Derek Bond (1947, U) 2.00pm Enemy at the Door (S)3.00 The Egyptian HH Creaky period epic about an orphan who becomes a physician in the courtof the pharoah. Edmund Purdom (1954) (S)

6.00pm Interpol Calling British TV crime drama series.6.30 No Trace HHH A crime novelist is blackmailed in this short and sweet crime thriller.Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan (1950, PG) (S)

8.00 Gideon’s Way TV crime drama series with John Gregson.9.00 Dulcima HH Crudely comic melodrama in which a miserly old farmer falls for his young, gold-digging housekeeper. Carol White (1971, 15)

11.00 Two and Two Make Six HH So-so road movie that sees George Chakiris’s hapless US Air Force deserter fall for the woman he picks up on his motorbike. (1961, U)

12.50am The Lost Moment HHH

Period drama. Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward (1947) 2.35 Nell Gwyn HHH

Historical drama. Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke (1934, U) (S) 4.00 Shadows of Fear5.00—6.00am The Rogues

8.00am Mutant X9.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 10.00 Star Trek 11.00 Stephen King’s The Langoliers3.00pm Sliders4.00 Malibu Shark Attack H Action thriller. Peta Wilson (2009)

6.00pm Star Trek TV sci-fi drama.7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise TV sci-fi adventure with Scott Bakula.8.00 Battlestar Galactica TV adventure series with Dirk Benedict.9.00 The Darkest Hour HH Aliens invade Moscow in this effi cient but uninspired sci-fi thriller, about a group of people trying to reach safe ground. Emile Hirsch (2011, 12)

10.50 Doghouse HHH Amusing splatter-fest with Danny Dyer and chauvinistic chums up against scantily clad, virus-infected man-hating cannibals. Stephen Graham (2009, 15)

12.40am The Toybox HH

A possessed RV is the setting for this half-asleep horror that’s slathered with gore. Denise Richards, Mischa Barton (2017, 15) 2.35—4.30am Dr Terror’s House of Horrors HHH Horror. Peter Cushing (1964, PG)



9.10am Stand Your Ground HH

Crime drama based on a true story.Francine Locke, Drew Matthews (2013) 11.15The Karate Kid HHH Martial arts adventure. Ralph Macchio (1984, 12) 1.45pm The Karate Kid Part II HH Pat Morita teaches Ralph Macchio some new tricks in this martial arts adventure sequel. (1986, PG) 4.00 The Karate Kid III H The martial arts teenager’s arch enemy is after revenge in this daft adventure.Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita (1989, PG)

6.25pm Phenomenon HHH

A strange light in the sky gives mechanic John Travolta paranormal powers in director Jon Turteltaub’s feel-good sci-fi fable. (1996, PG)

9.00 Signs HHH Mel Gibsonstars as a farmer who discovers mysterious crop circles on his land in an atmospheric sci-fi thriller from the director of The Sixth Sense. Joaquin Phoenix (2002, 12)

11.10 The Butterfl y Effect HHH

Supernatural thriller in which Ashton Kutcher plays a student who discovers he can travel back in time, but his actions have repercussions. Amy Smart (2003, 15)

1.30am The Colony HHH Emma Watson attempts to free her lover from a Chilean prison in this thriller based on a true story. Daniel Brühl (2015, 15) 4.00—5.50am Framed for Murder: a Fixer Upper Mystery

6.00am The Flying Missile HH

War drama. Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors (1950, U) 7.55 Five for Hell HH Adventure.John Garko (1969) 9.50 Combat Squad HH War drama. John Ireland (1953) 11.25 The Secret Invasion HHH

Adventure. Stewart Granger (1964, PG) 1.30pm Sahara HHH Second World War action. Humphrey Bogart (1943, PG) 3.35 The Great Escape II: the Untold Story H Second World War action adventure. Christopher Reeve (1988, PG)

6.55pm The Enemy Below HHHH Stunningly effective Second World War U-boat drama.Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens (1957, PG)

9.00 The Day of the Jackal 5 Suspenseful thriller about a plot to assassinate General de Gaulle. Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale (1973, 15)

11.45 The Two-Headed Spy HHH

Taut spy saga. Jack Hawkins (1958, U)

1.35am Paratroop Command HH

War drama. Richard Bakalyan (1959) 3.00—4.00am The JU 87 Stuka

6.00am Second Chance HHH

Romantic crime drama. Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, Jack Palance (1953) 7.35 The Juggler H Drama. Kirk Douglas (1953) 9.15 The Hunchback of Notre Dame HHHH Gothic drama. Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down (1982, PG) 11.20 The Taming of the Shrew HHHH Comedy. Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor (1967, U) 1.45pm Jane Eyre HHHH Period romantic drama. Review p35. Orson Welles (1943, PG) 3.55 Summer Holiday HHH Musical comedy in which Cliff Richard and pals drive a double-decker bus across Europe. Lauri Peters (1962, U)

6.05pm Oliver! HHHH Immensely popular fi lm version of Lionel Bart’s triumphant stage musical.Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester (1968, U)

9.00 The Way We Were HHHH

Glossy romantic drama with Barbra Streisand and Robert Redfordas the ideal odd couple. (1973, PG)

11.25 The Blue Lagoon HH

Good-looking but very silly romantic adventure about shipwrecked teenagers. Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern (1980, 15)

1.25am Jack McCall, Desperado HH Western. George Montgomery (1953, U) 3.00 Appointment in London HH

Drama. Dirk Bogarde (1952, U) 4.35—6.00am Tomorrow We Live HHH

Spy melodrama. John Clements (1942, U)

Tigerland 111 9.00pm TCMA rabble of Vietnam War draftees, including a young Colin Farrell,

fi nd their training program is as intense as the real thing

7.25am Zeroville As 9.50pm 9.05 i Boonie Bears: The Wild Life As 6.10pm 10.55 Scoob! As 8pm 12.35pm Antebellum As 11.30pm 2.30 The Furnace HHH

Adventure. David Wenham (2020, 15) 4.30 Eternal Beauty HHHH Romantic comedy drama. Sally Hawkins (2019, 15)

6.10pm i Boonie Bears: The Wild Life Animated adventure featuring the voice of Chris Boike.

8.00 Scoob! HH Breezy, technically profi cient cartoon reboot. Will Forte, Frank Welker (2020, PG)

9.50 Zeroville H Director-star James Franco’s woeful trundle through 1970s Hollywood. (2019, 15)

11.30 Antebellum HHH Janelle Monáe takes on dual roles in this time-hopping thriller. (2020, 15)

1.25am The Furnace As 2.30pm 3.25 The Racer HHH Fascinating cycling drama set in 1998. Louis Talpe, Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee (2020, 15) 5.10 Eternal Beauty As 4.30pm

6.10am The Pursuit of HappynessAs 8pm 8.10 Pokémon Detective Pikachu As 6pm 10.00 The Wretched As 10pm 11.40 Identity Thief HH Comedy road movie. Jason Bateman (2013, 15) 1.35pm Ender’s GameAs 11.50pm 3.30 The Goldfi nch HHH Drama. Ansel Elgort (2019, 15)

6.00pm Pokémon Detective Pikachu HHH Witty adventure featuring Ryan Reynolds as the voice of the furry sleuth. (2019, PG)

8.00 The Pursuit of Happyness HHH Will Smith delivers a beautifully understated performance in this drama. (2006, 12)

10.00 The Wretched HHHH

Chiller in which a teenager must deal with his parents’ divorce and a possessed neighbour. (2019, 15)

11.50pm Ender’s Game HHH

A teenage boy’s gaming skills might save the world. Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfi eld (2013, 12) 1.55am Identity Thief As 11.40am 4.00 The Goldfi nch As 3.30pm

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6.00am Greatest Games (AD) 6.30 Premier League 10.00 Football Show12 noon Premier League 1.45pm Greatest Games (AD) 2.00 Soccer Special

5.00 LIVE Premier League Football Everton v Crystal Palace from Goodison Park (kick-off 6.00);8.00 Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United (kick-off 8.00).11.00 Premier League Football2.30am Gary Neville’s Soccerbox3.30 Greatest Games 4.00 Best Goals(AD) 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)


6.00am Best of the 2017 Indian Premier League11.15 International One-Day Cricket1.15pm Best of the 2018 Indian Premier League6.30 International One-Day Cricket8.30 Talking Cricket: Chennai 20089.00 Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar9.30 International One-Day Cricket11.30 Talking Cricket: Wasim & Waqar12 midnight Talking Cricket: Chennai 2008 12.30am Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar 1.00 Best of the 2018 Indian Premier League 2.00 Indian Premier League 2020 Final 3.00 Best of Indian Premier League 2020 Bitesize 4.00 Best of the 2016 Indian Premier League4.30 Best of the 2018 Indian Premier League 5.00—6.00am Best of Indian Premier League 2020 Bitesize


6.00am Extreme E 7.00 The Darts Show 7.30 Darts 11.15 Darts Gold11.30 The Darts Show 12 noon Good Morning Football 3.00pm Darts6.00 Gerwyn Price: World Champion

7.00 LIVE Darts The fi rst night of this year’s Premier League at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.10.00 Gerwyn Price: World Champion11.00 Boxing 11.30 Conor Benn: the Destroyer 12 midnight NFL: Total Access 1.00am NFL 2.00 Boxing2.30 Darts 5.30—6.00am Darts Gold


6.00am Super League 9.00 Rugby League Retro 11.00 NBA Champions12.30pm Basketball 3.00 NBA

5.00 LIVE Netball Severn Stars v London Pulse (centre-pass 5.15);6.45 Saracens Mavericks v Manchester Thunder.8.45 Super League: recent action 10.00 NBC’s Pro-Football Talk12 midnight LIVE NBA Dallas Mavericks v Utah Jazz.2.30am Boxing 5.00—6.00am Pool


5.00—8.45pm LIVE Netball Severn Stars v London Pulse in the Superleague (centre-pass 5.15); 6.45 Saracens Mavericks v Manchester Thunder in the Superleague (centre-pass 7.15).


6.00am Cycling 8.00 Snooker10.00 Cycling 11.30 Olympic Games1.30pm Cycling: Tour of Flanders

2.30 LIVE Cycling Basque Tour.4.30 Olympic Games: Far From Home 5.00 Weightlifting6.00 LIVE Weightlifting7.45 Cycling 10.00 Olympic Games12 midnight Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting 2.00 Cycling 4.00 Olympic Games: Far From Home 5.00—6.00am Weightlifting


6.00am Non-League Football 7.00 ESPN FC 7.30 The Number’s Game

8.00 LIVE Australian Football Newcastle Jets v Western United;10.00 Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City at WIN Stadium.12 noon Premier League Football3.00pm Premier League Review4.00 Non-League Football5.00 LIVE Non-League Football Stockport County v Bromley from Edgeley Park (kick-off 5.30).7.45 Non-League Football 8.15 BT Sport Reload (AD) 8.30 Goals Reload 9.00 WrestleMania Classics10.00 French Football 11.00 Wrestling1.00am LIVE Wrestling WWE.4.15 UFC (AD) 5.15 Goals Reload5.30—6.00am German Football (AD)


6.00am LIVE Australian Rules Football Geelong Cats v Hawthorn Hawks at Melbourne Cricket Ground.9.00 Premier League10.30 Premier League Review 11.30 Motorcycling1.30pm MotoGP 3.00 Wrestling(AD) 4.00 The Number’s Game (AD) 4.30 ESPN FC 5.00 Test Cricket7.00 German Football (AD)

7.30 LIVE German Football St Pauli v Eintracht Braunschweig.9.30 German Football 10.30 Premier League Review11.30 Europa League Magazine12 midnight—6.00am LIVE Major League Baseball Boston Red Sox v Tampa Bay Rays;3.00am Seattle Mariners v Chicago White Sox (start-time 3.10).


6.00am International Women’s One-Day Cricket 7.00 Wrestling (AD) 8.00 German Football 5.00pm Gearing Up 5.30 Badminton Unlimited(AD) 6.00 Australian Football 7.30 Rugby Union 9.00 Fishing (AD) 10.00 Australian Rules Football12 midnight Test Cricket 2.00am German Football (AD) 2.30 Champions League Magazine 3.00 BT Sport Goals Reload 3.30 Boxing 5.00—6.00am Beyond the Boundary (AD)


6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 SportsCenter6.45 Athletics 8.45 Basketball 10.45 ESPN FC 11.15 Basketball 1.15pm Major League Baseball 5.15 SportsCenter5.30 ESPN FC Presents: Gab & Juls

6.00 LIVE Major League Baseball Detroit Tigers v Minnesota Twins;9.00 Cleveland Indians v Kansas City Royals (start-time 9.10).12 midnight College GameDay2.00am LIVE Basketball CBB: National Championship game.5.00 BT Sport Reload (AD) 5.30—6.00am BT Sport Takeover (AD)


6.00am World Superbikes 8.00 Cycling 9.00 Weightlifting 10.00 Olympic Games: Far From Home 11.00 Extreme E12 noon Classic British Superbikes

3.00pm Weightlifting 4.45 Extreme E 5.45 Snooker 8.00 British Superbikes 8.30 Best of Bikes 8.55 Sambo: World Cup 10.00 Cycling 11.00 Weightlifting12 midnight Formula E 1.00am Idris Elba: No Limits 2.00 Snooker 4.00 Weightlifting 5.00—6.00am Cycling


6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show

12 noon LIVE Championship Football Middlesbrough v Watford (kick-off 12.30pm).2.30pm LIVE League One Football Peterborough United v Sunderland (kick-off 3.00).5.00 LIVE Premier League Football Everton v Crystal Palace from Goodison Park (kick-off 6.00);8.00 Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United (kick-off 8.00).11.00 Sky Sports News12 midnight LIVE NBA Dallas Mavericks v Utah Jazz (tip-off 12.00).2.30—6.00am Sky Sports News


6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Greatest Players (AD) 7.30 Countdowns (AD) 8.00 Years (AD) 8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games9.30 Greatest Players (AD) 10.00 Countdowns (AD) 10.30 Years (AD) 11.00 Championship Season Review 13/14

12 noon LIVE Championship Football Middlesbrough v Watford (kick-off 12.30pm).2.30pm LIVE League One Football Peterborough United v Sunderland (kick-off 3.00).5.00 LIVE Championship Football Sheffi eld Wednesday v Cardiff City (kick-off 5.30).7.30 EFL Highlights 8.30 Soccer AM9.00 SPFL 9.30 League One and Two Goals 10.00 SPFL 10.30 EFL Highlights 11.00 Soccer AM 11.30 EFL Greatest Games: two games from 201712 midnight Classic Play-Off Finals 2013/14 3.00am League Cup Retro: the 2014 fi nal 5.00—6.00am EFL Championship Season Review 2016/17

Sky MastersSky 405 Virgin 515/HD 505 BT 424/HD 444

6.00am How the Masters Was Won8.00 PGA Tour Golf 1.00pm Steel Magnolia: Willett’s Masters 1.30 Vamos! Garcia’s Glory 2.00 Women’s Golf

5.00 LIVE The Masters Coverage from the practice range.7.00 Live From The Masters 10.00 The Masters Film 11.00 PGA Tour Golf12 midnight Masters Offi cial Film: Floyd 1976 12.40am Masters Offi cial Film: Tom Watson 1977 1.20 Masters Offi cial Film: Player 1978 (AD) 2.00 Masters Offi cial Film: Zoeller 1979 (AD) 2.35 Masters Offi cial Film: Ballesteros 1980 3.10 Masters Offi cial Film: Tom Watson 19813.55 Masters Offi cial Film: Stadler 1982 (AD) 4.25 Masters Offi cial Film: Ballesteros 1983 4.55 Masters Offi cial Film: Crenshaw 1984 (AD) 5.25—6.00am Masters Offi cial Film: Langer 1985

Premier League Darts 7.00pm Sky Action Glen Durrant begins his title defence

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7.00am Four Kids and It As 8pm 9.05 Bogus As 6pm 11.05 A Boy Called Sailboat HHH Comedy drama. Julian Atocani Sanchez (2018, 12) 12.45pm Babe As 11.40pm 2.25 Babe: Pig in the City HH Fantasy.(1998, U) 4.05 Two Brothers HHH

Period adventure. Guy Pearce (2004, U)

6.00pm Bogus HH Sentimental fantasy comedy about a boy and his imaginary friend. Whoopi Goldberg, Gerard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment (1996, PG)

8.00 Four Kids and It HHHH

Children encounter a magical beach creature who grants wishes. Matthew Goode, Paula Patton (2020, 12)

10.00 Look Who’s Talking HHH Bruce Willis voices a baby’s thoughts in this amusing high-concept comedy. John Travolta (1989, 12)

11.40pm Babe HHHH Enchanting comedy adventure. James Cromwell (1995, U) 1.25am Babe: Pig in the City As 2.25pm 3.15 A Boy Called Sailboat As 11.05am 4.55 Look Who’s Talking As 10pm

7.00am As 6pm 8.40 As 4.35pm 10.10 As 7.40pm 11.45 Adventures in Zambezia HH Adventure. Jeremy Suarez (2012, U) 1.25pm The Tale of Despereaux HH Adventure. (2008, U) 3.05 Curious George: Royal Monkey HH Adventure. (2019, U) 4.35 Henchmen HH Adventure. (2018, PG)

6.00pm Surf’s Up HHH

Penguins hit the waves in this slick comedy. Shia LaBeouf (2007, PG)

7.40 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs HHHH A scientist turns water into food. Bill Hader (2009, U)

9.25 Weathering with You HHH Dreamy Japanese animation. Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori (2019, 12)

11.20 The Big Wish HH An orphan searches for her parents in the Land of the Dead. (2019, PG)

12.55am Snow White and the Red Shoes HHH Adventure. Chloë Grace Moretz (2019, U) 2.35 Curious George: Royal Monkey As 3.05pm 4.10 The Tale of DespereauxAs 1.25pm 5.50 As 11.45am

6.00am Munich As 3pm 8.45 Ocean’s Eleven As 8pm 10.45 Ocean’s Twelve As 10pm 12.55pm Ocean’s Thirteen HH

Crime comedy caper. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Al Pacino (2007, PG) 3.00 Munich HHHH Drama based on a true story. Eric Bana, Daniel Craig (2005, 15)

5.45pm Marnie HHHH Twisted drama in which a man marries a woman he fi nds stealing from his company. “Tippi” Hedren, Sean Connery (1964, 15)

8.00 Ocean’s Eleven HHHH

George Clooney stars as the criminal who assembles a gang to steal $150 million. Brad Pitt (2001, 12)

10.00 Ocean’s Twelve HH

George Clooney and his gang head to Europe to stage a series of robberies. Brad Pitt (2004, 12)

12.10am Ocean’s Thirteen As 12.55pm 2.15 Carlito’s Way HHHH

Visually audacious 1970s-set crime drama. Al Pacino (1993, 18) 4.50 The Hummingbird Project HHH

Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg (2018, 15)

7.00am Gemini Man As 8.10pm 9.00 District 9 As 6.10pm 11.00 I Trapped the Devil HHH Horror.AJ Bowen (2019, 15) 12.35pm Radiofl ash HH Thriller. Brighton Sharbino (2019) 2.25 Proximity HHH Sci-fi drama. Ryan Masson (2020, PG) 4.25 Resident Evil: Apocalypse H Sci-fi . (2004, 15)

6.10pm District 9 HHHH

A bureaucrat attempts to relocate an abused minority of “refugee” extraterrestrials. Sharlto Copley (2009, 15)

8.10 Gemini Man HH An ageing assassin is targeted by a younger version of himself in this splashy techno-thriller. Will Smith (2019, 12)

10.10 The Faculty HHH A group of high-school misfi ts uncover an alien invasion in this enjoyable sci-fi horror. Josh Hartnett (1998, 15)

12 midnight I Trapped the DevilAs 11am 1.30am Radiofl ash As 12.35pm 3.20 The Faculty As 10.10pm 5.10 Proximity As 2.25pm


9.30am Where Eagles Dare HHHH Second World War action thriller. Richard Burton (1969, PG) 12.50pm Battle of the Bulge HHHH

Second World War action drama.Henry Fonda (1965, PG) 4.15 Force 10 from Navarone HH Second World War drama. Robert Shaw (1978, 12)

6.45pm Memphis Belle HHH

Moving and well-staged historical Second World War drama.Matthew Modine, John Lithgow (1990, 12)

9.00 Tigerland HHH Powerful drama about conscripts who are being prepared for the Vietnam War. Colin Farrell (2000, 18)

11.10 National Lampoon’s Vacation HHH Chevy Chase and his family take a road trip across America in this comedy. (1983, 15)

1.20am The Wyoming Kid HHH

Western about a gambler hired to track an outlaw. Dennis Morgan (1947, U) 3.20 Close Up4.50 Off Set 5.00 Hollywood’s Best Film Directors

6.50am Through the Fire HHH

Drama. Pierre Niney (2019, 15) 8.50 Forrest Gump As 6.05pm 11.15 Cast Away As 8.30pm 1.40pm The Last Black Man in San Francisco As 10.55pm 3.45 Apollo 13 HHHH Riveting space drama. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton (1995, PG)

6.05pm Forrest Gump HHHH

A simple-minded everyman makes his mark on American history Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise (1994, 12)

8.30 Cast Away HHH Tom Hanks stars as a man who becomes stranded on an uninhabited island. Helen Hunt (2000, 12)

10.55 The Last Black Man in San Francisco 5 Two young men take over a long-lost family home. Jimmie Fails (2019, 15)

1.00am Through the Fire As 6.50am 3.05 Honeytrap HHH

A real-life murder in Brixton provides the basis for this urban drama. Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount (2014, 18) 4.55 Apollo 13 As 3.45pm


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PICK OF THE DAY The Syndicate 9.00pm BBC1

DRAMA Newsagent Frank (Neil Morrissey) has scarpered overseas with his

customers’ lottery cash. The lousy swine is currently in a Monaco casino,

acting like James Bond. If James Bond sold papers for a living and owned

a big Irish wolfhound, that is.

He ought to be watching his back, because Keeley (Katherine Rose Morley)

isn’t admitting defeat. Despite having no luck with the police, who don’t

believe her, or the lottery company, who are essentially incompetent, she’s

rallying the rest of the syndicate to take action. And, as we saw in last week’s

fl ashforward, they’re set to make it to Monte Carlo. They’ll need to fi nd Frank

quickly or there won’t be enough money left to buy a packet of bonbons.

It looks as though, from here on in, this will become a bit of a caper, as

Frank tries to keep one step ahead of his pursuers. And his partner Cheryl

(Gaynor Faye) may prove pivotal, as so far we’re not 100 per cent sure

where her allegiances really lie. DAVID BROWN

Remarkable Places to Eat8.00pm BBC2

FOOD If you’ve grown a few veg

over lockdown, prepare to turn

green with envy as Fred Sirieix and

Chris Bavin visit the stunning

kitchen garden of Brockenhurst

restaurant the Pig. The whole

programme is a fantastic advert for

the New Forest’s championing of

seasonal and local produce.

As the area reminds Chris of his

childhood holidays, it’s no surprise

that he and Fred bike through the

trees, whooping and doing wheelies

like a pair of over-excited

schoolboys. They also have an ‘Allo

‘Allo! moment when Fred asks for an

ale (or “ell” as he pronounces it) to

go with their ploughman’s lunch at

the pub. JANE RACKHAM

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer8.00pm C4

mFOOD They certainly haven’t

left the best until last here,

because the fi nal four celebrities

really struggle with their baking

challenges. John Bishop forgets to

put fl our into his cake mix and

Nadine Coyle drops her buns on the

fl oor. A glass bowl shatters

dramatically and someone else’s

cake batter splatters all over their

worktop. “I might need therapy after

this,” says Ade Adepitan.

I doubt the showstoppers will

give regular Bake Off contestants

sleepless nights, but then we don’t

watch this to admire their skill and

— as always — it’s very funny. JR

Britain’s Tiger Kings: on the Trail with Ross Kemp9.00pm ITV

DOCUMENTARY Does Gary, who

keeps 36 snakes in his spare

bedroom in Derby, prefer dangerous

animals to people? Yes, he tells Ross

Kemp in the second of his startling

documentaries about exotic pets.

“They don’t answer back. Well, they

do. They bite you.” There’s nothing

funny, however, about a zoo in west

Wales that was bought by a nature-

loving couple who are now trying to

rehome distressed animals.

We’re back to alarming eccentrics

soon enough. Whatever weird plans

you might predict Cambridgeshire

farmer Andy has for his crocodile

house… they’re weirder. JACK SEALE

Intruder9.00pm Channel 5

DRAMA Wow! After a taut, slightly

dry fi rst instalment, Intruder blooms

into a histrionic psychological

thriller. Last night (don’t read on

if you didn’t see it) we learnt that

Angela, the pal who abetted smug

journalists Rebecca and Sam in

covering up Sam murdering a

burglar, is Sam’s ex-mistress. Now

we see she’s a classic unstable

spurned woman, downing large

white wines in one and threatening

to blow the gaff.

While Sam shouts at her on cliff

paths (uh-oh), Sally Lindsay looms as

the quiet victim support offi cer for

whom solving cases is strictly

speaking outside her remit… it’s

equal parts Hitchcock, Broadchurch

and madcap 1980s sitcom. JS

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THE CHIPS ARE DOWN With the syndicate on his

tail (right), is Frank’s (Neil Morrissey, above) luck about to run out?

The Michelangelo Code 9.00pm Sky Arts

Lights Up: Half Breed11.00pm BBC4

DRAMA The season of productions

from theatres around the country

adapted for TV continues with a

sharply personal one-woman play

written and performed by Natasha

Marshall.

She plays Jazmin, a teenager in

rural Wiltshire who is “the only black

in the village” but not “proper” black.

“I am that mixed-race kid, like 50/50,

on the fence, lukewarm, in between

maybe. Trust me, around here I’m

about as black as it goes.”

Marshall does a great job of playing

half a dozen well-drawn characters in

a slick tale that slips in and out of

verse as it charts casual racism, the

perils of country life, volatile teenage

friendships and the yearning to

escape to a new life in London. DB

Being Muslim/Being Christian10.45pm, 11.25pm BBC1 (11.15pm, 11.55pm in N Ireland)

DOCUMENTARY A powerful feeling of

warmth and serenity runs throughout

what for most viewers will be the more

educational of tonight’s two guides to

modern faith: Being Muslim conveys

how Islamic teachings give new

parents confi dence, play a central role

in an emotional wedding ceremony,

and help a community pay tribute to

an elder who has passed away.

The second fi lm, Being Christian,

shows how different denominations

tackle life’s major events, from a

Roman Catholic couple baptising

their baby with a Latin service, to the

unique provisions that are made for

the funeral of a member of the

Anglican clergy. JS

Your Honor9.00pm Sky Atlantic

DRAMA New Orleans judge Michael’s

world is crumbling. He’s losing his

better self, stage by stage, in the

hope of saving his son. This week he

hunts for the man who has been

blackmailing him, but doesn’t realise

that mob boss Jimmy Baxter’s

dead-eyed henchman is tailing his

every move. Meanwhile, in a

symmetrical plot development so

neat it needs good acting to pull off,

Michael’s son has fallen for Baxter’s

daughter, which can’t end well.

The theme that ticks away under

the whole sorry tale is summed up in

one exchange about parenthood: kids

are a gift, but “That level of love can

crack you open. Make you someone

you never thought you’d be.” Not

always a good thing. DAVID BUTCHER

ARTS This is an art-historical documentary, but it’s

Waldemar Januszczak, not Kenneth Clark who’s

presenting it. So we start with footage of the 1993 siege at

Waco and there are digressions across Europe and the

Holy Land as Januszczak explains the story behind the

creation of the Sistine Chapel and what Michelangelo was

actually trying to represent on that ceiling and back wall.

At times it’s all a bit Dan Brown, with references to the

oak trees of the Della Rovere family, apocalyptic

prophecies, the Branch Davidians and a whole lot more.

Essentially, it’s a high-culture shaggy-dog story, but

despite its two-hour length, it’s never less than fascinating,

and the conclusion is highly satisfying. And Waldy always

has a good turn of phrase: Pope Julius II’s decision to

rebuild St Peter’s in Rome from scratch, he says, was an

act of “unbelievable cockiness”. GILL CRAWFORD

There’s something uniquely amusing

about baking of questionable quality.

It’s where many of the laughs come

from in The Great Celebrity Bake Off

for Stand Up to Cancer, and it’s

powered a whole franchise over on

Netfl ix: Nailed It!, which has just

returned for a fi fth series.

Overseen by the very funny Nicole

Byer (right), the show deliberately

picks rubbish bakers as contestants,

then sets them elaborate challenges

that they are very unlikely to be able

to make properly. The reveal of a

showstopper gone horribly wrong

never fails to raise a giggle, so much

so that the programme’s expanded to

include version fi lmed in Mexico,

Germany, Spain and France.

The new series of the original

Nailed It! adds an extra twist: the

bakers compete in pairs, so there’s

(good-natured) bickering to go with

the terrible cakes. JS

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q FILM OF THE DAY

King Rat6.15pm Sony Movies Classic The late George Segal, Tom

Courtenay and James Fox star

in Bryan Forbes’s Second World

War prison drama, set inside a

Japanese PoW camp. (1965)

See page 35

Snackmasters 9.20pm C4The nourishing and fun

culinary contest returns with

Fred Sirieix challenging two top

chefs to replicate KFC’s fried

chicken recipe, while Jayde

Adams visits KFC’s factories.

Secrets of the Transport Museum 8.00pm YesterdayAt Brooklands Museum, staff

tend to the historic cars and

aeroplanes, including a 1920s

Delage V12 and Concord.

Pride at the Apollo 10.00pm DaveA compilation of LGBTQ+

comedians who have appeared

on the stand-up showcase

across 14 series, including

performances by Zoe Lyons,

Alan Carr and Eddie Izzard.

L Champions League Football:

Real Madrid v Liverpool 7.30pm (k/o 8pm) BT Sport 2 Fabinho will need to be on top form to mix it with Madrid’s midfi eld. Man City v Borussia Dortmund

7.30pm (k/o 8pm) BT Sport 3


Norwich City v Huddersfi eld

7pm (k/o 7.45pm) Sky Sports Football/Main Event

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LIVE SPORT


6.00am Breakfast Louise Minchin, Dan Walker. (S) (HD)


10.00 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Kent, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. (R) (S) (HD)

11.00 Frontline Fightback The search for ram raiders who targeted a jewellers. Rptd tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

11.45 Paramedics on Scene Paramedic crews battle treacherous conditions to transfer a patient for a life-saving operation. (Revised repeat) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Experts Gary Pe and David Harper assist at Southwell Racecourse. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)


1.45 Impossible Rick Edwards hosts the quiz with a £10,000 prize. Repeated tomorrow 6.30am BBC2 (S) (HD)

2.30 Money for Nothing EJ Osborne calls on help to exercise creative flair on an outdated armchair, while blacksmiths Bex and Dave are tasked with turning old scaffolding props into something special. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Ginny Buckley helps a young family find a home in Hampshire. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45 Ready Steady Cook Good friends Heather and Kelly provide today’s ingredients. (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 The Repair Shop The restorers work on a pre-war metal pedal plane that has been grounded for decades, a ukulele fashioned from an old cigar box and a collection of broken, toy zoo animals. (S) (HD)

6.30am Impossible Shown yesterday 2.15pm BBC1 (S) (HD)

7.15 Frontline Fightback Shown yesterday 11am BBC1 (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Gardeners’ World Monty Don begins to sow dahlia seeds for summer colour. (R) (S) (HD)


12.55pm Head Hunters Quiz with Rob Beckett. (R) (S) (HD)

1.40 The Super League Show Action from the latest Super League fixtures including St Helens v Hull Kingston Rovers. Shown yesterday 12.30am BBC1 North (S) (HD)

2.30 800 Words 5/16 Series 3. With George and Smiler along for the ride, Woody makes his secret trip to Australia, but there is a surprise in store. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.15 Nature’s Epic Journeys Following elephants as they gather in northern Kenya. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.15 Nature’s Microworlds Steve Backshall explores the ecosystem of the Serengeti. (R) (S) (HD)

4.45—5.15 Eggheads Quiz show. (R) (S) (HD)


9.00 Lorraine Entertainment and fashion news. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Distanced debate. (S) (HD)


2.00 Judge Rinder Courtroom conflicts. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tenable Five members of a Solihull cricket club take part. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather




9.05 Frasier Double bill of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD)

10.00 Escape to the Château: DIY Dick and Angel host a special wedding for close friends. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 The Great House Giveaway A model and an electrician meet for the first time and buy a Grade II listed building in Liverpool. (R) (S) (HD) 12 noon News (S) (HD)

12.05pm Couples Come Dine with Me Italian cuisine, beef bourguignon and some classic cooking feature at dinner parties in Nottingham. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Simon O’Brien and Max McMurdo travel to Surrey to meet upcycler Rob, who has a range of sheds near Gatwick Airport. (R) (S) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest John Thomson. (S) (HD)

3.00 A Place in the Sun Postal workers Linda and Andy from Leicestershire have a £120,000 budget to relocate to the coast of western Cyprus. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00 A New Life in the Sun On the Costa Blanca, there are problems for the new owners of a home furnishings shop. (R) (S) (HD)

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9.00pm A missing dog adds to Keeley and Roxy’s worries about the stolen lottery ticket

Remarkable Places to Eat

8.00pm Chris Bavin and Fred Sirieix enjoy a feast in the New Forest

5.15pm PointlessQuiz presented by Alexander Armstrong. (S) (HD)


6.30 Regional news magazines (S)

Followed by Party Election Broadcast ALL EXCEPT LONDON By the Conservative Party. (S) (HD)

LONDON ONLY By the Labour Party. (S) (HD)

7.00 The One ShowHosted by Alex Jones and Amol Rajan. (S) (HD)


7.30 EastEndersSharon receives an unwelcome surprise.Writer Kevin Rundle For cast see Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

7.50 Holby CityLouis discovers that Vicky is trapped in a toxic relationship. Is Lucky right to be suspicious of Kian? Henrik Hanssen Guy HenryLouis McGerry Tyler Luke CunninghamJeong-Soo Han Chan Woo LimAnge Godard Dawn SteeleJosh Hudson Trieve Blackwood-CambridgeKylie Madden Amy MurphyMax McGerry Jo MartinAdrian “Fletch” Fletcher Alex WalkinshawKian Madani Ramin Karimloo

Lucky Simpson Vineeta RishiChloe Godard Amy LennoxDonna Jackson Jaye JacobsSahira Shah Laila RouassAndrei Tarpov Sonny Poon TipReyhan Shah Raad RawiVicky Turner Juno DawsonAbs Raza Ali Hadji-HeshmatiSanya Morrison Dona Croll

Writer Patrick Homes; Producers Erika Hossington and Ray McBride Director Dean Byfield (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Island MedicsNurse Chloe starts her first shift at the hospital.Executive producers Ross Harper and Jane Rogerson (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 The Syndicate

a2/6 Series 4. The syndicate try to scrape together the money they need to fly to Monaco

to find Frank and confront him. See page 78.Colette Emily HeadRoxy Taj AtwalGemma Liberty HobbsKeeley Katherine Rose MorleyJake Kieran UrquhartCheryl Gaynor FayeGraham Mark BentonFrank Neil MorrisseyTheo Oliver AnthonyRichard Jonathan KerriganDenise Lorraine BruceTaj Sabrina SandhuMelissa Genevieve Doang

Pierre Moreau Yan TualMichel Jordan WallerMrs Lavine Angela LonsdaleMr Lavine Steve CooperMiles Michael ShelfordFelicity Dupont Whoopie van RaamClaude Alex GaumondPolice officer Michael BainesGas man Moey HassanBank cashier Victoria BaileyReceptionist Nicole PattinsonVeterinary nurse Sarah Madigan

Writer/Director Kay Mellor; Producer Josh Dynevor (S) (AD) (HD)


10.45 Being Muslim

aThe third film in the five-part series exploring what faith means to people of different religions

looks at how British Muslims mark life’s big milestones. Jermaine and Mariyah are preparing for the birth of their first daughter. Jermaine is a Muslim revert and is working hard to learn the adhaan, the Islamic call to prayer, to recite to their baby when she’s born.Director/Producer Ziyaad Desai (S) (AD) (HD)

11.25 Being Christian In the fourth episode, Maria and Peter have just welcomed the fifth child in their family. As Roman Catholics they celebrate each new addition as a gift to God and have baby Audrey baptised into the church in a traditional Latin service. All five films are available on iPlayer. See page 79.Director/Producer Joe Lister (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Bates Motel 3/10 Series 2. Caleb. Norma makes a new friend, but a face from the past shocks her. (S) (HD) 12.45 4/10. Check Out. Dylan wonders where his loyalties lie. A box set is available on iPlayer. First shown on Universal (S) (HD) 1.30 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 1.35—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

5.15pm Flog It!Thomas Plant and Christina Trevanion value antiques at Birmingham’s Museum and Art Gallery, and Paul Martin visits Hagley Hall in Worcestershire. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of GamesRadzi Chinyanganya, Hal Cruttenden, Kerry Godliman and Ebony Rainford-Brent compete.Director John Smith; Executive producer Tamara Gilder (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Saved and RemadeA 1930s gramophone, an old slide projector and a steamship lamp are among the objects transformed by the renovators. Presented by Sabrina Grant.Series producer Kim Rossiter Executive producers Jane Rogerson and Ross Harper (S) (HD)

7.00 Your Home Made Perfect1/7 Series 2. Rival architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison make redesign pitches using virtual- reality technology. Sylvia and Julian bought their bungalow near Brighton after falling in love with its garden. Four years on they’ve put two bedrooms in the loft but, hampered by planning restrictions, the rest of the property is now a cramped, disconnected muddle. Robert comes up with a radical design with a surprising secret quirk, while Laura creates a vast, light-filled cooking and entertaining space. Angela Scanlon presents. Continues tomorrow 7pm. (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Remarkable Places to Eat

aEp 2. New Forest. Fred Sirieix heads to the New Forest with TV personality and former greengrocer

Chris Bavin. The first stop is the Pig near Brockenhurst, where the big draw is the extra-long menu, celebrating produce from the forest and from the kitchen garden. Next Chris takes Fred to the Royal Oak pub, one of the smallest watering holes in the forest, and his guest is blown away by the fish ploughman’s. At the Elderflower restaurant in the coastal town of Lymington, the pair feast on mackerel and red mullet followed by New Forest venison. Finally, Chris takes Fred for one of his childhood favourites, a game pie from the Crow Farm shop. See page 78.Director/Producer Flora Fenton (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Amazing Hotels: Life beyond the LobbySeries 2. The Brando: French Polynesia. Giles Coren and Monica Galetti head for the island of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia to sample life at the five-star Brando Resort, founded by Marlon Brando, where guests such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Barack Obama pay up to £11,000 a night. Monica harvests some of the world’s purest honey, while Giles becomes a docker to collect supplies.Series producer Rebecca Templar Executive producer Samantha Anstiss (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Live at the ApolloMan like Mobeen star Guz Khan takes the opening slot then introduces award-winning Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Mock the Week regular Rhys James.Director Paul Wheeler; Series producer Anthony Caveney (R) (S) (HD)

10.45 Newsnight With Emily Maitlis. (S) (HD)

11.25 Weather (S) (HD)

11.30 Pandemic 20201/3. The Shock of the New. The story of the first year of the pandemic told by people from all over the world.Shown last Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30—3.00am Sign Zone 12.30 Top Gear 2/4. The team drive some of James Bond’s greatest-ever cars. (R) (S) (HD) 1.30 MasterChef Five more hopefuls compete. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 2.30 My Unique B&B 13/15. Simon Parfett turns a 1960s trailer into a funky festival-themed accommodation. (R) (S) (HD)

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BBC1 SCOTLAND6.30—7.00pm Reporting Scotland; Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish National Party

BBC SCOTLAND7.00pm Beechgrove 7.30 Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs 8.00 Paramedics on Scene 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Greetings From Scotland 11.00—12 midnight Murder Case

STV6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Nationalist Party 10.40 Scotland Tonight 11.05 Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera 12 midnight Made in Britain 12.50—3.00am Nightscreen

BORDER SCOTLAND6.25—6.30pm Party Political Broadcast: Scottish National Party 10.45 Representing Border 11.10—12.05am The Station: Trouble on the Tracks

BBC1 WALES6.30—7.00pm BBC Wales Today; Party Election Broadcast: by Welsh Labour 8.30—9.00 Tudur’s TV Flashback: the comic is on a Welsh world tour

ITV WALES6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by Welsh Labour 7.30—8.00 Coast and Country: Sean Fletcher meets “allotmenteers” 10.45 Wales Decides 11.15—11.40 For the Love of Britain

BBC1 NI10.45pm True North: Soul Singers: Belfast Community Gospel Choir prepares for a concert 11.15 Being Muslim: a daughter marks her mother’s death 11.55 Being Christian 12.35am Bates Motel 1.20 Bates Motel 2.00—6.00 News

BBC2 NI10.00pm Oilithreacht: the pilgrimage site of St Patrick’s Purgatory 10.30—10.45 Soon Gone: a Windrush Chronicle 11.30—12.30am The Confessors

UTV7.30—8.00pm Rare Breed: a Farming Year 10.45 Eamonn Mallie: Face to Face With: Willie Anderson 11.10—12.05am The Station: Trouble on the Tracks: following the staff of Network Rail

Britain’s Tiger Kings: on the Trail with Ross Kemp 9.00pm Ross takes a walk on the wild side

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 8.00pm Ade Adepitan draws inspiration from his bucket list

Lights Up: Half Breed 11.00pm Jazmin longs to leave bigotry behind and move to the big city

4.00pm Tipping PointQuiz show presented by Ben Shephard. Director Richard van’t Riet Series producers Kate Lownds and Sara Doyle (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The ChaseBradley Walsh presents as Paul, Wayne, Shanté and Carrie take on a ruthless quiz genius in the hope of winning thousands of pounds. (R) (S) (HD)


6.25 Party Election Broadcast ALL EXCEPT LONDON By the Conservative Party. (S) (HD) LONDON ONLY By the Labour Party. (S) (HD)


7.00 EmmerdaleBob is worried that Dan is flirting with Wendy, Charity wants to make peace with her children and Andrea asks Charles out for a drink.Writer Peter Kerry Cast Wednesday/Thursday Repeated tomorrow 8am and 12.30pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 For the Love of BritainEp 9. In Sussex, actor Robert Bathurst walks through Rye to Camber Sands, his home for more than 20 years, while Zoe Ball visits Standen House, to view one of the country’s most celebrated gardens. Liz Bonnin marvels at Kent’s famed white cliffs of Dover, and in Whitstable, Ade Edmondson samples the local delicacy, oysters.Series producer Richard Makinson; Exec producers Mark Scantlebury and Mike Blair Repeated tomorrow 11.40pm (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Jeremy Clarkson invites contestants to win a sum of money that could change their lives. Series producer Kerri Reid; Director Richard Valentine (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 Britain’s Tiger Kings: on the Trail with Ross Kemp

a2/2. Ross continues his journey to meet Britain’s tiger and lion kings, as well as

owners of other dangerous animals. He meets a man who keeps 46 snakes, a crocodile owner with an unusual death wish, and discovers what happens when wild cats escape. See page 78.Director/Producer Johnny McDevitt (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 The Station: Trouble on the Tracks1/3. At Birmingham New Street, a train departs every 37 seconds, making it the country’s busiest interchange station. But with extensive flooding, members of the Network Rail team are wading through a crisis, the likes of which has not been faced in decades. In another part of the city, Banksy presents engineers with a challenging gift.Series director Jon Cowen Series producer Ross Anderson (R) (S) (HD)

11.40 The Metro: a Rail Life Story1/4. Following working life on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, the UK’s busiest outside London. As the Spice Girls arrive on their world tour, 50,000 fans descend on Sunderland, putting further strain on the Metro’s already stretched resources.Series producer Gavin Barclay Executive producer Mark Robinson (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15 Winning Combination Quiz show. (R) (S) (SL) (HD) 4.05 Nightscreen Text information. (HD) 5.05—6.00am Tipping Point (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

5.00pm Four in a BedThe competitors head to the Bull Hotel in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. (S) (HD)

5.30 The SimpsonsMillion Dollar Maybe. Homer wins the lottery, but keeps his good fortune a secret. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Boy Meets Curl. Homer and Marge compete to become Winter Olympic curlers. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 HollyoaksLuke is at a loss while searching for Ollie. Luke Morgan Gary LucyOliver Morgan Gabriel ClarkBrad King Tom Benedict KnightBrody Hudson Adam WoodwardCeleste Faroe Andrea AliCher McQueen Bethannie HareCleo McQueen Nadine MulkerrinDamon Kinsella Jacob RobertsDiane Hutchinson Alex FletcherFelix Westwood Richard Blackwood

Imran Maalik Ijaz RanaJames Nightingale Gregory FinneganJoel Dexter Rory Douglas-SpeedLiberty Savage Jessamy StoddartMandy Richardson Sarah Jayne DunnMarnie Nightingale Lysette AnthonyMaxine Minniver Nikki SandersonMercedes McQueen Jennifer MetcalfeRipley Lennox Ki Griffin

Writer Alan Flanagan More cast Thu Shown yesterday 7pm E4 Rptd tomorrow 6.30am E4 Next episode follows on E4 (S) (AD) (HD)


8.00 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

a5/5 Series 4. Matt Lucas welcomes comedian John Bishop, broadcaster Anneka Rice, pop

mstar Nadine Coyle and wheelchair basketball player and TV presenter Ade Adepitan to

the tent. For the three challenges set by judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, the celebrity bakers make decorative choux buns in the signature, tackle financiers in the technical, and create a cake that represents something from their bucket list for the showstopper. See p78. Series director Jeanette Goulbourn; Series producer Charlotte Armstrong Repeated tonight 11.05pm, tomorrow 7.45pm and Thursday 9pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.20 SnackmastersNew series. 1/3 Series 3. KFC. Fred Sirieix returns with more culinary challenges, as each week two of the country’s finest chefs attempt to replicate the secret recipes behind Britain’s best-loved snacks. This week, Tom Aikens from Muse in Belgravia and Alex Bond from Alchemilla in Nottingham tackle the Zinger Burger and try to reproduce the top-secret formula for KFC’s original chicken recipe. They must then cook their replicas head to head for the chain’s bosses, who will choose a winner. All three episodes will be available online at All 4 after this episode is shown.Directors Nick Hornby and Tina Flintoff; Executive producer Sarah Eglin Repeated 12.25am 4seven (S) (HD)

10.20 The CircleContestants compete to be the most popular in a bid to win £100,000. Continues tomorrow 10pm. Executive producers Sarah Fay, Tim Harcourt, Oliver Head, Toni Ireland and Martin Oxley (S) (AD) (HD)

11.20 GoggleboxEp 6. Opinions on the latest TV shows.Shown last Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Taskmaster 3/10. Sarah Kendall makes sitting down memorable. Shown last Thursday (S) (AD) (HD) 1.20 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef revisits three restaurants he tried to save. (R) (S) 2.10 Couples Come Dine with Me An Iranian feast is on the menu in Cheltenham. (R) (S) (HD) 3.00 The Handmaid’s Tale 13/13 Series 2. Emily learns more about her new Commander. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 4.10 Kirstie: Keep Crafting and Carry On Kirstie Allsopp makes a patchwork cushion. (R) (S) (SL) (HD) 5.00 The £100k Drop Game show. (R) (S) (HD) 5.50—6.30am Countdown With Konnie Huq. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00pm Canal Boat Diaries2/4 Series 2. Market Drayton to Stourport-on-Severn. Robbie Cumming explores the village of Kinver in Staffordshire. Continues tomorrow 7pm.Repeated 1.55am First shown on BBC1 West Midlands (S) (HD)

7.30 The Joy of PaintingBob Ross captures a warm winter morning. More tomorrow 7.30pm.Repeated 1.25am (S)

8.00 Yes MinisterJobs for the Boys. A departmental construction project gets under way. Jim Hacker Paul EddingtonSir Humphrey Appleby Nigel HawthorneBernard Woolley Derek FowldsSir Desmond Richard VernonFrank Weisel Neil FitzwilliamWriters Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn Director Sydney Lotterby (R) (S)

8.30 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin7/7 Series 1. Reggie is disturbed when he attends his own memorial service. Reginald Perrin Leonard RossiterElizabeth Perrin Pauline YatesJoan Greengross Sue NichollsCJ John BarronTony Webster Trevor AdamsWriter David Nobbs; Producer Gareth Gwenlan (R) (S)

9.00 Catching Britain’s Killers: the Crimes That Changed Us2/3. Double Jeopardy. Three months after Julie Hogg disappeared in November 1989, her body was discovered and her former boyfriend, Billy Dunlop, was arrested for her murder. After a jury failed to convict him, Julie’s mother Ann Ming took on the political and legal establishments to overturn an 800-year-old law.Director Karen McGann; Series producer Nancy Bornat Signed rpt 2.25am First shown on BBC2 (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Crime and Punishment: the Story of Capital Punishment — TimeshiftThe history of the death sentence, including the protocol of public execution. Producer Francis Welch; Series producer Ben Southwell Repeated tomorrow 1.30am (R) (S) (HD)

11.00 Lights Up: Half Breed

aShowing as part of the BBC’s Lights Up festival of theatre, Half

Breed is a new drama written by and starring Natasha Marshall, adapted from the play of the same name. It’s a semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age story about Jazmin, a young woman of mixed ethnic heritage, who lives in a village in the West Country and is desperate to escape the small-minded atmosphere and move to the city and become an actress. Lights Up: Sitting is tomorrow 10.30pm. See page 79Director Miranda Cromwell (S) (HD)

12 midnight Out of Thin Air: Murder in Iceland — Storyville A 1974 murder case that exposed a miscarriage of justice. (R) (S) (HD) 1.25am The Joy of Painting Shown 7.30pm (S) 1.55 Canal Boat Diaries Shown 7pm (S) (HD) 2.25—3.25am Catching Britain’s Killers: the Crimes That Changed Us Shown 9pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)


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12 noon Soapbox Race (S) (HD) 1.00pm Soapbox Race: London’s Greatest Moments(HD) 3.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Top Gear (S) (AD)

6.00pm Taskmaster 1/8 Series 5. Tasks include basketball without hands. (S) (HD)7.00 Would I Lie to You? Guests include Jack Whitehall and Emily Maitlis. (S) (HD)7.40 Room 101 With Gyles Brandreth, Adam Hills and Melanie C. (S) (HD)8.20 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Charles Dance and Andi Osho discuss their pet hates. (S) (HD)9.00 QI XL Tom Allen, Susan Calman and Zoe Lyons take part in the quiz. (HD)10.00 The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan Holiday destinations. (HD)11.00 Hypothetical 8/8 Series 3. Guests include Sue Perkins and Sindhu Vee. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Mock the Week (S) (HD)12.40am Room 101 (S) (HD) 2.00 QI XL (HD)2.50 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience: the comedian tries his hand at working on a farm (S) 3.35—4.00am Drug Wars (S) (HD)

7.00am The Big Bake — Spring (S) (HD) 8.00 Buying and Selling (S) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe (HD)

12 noon Unboxed (S) (HD) 12.25pm The Real Housewives of Orange County (S) (HD) 1.25 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum (S) (HD) 2.25 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.10 Million Dollar Listing: NYC (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S) (HD)

6.00pm Masters of Flip Kortney Wilson completes a large kitchen island. (S) (HD)7.00 Buying and Selling A couple and their three daughters seek a bigger home. (S) (HD)8.00 Dinner Date Emma seeks love. (S) (HD)9.00 New. Don’t Be Tardy Kim and Kroy plan to take the kids on a family vacation. (S) (HD)9.30 New. The Biermanns in Nashville. (S) (HD)10.00 The Real Housewives of AtlantaKenya confi des in her family that she and Marc are having problems. (S) (HD)11.00 Growing Up Chrisley Chase and Savannah Chrisley embark on a trip. (S) (HD)11.30 Faye, Chase and Savannah take a road trip to Los Angeles. (S) (HD)11.55 The Only Way Is Essex Jess and Ricky prepare for their Halloween party. (S) (HD)


6.00am Classic Coronation Street (S) 7.00 Classic Emmerdale (S) 8.05 FILM Carry On Girls HH Comedy starring Sidney James (S) (AD) (W) 9.50 Bless This House (S) 10.20 On the Buses (S) 10.55 Wycliffe (S) (HD)

12.40pm Heartbeat (S) (AD) 1.45 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Roy pesters Kelly to marry him, then Donna worries about Viv’s reaction (S) 2.50 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Maxine feels awful, then Roy and Hayley fi nd themselves stuck in a tunnel (S)3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple (S) (AD) (HD)

5.55pm Agatha Christie’s PoirotThe Adventure of the Clapham Cook The dapper Belgian detective takes on a seemingly minor case. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Wycliffe1/6 Series 1. The Four Jacks. The mysterious shooting of an archaeology student leads Wycliffe on a manhunt across Cornwall. Bill Nighy guests. (S) (HD)

8.00 Midsomer MurdersSeries 13. Fit for Murder. In DCI Tom Barnaby’s last case, he accompanies wife Joyce on a spa weekend to Swavely Manor. But he finds the atmosphere at the house far from tranquil. (S) (AD) (HD)DCI Tom Barnaby John NettlesDS Ben Jones Jason HughesJoyce Barnaby Jane WymarkCully Dixon Laura HowardDr Bullard Barry JacksonDC Gail Stephens Kirsty DillonJohn Barnaby Neil DudgeonPhoebe Archbold Lesley Manville

10.00 Law & Order: UK4/6 Series 2. Sacrifice. Detectives Brooks and Devlin investigate when Darren McKenzie has his kidney surgically removed in a vicious attack. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Kate: the Making of a Modern QueenA profile of Kate Middleton. Shown Sunday 8pm (S) (HD)

12 midnight Inspector Morse (S) (AD) (HD)2.15—2.30am Nightscreen

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD)8.00 Emmerdale (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 8.30 Coronation Street (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 9.30 Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 10.30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.45 FILM The Flintstones HH (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.30pm Emmerdale Shown yesterday 7pm ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00 Coronation Street Shown yesterday 7.30/8.30pm ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00New. The Ellen DeGeneres Show: with guest Kris Jenner (S) (HD) 2.55 Love Bites (S) (AD) (HD) 3.55 The Masked Singer US (S) (HD)4.50 Take Me Out 80s Special (S) (HD)

5.50pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets HHHH

qFantasy adventure sequel. When Harry, Ron and Hermione return to

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a new term, they discover a sinister message written in blood on a wall. Is it a sign that the dark forces of Lord Voldemort have infi ltrated the school?Harry Potter Daniel RadcliffeRon Weasley Rupert GrintHermione Granger Emma WatsonProfessor Albus Dumbledore Michael GambonProfessor Minerva McGonagall Maggie SmithDirector Chris Columbus (2002 PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

9.00 Family GuySeries 3. Brian falls in love.9.30 Peter discovers he has an African-American ancestor.10.00 Peter’s toy company is bought out.10.30 A hurricane sweeps through Quahog, damaging the Drunken Clam.11.00 Meg finds herself the target of the in-crowd’s wrath at school. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 American Dad!Series 7. Francine assumes the identity of a businesswoman. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight A battle between Stan and Buckle breaks out. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30am Don’t Hate the Playaz (S) (HD)1.15 Hey Tracey! (S) (HD) 2.00 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility (S) (HD) 2.40 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD)3.05—3.30am Nightscreen (HD)

6.00am Only When I Laugh (S) 6.25 Robin of Sherwood (S) 7.20 The Sweeney (S)8.20 Dempsey and Makepeace (S) (AD)9.20 The Professionals (S) (AD) 10.20 Minder (S) (AD) 11.25 The Sweeney (S)

12.35pm Robin of Sherwood (S) 1.40 The Saint (S) 2.45 Dempsey and Makepeace (S) (AD) 3.45 The Professionals (S) (AD) 4.50 Minder (S) (AD) 5.55 Monster Carp (S) (HD)

7.00pm The Chase Celebrity Special Colin Baker, David Weir, Chelsee Healey and Alex Horne take part. Bradley Walsh hosts. (S) (HD)8.00 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest AirportTerminal 4 turns blue, and Hugh from the airside operations team has a potential environmental mess on his hands. (S) (AD) (HD)8.30 Passenger experience manager Lee fi nds himself dealing with his fi rst fi re. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 FILM Robin Hood HHH Adventure directed by Ridley Scott, with Russell Crowe. English, French +subtitles. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)11.50 FILM The A-Team HH Action adventure based on the popular 1980s television series, starring Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

2.10—3.00am Lethal Weapon (S) (AD) (HD)

7.20am Monarch of the Glen 8.30 The Bill(S) 9.30 Classic Holby City (HD) 10.55 Classic Casualty: Selena considers resigning 12 noon The Bill (S) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders 2.20 Soldier Soldier (S) 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small (S) 4.25 Lovejoy (S) 5.30 Fresh Fields: William organises a getaway

6.00pm Waiting for GodThe staff at Bayview Retirement Village are sent into a panic when Diana and Tom decide to go to Brighton for the day without telling anyone. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer WineDesperate to earn some cash, Compo reveals a musical talent after being endorsed by several artists in the area. (S) (AD)

7.20 Foggy finds an interest in camcorders, much to the annoyance of some ramblers, and inadvertently films Marina and Howard in a compromising situation. (S) (AD)

8.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries3/4 Series 3. A Cry for JusticeReinstated to the rank of DS, Havers goes under cover to solve a murder at an exclusive club. The case makes Lynley realise the importance of his family. (S)Detective Insp Thomas Lynley Nathaniel ParkerDetective Sgt Barbara Havers Sharon SmallHelen Lynley Lesley VickerageJemma Sanderson Jenny AgutterNigel Sanderson Terence Harvey

10.00 New Tricks10/10 Series 11. The Queen’s SpeechThe discovery of an old mix-tape from 1983 could hold the key to finding out who murdered a teenager. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.20 Silent Witness1/5 Series 18. Sniper’s Nest. A sniper stalks London, so Nikki, Jack and the senior detective combine forensics and killer-profiling techniques to narrow down the suspects. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.35am The Bill: PCs Gayle and Stamp make a grisly fi nd in a derelict house (S)2.30—4.00am Cadfael (S)



11.15 Build a New Life in the CountryTransforming a lighthouse into a luxury B&B. (S) (HD) 12.15pm 5 News (S) (HD)

12.20 Our B&B Dream A property with an Alice in Wonderland theme. (S) (HD)

1.15 Home and Away Shown yesterday 6.30pm 5 Star Repeated 6pm (S) (AD) (HD)

1.45 New. Neighbours Rptd 5.30pm (S) (AD) (HD)

2.15 Perfect Murderer, Perfect Husband

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a widowed woman learns her loving new husband has been killed in a plane crash.Director Jared Cohn (2019) (S) (HD)

4.00 Rich House, Poor House The Caddys from Bristol trade places with the Williams family from Weston-super-Mare. (S) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

5.30 NeighboursNicolette turns down Chloe’s offer.Shown 1.45pm Repeated 6pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Home and AwayTane and Ari get ready to meet their fate.Shown 1.15pm Next episode 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 5 News Tonight (S) (HD)

7.00 New. GPs: behind Closed DoorsDr Qamar gives strong antibiotics to a diabetic man who has returned from holiday with an infected mosquito bite.Series director Richard Pepe (S) (HD)


8.00 New. Springtime on the Farm2/4 Series 4. In South Yorkshire, Helen and Jules join Rob and Dave as they face a porcine emergency. Continues tomorrow at 8pm. (S) (HD)


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a2/4. Angela is determined to play games with Sam, using what she

knows about the death of Syed as leverage. Bailey starts to pursue her suspicions surrounding the case, but runs into a series of dead-ends. Continues tomorrow at 9pm. See p78.For cast see Monday (S) (HD)

10.00 The Vanishing of Suzy LamplughAn examination of the estate agent’s disappearance in 1986, tracing the twists and turns of the case across more than three decades and following the emergence of a prime suspect.Director Marc Sigsworth (S) (HD)

11.30 New. Countdown to Murder2/8 Series 3. The story of Natalie Jarvis, who was murdered in Kent in 2012 by a man with whom she had been having a casual relationship. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am New. Peter Tobin: a Life of Evil (S) (HD) 1.15 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.15 Friends: two episodes (S) (HD) 4.00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (S) (AD) (HD) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (S) (SL) 5.10 Nick’s Quest (S) (SL) (HD) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL) (AD)


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8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (S) (HD) 9.15 A Place in the Sun: in La Marina Alta, Spain(S) (HD) 10.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (S) (HD)


6.55pm Escape to the Château: DIYPhilip and Angelina prepare their abode and its grounds for a big event. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 Grand DesignsKevin McCloud revisits a couple who built a glass pavilion by a loch. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Ugly House to Lovely House with George ClarkeA look back at some of the most radical transformations from the series. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 SwingersExploring one of the most popular swingers’ clubs in the country. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.05 24 Hours in A&ETrain driver Andy will need major surgery after falling from a tree. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.10am Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown (S) (HD) 1.15 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke (S) (AD) (HD)

2.15 24 Hours in A&E (S) (AD) (HD)

3.20—3.50am Food Unwrapped (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown Fri/Mon 6.30pm C4 (AD)7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00 Black-ish (AD) 9.00 Baby Daddy 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 The Goldbergs (AD)

12 noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 1.00pm The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.30 The Goldbergs (AD) 3.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD)4.30 Married at First Sight Australia 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 8/24Series 6. Leonard is jealous of Penny. (AD)6.30 9/24. Sheldon and Howard argue. (AD)7.00 New. Hollyoaks Some of the Hollyoaks residents reveal their most vulnerable sides.Cast pp81/101 Rptd Wednesday 6.30pm C4 (AD)7.30 New. Below Deck MediterraneanTension arises between Adam and Hannah. (AD)8.30 The Big Bang Theory 4/24 Series 9Sheldon reminisces when Penny and Leonard announce they are moving in together. (AD)9.00 The Inbetweeners 5/6 Series 1The lads visit a Caravan Club meeting. (AD)9.30 6/6. Will organises the prom. (AD)10.00 Naked Attraction A 25-year-old estate agent from Margate chooses a date. (AD)11.05 The Big Bang Theory 4/24 Series 5Penny arranges a date for Raj. (AD)11.35 5/24. Wil Wheaton returns. (AD)

12.05am First Dates (AD) 1.10 Gogglebox (AD)2.15 Taskmaster (AD) 3.10 The Inbetweeners: double bill (SL) (AD) 4.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 4.50—6.00am Black-ish (AD)

9.00am Diagnosis Murder 11.00 The Fugitive 12 noon Perry Mason 1.05pm Walker, Texas Ranger 2.05 CSI: NY 3.00 NCIS 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 5.00 The Fugitive 6.00 Perry Mason 7.05 NCIS 8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00 CSI: Cyber 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 11.00 NCIS 12 midnight CSI: NY 1.00am CSI: Cyber 2.00 NCIS 2.55 Walker, Texas Ranger 3.55 The Fugitive 4.45 JAG 5.30—6.00am Bondi Rescue


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9.00am Traffi c Cops (S) (HD) 11.00 Britain’s Strongest Man 2020 (S) (HD)

12 noon FILM War of the Wildcats HH

Western starring John Wayne 2.05pm FILM

River of No Return HHH Western adventure starring Robert Mitchum (S) 4.00 Sewermen(S) (AD) (HD) 5.00 Traffi c Cops (S) (HD)

7.00pm Police InterceptorsOfficers pursue a driver who fled an accident in a decommissioned ambulance. (S) (HD)

8.00 Multiple units give chase as a gang of burglars flee in three stolen cars. (S) (HD)

9.00 Ultimate Police InterceptorsA van fails to stop then tries to get away, reaching speeds over 100mph before attempting to ram the police car. (S) (HD)

10.00 Police Raids: Caught by SurpriseCameras follow enforcement agencies carrying out raids across Britain. A specialist raid team targets businesses suspected of dealing fake goods. (S) (HD)

11.00 Flights from HellA light aircraft plunging into shark-infested waters off the coast of Hawaii, plus the time holidaymakers were moments from take-off when an engine exploded. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Airport Security: Peru (S) (HD)1.05am The A-Team (S) (AD) (HD)4.50—5.00am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

9.00am Four in a Bed 9.30 A New Life in the Sun 10.30 A Place in the Sun 1.30pm Come Dine with Me: in Swindon 4.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 5.00pm A Place in the Sun A couple want to relocate to the coast of western Cyprus.6.00 A woman searches for a holiday home in the resort of Sunny Beach in Bulgaria. 7.00 George Clarke’s Amazing SpacesGeorge travels to a small town near Madrid to meet a man who has spent the last 50 years building a cathedral by hand. (AD)

8.00 The Queen’s Lost Family 2/3.In the 1930s, Princes George and Henry settled down after getting married, but the relationship of Edward, the Prince of Wales, with Wallis Simpson brought a scandal that was to threaten the future of the monarchy. (AD)

9.00 24 Hours in Police CustodyDetectives believe that a man declared missing in 2015 has been murdered. (AD)

10.00 Gogglebox Ep 6. The armchair critics share their opinions of recent TV. (AD)

11.05 RT CHOICE The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer In the fi nal round, Matt Lucas welcomes Anneka Rice, John Bishop, Nadine Coyle and Ade Adepitan to the tent. See p78. Shown 8pm Channel 4 (AD)12.25am Snackmasters: KFC 1.30 First Dates Hotel (AD) 2.35 Grand Designs (AD) 3.40—4.40am Food Unwrapped Does Great Britain (AD)

9.00am Walker, Texas Ranger (HD) 10.00 Matlock 11.05 CSI: Miami (HD) 12 noon Medium 1.00pm JAG 3.00 Perry Mason (HD)5.00 Unsolved Mysteries 6.55 Judge Judy 9.00 Medium: paranormal drama about a woman plagued by visions of the dead 10.00 CSI: Miami (HD) 11.00 Unsolved Mysteries 12 midnight Judge Judy 1.00am ER (HD)2.00 Medium 3.00 CSI: Miami (HD) 4.00 Bondi Rescue: double bill 5.00—6.00am Matlock

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8.00am Entertainment News (HD) 8.10 Rich Kids Go Skint (S) (HD) 9.00 Filthy House SOS(HD) 10.05 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (S) (HD) 12.05pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD) 1.00 Police Interceptors(HD) 4.05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD)6.00pm Neighbours Aaron blames David for Fay’s death. Shown 5.30pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)6.30 New. Home and Away Roo offers her support to Martha. Rptd Wed 6pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Britain’s Parking Hell (S) (HD)8.00 Mobs and Yobs: Caught on CameraOffi cers monitor a demonstration. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 A&E after Dark A motorcyclist is rushed in after colliding with a deer. (S) (HD)10.00 999: Critical Condition The medics treat a man with multiple stab wounds. (S) (HD)11.00 FILM Scream 3 HH Horror comedy sequel with Neve Campbell. Having survived a series of terrifying ordeals, Sidney Prescott realises her life is once again in danger. (S) (HD)1.20am Me and My 10 Kids: Mega Families (S) (HD)2.25 Cats and Dogs at War (S) (HD)3.25 Neighbours(S) (AD) (HD)3.50—4.00am Entertainment News (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (HD) 9.10 Bull (S) 10.10 NCIS (S) (AD) 12.05pm Law & Order: six back-to-back episodes (S) (HD)6.05 NCIS: triple bill. Series 11. The murder of a marine leads the team to a hotel room7.00 The team search for the source of a mysterious illness affecting forces families 8.00 A port authority offi cer is murdered (S) 9.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent: triple bill. Series 3. Goren uncovers a web of corruption 10.00 Series 1. A stockbroker is framed for murder 11.00 Series 2. The team investigates the murder of a mortician (S) (HD)12 midnight CSI: NY: double bill (S) (AD)1.55am Grimm: two editions (S) 3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (S) 9.05 Our Yorkshire Farm 10.10 FILM Killer Ending HH 11.55 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S) 2.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet: double bill (S)6.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors A couple wait for pregnancy confi rmation. (S) (AD)7.00 The Yorkshire Vet The owner of a farm on the M62 fears his cows have TB. 8.00 A cow suffers a leg wound. (S) (AD)9.00 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys Sri Lanka’s Victorian railways. (S)10.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the WildBen goes fi shing and hunts wild pig in a remote area of the Amazon rainforest. (S)11.00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S)1.00am Michael Palin in North Korea: exploring the secretive country 3.00 GPs: behind Closed Doors 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

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6.00am Anoushka Shankar in Concert (HD)7.15 Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert(HD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Discovering: Doris Day (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 The South Bank Show Originals(S) (HD) 11.30 Auction (S) (AD) (HD)12 noon Cheltenham Literature Festival 2020 (HD) 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected(S) (AD) 2.00 Discovering: Errol Flynn (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Landscape Artist of the Year Canada (S) (HD) 4.00 The Kinks: Music Icons(S) (HD) 4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (S) (HD) 5.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD)

6.00pm Discovering: Sidney PoitierA profile of the Hollywood actor (S) (AD)

7.00 New. The Art of ArchitectureExpo 2020 in Dubai. Last in series. (S) (HD)

8.00 Master of PhotographyThe contestants meet Clive Owen. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. The Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

aWaldemar Januszczak searches for the hidden code. See page 79. (HD)

11.15 I Am Heath Ledger HHHH

qDocumentary showcasing the life and work of the actor. (2017) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.15am The Art of Architecture (S) (HD) 2.15 Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World (S)

(HD) 4.10 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) 5.10 as 11am 5.35—6.00am Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

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of the Sistine Chapel 9.00pm

6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Murder Maps (S) (HD) 9.00 The Day When De Gaulle Chose War (S) (HD) 10.00 The Day When Churchill Chose War (S) (HD)11.00 Great British Railway Journeys (HD)

12 noon Antiques Roadshow (S) (HD) 1.00pm The Architecture the Railways Built (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Abandoned Engineering (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 World War Two from Above (HD)5.00 Narrow Escapes of World War Two (S)

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow From Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire. (S) (HD)7.00 Great British Railway JourneysMichael Portillo travels from Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale, visiting the Royal Mint in Llantrisant. (HD)7.30 A journey from Newport to Clevedon. (HD)8.00 New. Secrets of the Transport Museum A Delage V12 returns to be driven by a modern-day legend. (HD)9.00 Bangers and Cash Dave goes to Wales to bag a Sierra Cosworth. (HD)10.00 A man’s dream car goes to auction. (S) (HD)11.00 One Foot in the Grave Patrick’s plans for a quiet birthday are ruined. 11.40 Victor undergoes medical tests. 12.25am Victor hires a cleaner. 1.00—3.00am Monster Ships (S) (HD)

6.00am Wanted Down Under 7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Homes under the Hammer(HD) 10.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 12 noonCelebrity Money for Nothing (HD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD) 2.00 Animal Cops (AD) 4.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees(HD) 6.00 Celebrity Money for Nothing (HD)7.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 9.00 Saving Lives at Sea (HD) 10.00 New. Helicopter ER(HD) 11.00 Paranormal Lockdown with Nick Groff: a Victorian mansion’s secrets (HD)12 midnight Ghost Adventures (HD) 1.00am Most Haunted (HD) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00—6.00am Antiques Road Trip (HD)

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6.00am Finance and Economics Budget 7.50 HARDtalk 8.15 Health White Paper 9.40 The Week in Parliament 10.10 PMQs 10.55 National Security Strategy 12.55pm Lectures 1.45 HARDtalk 2.10 Briefi ngs 2.55 Prime Properties 3.05 Covid-19 5.35 Scottish FMQs 6.40 UK Research Funding Committee 9.20 HARDtalk 9.45 House of Lords 11.40 Parliamentary Firsts 11.45 Briefi ngs 12.45—6.00am Highlights

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6.00am Monkey Life (S) (AD) 7.00 Futurama (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (S) 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder 10.00 Air Ambulance ER(S) (HD) 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (S)

(HD) 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 (S) (HD)

3.00 MacGyver (S) (HD) 4.00 Modern Family (S) (HD) 5.00 The Simpsons (HD) 5.30 Futurama: double bill (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30pm The Simpsons Bart gets a highly contagious virus.7.00 Homer and Marge fi nd themselves framed for murder.7.30 Homer forms a security group with Lenny and Carl. (HD)

8.00 A League of Their Own With Adam Peaty, Helen Skelton and David Walliams, hosted by James Corden. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. The Blacklist Ep 10 Series 8. Townsend deploys a torture specialist who uses unorthodox methods. (S) (HD)

10.00 An Idiot Abroad 1/8 Series 1. Karl Pilkington goes on a world tour, beginning with a trip to China. (S) (HD)

11.00 The Force: Essex Traffi c offi cers pursue a getaway car. (HD)

12 midnight SEAL Team (HD) 1.00am Road Wars (S) 2.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (S) (HD) 4.00 Stargate SG-1(S) 5.00—6.00am MacGyver (S) (HD)

6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD)

7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S)

9.00 The Wire (S) 11.10 Dexter (S)

1.20pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) 3.10 The Affair (S) (AD)

5.20pm The Sopranos 6/13 Series 2. Tony attacks a former friend to reclaim gambling debts. (S)

6.25 7/13. Christopher falls for an attractive fi lm executive, but Tony gives him an ultimatum. (S)

7.30 Game of Thrones 7/7 Series 7. Tyrion tries to save Westeros from itself as everyone meets in Kings Landing to discuss the fate of the realm. (S) (AD)

9.00 New. Your Honor 6/10

aAdam spends the day with a dangerous new love interest,

and Michael searches for his blackmailer. See page 79. (S)

10.10 Devils 7/10. Massimo fi nds that the secret dossier hides a liquidity recycling scheme. (S)

11.20 Six Feet Under 1/13 Series 3Rico does all he can to be treated as an equal business partner. (S)

12.30am 2/13. David and Rico clash over a business decision. (S)

1.40 Ray Donovan (S) (AD)

4.00 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD)

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry(S) 8.00 Four Weddings (S) (AD)

10.00 My Kitchen Rules: South Africa (S) 12 noon Robot Wars (S)

2.30pm Ninja Warrior (S) 3.00 Most Haunted (S) 4.00 Warehouse 13 (S) 5.00 Supergirl: Lex asks Supergirl to protect Andrea (S)

6.00 Stargate SG-1: double bill (S)

8.00 Arrow (S) 9.00 Agatha Raisin: a would-be assassin drops dead in Agatha’s kitchen (S) (AD) 10.05 The Russell Howard Hour: with guest Alesha Dixon (S) 11.05 The Blacklist: Red and Dembe are put in danger (S)12.05am The Good Doctor (S) 1.00 Police Ten 7 (S) 2.00 Jane Goldman Investigates (S) 3.00 A League of Their Own (S) (AD) 4.00 Wild Vets: double bill(S) 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted (S)

6.00am Star Trek: Voyager 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Merlin 12 noon Stargate SG-1 1.00pm Project Blue Book 2.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager 4.00 Merlin 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00 The Librarians 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Project Blue Book 9.00 Fringe 10.00 FILM Armed Response H Horror thriller12 midnight The Librarians 1.00am Star Trek: the Next Generation 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager 3.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.00 Merlin 5.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1


9.00 Bones (S) (HD) 10.00 Bull (S)

(HD) 11.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Bones (S) (HD) 2.00pm The Mentalist(S) (HD) 3.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Bull (S) (HD) 5.00 Bones (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Mentalist 10/22 Series 6. Jane agrees to help the FBI fi nd a missing computer programmer. (S) (HD)

7.00 NCIS 2/24 Series 15. A missing US Navy lieutenant’s body is found in a cemetery. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 3/24. A Metro PD cop’s disappearance is linked to a decade-old murder case. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 14Stewie becomes addicted to ADHD medication. (S) (HD)

9.30 Stewie is told he will never grow tall, so befriends a pint-sized version of Tom Cruise. (S) (HD)

10.00 American Dad! Series 16Stan struggles to cope with the untimely death of his father.10.30 Klaus enlists Stan, Roger and Jeff to join him on a wild stag party weekend.11.00 Francine explores ASMR with Roger, while Steve gets a pole in his head and a secret admirer.11.30 Hayley and Steve look into some mysterious markings. (S) (HD)




8.00am Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 9.15 Annie Oakley 10.30 Country Music (S) 1.00pm The Civil War 3.50 Country Music (S)

6.15pm Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the CommonwealthDavid Hayman tells the stories of four vessels built in Glasgow shipyards that helped Britain forge links with Commonwealth countries, beginning with the Cutty Sark.

7.30 The Story of ChinaMichael Wood explores the history of the world’s newest superpower, from its ancient past to the present day. (S)

8.45 The Spy Who Stole the Atom Bomb The story of Ursula Kuczynski, a Jewish German refugee who settled in Oxfordshire and stole Britain’s atomic secrets to give to the Soviet Union.

9.50 The Dust Bowl The worst ecological disaster in US history, in which the farmlands of the Great Plains were turned to dust.

11.00 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the CommonwealthAs 6.15pm.

12.15am The Story of China (S)

1.35 as 8.45pm 2.35 as 9.50pm 3.35—4.00am Beautiful Serengeti

6.00am Aerial America (HD) 7.00 First Ladies Revealed (HD) 8.00 America’s Hidden Stories (HD)

10.00 Combat Ships (HD) 11.00 Henry VIII and the King’s Men (HD)

12 noon Private Lives of the Windsors (HD) 2.00pm America’s Hidden Stories (HD) 3.00 Wonders of Burma (HD) 5.00 Combat Ships (HD)

6.00pm Henry VIII and the King’s Men How Henry VIII entrusted a huge amount of power to the men around him. (HD)

7.00 Inside the Factory Gregg Wallace explores the world of soft drinks, beginning at the Ribena factory in Gloucestershire. (HD)

8.00 New. Aerial Greece A look at the south of Greece — a land of Spartan warriors, mythical legends and great gods.

9.00 Mystic Britain Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota investigate a mysterious set of red bones and wind up hunting for woolly mammoths and zombies. (HD)

10.00 America in ColourColourised footage reveals how America has matured through the 20th century. (HD)

11.00 Aerial Greece As 8pm.

12 midnight Mystic Britain (HD)

1.00am America in Colour (HD) 2.00 Aerial Greece 3.00 Aerial Africa (HD)

4.00—6.00am Aerial Britain (HD)

7.00am Highway Patrol (AD) 8.00 Motorway Patrol: two episodes 9.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 10.00 Border Patrol 11.00 Police Force: Australia (AD) 12 noon Police Ten 7 1.00pm Motorway Patrol 2.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Atlantis 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 6.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 8.00 Lost Girl 9.00 Ghost Whisperer: a spirit hopes her son and husband can be reconciled. 11.00 Merlin 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: a severed head is discovered 2.00 Banged Up Abroad 3.00 Highway Patrol (AD) 4.00 Motorway Patrol 5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare (AD)

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7.00am The Chase (HD) 10.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 11.00 Bruce Forsyth’s Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1.00pm Catchphrase (AD) 2.00 Take Your Pick 3.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 4.00 The Chase (HD)

5.00 Family Fortunes (HD) 6.00 Tenable: fi ve Manchester market workers compete (HD) 7.00 Weakest Link 8.00 The Chase: quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh (HD) 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: a classic episode of the big-money quiz 11.00 Bullseye: two episodes 12 midnight The Chase: four back-to-back episodes (HD) 4.00am Wheel of Fortune 5.00—6.00am Bullseye: double bill of the quiz


7.00am Homes under the Hammer(HD) 8.00 Flog It! (HD) 10.00 Escape to the Country (HD) 12 noon Fixer Upper (HD) 1.00pm Home Town (HD)2.00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun(HD) 3.00 Flog It! (HD) 4.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build (HD) 5.00 Homes under the Hammer (HD) 6.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD) 7.00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD) 8.00 Escape to the Country (HD) 9.00 My Lottery Dream Home (HD) 10.00 New. Restored By The Fords: double bill. The Fords tackle a Victorian home, then create a beautiful kitchen (HD) 11.00 Home Town (HD) 12 midnight Windy City Rehab (HD) 1.00am Flog It! (HD) 2.00Dream Gardens (HD) 3.00—4.00am My Dream Derelict Home (AD) (HD)

6.00am Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD) 7.00 EFL on Quest (HD) 9.00 Fantomworks(HD) 10.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 11.00 Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars (AD) (HD)12 noon How Do They Do It? (HD)1.00pm Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD) 2.00 Richard Hammond’s Big (HD) 3.00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides (HD)4.00 Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD) 5.00 Scrap Kings (HD) 6.00 Wheeler Dealers(AD) (HD) 7.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (HD)8.00 Salvage Hunters (HD) 9.00 New.

Scrap Kings (HD) 10.00 New. American Pickers (HD) 11.00 How Do They Do It?(HD) 12 midnight Wheeler Dealers (AD) (HD) 1.00am Richard Hammond’s Big(HD) 2.00 American Chopper 3.00 Extreme Rides (HD) 4.00 Mighty Ships(HD) 5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am Secret Life of Kittens 6.05 Secret Life of Puppies 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Mya Go 6.25 Blue’s Clues & You 6.50 Thomas & Friends 7.00 Fireman Sam 7.10 Daisy & Ollie 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.45 New. Pip & Posy 8.00 Paddington 8.20 Paw Patrol 8.30 Ricky Zoom 8.40 Wonderful World of Baby Animals 8.45 Wissper 8.55 Milkshake! Monkey 9.00 Peppa Pig 9.05—9.15am New. Sunny Bunnies


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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Bing 6.25 Teletubbies 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Bing 7.15 Hey Duggee 7.30 Go Jetters 7.40 Peter Rabbit 7.55 Octonauts 8.10 Numberblocks 8.15 Love Monster 8.20 New. School of Roars 8.30 Alphablocks 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Peter Rabbit Special: the Tale of the Unexpected Discovery 9.25 Bing 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Hey Duggee 10.40 My Petsaurus 10.45 Kiri & Lou 10.50 New. B.O.T and the Beasties 10.55 Garden Tales 11.05 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.20 New. Colours 11.25 Patchwork Pals 11.30 New. Tik Tak 11.35 New. My Very First 11.45 Woolly & Tig 11.50 Olobob Top 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Alice In Wonderland 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Alphablocks 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Dog Loves Books 1.25 Messy Goes to OKIDO 1.35 Oti’s Boogie Beebies 1.40 Small Potatoes 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Bing 2.25 Tee and Mo; My Petsaurus 2.35 Melody 2.45 Ferne and Rory’s Vet Tales 3.00 Maddie’s Do You Know? 3.15 Swashbuckle 3.35 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 3.55 Love Monster 4.05 What’s On Your Head? 4.10 New.

Our Family 4.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 4.35 Bitz & Bob 4.50 Go Jetters 5.00 Topsy and Tim 5.10 My Petsaurus 5.15 Waffl e the Wonder Dog 5.25 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00am Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Little Big Awesome 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.25 Dennis & Gnasher 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.10 Danny & Mick 8.25 Operation Ouch! 8.55 Tom and Jerry 10.00 Absolute Genius: Monster Builds 10.35 Horrible Histories 11.00 Art Ninja 11.25 Danger Mouse 11.35 Shaun the Sheep 11.40 The Deep 12.25pm Hank Zipzer 1.40 Class Dismissed 1.55 Blue Peter 2.25 Operation Ouch! 2.55 Little Big Awesome 3.10 Danny & Mick 3.20 Dennis & Gnasher 3.30 New. She-Ra 3.55 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.05 We Bare Bears 4.15 Odd Squad 4.45 Danger Mouse 5.00 New. Step Up to the Plate 5.30 We Bare Bears 5.45 Summer Camp Island 6.00 Dragons 6.20 New. Do Try This at Home 6.35 Deadly Dinosaurs;Deadly 60 7.05 The Next Step 7.30New. Mystic 7.55 The Story of Tracy Beaker 8.10 Nikki Lilly Bakes 8.20 Odd Squad 8.30 Dwight in Shining Armour 8.55—9.00pm Our CBBC


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6.00am Transformers 6.20 Buck and Buddy 6.25 NinjaGo 6.55 Mr Magoo 7.25 Hotel Transylvania 7.55 Teen Titans Go! 8.25 Dare Master 8.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 9.25 Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon 10.45 Mr Magoo 10.55 Mr Bean 12 noon The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 12.55pm Mission Employable 1.00 Don’t Unleash the Beast 1.30 How 1.55 Teen Titans Go! 2.25 Mr Bean 3.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 4.30 Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy 6.00 Robozuna 6.25 NinjaGo 6.55 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 7.55 Scrambled! Bites 8.00 Project Z 8.25 Spy School 8.55—9.00pm Dare Master


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6.00am Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD)8.00 Building Off the Grid (S) (HD) 9.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 10.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 11.00 Wheeler Dealers(S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Gold Rush (S) (HD)1.00pm Gold Divers (S) (HD) 2.00 Gold Rush (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Alaskan Bush People (HD)5.00 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD)6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 7.00 Outback Truckers (S) (HD) 8.00 Diesel Brothers(S) (HD) 9.00 New. Gold Rush: Dave Turin(HD) 10.00 New. Gold Rush: Freddy Dodge(HD) 11.00 Combat Dealers: Reloaded (S) (HD)12 midnight as 9pm1.00am as 10pm 2.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD) 3.00 as 9pm 3.50 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 4.40 Alaska: Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD) 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Inside the Vets (HD) 10.00 Natural World (HD) 11.00 The Planets(HD) 12 noon Meet the Sloths (HD)1.00pm Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (AD) (HD) 2.00 Frontier Borneo (HD) 3.00 John Bishop’s Australia (AD) (HD) 4.00 New. Seasons of the Wild: the dry season in Florida’s Everglades (HD) 5.00 Inside the Vets(HD) 6.00 The Planets (HD) 7.00 Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur(AD) (HD) 8.00 Frontier Borneo (HD)9.00 Seasons of the Wild (HD) 10.00 Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur(AD) (HD) 11.00 Inside the Vets (HD)12 midnight The Planets (HD) 1.00am Inside the Vets (HD) 2.00 Russia from Above (HD) 3.00 Inside the Vets (HD)3.50 Russia from Above (HD)5.35—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am River Hunters (HD) 7.00 Storage Wars (HD) 12 noon Swamp Ghost 1.00pm Swamp People (HD)3.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD)5.00 Pawn Stars (HD) 6.00 American Pickers (HD) 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00New. Ancient Aliens: the possibility of previous civilisations on Earth (HD)9.00 New. Ancient Superstructures: a look at Le Louvre, in Paris (HD)10.00 New. The Proof Is out There: video footage captures a large, hairy creature and its footprints (HD) 11.00 Paranormal: Caught on Camera (HD)12 midnight The Curse of Oak Island 1.00am Ancient Aliens (HD) 2.00 Paranormal: Caught on Camera (HD)3.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD)5.00—6.00am Swamp People (HD)

6.00am The Zoo (S) (HD) 7.00 Preposterous Pets (S) (HD) 8.00 Hanging with the Hendersons (S) (HD)9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 10.00 The Zoo (HD)11.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 12 noon Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 1.00pm Crikey! It’s the Irwins (HD) 2.00 Amanda to the Rescue (S) (HD) 3.00 Treetop Cat Rescue (S) (HD) 4.00 The Vet Life (S) (HD)5.00 The Zoo (HD) 6.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 7.00 Animal Cops San Francisco (S) (AD) 8.00 Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (S) (HD) 9.00 Vet Gone Wild (S) (HD) 10.00 Animal Cops Detroit (S) (AD) 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 1.00am as 8pm2.00 as 1pm 3.00 as 10pm 3.50 Bondi Vet: Coast to Coast (S) (HD)4.40 How Do Animals Do That (S) (HD)5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am Honeyland 7.40 My Icon: Libby Clegg (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Premier League Legends: Andrew Cole (S) (AD) (HD) 8.30 Fish Town(S) (HD) 9.30 The History of Comedy(HD) 10.30 Inside the Freemasons(S) (AD) (HD) 11.30 Formula One: Drive to Survive (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm First Ladies (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Honeyland 3.40 My Icon: Jonnie Peacock (S) (AD) (HD)4.00 Discovering: Robert Redford (S) (AD) (HD) 5.00 Hollywood Couples (S) (HD)

6.00pm The History of ComedyThe history of sketch and improvisational comedy. (HD)

7.00 Too Young to Die A profi le of frontman Kurt Cobain. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 First Ladies A portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The September Issue

q HHHH A look behind the scenes, as the staff of

American Vogue prepare to publish the largest issue in the magazine’s history. (S) (W)

10.45 Fake Famous Following aspiring social media infl uencers attempting to increase their visibility. 12.30am FILM The Reagan Show HH (S) (W) 2.00 In the Cold Dark Night (S) 3.45 My Icon: Linford Christie (HD) 4.00 Discovering: Peter Lorre (S) (AD) (HD) 5.00—6.00am Fish Town (S) (HD)

6.00am Ocean Parks (S) (HD)7.00 Monkey Life (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD)9.00 Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD)10.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S) (HD)11.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD)12 noon Into the Wild: India (S) (HD)1.00pm Monkey Life (S) (AD) (HD)2.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD)3.00 Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD)4.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S) (HD)5.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD)

6.00pm Into the Wild: IndiaThe country’s wildlife. (S) (HD)

7.00 Monkey Life Alison and vet John Lewis collect a young chimpanzee from Turkey. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Marmoset Freya is on the road to recovery. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Life’s Journey The obstacles young animals have to overcome on their way to adulthood. (S) (HD)

9.00 Secrets of Wild AustraliaThe striking variety of snakes to be found in Australia. (S) (HD)

10.00 Into the Wild: India (S) (HD)

11.00 Tales from ZambiaFollowing a herd of elephants from sunrise to sunset. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Zambia Untamed (S) (HD)1.00am The Big Dry (S) (HD) 2.00 Life’s Journey (S) (HD) 3.00 Secrets of Wild Australia (S) (HD) 4.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD) 5.00—6.00am Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (S) (AD)8.00 Border Patrol (S) 9.00 Paramedics Australia (S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order (HD) 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD) 12 noon The Rookie (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Blue Bloods (HD) 3.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 4.00 Stop, Search, Seize(S) (AD) (HD) 5.00 Nothing to Declare: six back-to-back editions (S)

8.00pm Ghost Whisperer 14/18 Series 3. Melinda helps a man with a brain aneurysm to fi nd the ghost of his former girlfriend, who died in a boat accident. (S) (HD)

9.00 New. The Good Doctor 4/4 Series 4. Morgan and Shaun’s pregnant patient is having pain and they are forced to grapple with a decision no one wants to make. (HD)

10.00 FBI 14/22 Series 1. The team uncover the truth behind the murder of an investigative journalist and the case forces Maggie to search her past for answers. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20/22 Series 8When the fi ancée of a CIA agent is raped and murdered the evidence indicates a professional hit. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Criminal Minds (S) (HD)2.00am Station 19 (S) (AD) (HD)3.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00—6.00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (S)





5.00pm Death in Paradise 7/8 Series 6. The team, headed up by DI Jack Mooney, reopens a seven-year-old murder when a tourist provides an alibi for the woman convicted of the crime.6.20 8/8. Jack and the team are puzzled when one of the candidates in the local mayoral elections is stabbed to death in the polling booth.7.40 1/8 Series 8. A passenger is stabbed on the bus to Honore, but when it turns out no one left their seat, the team are baffled. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Father Brown 6/15 Series 3The apparent suicide of a student leads Father Brown to believe a murderer is at work, and he tries to persuade Sid to go under cover to fl ush out the killer. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 7/15. When the father of a writer is found dead, tensions mount against the travellers in Kembleford. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Death in Paradise As 6.20pm12 midnight Evil: David learns he is being sued (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am Harrow (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Copper(S) (HD) 3.00—4.00am Motive (HD)

7.20am My Hero (S) 7.55 Ever Decreasing Circles 8.35 Hi-de-Hi!(S) 9.15 Porridge (S) 9.50 Last of the Summer Wine (S) 11.10 Keeping Up Appearances (S) 11.50 The Good Life (S) (AD) 12.30pm Porridge (S)

1.10 Hi-de-Hi! (S) 1.50 Ever Decreasing Circles 2.25 Gavin & Stacey (S) (AD) (HD) 3.05 Keeping Up Appearances (S) 3.45 The Good Life (S) (AD) 4.25 Last of the Summer Wine (S) 5.40 Hi-de-Hi! (S)

6.20pm The Good Life (S) (AD)

7.00 Porridge Fletcher heroically solves a roof-top protest. (S)

7.40 Hold the Sunset Edith faces a ghost from her past. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.20 Dad’s Army The platoon tries morris dancing. (S)

9.00 Miranda A visit to a sushi restaurant spells trouble. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.40 Absolutely FabulousEdina tries to lose weight. (S)

10.20 French and Saunders

11.00 The Royle Family Jim grumbles about the wedding. (S) (AD)

11.40 Goodness Gracious Me (S)

12.20am Miranda (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 as 9.40pm 1.40 as 10.20pm 2.30 as 11pm 3.00 as 11.40pm 3.30—4.00am as 9.40pm

6.10am MasterChef Australia (S) (HD)7.30 Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD) 8.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 10.00 The Bill (S) 11.00 Who Do You Think You Are? USA (S) (AD) (HD)12 noon Inside the Ambulance (S) (HD)1.00pm Tipping Point (S) (HD) 2.00 My Kitchen Rules: Australia (S) (HD) 4.00 My Dream Home (S) (HD) 6.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes (S) (HD) 7.00New. Top Chef: Lena Waithe surprises the chefs (AD) (HD) 8.00 Inside the Ambulance (S) (HD) 9.00 Great Ormond Street (HD) 10.00 One Born Every Minute Australia (S) (HD)11.00 Inside the Ambulance (S) (HD)12 midnight One Born Every Minute(S) (HD) 1.00—3.00am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Motorway Patrol (S) (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (S) 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) 10.00 Road Wars (S)11.00 Murder in Amish Country (S) (AD)12 noon Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S)1.00pm Killer in My Village (S) 2.00 Killer Lovers (S) (AD) 3.00 World’s Most Evil Killers (S) 4.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (S) (AD) 6.00 The Mark of a Killer (S) 7.00 Killer in My Village (S) 8.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) 9.00 Killer in My Village (S)10.00 Snapped 11.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) 12 midnight World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (AD) 1.00am Framed by the Killer (S) 2.00 Snapped 3.00 Killer in My Village (S) 4.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (S) (AD)5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol (S)

8.00am WW2: Hell under the Sea (S) (HD) 9.00 Nazi Megastructures (S) (HD) 10.00 Hitler’s Last Stand (HD)11.00 Car SOS (S) (HD) 1.00pm Ice Road Rescue (HD) 2.00 Lost Cities with Albert Lin (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 India From Above (HD) 4.00 Mega Volcano: Draining the Pacifi c (S) (HD) 5.00 Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD) 7.00 Car SOS.: Ultimate Countdown: Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw count down some of their favourite moments (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Airport Security: Peru and Brazil (HD) 9.00 Narco Wars (S) (HD) 10.00 Air Crash Investigation: double bill (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight Airport Security: First Class (HD)1.00am Airport Security: Brazil (HD)2.00 Drugs Inc (HD) 3.00—5.00am Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD)

6.00am Mysteries at the Museum 7.00 Combat Dealers (S) (AD) 8.00 Expedition Unknown (S) (AD) 9.00 Blowing Up History 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S) 12 noon Combat Dealers (S) 1.00pm Codes and Conspiracies (S) 2.00 Expedition Unknown 3.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files(S) 4.00 Mysteries at the Museum 5.00 Blowing Up History (S) 6.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S) 7.00 Expedition Unknown 8.00 Blowing Up History 9.00 Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Mysteries of the Missing (S) 12 midnight as 8pm 1.00am as 9pm 2.00 Mysteries at the Museum 3.00 Mysteries of the Missing(S) 4.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S)5.00—6.00am Blowing Up History (S)

8.00am Baywatch 9.00 The A-Team(AD) 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond(S) 12 noon 3rd Rock from the Sun: double bill (S) 1.00pm My Wife and Kids: double bill (S) (HD) 2.00 Friends: 14 back-to-back episodes (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational Live: the comedian’s debut stand-up show (S) (HD) 10.00 Kevin Bridges Live in Glasgow (S) (HD) 11.00 Lee Evans — Monsters: the energetic stand-up star rails against the annoyances of modern life in a performance recorded at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham in 2014 (S) (HD) 12 midnight Baywatch 1.00am The A-Team (AD) 2.00 South Park (S) (HD) 3.40 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am Everybody Hates Chris (HD)10.00 The Mindy Project (S) (HD) 11.00 Girls (HD) 12.10pm Sex and the City(HD) 1.20 Curb Your Enthusiasm (HD)2.30 Parks and Recreation (HD) 3.30 30 Rock (S) (HD) 4.30 Will & Grace (HD)5.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: double bill (S) (HD) 6.30 Sex and the City (S) (HD) 7.45 Curb Your Enthusiasm(HD) 9.00 Pen15 (S) (HD) 10.10 Black Monday: After the fallout from Black Monday, Dawn and Blair pursue a new deal from different directions while Mo runs from his past (S) (HD 10.50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(HD) 11.50 The Late Late Show with James Corden (HD) 12.50am Ballers(S) (AD) (HD) 1.30 Sex and the City (HD)2.50 Girls (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00—5.00am The Mindy Project: double bill (HD)


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Life’s Journey 8.00pm Hippos approaching adulthood

The September Issue 9.00pm

Vogue’s Anna Wintour


Discovery



Sky History





Sky 125 Virgin 250 BT 322/350/HD 376/365


The Good Doctor 9.00pm

Shaun, Morgan and Kenzie



Miranda 9.00pm The joke-shop owner delays her new diet

Death in Paradise 7.40pm

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6.35am Dragon Rider As 3.40pm 8.20 Magic Arch HH Animated adventure. (2020, PG) 9.50 Fantastic Four As 9pm 11.40 Muppets from Space As 7.15pm 1.25pm The Mummy Returns As 11pm 3.40 Dragon Rider HHH Animated fantasy. Thomas Brodie-Sangster (2020)

5.25pm The Prince of Egypt HHHH Superb animated dramatisation of the story of Moses. Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes (1998, U)

7.15 Muppets from Space HHHH Gonzo must decide whether to travel to the stars.F Murray Abraham, Ray Liotta, Andie MacDowell (1999, U)

9.00 Fantastic Four HH The members of a science expedition gain astonishing powers. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans (2005, PG)

11.00pm The Mummy Returns HHH Slick, effects-heavy, horror adventure. Brendan Fraser (2001, 12) 1.15am Magic Arch As 8.20am 2.50 Dragon Rider As 3.40pm 4.35 The Prince of Egypt As 5.25pm

6.05am As 10.50pm 7.50 As 3.20pm 9.50 As 7.20pm 11.40 As 9pm 1.30pm Evan Almighty HHH Comedy fantasy. Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman (2007, PG) 3.20 Kind Hearts and Coronets 5Superb black comedy. Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson (1949, U)

5.20pm Adventureland HHHH

Charming and well-observed comedy. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart (2009, 15)

7.20 Bridget Jones’s Diary HHHH Delightful romantic comedy. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth (2001, 15)

9.00 The Cable Guy HHH

A cable repairman is obsessed with a customer. Jim Carrey (1996, 12)

10.50 I Used to Go Here HHH Light, touching dramedy.Gillian Jacobs, Jemaine Clement (2020, 15)

12.30am A Guide to Second Date Sex HHH Romantic comedy for the Tinder generation. George MacKay, Alexandra Roach, Michael Socha (2019, 15) 2.10 Adventureland As 5.20pm 4.10 Evan Almighty As 1.30pm

7.05am Godzilla As 7.35pm 9.25 White House Down As 10pm 11.40 Final Score HH Action thriller. Dave Bautista (2018, 15) 1.25pm First Blood HHHH Effi cient action drama. Sylvester Stallone (1982, 15) 3.00 Superman 5 Irresistible fantasy. Christopher Reeve (1978, PG)

5.25pm Superman II HHHH

The Man of Steel discovers that he is no longer the toughest guy around. Christopher Reeve (1980, PG)

7.35 Godzilla HH Murky, plodding monster horror in which the giant lizard attacks Manhattan. Matthew Broderick (1997, PG)

10.00 White House Down HHH Channing Tatum’s cop helps US President Jamie Foxx discover his inner action hero. (2013, 12)

12.15am Le Mans ’66 HHHH

Thrill-packed motor-racing drama starring Christian Bale as maverick Ford driver Ken Miles. Matt Damon (2019, 12) 2.50 Final Score As 11.40am 4.35 Superman As 3pm

6.25am As 5.05pm 8.10 From Here to Eternity 5 Superbly staged drama. Burt Lancaster (1953, PG) 10.10 True Grit HHHH Oscar-winning western. John Wayne (1969, PG) 12.20pm As 9.05pm 2.25 There Will Be Blood 5 Visually resplendent drama. Daniel Day-Lewis (2007, 15)

5.05pm The Duellists HHHH

Two soldiers become involved in a series of seemingly pointless duels. Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel (1977, PG)

6.50 Bicentennial Man HH

Robin Williams lays on the treacle for this sentimental sci-fi comedy drama. Embeth Davidtz (1999, PG)

9.05 The Social Network 5 David Fincher’s insightful Facebook drama starring Jesse Eisenberg. Andrew Garfi eld (2010, 12)

11.05pm Predator 2 HHH Action-packed thriller sequel. Danny Glover (1990, 15) 1.00am Magnum Force HHH

Crime thriller. Clint Eastwood (1973, 18) 3.10 True Grit As 10.10am 5.20 From Here to Eternity As 8.10am

11.00am The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie HHHH The cult cartoon character makes his movie debut in this colourful, zany comedy that will entertain children and adults alike. Tom Kenny (2004, U) (S)

12.45pm Monster Trucks HHH

Family adventure about a creature that takes up residence inside a teenager’s truck. Lucas Till (2016, PG) (S)

2.50 Puss in Boots HHHH

Colourful and inventive animated adventure in which the cat from the Shrek fi lms teams up with Humpty Dumpty to search for some magic beans. Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek (2011, U) (S)

4.35 27 Dresses HHH Katherine Heigl stars in this fl uffy, reassuringly predictable romcom about a woman who is always the bridesmaid, never the bride. (2008, 12) (AD)

6.45pm Deep Impact HHHH

A great cast deals with looming disaster in this chilling, well-staged drama that sees a massive asteroid headed for Earth. Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman (1998, 12) (S)

9.00 The Equalizer HHH

Denzel Washington heads up this slick re-imagining of the hit 1980s TV show, playing a blue-collar worker who is more than he at fi rst appears. Marton Csokas (2014, 15) (S)

11.40 American Assassin HH

Competent but slow-moving revenge thriller that prioritises action above everything else. Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch (2017, 18) (S) (AD)

1.50—4.00am It’s All about Love HHH Director Thomas Vinterberg’s fi rst English-language feature isa lavishly created sci-fi love story that plays like a surreal fairy tale. Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes (2002, 15) (S)

6.00am Up in the Air HH Amiable comedy murder mystery. Frankie Darro (1940) (S) 7.25 The Lady Is a Square HH Amusing musical comedy. Anna Neagle (1959, U) 9.30 The Adventuresof Robin Hood 10.00 Get Some In!10.30 Folly to Be Wise HHH

Comedy. Alastair Sim (1952, U) (S) 12.15pm The Heart of the Matter HHH

Drama. Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan (1953, PG) 2.20 The Smallest Show on Earth HHHH Charming comedy. Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers (1957, U) (S) 3.55 Lifeboat HHHH Tense war drama. Review p35. Tallulah Bankhead (1944, PG) (S)

6.00pm Interpol Calling British TV crime drama.6.30 House of Blackmail HH

B-movie in which a hitch-hiker fi nds trouble when he takes a lift from a woman. William Sylvester (1953, 12) (S)

8.00 Gideon’s Way British TV crime drama.9.00 The Comedy Man HHH

Kenneth More stars as an actor dreaming of his big break in this well-observed comedy drama. (1964, 15)

10.50 The Legacy HH Unfocused horror that sees Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott trapped in a country house with a group of strangers who are bumped off one by one. (1978, 18)

12.55am White Cargo H Comedy.David Jason (1973, 15) 2.25 Crosstrap HH

Violent B-Movie. Laurence Payne (1961) 3.40 Salvation Army Trip to Scarborough in the 1930s: archive footage4.00 Budgie5.00—6.00am Stagecoach West (S)

8.00am Mutant X9.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 10.00 Star Trek 11.00 Malibu Shark Attack H Action thriller. Peta Wilson (2009) 1.00pm Mega Shark vs Mecha Shark H Sci-fi horror. Christopher Judge (2014) 3.00 Sliders4.00 Ice Twisters HH

Disaster thriller. Mark Moses (2009)

6.00pm Star Trek TV sci-fi drama.7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise TV sci-fi adventure series.8.00 Battlestar Galactica TV sci-fi adventure series.9.00 Red Lights HH Robert De Niro stars in this murky tale of a blind man who claims to see dead people. Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver (2012, 15)

11.10 Beyond the Gates HH

Eighties-style synth soundtracksthis retro horror about two brothers who get drawn into a sinister VHS board game. Graham Skipper, Chase Williamson, Barbara Crampton (2016, 15)

12.50am Haunt HH Horror mystery. Harrison Gilbertson (2013, 15) 2.35—4.20am Jurassic Hunters H Action thriller. Eric Roberts (2015, 15)



9.00am The Perfect Marriage HH

Thriller. Jamie Luner (2006) 11.00 Circle of Friends HH Undemanding mystery thriller. Julie Benz (2006) 1.00pm Summer House HH Mystery thriller.Lindsay Price (2008) 2.50 Web of Lies HH Crime thriller. Majandra Delfi no, Andrew Walker (2009) 4.40 All Roads Leadto Rome HH This good-looking romantic comedy takes Sarah Jessica Parker across Tuscany with her Italian ex-lover. (2015, 12)

6.30pm The Karate Kid HHH

A bullied youngster is taught martial arts by a wise old man and turns the tables on his tormentors in this heart-warming adventure.Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita (1984, 12)

9.00 Awake HH Psychological thriller starring Hayden Christensen as a man who regains consciousness during heart surgery. Jessica Alba (2007, 15)

10.45 The Road HHHH Sober post-apocalyptic drama in which a man and his son make a perilous journey across America. Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron (2009, 15)

1.00am Extortion HHH Tense thriller about a father racing against the clock to save his holidaying family from a bloodthirsty fi sherman.Eion Bailey (2017, 15) 3.30—5.50am Stranger than Fiction HHHH

Fantasy comedy drama. Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman (2006, 12)

6.00am They Rode West HHH

Exciting western. Robert Francis (1954, U) 7.40 Serpent of the Nile HHistorical drama. Rhonda Fleming (1953, U) 9.20 Seattle Superstorm HH

Sci-fi thriller. Esai Morales (2012) 11.05 The Flying Missile HH War drama. Glenn Ford (1950, U) 1.00pm The Quick and the Dead HHH Superior TV-movie western. Sam Elliott (1987, PG) 2.55 Castle Keep HHH Startling, allegorical Second World War drama. Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk (1969, 15) 5.05 Hannibal HHistorical adventure. Victor Mature (1959, U)

7.10pm Asteroid: Final Impact HH Earth faces an impending disaster. Mark Lutz, Anna Van Hooft (2015)

9.00 SWAT: Under Siege HH

Action sequel. Sam Jaeger (2017, 15)

10.50 Edge of Winter HHH Edgy thriller. Joel Kinnaman, Percy Hynes White (2016, 15)

12.35am Harrigan HH Crime drama. Stephen Tompkinson (2013, 15) 2.35—4.00am Sniper 2 HH

Action thriller. Tom Berenger (2002, 15)

6.00am The De Havilland Comet7.10 Trouble in the Sky HHHH

Well-paced British drama. Michael Craig, Peter Cushing (1960) 9.05 I Didn’t Do It HH Comedy thriller. George Formby (1945, PG) 11.10 Salome HHH Superbly cast biblical drama. Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton (1953, PG) 1.20pm Ivanhoe HHH Adventure. Anthony Andrews (1982, PG) 4.05 Murderers’ Row HH Spy spoof. Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden (1966)

6.15pm King Rat HHHH

Gripping PoW drama centring on George Segal’s mercenary wheeler-dealer. Film of the Day: George Segal tribute, p25. (1965, PG)

9.00 An American Werewolfin London HHHH Horror that revitalised the genre with ground-breaking special effects and dark humour. David Naughton, Jenny Agutter (1981, 18)

10.50 Ship of Fools HHH An all-star cast, including a riveting Vivien Leigh in her fi nal screen appearance, lifts this bloated drama. Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin (1965, 12)

1.30am Conquest of Cochise HHH Diverting if unsurprising historical Western. John Hodiak, Robert Stack (1953, U) 2.50 Tunes of Glory HHHH Compelling military drama about the clash between two soldiers. Alec Guinness, John Mills (1960, PG) 4.40—6.00am Strongroom HCrime drama. Derren Nesbitt (1961, PG)

Deep Impact 1111 6.45pm Film4

Téa Leoni investigates a routine political scandal and fi nds it’s

a cover for a far more important story: an extinction-level event

6.50am As 5.25pm 8.30 As 9pm 10.05 Antebellum As 7.05pm 12 noon The Furnace HHH

Absorbing western. David Wenham (2020, 15) 2.00pm Zeroville As 10.40pm 3.40 Boonie Bears: the Wild Life5.25 Scoob! HH Animated adventure. Will Forte, Frank Welker (2020, PG)

7.05pm Antebellum HHH

Janelle Monáe takes on dual roles in this mind-bending, time-hopping thriller. (2020, 15)

9.00 i Looks That Kill HHH

Light fantasy about a cursed teen whose face triggers death to anyone who sees it. (2020, 15)

10.40 Zeroville H A starry cast fails to lift director-star James Franco’s trundle through 1970s Hollywood. Megan Fox, Seth Rogen (2019, 15)

12.20am Eternal Beauty HHHH

Sensitive romantic comedy drama.Sally Hawkins (2019, 15) 2.00 The Racer HHH Cycling drama. Louis Talpe (2020, 15) 3.45 As 12 noon 5.45 As 3.40pm

6.40am The Photograph As 7pm 8.40 The King of Staten IslandAs 9pm 11.00 The Longest YardAs 11.20pm 1.00pm Kingdom of Heaven HHHH Exciting historical drama. Orlando Bloom (2005, 15) 3.30 Miss Juneteenth HHHH Poignant drama. Nicole Beharie, Kendrick Sampson (2020, 15)

5.15pm Ordinary Love HHH

Sensitive drama about a couple grieving the loss of their daughter. Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson (2019, 12)

7.00 The Photograph HHH

The relationship between a museum curator and a reporter is examined. Issa Rae (2020, 12)

9.00 The King of Staten Island HHHH A slacker dreams of running a tattoo-parlour restaurant. Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei (2020, 15)

11.20pm The Longest Yard HHH

Good-natured sports comedy.Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds (2005, 12) 1.25am Kingdom of Heaven As 1pm 4.00 Ordinary Love As 5.15pm 5.45 As 3.30pm

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6.00am Premier League Greatest Games 7.00 Premier League Legends: Thierry Henry (AD) 7.30 Premier League Legends: Ruud van Nistelrooy(AD) 8.00 Best Goals 9.00 Premier League 100 Club (AD) 10.00 The Football Show: analysis and debate12 noon Gary Neville’s Soccerbox1.00pm Premier League Years (AD) 3.00 Premier League Legends: Thierry Henry (AD) 3.30 Premier League Football: Everton v Crystal Palace and Wolves v West Ham United7.00 Premier League Review 8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 9.00 Premier League Review 10.00 Premier League Icons 10.30 Premier League Retro12.30am Premier League Icons1.00 Premier League Years (AD) 3.00 Premier League Greatest Games4.00 Best Goals 5.30—6.00am Premier League 100 Club (AD)


6.00am Best of the 2018 IPL: Sunrisers Hyderabad V Chennai Super Kings in the fi nal 11.15 T20 Cricket4.00pm International One-Day Cricket6.00 Best of the 2016 IPL 7.00 International One-Day Cricket: South Africa v Pakistan 9.00 Best of the 2017 IPL 10.00 International One-Day Cricket: action from the fi rst two ODIs between South Africa and Pakistan12 midnight Cricket in Mumbai (AD) 1.00am International One-Day Cricket3.00 T20 Cricket 4.00 Best of the 2015 IPL 4.30 Best of the 2017 IPL5.00—6.00am T20 Cricket


6.00am Boxing Classics 8.00 Darts11.00 Gerwyn Price: World Champion12 noon Good Morning Football3.00pm Darts 6.00 Boxing: a profi le of Conor Benn, the son of legendary fi ghter Nigel 6.30 Motorsport Mundial

7.00 LIVE Darts The second night of the Premier League at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Including Gerwyn Price v Rob Cross, Jonny Clayton v Glen Durrant and Michael van Gerwen v Peter Wright.10.00 Boxing 12 midnight NFL: Total Access 1.00am NFL Bitesize 1.30 Boxing2.30 Darts 5.30—6.00am Boxing


6.00am Super League 9.15 Netball1.00pm Pool 2.00 Rugby Union Retro2.15 Rugby Retro 2.30 Rugby Union Retro 2.45 Super League 3.45 Netball 7.30 NBA 10.00 Pro-Football Talk 12 midnight Super League

12.30am LIVE NBA Boston Celtics v Philadelphia 76ers, an Eastern Conference clash from TD Garden (tip-off 12.30).3.00 Boxing 5.00—6.00am Pool


6.00am Cycling 8.00 World Snooker10.00 Cycling 11.00 Olympics: Day Jobs 11.30 Return to 2012: Gymnastics1.30pm Cycling: the Basque Tour

2.30 LIVE Cycling Stage two of the Basque Tour, featuring a 154.8km route from Zalla to Sestao.4.30 Olympic Games: Far from Home 5.00 Weightlifting6.00 LIVE Weightlifting Coverage of the men’s 73kg class at the European Championships, held in Moscow, Russia.8.00 Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting 2.00 Cycling 4.00 Olympic Games: Highest Air 5.00—6.00am Weightlifting: European Championships


6.00am MLB: Caps Off 7.00 Goals Reload 7.30 ESPN FC 8.00 Number’s Game 8.30 Australian Football

10.00 LIVE Australian Football Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners (kick-off 10.05).12 noon BT Sport Goals Reload12.30pm Uefa Documentaries1.30 Non-League Football 2.00 Premier League Football 3.30 German Football 4.00 ESPN FC4.30 Non-League Football 5.00 Rugby Union 6.30 Surfi ng7.00 Inside AFL 7.30 MotoGP: Grand Prix of Doha 9.00 Wrestling2.15am BT Sport Goals Reload2.45—6.00am LIVE Women’s International One-Day Cricket The second ODI in the three-match series between New Zealand and Australia. Continues until 11.30am.


6.00am Champions League Magazine6.30 The Number’s Game (AD) 7.00 Wrestling (AD) 8.00 German Football 10.30 Australian Rules Football2.30pm Hockey 4.30 Premier League Football 6.00 Premier League Review

7.00 LIVE Champions League Football Real Madrid v Liverpool, quarter-fi nal, fi rst-leg at Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium (kick-off 8.00).10.30 Premier League Reload 10.45 MotoGP Rewind 11.00 Australian Football 12.30am European Champions Cup Rugby Union 2.00 MotoGP 5.30—6.00am Surfi ng


6.00am French Football 4.30pm German Football 5.30 French Football6.30 BT Sport Goals Reload 6.45 Champions League Magazine

7.15 LIVE Champions League Football Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund, quarter-fi nal, fi rst-leg match from the Etihad Stadium (kick-off 8.00).10.30 Europa League Magazine11.00 German Football 12 midnight Champions League Football 2.00 Test Cricket 4.00 Fishing (AD) 5.00—6.00am German Football


6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 ESPN SportsCenter 6.45 Around the Horn7.15 Pardon the Interruption 7.45 MLB 8.15 Basketball 10.00 NHL12 noon ESPN FC 12.30pm ESPN SportsCenter 12.45 Around the Horn1.15 Pardon the Interruption 1.45 ESPN SportsCenter 2.00 MLB: Caps Off 2.15 MLB 8.15 Basketball 10.45 Freeride World Tour 11.45 MLB: Caps Off

12 midnight LIVE Major League Baseball Philadelphia Phillies v New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park.3.00am ESPN SportsCenter3.15 Freeride World Tour 4.15—6.00am Basketball


6.00am World Superbikes 8.00 Cycling 9.00 Weightlifting 10.00 Olympic Games 11.00 Formula E 12 noon British Superbikes 2.00pm Weightlifting

3.00 LIVE Weightlifting The women’s 64kg event in the European Championships.4.45 Sambo: World Cup 6.00 World Snooker 8.00 Formula E 9.00 Extreme E 10.00 Cycling 11.00 Weightlifting 12 midnight Extreme E1.00am Idris Elba: No Limits 2.00 World Snooker 4.00 Weightlifting 5.00—6.00am Cycling


6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show12 noon Sky Sports News 2.00pm Golf: the Masters: preview of the Major, which begins on Thursday in Augusta

7.00 LIVE Championship Football Coverage of Norwich City v Huddersfi eld Town from Carrow Road (kick-off 7.45).10.30 Sky Sports News

12.30am LIVE NBA Boston Celtics v Philadelphia 76ers, an Eastern Conference clash from TD Garden (tip-off 12.30).3.00—6.00am Sky Sports News


6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 League One and Two Goals 7.30 Football Countdowns (AD) 8.00 Soccer AM8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 League One and Two Goals 10.00 Football Countdowns(AD) 10.30 Football Years (AD) 11.00 Championship Season Review 14/1512 noon League One and Two Goals 12.30pm EFL Greatest Games 12.45 SPFL Greatest Games 1.00 Football’s Greatest Players 1.30 Football Countdowns (AD) 2.00 Football Years(AD) 2.30 Championship Season Review 15/16 3.30 League One and Two Goals4.00 Championship Highlights

7.00 LIVE Championship Football Coverage of Norwich City v Huddersfi eld Town from Carrow Road (kick-off 7.45).10.30 SPFL Greatest Games 11.00 EFL Greatest Games 12 midnight Classic Play-off Finals 3.00 EFL Cup Retro: the 2015 fi nal 5.00—6.00am Championship Season Review 17/18


6.00am The Masters Offi cial Film: Mickelson 2004 7.00 The Masters Offi cial Film: Mickelson 2006 8.00 The Masters Offi cial Film: Mickelson 2010 9.00 Augusta Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals: the junior skills competition open to boys and girls aged 7—15 2.00pm The Masters: a look ahead to the Major tournament held at the Augusta National in Georgia 10.00 Masters: the One from November10.30 Golf Vodcast 11.30 The Masters: the Major Heard round the World12 midnight The Masters Offi cial Film: Nicklaus 1986 12.35am The Masters Offi cial Film: Mize 1987 1.05 The Masters Offi cial Film: Lyle 1988 1.35 The Masters Offi cial Film: Faldo 1989 2.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Faldo 1990 3.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Woosnam 1991 4.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Couples 1992 5.30—6.00am The Magnifi cent Masters — 1975 (AD)

Champions League 7.15pm BT Sport 3 Man City’s creative spark Kevin De Bruyne

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Handsome adventure drama. Guy Pearce (2004, U) 8.45 As 5.40pm 10.20 As 7.15pm 12.05pm As 9pm 1.50 The Runaways HHH Drama. Molly Windsor (2019, 12) 3.55 The Adventures of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend HH

Sci-fi adventure. Jude Manley (2020, PG)

5.40pm James and the Giant Peach HHHH Marvellous fantasy adventure. Paul Terry (1996, U)

7.15 Swimming for Gold HH

Breezy but formulaic Australian teen drama. Peyton List (2020, U)

9.00 Little Manhattan HHHH

Charming comedy about fi rst love. Josh Hutcherson, Charlie Ray (2005, PG)

10.45 Look Who’s Talking Too HH Toddler Mikey gets a baby sister. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley (1990, 15)

12.20am The Runaways As 1.50pm 2.25 The Adventures of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend As 3.55pm 4.10 Look Who’s Talking Too As 10.45pm 5.45 Jacqueline Wilson: Four Kids, It and Me

7.20am As 5.20pm 9.00 As 8.45pm 10.45 As 7pm 12.20pm Mission: Panda H Comedy. (2019, PG) 2.00 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas HHH Thoroughly enjoyable adventure. Brad Pitt (2003, U) 3.40 Robinson Crusoe HHH Fast-paced adventure. Doug Stone (2015, PG)

5.20pm Ballerina HHH A girl strives to become a dancer in 1879 Paris. Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan (2016, U)

7.00 Early Man HHHH Upbeat and visually inventive adventure.Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston (2018, PG)

8.45 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 HHH Charmingly surreal comedy sequel. Bill Hader (2013, U)

10.35 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron HH Overly moralistic cartoon fable. Matt Damon (2002, U)

12.05am Boonie Bears: a Mystical Winter1.45 Mission: Panda As 12.20pm 3.25 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas As 2pm 5.05 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron As 10.35pm

6.50am The Beast HHH Stylised Korean crime thriller. Lee Sung-min (2019, 15) 9.15 Strange but True As 6.20pm 10.55 Into the Ashes HH Crime mystery drama. Luke Grimes, Frank Grillo (2019, 15) 12.35pm The Good Liar As 8pm 2.35 Hotel Mumbai HHH

Fact-based thriller. Dev Patel (2018, 15)

4.45pm Centigrade HH

A couple become trapped in their frozen car. Genesis Rodriguez (2020, 15)

6.20 Strange but True HH

Chiller that mixes domestic drama with gothic thriller. Margaret Qualley (2019, 12)

8.00 The Good Liar HH

Admirably dark cat-and-mouse drama. Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen (2019, 15)

10.00 Gutterbug HHHH Stylish and unfl inching punk drama.Andrew Yackel, Hannah Mosqueda (2019, 18)

11.55pm Wild Things HHH

Steamy thriller with numerous plot twists and a handsome cast. Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell (1998, 18) 2.00am The Beast As 6.50am 4.20 Into the Ashes As 10.55am

7.15am As 8.15pm 9.05 GattacaAs 6.15pm 11.05 Mars Attacks! HHHH Satirical sci-fi comedy. Jack Nicholson (1996, 12) 1.05pm Sea Fever HHH Eerie sci-fi horror. Hermione Corfi eld (2019, 15) 2.45 As 11.45pm 4.30 Resident Evil: Extinction HH

Sci-fi action horror. Milla Jovovich (2007, 15)

6.15pm Gattaca HHHH

Thought-provoking sci-fi thriller.Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law (1997, 15)

8.15 Shaun of the Dead 5 Zombies take over London. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost (2004, 15)

10.00 The Crow HHHH

Visually impressive action fantasy. Brandon Lee (1994, 18)

11.45 Omen IV: the Awakening H A couple adopt a young girl with sinister powers. Faye Grant (1991, 15)

1.30am Sea Fever As 1.05pm 3.10 The Crow As 10pm 4.55 Mars Attacks! As 11.05am


6.00am Hollywood’s Best Film Directors6.35 Off Set 6.45 Little Women HHH Well-cast drama. June Allyson (1949, U) 9.15 Domino Kid HH

Western. (1957, U) 10.50 Virginia City HHH Lavish western. (1940, U) 1.30pm They Were Expendable HHH

Second World War drama. (1945, U)

4.25pm Chisum HH The tale of the man who fi rst hired Billy the Kid. John Wayne, Forrest Tucker (1970, PG)

6.50 Strangers on a Train 5 Gripping thriller. Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker (1951, PG)

9.00 Inception HHHH Unusual and inventive psychological thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio (2010, 12)

12.05am Double Team HH

An anti-terrorist agent tracks a master criminal. (1997, 18)

2.00am Return of the Frontiersman HH (1950, U) 3.35 Close Up4.35 Off Set 5.00 Best Directors5.30 Off Set 5.40 The Counterfeit Traitor HHH (1962)

7.20am As 2.40pm 9.05 Bull HHH Touching drama. Rob Morgan (2019, 15) 11.05 As 10.05pm 12.55pm As 8.15pm 2.40 Rialto HHHH

Painfully believable drama. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (2019, 15) 4.15 Never Rarely Sometimes Always HHHH

Sensitive drama. Sidney Flanigan (2020, 15)

6.15pm Marley & Me HHH

A mischievous labrador teaches a married couple some life lessons. Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston (2008, PG)

8.15 The Ides of March HHHH

An idealistic PR man is hitched to a corrosive US presidential campaign. Ryan Gosling, George Clooney (2011, 15)

10.05 The Kitchen HH Visually polished but slight gangster drama with a feminist twist. Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss (2019, 15)

11.55pm Mapplethorpe HH Biopic about erotic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón (2018, 18) 1.40am Bull As 9.05am 3.40 Never Rarely Sometimes Always As 4.15pm 5.30 As 6.15pm


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PICK OF THE DAY Lights Up: Sitting 10.30pm BBC4

DRAMA In a striking and funny opening, a nude man enters a room in the

mistaken belief that he’s come to a life-drawing session. And it’s true that

Sitting is revealing — but in ways that don’t require nakedness. Luke (Mark

Weinman), an unemployed decorator, is just one of three people who pose

for an unseen artist, and confi de in him even though he does not “give back”.

Luke seems to be Unreconstructed Man with his regular clanger-dropping

and “I’m not a sexist, well I am a bit”; while sad Mary (Katherine Parkinson, the

writer of Sitting) reminisces about her revered older sister Aggie; and defi ant

young Cassandra (Alex Jarrett) expands on her issues with telling the truth.

Occasional split-screen effects pick out the various ways their stories

mesh or differ, while the drama’s moving exploration of love and loss

highlights how preconceptions can crumble.

It’s a strong and clear writer’s voice. I hope we hear plenty more of it.

MARK BRAXTON The view from Katherine Parkinson’s sofa: page 154

Great British Menu8.00pm BBC2

FOOD As the four young chefs from

the South East are all GBM newbies,

they’re not that relaxed in front of

the cameras. So it helps having the

big personality of Andi Oliver in

the kitchen to gee things along.

But if the contestants are tense, it

doesn’t show in their food. There are

tributes to nurse Florence Nightingale

and agriculturist Jethro Tull, while

the theatrical presentations include

dishes that look like Bourbon biscuits

(but aren’t) or are served on a

computer keyboard.

The Veteran Judge puts on his

poker face, giving nothing away as

he tastes what must be plate after

plate of really exquisite food…

because several get full marks.

JANE RACKHAM

Paul O’Grady: for the Love of Dogs8.00pm ITV

DOCUMENTARY Sadly, some people

are so desperate to get a dog that

they don’t worry about where the

animals have come from or think

what it means to look after a dog.

Consequently, Battersea Dogs and

Cats Home has now had an infl ux of

unwanted pets, some the product

of puppy farms.

Paul O’Grady meets a few of them

including Jenny, a nervous rottweiler

who is wary of even Paul’s charms.

However, a spaniel cross that is a

cute bundle of energy simply loves

everybody. And — well, it is Easter —

the centre is caring for a litter of

adorable rabbits that were left at

a bus stop. Inevitably, Paul falls

for them, too. JR

Location, Location, Location8.00pm C4

PROPERTY Kirstie Allsopp and Phil

Spencer return, socially distanced,

for the 35th series. Though the

couple are a respectful two metres

apart throughout, it’s no barrier to

the mutual joshing that’s become

so much a part of their partnership.

In many ways it hardly matters who

the hopefuls are — in this case two

nice couples, Karina and Lloyd, who

have saved a healthy deposit after

living with their parents, and care-

home managers Helen and Richard,

who want a “forever home”. That’s

because Location runs on well-oiled

wheels. Kirstie and Phil show them

properties in the East Midlands, and

the couples either coo or they don’t...

ALISON GRAHAM ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Terror9.00pm BBC2

DRAMA As we reach the fi nal

episode, I can say with some

confi dence that we’ll never see a TV

tie-in cookbook based on the recipes

featuring in The Terror. The rancid

tinned meat was bad enough, but

we’re now at the stage where the

gristliest parts of a human’s body are

being debated as dinner is served.

(It’s the soles of the feet, in case

you’re interested.)

Mind you, it’s hard to say who’s

more desperate for food: the

remaining crew members or the

monstrous Tuunbaq, who’s still out

there seeking sustenance. Its fi nal

attack is like an 18-rated Jurassic

Park, as limbs are sent fl ying in a

frenzy of CGI and squelchy sound

effects. DAVID BROWN

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SITTING COMFORTABLY?Mary (Katherine

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Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales9.00pm More4

DOCUMENTARY “I couldn’t resist

having a little go myself,” says Matt

Baker. About everything. When you

look at presenters who’ve come up

through Blue Peter, he’s very much in

the John Noakes mould. Stick him in

Trafalgar Square and he’d start

shinning up Nelson’s Column.

As it is, he’s ploughing through the

to-do list on his parents’ farm like a

man possessed. In tonight’s episode,

he fi xes a roof, uses a dumper truck

to lay the stones on a new road, and

transports a fl ock of Black Welsh

Mountain sheep from Snowdonia to

Durham. And he’s got an enviably

sweet relationship with his mum, dad,

wife and children. It makes you sick,

it really does. DBr


DRAMA Part three of this swooning,

swaying thriller, and it’s time for

Rebecca (Elaine Cassidy), wife of

burglar-stabbing hothead and general

fl apping ninny Sam (Tom Meeten),

to take control. She puts her feckless

husband in his place and sets out to

silence deranged love rival Angela

(Helen Behan), but Angela’s on the gin

and is immune to reason.

While Rebecca considers the

unthinkable, Sam loses it at work:

one of Intruder’s many majestically

inexplicable tangents is that he’s a

thinly fi ctionalised version of a certain

grandstanding talk-radio host — and

dedicated copper Karen (Sally Lindsay)

stumbles towards a nest of corruption.

Also, Rebecca’s having mysterious

fl ashbacks about a cave! JS

First Dates Hotel9.00pm C4

REALITY Understandably the First

Dates guests want to make the most

of their time at that beautiful Italian

hotel, lounging around the pool in

the sunshine before their dates.

Yet somehow, they never seem to

bump into the person they’ve been

matched with.

As Lawrence is six foot fi ve and very

striking, it’s extraordinary that his date

Hattie hasn’t clocked him before he is

introduced to her at the poolside bar.

They make up for lost time, though.

Also looking for love is

30-something Ollie. He likes knitting

and admits he’s a bit of a mummy’s

boy, but don’t make any assumptions

about his sexuality. He’s been lined

up with Debs, a shy nurse who

loves baking. JR

The Day Will and Kate Got Married 9.00pm ITV

DOCUMENTARY After all the

overwhelming media coverage of the

Harry and Meghan TV interview and

its repercussions, it makes a nice

change to see a positive and uplifting

programme about our royal family.

Those who were at Westminster

Abbey on 29 April 2011 to see a

commoner marry the future King

share their memories of the day, as do

those who made the lace for the bride’s

dress or sang in the choir, while royal

commentators add their views on the

pair’s lengthy courtship. Even more

illuminating is hearing from wedding

guests like Kate’s uncle Gary (who tells

how Charles made a “great” and funny

speech at the private celebration) and

the butcher and publican from the

village where Kate was brought up.

It’s not all pageantry and joy,

though. Bob Broadhurst, who was

Gold Commander at the Met, reveals

the stresses of policing such a

high-profi le event at a time when

terrorism and violent protests were

a real threat. JR

BBC3 continues to chronicle how

dangerous the Wild West of the

internet can be, particularly for

women, with its new documentary

When Nudes Are Stolen (iPlayer).

The investigation is conducted by

Jess Davies (right), who worked as a

glamour model as a teenager and now

cannot escape the legacy of those

photos: not because they embarrass

her directly but because of how

they’re used on the web. It emerges

that pictures of Davies are regularly

deployed by con artists targeting

lonely men — and that the fi les can

be acquired from underground

forums where nude photos are

traded without any thought for

how the people in them might feel.

Like the recent Zara McDermott:

Revenge Porn, also on iPlayer,

it’s a chilling illustration of how little

control we have over what happens

online. JACK SEALE

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Casino Royale9.00pm ITV4

Daniel Craig gives a tough but

human portrayal of James

Bond in this thrilling spy drama.

(2006) See page 36

Grey’s Anatomy 9pm, 10pm Sky Witness

The indestructible US medical

drama returns for its 17th

series, with the surgeons

dealing with the pandemic.

This Is My House 9.00pm BBC1

Guest panellist Jimmy Carr

tries to pick the real Gemma

from a line-up of four, who are

all claiming to be on the deeds

of a house in Farnham, Surrey.

LA’s Finest 9.00pm 5USA

McKenna is fi nding it hard to

keep hiding the truth about

her mother’s death from Syd.

Devils 9.00pm SkyAtlantic

Massimo is looking to resolve

some personal issues related

to his past. Financial drama,

with Alessandro Borghi.

L Champions League Football:

Porto v Chelsea7pm (k/o 8pm) BT Sport 2 N’Golo Kanté keeps

the Chelsea midfi eld ticking.

Bayern Munich v Paris

Saint-Germain7.15pm (k/o 8pm)BT Sport 3

L Darts: Premier League

7pmSky Sports Action

L Cycling: Basque Tour

2.30pmEurosport 1

L Weightlifting: European

Championships 6pmEuro1

LIVE SPORT


6.00am Breakfast Louise Minchin, Dan Walker. (S) (HD)

9.15 Morning Live Weekday magazine. (S) (HD)

10.00 Homes under the Hammer Properties in the seaside town of Margate and Carnforth in Lancashire, and a residence near Chesterfield. (R) (S) (HD)

11.00 Frontline Fightback The dramatic police chase that led to the capture of two professional burglars. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

11.45 Paramedics on Scene Just outside Edinburgh, paramedics Dan and Leigh rush to a car park following reports of a person having a seizure. (Revised rpt) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Anita Manning is at Newark Antiques Fair in Nottinghamshire. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)


1.45 Impossible Rick Edwards hosts the quiz show. Repeated tomorrow 6.30am BBC2 (S) (HD)

2.30 Money for Nothing Bex Simon almost meets her match with a filing cabinet that requires all her creative flair and upholstery artist Ray Clarke struggles to coax an old sofa back to life. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Jonnie Irwin helps a couple find a home in Worcestershire. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.45—4.30 Ready Steady Cook Competitive couple Declan and Clare take on the culinary challenge. (S) (HD)



8.00—9.00 Sign Zone 8.00 New series. See Hear Why children of deaf adults are still being used as interpreters for their parents in emergencies. Presented by Julian Peedle- Calloo and Yvonne Cobb. With voiceover. Repeated 1.05am (S) (HD) 8.30 My Unique B&B 14/15. In the Forest of Dean, the team convert an old horse cart into a cosy B&B. (R) (S) (HD)


1.00pm Head Hunters Quiz with Rob Beckett. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Best House in Town Cardiff homeowners have their properties judged by neighbours. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 800 Words 6/16 Series 3. George’s house is full of more waifs and strays than usual. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.15 Golf: the Masters 2020 Review A look back at the Major from the Augusta National in Georgia, which Tiger Woods entered as the defending champion. With commentary from Peter Alliss. (S) (HD)

4.15 Nature’s Microworlds Steve Backshall explores the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest. (R) (S) (HD)

4.45—5.15 Eggheads Jeremy Vine hosts. (R) (S) (HD)


9.00 Lorraine Fashion, food and chat. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Celebrity chat and lifestyle features. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Distanced discussion. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Judge Rinder Real-life cases. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tenable Five family members from Lincoln take part. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather




9.05 Frasier Two back-to-back episodes. (R) (S) (AD)

10.00 Escape to the Château: DIY Fiona has 24 hours to prepare for her first ever wedding. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 The Great House Giveaway Strangers Harry and Kaylum buy a majestic detached house at auction in Greater Manchester. (R) (S) (HD) 12 noon News (S) (HD)

12.05pm Couples Come Dine with Me Three couples compete in Nottinghamshire. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It In Berkshire, the duo meet professional gardener Mark whose barns are filled with bikes, bric-a-brac and baggage. (R) (S) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest Nicki Chapman. (S) (HD)

3.00 A Place in the Sun Laura Hamilton helps a couple find a holiday home in Tenerife. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00 A New Life in the Sun In France, two gîte owners race to renovate their barn, and a family open their business on the Costa Blanca. (R) (S) (HD)

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The Terror 9.00pm Close encounters of the weird kind: Francis and his men face a final battle with a strange foe

4.30pm The Repair ShopFeaturing a talking doll which has lost its voice.Series producer Paula Fasht Executive producers Hannah Lamb and Emma Walsh (S) (HD)

5.15 PointlessQuiz presented by Alexander Armstrong.Executive producers Tamara Gilder and Richard Hague (S) (HD)



Followed by Party Election Broadcast ALL EXCEPT LONDON By the Labour Party. (S) (HD)

LONDON ONLY By the Conservative Party. (S) (HD)

7.00 The One ShowPresented by Alex Jones and Amol Rajan. (S) (HD)


7.30 The Bidding RoomItems include a catalogue from an auction organised to help people who lost loved ones in the Titanic disaster and an unusual, early 20th-century, moulded men’s underwear advert. Presented by Nigel Havers. Producer Shane Normoyle; Executive producers Emma Walsh, Claire Egerton-Jones and David Sayer (Revised repeat) (S) (HD)

8.00 The Repair ShopElectronics wizard Mark Stuckey works on a home- made gramophone from the 1880s, horologist Steve Fletcher restores a set of scales, Suzie Fletcher works on a leather bag and woodwork expert Will Kirk tackles an Egyptian table. (Revised repeat) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 This Is My House3/6. Stacey Dooley hosts the show in which four people claim to own the same house. Only one of them is telling the truth, though. Tonight, regulars Bill Bailey, Emily Atack, Judi Love and Jamali Maddix are joined by comedian Jimmy Carr as they attempt to uncover the true homeowner, called Gemma. As usual, it isn’t easy to work out who’s telling the truth, as each “Gemma” involved has their own explanation for the home’s technicolour cladding and out-there interior. Exec producers Tom Whitrow, Richard Bacon, Nick Weidenfeld (S) (AD) (HD)


10.45 When Nudes Are StolenWhen Jess Davies started glamour modelling as an 18-year-old, she had no idea that she would be subject to online abuse and trolling, or equally that fraudsters would use pictures of her to target men all around the world. As part of her investigation into the online trade in intimate pictures, she begins to realise the impact all this has had on her and her relationships. Available on iPlayer since 6am.Director/Producer Hannah Livingston (S) (HD)

11.30 Pls Like3/6 Series 3. Sports & Fitness. Liam follows the build-up to a boxing match to be streamed online. 11.50 4/6. Food & Drink. Liam visits photographer Declan for a tutorial on taking better pictures of food. The whole series is available on iPlayer.Liam Liam WilliamsJames Wirm Tim KeyAlbert Mark SilcoxCharlie South Jonathan PointingDeclan Seb CardinalHen Arnab ChandaDumpGhost Tom StourtonBobby King Jonathan Livingstone

Millipede Emma SidiHoneydew Eleanor NawalJo Kemah BobFreya the protestor Ellen RobertsonSasha the trainer Duaa KarimGasghost Barney FishwickDina Discourse Shivani ThussuNatalie Finch Rebekah Murrell

Writer Liam Williams; Director Simon Bird (S) (HD)

12.05am Sort Your Life Out The Yaku family take up the decluttering challenge. Shown Easter Monday 6.25pm (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 1.10—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

5.15pm Flog It!Philip Serrell and Nick Davies value antiques at Wallasey Town Hall on the Wirral. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of GamesWith Radzi Chinyanganya, Hal Cruttenden, Kerry Godliman and Ebony Rainford-Brent. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Saved and RemadeA huge garden playhouse and some precious Jamaican fabric that connects a mother and daughter 6,000 miles apart receive a makeover courtesy of Sabrina Grant and her talented team. (S) (HD)

7.00 Your Home Made Perfect2/7 Series 2. Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison pitch different solutions to Punam and Anuj whose five-bedroom 1930s family home in Surrey suffers from a poorly designed layout. Robert turns conventional wisdom on its head with a visually striking, flexible design while Laura proposes a welcoming, light-filled series of interconnected spaces. Angela Scanlon presents. Continues tomorrow 7pm. (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Great British Menu

aThis week, in the ultra-competitive London and the South East heat, chefs Oli Marlow, Kim

Ratcharoen, Ben Murphy and Tony Parkin serve canapés, starters and fish dishes that have been inspired by British invention and innovation. Judge and Michelin-starred chef Paul Ainsworth is on hand to taste their food. But will he be impressed with starters such as quail with a seeded satay sauce, a baby vegetable garden with truffle ragu and an artichoke salad with stout reduction? It’s up to him to decide who will be going home. Hosted by Andi Oliver. Continues tomorrow 8pm. See page 88. (S) (HD)

9.00 The Terror

a10/10 Series 1. We Are Gone. The expedition reaches its climax as the men find themselves in

a final confrontation with the mythological entities whose land they have trespassed into. Edward Little tries to organise a rescue party. The whole series is available on iPlayer. See page 88. (S) (AD) (HD)

Francis Crozier Jared HarrisHenry Goodsir Paul ReadyCornelius Hickey Adam NagaitisLieutenant Edward Little Matthew McNulty

John Bridgens John LynchLieutenant George Hodgson Christos LawtonCharles Des Voeux Sebastian ArmestoThomas Jopson Liam Garrigan

9.55 Rick Stein’s Long WeekendsThe chef tastes the culinary delights of Copenhagen.Director/Producer David Pritchard (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 QI XLJohnny Vegas, Ronni Ancona and Jimmy Carr join regular panellist Alan Davies and host Sandi Toksvig to contemplate the theme “naval navigation”.Director Ian Lorimer; Producers Piers Fletcher and John Lloyd (R) (S) (HD)

10.45 Newsnight With Emily Maitlis. (S) (HD)


11.30 Finding Jack Charlton 5

qCharting the former England football player’s second career as a manager, notably his time

with the Republic of Ireland national team in the 1980s and 90s. The film-makers follow Charlton through what proved to be the final 18 months of his life, as he struggles with dementia and reflects on a remarkable career. Available on iPlayer for the next 12 months.Directors Gabriel Clarke and Pete Thomas (2020, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.05—3.35am Sign Zone 1.05 See Hear The importance of a positive body image. With voiceover. Shown 8am (S) (HD) 1.35 Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr 8/8. The two finalists transform holiday villas in Cornwall. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 2.35 MasterChef Tonight, in the last heat, the final five amateurs produce their signature dishes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

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BBC1 SCOTLAND6.30—7.00pm Reporting Scotland; Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 7.00—8.00 River City 12.05am The Edit 12.20 Debate Night 1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.25—6.00 BBC News

BBC SCOTLAND7.00pm Flour Power 7.30 My Kind of Town 8.00 Scotland’s Home of the Year 8.30 Island Medics 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Scot Squad 10.30 Debate Night 11.30—12 midnight Shelf Isolation

STV6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 10.00 ITV News at Ten; STV News; Weather 10.40 Scotland Tonight 11.05 My Years with the Queen 12 midnight For the Love of Britain 12.25—3.00am Nightscreen

BORDER SCOTLAND6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

BBC1 WALES6.30—7.00pm BBC Wales Today; Party Election Broadcast: by the Welsh Conservatives 7.30—8.00 Our Food, Our Family with Michela Chiappa

ITV WALES6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by the Welsh Conservatives

BBC1 NORTHERN IRELAND7.30—8.00pm Suzie Lee: Home Cook Hero 10.45 True North: Islam, Belfast and Me 11.15 When Nudes Are Stolen 12 midnight Pls Like 12.35am Sort Your Life Out 1.35—6.00 BBC News

BBC2 NORTHERN IRELAND10.00pm Oilithreacht 10.30—10.45 Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin

UTV6.00—6.30pm UTV Live; Weather

Paul O’Grady: for the Love of Dogs

8.00pm Paws for thought: Paul meets more pets needing a home

Lights Up: Sitting 10.30pm Full disclosure: Mary sits for a painter and opens her heart

Location, Location, Location 8.00pm Kirstie Allsopp helps a former chef and his partner

4.00pm Tipping PointQuiz hosted by Ben Shephard. (R) (S) (HD)

5.00 The ChaseAsh, Zoe, Chris and Sam take part. (R) (S) (HD)


6.25 Party Election Broadcast ALL EXCEPT LONDON By the Labour Party. (S) (HD)

LONDON ONLY By the Conservative Party. (S) (HD)


7.00 EmmerdaleManpreet suppresses her jealousy.Manpreet Sharma Rebecca SarkerBob Hope Tony AudenshawLaurel Thomas Charlotte BellamyLeanna Cavanagh Mimi SlingerLeyla Harding Roxy ShahidiLiam Cavanagh Jonny McPhersonLiv Flaherty Isobel SteeleLydia Dingle Karen BlickLuke Posner Max ParkerMackenzie Boyd Lawrence RobbMandy Dingle Lisa RileyMarlon Dingle Mark CharnockMatty Barton Ash PalmiscianoMeena Jutla Paige SandhuMoira Dingle Natalie J RobbNate Robinson Jurell Carter

Nicola King Nicola WheelerPaddy Dingle Dominic BruntPaul Ashdale Reece DinsdalPearl Ladderbanks Meg JohnsonPriya Kotecha Fiona WadeRhona Goskirk Zoe HenryRishi Sharma Bhasker PatelRodney Blackstock Patrick MowerRyan Stocks James MooreSam Dingle James HootonSarah Sugden Katie HillVanessa Woodfield Michelle HardwickVictoria Sugden Isabel HodginsVinny Dingle Bradley JohnsonWill Taylor Dean AndrewsZak Dingle Steve Halliwell

Writer Anna Clements This week’s episodes produced by Sophie Roper and Laura Shaw, directed by Neil Alderton and Ruth Carney More cast Thu Rptd tomorrow 8am and 12.30pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Coronation StreetHarvey heads into Leanne’s trap.Writer Jan McVerry Cast Easter Monday/Friday Repeated tomorrow 8.30am and 1pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Paul O’Grady: for the Love of Dogs

a1/9 Series 9. Paul returns to meet the furry guests at Battersea Dogs and Cat Home. He

helps a shy rottweiler who struggles to bond with people and is astonished when a family of rabbits turn up at the door. See page 88.Executive producer Mark Scantlebury (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Coronation StreetCathy apologises for her online comments.Writer Joe Turner Repeated tomorrow 9am and 1.30pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Day Will and Kate Got Married

aA look back at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in April 2011, when an

audience of more than two billion people tuned in to watch the occasion. Family, friends and insiders share their memories, including ex-Metropolitan Police Commander Bob Broadhurst, who was in charge of security on the day. See page 89. Director/Producer Janice Sutherland (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 ITV News at TenWeather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 My Years with the QueenLady Pamela Hicks, the daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten, talks about growing up within the royal family and her relationship with the Queen.Director/Producer John Holdsworth Shown last Thu (S) (AD) (HD) The Queen Unseen is tomorrow 9pm

11.40 For the Love of BritainEp 9. Liz Bonnin visits Kent’s white cliffs of Dover.Shown yesterday 7.30pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15 Alan Carr’s Epic Game Show The comedian hosts a revival of Strike it Lucky. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 4.05 Nightscreen Text information. (HD) 5.05—6.00am Tipping Point (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

7.00pm Canal Boat Diaries3/4 Series 2. Stourport Basins to Kingswood Junction. Having navigated the mighty River Severn, Robbie Millen struggles to get through the Tardebigge lock flight in Worcestershire. Concludes tomorrow 7.10pm.Repeated 1am First shown on BBC1 West (S) (HD)

7.30 The Joy of PaintingBob Ross paints a secluded waterfall, standing tall and proud deep in the mountains. More tomorrow 7.40pm.Repeated 12.30am (S)

8.00 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley2/3. The historian explores how science and detection influenced the popular culture around murder during Victorian times. The presenter also reveals that when Jack the Ripper began his reign of terror at the same time Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published, the idea of the serial killer was introduced to the British public.Director/Producer Rachel Jardine Signed repeat 2.30am (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 Dark Son: the Hunt for a Serial KillerCriminologist David Wilson examines the murders of six women in mid- 1960s London, which remain unsolved to this day. Could there be a link with another case, from 1921, in which a teenage boy in Monmouthshire killed two girls? The treatment of the bodies in both cases suggests they were the work of the same culprit.Director David Howard Executive Producer Rik Hall (R) (S) (HD)

10.30 Lights Up: Sitting

aAdapted from the debut play of award-winning actress Katherine

Parkinson, this drama follows three characters as they sit for a silent painter. During these sittings, Luke, Cassandra and Mary reveal truths about love, loss and the importance of human connection. See page 89.Mary Katherine ParkinsonLuke Mark WeinmanCassandra Alex JarrettJohn Paul JessonDirector Jeremy Herrin; Producer Celia Dugua (S) (HD)

The view from Katherine Parkinson’s sofa: page 154

11.30 How to Make…the TrainerDesigner and materials engineer Zoe Laughlin meets leading UK trainer designers and manufacturers and talks to young inventors who are working on sustainable creations, before producing her own bespoke trainers.Director Paul Vanezis Producers Jake Clifford and Ekta Walia (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am The Joy of Painting Shown 7.30pm (S) 1.00 Canal Boat Diaries Shown 7pm (S) (HD) 1.30 Crime and Punishment: the Story of Capital Punishment — Timeshift Examining the history of the death sentence. Shown yesterday 10pm (S) (HD) 2.30—3.30am A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley Shown 8pm (S) (SL) (HD)

5.00pm Four in a BedThe Chequers Inn in Battle, East Sussex. (S) (HD)

5.30 The SimpsonsThe Colour Yellow. Lisa finds an old diary written by her ancestor, Eliza Simpson. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Stealing First Base. Bart develops a crush on a girl at school called Nikki. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 HollyoaksIn an episode with a focus on mental health, some of the Hollyoaks residents reveal their most vulnerable sides as they confront their pasts. Writer Alan Flanagan Cast Tue/Thu This week’s episodes directed by Miguel Guerreiro Shown yesterday 7pm E4 Rptd tomorrow 6.30am E4 Next episode follows on E4 (S) (AD) (HD)


8.00 Location, Location, Location

a New series. Ep 1. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer return to help more house hunters.

This week, they are in the East Midlands helping two couples at different stages in life. Phil meets Lloyd and Karina, who like the rural feel of villages around Northampton, but want to be close to Lloyd’s parents and transport links to London for work. Kirstie helps Helen and Richard, who fell in love later in life. A good kitchen-diner is at the top of former chef Richard’s wish list. See p88.Directors Sasha Webb and Josh Good; Series producer Julyan Sinclair Repeated Friday 9pm 4seven (S) (HD)

9.00 First Dates Hotel

a Ep 3 Series 6. Barmaid Hattie, 23, has heard all manner of chat-up lines but has never

had a real relationship. Her date is self-professed mummy’s boy, Lawrence. Retired dock worker Albert has been single for 24 years. He brought up his two daughters alone, and they are now keen to see him find a partner. He is matched with 70-year-old thrill-seeker Carol. And Ollie, a 31-year-old airline worker from Loughborough, meets cancer nurse Debs. The first five series are available online at All 4. See page 89.Executive producers Adam Chapman and Richard Mills Series editor Rosie Franks Repeated tomorrow 10.20pm 4seven and Friday 11.35pm Channel 4 (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The CircleThe latest events from the reality show where contestants live in the same building but don’t meet face to face, as they compete to win £100,000. Continues tomorrow 10pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Strangers Making Babies3/4. Fertility specialist Dr Marie Wren and a team of experts help single people find the ideal co-parent. Venicia and Sarah introduce their potential matches to friends and family. Businesswoman Trinity discusses with musician Nigel how having a child may affect their careers.Series director Kate Siney; Executive producers Simon Andreae, Sunshine Jackson and Cal Turner (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef returns to Giuseppi’s and Sante La Brea. (R) (S) 12.55 Wife Swap USA A biker’s wife swaps lives with a social media influencer. First shown on E4 (S) (SL) (HD)

1.40 Joy ★★★★ Biographical drama starring

qJennifer Lawrence. Over-stretched but practical working mother Joy Mangano constructs a self-

wringing mop to help with the housework. Encouraged by a friend, she decides to market her invention.Director David O Russell (2015, 12) (S) (SL) (AD) (W) (HD)

3.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces A couple customise an old German fire truck. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 4.35 The £100k Drop Davina McCall hosts. (R) (S) (HD) 5.25 Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza First shown E4 (S) (AD) (HD) 5.50—6.30am Countdown With Konnie Huq. (R) (S) (HD)


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7.00am Brojects in the House (S) (HD) 8.00 American Pickers (S) (HD) 9.00 Storage Hunters (S) (HD) 10.00 American Pickers (S) (HD)

12 noon Soapbox Race (S) (HD) 1.00pm Top Gear (S) (AD) 3.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Top Gear (S) (AD)

6.00pm Taskmaster 2/8 Series 5. Nish Kumar pretends he is Robin Hood. (S) (HD)7.00 Would I Lie to You? Guests include Larry Lamb, Jo Brand and Russell Howard. (S)7.40 Room 101 Sue Perkins, Bruno Tonioli and Steve Jones discuss their pet hates. (S) (HD)8.20 With guests Len Goodman, Ronni Ancona and Tim Vine. (S) (HD)9.00 QI XL Guests include Aisling Bea. (HD)10.00 Pride at the Apollo Memorable moments from the likes of Fern Brady, Desiree Burch and Alan Carr. (S) (AD) (HD)10.40 Mock the Week With Ed Byrne, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, Romesh Ranganathan and Ed Gamble. (S) (HD)11.20 Would I Lie to You? (S)

12 midnight Room 101 (S) (HD) 1.15am QI XL (HD)2.15 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience (S)2.45—4.00am The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00am Ferne McCann: First Time Mum (S) (HD)

8.00 Buying and Selling (S) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe

12 noon Masters of Flip (S) (HD) 12.55pm The Real Housewives of Orange County (S)

(HD) 1.25 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum (S)

(HD) 2.25 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD)

3.10 Million Dollar Listing: NYC (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of New York City (S) (HD)

5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Kyle and Lisa visit a dermatologist. (S) (HD)

6.00pm Masters of Flip Dave and Kortney try to create a family-friendly home. (S) (HD)

7.00 Buying and Selling A single home for three generations of women. (S) (HD)

8.00 Dinner Date Wesley from York goes on three blind dates. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Sam and Billie: the Mummy Diaries Sam celebrates her 30th birthday with a virtual party. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The Only Way Is Essex Things are moving fast in Demi’s relationship. (S) (HD)

11.00 The Real Housewives of PotomacAshley searches for happiness. (S) (HD)

11.55 The Only Way Is Essex Ferne and Jasmin clash at Arg’s party. (S) (HD)

12.45am—1.00am FYI Extra (HD)

6.00am Classic Coronation Street (S) 6.55 Classic Emmerdale (S) 8.00 Heartbeat (S) (AD) 9.00 Bless This House (S) 9.30 On the Buses (S) 10.35 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (S) (AD) (HD) 11.40 Wycliffe (S) (HD)

12.40pm Heartbeat (S) (AD) 1.45 Classic Emmerdale: Bernice tells Mandy to scrub the cellar while she and Tricia go to the ball (S)2.50 Classic Coronation Street: Samantha apologises to Des, and Fiona goes into labour(S) 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple (S) (AD) (HD)

5.55pm Agatha Christie’s PoirotMurder in the Mews. Among the random fireworks explosions of Guy Fawkes Night there’s a loud bang — and a young woman is found dead. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Wycliffe2/6 Series 1. The Dead FlautistFamily feuds and illicit relationships are highlighted by the apparent suicide of an amateur flautist on a country estate. (S) (HD)

8.00 Endeavour4/4 Series 2. Neverland. As 1966 draws to a close, a journalist’s body found in strange circumstances threatens to expose horrors from the past, and Endeavour and Thursday find themselves staring into the dark heart of corruption. (S) (AD) (HD)DC Endeavour Morse Shaun EvansDI Fred Thursday Roger AllamChief Superintendent Reginald Bright Anton LesserDr Max DeBryn James BradshawDS Peter Jakes Jack LaskeyPC Jim Strange Sean RigbyHenry Portmore Oliver ColemanNicholas Myers Andrew Gower

10.00 Law & Order: UK5/6 Series 2. Love and Loss. Brooks and Devlin investigate the death of a teenager who was working as a drugs mule. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 WycliffeSeries 3. Number of the Beast. Unexplained killings rock Bodmin, giving rise to fears that a so-called “beast” has returned. (S)

12.10am Inspector Morse (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

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7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD)8.00 Emmerdale (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 8.25 Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! (S) 9.20 Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 10.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.50 FILM Antz HHHH Animated adventure featuring the voice of Woody Allen (S) (W) (HD)

12.30pm Emmerdale Shown yesterday 7pm ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00 Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! (S) 2.00 New. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD) 2.55 Love Bites (S) (AD) (HD)3.55 The Masked Singer US (S) (HD) 5.45 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (S) (HD)

6.15pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban HHHH

qFantasy adventure. With Sirius Black on the run, Harry begins his third year at

Hogwarts surrounded by security. But is Black the real threat, or is someone deadlier trying to get close to Harry? Review p33.Harry Potter Daniel RadcliffeRon Weasley Rupert GrintHermione Granger Emma WatsonRubeus Hagrid Robbie ColtraneSirius Black Gary OldmanDirector Alfonso Cuarón (2004, PG) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

9.00 Family GuySeries 3. Peter helps Joe train for the decathlon at the Paralympics. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Peter is struck by lightning. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Plebs3/8 Series 4. Jason bets Aurelius he can beat him in the big race. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 4/8. Marcus starts dating popular Roman satirist Minerva. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Family GuySeries 3. Lois learns martial arts. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 American Dad!Series 7. Stan and Francine meet an adventurous couple. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Stan embarks on a project to open a restaurant. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30am Hey Tracey! (S) (HD) 1.30 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility (S) (HD) 2.15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD)


6.00am Only When I Laugh (S) 6.25 Robin of Sherwood (S) 7.25 The Saint (S) 8.20 Dempsey and Makepeace (S) (AD) 9.20 The Professionals (S) (AD) 10.25 Minder(S) (AD) 11.30 Monster Carp (S) (HD)


6.55pm The Chase Celebrity SpecialToyah Willcox, John Barnes, Germaine Greer and Audley Harrison take part. (S) (HD)8.00 Mr Bean Bean goes swimming and takes his girlfriend to the cinema. (S) (AD) (HD)8.30 Bean goes shopping for a TV and has problems with an itchy foot. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 FILM Casino Royale HHHH Spy adventure starring Daniel Craig in his fi rst appearance as 007. James Bond sets off in pursuit of Le Chiffre, a corrupt banker who fi nances terrorism, and formulates a plan to ruin him in a high-stakes poker game. Film of the Day: page 36. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12 midnight FILM The Gauntlet HHH Action crime drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 2.15am The Protectors (S) 2.40—3.00am Nightscreen (HD)

7.15am Monarch of the Glen 8.25 The Bill(S) 9.30 Classic Holby City (HD) 10.55 Classic Casualty: Kelsey’s past comes back to haunt her

12 noon The Bill (S) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders 2.20 Soldier Soldier (S) 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small (S) 4.20 Lovejoy (S) 5.25 Fresh Fields: Hester learns her fencing instructor has developed feelings for her

6.00pm Waiting for GodTom becomes depressed after suffering a mild heart attack, so the management enlists Diana’s help to try to cheer him up. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer WineCompo, Clegg and Foggy prove that the invention of the wheel might not have been a good idea after all. (S) (AD)

7.20 Compo decides he needs to match up to Rudolph Valentino so Foggy devises an assault course to help him improve his fitness — but Clegg stays well out of it. (S)

8.00 Judge John Deed4/4 Series 3. Economic ImperativeJo is shocked when a single mother, fighting a lawsuit against the mobile phone company she blames for her incurable cancer, asks the lawyer to take care of her son after she dies. (S) (AD)

Judge John Deed Martin ShawRita “Coop” Cooper Barbara ThornJo Mills Jenny SeagroveSir Monty Everard Simon WardSir Ian Rochester Simon Chandler

10.00 New Tricks1/10 Series 12. Last Man Standing 1/2Gerry is spooked when the team is called in after the discovery of a policeman’s corpse that has lain untouched under a basement for 30 years. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.20 Silent Witness2/5 Series 18. Falling Angels. A man is run down and killed by a Tube train, and not long after a female vicar is murdered on the Underground, leaving the team searching for a link. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.40am The Bill (S) 2.45—4.00am Cadfael (S)

6.00am Milkshake! See page 94

9.15 New. Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.15 Build a New Life in the CountryA Georgian rectory in Leicestershire. (S) (HD)

12.15pm 5 News (S) (HD)

12.20 Our B&B Dream A couple in Bedfordshire have rooms to spare. (S) (HD)

1.15 Home and Away Show yesterday 6.30pm 5 Star Repeated 6pm (S) (AD) (HD)


2.15 Fatherly Obsession HH Thriller.

q A woman who moves to LA faces danger at the hands of her creepy

landlord. Director Daniel Ringey (2017) (S) (W) (HD)

4.00 Rich House, Poor House The Bentley family swap homes with single parent Angela and her four children. (S) (HD)


5.30 NeighboursRoxy posts fl yers to fi nd her attacker.Shown 1.45pm Repeated 6pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Home and AwayWhen Dean learns what happened to Bella, he decides not to tell Amber.Shown 1.15pm Next episode 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)


7.00 New. The Tower of London: UnlockedRevealing the the Tower of London’s infamous past as a place of terror and execution, including the story of Guy Fawkes’s brutal torture. (S) (HD)


8.00 New. Springtime on the Farm3/4 Series 4. At Cannon Hall Farm, Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson witness dramatic arrivals as farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson welcome some “new kids” on the block. More tomorrow at 8pm. (S) (HD)


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a3/4. Sam struggles over what to do about Angela. Meanwhile, Bailey

makes a breakthrough — but hits a wall when she tries to escalate her fi ndings. Concludes tomorrow at 9pm. See p89.For cast see Monday. (S) (HD)

10.00 The Town the Gypsies Took OverExploring Britain’s oldest and most exclusive Gypsy gathering — the Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, a traditional festival attended by more than 10,000 travellers from far and wide.Directors Craig Ellis, Andrew Ferguson and David MacCormack (S) (HD)

11.30 Extreme Nightmare TenantsHousing offi cer Steve Broderick helps Birmingham tenant Jason Cook, who is living in atrocious conditions. (S) (HD)

12.30am Wonderful World of Chocolate(S) (HD) 12.55 Entertainment News (S) (HD) 1.00 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 Entertainment News (S) (HD) 3.10 Friends (S) (HD) 4.00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (S) (HD) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (S) (SL) 5.10 Nick’s Quest (S) (SL) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL)

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The Delta Force 9.00pm Scott and Nick board a hijacked plane in Beirut

Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales

9.00pm Matt and Janice look ahead

8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (S) (HD)9.15 A Place in the Sun (S) (HD) 10.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It: double bill (S) (HD)


6.55pm Escape to the Château: DIYPhilip and Angelina host a party. (S) (HD)

7.55 Grand DesignsKevin McCloud revisits a handcrafted woodland cottage in Sussex. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales

a2/4. Matt calls in old family friend Richard to help him build a new road

around the farm. See page 89. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Eight out of Ten Cats Does CountdownSean Lock and Kerry Godliman take on Jon Richardson and Joe Wilkinson. (S) (HD)

11.05 Jon Snow’s Very Hard QuestionsEp 8. Knowledge is Power and We Three Kings go head to head. (S) (HD)

12.05am 999: on the Front Line (S) (HD) 1.10 Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown (S) (HD)

2.15 Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales (S) (AD)

(HD)3.20—3.45am Food Unwrapped (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown Mon/Tue 6.30pm C47.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00 Black-ish (AD) 9.00 Baby Daddy 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 The Goldbergs (AD)

12 noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 1.00pm The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.30 The Goldbergs (AD) 3.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD)4.30 Married at First Sight Australia 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 10/24Series 6. Sheldon has to take care of Amy. (AD)6.30 11/24. Leonard tries to get Sheldon into the Christmas mood by playing a game. (AD)7.00 New. Hollyoaks Cleo is shocked to discover how far Toby has gone to protect her. Cast pp81/91 Rptd Thu 6.30pm C4 (AD)7.30 New. Below Deck MediterraneanHannah’s struggle with Kasey comes to a head when she learns she lied on her CV. (AD)8.30 The Big Bang Theory 5/24 Series 9Penny, Amy and Bernadette help Stuart attract more female customers. (AD)9.00 Gogglebox 2020 Memorable moments over the course of the year. (AD)11.00 The Big Bang Theory 6/24 Series 5Sheldon’s mother comes to visit. (AD)11.30 7/24. The gang celebrates Halloween by playing pranks on Sheldon. (AD)

12 midnight Gogglebox (AD) 1.05am Taskmaster: with Sally Phillips (AD) 2.10 First Dates (AD)3.05 Gogglebox (AD) 4.00 The Big Bang Theory: double bill (AD) 4.50—6.00am Black-ish (AD)



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9.00am Entertainment News (S) (HD) 9.15 Traffi c Cops (S) (HD) 11.15 UK’s Strongest Man 2020 (S) (HD) 12.20pm FILM Coroner Creek HH Western starring Randolph Scott (S)2.10 FILM The Kansan HHH Western starring Richard Dix (S) 4.00 Sewermen(S) (HD) 5.00 Police Interceptors (S) (HD)

6.00pm Traffic Cops: under AttackA high-speed night-time pursuit in Bradford heightens tensions in the community. (S) (HD)

7.00 Traffic Cops: on the EdgeTwo road-crime teams track cars believed to be connected to firearms offences. (S) (HD)

8.00 Police InterceptorsMultiple units give chase as a gang of burglars flee in three stolen cars. (S) (HD)

9.00 The Delta Force HH

qAction adventure starring Chuck Norris. An anti-terrorist squad is

ordered to reassemble when extremists hijack a plane and force it to land in Beirut. Director Menahem Golan (1986, 15) (S) (HD)

11.35 Rise of the Footsoldier Part ll HH

qCrime drama sequel starring Ricci Harnett. A gang leader is drawn deeper

into a world of drug-fuelled violence.Director Ricci Harnett (2015, 15) (S) (HD)

1.55am The A-Team (S) (AD) (HD) 4.50—5.00am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

9.00am Four in a Bed 9.30 A New Life in the Sun 10.30 A Place in the Sun 1.30pm Come Dine with Me 4.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA: in New Jersey5.00pm A Place in the Sun A couple from the Wirral want a holiday home in Tenerife.6.00 A holistic therapist searches for a home on the coastline of western Madeira.7.00 Jonnie Irwin helps a couple fi nd a holiday home in or around Marina Almeria, Spain.7.45 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 5/5. In the fi nal round, Matt Lucas welcomes broadcaster Anneka Rice, comedian John Bishop, pop star Nadine Coyle, and wheelchair basketball player and TV presenter Ade Adepitan to the tent. See choice, p78. Shown yesterday 8pm C4 (AD)9.00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets Harry and Briony, who moved to Cornwall to fulfi l Harry’s dream of building a home inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. (AD)10.00 FILM BlacKkKlansman HHHH

Crime thriller based on a true story, starring John David Washington. In 1972, black cop Ron Stallworth sees a Ku Klux Klan recruitment poster, and poses over the phone as a white supremacist. Ron then enlists the help of a white colleague, and mounts a sting operation. Review p33. (AD)

12.45am First Dates Hotel: two editions (AD)2.55 The Dog House (AD) 3.55—4.55am The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick (AD)

9.00am Walker, Texas Ranger (HD) 10.00 Matlock 11.05 CSI: Miami (HD) 12 noon Medium 1.00pm JAG 3.00 Perry Mason (HD) 5.00 Unsolved Mysteries 6.55 Judge Judy 9.00 Medium: Allison is asked to help select a jury 10.00 CSI: Miami: a corrupt local politician is found dead (HD) 11.00 Unsolved Mysteries 12 midnight Judge Judy 1.00am ER (HD)2.00 Medium 3.00 CSI: Miami (HD) 4.00 Bondi Rescue 5.00—6.00am Matlock

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8.00am Entertainment News (HD) 8.10 Rich Kids Go Skint (S) (HD) 9.00 Filthy House SOS(HD) 10.00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (S) (HD) 12.05pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD) 1.00 Police Interceptors(HD) 4.05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD)6.00pm Neighbours Roxy posts fl yers to fi nd her attacker. Shown 5.30pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)6.30 New. Home and Away Jasmine hides her ring from Lewis. Rptd Thu 6pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Supermarket Deals: Are They Worth it? With Michelle Ackerley. (S) (HD)8.00 Hoarders: Stockpile Avalanche (S) (HD)9.00 New. Filthy House SOS The team is called out to a house in York. (S) (HD)10.00 22 Kids and Counting The Radford children return to school after lockdown. (S) (HD)11.00 Student Sex Workers: Stripping to Study Paramedic science student Jasmine opens up about her experiences. (S) (HD)12.05am First Time Call Girl (S) (HD) 1.05 Ambulance: Code Red (S) (AD) (HD) 2.05 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts (S) (HD) 3.10 Neighbours (S) (AD) (HD) 3.35—4.00am Home and Away (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (HD) 9.10 Bull 10.10 NCIS (S) (AD) 12.05pm Law & Order (S) (HD) 6.05 NCIS Series 11. A van fi lled with guns and armoured vests is found abandoned 7.00 DiNozzo notices a man impersonating a naval offi cer 8.00 Series 8. A marine is murdered with highly sophisticated bullets (S) (AD) 9.00 New. LA’s Finest: the Bens investigate the killing of a trans woman(S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Series 2. A social services worker and a deputy mayor are murdered 11.00 A university president and his assistant are found dead (S) (HD) 11.55 CSI: NY: double bill (S) (AD) 1.55am Grimm (S) 3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News 9.05 Our Yorkshire Farm 10.10 FILM My Husband’s Double Life HH 12 noon The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 2.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet (S)6.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors The doctors see patients with stomach complaints. 7.00 A woman who struggles with alcoholism and depression returns to see Dr Watson. 8.00 A female patient has severe chicken pox. 9.00 Holidaying with Jane McDonald and Friends Jane stays in the Spanish beach resort of Sitges and visits Barcelona. 10.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the WildThe presenter travels to the Namibian desert to meet up with 50-year-old Gideon David. 11.00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies1.00am Our Yorkshire Farm 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

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6.00am Due South 7.00 Crazy like a Fox 8.00 Hart to Hart 9.00 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 10.00 Starsky & Hutch 11.00 TJ Hooker 12 noon Hart to Hart 2.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 7.00 M*A*S*H: double bill. BJ plans a family reunion, then a gourmet cook joins the 4077th 8.00 The Persuaders! 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am M*A*S*H 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Starsky & Hutch 3.45 TJ Hooker 4.30 Due South 5.15—6.00am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye


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6.00am Andrea Bocelli: Legends of Opera (S) (HD) 7.00 Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofi no (S) (HD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (HD) 10.00 Discovering: Errol Flynn (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 The South Bank Show Originals (S) (HD) 11.30 Auction(S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Cheltenham Literature Festival 2020 (HD) 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) 2.00 Discovering: Sidney Poitier (S) (AD) 3.00 Masterpieces Unveiled(S) (HD) 4.00 The Police: Music Icons (S) (HD)4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (S) (HD)5.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD)

6.00pm Discovering: Steve McQueenThe life of the American actor. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Fake! The Great Masterpiece Challenge Imitation artworks. (S) (HD)

8.00 New. Landscape Artist of the Year Canada The grand final. (S) (HD)

9.00 The EightiesAmerica’s economic growth. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Comedy LegendsA profile of actress Lily Tomlin. (S) (HD)

11.00 The History of Comedy (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Landscape Artist of the Year Canada (S) (HD) 1.00am Guitar Star 2016 (S) (HD) 2.00 Guy Garvey: from the Vaults (S) (HD) 3.00 Discovering: Jodie Foster (HD)4.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) 5.00 The South Bank Show Originals (S) (HD)5.30—6.00am Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

Landscape Artist of the Year Canada

8.00pm Joanne Tod and Marc Mayer

6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Murder Maps (S) (HD) 9.00 The Stuarts: a Bloody Reign (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 Great British Railway Journeys (HD) 12 noon Antiques Roadshow (S) (HD) 1.00pm The Architecture the Railways Built (AD) (HD)2.00 Abandoned Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)4.00 World War Two from Above (S) (HD)5.00 Narrow Escapes of World War Two (S)

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents from Audley End, Essex. (S) (HD)7.00 Great British Railway JourneysMichael travels between Taunton and Newton Abbot joining in with a fertility dance. (HD)7.30 Michael Portillo investigates the fi rst radio signal to be sent across the Atlantic. (HD)8.00 Underground Worlds Incredible feats of human endeavour. (S) (HD)9.00 One Foot in the Grave Patrick’s plans for a quiet birthday are left in tatters. 9.40 Victor undergoes medical tests. 10.25 Victor hires a cleaner. 11.00 ’Allo Allo! The Resistance plans to hide stolen money down René’s trousers. (S)11.35 René gets rid of the money.12.15am Alfonse is whisked to hospital. (S)

12.50—3.00am Monster Ships (S) (HD)

6.00am Wanted Down Under 7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Homes under the Hammer (HD)10.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 12 noon Celebrity Money for Nothing (HD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away (HD) 2.00 Animal Cops (AD)4.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees: double bill (HD)6.00 Celebrity Money for Nothing (HD) 7.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 9.00 Dr Pimple Popper: Gerald returns to see Dr Lee about a bump on his fi nger (HD) 10.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners: a fl at that has not been cleaned for a year (HD)11.00 Paranormal Lockdown with Nick Groff (HD)12 midnight Ghost Adventures (HD)1.00am Most Haunted (HD) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00—6.00am Antiques Road Trip (HD)

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6.00am International Women’s Day 6.20 Ten Minute Rule Bill 6.30 Treaty of Versailles 7.15 Prime Properties 7.30 Home Offi ce 9.15 HARDtalk 9.45 Covid-19 10.40 Budget 12.40pm Lectures 1.25 HARDtalk 1.50 Music Streaming 4.15 Lords Questions 5.00 Health and Social Care 6.50 Lectures 7.35 Finance and Economics Budget 9.45 HARDtalk 10.10 Health White Paper 11.35 The Week in Parliament 12.05—6.00am Highlights

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6.00am Monkey Life (S) (AD) 7.00 Futurama (S) (HD) 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (S) 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (AD) 10.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles(S) (HD) 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 (S)

(HD) 3.00 MacGyver (S) (HD) 4.00 Modern Family (S) (HD) 5.00 The Simpsons (HD) 5.30 Futurama (S) (HD)

6.30pm The Simpsons Bart heads to New York to fi nd an ex-girlfriend.7.00 Marge buys a new family car.7.30 Grampa goes on the run. (HD)

8.00 Rob and Romesh vs Ballet 1/4 Series 2. Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan take part in a real performance of Swan Lake with the Birmingham Royal Ballet Company. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. SEAL Team 9/16 Series 4. As Ray continues to lead the mission in Syria, the stakes grow even higher when members of Bravo team learn the truth. (HD)

10.00 Micky Flanagan: An’ Another Fing Live Recorded at London’s O2 Arena as part of the comedian’s sell-out 2017 tour. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Dating No Filter (HD)

12.30am Resident Alien (S) (HD)

1.30 Road Wars (S) 2.00 Send in the Dogs (S) (HD) 3.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (HD) 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (S)

5.00—6.00am MacGyver (S) (HD)

6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(S) (HD) 9.00 The Wire (S) (HD)

11.15 Dexter (S) (HD) 1.30pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD)

3.30 The Affair (S) (AD)

5.40pm The Sopranos 8/13 Series 2. Carmela uses her Mafi a connections to help Meadow. (S) (HD)

6.45pm 9/13 Christopher has a near-death experience. (S) (HD)

7.55 Game of Thrones 1/6 Series 8. The Wall has fallen, and the Night King’s army of the dead marches towards Westeros. Meanwhile in Winterfell, Jon and Daenerys arrive. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Devils 8/10. Massimo looks to resolve some personal issues related to his past, while Duval steals the dossier, and Dominic forces a trader to help. (HD)

10.10 The Wire 2/12 Series 3Burrell comes under pressure from Carcetti, and McNulty questions D’Angelo’s suicide. (S) (HD)

11.25 3/12. As Omar plans a stick-up, Proposition Joe tips off Stringer Bell about wire taps. (S) (HD)

12.40am Oz: McManus cracks down on drugs (S) 1.50 Ray Donovan (S)

(AD) (HD) 4.00 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets 5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry(S) 8.00 Celebrity Four Weddings (S)

(AD) 9.00 Four Weddings (S) 10.00 My Kitchen Rules: South Africa (S)

(HD) 12.30pm Robot Wars (S) (HD)

3.00 Most Haunted (S) 4.00 Warehouse 13 (S) (HD) 5.00 Supergirl(S) (HD) 6.00 Stargate SG-1 (S)

8.00 Arrow: Anatoly returns to Star City with a sinister agenda (S)

(HD) 9.00 Agatha Raisin: James vanishes after a blazing row with Agatha (S) (AD) (HD) 10.05 The Russell Howard Hour: with Louis Theroux (S) (HD) 11.05 SEAL Team: the soldiers learn the truth (HD)12.05am Grey’s Anatomy (HD) 2.00 Station 19 (HD) 3.00 A League of Their Own (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Wild Vets (S)5.00—6.00am Most Haunted (S)

6.00am Star Trek: Voyager 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Merlin 12 noon Stargate SG-1 1.00pm Project Blue Book 2.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager 4.00 Merlin 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00 The Librarians 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Project Blue Book 9.00 Fringe 10.00 FILM Monster Island H Action horror with Eric Roberts12 midnight The Librarians 1.00am Star Trek: the Next Generation 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager 3.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.00 Merlin 5.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1


9.00 Bones (S) (HD) 10.00 Bull (S)

(HD) 11.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Bones (S) (HD) 2.00pm The Mentalist(S) (HD) 3.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD)

4.00 Bull (S) (HD) 5.00 Bones (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Mentalist 11/22 Series 6. Jane goes on a date with a suspect’s girlfriend (S) (HD)

7.00 NCIS 4/24 Series 15A sailor is kidnapped, and special agent Jacqueline Sloane assists in the investigation. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 5/24. One of Reeves’s friends is kidnapped by a man who stole sensitive data from the US military. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New series. The GrinderEp 1. Comedy starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. After eight years playing a famous TV lawyer, an actor joins his family’s law fi rm. (S) (HD)

9.30 New. Ep 2. Sanderson & Yao is fl ooded with cases. (S) (HD)

10.00 Family Guy Series 14. Joe’s long-estranged father visits. (S) (HD)

10.30 Stewie replaces Brian with a super-intelligent robot. (S) (HD)

11.00 American Dad! Series 16The Smiths take a trip on an old steam locomotive. (S) (HD)

11.30 Roger’s past comes back to haunt him. (S) (HD)



2.00 The Walking Dead (S) (HD)

3.00 American Dad! (S) (HD) 4.00—5.00am Republic of Doyle (S) (HD)

8.00am Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 9.15 The Story of China (S) 10.35 The Spy Who Stole the Atom Bomb 11.50 The Dust Bowl 1.00pm Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 2.15 The Story of China (S) 3.35 The Spy Who Stole the Atom Bomb 4.50 The Dust Bowl 5.55 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth

7.15pm The Story of China The country’s fi rst great international age under the Tang Dynasty. (S)

8.35 New. Propaganda: the Art of Selling Lies The methods of persuasion employed by those seeking power, looking at methods used in the past. (S)

9.50 The Dust Bowl How drought almost destroyed the farmlands of the Great Plains during the 1930s, yet led to the development of new farming and conservation methods.

11.00 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the CommonwealthDavid Hayman tells the story of cable repair ship CS Mackay-Bennett, which was used to recover bodies of those who died on the Titanic.


1.35 Propaganda: the Art of Selling Lies (S) 2.40 The Dust Bowl 3.35—4.00am Beautiful Serengeti

6.00am Aerial America (HD) 7.00 Combat Ships (HD) 8.00 Henry VIII and the King’s Men (HD) 9.00 Aerial America (HD) 10.00 Aerial Greece 11.00 Mystic Britain (HD) 12 noon America in Colour (HD) 1.00pm Combat Ships (HD) 2.00 Henry VIII and the King’s Men (HD) 4.00 Aerial Greece 5.00 Mystic Britain (HD)

6.00pm America in ColourColourised footage reveals how America has matured through the 20th century. (HD)

7.00 Aerial America Bird’s-eye views of the country’s lakes, rivers and glaciers. (HD)

8.00 Shark GanglandsThe sharks that inhabit the waters around Ascension Island, a British territory halfway between Africa and Brazil. (HD)

9.00 World’s Most Dangerous Shark Oceanic whitetips, which were responsible for the carnage that followed the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis. (HD)

10.00 Secrets of Shark IslandShark activity at a tiny island 200 miles off the Mexican coast. (HD)

11.00 Shark Ganglands As 8pm.

12 midnight World’s Most Dangerous Shark (HD) 1.00am Secrets of Shark Island (HD) 2.00 Air Warriors(HD) 3.00 Aerial Britain (HD)

5.00—6.00am Aerial Greece (HD)

7.00am Highway Patrol (AD) 8.00 Motorway Patrol (HD) 9.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (HD)

10.00 Border Patrol (HD) 11.00 Police Force: Australia 12 noon Police Ten 7(HD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol (HD)

2.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Atlantis(HD) 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation (HD) 6.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise (HD) 8.00 Lost Girl (HD)

9.00 Ghost Whisperer: double bill (HD) 11.00 Merlin 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (HD) 2.00 Banged Up Abroad (HD) 3.00 Highway Patrol(AD) 4.00 Motorway Patrol (HD)5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare (AD)

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7.00am The Chase (HD) 10.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 11.00 Bruce Forsyth’s Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1.00pm Catchphrase (AD) 2.00 Take Your Pick 3.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 4.00 The Chase (HD)

5.00 Family Fortunes: double bill 6.00pm Tenable: fi ve radio presenters from Sussex compete, with host Warwick Davis (HD) 7.00 Weakest Link: quiz, hosted by Anne Robinson 8.00 The Chase: double bill, hosted by Bradley Walsh (HD)

10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 11.00 Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase: four editions of the quiz (HD) 4.00am Wheel of Fortune 5.00—6.00am Bullseye


7.00am Homes under the Hammer(HD) 8.00 Flog It! (HD) 10.00 Escape to the Country (HD) 12 noon Fixer Upper(HD) 1.00pm Home Town (HD) 2.00 A Place in the Sun (HD) 3.00 Flog It! (HD)4.00 Love Your Garden (HD) 5.00 Homes under the Hammer (HD) 6.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD)7.00 A Place in the Sun (HD) 8.00 Escape to the Country (HD) 9.00 Help! I Wrecked My House (HD) 10.00 New.

Good Bones: Mina and Karen fi x up an outdated and bland townhouse for friends (HD) 11.00 Home Town: Ben and Erin restore a home for a teacher(HD) 12 midnight Good Bones (AD) (HD) 1.00am Flog It! (HD) 2.00 New.

Dream Gardens (HD) 3.00—4.00am My Dream Derelict Home (AD) (HD)

6.00am How Do They Do It? (HD) 6.20 as 1pm 7.10 Combat Dealers (HD) 8.00 Supercar Superbuild (HD) 9.00 Fantomworks (HD) 10.00 Wheeler Dealers(HD) 11.00 Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD)12 noon How Do They Do It? (HD) 1.00pm Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (AD) (HD)2.00 Richard Hammond’s Big (HD) 3.00 Motorcycle Rides (HD) 4.00 Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD) 5.00 Scrap Kings (HD)6.00 Wheeler Dealers (AD) (HD)7.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (HD) 8.00 Salvage Hunters(HD) 9.00 New. Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (HD) 10.00 The Repair Shop(HD) 11.00 How Do They Do It? (HD)12 midnight Wheeler Dealers (HD) 1.00am as 2pm 2.00 American Chopper 3.00 Supercar Superbuild (HD) 4.00 Mighty Ships (HD) 5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am The Secret Life of Kittens 6.05 The Secret Life of Puppies 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Mya Go 6.25 Blue’s Clues & You 6.50 Thomas & Friends 7.00 Fireman Sam 7.10 Daisy & Ollie 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.45New. Pip & Posy 8.00 The Adventures of Paddington 8.20 New. Paw Patrol 8.30 Ricky Zoom 8.40 Wonderful World of Baby Animals 8.45 Wissper 8.55 Milkshake! Monkey 9.00 Peppa Pig 9.05—9.15am New. Sunny Bunnies


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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Bing 6.25 Teletubbies 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Bing 7.15 Hey Duggee 7.30 Go Jetters 7.40 Peter Rabbit 7.55 Octonauts 8.10 Numberblocks 8.15 Love Monster 8.20 New. School of Roars 8.30 Alphablocks 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Go Jetters 9.25 Bing 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Hey Duggee 10.40 My Petsaurus 10.45 Kiri & Lou 10.50 New. B.O.T and the Beasties 10.55 Garden Tales 11.05 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.20 New. Colours 11.25 Patchwork Pals 11.30 New. Tik Tak 11.35 New. My Very First 11.45 Woolly & Tig 11.50 Olobob Top 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm CBeebies Thumbelina 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Alphablocks 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Dog Loves Books 1.25 Messy Goes to OKIDO 1.35 Oti’s Boogie Beebies 1.40 Small Potatoes 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Bing 2.25 Tee and Mo;My Petsaurus 2.35 Melody 2.45 Ferne and Rory’s Vet Tales 3.00 Maddie’s Do You Know? 3.15 Swashbuckle 3.35 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 3.55 Love Monster 4.05 What’s On Your Head? 4.10 New. Our Family 4.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 4.35 Bitz & Bob 4.50 Go Jetters 5.00 Apple Tree House 5.15 Waffl e the Wonder Dog 5.25 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Little Big Awesome 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.10 Danny & Mick 8.20 Operation Ouch! 8.50 Gangsta Granny 10.00 Absolute Genius: Monster Builds 10.30 Horrible Histories 11.00 Art Ninja 11.20 Danger Mouse 11.35 Shaun the Sheep 11.40 The Deep 12.25pm Hank Zipzer 1.40 Class Dismissed 1.55 Horrible Histories 2.25 Operation Ouch! 2.55 Little Big Awesome 3.05 Danny & Mick 3.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.30 New.

She-Ra 3.55 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.05 We Bare Bears 4.15 Odd Squad 4.45 Danger Mouse 5.00 My Life 5.30 We Bare Bears 5.45 Summer Camp Island 6.00 Dragons: Riders of Berk 6.20New. Do Try This at Home 6.35 Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall; Deadly 60 7.05 The Next Step 7.30 New. Nowhere Boys 7.55 The Story of Tracy Beaker 8.10 Nikki Lilly Bakes 8.15 Odd Squad 8.30—9.00pm Step Up to the Plate


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6.00am Transformers: Robots in Disguise 6.20 Buck and Buddy 6.25 NinjaGo: Prime Empire 6.55 Mr Magoo 7.25 Hotel Transylvania 7.55 Teen Titans Go! 8.25 Dare Master 8.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 9.25 Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright 10.45 Mr Magoo 10.55 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 12 noon The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 12.55pm Mission Employable 1.00 Don’t Unleash the Beast 1.30 How 1.55 Teen Titans Go! 2.25 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 3.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 4.30 Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon 6.00 Robozuna 6.25 LEGO Jurassic World: Indominus Escape 6.55 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 7.55 Scrambled! Bites 8.00 How 8.25 Spy School 8.55—9.00pm Dare Master


Propaganda: the Art of Selling

Lies 8.35pm Jim FitzpatrickWorld’s Most Dangerous

Shark 9.00pm A whitetip SEAL Team 9.00pm Bravo team fi nally learn the truth

Devils 9.00pm Massimo is still haunted by the past

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6.00am Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD) 8.00 Building Off the Grid (S) (HD) 9.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 10.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 11.00 Wheeler Dealers(S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Gold Rush: White Water (S) (HD) 1.00pm Gold Divers (S) (HD) 2.00 Gold Rush (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD)4.00 Alaskan Bush People (HD) 5.00 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 7.00 Outback Truckers (S) (HD) 8.00 Diesel Brothers (S) (HD) 9.00New. Undercover Billionaire (HD) 11.00 Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine (HD)12 midnight Gold Rush (HD) 1.00am as 9pm 3.00 Bitchin’ Rides (S) (HD) 3.50 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 4.40 Alaska: the Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD) 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Inside the Vets (HD) 10.00 Animal Babies (HD) 11.00 The Planets(HD) 12 noon Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (AD) (HD) 2.00 Animal Babies (HD) 3.00 Seasons of the Wild (HD) 5.00 Inside the Vets (HD) 6.00 The Planets (HD)7.00 Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (AD) (HD) 8.00 Animal Babies(HD) 9.00 Seasons of the Wild: the rainy season arrives in the Florida Everglades (HD) 10.00 Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (AD) (HD) 11.00 Inside the Vets (HD) 12 midnight The Planets (HD) 1.00am Inside the Vets(HD) 2.00 Russia from Above (HD)3.00 Inside the Vets (HD) 3.50 Animal Babies (HD) 4.40 Wild North (HD)5.35—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am Pawn Stars (HD) 7.00 American Pickers (HD) 8.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD) 10.00 Ancient Aliens (HD) 11.00 Swamp People (HD)3.00pm History’s Greatest Mysteries(HD) 5.00 Pawn Stars (HD) 6.00 American Pickers (HD) 7.00 Forged in Fire (HD) 8.00 Amazon Gold Hunters: one of the men is sent packing (HD)9.00 New. The Curse of Oak Island: Marty and Gary stumble upon Samuel Ball’s potential ties to British royalty(HD) 10.00 New. Shipwrecks: When History Resurfaces: the story of USS Corsica (HD) 11.00 River Hunters(HD) 12 midnight Forged in Fire 1.00am Amazon Gold Hunters(HD) 2.00 River Hunters (HD)3.00—6.00am Swamp People (HD)

6.00am The Zoo (S) (HD) 7.00 Preposterous Pets (S) (HD) 8.00 Hanging with the Hendersons (S) (HD) 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 10.00 The Zoo (HD) 11.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 12 noon Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD)1.00pm Crikey! It’s the Irwins (HD) 2.00 Amanda to the Rescue (S) (HD) 3.00 Treetop Cat Rescue (S) (HD)4.00 The Vet Life (S) (HD) 5.00 The Zoo (HD) 6.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 7.00 Animal Cops San Francisco (S) (AD) 8.00 Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (S) (HD) 9.00 Vet Gone Wild (S) (HD) 10.00 Animal Cops Detroit (S) (AD) 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 1.00am as 8pm 2.00 as 1pm 3.00 as 10pm 3.50 as 9pm4.40 How Do Animals Do That (S) (HD)5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am FILM The September Issue HHHH (S) (W) 7.45 My Icon: Kelly Smith (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Premier League Legends: Jamie Carragher (S) (AD) (HD) 8.30 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 The History of Comedy (HD)

10.30 Too Young to Die (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 Formula 1: Drive to Survive(HD) 1.00pm First Ladies (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00 FILM The September Issue HHHH (S) (W) 3.45 My Icon: Mary Cholhok (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Discovering: Leslie Caron (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00 Hollywood Couples (S) (HD)

6.00pm The History of ComedyA look at the relationship between animation and comedy. (HD)

7.00 Too Young to Die A profi le of actor John Belushi. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Expecting Amy Amy Schumer prepares for a stand-up special while pregnant. (HD)

9.00 I Am MLK Jr Exploring the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

10.45 Audrey: More Than An Icon A look back at the life and career of Audrey Hepburn. (S)

12.40am Hotspots: on The Frontline — Remembering The Arab Spring (S)

1.45 Life According to Sam 3.30 Premier League Legends: Robert Pires (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Discovering: Maximilian Schell (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00—6.00am Fish Town (S) (HD)

6.00am Ocean Parks (S) (HD) 7.00 Monkey Life (S) (HD) 8.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD) 9.00 Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD) 10.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S) (HD) 11.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD) 12 noon Into the Wild: India (S) (HD) 1.00pm Monkey Life (S) (HD) 2.00 Animal Senses (S)

(HD) 3.00 Guardians of the Wild: Zambia’s Kafue National Park (S)

(HD) 4.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S)

(HD) 5.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD)

6.00pm Into the Wild: IndiaFollowing baby rhino Rajah and his mother. (S) (HD)

7.00 Monkey Life Staff look after monkeys, chimps, orangutans and other primates. (S) (HD)

7.30 Daily life at Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. (S) (HD)

8.00 Zambia Untamed The animals of the Luangwa Valley group together for survival. (HD)

9.00 The Big Dry The dry season in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley. (S) (HD)

10.00 Into the Wild: IndiaAs 6pm.

11.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD)

12 midnight Great Parks of Africa(S) (HD) 1.00am Mysteries of the Mekong (S) (HD) 2.00 Zambia Untamed (HD) 3.00 The Big Dry(S) (HD) 4.00 Animal Senses (S)

(HD) 5.00—6.00am Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (S) (AD)

8.00 Border Patrol (S) (HD) 9.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order (HD) 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (HD) 12 noon The Rookie (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Blue Bloods (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 4.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm Nothing to DeclareSix back-to-back editions following customs offi cers in Australia. (S) (AD)

8.00 Ghost Whisperer 15/18 Series 3. A student becomes the target of a haunting after watching a horror fi lm. (S) (HD)

9.00 New series. Grey’s Anatomy Ep 1 Series 17. The surgeons are on the frontline as they deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. (HD)

10.00 Ep 2. Amelia and Link adjust to parenthood, and Winston surprises Maggie. (HD)

11.00 New. Station 19 Ep 2 Series 4. Maya and Carina try to maintain their relationship amid Covid-19 restrictions, while Sullivan works on his sobriety. (HD)


1.00am Private Eyes (HD) 2.00 Criminal Minds (S) (HD) 3.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD)

4.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00—6.00am Brit Cops: Rapid Response (S) (AD)





5.00pm Death in Paradise 1/8 Series 8. A passenger is stabbed on the bus to Honore, but when it turns out no one left their seat, Jack and his team are baffl ed.6.20 2/8. Jack has a fresh mystery to solve when a zoo owner is killed by a tranquilliser dart in an empty park with the only possible culprits gathered together in the staff area.7.40 3/8. A TV presenter takes a midnight swim, only for her body to be washed up on the shore — and while initial evidence points towards accidental drowning, Jack is not so sure. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Father Brown 8/15 Series 3. The priest and his friends are stranded with a group of hedonists. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 9/15. A body is discovered in a vineyard and Father Brown is tasked with searching for the murderer. (S) (AD) (HD)



7.15am Ever Decreasing Circles 8.25 Hi-de-Hi! (S) 9.00 Porridge(S) 9.40 Last of the Summer Wine(S) 11.00 Keeping Up Appearances(S) 11.40 The Good Life (S) (AD)

12.20pm Porridge (S) 1.00 Hi-de-Hi!(S) 1.40 Ever Decreasing Circles 2.20 Dad’s Army (S) 3.00 Keeping Up Appearances (S) 3.40 The Good Life (S) (AD) 4.20 Last of the Summer Wine (S) 5.40 Hi-de-Hi! (S)


7.00 Porridge (S)

7.40 Dad’s Army The platoon tries morris dancing. (S)

8.20 The platoon prepares for an offi cial visit. (S)

9.00 Miranda (S) (AD) (HD)

9.40 Absolutely Fabulous Edina and Patsy head for Provence. (S)

10.20 French and SaundersWith Jonathan Ross.

11.00 The Royle Family It’s Sunday in the house of the couch-potato clan and Nana calls round. (S) (AD)



1.00 Absolutely Fabulous (S)

1.40 French and Saunders 2.25 The Royle Family (S) (AD) 3.00 Goodness Gracious Me (S) 3.30—4.00am Absolutely Fabulous (S)

6.10am MasterChef Australia (S) (HD)7.00 My Dream Home (S) (HD) 8.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 10.00 The Bill (S)11.00 Who Do You Think You Are? USA(S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Inside the Ambulance (S) (HD) 1.00pm Tipping Point (S) (HD) 2.00 My Kitchen Rules: Australia (S) (HD) 4.00 My Dream Home (S) (HD) 6.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes (S) (HD) 7.00 New.

Top Chef (AD) (HD) 8.00 Inside the Ambulance: a stunt driver who has crash-landed (S) (HD) 9.00 The Three-Day Nanny (S) (HD) 10.00 Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out (S) (HD) 11.10 Louis Theroux: by Reason of Insanity(AD) (HD) 12.10am One Born Every Minute (S) (HD) 1.10—3.00am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Motorway Patrol (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (S) (HD) 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) (HD) 10.00 Road Wars(S) 11.00 Murder in Amish Country (S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 1.00pm Killer in My Village (S) (HD)2.00 Killer Lovers (S) (AD) (HD)3.00 World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 4.00 Road Wars(S) 5.00 Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK (S)6.00 The Mark of a Killer (S) (HD) 7.00 Killer in My Village (S) (HD) 8.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 9.00 New.

Framed by the Killer (HD) 10.00 Snapped(S) (HD) 11.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers(S) (HD) 12 midnight World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am Murders That Shocked the Nation (S) (HD)2.00 as 10pm3.00 as 7pm 4.00 as 5pm 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol (S) (HD)

8.00am WW2: Hell under the Sea (S) (HD) 9.00 Nazi Megastructures (S) (HD) 10.00 Hitler’s Last Stand (HD)11.00 Car SOS (S) (HD) 1.00pm Ice Road Rescue (HD) 2.00 Lost Cities with Albert Lin (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 India From Above (HD) 4.00 Nazi Secrets Revealed: Draining the Ocean (S) (HD)5.00 Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD)7.00 Car SOS: Ultimate Countdown (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Gold Diggers: the mining companies face adverse conditions (HD) 9.00 Alaska: the Next Generation (S) (HD) 10.00 Car SOS (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 Air Crash Investigation(S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight Airport Security: First Class (HD) 1.00am Airport Security: Brazil (HD) 2.00 Drugs Inc (HD) 3.00—5.00am Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD)

6.00am Mysteries at the Museum 7.00 Combat Dealers (S) (AD) 8.00 Expedition Unknown (S) (AD) 9.00 Blowing Up History (S) 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Codes and Conspiracies(S) 12 noon Combat Dealers (S)1.00pm Codes and Conspiracies (S)2.00 Expedition Unknown 3.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files (S) 4.00 Mysteries at the Museum 5.00 Blowing Up History (S)6.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S) 7.00 Expedition Unknown (S) 8.00 Blowing Up History 9.00 Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Mysteries of the Missing(S) 12 midnight Blowing Up History 1.00am as 9pm 2.00 as 10pm 3.00 as 11pm 4.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S)5.00—6.00am Blowing Up History (S)

8.00am Baywatch 9.00 The A-Team(AD) 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond(S) 12 noon 3rd Rock from the Sun (S)1.00pm My Wife and Kids (S) (HD)2.00 Friends (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 New.

Jeff Dunham’s Last Minute Pandemic Holiday Special: America’s favourite ventriloquist Jeff Dunham checks in with his closest friends, including Walter, Bubba J and Peanut, to see how they are holding up during the pandemic 10.00 FILM Get Him to the Greek HHH Comedy starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill 12 midnight Baywatch 1.00am The A-Team(AD) 2.00 South Park (S) (HD)3.40 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am Everybody Hates Chris (HD)9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 10.00 The Mindy Project (S) (HD)11.00 Girls (HD) 12.10pm Sex and the City (HD) 1.20 Curb Your Enthusiasm(HD) 2.30 Parks and Recreation (HD)3.30 30 Rock (S) (HD) 4.30 Will & Grace (HD) 5.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 6.30 Sex and the City(HD) 7.45 Curb Your Enthusiasm (HD)9.00 The Righteous Gemstones (HD)10.25 Silicon Valley: Richard grows paranoid when Pied Piper competes for a client (S) (HD) 11.00 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (HD)12 midnight The Late Late Show with James Corden (HD) 1.00am Ballers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.35 Sex and the City (HD)2.50 Girls (HD) 4.00—5.00am The Mindy Project (HD)


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6.25am Robin Hood: Men in Tights HH Comedy. (1993, PG) 8.25 As 11pm 10.15 As 5.30pm 12.05pm As 7.30pm 1.45 As 9pm 3.45 Five Children and It HH Period fantasy adventure. Kenneth Branagh (2004, U) 5.30 The Muppets Take Manhattan HHH Comedy. Jim Henson, Frank Oz (1984, U)

7.30pm Shaun the Sheep Movie HHHH Fun-packed animated comedy adventure from Aardman. Justin Fletcher (2015, U)

9.00 Magical Adventures in the Forbidden City HH Fantasy about a woman whose world has been ravaged by a disease. (2019, 12)

11.00 The Dark Crystal HHHH

Inspired Muppet-style fantasy adventure that will enchant older children and adults alike. (1982, PG)

12.50am Robin Hood: Men in Tights As 6.25am 2.50 Five Children and It As 3.45pm 4.35 Magical Adventures in the Forbidden City As 9pm

6.00am Adam HHHH (2019) 7.40 As 11.15pm 9.40 As 9.30pm 11.25 As 7.40pm 1.15pm Then Came You HHH (2020, 12) 2.55 The Unicorn HHH Comedy. Lauren Lapkus (2018, 15) 4.30 Fun with Dick and Jane HH Uneven remake of the 1977 comedy. Jim Carrey (2005, 12)

6.05pm Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa HHHH Steve Coogan’s Norfolk DJ is caught up in a siege after a colleague is sacked. (2013, 15)

7.40 Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason HHH Bridget heads off to Thailand to fi lm a travel programme. Renée Zellweger (2004, 15)

9.30 Spontaneous HHH Witty mix of teen romance and dark comedy starring Katherine Langford. Charlie Plummer (2020, 15)

11.15pm The Longest Yard HHH

Good-natured remake of the 1974 Burt Reynolds sports comedy. Adam Sandler, Chris Rock (2005, 12) 1.15am Fun with Dick and Jane As 4.30pm 2.50 As 6.05pm 4.25 As 1.15pm

7.00am As 6.35pm 9.05 As 8.40pm 11.20 The Rifl eman HHH

War drama. (2019) 1.10pm Battle of Leningrad HHH Action drama. Maria Melnikova (2019, 15) 2.50 The Wolf’s Call HHHH Action thriller. François Civil (2019, 15) 4.50 Jarhead: Law of Return HH

War drama. Devon Sawa, Robert Patrick (2019, 15)

6.35pm Batman and Robin HH

George Clooney’s Caped Crusader goes up against Arnie’s Mr Freeze. Chris O’Donnell, Uma Thurman (1997, PG)

8.40 Godzilla: King of the Monsters HH Blustering monster movie. Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown (2019, 12)

10.55 Crank HH Thriller in which hitman Jason Statham is injected with a poison that will be fatal if his adrenaline level falls. (2006, 18)

12.30am The Rifl eman As 11.20am 2.25 Jarhead: Law of Return As 4.50pm 4.10 Battle of Leningrad As 1.10pm 5.50 The Wolf’s Call As 2.50pm

7.20am As 3.20pm 9.20 As 5.20pm 11.10 Psycho As 7.10pm 1.10pm Father Goose HHH Second World War comedy drama. Cary Grant, Leslie Caron (1964, U) 3.20 Short Circuit 2 HH Fantasy comedy. Fisher Stevens (1988, PG) 5.20 Moon HHHH Sci-fi drama. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey (2008, 15)

7.10pm Psycho 5 Horror masterpiece starring Anthony Perkins as creepy motel owner Norman Bates. Janet Leigh (1960, 15)

9.00 The Devil’s Advocate HH

An ambitious lawyer joins an ominous New York fi rm in this stylish supernatural thriller. (1997, 18)

11.30 The Enforcer HH Violent crime thriller outing for Clint Eastwood’s tough cop that sees him hunt terrorists. (1976, 18)

1.10am Under Siege HHHH

Action adventure. Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones (1992, 15) 2.55 Father GooseAs 1.10pm 4.55 The Ten Commandments HHHH Biblical epic. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner (1956, U)

11.00am Young Sherlock Holmes HHH Commendable mystery adventure about Holmes and Watson’s fi rst meeting at school and their subsequent sleuthing.Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox (1985, PG) (S) (AD)

1.10pm Stuart Little 2 HHH

Amusing sequel in which adorable mouse Stuart befriends a cute bird called Margalo, but gets more than he bargained for. Geena Davis (2002, U) (S) (AD)

2.40 The Last Airbender HH

A young boy must return harmony to the universe in M Night Shyamalan’s fantasy adventure.Noah Ringer, Jackson Rathbone (2010, PG) (S)

4.45 Baby Boom HHH

Likeable comedy about a ruthless New York executive who is forced to foster a dead relative’s baby girl.Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker (1987, PG)

6.55pm Pacifi c Rim: Uprising HHH There’s more city-smashing mayhem in this disjointed but exciting sci-fi action sequel.John Boyega, Scott Eastwood (2018, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 The Equalizer 2 HHH

It’s payback time as the ex-secret-agent-turned-good Samaritan continues to right wrongs in director Antoine Fuqua’s action-packed sequel.Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal (2018, 15) (S) (AD)

11.20 i Rules Don’t Apply HH

Amusing period piece starring Warren Beatty as eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. Review p36. Alden Ehrenreich (2016, 12) (S)

1.55—4.00am How I Live Now HHH Futuristic drama following a troubled American teenager who moves to England and experiences love just as a nuclear crisis escalates. Saoirse Ronan (2013, 15) (S)



6.10am Zorro’s Black Whip6.30 Adventure in the Hopfi elds HH

Family drama. Mandy Miller (1954, U) (S) 7.45 The Lone Ranger (S) 8.15 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (S) 9.00 Amelia and the Angel9.30 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot10.00 Get Some In! 10.30 The Brass Monkey HH Comedy thriller.Carole Landis (1948, U) 12.15pm The Teckman Mystery HH Thriller.Margaret Leighton, John Justin (1954, PG) 2.00 Rooms2.30 The Halfway House HHH Portmanteau drama. Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls (1943, PG) (S) 4.30 No Hiding Place5.30 Rooms6.00pm Interpol Calling TV drama. Paul Eddington guests. 6.30 Tell Me Another with Barbara Windsor An interview.6.50 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre Crime drama.8.00 Rumpole of the Bailey TV legal drama starring Leo McKern.9.05 Stiff Upper Lips HHHH

Witty parody of British costume dramas, starring Prunella Scales as an aristocrat who takes her family on a grand tour. Review p36. (1997, 15)

11.05 Poor Cow HHH Carol White and Terence Stamp co-star in Ken Loach’s determinedly grim feature debut about the tangled love life of a teenager. (1967, 15)

1.05am Penny Serenade HHHH

Romantic melodrama. Cary Grant, Irene Dunne (1941, U) (S) 3.25 Ploughman’s Holiday4.00 Callan5.00—6.00am Target: the Corruptors

8.00am Mutant X9.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 10.00 Star Trek 11.00 Ice Twisters HH Disaster thriller.Mark Moses (2009) 1.00pm Age of Ice HH Sci-fi adventure disaster tale.Barton Bund (2014, 12) 3.00 Sliders4.00 3-Headed Shark Attack HH

Sci-fi horror. Danny Trejo (2015, 15)

6.00pm Star Trek TV sci-fi . 7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise Sci-fi series starring Scott Bakula.8.00 Battlestar Galactica TV sci-fi adventure series.9.00 Prom Night H A psycho-stalker invades a senior prom in this horror thriller. Brittany Snow (2008, 15)

10.45 Hellraiser HHH Absorbing sadomasochistic chiller about the gruesome consequences of opening a Chinese puzzle box.Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins (1987, 18)

12.40am Wake Wood HHH Eerie and at times shocking tale. Eva Birthistle, Aidan Gillen (2010, 18) 2.30—4.20am It Came from the Desert HH

Nostalgic tribute to 1950s monster movies. Harry Lister Smith (2017, 15)



9.00am Locked Away HH Crime thriller. Kirsten Prout (2010) 11.00 Badge of Betrayal HH Thriller. Julie Benz (2014) 1.00pm No Surrender HH Mystery thriller. Mena Suvari (2011) 2.50 Ring of Deceit HH Minor potboiler with Rebecca Mader as an art expert who fi nds herself in danger after investigating the story behind an antique ring. (2009) 4.40 Vice Versa HHH Better-than-average entry in the cycle of body-swap comedies that gripped Hollywood in the late 1980s. Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage (1988, PG)

6.45pm The Karate Kid Part II HH Pat Morita teaches Ralph Macchio some new tricks in this disappointingly familiar martial arts adventure sequel. (1986, PG)

9.00 Surrogates HHH Intriguing sci-fi thriller starring Bruce Willis, set in a future where people have robotic alter egos. (2009, 12)

10.50 Precious Cargo HH

A crime boss tries to rob another thief in this formulaic action thriller featuring Bruce Willis. Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani (2016, 15)

12.40am Bunraku HH Flimsy but fl ashy action fantasy. Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson (2010, 15) 3.20—5.50am What’s Eating Gilbert Grape HHH Sweet, low-key drama about a sensitive teenager in a small Iowa town coping with his family’s diffi culties. Johnny Depp (1993, 12)

6.00am Jack McCall, Desperado HH (1953, U) 7.35 The Two-Headed Spy HHH Second World War spy drama. (1958, U) 9.25 Reunion at Fairborough HHH Romantic drama. (1985) 11.35 The Nebraskan HH Western. (1953) 1.00pm 3:10 to Yuma 5 Western. Review p36. (1957, PG) 2.55 Reap the Wild Wind HHH Adventure. John Wayne(1942, PG) 5.25 Atlantic Convoy HH

War drama. Bruce Bennett (1942, U)

6.55pm The Great Los Angeles Earthquake HH Routine disaster movie. Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria (1990, PG)

9.00 Breakout HH Action drama in which Brendan Fraser’s imprisoned dad stages an escape to rescue his children. (2013, 15)

10.50 Sniper 3 HH Action sequel with Tom Berenger having to hunt down a former comrade. (2004, 15)

12.35am Maximum Risk HH

Thriller. (1996, 18) 2.35—4.00am Stormageddon HH Thriller. (2015, 12)

6.00am The Pumpkin Eater HHHH Drama. Anne Bancroft (1964, 12) 8.10 Life at the Top HH Drama.Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons (1965, 12) 10.30 The President’s Mistress HH

Mystery thriller. Beau Bridges (1978, PG) 12.30pm Affair in Trinidad HHH

Spy drama. Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford (1952, PG) 2.35 The Way We Were HHHH

Romantic drama. Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford (1973, PG) 5.00 Hanover Street HH Romantic Second World War drama. Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down (1979, PG)

7.10pm Tall in the Saddle HHH

John Wayne commands the screen as a man framed for murder, but this western is more of a star vehicle for Ella Raines as the woman who sets her sights on him. (1944, U)

9.00 Mackenna’s Gold HHH

A stellar cast makes up for a clichéd script in this predictable but enjoyable western. Gregory Peck (1969, 15)

11.30 Dynamite Joe HH

Breezy spaghetti western starring Rik Van Nutter (Thunderball) as an explosives expert trying to protect a shipment of gold. (1967)

1.30am Masterson of Kansas HH

Western. George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffi th (1954, U) 3.00 Culloden 1746 HHH Historical drama. Brian Blessed, Iain Cuthbertson (1994, PG) 4.35—6.00am The Giants of Thessaly HH Adventure. Roland Carey (1960, U)

Stiff Upper Lips 1111 9.05pm Talking Pictures TV

Upper-class Prunella Scales goes on a globe-trotting holiday and,

in India, encounters Peter Ustinov’s expatriate Englishman

7.30am As 10.50pm 9.25 As 5.40pm 11.05 i The Sunlit NightAs 7.30pm 12.35pm As 9pm 2.15 Boonie Bears: The Wild Life 4.00 Zeroville H Comedy drama. James Franco (2019, 15) 5.40 Scoob! HH

Breezy, technically profi cient cartoon reboot. Will Forte (2020, PG)

7.30pm i The Sunlit Night HH Drama about an American artist trying to fi nd herself on a job in Norway. Jenny Slate (2019, 15)

9.00 Looks That Kill HHH

A teenager is cursed with a face that causes the death of anyone who looks at it. Brandon Flynn (2020, 15)

10.50 Antebellum HHH

Janelle Monáe takes on dual roles for a mind-bending, time-hopping thriller. (2020, 15)

12.50am The Blackout: Invasion Earth HHH Sci-fi action drama.Pyotr Fyodorov (2019, 15) 3.00 The Racer HHH Cycling drama. Louis Talpe, Matteo Simoni (2020, 15) 4.45 As 2.15pm

7.35am Mr Deeds H Comedy.Adam Sandler (2002, 12) 9.15 Tolkien As 7pm 11.10 The High Note As 9pm 1.05pm District 9 As 11pm 3.00 The Mustang HHH Stressed-out convict Matthias Schoenaerts fi nds inner peace taming wild horses in this absorbing drama. (2019, 15)

4.40pm Waves HHHH Sensitive drama about a black teenage wrestler whose world begins to collapse after an injury. (2019, 15)

7.00 Tolkien HHH Good-looking, if safe, biopic about the life of the author of The Lord of the Rings. Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins (2019, 12)

9.00 The High Note HHHH

Breezy comic drama that stars Dakota Johnson as the ambitious PA to a superstar diva. (2020, 12)

11.00pm District 9 HHHH

A bureaucrat attempts to relocate an abused minority of “refugee” extraterrestrials. Sharlto Copley (2009, 15) 1.00am Mr Deeds As 7.35am 2.50 As 4.40pm 5.15 As 3pm

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6.00am Talking Cricket: Chennai 20086.30 Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar7.00 International One-Day Cricket

8.55 LIVE International One-Day Cricket South Africa v Pakistan, coverage of the third and fi nal ODI in the series, held in Centurion. 5.00pm T20 Cricket 6.00 Talking Cricket: Chennai 2008 6.30 Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar 7.00 International One-Day Cricket 8.00 Best of the 2017 IPL 9.00 International One-Day Cricket 10.00 Best of the 2018 IPL 11.00 International One-Day Cricket12 midnight IPL 2020 Final Highlights1.00am International One-Day Cricket2.00 Talking Cricket: Chennai 20082.30 Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar3.00 T20 Cricket 4.00 Best of the 2016 IPL 4.30 Best of the 2018 IPL5.00—6.00am T20 Cricket


6.00am Boxing Classics 8.00 Darts: Premier League highlights 11.00 Boxing12 noon Good Morning Football3.00pm Darts 6.00 Boxing

7.00 LIVE Darts The third night of the Premier League from the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.10.00 Gerwyn Price: World Champion: a profi le of the PDC star 11.00 Boxing12 midnight NFL: Total Access 1.00am NFL 2.00 Boxing 2.30 Darts: Premier League action 5.30—6.00am Boxing


6.00am Super League 8.00 Rugby League Retro 10.00 Super League 11.00 Pool 12 noon Boxing 1.30pm Basketball: two BBL games 6.30 Super League 7.00 NRL Try Time 8.00 Super League: the Coaching Manual8.30 NBA GameTime 9.00 NBA Heatcheck 10.00 ProFootball Talk 12 midnight Boxing: a Conor Benn bout

12.30am LIVE NBA Brooklyn Nets v New Orleans Pelicans from the Barclays Center (tip-off 12.30).3.00 NBA Heatcheck 4.00 Boxing5.00—6.00am Pool: World Masters


6.00am Cycling 8.00 Snooker 10.00 Cycling 11.00 Olympics: Day Jobs11.30 Return to 2012: Super Saturday1.30pm Cycling: Basque Tour highlights

2.30 LIVE Cycling Stage three of the Basque Tour, featuring a 167.7km route from Amurrio to Ermualde.4.30 Olympic Games: Far from Home 5.00 Weightlifting 6.00 LIVE Weightlifting The men’s 81kg class in the European Championships in Moscow.7.45 Cycling 10.00 Return to 2012: Aquatics 12 midnight Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting: the European Championships 2.00 Cycling 4.00 Olympic Games: Sliding Madness5.00—6.00am Weightlifting


6.00am LIVE Women’s International One-Day Cricket11.30 Premier League Football 11.45 MotoGP Rewind 12 noon Non-League Football 12.30pm Test Cricket 2.30 Rugby Union 4.00 ESPN FC 4.30 Non-League Football 5.30 Reload (AD) 6.00 Premier League World 6.30 MotoGP 7.30 The Aussie Rules Show 8.00 Women’s International One-Day Cricket 9.00 Wrestling 1.00am LIVE Wrestling WWE.3.00 Inside AFL 3.30 Boxing (AD) 5.30—6.00am Goals Reload


6.00am Premier League Review7.00 Champions League Football

9.00 LIVE Australian Football Sydney FC v Perth Glory. 11.00 ESPN FC 11.30 Premier League Reload 11.45 MotoGP Rewind 12 noon MotoGP 3.30pm The Number’s Game (AD) 4.00 French Football 5.00 Wrestling 7.00 Goals Reload 7.15 Premier League Reload 7.30 LIVE Champions League Football FC Porto v Chelsea.10.30 Champions League Football11.30 Non-League Football 12 midnight Australian Football 1.30am Women’s International One-Day Cricket 2.30 Freeride World Tour 3.30 Films: The Crazy Gang (AD) 5.00—6.00am MotoGP


6.00am French Football 7.00 Champions League Football 9.00 ESPN FC 9.30 Premier League 11.00 Champions League 1.00pm Hockey 3.00 Badminton Unlimited (AD) 3.30 Inside AFL 4.00 Champions League Football 6.00 Uefa Documentaries(AD) 7.00 Premier League Reload

7.15 LIVE Champions League Football Bayern Munich v Paris Saint-Germain (kick-off 8.00).10.15 MotoGP Rewind 10.30 Non-League Football 11.00 Australian Football 12.30am Champions League 2.30 ESPN Films Presents (AD) 3.30 Europa League 4.00 Non-League Football 4.30—6.00am Rugby Union


6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 ESPN SportsCenter 6.45 Around the Horn7.15 Pardon the Interruption 7.45 ESPN SportsCenter 8.00 Basketball12.30pm ESPN FC 1.00 Around the Horn 1.30 Pardon the Interruption 2.00 ESPN SportsCenter 2.15 Major League Baseball 5.15 ESPN SportsCenter

5.30 LIVE Major League Baseball 12 midnight Reload (AD) 12.30am Basketball 3.00 Around the Horn3.30 Pardon the Interruption4.00—6.00am Basketball: NCAA


6.00am World Superbikes 8.00 Cycling 9.00 Weightlifting 10.00 Olympic Games: Highest Air 11.00 Extreme E12 noon British Superbikes

2.00pm LIVE Cycling The Scheldeprijs in the Netherlands.4.00 Triathlon 4.30 British Superbikes 5.00 Extreme E 6.00 Formula E 7.00 GOLFTV Weekly 7.30 Snooker: World Championship9.30 GOLFTV Weekly 10.00 Cycling 11.00 Weightlifting 11.30 GOLFTV Weekly 12 midnight Extreme E1.00am Idris Elba: No Limits 2.00 Snooker 4.00 Weightlifting: European Championships 5.00—6.00am Cycling


6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans

9.00 LIVE International One-Day Cricket South Africa v Pakistan, coverage of the third and fi nal ODI in the series, held in Centurion.2.00pm LIVE Golf: the Masters Coverage from the practice range;4.00 The practice round;6.00 Preview of the Major, which begins tomorrow in Augusta.9.00 LIVE Darts The third night of the Premier League at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.10.00 Sky Sports News 12.30am LIVE NBA Brooklyn Nets v New Orleans Pelicans, an inter-conference clash from the Barclays Center (tip-off 12.30).3.00—6.00am Sky Sports News


6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Greatest Players 7.30 Countdowns (AD) 8.00 Years (AD) 8.30 EFL Greatest Games9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 Greatest Players (AD) 10.00 Countdowns(AD) 10.30 Years (AD) 11.00 EFL Championship Season Review 2016/17 12 noon EFL Greatest Games 12.45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1.00 Greatest Players (AD) 1.30 Countdowns (AD) 2.00 Years (AD) 2.30 Championship Season Review 3.30 EFL Greatest Games 4.15 SPFL Greatest Games4.30 Greatest Players (AD) 5.00 Countdowns (AD) 5.30 Years (AD)

6.00 SPFL Greatest Games6.30 League One and Two Goals 7.00 The Fantasy Football Club 7.10 Breaking Through

7.35 LIVE Irish Football Linfi eld v Coleraine, coverage of the NIFL Premiership match from Windsor Park (kick-off 7.45).9.45 Championship Highlights: Sheffi eld Wednesday v Cardiff City10.00 SPFL Greatest Games 11.00 EFL Greatest Games 12 midnight Classic Play-off Finals 4.00 Best Goals: League Cup 5.00—6.00am Championship Season Review 2018/19


6.00am Steel Magnolia: Willett’s Masters 6.30 Golf Vodcast 7.30 The Masters Offi cial Film 12.30pm Golf Vodcast 1.30 Masters: the One from November: the 2020 tournament

2.00 LIVE The Masters Coverage from the practice range; 4.00 The practice round.9.00 Masters: the One from November9.30 Golf Vodcast 10.30 The Masters: the Major Heard round the World: the event’s history 11.00 Masters: the Last Nine on Sunday (AD) 12 midnight—6.00am The Masters Offi cial Film

Champions League 7.15pm BT Sport 3 Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski

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Romantic comedy adventure.(2011, PG) 3.20 Earth to Echo HHH

Sci-fi adventure. Teo Halm (2014, PG) 5.00 Malefi cent: Mistress of Evil HH

Fantasy adventure. Angelina Jolie (2019, PG)

7.00pm Casper HHHH Winning supernatural comedy fantasy, in which a harmless ghost tries to befriend a lonely girl. (1995, PG)

8.50 Look Who’s Talking Now! HH It’s the dogs’ turn to talk in this second comedy sequel. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley (1993, 12)

10.40 Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet HH A pair of children aid a mysterious cat-like creature in a magical quest. (2020, PG)

12.20am Monte Carlo As 1.25pm 2.20 Asterix: the Secret of the Magic Potion HHH Animated comedy adventure. Ken Kramer (2018, PG) 4.00 Look Who’s Talking Now!As 8.50pm 5.50 As 10.40pm

6.45am As 11pm 8.20 Robinson Crusoe HHH Comedy adventure.(2015, PG) 9.55 As 6pm 11.25 As 7.40pm 1.00pm Astro Kid HHH

Sci-fi adventure. Landen Beattie, (2019, PG) 2.40 The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: a Veggietales Movie HH Swashbuckling adventure. (2008, U)

4.20pm Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga’Hoole HHH Adventure. (2010, PG)

6.00 Combat Wombat HHH

A brave wombat unintentionally becomes a superhero. (2020, U)

7.40 Igor HHH Dark and patchily delicious animated comedy. John Cusack, John Cleese (2008, PG)

9.20 Moomins and the Winter Wonderland HHH Charming adventure with a classy cast. (2017, U)

11.00pm The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice HHH Child-friendly adventure. Laurie Hymes (2016, PG) 12.45am Zombillenium HHH Comedy fantasy. (2017) 2.10 As 2.40pm 3.40 As 4.20pm 5.30 As 1pm

6.10am As 3.40pm 7.50 As 7.10pm 9.45 As 5.20pm 11.45 The Wolf Hour HH Mystery thriller. Naomi Watts (2019, 15) 1.40pm As 11.05pm 3.40 Blood on Her Name HHH Thriller.Bethany Anne Lind (2019, 15) 5.20 Above Suspicion HH Crime drama based on a true story. Emilia Clarke (2019, 15)

7.10pm The Intruder HH

Domestic bliss becomes a nightmare for a couple in this by-the-book thriller. Meagan Good (2018, 15)

9.00 Fatal Attraction HHHH

A lawyer’s affair turns to terror when his mistress discovers he won’t leave his wife. (1987, 18)

11.05 The Taking of Pelham 123 HH Retread of the 1974 New York subway hijack classic.Denzel Washington, John Travolta (2009, 15)

12.55am The Wolf Hour As 11.45am 2.40 Blood on Her Name As 3.40pm 4.15 Above Suspicion As 5.20pm

6.45am As 8pm 8.35 As 5.35pm 11.00 The Curse of La Llorona HHH Horror. (2019, 15) 12.40pm Dreamkatcher HH Horror thriller.(2020, 15) 2.10 Otherworld HH Fantasy romance. (2018, 15) 3.45 Resident Evil: Afterlife HH Visually impressive but unscary sci-fi thriller. (2010, 15)

5.35pm Star Wars Episode IX: the Rise of Skywalker 5Kylo Ren and Rey fulfi l their Jedi destinies. Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver (2019, 12)

8.00 The Others HHH Nicole Kidman and her two children experience a series of seemingly supernatural events. (2001, 12)

10.00 It: Chapter Two HHHH

The Losers’ Club reunites to confront evil clown Pennywise in this captivating chiller. (2019, 15)

12.50am The Curse of La Llorona As 11am 2.30 Dreamkatcher As 12.40pm 4.00 Resident Evil: Afterlife As 3.45pm 5.40 Otherworld As 2.10pm


8.25am Battle of the Bulge HHHH Second World War action drama. Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw (1965, PG) 11.50 Sierra Stranger HHBrief B-western. Howard Duff, Gloria McGehee (1957) 1.30pm El Paso HH Western. John Payne, Gail Russell (1949) 3.45 Charro! HWestern. Elvis Presley, Ina Balin (1969, PG)

5.50pm Where Eagles Dare HHHH Allied soldiers mount a daring rescue mission inside Nazi territory in this adventure. (1969, PG)

9.00 p Blood Father HHH Mel Gibson reclaims his action hero mojo as a man on the run with his daughter. Review p36. (2016, 15)

10.55 District 9 HHHH A bureaucrat attempts to relocate an abused minority of “refugee” extraterrestrials. Sharlto Copley (2009, 15)

1.20am The Lusty Men HHH

Touching, realistic western. Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy (1952, U) 3.45 Close Up4.45 Off Set 5.00 Hollywood’s Best Film Directors

7.30am The Painted Veil As 4.30pm 9.40 Notting Hill As 6.50pm 11.50 Beyond the River HHH Inspiring drama based on a true story. Lemogang Tsipa (2017, 12) 2.00pm Her Smell As 11pm 4.30 The Painted Veil HHH Period romantic drama. Naomi Watts (2006, 12)

6.50pm Notting Hill HHHH

Following the unlikely love affair between a west London bookseller and a Hollywood star. (1999, 15)

9.00 Creation Stories HHHH

Wild, funny and energetic biopic of record-label boss Alan McGee, starring Ewen Bremner. (2020)

11.00 Her Smell HHH

Elisabeth Moss gives a compelling performance as a self-destructive rock star. Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens (2018, 15)

1.20am Casualties of War HHHH War drama. Michael J Fox, Sean Penn (1989, 18) 3.15 Young Soul Rebels H Drama. Valentine Nonyela (1991, 18) 5.05 Holiday Inn HHHH Musical comedy. Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire (1942, U)


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Pandemic 20209.00pm BBC2

DOCUMENTARY It would be

understandable if you felt watching

pandemic hardships unfold around

the world wasn’t top of your

wish-list right now. But make an

exception for this outstanding

series, which tonight takes us from

the Bronx to Beirut, Nairobi to St

Petersburg, via human snapshots

that collectively make the point that

in 2020, we were all very much not

in it together.

A French journalist notes that for

some it was like a holiday, for others

more a jail sentence. A New York

mother of six learns to home-school.

A Russian ballet dancer fi lms

himself at his dacha. And a Kenyan

couple remember the son they lost

— not to the pandemic, but to the

police brutality that came with it. DB

The Queen Unseen9.00pm ITV

DOCUMENTARY “We will reveal the

real Elizabeth,” the voiceover

promises, implausibly. Still, archive

research has uncovered little-seen

clips, meaning we do get a more

informal glimpse of the Queen than

usual, if not quite the woman “hidden

behind the mask of monarchy”.

One revealing snippet shows her

on tour in New Zealand in the 1950s,

relaxing by a pool while her husband

and Johnnie Althorp, her equerry,

lark about in their trunks. The fact

the latter would become Earl

Spencer, Princess Diana’s father,

adds a layer of foreshadowing to

the scene. Elsewhere,

commentators opine confi dently on

how the Queen is shy, mischievous

and down-to-earth. DB

Taskmaster9.00pm C4

COMEDY OF THE WEEK There’s

nothing out-of-the-ordinary about

tonight’s Taskmaster. It has funny

moments, sweet moments and

mild humiliations of well-known

comic fi gures. And more often than

not, it places a smile on your face.

There’s Charlotte Ritchie’s

photograph of herself at Bill

Clinton’s inauguration. There’s Lee

Mack wrestling with a frozen

banana (“The futility of this show is

beyond the realm…”). There’s Mike

Wozniak falling foul of the small

print on a loo-roll task (“That’s it.

I’ve boo-booed”). And there’s Greg

Davies ribbing them all mercilessly,

as if they were mates down the pub

and he were their cruel, very funny

ringleader. DB

PICK OF THE DAY Dragons’ Den 8.00pm BBC1

REALITY The Den is a brutal place. Evan Davis calls it the

“battleground of business” and that seems fair. It’s

confrontational, feisty and prone to chewing up the

unwary and spitting them out in a lift journey of regret.

This makes it all the more welcome when, occasionally,

we’re ambushed by a human moment that feels sensitive

and unexpectedly touching. It comes tonight courtesy of

Sara Davies, the youngest Dragon. Mind you, she can be

cutting when she wants to be. “I think it’s absolutely

brilliant,” she cheerfully tells another hopeful at one point,

before bluntly adding: “My problem is you. I feel like you

need a kick up your behind.”

Elsewhere there are tussles over a dental app, a

low-calorie craft beer and a superfood powder. And in an

excellent Mexican stand-off, Peter Jones refers to himself

as a “Super Dragon”. Modest as ever. DAVID BUTCHER

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Meet the Richardsons10.00pm Dave

COMEDY Husband-and-wife

comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy

Beaumont return for a second series

of their sourly believable

mockumentary. The conceit that

we’re following their tetchy, accident-

prone life at home in Hebden Bridge

works well when it’s just them on

screen, as not all their guest stars can

play it as convincingly.

The best bits are their bickering

chats in front of the cameras, seated

on their sofa merrily slagging each

other off and arguing about how she

pronounces Boyzone or his uncool

clothes. Since Jon predicted a plague

and shuns human contact at the best

of times, he has warmed to lockdown,

while Lucy’s sitcom is going ahead,

directed by Johnny Vegas. DB

A League of Their Own Road Trip9.00pm Sky 1

COMEDY If you like the idea of seeing

Romesh Ranganathan drink water

from Freddie Flintoff’s sock or Jack

Whitehall crack jokes while dodging

paintballs from a sniper, this is your

show. It’s the one where the regulars

from Sky’s sports panel game go on

tour, but this time, travel restrictions

mean it’s a staycation.

That doesn’t dent their fun: it’s

a knockabout rush of horseplay,

wisecracks and dodgy survival tips as

they begin at Loch Ness (Flintoff and

Jamie Redknapp are turfed out of a

seaplane into the water) and set off

cross-country for the Highland Games

under the supervision of two SAS

types, losing dignity and the odd

contact lens along the way. DB


DRAMA Give this crime thriller its

dues: it’s never decided whether it’s a

camp rollercoaster or a chilling fable,

and it needed either more episodes or

fewer plotlines, but it’s rustled up a

rewarding denouement. The detective

leading the police investigation —

whom we’ve hardly seen up to now —

is closing in on Sam and Rebecca,

assisted by Karen (Sally Lindsay), the

cop who’s always thought the couple

were suspicious. With her husband

panicking even more than usual,

Rebecca (Elaine Cassidy) needs to

stay in control.

There’s another shock that, like

Intruder generally, almost makes

sense if you don’t sit and analyse it.

But with daft dramas like this, picking

them apart is half the fun. JS

Golf: the Masters2.00pm Sky Sports Masters/Main Event

SPORT The US Masters is the only

leg of the career Grand Slam that

Rory McIlroy needs to complete.

You could get good odds on him

winning it in 2021, mind. The most

recent of McIlroy’s four Major titles

came in 2014, and a long fallow

period that started in late 2019 led

the Northern Irishman to bring a

new coach — Pete Cowen — into his

team last month, as he sought to

reduce the speed of a swing that

he had previously felt needed

speeding up in the interests of

hitting the ball further.

Thanks to Covid, it’s only fi ve

months since the 2020 Masters

took place, which might increase

Dustin Johnson’s chances of

becoming only the fourth player in

the tournament’s 87-year history to

successfully defend the coveted

Green Jacket at Augusta National

Golf Club. Highlights at 12.30am on

BBC2. SIMON O’HAGAN

Whisk yourself away to Simla in the

Himalayan foothills in 1932 by

catching the box set of Indian

Summers, which is new today on

BritBox. First shown on Channel 4 in

2015, this sprawling drama follows

members of the civil service at their

summer retreat — but we’re in the

tumultuous last days of the British

Raj, so there’s plenty of grit in the

socialites’ gin. Julie Walters leads a

cast including Henry Lloyd-Hughes

and Nikesh Patel. The show has its

meandering moments but ultimately

achieves a grand dramatic sweep.

Also joining BritBox today are

mid-noughties BBC sketch show Man

Stroke Woman, the two most recent

series of ITV’s Birds of a Feather

revival, and the two new episodes of

the very popular whodunnit drama

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The Elephant Man9.00pm BBC4David Lynch’s moving and

monochrome life story of a

disabled man boasts fi ne

performances from Anthony

Hopkins and John Hurt.

(1980) See page 37

Bangers and Cash 8.00pm YesterdayMore glorious cars go under

the hammer, as Derek collects

two majestic Bentleys.

Britain’s Brightest Celebrity Family 8.30pm ITVVanessa Feltz and Matthew

Wright bring their families to

tackle Anne Hegerty’s tests.

Face to Face with Anthony Hopkins 11.00pm BBC4The Welsh acting giant is

grilled by Jeremy Isaacs in an

interview fi rst shown in 2008.

The Dog House 8.00pm C4Homeless dogs meet would-be

owners in the mood-lifting

series about dog adoption.

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9.15 Morning Live Weekday magazine show. (S) (HD)

10.00 Homes under the Hammer Featuring a semi-detached in the West Midlands, a mid-terrace in Kent and a derelict Welsh bungalow. (R) (S) (HD)

11.00 Frontline Fightback Rav Wilding recounts the armed robbery of a jeweller’s in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

11.45 Paramedics on Scene In Edinburgh, Moira and Dee struggle through the traffic to assist a woman who has fallen out of her wheelchair. (Revised repeat) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt From Nottingham. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)


1.45 Impossible Quiz hosted by Rick Edwards. Repeated tomorrow 6.30am BBC2 (S) (HD)

2.30 Money for Nothing Sarah Moore visits Surrey, where items found for revamping include an electrical meter, a time-worn table and a rocking horse. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country A couple seek a retirement home in the Peak District. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45—4.30 Ready Steady Cook Sisters Liz and Maddie go head-to-head in the kitchen. (S) (HD)



8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Chris Packham’s Animal Einsteins 4/6. Social intelligence in the animal kingdom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)


1.00pm Head Hunters Quiz show. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Best House in Town Three semi-detached properties in Cardiff are in the spotlight. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 800 Words 7/16 Series 3. With the wedding back on, it’s time for Woody’s “groomspiel”, and Big Mac has plans for it. New arrival Poppy and Arlo are getting on so well that Lindsay becomes jealous. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.15 Nature’s Epic Journeys Following 100,000 caribou as they migrate 5,000km through the Arctic wilderness of Canada and Alaska. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.15 Nature’s Microworlds How the unique geography and delicate balance of marine life in Monterey Bay provides the key to its thriving ecosystem. (R) (S) (HD)

4.45—5.15 Eggheads Quiz with Jeremy Vine. (R) (S) (HD)



10.00 This Morning Celebrity chat, cookery and lifestyle features. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Feisty discussion. (S) (HD)


2.00—5.00 LIVE Racing: Grand National Festival The opening day at Aintree, featuring the 3.25 Aintree Hurdle, plus the 2.20, 2.50, 4.05 and 4.40 races. Hosted by Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani. (S) (HD)


7.10 Cheers Two episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (HD)


9.05 Frasier Two episodes of the US sitcom. (R) (S) (AD)

10.00 Escape to the Château: DIY Tim and Rebecca prepare for their first guests, while Martin and Kim view the last château on their list. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 The Great House Giveaway Strangers Annie and Sherri-Leigh buy a house in the Welsh valleys at auction. (R) (S) (HD) 12 noon News (S) (HD)

12.05pm Couples Come Dine with Me Scallops, blue cheese, an unexpected crockery disaster, an unusual pudding and a surprising hobby feature at dinner parties in Portsmouth. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It In Windsor, Simon O’Brien converts some 17th-century wooden beams into a pair of stylish bedside lamps. (R) (S) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest Nicki Chapman. (S) (HD)

3.00 A Place in the Sun An Edinburgh couple search for a holiday home in Gran Canaria. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00 A New Life in the Sun Two friends from southern England have a dream of opening a cookery school on the Côte d’Azur. (R) (S) (HD)

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9.00pm Tanya finds herself in the thick of things during the Black Lives Matter protests

4.30pm The Repair ShopJay Blades and the team tackle a vintage pocket camera, a toy piglet and a delicate stone plate. (S) (HD)

5.15 PointlessQuiz presented by Alexander Armstrong. (S) (HD)



Followed by Party Election Broadcast ALL EXCEPT LONDON By the Liberal Democrats. (S) (HD)

LONDON ONLY By the Green Party. (S) (HD)

7.00 The One ShowPresented by Alex Jones and Amol Rajan.Executive producer Rob Unsworth (S) (HD)

7.35 EastEndersGavin leaves Sharon something unexpected in his will. Sharon Watts Letitia DeanZack Hudson James FarrarKaty Lewis Simone LahbibRuby Allen Louisa LyttonJack Branning Scott MaslenPhil Mitchell Steve McFaddenWhitney Dean Shona McGartyBobby Beale Clay Milner RussellKeegan Butcher-Baker Zack MorrisMo Harris Laila MorseBernadette Taylor Clair NorrisDenise Fox Diane Parish

Tiffany Butcher-Baker Maisie SmithGray Atkins Toby-Alexander SmithSuki Kaur Panesar Balvinder SopalKaren Taylor Lorraine StanleyKathy Beale Gillian TaylforthStacey Slater Lacey TurnerKat Slater Jessie WallaceJean Slater Gillian WrightDotty Cotton Milly ZeroLily Slater Lillia TurnerMila Marwa Ruhtxjiaih Bellenea

Writer Lauren Klee This week’s episodes directed by Lance Kneeshaw, Matthew Evans and Laurence Wilson More cast Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Dragons’ Den

a2/14. More hopefuls try to win investment from Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman,

Tej Lalvani and Sara Davies. Tonight, a pair of university graduates pitch their organic superfood powders, a low-calorie craft lager business brews up trouble over its high valuation, a dental duo try out their plaque-detecting app on a Dragon, and finally an enthusiastic entrepreneur hopes to upscale her range of products for curly hair. See page 98.Series editor Samantha Davies Executive producer Chi Ukairo (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 MasterChefThe final four cooks must create classic dishes for John Torode and Gregg Wallace, after which one will be eliminated. The three that remain then tackle the chef’s table challenge, hosted by Michel Roux Jr at Le Gavroche. The trio must impress some of the best chefs in the country, including Monica Galetti and Michel’s daughter Emily Roux. Concludes tomorrow 8.30pm.Director Dave Crerar; Series producer Emily Henderson (S) (AD) (HD)

See feature: page 8


10.45 Marvel Avengers Assemble 5

qAction fantasy. When powerful energy source the Tesseract is stolen by Thor’s brother Loki,

SHIELD’s director Nick Fury decides it’s time for the Earth’s mightiest heroes to band together to save the planet. Available on iPlayer for 7 days. Review p37.Tony Stark/Iron Man Robert Downey JrNick Fury Samuel L JacksonBruce Banner/Hulk Mark RuffaloSteve Rogers/Captain America Chris EvansThor Chris HemsworthNatasha Romanoff/Black Widow Scarlett JohanssonClint Barton/Hawkeye Jeremy RennerLoki Tom HiddlestonAgent Phil Coulson Clark GreggMaria Hill Cobie SmuldersJarvis Paul Bettany (voice only)

Council member Jenny AgutterPepper Potts Gwyneth PaltrowProfessor Erik Selvig Stellan SkarsgardThe Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno (voice only)The Other Alexis DenisofSecurity guard Harry Dean StantonCouncil member Powers BootheStan Lee Stan LeeGeorgi Luchkov Jerzy SkolimowskiAgent Jasper Sitwell Maximiliano Hernandez

Director Joss Whedon (2012, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)


5.15pm Flog It!A collection of finds from various locations around the country, including Lulworth Castle in Dorset and Chiddingstone Castle in Kent. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of GamesRadzi Chinyanganya, Hal Cruttenden, Kerry Godliman and Ebony Rainford-Brent test their skills in a variety of trivia-based games. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Saved and RemadeSabrina Grant presents as a recumbent tricycle that once carried an Olympic torch, a widow’s engagement and wedding rings, and an old wooden sled are transformed into useable and beautiful items. (S) (HD)

7.00 Your Home Made Perfect3/7 Series 2. Architects Laura Jane Clark and Robert Jamison present design ideas to Jeremy and Paula, whose 19th-century house in Halifax has become increasingly inconvenient as Paula’s MS has worsened.Series producers Sarah Knight and Zoe Page Executive producers Joff Wilson and Kitty Walshe (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Great British MenuAs the three remaining chefs from London and the South East compete over mains and deserts, one presents a fine-dining guinea fowl takeaway inspired by the invention of the worldwide web, while the other two pay homage to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Thames Tunnel with a pop-up feast and a duck à l’orange. Whose inventions will veteran judge Paul Ainsworth prefer? Continues tomorrow 7.30pm.Director Dan Davis; Series producer Avril Beaven (S) (HD)

9.00 Pandemic 2020

a2/3. The Great Divide. As the story continues of how people around the world coped with the first

year of the pandemic, the hollowness of “we are all in this together” is apparent. A French photojournalist has to decide between working and home-schooling, and heads to the frontline of the epidemic, while a family in Kenya suffer the unjust killing of their son during lockdown. Elsewhere, a film-maker in the economically crippled city of Beirut has to deal first with Covid and then the devastating port explosion, while mother-of-six Tanya has her own struggles in the Bronx. The whole series is available on iPlayer. See p98.Director James Bluemel; Series Producer Alice Henley (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Mock the WeekDara O Briain hosts the topical comedy show as regular panellist Hugh Dennis is joined by Tom Allen, Angela Barnes, Rhys James, Nigel Ng and Athena Kugblenu.Producer Ewan Phillips (R) (S) (HD)

10.35 Grand Tours of Scotland Paul Murton travels to the icy summit of Ben Nevis.Series producer Kathryn Ross; Exec producer Arlene Jeffrey (R) (S) (HD)

10.45 Newsnight With Emma Barnett. (S) (HD)

11.25 Weather (R) (S) (HD)


11.30 Freddie Mercury: a Life in Ten PicturesA portrait of the Queen frontman’s life through ten defining photos, with their secrets revealed by those who were there. See choice, p48. Shown Sat 9pm (S) (HD)

12.30am Golf: the Masters Action from the first day of the

aMajor, where Dustin Johnson prevailed last year. Eilidh Barbour presents. See p98. Rptd tomorrow 3.15pm (S) (HD)

2.00—4.00am Sign Zone 2.00 Football’s Darkest Secret 1/3. Examining child abuse that took place in youth football across England from the 1970s to the 1990s. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 MasterChef The four heat-winners must cook a dish inspired by global street food. With Grace Dent. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 3.30 My Unique B&B 15/15. Simon Parfett transforms a shepherd’s hut and pigsty in Hampshire. (R) (S) (HD)

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BBC1 SCOTLAND6.30—7.00pm Reporting Scotland: Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Labour Party

BBC SCOTLAND7.00pm Inside Central Station 8.00 Beechgrove 8.30 Susan Calman’s Happy Space 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Raiders of the Lost Archive 10.30 The Karen Dunbar Show 11.00 Rab C Nesbitt 11.30—12 midnight May Contain Nuts

STV6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Labour Party 7.30—8.00 Scotland Tonight 10.45 Women: How Safe Are We? Tonight 11.10—11.45 The Metro: a Rail Life Story 12.35—3.00am Nightscreen

BORDER SCOTLAND 6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by the Scottish Labour Party 10.45 Representing Border 11.10—11.45 The Metro: a Rail Life Story

BBC1 WALES6.30—7.00pm BBC Wales Today; Party Election Broadcast: by Plaid Cymru 10.45 Kidnapped by My Father 11.45 FILM: Marvel Avengers Assemble 2.00—6.00am BBC News

ITV WALES6.25—6.30pm Party Election Broadcast: by Plaid Cymru 7.30—8.00 Welsh Lives 10.45 Women: How Safe Are We? Tonight 11.10—11.45 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer

BBC1 NORTHERN IRELAND10.45am True North: the Last Minyan 11.45 FILM: Marvel Avengers Assemble 1.55—6.00am BBC News

BBC2 NORTHERN IRELAND10.00—10.35pm Oilithreacht: Last in series 11.30—12.30am Eye of the Storm

UTV6.00—6.30pm UTV Live; Weather 7.30—8.00pm UTV Life 10.30 UTV Live 10.45 Women: How Safe Are We? Tonight 11.10—11.45 For the Love of Britain

The Queen Unseen 9.00pm Private moments: how Her Majesty lives away from public duties

The Elephant Man 9.00pm The callously misjudged John Merrick finds a welcome friend

Taskmaster

9.00pm A task involving a ladder and some loo roll awaits Charlotte Ritchie this week

5.00pm The ChaseTom, Stella, Rosie and Justin take part in the quiz.Series producer Helen Tumbridge; Executive producers Michael Kelpie and Martin Scott (R) (S) (HD)


6.25 Party Election Broadcast ALL EXCEPT LONDON By the Liberal Democrats. (S) (HD)

LONDON ONLY By the Green Party. (S) (HD)


7.00 EmmerdaleCharles arranges another date, Wendy makes an admission to Bob, and Faith is taking over.Charles Anderson Kevin MathurinWendy Posner Susan CooksonFaith Dingle Sally DexterTracy Metcalfe Amy WalshAaron Dingle Danny MillerAl Chapman Michael WildmanAmy Wyatt Natalie Ann JamiesonAndrea Tate Anna NightingaleBear Wolf Joshua RichardsBelle Dingle Eden Taylor-DraperBen Tucker Simon LennonBilly Fletcher Jay KontzleBrenda Walker Lesley DunlopCain Dingle Jeff HordleyCharity Dingle Emma AtkinsChas Dingle Lucy Pargeter

Dan Spencer Liam FoxDavid Metcalfe Matthew WolfendenDawn Taylor Olivia BromleyDiane Sugden Elizabeth EstensenEllis Chapman Aaron AnthonyEric Pollard Christopher ChittellEthan Anderson Emile JohnGabby Thomas Rosie BenthamHarriet Finch Katherine Dow BlytonJacob Gallagher Joe-Warren PlantJai Sharma Christopher BissonJamie Tate Alexander LincolnJimmy King Nick MilesJuliette Holliday Amelia CurtisKerry Wyatt Laura NortonKim Tate Claire King

Writer Jackie Okwera More cast Wednesday Repeated tomorrow 8am and 12.30pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Women: How Safe Are We? TonightJulie Etchingham reports on women’s safety in the UK following the death of Sarah Everard. Producer Alice Taylor Repeated 3.15am (S) (HD)

NOTE: as Tonight reacts to the news its subject matter may change

8.00 EmmerdaleTracy tries to lay down the law to Faith.Writer Tony Higgins Repeated tomorrow 8.30am and 1pm ITV2 (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Britain’s Brightest Celebrity FamilyNew series. 1/7 Series 2. Anne Hegerty returns to test famous families. Tonight, Vanessa Feltz takes on Matthew Wright with both their clans in tow for a place in the competition’s semi-final. Director Richard Van’t Riet Series producer Mike Maclaine (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Queen Unseen

aA look beyond Queen Elizabeth II’s poised public persona, revealing more of the private

person away from the cameras. A picture of her family life, passions and unlikely friendships emerges through interviews with those who have known and worked with her. See page 98.Director Roddy Williams; Producer James Allnutt (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 ITV News at TenWeather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 John Bishop’s Great Whale Rescue2/2. The whales begin their 6,000-mile journey to the Icelandic beluga whale sanctuary.Director/Producer Steven Clarke (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.45 TenableFive wheelchair basketball enthusiasts take part.Director Tim Verrinder; Series producer Mike Maclaine (R) (S) (HD)

12.35am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15 Women: How Safe Are We? Tonight A report on the safety of women on UK streets. Shown 7.30pm (HD) 3.40 Nightscreen Text information. (HD) 5.05—6.00am Tipping Point (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

7.00pm Avocets: Born SurvivorsThe courtship dances and turbulent history of these graceful wading birds.Executive producer Vyv Simson (R) (S) (HD)

7.10 Canal Boat Diaries4/4 Series 2. Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham. On the last leg of his journey across England, Robbie Cumming crosses an epic aqueduct near Stratford-upon-Avon and gets stuck in a lock in central Birmingham.Rptd 1.10am First shown on BBC1 East Midlands (S) (HD)

7.40 The Joy of PaintingBob Ross paints a rippling brook passing through the forest, breaking the silence of a misty morning.Repeated 12.40am (S)

8.10 All Creatures Great and Small10/13 Series 1. James and Helen are on their honeymoon and start the tuberculin testing, while Siegfried helps Tristan prepare for his exams.James Herriot Christopher TimothySiegfried Farnon Robert HardyTristan Farnon Peter DavisonHelen Herriot Carol DrinkwaterRichard Carmody Christopher BrownMrs Hall Mary HignettWriters James Herriot and Johnny Byrne Director Terence Dudley (R) (S)

RT TRAVEL Short breaks in Yorkshire, including tickets to see Mamma Mia! live: see page 151

9.00 The Elephant Man 5

qMoving dramatisation of the life of John Merrick. 1884: a young

London surgeon is intrigued by a sideshow freak billed as the “Elephant Man”. But behind the appallingly disfigured and brutalised exhibit, he finds an intelligent and sensitive person whose rehabilitation he undertakes. Available on iPlayer for the next 30 days. Film of the Day: page 37.John Merrick John HurtFrederick Treves Anthony HopkinsMrs Madge Kendal Anne BancroftCarr Gomm John GielgudMothershead Wendy HillerBytes Freddie JonesNight porter Michael ElphickMrs Treves Hannah GordonDirector David Lynch (1980, 12) (BW) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

11.00 Face to Face with Anthony HopkinsJeremy Isaacs conducts a one-to-one interview with the celebrated Welsh actor. First shown in 1995. (R) (S)

11.40 Around the World in 80 TreasuresDan Cruickshank takes to the skies in a hot-air balloon, discovers a cavern with an unusual secret, climbs to the top of Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, and revisits his own past.Director/Producer Jonty Claypole (R) (S) (HD)

12.40am The Joy of Painting Shown 7.40pm (S) 1.10 Canal Boat Diaries Shown 7.10pm (S) (HD) 1.40—3.10am The $50million Art Swindle The story of New York art dealer Michel Cohen, who swindled millions before going on the run. Shown Easter Monday 9pm (S) (SL)

5.00pm Four in a BedThe final visit of the week is to Hastings House in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. (S) (HD)

5.30 The SimpsonsThe Greatest Story Ever D’ohed. Ned takes the Simpsons to the Holy Land. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 American History X-Cellent. Homer plans to break Mr Burns out of prison. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 HollyoaksCindy worries Luke’s dementia is getting worse. Cindy Cunningham Stephanie WaringRomeo Nightingale Owen WarnerSally St Claire Annie WallaceSami Maalik Rishi NairSienna Blake Anna PasseySte Hay Kieron RichardsonSummer Ranger Rhiannon ClementsSylver McQueen David TagToby Faroe Bobby GordonTom Cunningham Ellis Hollins

Tony Hutchinson Nick PickardTrish Minniver Denise WelchVerity Hutchinson Eva O’HaraWalter Deveraux Trevor A ToussaintWarren Fox Jamie LomasYasmine Cunningham Haiesha MistryShaq Qureshi Omar MalikCallum Noah ValentineDoctor Parker Ben AddisDS Cohen Ariana Fraval

Writer Karissa Hamilton-Bannis More cast Tue Shown Wed 7pm E4 Rptd Fri 6.30am E4 Next episode follows on E4 (S) (AD) (HD)


8.00 The Dog HouseEp 5 Series 2. The Fullagar family get more than they bargained for when they are introduced to a father and daughter who can’t be separated — Pepe and Tink. Louise and Angela from south London are conflicted when lurcher puppy Trinity shows off both her adorable side and an impressive ability to chew everything from furniture to shoes. And Bertie, the abandoned schnauzer puppy, meets Harriet and David. The whole series is available online at All 4.Directors/Producers Paddy Flanagan and Myles Jenks Repeated 12.30am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

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9.00 Taskmaster

a4/10 Series 11. One contestant has set the early pace in the series, but the others still

have plenty of time to win points and emerge victorious. This week, Charlotte Ritchie climbs a ladder with some loo roll, Mike Wozniak tries out a new catchphrase, and Lee Mack terrifies an innocent member of the public. The first ten series are available online at All 4. See page 98. Series director Andy Devonshire; Exec producers Alex Horne, James Taylor, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett and Andy Devonshire Rptd tonight 11.25pm and Fri 1.15am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The CircleThe latest drama from the reality game. The final is tomorrow 10pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.05 24 Hours in Police CustodyOfficers in Cambridgeshire try to find the body of a man they believe has been murdered.Shown Monday 9pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12.10am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Gordon Ramsay revisits Amy’s Baking Company. (R) (S) 1.00 Ramy 10/10. Ramy makes a gruelling journey to visit his grandfather. First shown on StarzPlay (S) (AD) (HD) 1.30 The Simpsons Jonah Hill guest-stars. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 1.50 Couples Come Dine with Me Gloucestershire contestants compete for the cash prize. (R) (S) (HD) 2.45 50 Years of the Troubles: a Journey through Film Film-maker Mark Cousins, who left Belfast at the age of 18, returns to his home town. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 3.40 The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick A Jack Russell puppy is rushed in with a crushed pelvis. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 4.40 The £100k Drop Married couples from Essex and Aberdeenshire take part in the quiz. (R) (S) (HD) 5.30 Food Unwrapped Matt Tebbutt visits one of Europe’s biggest pesto producers. (R) (S) (HD) 5.50—6.30am Countdown With Konnie Huq. (R) (S) (HD)


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7.10am Brojects in the House (S) (HD) 7.35 Late Nite Eats (HD) 8.00 American Pickers(S) (HD) 9.00 Storage Hunters (S) (HD)10.00 American Pickers (S) (HD)

12 noon Soapbox Race (HD) 1.00pm Top Gear (S) (AD) 3.00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Top Gear (S) (AD)

6.00pm Taskmaster 3/8 Series 5. Mark Watson tries to open a briefcase. (S) (HD)7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Larry Lamb, Jo Brand and Russell Howard. (S)7.40 Room 101 With Jack Dee and Fay Ripley. 8.20 Guests include Katherine Ryan. (S) (HD)9.00 QI XL Phill Jupitus, Sara Pascoe and Mark Watson take part in the quiz. (HD)10.00 RT CHOICE New series. Meet the Richardsons 1/9 Series 2. The couple embrace life in lockdown. See page 99. (HD)10.40 Hypothetical 7/8 Series 2. With guests Johnny Vegas, Zoe Lyons, Sara Pascoe and Richard Osman. (HD)11.20 Mock the Week (S) (HD)

12 midnight Would I Lie to You? (S) 12.40am Room 101 (S) (HD) 2.00 QI XL (HD) 2.45 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience 3.30—4.00am Late Nite Eats (HD)

7.00am Ferne McCann: First Time Mum: Ferne heads to Birmingham (S) (HD) 8.00 Buying and Selling (S) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe (HD)

12 noon Unboxed (S) (HD) 12.25pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta (S) (HD) 1.25 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum (S) (HD) 2.25 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.10 Million Dollar Listing: NYC (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of New York City (S) (HD) 5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S) (HD)

6.00pm Masters of Flip Dave and Kortney Wilson take on a tiny flip with big potential. (S) (HD)7.00 Buying and Selling A couple look to upgrade to a bigger Canadian house. (S) (HD)8.00 Dinner Date Sasha from London chooses three blind dates. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 Totally Unbelievable: Celebrity Holiday Hotspots The hottest super-rich celebrity holiday getaways. (S) (HD)10.00 Botched A woman seeks her seventh breast enhancement. (S) (AD) (HD)11.00 Vanderpump Rules Kristen is told she is not welcome at TomTom’s event. (S) (HD)11.55 The Only Way Is Essex An emotional Gemma has some bittersweet news. (S) (HD)


6.00am Classic Coronation Street (S) 6.55 Classic Emmerdale (S) 7.55 Heartbeat (S) (AD) 8.55 Bless This House (S) 9.30 On the Buses (S) 10.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (S) (AD) (HD) 11.35 Wycliffe (S) (HD)

12.40pm Heartbeat (S) (AD) 1.45 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Paddy is over the moon, while Chris breaks into Sean Reynolds’ offi ce (S) 2.50 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Fiona celebrates the birth of her son, and Gail does not like the idea of Nick sharing a house with Zoe (S) 3.50 Agatha Christie’s Marple (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50pm Agatha Christie’s PoirotThe Adventure of Johnnie WaverlyMarcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help after receiving letters threatening the kidnap of his son. (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 Wycliffe3/6 Series 4.. The Scapegoat. An ancient Cornish custom ends in murder. (S) (HD)

8.00 Lewis2/3 Series 8. The Lions of Nemea. When a student’s body is hauled from the canal with stab wounds, suspicion falls on her lover and his jealous wife. (S) (AD) (HD) DI Lewis Kevin WhatelyDI Hathaway Laurence FoxDr Laura Hobson Clare HolmanCh Supt Innocent Rebecca FrontDS Lizzie Maddox Angela Griffi nJennie Brightway Sian BrookeKaren Newman Rosie CavalieroPhilippa Garwood Andrea Lowe

10.00 Law & Order: UK6/6 Series 2. Honour Bound. Detective Brooks help his old friend and partner DS Jimmy Valentine in an undercover drug sting, but a civilian is shot dead. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 WycliffeSeries 3. Faith. The detective investigates when a baby is found dead, and suspicion falls on a pagan sect that’s steeped in ancient beliefs. (S) (HD)

12.10am Inspector Morse (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)2.15—2.30am Nightscreen

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD)8.00 Emmerdale (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 8.30 Coronation Street (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 9.30 Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 10.30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.45 FILM The Nut Job HH Animated comedy adventure starring Will Arnett (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.30pm Emmerdale Shown yesterday 7pm ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00 Coronation Street Shown yesterday 7.30/8.30pm ITV (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 New.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show: with Elizabeth Berkley Lauren (S) (HD) 2.55 Love Bites (S) (AD) (HD) 3.55 The Masked Singer US (S) (HD) 4.55 Take Me Out Emergency Services Special (S) (HD)

5.55pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire HHHH

qFantasy adventure starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

and Ralph Fiennes. Harry enters the Triwizard Tournament. Review page 34.Director Mike Newell (2005, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

9.00 Family GuySeries 3. The Griffins somehow manage to celebrate Christmas. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Brian has to look after a cantankerous elderly woman. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 New series. Celebrity JuiceEp 1. Quiz show hosted by Keith Lemon, with Roman Kemp, Shirley Ballas, Judi Love and Jamie Laing joining captains Laura Whitmore and Emily Atack. (S) (HD)

10.50 Family GuySeries 3. Meg lands a job at the local TV station, only to suffer the humiliation of having her first kiss broadcast. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.20 American Dad!Series 7. Roger and Stan compete for the lead role in a local play. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 A marriage counsellor revives Francine’s dreams. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.20am The Stand Up Sketch Show: double bill (S) (HD) 1.15 Don’t Hate the Playaz(S) (HD) 2.00 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility (S) (HD) 2.45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 3.10 FYI Extra (HD)3.25—3.30am Nightscreen (HD)

6.00am Only When I Laugh (S) 6.25 Robin of Sherwood (S) 7.25 The Saint (S) 8.25 Dempsey and Makepeace (S) (AD) 9.30 New.

Racing: the Opening Show: a look ahead to the opening day of the Grand National Meeting (S) (HD) 10.30 The Professionals(S) (AD) 11.30 Monster Carp (S) (HD)


7.00pm The Chase Celebrity Special With Sarah Willingham, Shaun Ryder, Michelle Dewberry and Eddie Edwards. (S) (HD)8.00 New. Made in Britain Learning about the UK’s fi nest pool tables. (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 FILM Cliffhanger HHHH Thriller starring Sylvester Stallone as a former mountain-rescue climber who is persuaded to come out of retirement. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)11.15 FILM Get Carter HHHH Crime thriller starring Michael Caine as ruthless London gangster Jack Carter, who investigates the death of his brother. (S) (W) (HD)

1.35am The Saint: Templar encounters a cool blonde (S) 2.30—3.00am The Protectors (S)

7.15am Birds of a Feather (S) 8.25 The Bill (S)9.30 Classic Holby City (HD) 10.55 Classic Casualty: Ellen’s results deal a double blow 12 noon The Bill (S) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders 2.20 Soldier Soldier (S) 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small (S) 4.20 Lovejoy (S) 5.25 Fresh Fields: Hester helps organise a fête

6.00pm Waiting for GodThe managers of Bayview Retirement Village threaten to expel Diana, prompting Tom to come up with a blackmail plot. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer WineCompo, Clegg and Foggy get excited about a gas barbecue, but have difficulty figuring out how the pressure valve works. (S) (AD)

7.20 Compo and Foggy drink too much home brew at Ernie Mordue’s funeral, resulting in bad hangovers. (S) (AD)

8.00 Dalziel & Pascoe2/4 Series 4. Recalled to Life. A woman is released from prison after a campaign to clear her of murder. Unfortunately for Dalziel, he was the investigating officer responsible for her conviction. (AD)Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel Warren ClarkeDetective Inspector Peter Pascoe Colin BuchananDetective Sergeant Edgar Wield David RoyleCissy Kohler Shirley Anne FieldOliver Fisher Tom Bell

10.00 New Tricks2/10 Series 12. Last Man Standing 2/2Danny goes on the run with Gerry as they search frantically for evidence that will prove his innocence. As the investigation leads to one of the biggest crime families in London, it is those closest to Gerry who are in the line of fire. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.20 Silent Witness3/5 Series 18. Protection. A suspected paedophile is found dead in a playground, and Nikki and Jack face the alarming prospect that his murder is linked to a little girl’s disappearance. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.40am The Bill: guest-starring Edward Woodward (S) 2.45—4.00am Cadfael (S)



11.15 Build a New Life in the CountryA 400-year-old barn in Nottinghamshire. (S) (HD) 12.15pm 5 News (S) (HD)

12.20 Our B&B Dream A couple relaunch an under-used pub as a B&B. (S) (HD)



2.15 Dream House, Nightmare Neighbour

qHHThriller. A woman who loses out to a young couple in a bidding war for her

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4.00 Rich House, Poor House The Heasman family swap their Essex farmhouse for the Webb’s maisonette in London. (S) (HD)


5.30 NeighboursOlivia’s begging causes Karl to boil over, and he creates some serious problems.Shown 1.45pm Rptd 6pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Home and AwayLeah and Justin make an offer on a house, and Martha is hospitalised.Shown 1.15pm Next episode 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)


7.00 The Highland VetBridget and Vicky receive a report of a prolapsed sheep spotted on a hill farm.Series director Ben SheldonFirst shown on 5 Select (S) (HD)


8.00 New. Springtime on the Farm4/4 Series 4. Adam Henson is hoping one of his pregnant pigs will boost the future of the rare Large Black breed. Continues tomorrow at 8pm. (S) (HD)


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a4/4. Rebecca decides she and Sam must plan a speedy escape, and

Bailey is on the cusp of fi nding the vital evidence she needs. However, the apathy of her bosses means she must confront the evil alone. See page 99.For cast see Monday (S) (HD)

10.00 Shoplifters: at War with the LawIn Coventry, a man leaves a shop wearing a new pair of trainers and becomes aggressive when he is stopped by a member of staff.Directors James Hilton, Ben Cotton, Philip Shotton and Kevin Forde (S) (HD)

11.05 Police Suspect No 1Offi cers in Norwich sense that one man is responsible for a rise in burglaries, and their suspect is an experienced criminal.Director Piers Sanderson (S) (HD)

12.05am Criminals: Caught on Camera(S) (HD) 1.00 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 Entertainment News (S) (HD) 3.10 Friends (S) (HD) 4.00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (S) (SL) 5.10 Nick’s Quest: mountain gorillas in Uganda (S) (HD) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL)

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Jonathan attempts to prevent a warThe Good Fight 9.00pm Duncan Herz (Jeremy Holm) asks for help

8.55am Food Unwrapped: jelly-bean production (S) (HD) 9.15 A Place in the Sun (S) (HD) 10.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (S) (HD)


6.55pm Escape to the Château: DIYMandy and Steve build a swimming pool to entice more guests to their cliff-edge château in the Dordogne. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 Grand DesignsTim and Zoë build an ultra-modern property in their expansive back garden. Presented by Kevin McCloud. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. The Good FightEp 4 Series 4. Adrian and Liz find out that there is a play based on them. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.15 The Tudors8/10 Series 1. When Anne tells Henry that he is being betrayed by someone close to him, the king turns on Wolsey. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 24 Hours in A&EVeteran actor Donald, who is suffering with bladder pain, entertains the team. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.35am Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown(S) (HD) 1.35 New. New Amsterdam (S) (AD) (HD)

2.30—3.40am The Good Fight (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown Tue/Wed 6.30pm C4 (AD) 7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00 Black-ish (AD) 9.00 Baby Daddy (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 The Goldbergs (AD)

12 noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 1.00pm The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.30 The Goldbergs (AD) 3.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD)4.30 Married at First Sight Australia 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 12/24 Series 6Sheldon’s assistant fl irts with Leonard. (AD)6.30 13/24. Leonard’s car is stolen. (AD)7.00 New. Hollyoaks Sienna breaks into Summer’s flat. Cast pp81/101 Rptd Fri 6.30pm C4 (AD)7.30 New. Below Deck MediterraneanJoao continues to send mixed messages. (AD)8.30 The Big Bang Theory 6/24 Series 9 Leonard and Sheldon hunt for helium. (AD)9.00 New. Supernanny USA Jo Frost helps a couple whose kids have mealtime issues.10.00 24 Hour Baby Hospital Zosia is determined to have as little intervention as possible in her fi rst labour. (AD)11.05 The Big Bang Theory 8/24 Series 5The girls shop for bridesmaid dresses. (AD)11.35 9/24. Leonard and Penny endure an awkward night at the cinema. (AD)

12.10am Gogglebox (SL) (AD) 1.15 Rick and Morty(AD) 1.45 Robot Chicken (AD) 2.00New. Mr Pickles: Momma Named Me Sheriff (AD) 2.15 Supernanny USA 3.05 Taskmaster (AD) 4.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 4.50—6.00am Black-ish (AD)



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9.00am Traffi c Cops: double bill (S) (HD)11.00 UK’s Strongest Man 2020 12 noon FILM Chuka HH Western starring Rod Taylor, Ernest Borgnine and John Mills(S) (HD) 2.15pm FILM The Great Sioux Uprising HH Western starring Jeff Chandler(S) (HD) 4.00 Sewermen (S) (HD) 5.00 Traffi c Cops: Under Attack: double bill (S) (HD)

7.00pm Police InterceptorsA chopper is called in to help multiple police cars apprehend a dangerous driver. (S) (HD)

8.00 A stolen Vauxhall Astra driven at speed the wrong way up a dual carriage crashes head-on into an oncoming car.

9.00 Winter Road RescueThe RAC’s Ian Devonshire and Sean Kimberlin work to rescue stranded motorists after serious flooding in the south-west of England. (S) (HD)

10.00 Police Raids: Caught by SurpriseA Trading Standards enforcement team raids a premises in Birmingham. (S) (HD)

11.00 Shops and Robbers: Caught on CameraNick Wallis examines how advances in technology are helping police forces to clamp down on shoplifters. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight New. Wrestling (S) (HD) 1.00am The A-Team: four episodes (S) (AD) (HD)4.45—5.00am Entertainment News

9.00am Four in a Bed 9.30 A New Life in the Sun 10.30 A Place in the Sun 12.30pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1.30 Come Dine with Me: fi ve editions 4.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 5.00pm A Place in the Sun A couple search for a holiday home in Gran Canaria.6.00 A holiday home on the Costa Blanca.6.50 FILM Grease HHHH Musical based on the hit stage show, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Unexpectedly reunited with summer love Danny at her new high school, Sandy Olsson can’t believe how different he is. Review p34. (AD)9.00 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 5/5. In the fi nal round, Matt Lucas welcomes Anneka Rice, John Bishop, Nadine Coyle and Ade Adepitan to the tent to tackle three challenges. See choice, page 78. Shown Tuesday 8pm C4 (AD)10.20 First Dates Hotel. Retired dock worker Albert has been single for 24 years. He is matched with 70-year-old thrill-seeker Carol. Shown Wednesday 9pm C4 (AD)11.25 Taskmaster 4/10. This week, Mike Wozniak tries out a new catchphrase and Lee Mack terrifi es an innocent member of the public. Shown 9pm Channel 4 (AD)12.30am The Dog House (AD) 1.35 Location, Location, Location: in the East Midlands 2.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces: transforming a goods wagon into a gin bar (AD)3.45—4.45am Scotland’s Scenic Railways

9.00am Walker, Texas Ranger (HD) 10.00 Matlock 11.05 CSI: Miami (HD) 12 noon Medium 1.00pm JAG 3.00 Perry Mason(HD) 5.00 Unsolved Mysteries 6.55 Judge Judy 9.00 Medium: Allison dreams about a mysterious double death 10.00 CSI: Miami(HD) 11.00 Unsolved Mysteries 12 midnight Judge Judy 1.00am ER (HD)2.00 Medium 3.00 CSI: Miami (HD) 3.55 Bondi Rescue: double bill 4.55—6.00am Matlock

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8.00am Entertainment News (HD) 8.10 Rich Kids Go Skint (S) (HD) 9.00 Filthy House SOS(S) (HD) 10.00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (S) (HD) 12 noon Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD) 1.00pm Police Interceptors: triple bill (S) (HD) 4.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away: double bill (S) (HD)6.00pm Neighbours Olivia causes Karl to boil over. Shown 5.30pm Channel 5 (S) (AD) (HD)6.30 New. Home and Away Lewis suspects Christian is guilty. Rptd Fri 6pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Bargain Loving Brits by the Sea Britons living the high life on a low budget. (S) (HD)8.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second CountsA 74-year-old has breathing diffi culties. (S) (HD)9.00 999: Critical Condition A man is rushed in after being attacked. (S) (HD)10.00 A&E After Dark Medical staff are faced with an aggressive patient. (S) (HD)11.00 Ambulance: Code Red 7 (S) (AD) (HD)12.05am Skin A&E (S) (AD) (HD) 1.05 Plastic Surgery Knifemares (S) (HD) 2.05 The Disappearance (S) (HD)3.05 Neighbours (S) (AD) (HD)3.30 Home and Away(S) (AD) (HD)3.55—4.00am Entertainment News (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (HD) 9.10 Bull (S)

10.10 NCIS: double bill (S) (AD) 12.05pm Law & Order: six back-to-back editions (S) (HD)

6.05 NCIS Series 11. Triple bill. The body of a former agent washes ashore 7.00 The team tracks political connections to a murder case 8.00 McGee’s girlfriend disobeys orders at the Department of Defense (S) 9.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Series 2. Double bill. An assistant district attorney guns down a hired killer, then Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a mother (S) 11.55 CSI: NY (S)

1.50am Grimm: double bill (S) 3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News 9.05 Our Yorkshire Farm (S) 10.10 FILM Stalked by the Killer Ex HH Thriller (S) 12 noon The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies: double bill (S)2.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors: two episodes 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet 6.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors The doctors deal with highly emotional patients.7.00 Doctors deal with ear-related problems.8.00 Featuring a man with anger issues. (S)9.00 Queen Victoria: in Her Own WordsAn exploration of the Queen’s life, through her diaries, journals and letters. (S)11.00 Tony Robinson’s History of BritainThe lives of people from the Victorian era, including a woman who worked down a mine. (S)12 midnight The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S)2.00am World War I in Colour (S)3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

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6.00am Due South 7.00 Crazy Like a Fox 8.00 Hart to Hart 9.00 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 10.00 Starsky & Hutch 11.00 TJ Hooker 12 noon Hart to Hart 2.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 3.00 Murder, She Wrote 7.00pm M*A*S*H: double bill. A congressional aide visits the 4077th, then a Korean casualty sparks a row 8.00 The Persuaders! 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am M*A*S*H 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Starsky & Hutch 3.45 TJ Hooker 4.30 Due South 5.15—6.00am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye


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6.00am André Rieu: Shall We Dance? (HD)9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (HD) 10.00 Discovering: Sidney Poitier (S) (AD) 11.00 South Bank Show (S) (HD) 11.30 Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Exhibition on Screen (S) (HD) 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 Discovering: Steve McQueen (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 The Eighties (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Pretenders: Music Icons (S) (HD) 4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (S) (HD) 5.00 Tales of the Unexpected (HD)

6.00pm Discovering: Maureen O’HaraA profile of the actress. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 New. Discovering: Peter UstinovThe life and career of the Oscar-winning English actor and raconteur. (S) (HD)

8.00 The DirectorsA portrait of John Ford. (S) (HD)

9.00 Hollywood CouplesSteve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. (S) (HD)

10.00 Romeo and JulietA National Theatre production. (HD)

11.35 Cheltenham Literature Festival 2020Interviews with authors. (HD)

12.35am The Directors (S) (HD) 1.35 The Great Songwriters (HD) 2.35 James Taylor: Austin City Limits (HD) 3.45 James Taylor: Music Icons(S) (HD) 4.10 Tales of the Unexpected (HD) 5.10 as 11am 5.35—6.00am Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

Discovering: Peter Ustinov 7.00pm

The actor, writer and fi lm-maker

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6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Murder Maps (S) (HD) 9.00 The Stuarts: a Bloody Reign (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 Great British Railway Journeys (HD)

12 noon Antiques Roadshow (S) (HD) 1.00pm The Architecture the Railways Built (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Abandoned Engineering (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 World War Two from Above (S) (HD)5.00 Narrow Escapes of World War Two (S)

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow A second visit to Audley End House, Essex. (S) (HD)7.00 Great British Railway JourneysMichael Portillo travels from Hull to Malton. (HD)7.30 Michael conducts important research in an historic York tea room. (HD)8.00 New. Bangers and Cash Derek heads to Suffolk to collect two Bentleys — a stunning 1963 S3 and a 1965 Continental. (HD)9.00 Bangers and Cash A widow parts with her husband’s treasured collection of Rolls-Royces and Bentleys. (S) (HD)10.00 The World at War An account of the liberation of Paris and Brussels in 1944. (S) (HD)11.00 The story of the Nazi quest to establish an Aryan race. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Living with Hitler (HD)1.00—3.00am Monster Ships (S) (HD)

6.00am Wanted Down Under 7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Homes under the Hammer(HD) 10.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 12 noon Money for Nothing (HD) 1.00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away (HD) 2.00 Animal Cops(AD) 3.00 Animal Cops Detroit (AD) 4.00 New.

Pit Bulls and Parolees (HD) 6.00 Money for Nothing (HD) 7.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD)9.00 New. Portals to Hell (HD) 10.00 Paranormal Lockdown UK (HD) 11.00 Paranormal Lockdown with Nick Groff: an old infi rmary (HD) 12 midnight Ghost Adventures(HD) 1.00am Most Haunted (HD) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00—6.00am Antiques Road Trip (HD)

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6.00am Science and Technology 7.30 Scottish FMQ’s 8.35 UK Research Funding 11.15 HARDtalk 11.40 Lords 1.35pm Parliamentary Firsts 1.40 Briefi ngs 2.40 Welsh FMQ’s 3.45 Lecture 4.25 Human Rights Act 5.25 HARDtalk 5.50 Stormont 5.55 The Week 6.20 Women’s Day Debate 8.15 Ten Minute Rule Bill 8.25 Treaty of Versailles 9.10 Prime Properties 9.25 Home Offi ce 11.10 HARDtalk 11.40 NI — Covid-19 12.35—6.00am Highlights

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6.00am Monkey Life (S) (AD) 7.00 Futurama (S) (HD) 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (S) 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (S) (AD) 10.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles(S) (HD) 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 (S)

(HD) 3.00 MacGyver (S) (HD) 4.00 Modern Family (S) (HD) 5.00 The Simpsons (HD) 5.30 Futurama (S) (HD)

6.30pm The Simpsons Lisa decides to add insects to her diet.7.00 Ned discovers a miraculous tree in the Simpsons’ garden.7.30 Homer befriends his cool new neighbours. (S) (HD)

8.00 An Idiot Abroad 2/8 Series 1Karl Pilkington visits India. (S) (HD)

9.00 New series. A League of Their Own Road Trip Ep 1 Series 5Jamie, Freddie and Romesh travel from Loch Ness to London. (HD)

10.00 New. Dating No FilterWith Daisy May Cooper. (HD)

10.30 David Blaine: Real or Magic? The illusionist entertains a host of celebrities. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.30 The Flight Attendant 3/8 Cassie crashes Alex’s memorial service in New York. (S) (HD)

12.30am The Force: Essex (HD) 1.30 Road Wars (S) (HD) 3.00 Brit Cops: War on Crime (S) 4.00 Stargate SG-1(S) 5.00—6.00am MacGyver (S) (HD)

6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(S) (HD) 9.00 The Wire (S) (HD) 11.15 Dexter (S) (HD) 1.25pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (HD) 3.25 The Affair: double bill (S) (AD)

5.35pm The Sopranos 10/13 Series 2. Tony learns there was a witness to the Bevilaqua hit and Richie conspires with Junior. (S) (HD)

6.40 11/13. Richie continues to disobey orders and Tony is advised to go straight. (S) (HD)

7.45 Game of Thrones 2/6 Series 8. Jaime Lannister is confronted with the consequences of his mistakes, while Daenerys learns the truth about her relationship with Jon. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Your Honor 6/10. Adam spends the day with a dangerous new love interest and Michael searches for his blackmailer. (S) (HD)

10.10 Hausen 3/8. Juri is caught by the gang when he fi nds their lab behind the elevator shaft. (S) (HD)

11.20 4/8. Juri escapes Ninja, but is pushed into an elevator shaft. German +subtitles. (S) (HD)

12.30am Oz: Beecher fi ghts back(S) 1.40 Ray Donovan (S) (AD) (HD)

4.00 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Guest Wing (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry(S) 8.00 Celebrity Four Weddings(S) (AD) 9.00 Four Weddings (S) (AD)

10.00 My Kitchen Rules UK (S) (HD)

12 noon Robot Wars (S) (HD)

1.10pm Total Wipeout (S) (AD) 3.00 Most Haunted (S) 4.00 Warehouse 13 (S) (HD) 5.00 Supergirl (S) (HD)

6.00 Stargate SG-1 (S) 8.00 Arrow: Oliver reaches out for help(S) (HD) 9.00 Agatha Raisin (S) (AD)

(HD) 10.05 The Russell Howard Hour(S) (HD) 11.05 A League of Their Own Road Trip (HD) 12.05am Dating No Filter (HD) 12.35 Private Eyes (HD)1.30 Police Ten 7 (S) (HD) 2.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 A League of Their Own (S) (AD) (HD)4.00 Wild Vets (S) 4.30 Wild Vets (S)5.00—6.00am Most Haunted (S)

6.00am Star Trek: Voyager 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Merlin 12 noon Stargate SG-1 1.00pm Project Blue Book 2.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager 4.00 Merlin 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00 The Librarians 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Project Blue Book 9.00 Fringe 10.00 FILM

Safe HHH English, Mandarin, Russian +subtitles 12 midnight The Librarians 1.00am Star Trek: the Next Generation 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager 3.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.00 Merlin 5.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1


9.00 Bones (S) (HD) 10.00 Bull (S)

(HD) 11.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Bones (S) (HD) 2.00pm The Mentalist (S) (HD) 3.00 NCIS (S)

(AD) (HD) 4.00 Bull (S) (HD) 5.00 Bones: the team races to fi nd the abducted Brennan (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Mentalist 12/22 Series 6. Jane helps the FBI investigate the murder of a cartographer. (S) (HD)

7.00 NCIS 6/24 Series 15. McGee investigates the murder of a petty offi cer who was a fellow amateur radio enthusiast. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 7/24. Gibbs pursues an independent line of inquiry when a convicted felon vehemently swears he was framed. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 NCIS: New Orleans 1/20 Series 6. Pride is obliged to cut his holiday short when Hannah is suspended for breaking protocol during an investigation. (S) (HD)

10.00 New. Those Who Kill 10/10. Thomas and Bisgaard try to keep Catherine calm after Molbeck is attacked. (S) (HD)

11.00 American Dad! Series 1Pilot episode of the comedy. (S)

11.30 Steve sets up a fi ghting arena in an empty property. (S)




8.00am Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 9.15 The Story of China (S) 10.35 Propaganda: the Art of Selling Lies(S) 11.50 The Dust Bowl 1.00pm Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 2.15 The Story of China (S) 3.35 Propaganda: the Art of Selling Lies (S) 4.50 The Dust Bowl 5.55 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth

7.15pm The Story of ChinaMichael Wood fi nds out about the highly creative Song dynasty on a visit to Kaifeng city. (S)

8.35 Yosemite Scientists and adventurers explore the Californian national park, through the water that carved out its valleys and feeds it fl ora and fauna, investigating the effects of climate change.

9.50 The Dust Bowl In 1939, a break in the drought enables farmers to stabilise their damaged land and allow conservation plans to be put into effect.

11.00 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the CommonwealthCSS Robert E Lee, which ran supplies to the Confederates during the American Civil War.


1.35 Yosemite 2.35 The Dust Bowl 3.35—4.00am Beautiful Serengeti

6.00am Aerial America (HD) 7.00 Aerial Greece 8.00 Mystic Britain(HD) 9.00 America in Colour (HD)

10.00 Shark Ganglands (HD) 11.00 World’s Most Dangerous Shark (HD)

12 noon Secrets of Shark Island(HD) 1.00pm Aerial Greece 2.00 Mystic Britain (HD) 3.00 America in Colour (HD) 4.00 Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story (HD)

6.00pm Race to Victory: WWII Europe A fresh perspective to the victory over Nazi Germany. (HD)

7.00 Race to Victory: WWII Pacifi c A countdown narrative and colour footage reveal famous and intimate moments of the climax of the Pacifi c War. (HD)

8.00 Inside the Factory Gregg Wallace explores Ribena’s factory, and Cherry Healey lends a hand harvesting berries. (HD)

9.00 Ice Airport AlaskaA month of snowfall threatens safety on the runways. (HD)

10.00 Air Warriors The inside story of America’s CIA spy plane, the U-2, which took photographs secretly from the stratosphere. (HD)

11.00 Ice Airport Alaska Over 200 US citizens attempt to fl ee the coronavirus pandemic. (HD)

12 midnight As 9pm.

1.00am Air Warriors (HD)

3.00—6.00am Aerial Greece (HD)

7.00am Highway Patrol (AD) 8.00 Motorway Patrol (HD) 9.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (HD)

10.00 Border Patrol (HD) 11.00 Police Force: Australia 12 noon Police Ten 7 (HD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol (HD) 2.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Atlantis (HD) 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation (HD)

6.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise (HD)

8.00 Lost Girl (HD) 9.00 Ghost Whisperer (HD) 11.00 Merlin 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (HD) 2.00 Banged Up Abroad (HD) 3.00 Highway Patrol (AD) 4.00 Motorway Patrol (HD)5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare (AD)

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7.00am The Chase (HD) 10.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 11.00 Bruce Forsyth’s Play Your Cards Right (AD) 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1.00pm Catchphrase (AD)

2.00 Take Your Pick 3.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 4.00 The Chase(HD) 5.00 Family Fortunes 6.00 Tenable: a family from Swansea attempt to win a cash prize. Warwick Davis hosts (HD) 7.00 Weakest Link: with Anne Robinson 8.00 The Chase: double bill of the quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh(HD) 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 11.00 Bullseye (AD)12 midnight The Chase: four editions (HD) 4.00am Wheel of Fortune 5.00—6.00am Bullseye (AD)


7.00am Homes under the Hammer(HD) 8.00 Flog It! (HD) 10.00 Escape to the Country (HD) 12 noon Fixer Upper (HD) 1.00pm Home Town (HD)2.00 A Place in the Sun (HD) 3.00 Flog It! (HD) 4.00 Love Your Garden (HD)5.00 Homes under the Hammer (HD)6.00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun(HD) 7.00 A Place in the Sun (HD)8.00 Escape to the Country (HD)9.00 New. Flip or Flop: double bill. A renovation in Norwalk, California, then a house in Long Beach (HD) 10.00New. Fixer to Fabulous: in Bentonville, Arkansas (HD) 11.00 Home Town (HD)12 midnight Good Bones (AD) (HD)1.00am Flog It! (HD) 2.00 Income Property (HD) 3.00—4.00am My Dream Derelict Home (AD) (HD)

6.00am How Do They Do It? (HD) 6.20 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (AD) (HD)7.10 Combat Dealers (HD) 8.00 Supercar Superbuild (HD) 9.00 Fantomworks(HD) 10.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 11.00 Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars (AD) (HD)12 noon How Do They Do It? (HD) 1.00pm as 6.20am 2.00 Richard Hammond’s Big(HD) 3.00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides (HD) 4.00 Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD)5.00 Scrap Kings (HD)6.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 7.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It(HD) 8.00 Salvage Hunters (HD) 9.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 10.00 Chasing Classic Cars (HD) 11.00 How Do They Do It? (HD) 12 midnight as 9pm 1.00am as 2pm 2.00 American Chopper 3.00 Supercar Superbuild (HD) 4.00 Mighty Ships (HD) 5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am Secret Life of Kittens 6.05 Secret Life of Puppies 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Mya Go 6.25 Blue’s Clues & You 6.50 Thomas & Friends 7.00 Fireman Sam 7.10 Daisy & Ollie 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.45 New. Pip & Posy 8.00 Paddington 8.20 New. Paw Patrol 8.30 Ricky Zoom 8.45 Wonderful World of Baby Animals 8.50 Wissper 8.55 Milkshake! Monkey 9.00 Peppa Pig 9.05—9.15am New. Sunny Bunnies


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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Bing 6.25 Teletubbies 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Bing 7.15 Hey Duggee 7.30 Go Jetters 7.40 Peter Rabbit 7.55 Octonauts 8.10 Numberblocks 8.15 Love Monster 8.20 New. School of Roars 8.30 Alphablocks 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Octonauts: Great Arctic Adventure 9.25 Bing 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Hey Duggee 10.40 My Petsaurus 10.45 Kiri & Lou 10.50 New. BOT and the Beasties 10.55 Garden Tales 11.05 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.20 Colours 11.25 Patchwork Pals 11.30 Tik Tak 11.35 New. My Very First 11.45 Woolly & Tig 11.50 Olobob Top 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Goldilocks & the Three Bears 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Alphablocks 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Dog Loves Books 1.25 Messy Goes to OKIDO 1.35 Oti’s Boogie Beebies 1.40 Small Potatoes 1.45 Something Special 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Bing 2.25 Tee and Mo; My Petsaurus 2.35 Melody 2.45 Vet Tales 3.00 Maddie’s Do You Know? 3.15 Swashbuckle 3.35 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 3.55 Love Monster 4.05 What’s On Your Head? 4.10 New. Our Family 4.20 Andy’s Adventures 4.35 Bitz & Bob 4.50 Go Jetters 5.00 GiggleQuiz 5.15 Waffl e 5.25 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Little Big Awesome 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.10 Danny & Mick 8.20 Operation Ouch! 8.50 Dumping Ground Island 9.50 The Dumping Ground 10.05 Absolute Genius Super Tech 10.35 Horrible Histories 11.05 Art Ninja 11.25 Danger Mouse 11.35 Shaun the Sheep 11.45 The Deep 12.25pm Hank Zipzer 1.45 Class Dismissed 2.00 Horrible Histories 2.25 Step Up to the Plate 2.55 Little Big Awesome 3.10 Danny & Mick 3.20 Dennis & Gnasher 3.30New. She-Ra 3.55 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.05 We Bare Bears 4.15 Odd Squad 4.45 Danger Mouse 5.00 New. Blue Peter 5.30 We Bare Bears 5.45 Summer Camp Island 6.00 Dragons: Riders of Berk 6.20New. Do Try This at Home 6.35 Deadly Dinosaurs; Deadly 60 7.05 The Next Step 7.30 New. The New Legends of Monkey 7.55 Tracy Beaker 8.05 Nikki Lilly Bakes 8.15 Odd Squad 8.30 My Life 8.55—9.00pm Our CBBC


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6.00am Transformers 6.20 Buck and Buddy 6.25 Ninjago 6.55 Mr Magoo 7.25 Hotel Transylvania 7.55 Teen Titans Go! 8.25 Dare Master 8.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 9.00 Scooby-Doo’s Monsters 9.25 Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy 10.45 Mr Magoo 10.55 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 12 noon Dave Spud 12.55pm Mission Employable 1.00 Don’t Unleash the Beast 1.30 How 1.55 Teen Titans Go! 2.25 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 3.30 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 4.00 Scooby-Doo’s Monsters 4.30 Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! 6.00 Robozuna 6.25 Lego Jurassic World 6.55 Dave Spud 7.55 Scrambled! Bites 8.00 How 8.25 Spy School 8.55—9.00pm Dare Master


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6.00am Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD) 8.00 Building Off the Grid (S) (HD) 9.00Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 10.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 11.00 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 12 noon Gold Rush (S) (HD) 1.00pm Gold Divers (S) (HD) 2.00 Gold Rush (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 The Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD)4.00 Alaskan Bush People (HD)5.00 Wheeler Dealers (S) (HD) 6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 7.00 Outback Truckers (S) (HD) 8.00 Diesel Brothers (S) (HD) 9.00New. Expedition Bigfoot (HD) 10.00 New.

Naked and Afraid (S) (HD) 11.00 Combat Dealers: Reloaded (S) (HD) 12 midnight as 9pm 1.00am as 10pm 2.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD) 3.00 as 9pm 3.50 Bad Chad Customs (S) (AD) (HD) 4.40 The Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD) 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Inside the Vets (HD) 10.00 Animal Babies (HD) 11.00 The Planets(HD) 12 noon Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (AD) (HD) 1.00pm India’s New Worlds (HD) 2.00 Animal Babies(HD) 3.00 Seasons of the Wild (HD)4.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 5.00 Inside the Vets (HD)6.00pm The Planets (HD) 7.00 India’s New Worlds (HD) 8.00 Animal Babies(HD) 9.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders(AD) (HD) 10.00 India’s New Worlds: charting wildlife conservation projects in India (HD) 11.00 Inside the Vets (HD)12 midnight The Planets (HD) 1.00am India’s New Worlds (HD) 2.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 3.00 Inside the Vets (HD) 3.50 Animal Babies (HD) 4.35 Wild North (HD)5.30—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am Pawn Stars (HD) 7.00 American Pickers (HD) 8.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD) 10.00 Amazon Gold Hunters (HD) 11.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion (HD) 3.00pm History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD) 5.00 Pawn Stars (HD) 6.00 American Pickers(HD) 7.00 Forged in Fire (HD) 8.00 Salvage Kings (HD) 9.00 New. Forged in Fire: the mighty Serrated Tegha Sword (HD) 10.00 New. Assembly Required: a mobile barbecue gril (HD)11.00 Fire Masters: BBQ Wars (HD)12 midnight Stonehenge: Walking through History (HD) 1.00am Salvage Kings (HD) 2.00 Fire Masters: BBQ Wars (HD) 3.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD) 5.00—6.00am Swamp People: Serpent Invasion (HD)

6.00am The Zoo (S) (HD) 7.00 Preposterous Pets (S) (HD) 8.00 Hanging with the Hendersons (S) (HD) 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 10.00 The Zoo(HD) 11.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 12 noon Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 1.00pm Crikey! It’s the Irwins (HD) 2.00 Amanda to the Rescue (S) (HD) 3.00 Take Back the Harbour (HD) 4.00 The Vet Life (S) (HD) 5.00 The Zoo (S) (HD) 6.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 7.00 Animal Cops San Francisco (S) (AD) 8.00 Dr Jeff (S) (HD)9.00 Vet Gone Wild (S) (HD) 10.00 Animal Cops Detroit (S) (AD) 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 1.00am Dr Jeff (S) (HD) 2.00 Crikey! It’s the Irwins(HD) 3.00 as 10pm 3.50 Vet Gone Wild(S) (HD) 4.40 How Do Animals Do That(S) (HD) 5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am The Biggest Little Farm (S) (HD) 7.45 My Icon: Charlotte Edwards (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Premier League Legends: David Ginola (S) (AD) (HD) 8.30 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) (HD) 9.30 The History of Comedy (S) (AD) (HD) 10.30 Too Young to Die (S) (AD) (HD) 11.30 Formula One: Drive to Survive (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Expecting Amy (HD)2.00 The Biggest Little Farm (S) (HD) 3.45 My Icon: Catriona Matthew(S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Discovering: Alec Guinness (S) (AD) (HD) 5.00 Hollywood Couples (S) (HD)

6.00pm The History of ComedyA look at comedians who died at a relatively young age. (HD)

7.00 Too Young to Die The life of actress Sharon Tate. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Expecting Amy Amy tightens up her stand-up set before her new taping date. (HD)

9.00 Hotspots: inside SyriaWith Stuart Ramsay, Alex Crawford and Alex Rossi. (AD)

10.00 The End of the StormExploring Liverpool Football Club’s 2019/20 season. (S) (HD)

12 midnight FILM The Armstrong Lie HHHH (S) (W)2.15am Twist of Faith 4.00 Discovering: Robert Taylor (S) (AD) (HD) 5.00—6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Ocean Parks (S) (HD) 7.00 Monkey Life (S) (HD) 8.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD) 9.00 Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD) 10.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S) (HD) 11.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD) 12 noon Into the Wild: India (S) (HD) 1.00pm Monkey Life (S) (HD) 2.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD) 3.00 Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD) 4.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S) (HD) 5.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD)

6.00pm Into the Wild: India A stallion follows a herd for a chance to sire the next generation. (S) (HD)

7.00 Monkey Life Following daily life at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. (S) (HD)7.30 Daily life at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre. (S) (HD)

8.00 Great Parks of AfricaKgalagadi Transfrontier Park. (S) (HD)

9.00 Mysteries of the MekongThe beauty of Thailand. (S) (HD)

10.00 Into the Wild: IndiaAs 6pm.

11.00 Tales from ZambiaLife on the Liuwa Plains. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Wildlife Rescue New Zealand (HD) 1.00am Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs (S) (AD) (HD)2.00 Great Parks of Africa (S) (HD)3.00 Mysteries of the Mekong (S) (HD) 4.00 Animal Senses (S) (HD)5.00—6.00am Guardians of the Wild: the Zambian bush (S) (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (S) 8.00 Border Patrol (S) 9.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order (HD)11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(HD) 12 noon The Rookie (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00pm Blue Bloods (HD) 3.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 4.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm Nothing to DeclareSix back-to-back editions. (S)

8.00 Ghost Whisperer 16/18 Series 3. Professor Payne is reunited with a former girlfriend who tells him he is a father. (S) (HD)

9.00 New. Private Eyes 10/12 Series 4. Becca’s new documentary hits a snag when the jazz club she is featuring is targeted by an arsonist. (HD)

10.00 Criminal Minds 4/10 Series 15. Garcia leads a hacking competition and Dr Reid meets a woman named Maxine. (S) (HD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 21/22 Series 8The team investigates when a teenage boy is found dead in a basement torture chamber. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Criminal Minds (S) (HD) 1.00am Chicago Med (HD)2.00 Chicago Fire (HD) 3.00 Chicago PD (HD) 4.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00—6.00am Brit Cops: Rapid Response (S) (AD)

7.15am Hudson & Rex (S) (AD) (HD)9.00 Father Brown (S) (AD) (HD)11.00 Death in Paradise (S) (AD) (HD)3.00pm Murdoch Mysteries (S) (HD)

5.00pm Death in Paradise 3/8 Series 8. The presenter of TV holiday series Hot Shots takes a midnight swim, only for her body to be washed up on the shore.6.20 4/8. DI Mooney and the team investigate the shooting of a coffee-plantation owner.7.40 5/8. The murder of a festival queen leaves DI Mooney with a fresh crime to solve, and puts a strain on Florence’s relationship. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators 2/10 Series 3. Frank and Lu take on the case of a washed-up rock star who believes that the Devil is trying to kill him, and set out to unmask the real culprit. (AD) (HD)

10.00 Father Brown 10/15 Series 3. The priest becomes embroiled in an audacious art heist masterminded by his adversary Flambeau. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Death in Paradise As 6.20pm.12 midnight Evil (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am Harrow (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Copper(S) (HD) 2.55—4.00am Motive (HD)

7.25am Ever Decreasing Circles 8.30 Hi-de-Hi! (S) 9.10 Porridge (S)9.55 Last of the Summer Wine (S) (AD) 11.15 Keeping Up Appearances(S) 11.55 The Good Life (S) (AD)12.30pm Porridge (S) 1.10 Hi-de-Hi!(S) 1.55 Ever Decreasing Circles 2.30 Dad’s Army (S) 3.10 Keeping Up Appearances (S) 3.50 The Good Life (S) (AD) 4.25 Last of the Summer Wine (S) (AD) 5.40 Hi-de-Hi! (S)


7.00 Porridge Fletch sorts out Godber’s torrid love life. (S)

7.40 Dad’s Army The platoon prepares for an offi cial visit. (S)8.20 The platoon is picked to appear in an Army training fi lm. (S)

9.00 Miranda Things look up for Miranda’s love life. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.40 Absolutely FabulousEdina installs a fl otation tank. (S)

10.20 French and SaundersGuest-starring Rowland Rivron.

11.00 The Royle Family (S) (AD)


12.15am Miranda (S) (AD) (HD)1.00 Absolutely Fabulous (S) 1.35 French and Saunders 2.15 The Royle Family (S) (AD) 2.45 Goodness Gracious Me (S) 3.30—4.00am Absolutely Fabulous (S)

6.10am MasterChef Australia (S) (HD)7.00 My Dream Home (S) (HD) 8.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 10.00 The Bill (S)11.00 Inside the Ambulance (S) (HD)1.00pm Tipping Point (S) (HD) 2.00 My Kitchen Rules: Australia (S) (HD)4.00 My Dream Home (S) (HD)6.00pm Property Brothers: Forever Homes (S) (HD) 7.00 New. Top Chef(AD) (HD) 8.00 New series. The Shift: Women on the Force: the work of female offi cers (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out (S) (HD) 10.10 Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity(AD) (HD) 11.10 The Shift: Women on the Force (S) (AD) (HD) 12.10am One Born Every Minute (S) (HD)1.10—3.00am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan: four editions (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Motorway Patrol (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Border Security(S) (HD) 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) (HD) 10.00 Road Wars (S) 11.00 Murder in Amish Country (HD) 12 noon Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD)1.00pm Killer in My Village (S) (HD)2.00 Killer Colleagues (S) (HD) 3.00 World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 4.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00 Brit Cops (S) 6.00 The Mark of a Killer (S) (HD) 7.00 Killer in My Village (S) (HD) 8.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 9.00 Murders That Shocked the Nation (S) (HD) 10.00 The Real Manhunter: Levi Bellfi eld (HD)11.45 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD)12.40am World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.35 Snapped (S) (HD) 2.30 Killer in My Village (S) (HD) 3.30 Brit Cops(S) 4.30—6.00am Motorway Patrol (HD)

8.00am WW2: Hell under the Sea (S) (HD) 9.00 Nazi Megastructures (S) (HD) 10.00 Hitler’s Last Stand (HD)11.00 Car SOS (S) (HD) 1.00pm Ice Road Rescue (HD) 2.00 Lost Cities with Albert Lin (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Europe from Above (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Drain the Ocean: Dinosaurs from the Deep (S) (HD) 5.00 Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD) 7.00 Food Factory (S) (HD) 8.00New. Car SOS: restoring a Jaguar Xj-S V12 (HD) 9.00 Car SOS (HD) 10.00 Ice Road Rescue: Ole Henrik sends his rookie crew out (HD) 11.00 Air Crash Investigation: the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight Airport Security: First Class (HD)1.00am Airport Security: Brazil (HD)2.00 Drugs Inc (HD) 3.00—5.00am Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD)

6.00am Mysteries at the Museum 7.00 Combat Dealers (S) (AD) 8.00 Expedition Unknown (S) (AD)9.00 Blowing Up History(S) 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Spies Beneath Berlin 12 noon Combat Dealers (S)1.00pm Codes and Conspiracies(S) 2.00 Expedition Unknown (S) 3.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files (S)4.00 Mysteries at the Museum 5.00 Blowing Up History(S) 6.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S) 7.00 Expedition Unknown (S) 8.00 Blowing Up History 9.00 Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Mysteries of the Missing(S) 12 midnight Blowing Up History 1.00am as 9pm 2.00 Mysteries at the Museum 3.00 Mysteries of the Missing(S) 4.00 Codes and Conspiracies (S)5.00—6.00am Blowing Up History (S)

8.00am Baywatch 9.00 The A-Team(AD) 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond(S) 12 noon 3rd Rock from the Sun 1.00pm My Wife and Kids (S) (HD) 2.00 Friends (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 New. Fresh Off the Boat: Jessica has to shadow a teacher, then Louis believes he has found his true calling (HD) 9.00 FILM Charlie’s Angels HH Action comedy adventure based on the 1970s TV series, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. When a top computer boffi n is kidnapped, the crime-busting trio become involved in a game of betrayal and deception 11.00 Baywatch 1.00am The A-Team (AD) 2.00 South Park (S) (HD)3.40 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends: double bill (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am Everybody Hates Chris (HD)9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 10.00 The Mindy Project (S) (HD)11.00 Girls (HD) 12.10pm Sex and the City (HD) 1.20 Curb Your Enthusiasm(HD) 2.30 Parks and Recreation (HD)3.30 30 Rock (S) (HD) 4.30 Will & Grace(HD) 5.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(S) (HD) 6.30 Sex and the City (S) (HD) 7.45 Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry and Jeff try to comfort the Greenes’ dog, then Larry defuses an awkward situation on an aeroplane (HD) 9.00 Ricky Gervais: Fame (S) (HD) 10.30 Silicon Valley (S) (HD) 11.05 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (HD)12.05am The Late Late Show with James Corden (HD) 1.05 Ballers (HD)1.45 Sex and the City (HD)2.50 Girls (HD)4.00—5.00am The Mindy Project (HD)


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6.35am Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart HHH Adventure.(2013, PG) 8.20 As 8pm 10.10 As 6.25pm 11.55 As 9.50pm 1.40pm As 11.35pm 3.25 Adventures in Zambezia HH Adventure. (2012, U) 4.55 The House of Magic HHHH Animated adventure. (2013, U)

6.25pm Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure HHHH Two slackers travel through time to avoid fl unking an exam. Keanu Reeves (1988, PG)

8.00 Sonic the Hedgehog HHHH Fast-paced and fun adventure with the speedy video-game icon. James Marsden (2019, PG)

9.50 The Scorpion King HHH

The Rock plays a legendary warrior who battles an evil warlord. Michael Clarke Duncan (2002, 12)

11.35pm A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures HHH Colourful animated tale. Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton (2010, U) 1.20am As 4.55pm 3.00 As 6.35am 4.45 As 3.25pm

6.05am As 6.15pm 7.50 Straight Up HHHH Comedy. (2019) 9.30 As 8pm 11.30 Bad Teacher HH (2011, 15) 1.10pm A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life HHH Black comedy. (2019, 15) 2.35 In the Loop HHHH Comedy.(2009, 15) 4.25 Misbehaviour HHHH

Comedy drama. Keira Knightley (2019, 12)

6.15pm Starsky & Hutch HHH

Enjoyable comedy makeover of the cult 1970s TV cop show.Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn (2004, 15)

8.00 Dinner for Schmucks HPaul Rudd tries to impress his boss by inviting an idiot for supper. Steve Carell, Jemaine Clement (2010, 12)

10.00 Mr Nice HHH Darkly comic chronicle of the life and times of drug smuggler Howard Marks. Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny (2010, 18)

12.10am In the Loop As 2.35pm 2.00 Straight Up As 7.50am 3.40 How to Fake a War HHH

Uneven satirical comedy. Katherine Parkinson, Lily Newmark, Jay Pharoah (2019) 5.10 Misbehaviour As 4.25pm

7.50am Ender’s Game As 7.35pm 9.50 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring As 9.35pm 12.50pm Safe HHH Action thriller. Jason Statham (2011, 15) 2.30 The Green Hornet HH Action comedy.Seth Rogen, Jay Chou (2011, 12) 4.30 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts

5.50pm BitterSweet HH The defi ciencies of an implausible plot are exacerbated by excruciating performances. Angie Everhart (1999)

7.35 Ender’s Game HHH Sci-fi adventure about a teenage boy whose gaming skills might save the world. Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfi eld (2013, 12)

9.35 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5 Visually breathtaking odyssey. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen (2001, PG)

12.35am Bad Boys II HH Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reteam as bickering cops for this sequel to the hit comedy thriller. (2003, 15) 3.05 Safe As 12.50pm 4.45 The Green Hornet As 2.30pm

8.40am That Touch of Mink As 2.15pm 10.25 Operation Petticoat HHHH Wartime comedy. Cary Grant, Tony Curtis (1959, U) 12.30pm As 8.20pm 2.15 That Touch of Mink HHH

Romantic comedy. Cary Grant (1962, U) 4.00 Frida HHHH Frida Kahlo biopic. Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina (2002, 15)

6.10pm Batman and Robin HH

George Clooney’s Caped Crusader goes up against Arnie’s Mr Freeze. Chris O’Donnell (1997, PG)

8.20 50 First Dates HHH

Romantic comedy that’s sweetly sentimental if a little vulgar. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider (2004, 12)

10.05 Bad Boys HHHH Two cops have to switch lifestyles to fool the only witness to a crime.Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni (1995, 18)

12.10am Sudden Impact HHH

Tough outing for San Francisco cop “Dirty” Harry Callahan. Clint Eastwood (1983, 18) 2.15 Frida As 4pm 4.25 Operation Petticoat As 10.25am

11.00am Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! HHHH Terrifi c animated adventure with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey voicing little-and-large characters from the much-loved Dr Seuss book. (2008, U) (S)

12.45pm The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water HHHH

There are gags galore for kids and parents alike as SpongeBob and co cross over into our world in this part-animated comedy adventure.Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas (2015, U) (S) (AD)

2.30 Two by Two HHH Colourful animated take on the Noah’s Ark tale with two animals left behind when the ark sets out. (2015, U) (S)

4.10 Teen Wolf HHH MichaelJ Fox succumbs to a family curse that kicks in when the Moon is full in this likeable comedy. (1985, PG) (S)

6.00pm Transformers: the Last Knight HHH Merlin’s legendary staff is the key to stopping the Decepticons in this visually dazzling instalment in the series. Mark Wahlberg (2017, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 Commando HHH Arnold Schwarzenegger makes for a spectacularly destructive hero in this no-frills action adventure, playing a former commando called back into action. (1985, 18) (S)

10.50 Overlord HHH Tense, super-gory and violent action horror adventure in which American paratroopers battle undead Nazis on a mission in France. Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell (2018, 18) (S)

1.00—4.00am The Raid 2 HHHH Superbly stylish but very violent action thriller set in the ganglands of Indonesia. Iko Uwais (2013, 18)

6.00am Impulse HH Crime thriller.Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith (1955) (S) 7.40 Happy Go Lovely HH Musical. David Niven (1950, U) 9.30 Sir Francis Drake10.00 Get Some In! 10.30 The Yellow Balloon HH Crime drama.Andrew Ray, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More (1952, PG) 12.15pm Sunstruck H Comedy drama. Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon (1972, PG) (S) 2.00 Rooms2.30 They Came from beyond Space HH Sci-fi thriller. Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne (1967, PG) (S) 4.15 Impact HH British B-thriller that sees Conrad Phillips’s reporter set up by a no-good club boss who wants him out of the picture. George Pastell (1963, U) (S) 5.30 Rooms

6.00pm Interpol Calling TV crime drama with Charles Korvin.6.30 Kill Her Gently HHH

Dark, twisting thriller in which two escaped convicts get picked up by a motorist who turns out to be a worse criminal than they are.Griffi th Jones, Marc Lawrence (1957) (S)

8.00 Public Eye TV drama, guest-starring Brian Blessed.9.00 The Naked Civil Servant Dramatisation of Quentin Crisp’s autobiography, starring John Hurt.10.35 City That Never Sleeps HH Moderately entertaining detective drama in which a Chicago cop makes a deal with a crooked lawyer. Gig Young, Mala Powers (1953)

12.20am Lady of Deceit HHH

Film noir. Lawrence Tierney (1947) (S) 2.10 Dead Man’s Kit4.00 Public Eye5.00—6.00am Saints and Sinners

8.00am Mutant X9.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 10.00 Star Trek 11.00 3-Headed Shark Attack HH

Sci-fi horror. Danny Trejo (2015, 15) 1.00pm Tremors 5 Comedy horror.Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward (1989, 15) 3.00 Sliders4.00 Ice Quake HH Disaster adventure. Brendan Fehr (2010, 12)

6.00pm Star Trek TV sci-fi .

7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise Sci-fi adventure starring Scott Bakula.

8.00 Battlestar Galactica TV sci-fi drama with Dirk Benedict.

9.00 X Moor HH Documentary fi lmmakers stumble into a murderer’s moorland killing ground in an atmospheric but tepid thriller. Nick Blood, Melia Kreiling (2014, 15)

10.40 Extinction HH Zombie apocalypse meets family drama in this solidly acted shocker with Matthew Fox. Jeffrey Donovan (2015, 15)

12.50am Burning Bright HH

Enjoyably preposterous thriller. Briana Evigan, Charlie Tahan (2010, 12) 2.35—4.20am The Darkest Hour HH Sci-fi horror thriller. Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby (2011, 12)



9.00am Assumed Killer HH

Mystery thriller. Casper Van Dien, Barbie Castro (2013) 11.00 Patient Killer HH

Thriller. Victoria Pratt (2015) 1.00pm Mistaken HH Mystery crime drama.Lana Parrilla (2008) 2.50 Mother Betrayed HH Thriller. Lynn Collins, Adam Kaufman (2015) 4.40 My Girl 2 HH

Anna Chlumsky is endearing but adult leads Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis are left with little to do in this sentimental drama sequel. (1994, PG)

6.45pm The Karate Kid III HThe martial arts teenager’s arch enemy is after revenge in this daft adventure. Ralph Macchio (1989, PG)

9.00 Unbreakable HHHH

Enthralling fantasy drama in which the sole survivor of a horrifi c train crash refuses to believe that he possesses extraordinary powers.Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson (2000, 12)

11.15 First Kill HH In this bloody kidnap drama, Hayden Christensen is forced to help a bank robber in order to save his son. Bruce Willis gives an uninterested performance as a local cop. Ty Shelton (2017, 15)

1.30am The Trust HHH Engaging, disarming crime thriller with Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as bumbling cops tempted to the dark side. (2016, 15) 3.35—5.50am Night Train to Lisbon HHH Old-fashioned European romantic mystery thriller.Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent (2013, 12)

6.00am Django the Last Killer HHH Western. George Eastman (1967) 7.45 Station West HHH Western.Dick Powell (1948, PG) 9.35 Buck and the Preacher HHH Western. Sidney Poitier (1972, PG) 11.40 The Gun That Won the West HH Western. Dennis Morgan (1955, U) 1.10pm Gun Fury HHH

Western. Rock Hudson (1953, U) 2.55 The Secret Invasion HHH Snappily paced adventure. Stewart Granger (1964, PG) 5.00 Red Rose of Normandy HSecond World War drama. (2011, 12)

7.05pm The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Disaster drama. (1990, PG)

9.00 Kill ’Em All HH Wounded mystery man Jean-Claude Van Damme is hunted by bad guys. (2017, 15)

10.55 SWAT: Under Siege HH

Generic action sequel. Sam Jaeger (2017, 15)

12.40am Criminal Activities HH

Crime thriller. John Travolta (2015, 15) 2.30—4.00am Boston Strangler: the Untold Story HH Drama based on a true story. David Faustino (2008, 15)

6.00am Journey into Fear HHHH Spy drama. Joseph Cotten (1942, PG) 7.25 The Orient Express8.35 The Last Hurrah HHH Political drama.Spencer Tracy (1958, U) 11.00 Ivanhoe HHH Adventure. Anthony Andrews (1982, PG) 1.45pm Murderers’ Row HH Spy spoof. Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden (1966) 3.55 Oliver! HHHH

Immensely popular fi lm version of Lionel Bart’s triumphant stage musical. Ron Moody, Oliver Reed (1968, U)

6.50pm The Running Man HHHH Director Carol Reed manages to turn a thoroughly run-of-the-mill potboiler into a hugely entertaining three-handed thriller. Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick (1963, PG)

9.00 The Graduate 5Landmark satirical comedy drama starring Dustin Hoffman as a college graduate who fi nds himself adrift in the adult world. Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels (1967, 15)

11.15 Rock around the Clock HHH Rock ’n’ roll musical featuring DJ Alan Freed and Bill Haley and His Comets. Johnny Johnston (1956, U)

12.50am Awakenings HHHH

Biographical drama. Robert De Niro, Robin Williams (1990, 15) 3.10 What a Carve Up! HHH Comedy horror. Kenneth Connor, Sidney James (1961, U) 4.35—6.00am The Warrior and the Slave Girl HH Period adventure. (1958)

Unbreakable 1111 9.00pm Sony Movies

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6.30am Scoob! As 5.40pm 8.10 As 7.20pm 9.50 i Braking for Whales As 9pm 11.45 Boonie Bears: The Wild Life 1.35pm As 10.50pm 3.45 Antebellum HHH

Horror thriller. Janelle Monáe (2020, 15) 5.40 Scoob! HH Animated adventure. Will Forte, Frank Welker (2020, PG)

7.20pm Looks That Kill HHH

Indie romance about a teen cursed with a face that triggers sudden death. Brandon Flynn (2020, 15)

9.00 i Braking for Whales HH

Two adult siblings go on a trip to carry out their late mother’s bizarre fi nal wish. Tom Felton (2019)

10.50 The Blackout: Invasion Earth HHH Earth is plunged into darkness and a small group battles to survive. Pyotr Fyodorov (2019, 15)

1.00am Antebellum As 3.45pm 2.55 Seized HH Action thriller.Scott Adkins, Mario Van Peebles (2020, 15) 4.30 Eternal Beauty HHHH Romantic comedy drama. Sally Hawkins (2019, 15)

7.05am Judy As 3.50pm 9.15 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice As 8pm 11.50 Jojo RabbitAs 10.35pm 1.50pm Annabelle Comes Home HHH Horror. Mckenna Grace, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga (2019, 15) 3.50 Judy HHHH Judy Garland biopic. Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley (2019, 12)

6.00pm A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood HHHH Drama starring Tom Hanks as children’s TV host Fred Rogers. (2019, PG)

8.00 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice HHH

Spectacular superhero blockbuster. Ben Affl eck, Henry Cavill (2016, 12)

10.35 Jojo Rabbit 5A cherubic Hitler Youth member befriends a girl sheltering in his attic. Roman Griffi n Davis, Taika Waititi (2019, 12)

12.35am Annabelle Comes Home As 1.50pm 2.35 Ash Is Purest White HHHH Sprawling crime drama. Zhao Tao, Liao Fan (2018, 15) 5.00 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood As 6pm

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6.00am Best of the 2015 IPL 8.00 International One-Day Cricket 11.00 Best of the 2016 IPL: T20 highlights12 noon International One-Day Cricket3.00pm Best of the 2017 IPL 4.00 International One-Day Cricket6.00 The Cricket Show 7.00 International One-Day Cricket 8.00 The Cricket Show 9.00 Talking Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar 9.30 Talking Cricket: Chennai 2008 10.00 The Cricket Show 11.00 Best of the 2018 IPL12 midnight T20 Cricket 1.00am International One-Day Cricket 4.00 T20 Cricket 4.10 Best of the IPL 20154.35 Best of the 2018 IPL5.00—6.00am T20 Cricket


6.00am Boxing Classics 8.00 Darts11.00 Boxing 11.30 Motorsport Mundial 12 noon Good Morning Football 3.00pm Darts 6.00 Boxing

7.00 LIVE Darts The fourth night of the Premier League from the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.10.00 Boxing 12 midnight NFL: Total Access 1.00am NFL 2.00 Darts Gold2.30 Darts 5.30—6.00am Darts Gold


6.00am Super League 8.00 My Icon: Martin Offi ah 8.15 Rugby Union Retro8.45 Rugby Stars Quiz 9.15 Super League 9.45 NRL Try Time

10.45 LIVE NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos.12.45pm My Icon: Martin Offi ah 1.00 Pool 2.00 Super League2.30 Off the Court 3.00 NBA Heatcheck 4.00 NBA GameTime4.30 NBA 6.30 Super League7.00 Rugby League Retro 9.00 Super League 9.30 NBA 10.00 Pro-Football Talk 12 midnight NBA3.00—6.00am LIVE NBA LA Clippers v Phoenix Suns.


6.00am Cycling: 8.00 Snooker 10.00 Cycling 11.00 Olympics: Day Jobs11.30 Return to 2012 1.30pm Cycling

2.30 LIVE Cycling Basque Tour.4.30 Olympic Games: Far from Home 5.00 Weightlifting6.00 LIVE Weightlifting The European Championships in Russia.8.00 Cycling 10.00 Return to 2012: Rowing 12 midnight Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting 2.00 Cycling 4.00 Olympic Outposts 5.00—6.00am Weightlifting


6.00am The Football Archives (AD) 7.00 Badminton (AD) 7.30 Surfi ng 9.00 ESPN FC 9.30 The Aussie Rules Show

10.00 LIVE Australian Rules Football Swans v Bombers.1.00pm Premier League Reload1.15 MotoGP Rewind 1.30 The Number’s Game (AD) 2.00 Wrestling7.45 LIVE Europa League Football Coverage of Arsenal v Slavia Prague (kick-off 8.00).10.00 Wrestling 1.45 BT Sport Reload(AD) 2.00 MotoGP 3.00 German Football 3.30 BT Sport Films: Cornered(AD) 4.30—6.00am Classic Boxing


6.00am The Football Archives 6.30 Badminton Unlimited 7.00 Hockey11.00 Test Cricket 1.00pm Women’s International One-Day Cricket 2.00 French Football 3.00 German Football 4.00 BT Sport Goals Reload 4.15 Non-League Football 5.45 German Football 6.15 French Football (AD) 6.45 Europa League Football

7.15 LIVE Europa League Football Coverage of Granada v Manchester United (kick-off 8.00).10.30 Europa League Football 11.30 DIY Pundit 12 midnight Premier League Reload 12.15am BT Sport Reload 12.30 UFC Unleashed (AD) 1.30 MotoGP 2.30 National League Football 3.00 German Football 3.30 French Football 4.00 Australian Football 5.00—6.00am Son of the Congo (AD)


6.00am Champions League Football9.00 French Football 10.00 German Football 11.00 Europa League Football11.30 Champions League Football3.30pm ESPN FC 4.00 Champions League Football 6.00 Hockey 6.30 MotoGP 6.45 Europa League Football

7.45 LIVE Europa League Football Ajax v Roma. 10.00 DIY Pundit 10.30 Premier League Match Pack 11.00 AFL 1.00am Australian Football 2.00—6.00am Europa League Football


6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 ESPN SportsCenter 6.45 Around the Horn7.15 Pardon the Interruption 7.45 MLB: Caps Off 8.00 ESPN FC 8.30 BT Sport Reload (AD) 9.00 MLB3.00pm NHL 5.00 Gab & Juls5.30 MLB: Caps Off 5.45 Around the Horn 6.15 Pardon the Interruption6.45 ESPN SportsCenter 7.00 BT Sport Reload (AD) 7.15 Gab & Juls

7.45 LIVE Europa League Football Coverage of Dinamo Zagreb v Villarreal (kick-off 8.00). 10.00 LIVE Ice Hockey NCAA.12.30am ESPN SportsCenter12.45 Reload 1.00 Around the Horn 1.30 Pardon the Interruption2.00 LIVE Ice Hockey NCAA.4.30 MLB 5.30—6.00am Reload


6.00am World Superbikes 8.00 Cycling 9.00 Weightlifting 10.00 Olympic Games: Sliding Madness 11.00 Sambo 12 noon British Superbikes: last year’s action 2.00pm Weightlifting

3.00 LIVE Weightlifting4.50 Motorcycling 5.00 Extreme E6.00 Snooker 8.00 British Superbikes 10.00 Cycling 11.00 Weightlifting 12 midnight Extreme E 1.00am Idris Elba: No Limits 2.00 Snooker 4.00 Weightlifting 5.00—6.00am Cycling


6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show12 noon Sky Sports News 1.30pm Masters: the One from November

2.00 LIVE Golf: the Masters

aCoverage of the opening round of the year’s fi rst Major,

taking place at the iconic Augusta National in Georgia. Dustin Johnson won here last November. See p99.12.30am Sky Sports News3.00—6.00am LIVE NBA Los Angeles Clippers v Phoenix Suns, a Western Conference clash from the Staples Center (tip-off 3.00).


6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Greatest Players (AD) 7.30 Countdowns (AD) 8.00 Football Years (AD) 8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 Greatest Players: George Weah (AD) 10.00 Countdowns (AD) 10.30 Football Years (AD) 11.00 Championship Season Review 18/1912 noon EFL Greatest Games12.45pm SPFL Greatest Games1.00 Greatest Players (AD) 1.30 Countdowns (AD) 2.00 Football Years(AD) 2.30 Championship Season Review 19/20 3.30 EFL Greatest Games4.15 SPFL Greatest Games 4.30 Greatest Players (AD) 5.00 Countdowns(AD) 5.30 Football Years (AD)

6.00 League One and Two Goals6.30 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Championship Highlights 7.30 League One and Two Goals 8.00 Championship Highlights 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 Championship Highlights 10.00 SPFL Greatest Games11.00 EFL Greatest Games 12 midnight Classic Play-off Finals 3.00am League Cup Retro 5.00—6.00am Championship Season Review 19/20


6.00am The Masters: the Major Heard round the World 6.30 The Masters Film: 2020 Johnson 7.30 Golf Vodcast8.30 Wednesday at the Masters1.30pm Masters: the One from November: highlights of last year’s tournament at the Augusta National

2.00pm LIVE The Masters

aCoverage of the opening round of the year’s fi rst Major,

taking place at the iconic Augusta National in Georgia. See page 99.12.30am The Masters Offi cial Film: Olazabal 1999 1.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Singh 2000 2.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Woods 20013.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Woods 2002 4.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Weir 2003 5.30—6.00am Masters 1986: Jack’s Glorious 18th (AD)

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7.25am As 6.15pm 9.20 As 9.50pm 11.30 Millions As 8pm 1.15pm My Friend the Dolphin HH Adventure. Lola Sultan (2019) 3.00 The Borrowers HHH Fantasy. John Goodman (1997, U) 4.30 Racing Stripes HH Part-animated comedy adventure. Bruce Greenwood (2004, U)

6.15pm The Secret Garden HHHH Richly visual adaptation of the much-loved children’s period drama. Colin Firth, Julie Walters (2020, PG)

8.00 Millions HHHH Charming comedy drama from Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle.James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan (2004, 12)

9.50 Breakthrough HHH The power of prayer is responsible for the survival and recovery of a teenager. Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace (2019, 12)

11.50pm A Boy Called Sailboat HHH Quirky, whimsical comedy drama. Julian Atocani Sanchez (2018, 12) 1.25am Racing Stripes As 4.30pm 3.15 My Friend the Dolphin As 1.15pm 5.05 As 3pm

7.15am As 7pm 8.55 As 5.25pm 10.40 As 8.50pm 12.15pm Minuscule HHH Adventure. (2018, U) 2.00 Birds of a Feather HH

Adventure. (2019, U) 3.45 The Magic Roundabout HHH Fantasy. Kylie Minogue (2005, U) 5.25 Dragon Rider HHH Fantasy. Thomas Brodie-Sangster (2020)

7.00pm The Angry Birds Movie 2 HHH Colourful, fun comedy sequel that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Jason Sudeikis (2019, U)

8.50 The Swan Princess HHH

The voice talents of Jack Palance and John Cleese enliven this inventive fairy tale. (1994, U)

10.35 The Academy of Magic HSomewhat derivative fantasy with more than a hint of Hogwarts. Laura Megan Stahl (2020, PG)

12.20am Captain Sabertooth HH Good-natured Norwegian tale.Kyrre Haugen Sydness (2019, U) 1.55 Minuscule As 12.15pm 3.35 The Magic Roundabout As 3.45pm 5.05 Birds of a Feather As 2pm

6.05am As 4.30pm 8.05 First Love HH Romantic crime thriller.Masataka Kubota (2019, 15) 10.05 The Negotiator As 8pm 12.30pm The Firm As 10.20pm 3.10 Ride HH

Thriller. Jessie T Usher (2018, 15) 4.30 The Hummingbird Project HHH

Entertaining thriller. Jesse Eisenberg (2018, 15)

6.25pm Vantage Point HH

Surprisingly silly thriller about an assassination attempt on the US President. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox (2008, 12)

8.00 The Negotiator HHHH

Exciting drama about negotiators on either side of a hostage situation. Samuel L Jackson (1998, 15)

10.20 The Firm HHHH

Suspenseful thriller adapted from the John Grisham bestseller. Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman (1993, 15)

1.00am Cape Fear HHHH Martin Scorsese’s dazzling and very violent remake of the classic 1962 thriller. Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange (1991, 18) 3.15 Ride As 3.10pm 4.45 Vantage Point As 6.25pm

7.15am As 8pm 9.15 As 6.10pm 11.05 The Grudge HH Horror. Andrea Riseborough (2020, 15) 12.50pm I Still See You HH Fantasy. Bella Thorne (2018, 15) 2.40 Villains HHH Comedy horror. Bill Skarsgård (2019, 15) 4.25 Resident Evil: Damnation HH

Animated horror. Matthew Mercer (2012, 15)

6.10pm Gothika HH Overblown tale about a psychiatrist accused of the murder of her husband. Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr, Charles S Dutton (2003, 15)

8.00 Men in Black: International HH Agents Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson battle an alien entity. (2019, 12)

10.00 Aliens 5 Special Edition version of James Cameron’s stunning sci-fi action thriller. Sigourney Weaver (1986/1992, 18)

12.40am The Grudge As 11.05am 2.20 I Still See You As 12.50pm 4.05 Villains As 2.40pm 5.40 Resident Evil: DamnationAs 4.25pm


6.00am Off Set6.30 Ben-Hur 5 Period epic. Charlton Heston (1959, PG) 10.55 Force 10 from Navarone HH Drama. Robert Shaw (1978, 12) 1.30pm Flat Top HHH

War drama. (1952, U) 3.20 Return to Warbow HH Western. (1958) 4.55 The Texas Kid HHH Western. (1943, U)

6.15pm Action in the North Atlantic HHH Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey star in this fl ag-waving drama. (1943)

9.00 Blade HHH Flashy action adventure about a half-man/half-vampire who hunts creatures of the night. Wesley Snipes (1998, 18)

11.25 Tigerland HHH Powerful drama about a group of conscripts being prepared for the Vietnam War. Colin Farrell (2000, 18)

1.40am Domino Kid HH Rory Calhoun is quick on the draw in this western. Kristine Miller, Andrew Duggan (1957, U) 3.15 Close Up 4.50 Off Set 5.00 Hollywood’s Best Film Directors

6.50am Through the Fire HHH

Drama. Pierre Niney (2019, 15) 9.05 Windows on the World As 3.45pm 11.05 World Trade Center HHH

Drama. Nicolas Cage (2006, 12) 1.25pm Richard Jewell As 9.45pm 3.45 Windows on the World HHH Drama. Glynn Turman (2019, 15)

5.45pm The Water Diviner HHH Moving Gallipoli drama starring and directed by Russell Crowe. Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan (2014, 15)

7.45 The Queen 5Re-creation of the constitutional crisis in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death. Helen Mirren (2006, 12)

9.45 Richard Jewell HHH

Moving true story of the guard who found a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics. Paul Walter Hauser (2019, 15)

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PICK OF THE DAY MasterChef 8.30pm BBC1

FOOD Although my taste in food is not the same as Gregg Wallace’s (I’m not

really a pudding person), I do agree with him about the standard of cooking

on MasterChef this year. It’s been higher than ever. One or two of the home

cooks have been serving restaurant-quality food from the very start — and

by that, I mean dishes you’d be happy to pay a lot of money for.

That’s not to say there haven’t been any disasters. This year’s “chocolate

fondant” — as John Torode and Gregg describe the show’s famous culinary

landmines — was rack of lamb. They were served undercooked meat with

lumps of unrendered fat so many times, they started to cringe whenever

anyone said they were doing lamb.

However, it’s unlikely there’ll be any such issues for the three fi nalists

as they prepare three superb dishes before we hear who is being crowned

MasterChef champion 2021. JANE RACKHAM

See feature: page 8

Food Unwrapped8.00pm C4

FOOD It’s the question many of us

have been asking ourselves now

that we’re working from home and

have been deprived of barista-made

coffee on our daily commute.

What mystical alchemy is involved

in making cappuccino from a sachet

of powder froth up when we add

boiling water?

While Helen Lawal fi nds out about

instant coffee, Kate Quilton is in Italy

learning about the mysteries of

making panettone. Who knew that

the cakes have to rest upside down

for 12 hours after baking otherwise

they’d collapse? Matt Tebbutt is in

sunny Italy too, lucky man, to fi nd

out why so many of our tinned

tomatoes come from the region

around Mount Vesuvius. JR

Women’s International Football8.00pm (kick-off 8.10pm) BBC4

France v England All international

friendlies are auditions for players

hoping to feature in more important

games later on, but for England

Women that’s even more acutely

obvious at the moment: following the

departure of the underachieving Phil

Neville, interim head coach Hege

Riise has the job until September and

will also lead Team GB to the

Olympics, so she’s solely focused on

putting her squad together.

Riise’s fi rst game in charge, in

February against Northern Ireland,

featured an outstanding debut for

Manchester United’s Ella Toone;

expect more experimentation

as Riise’s vision for the team starts

to sharpen. JACK SEALE

World’s Most Scenic River Journeys8.00pm Channel 5

TRAVEL Apologies if you expected

to see this last week, but we were

given the wrong episode to preview.

So here’s your actual chance to catch

this charming Bill Nighy-narrated

doc exploring the River Spey as it

fl ows fast and pure through hills,

forests and pasture from the

Cairngorms down to the Moray Firth.

The river is famous for its fi shing

and whisky, and we meet people who

live and work along its banks. Like

the Japanese bartender who came

for a research visit and stayed, and

the men gazing lovingly at Thomas

Telford’s Craigellachie bridge.

“I have a passion for this river,” says

canoeist Dave Craig. He’s clearly not

the only one. GILL CRAWFORD

Deutschland 899.00pm More4

DRAMA “Everything’s falling apart,”

observes Martin (Jonas Nay), our

reluctant cold warrior, helpfully

pointing out this series’ overarching

theme. Like most of his comrades in

the East German security apparatus,

he is cut adrift after the fall of the

Berlin Wall. And although he is, in

theory, freelancing for the CIA, in

practice his main aim seems to be to

take revenge on his cruel aunt (Maria

Schrader), who recruited him into a

life of brutality, when he was at that

stage a humble border guard.

Tonight, she fetches up in Italy, at

the glorious villa with a view over the

Bay of Naples that has become the

HQ of their branch of the Stasi in

exile. It’s a lot prettier than East

Berlin. DAVID BUTCHER

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Battlestar Galactica11.20pm, 12.05am BBC2

DRAMA The fi nal season of the

colossal sci-fi saga (yes, already!)

opens with a dizzying double bill,

which pitches us straight into battle

— spacial and personal. As humans

and Cylons strafe each other’s ships,

comrades are at loggerheads and

the newly activated “sleepers”

are in complete turmoil.

The effects team are masters of

combat, never prettifying war, but

showing it for what it is: disorientating,

messy and hellish. And though the

character of the show has changed,

the writers have preserved all its

strengths. From the pounding action

of the fi rst episode to the emotional

sweet spots of the second, this

diamond among dramas still gleams in

its night-time berth. MARK BRAXTON

The Graham Norton Show10.45pm BBC1 (11.15pm N Ireland)

CHAT SHOW Put your shades on: the

200-watt celebrity dazzle that is Tom

Cruise is back, presumably down the

line from the US, punting his heroically

unnecessary and unexpected sequel

to the 1986 classic Top Gun. His

co-stars Jennifer Connelly and Miles

Teller will join the conversation.

There’s British acting talent, too, in

the form of Felicity Jones (promoting

her new movie The Last Letter from

Your Lover) and Wunmi Mosaku, seen

last year in Lovecraft Country and the

Netfl ix fi lm His House, and soon to

feature alongside Tom Hiddleston in

Disney+’s Marvel series Loki.

Completing the line-up are John

Bishop and, providing the music,

Years & Years, led by It’s a Sin star

Olly Alexander. JS

The Flight Attendant 9.00pm Sky 1

COMEDY DRAMA The bag of

shredded paper Cassie stole from Alex

Sokolov’s memorial service proves to

be worth the danger she put herself in.

After a long night of literally piecing

together evidence, Cassie discovers a

mysterious private jet service with an

unusual fl ight path. Eager to get to the

bottom of the aerial mystery, she

must deploy the help of an old fl ame.

Meanwhile, Davey (Cassie’s

brother) and his family arrive in New

York. Things quickly turn sour as he

notices her reliance on alcohol. More

of Cassie’s familial past is unravelled.

And needy co-fl ight-attendant Megan

is getting herself into some trouble as

she passes her husband’s private work

documents on to a mysterious

business man. KELLY-ANNE TAYLOR

Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure8.30pm C4

TRAVEL New series The comedian

Rosie Jones embarks on a tour of

Britain — like, as Olivia Colman’s

chaotic voiceover puts it, “a disabled,

northern Joanna Lumley”. She begins

her odyssey by hitting the Lake

District in the company of former

Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt, with

the pair of them dismantling and

disrespecting the travelogue format

at every opportunity.

After writing some ridiculous

poems outside Wordsworth’s

old house, they ruin a Viking

re-enactment and order pudding

for breakfast in their horse-themed

hotel, before failing to treat the

manufacture of artisan Cumberland

sausage with anything like the

gravity it deserves.

Extremely light-hearted as the

programme is, you see just as many

beautiful landscapes and interesting

local folk as you would on a serious

travel show — so it’s a nice, cheeky

half-hour escape. JS

Racism in America continues to be

a powerful source of drama with

Amazon Prime’s new series Them.

An anthology in the American Horror

Story/American Crime Story sense —

so each series is self-contained, not

each episode — its inaugural run

follows a young black couple (Ashley

Thomas and Deborah Ayorinde)

as they set up home in a white

neighbourhood in Los Angeles

in 1953, and fi nd that the hostility

they have to deal with goes beyond

what’s rationally explicable.

It covers similar ground to

Lovecraft Country, but is less

concerned with outright horror and

has more emphasis on the bigotry of

white people, even in the more liberal

West. Also new on Amazon Prime

today is the German coming-of-age

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HAVE PAL, WILL TRAVELScarlett Moffatt accepts Rosie Jones’s invitation to embrace the Lake District

q FILM OF THE DAY

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix6.20pm ITV2

The mood remains dark in this

engrossing fi fth instalment,

starring Daniel Radcliffe.

(2007) See page 37

Have I Got News for You 9.30pm BBC1

The nation’s favourite topical

satire returns for a 61st series

with David Tennant as host,

Jack Dee among the guests

and plenty of targets to hit.

Gardeners’ World 9.00pm BBC2

A fascinating history of lawns.

Your RT Gardening: page 142

Churchill 9pm Channel 5

This well-crafted biography

moves on to the 1930s, when

Churchill’s warnings about the

rise of Nazism were borne out.

The Old Grey Whistle Test from 10.15pm BBC4

A retrospective on the great

music show, plus a compilation

of 1970s highlights including

David Bowie and Elton John.

L Golf: the Masters 2pm Sky

Sports Masters, 12.50am BBC2

(highlights) Sungjae Im looks to

go one better than his second-

place fi nish at Augusta last year.


Fulham v Wolves 7.30pm (k/o 8pm) BT Sport 1


Watford v Reading 7pm (k/o 7.45pm) Sky Sports Football

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Football: France v England 8pm (k/o 8.10pm) BBC4 See p108

LIVE SPORT




10.00 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Derbyshire, Kent and Liverpool. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Frontline Fightback How controversial face recognition technology could be used. (S) (HD)

11.45 Paramedics on Scene Medics are called to a person who may be having a stroke. (Revised rpt) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Natasha Raskin Sharp presents from Oswestry Showground in Shropshire. (S) (AD) (HD)


1.45 Impossible Quiz hosted by Rick Edwards. (S) (HD)

2.30 Money for Nothing Sarah Moore transforms some disregarded oak and an old armchair. (R) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Jules Hudson visits the Isle of Arran to house-hunt with a novelist and her husband, who are in search of inspiration. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.45 Ready Steady Cook Two busy mums want quick delicious dishes they can cook for all the family. (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 The Repair Shop The team of experts restores a silver singing trophy, an ornate, wired bird cage, and a beaten-up boxing bag. (S) (HD)



8.00—9.00 Sign Zone The Repair Shop Dominic Chinea revives a crumbling cast-iron garden gate, and an old watch with a remarkable backstory is brought in. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)


1.00pm Head Hunters A sports lecturer, a customer adviser and a businessman compete in the quiz show, presented by comedian Rob Beckett. (R) (S) (HD)

1.45 Best House in Town In and around Cardiff, a house with sea views, a country cottage and a renovated farmhouse are in a battle to make the final. (R) (S) (HD)

2.30 800 Words 8/16 Series 3. It is the eve of Woody and Tracy’s wedding and everyone pulls together to make it a day to remember. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

3.15 Golf: the Masters Eilidh Barbour presents action from day one of the Major at the Augusta National in Georgia. Shown yesterday 12.30am (S) (HD)

4.45—5.15 Eggheads Quiz show. (R) (S) (HD)



10.00 This Morning Lifestyle features, fashion and celebrity interviews. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Topical debate. (S) (HD)


2.00—5.00 LIVE Racing: Grand National Festival Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani host coverage of the second day at Aintree. Featuring the 3.25 Melling Chase, plus races at 2.20, 2.50, 4.05 and 4.40. With analysis from Ruby Walsh, AP McCoy and Luke Harvey, social stable news with Oli Bell and Chris Hughes, and commentary by Richard Hoiles. (S) (HD)


7.10 Cheers Two episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (HD)


9.05 Frasier Double bill of the US comedy. (R) (S) (AD)

10.00 Escape to the Château: DIY Tim and Rebecca run into structural problems. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 The Great House Giveaway First-time renovators Ceri and Danni buy a dormer bungalow on Anglesey at auction. (R) (S) (HD) 12 noon News (S) (HD)

12.05pm Couples Come Dine with Me A Punjabi feast with a twist features in Southampton. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Simon O’Brien and Max McMurdo head to Herefordshire. (R) (S) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With Nicki Chapman. (S) (HD)

3.00 A Place in the Sun Ben Hillman helps a woman caring for her terminally ill husband to look for a holiday home on the Costa Teguise in Lanzarote. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00—5.00 A New Life in the Sun The future of a new cookery school hangs in the balance, and a yoga teacher tastes success in southern Spain. (R) (S) (HD)

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Gardeners’ World

9.00pm Advolly Richmond traces the history of our obsession with the perfect lawn

5.15pm PointlessQuiz show in which contestants try to score the fewest points possible, presented by Alexander Armstrong, with co-host Richard Osman. (S) (HD)



7.00 The One ShowPresented by Alex Jones and Michelle Visage. (S) (HD)

7.35 A Question of SportTeam captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by Olympic swimming star Rebecca Adlington, former England cricketer Jonathan Trott, sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Olympic hockey gold medallist Kate Richardson-Walsh to compete in the light-hearted sports quiz hosted by Sue Barker.Series producer Dave Gymer Executive producer Gareth JM Edwards Postponed from Friday 26 March (S) (HD)

8.05 EastEndersKat allows her conscience to guide her, while Isaac becomes frustrated with not being heard and the Taylors gather to mark Chantelle’s birthday.Writer Lauren Klee Cast on Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 MasterChef

a It’s the final, and only one of the three amateur cooks who have survived the arduous six-week

journey will be named this year’s MasterChef champion. This is the last chance for the finalists to show everything they have learned and pull out all the stops to serve up the best three dishes of their lives. Then it’s down to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace to consider the all-important decision and make the announcement. See page 108. (S) (AD) (HD)

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9.30 Have I Got News for YouNew series. 1/9. The satirical quiz returns with David Tennant in the host’s chair, as comedian Jack Dee and journalist Helen Lewis join regulars Paul Merton and Ian Hislop to dissect the week’s events.Director Paul Wheeler; Series producer Jo Bunting (S) (HD)


10.45 The Graham Norton Show

aTom Cruise joins Graham to talk about Top Gun: Maverick, alongside co-stars Jennifer Connelly

and Miles Teller. Felicity Jones is also in the studio to discuss her romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, actress Wunmi Mosaku chats about His House, and comedian John Bishop promotes his new tour. Plus there’s music from Years & Years, fronted by It’s a Sin’s Olly Alexander. See page 109.Director Toby Baker Executive producer Graham Stuart (S) (HD)

11.35 War of the Worlds ★★★★

qSci-fi thriller based on HG Wells’s novel, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise.

Divorced dock worker Ray Ferrier’s rare weekend with his two estranged children descends into horror when alien war machines rise from beneath Earth and begin to systematically destroy every human being in their path – leaving him with the seemingly impossible task of getting his kids to safety. Available on iPlayer for 7 days. Review p37.Ray Ferrier Tom CruiseRachel Ferrier Dakota FanningMary Ann Ferrier Miranda OttoRobbie Ferrier Justin ChatwinHarlan Ogilvy Tim RobbinsTim David Alan Basche

Julio Yul VazquezGrandfather Gene BarryGrandmother Ann RobinsonNarrator Morgan FreemanDock worker David HarbourNeighbour with toddler Amy Ryan

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5.15pm Flog It!Valuing curios for auction in Birmingham. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of GamesRadzi Chinyanganya, Hal Cruttenden, Kerry Godliman and Ebony Rainford-Brent compete to be named this week’s winner. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 Saved and RemadeThe team of renovators rip apart a silk wedding dress and cut up a 19th-century piano that has been in its owner’s family for 140 years. (S) (HD)

7.00 MOTDxJermaine Jenas and the team discuss the latest developments in the Premier League. Editor Jamie Gavin (S) (HD)

7.30 Great British MenuThe two highest-scoring chefs from the London and the South East region cook their entire menus again. They serve food writer Matthew Fort, restaurateur Oliver Peyton, broadcaster Rachel Khoo and guest judge Professor Chris Jackson, a geologist and adventurer. Andi Oliver reveals the result. (S) (HD)

8.00 Grand Tours of Scotland’s LochsA chance to catch up with some of the best bits of previous episodes as Paul Murton explores the nation’s lochs, discovering the secrets of these inimitable features of the Scottish landscape. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

RT TRAVEL A five-day break touring the Highlands by rail, including a trip on the Strathspey Railway plus a visit to Aviemore: see page 151

9.00 Gardeners’ WorldMonty Don adds self-sown ornamental grass seedlings to the paradise garden at Longmeadow and divides ferns for re-planting. Advolly Richmond traces the extraordinary history of lawns and some of the inventions used to achieve the perfect sward. Elsewhere, Adam Frost explores the front gardens in a London street and Joe Swift visits broadcaster Kate Garraway to find out how last year the garden became a sanctuary for her and her children.Series producer Sharon Fisher; Exec producer Gary Broadhurst (S) (HD)

RT GARDENING Buy wisteria “Amethyst Falls”, an ultra-compact US variety that’s perfectly suited to gardens in the UK: see page 143 RT GARDENING Easy-to-grow “Stella” cherry tree, guaranteed to yield plenty of fruit — buy one, get one free: see page 153


10.00 I’ll Get This: Extra Helping Jonathan Ross, Gabby Logan, Mark Wright, Anita Rani and Rachel Parris play a series of games while dining out together — with the overall loser having to pick up the bill for the whole group. Director Marcus Liversedge; Series producer Breid McLoone (R) (S) (HD)

10.45 Newsnight With Kirsty Wark. (S) (HD)


11.20 Battlestar Galactica

a1/21 Series 4. He That Believeth In Me After a miraculous return, formerly missing

pilot Starbuck claims she has been to the fabled planet Earth and can guide the fleet there. However, her claims are greeted with mistrust. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am 2/21. Six of One. A rift grows in the Cylon ranks as the Six and Eight models battle with their human emotions and disagree with Cavil and Five, while Lee leaves the ship for a career in politics. All four series are available on iPlayer. See p109. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50 Golf: the Masters Highlights of the second round from Augusta, hosted by Eilidh Barbour. (S) (HD) 2.20—3.05am Sign Zone For Love or Money 10/10 Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste meet a woman who was unable to escape a relationship with a man who took tens of thousands of pounds from her. (R) (S) (HD)

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BBC1 WALES7.35—8.05pm Weatherman Walking — the Welsh Coast: Derek Brockway explores the dramatic landscape of the north Gower saltmarshes 11.35 Hayley Goes..: Hayley Pearce takes on the challenge of reconnecting with nature 12.05am FILM: War of the Worlds 1.55—6.00 News

BBC1 NORTHERN IRELAND10.45pm The Blame Game: Sophie Duker joins the regulars for more topical comedy 11.15 The Graham Norton Show: with guests including Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller 12.05am FILM: War of the Worlds ★★★★ Sci-fi thriller based on HG Wells’s novel, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise 1.50—6.00 BBC News

Coronation Street 7.30pm An anxious Peter attends his latest appointment at the hospital

Women’s International Football 8.00pm Steph Houghton leads England into a friendly

Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure 8.30pm Soldiering on: Scarlett Moffatt and Rosie Jones

5.00pm The ChaseBradley Walsh presents as Nigel, CJ, Claire and Jo pit their wits against one of the Chasers. The Chase Extra is on ITV Hub from 6pm daily. (R) (S) (HD)



7.00 EmmerdaleFaith makes the best of an opportunity. Charles is confused by forthcoming arrangements.Writer Bill Lyons Cast Wednesday and Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Coronation StreetPeter hears the latest from his consultant. Todd exploits Eileen and George’s mutual attraction. Peter Barlow Chris GascoyneDev Alahan Jimmi HarkishinCarla Connor Alison KingAmy Barlow Elle MulvaneySarah Barlow Tina O’BrienChesney Brown Sam AstonKevin Webster Michael Le VellLucas Kempton Glen WallaceBernie Winter Jane HazlegroveMary Taylor Patti ClareEileen Grimshaw Sue CleaverTodd Grimshaw Gareth PierceToyah Battersby Georgia TaylorGeorge Shuttleworth Tony MaudsleyImran Habeeb Charlie de Melo

Billy Mayhew Daniel BrocklebankDaniel Osbourne Rob MallardNatasha Blakeman Rachel LeskovacSam Blakeman Jude RiordanNed Stephen ThompsonHarvey Will MellorRowan Patrick BridgmanPC Mills Serena RyanDr Adlington Jill MyersTracy McDonald Kate FordNick Tilsley Ben PriceSteve McDonald Simon GregsonRoy Cropper David NeilsonKirk Sutherland Andrew WhymentDavid Platt Jack P Shepherd

Writer Sam Holdsworth This week’s episodes produced by Iain MacLeod, directed by Gary Williams and Gill Wilkinson More cast on Easter Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 A Touch of FrostNear Death Experience. The detective’s methods are questioned when a colleague is seriously injured during an attempt to thwart a suicide. The murder of a widow soon gives Frost a chance to prove his worth, but the investigation only reveals an intriguing web of deceit, and it isn’t until a forensic psychologist joins the team that they realise a serial killer is at work.Insp Jack Frost David JasonSupt Mullett Bruce AlexanderDS Toolan John LyonsDS Sharpe Philip JacksonSylvia Ford Lia WilliamsFather David Rose Danny WebbSteve Markham Jeff RawleBill Ford Mick FordDC Bennett Julia DalkinErnie Trigg Arthur WhiteMartine Phillips Sara StewartDr Amanda Chase Julia St John

Helen Croft Amanda RoyleLucy Croft Katie GaleMary Toolan Rosie TimpsonSgt Brady James McKennaLarry Arnold Adam AllfreyDr McKenzie David McKailDr Howell Cornelius MacarthyICU Doctor Simon HedgerAdele Metcalfe Carol AckerlyOfficer Martin JonesPhillippa Murray Joanna Ingram

Writer David Gilman; Producers Richard Bates and David Reynolds; Director Paul Harrison (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

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

11.10 It’s Clarkson on TVThe Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host offers his unique unfiltered perspective on popular television events and unearthed hidden gems.Shown Saturday 9.35pm (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 Alan Carr’s Epic Game Show: Celebrity SpecialEp 1 Series 2. The series that reboots vintage game shows returns with a celebrity special of Play Your Cards Right. Famous couples, including Harry and Sandra Redknapp, and Martin and Shirlie Kemp take part. See choice, page 49.Shown Saturday 8.35pm (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50am Home Shopping (HD) 3.00 FYI Extra Entertainment news. (HD) 3.15 Lethal Weapon 14/15 Series 3. Against Murtaugh’s advice, Cole tries to help Tom Barnes. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 4.00—6.00am Nightscreen Text information. (HD)

2BBC SPORT ONLINE 4.50—7.00pm Women’s International Football Live coverage of the Euro 2022 qualifying first-leg play-off between Ukraine and Northern Ireland, at bbc.co.uk/sport

2BBC RED BUTTON 5.50—8.00 Women’s International Football Live coverage of the Wales v Canada friendly, with choice of commentary. Also available at bbc.co.uk/sport

7.00pm Top of the Pops 1990Nicky Campbell hosts the edition from 29 November, with performances by Dimples D, Chris Isaak, Pet Shop Boys, Soul II Soul featuring Kym Mazelle, Bombalurina featuring Timmy Mallet, Vanilla Ice and Deee-Lite. (R) (S)

7.30 Mark Goodier hosts the 1,400th edition, first aired on 6 December. With performances by Twenty 4 Seven featuring Captain Hollywood, the Farm, Cliff Richard, Madonna, MC Hammer, Snap, New Kids on the Block, Vanilla Ice and Betty Boo.Director/Producer Paul Ciani (R) (S)

8.00 Women’s International Football

aFrance v England Action from the friendly at Stade

Michel-d’Ornano in Caen (kick-off 8.10). The sides last met in 2017, when a late strike by Viviane Asseyi gave the French a 1—0 win in Valenciennes to give them a small measure of revenge for England’s victory over them by the same scoreline in the quarter-finals of Euro 2017. The Lionesses have struggled for consistency since finishing fourth in the 2019 World Cup, but new head coach Hege Riise’s reign got off to a perfect start. See page 108. (S) (HD)

10.15 The Old Grey Whistle Test StoryBetween 1971 and 1988, The Old Grey Whistle Test was must-see viewing for serious music fans everywhere. This documentary examines the history of the much-loved show.Director/Producer Dione Newton Repeated 2.25am (R) (S) (HD)

10.55 The Old Grey Whistle Test: 70s GoldArchive performances from the BBC music series, featuring Elton John, David Bowie, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Curtis Mayfield, New York Dolls, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Brinsley Schwarz, Blondie, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Jam, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, Cher and Greg Allman, Argent, Lindisfarne, Dr Feelgood and Johnny Winter.Producer Stephanie McWhinnie Executive producer Mark Cooper (R) (S) (HD)

12.25am Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore the sounds that came from Scotland, Ireland and Wales. (R) (S) (HD) 1.25 Synth Britannia at the BBC A showcase of electronic music from the 1970s and 80s from the BBC archives. (R) (HD) 2.25—3.05am The Old Grey Whistle Test Story Jo Brand narrates a history of the popular music show. Shown 10.15pm (S) (HD)

5.00pm Four in a BedThe B&B owners meet for payment day. (S) (HD)

5.30 The SimpsonsChief of Hearts. Homer strikes up an unlikely friendship with Chief Wiggum. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 The Squirt and the Whale. Lisa becomes attached to a beached whale. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 HollyoaksSienna breaks into Summer’s flat.Writer Sarah Brown Cast Tue/Thu Shown yesterday 7pm E4 Rptd next Monday E4 Next episode follows on E4 (S) (AD) (HD)


8.00 Food Unwrapped

aNew series. Ep 1. Helen Lawal heads to one of the world’s biggest coffee factories

to find out how instant cappuccinos get their froth. Matt Tebbutt is in Naples to discover why most tinned tomatoes come from Italy. And Kate Quilton embarks on an odyssey across Europe to learn how panettone lasts so long. See p108.Directors/Producers Nicola Ollivere, Kirsty Seager and Rebecca Whitefoot (S) (HD)

8.30 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure

aNew series. 1/4. Comedian Rosie Jones takes celebrity friends on an adventure

around Britain, discovering traditions and meeting local people. In this episode, Rosie heads to the Lake District with presenter and TV personality Scarlett Moffatt. The duo visit the former home of William Wordsworth to seek inspiration for their own poetry, and re-enact a Viking battle at Kendal Castle. They also take a driving course on a 100-year-old traction engine, and meet a food historian to learn about the region’s ancient cuisine. Narrated by Olivia Colman. The whole series will be available online at All 4 after this episode is shown. See p109.Director Tom Levinge; Executive producers Jody Smith and Tom Payne (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 GoggleboxEp 7. The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.Executive producers Leon Campbell, Mike Cotton and Victoria Ray Repeated 11.05pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The Circle FinalThe players’ true identities are finally revealed, and Emma Willis crowns the winner. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 First Dates HotelEp 3 Series 6. Barmaid Hattie, retired dock worker Albert and airline worker Ollie arrive at the hotel looking for love. See choice, page 89. Shown Wednesday 9pm (S) (AD) (HD)RT TRAVEL Enjoy an eight-day holiday in northern Italy, taking in the sights of Lake Garda, Venice and Verona: see page 145

12.35am Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping ★★★

q Satirical comedy. Conner is a former boy band singer who is about to launch his difficult second

solo album. Bad reviews and worse marketing decisions make success far from assured. Review p37.Conner Andy SambergOwen Jorma TacconeLawrence Akiva Schaffer

Paula Sarah SilvermanHarry Tim MeadowsDeborah Maya Rudolph

Directors Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone (2016, 15) (S) (W) (HD)

2.05 Come Dine with Me From Hull. (R) (S) (HD) 4.20 The £100k Drop Davina McCall welcomes couples from north London and Newcastle. (R) (S) (HD) 5.10 Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza Some underhand tactics backfire badly. First shown on E4 (S) (AD) (HD) 5.40—6.00am Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free Kirstie Allsopp and the team help first-time buyers who have run out of money to decorate their flat. (R) (S) (HD)


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12 noon Soapbox Race (HD) 1.00pm Top Gear (S) (AD) 3.00 Rick Stein’s India (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Top Gear: double bill (S) (AD)

6.00pm Taskmaster 4/8 Series 5. Mark Watson and Nish Kumar make toast, while Sally Phillips spreads absinthe on it. (S) (HD)7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Fern Britton, Stephen Mangan, Ken Livingstone and Reginald D Hunter. Hosted by Rob Brydon. (S)7.40 Room 101 With Alexander Armstrong, Dame Kelly Holmes and Henry Blofeld. (S) (HD)8.20 With guests Jonathan Ross, Michael Vaughan and Sara Pascoe. (S) (HD)9.00 FILM SWAT HH Police action thriller starring Samuel L Jackson. A disgraced SWAT offi cer tries to redeem himself. (W) (HD)11.25 Meet the Richardsons 1/9 Series 2 Jon has a pub in his converted garage, while Lucy starts work on a new project. (HD)

12.05am Mock the Week (S) (HD) 12.50 Would I Lie to You? (S) 1.25 Room 101: double bill (S) (HD)2.35 Late Nite Eats (HD) 3.00—4.00am Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience

7.00am Ferne McCann: First Time Mum (S) (HD)8.00 Buying and Selling (S) (HD) 9.00 LittleBe

12 noon Unboxed (S) (HD) 12.25pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta (S) (HD) 1.25 Ferne McCann: First Time Mum (S) (HD) 2.25 The Only Way Is Essex (S) (HD) 3.10 Million Dollar Listing: NYC (S) (HD) 4.05 The Real Housewives of New York City (S) (HD) 5.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S) (HD)

6.00pm Masters of Flip Dave and Kortney Wilson improve a brick cottage. (S) (HD)7.00 Buying and Selling The Scott brothers help a blended family who fi nd themselves desperate for more space. (S) (HD)8.00 Dinner Date Daniel from Birmingham chooses three potential dates. (S) (HD)9.00 Botched Dr Nassif helps to rebuild the nose of a car crash survivor. (S) (AD) (HD)10.00 The surgeons help a patient who nearly died after a makeover went wrong. (S) (AD) (HD)11.00 Married to Medicine Mariah gives Lauren a surprise wardrobe makeover. (S) (HD)11.55 The Only Way Is Essex Ferne and Charlie go on a double date with Mario and his new girlfriend Pascal. (S) (HD)


6.00am Classic Coronation Street (S)6.55 Classic Emmerdale (S) 7.55 Heartbeat(S) (AD) 8.55 Bless This House (S) 9.30 On the Buses (S) 10.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot(S) (AD) (HD) 11.35 Wycliffe (S) (HD)

12.40pm Heartbeat (S) (AD) 1.45 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Lisa and Mandy try to convince Butch to agree to an annulment, and Scott tries to put things right with Roy(S) 2.50 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Samantha decides to leave Weatherfi eld, then Gail is furious with Leanne (S)3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50pm Agatha Christie’s PoirotFour and Twenty Blackbirds. A man falls to his death while his twin brother lies on his deathbed in Brighton. (S) (HD)

6.55 Wycliffe4/6 Series 1. The Tangled Web. A body found at a farm alerts Wycliffe to the fact a murderer is at large in Cornwall. (S) (HD)

8.00 Doc Martin5/8 Series 4. The Departed. In London Martin meets the man leading the selection process for the surgeon’s job. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 6/8. Midwife Crisis. Martin meets the midwife who will be looking after Louisa and tells Aunt Joan about his job. (S) (AD) (HD)Dr Martin Ellingham Martin ClunesLouisa Glasson Caroline CatzBert Large Ian McNeiceEdith Montgomery Lia WilliamsJoan Norton Stephanie ColeAl Large Joe AbsolomPauline Lamb Katherine ParkinsonPC Penhale John Marquez

10.00 Law & Order: UK1/7 Series 3. Broken. Two children are in the frame for a toddler’s murder, and each is blaming the other for the crime. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 WycliffeSeries 3. Last Judgement. A magistrate is found hanged and the evidence points to suicide, but Wycliffe is unconvinced. (S)

12.10am Inspector Morse (S) (SL) (AD)2.15—2.30am Nightscreen

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S) (HD)8.00 Emmerdale (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 9.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (S) (HD) 9.30 Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 10.30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.45 FILM Animals United HH Animated adventure (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.30pm Emmerdale Shown Thu 7pm/8pm ITV (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 1.30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold(S) (HD) 2.00 New. The Ellen DeGeneres Show(S) (HD) 2.55 Love Bites (S) (AD) (HD) 3.55 The Masked Singer US (S) (HD) 4.50 Take Me Out(S) (HD) 5.50 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (S) (HD)

6.20pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix HHHH

qFantasy adventure. Despite having battled Voldemort in person, Harry

Potter cannot convince the wizarding world of the evil lord’s return. Inspired by his friends in the secret Order of the Phoenix, Harry forms an underground army at Hogwarts in preparation for battle with the forces of evil. Film of the Day: page 37.Harry Potter Daniel RadcliffeRon Weasley Rupert GrintHermione Granger Emma WatsonSirius Black Gary OldmanLord Voldemort Ralph FiennesDirector David Yates (2007, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

9.00 Identity Thief HH

qComedy. A businessman travels to Florida to clear his name and

confront the con artist who has stolen his identity to fund her luxurious lifestyle.Sandy Bigelow Patterson Jason BatemanDiana Melissa McCarthyHarold Cornish Jon FavreauTrish Patterson Amanda PeetJulian Tip “TI” HarrisDirector Seth Gordon (2013, 15) (S) (W) (HD)

11.15 Family GuySeries 3. Meg dates a naturist. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.45 Peter decides to pursue his dream of becoming a knight. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am American Dad! (S) (AD) (HD) 1.10 Hey Tracey! (S) (HD) 2.10 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility(S) (HD) 2.50 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 3.15—3.30am Nightscreen (HD)

6.00am Only When I Laugh (S) 6.25 Robin of Sherwood (S) 7.25 The Saint (S) 8.25 Dempsey and Makepeace (S) (AD) 9.30 LIVE Racing: news from the second day at Aintree (S) (HD) 10.30 The Professionals(S) (AD) 11.30 Monster Carp (S) (HD)


7.00pm The Chase Celebrity SpecialKatherine Ryan, George Shelley, Faye Brookes and Bobby Davro take part. (S) (HD)8.00 New. Virtual Grand National Predicting the winner of Saturday’s race. (S) (HD)9.00 FILM Live and Let Die HHHH

Spy adventure that marks Roger Moore’s debut as James Bond. Bond fi nds himself up against the mysterious “Mr Big”, a New York drug baron with plans for world domination. The trail leads to the Caribbean, where Bond discovers a sinister voodoo cult. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)11.40 New. All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteHard-hitting action from the AEW. (S) (HD)

1.35am Auto Mundial (S) (HD)2.05—3.00am The Protectors (S)

7.10am Birds of a Feather 8.25 The Bill (S)9.30 Classic Holby City (HD) 10.55 Classic Casualty: Ellen receives further bad news 12 noon The Bill (S) 1.00pm Classic EastEnders 2.20 Soldier Soldier: Butcher gets stranded(S) 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small (S)4.20 Lovejoy (S) 5.25 Fresh Fields

6.00pm Waiting for GodGeoffrey poses as a Hell’s Angel in an effort to impress his estranged wife. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer WineAn unfortunate incident means that Foggy has to be rescued from the police. (S)

7.20 Foggy, Clegg and Compo get into another scrape after Howard asks them to deliver an unusual gift to Marina. (S) (AD)

8.00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates4/6 Series 4. Mind over Muscle. Robert begins a career as a journalist and Geoffrey joins a gym to help Hetty solve a case for her hairdresser, whose errant husband has a lot to hide following an apparently random attack in a gents’ toilet. (S)

9.00 Life on Mars5/8 Series 2. When local businessman Simon Lamb finds his wife and daughter have been kidnapped, he threatens to hang himself in the station’s canteen to grab Gene and Sam’s attention. (S)

10.20 New Tricks3/10 Series 12. The Curate’s Egg. Danny and Steve “welcome” new boss Ted Case into the Ucos office in Sasha’s absence. But for all his experience, keen eye for detail and a killer instinct for detecting liars, they aren’t as sold on his superstitious quirks. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.40 Silent Witness4/5 Series 18. Squaring the Circle A nanny working for a Russian oligarch is killed in a botched assassination attempt, a bloody shootout that also leaves an unknown hitman dead. (S) (AD) (HD)

2.00—4.00am Cadfael (S)


11.15 Build a New Life in the CountryTransforming a lighthouse into a luxury B&B. (S) (HD) 12.15pm 5 News (S) (HD)

12.20 Our B&B Dream A couple seek help in managing their garden annexe. (S) (HD)



2.15 A Fatal Reunion HH Thriller starring

qKim Director. A woman haunted by a physical and mental trauma from her

past vows to take brutal revenge.Director Sam Irvin (2018) (S) (W) (HD)

4.00 Rich House, Poor House The Hay family swap their castle in the Devon countryside for the Hellings’s terraced house on the outskirts of Exeter. (S) (HD)


5.30 NeighboursKarl’s actions leave Olivia unconscious.Shown 1.45pm Rptd 6pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Home and AwayLewis suspects Christian is guilty.Shown 1.15pm Next episode 6.30pm 5 Star (S) (AD) (HD)


7.00 New. The Gadget Show9/12. Georgie Barrat and Jon Bentley check out Apple’s new MacBook Air, while Ortis Deley helps a viewer with tech to make his commute less boring.Series producer Tim Wagg (S) (HD)


8.00 New. World’s Most Scenic River Journeys

a2/6. Bill Nighy narrates this journey along the River Spey, travelling from

its source in the Cairngorms to where it enters the North Sea. See page 108.Director Andrew Robbins (S) (HD)


9.00 New. Churchill: a Gathering Storm3/6. The story of Winston Churchill’s return from the political wilderness to become the heroic war leader he is still celebrated as today. Directors Chris Durlacher, Stephanie Seabrook (S) (HD)

10.00 New. Britain’s Favourite 80s Songs: 19856/10. A look at the biggest-selling singles of 1985, including A-ha’s Take On Me, and I Know Him So Well, by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson.Directors Vanessa Williams, Yvette Lyons and Siân Brooks (S) (HD)

11.30 That’s So...19851/8. A glimpse back in time via the TV archives and music of the year.Series producer Chris Hill (S) (HD)

12.30am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S) 12.55 Entertainment News (S) (HD) 1.00 New. Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2016 (S) 5.25 Entertainment News (S) (HD) 5.35—6.00am House Doctor (S) (SL)

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8.55am Food Unwrapped (S) (HD) 9.15 A Place in the Sun: in the Orihuela Costa region of Spain(S) (HD) 10.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (S) (HD)


6.55pm Escape to the Château: DIYJonathan and Michael prepare their chateau for the big wedding. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 Grand DesignsArchitect Martin Pease plans an unusual home for his family. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Deutschland 89

a6/8. Lenora seeks Fuchs’s aid in Italy. The whole series is available online at

All 4. German +subtitles. See p108. (AD) (HD)Martin Rauch Jonas NayLenora Rauch Maria SchraderWalter Schweppenstette Sylvester GrothMarkus Fuchs Uwe Preuss

10.05 24 Hours in A&ETen-year-old Ashleigh needs surgery for a broken femur. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 A 78-year-old man is rushed in with breathing difficulties. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown(S) (HD) 1.15 24 Hours in A&E (S) (AD) (HD)

3.25—3.50am Food Unwrapped (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown Wed/Thu 6.30pm C4 (AD)7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00 Black-ish (AD) 9.00 Baby Daddy 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 The Goldbergs (AD)

12 noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 1.00pm The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.30 The Goldbergs (AD) 3.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD)4.30 Married at First Sight Australia 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 14/24Series 6. Sheldon has to work with Kripke. (AD)6.30 15/24. After a row with Sheldon, Leonard tries to move in with Penny. (AD)7.00 New. Hollyoaks Sienna takes things a step too far with her plans. Cast pp81/101 (AD)7.30 New. Below Deck MediterraneanBrooke throws Hannah a fake dock party. (AD)8.30 The Big Bang Theory 7/24 Series 9Sheldon is interviewed for a Star Trekdocumentary by Wil Wheaton. (AD)9.00 FILM X-Men: Apocalypse HHH

Fantasy adventure starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. The X-Men are forced to defend the planet when Apocalypse, a long-lived and immensely powerful mutant, threatens to show he’s every bit as destructive as his name. (AD) (W)11.45 The Big Bang Theory 10&11/24Series 5. Double bill. (AD)

12.40am Naked Attraction (AD) 1.40 Gogglebox(SL) (AD) 2.40 Taskmaster (AD) 3.35 First Dates(AD) 4.30 as 10.30am 5.20—6.00am Black-ish (AD)



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9.00am Entertainment News (S) (HD) 9.15 Traffi c Cops (S) (HD) 10.15 Police Interceptors(S) (HD) 11.20 UK’s Strongest Man 2020 (S) (HD)

12.20pm FILM Hell Bent for Leather HH

Western starring Audie Murphy (S) (HD) 2.05 FILM Posse from Hell HH Western starring Audie Murphy (S) 4.00 Sewermen (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm Police InterceptorsDan and Tom have their hands full with a driver who is four times over the limit. (S) (HD)

6.00 Multiple units give chase as a gang of burglars flee in three stolen cars. (S) (HD)

7.00 Traffic Cops: under AttackA squadron of cars is deployed to catch a speeding car-theft suspect. (S) (HD)

8.00 Traffic CopsAnt and Andy arrest two young men for drug dealing in a pub. (S) (HD)

9.00 Police InterceptorsNick Priestley embarks on a high-speed pursuit of an unusual getaway car. (S) (HD)

10.00 Ultimate Police InterceptorsA van driver tries to lose officers Richie Gatland and Andrew “AJ” Terry. (S) (HD)

11.00 Fights, Camera, Action!Incidents of road rage. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Fire Starters: Caught on Camera(S) (HD) 12.55am The A-Team (S) (AD) (HD) 4.35—6.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera (S)

9.00am Four in a Bed 9.30 A New Life in the Sun 10.30 A Place in the Sun 12.30pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1.30 Come Dine with Me 4.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA: in Brooklyn 5.00pm A Place in the Sun A woman caring for her terminally ill husband looks for a holiday home in Lanzarote.6.00 A recently retired woman searches for a holiday retreat on the Costa Blanca.7.00 George Clarke’s Amazing SpacesGeorge meets a vintage car enthusiast with plans to create a super-cool camping trailer from an old Saab so that he and his petrolhead daughters can travel to Le Mans in style. (AD)8.00 The architect meets a couple who plan to convert a German fi re truck into a cabin on wheels, and visits an old fl y-tipping site being transformed into a nature reserve. (AD)9.00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer search the East Midlands with two couples, one of whom includes a former chef who has a good kitchen-diner at the top of his wish list.10.00 24 Hours in Police CustodyOffi cers believe that a man who was declared missing in 2015 has been murdered. (AD)11.05 Gogglebox Ep 7. Opinions on the latest TV shows. Shown 9pm Channel 4 (AD)

12.10am Gogglebox (AD) 1.15 Taskmaster (AD)2.20 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer (AD) 3.40—4.40am Snackmasters: KFC

9.00am Walker, Texas Ranger (HD) 10.00 Matlock 11.05 CSI: Miami (HD) 12 noon Medium 1.00pm JAG 3.00 Perry Mason(HD) 5.00 Unsolved Mysteries: double bill 6.55pm Judge Judy 9.00 Medium: another family member begins seeing the dead 10.00 CSI: Miami (HD) 11.00 Unsolved Mysteries 12 midnight Judge Judy 1.00am ER (HD) 2.00 Medium 3.00 CSI: Miami (HD) 4.00 Bondi Rescue: double bill 5.00—6.00am Matlock

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8.00am Entertainment News (HD) 8.10 Rich Kids Go Skint (S) (HD) 9.00 Filthy Britain SOS(HD) 10.00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (S) (HD) 12 noon Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD) 1.00pm Police Interceptors (S) (HD) 4.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S) (HD)6.00pm Neighbours Karl’s actions have left Olivia unconscious. Shown 5.30pm C5 (S) (AD) (HD)6.30 New. Home and Away Dean wants Mac to reveal her pregnancy to Ari. (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 New. Filthy House SOS Richard and Brennan are called to a house in York. (S) (HD)8.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the SunBambi goes on a camping mini-break. (S) (HD)9.00 FILM Fifty Shades Darker HHH

Erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. Anastasia has cut ties with Christian, but their paths cross again when he buys the company she works for. (S) (HD)11.20 FILM Basic Instinct HHH Erotic thriller starring Sharon Stone. (S) (HD)2.00am Born to Kill? (S) (AD) (HD) 2.55 Mobs and Yobs: Caught on Camera (S) (AD) (HD)3.50—4.00am Entertainment News (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (HD) 9.10 Bull 10.10 NCIS: double bill (S) (AD) 12 noon Law & Order: six episodes (S) (HD) 6.05pm NCIS: four episodes Series 11. The team investigates the murder of a navy offi cer 7.00 The team looks into the killing of a photographer 8.00 DiNozzo is sent on an assignment to France 9.00 Series 16. The Secretary of Defence shuts down Gibbs’s murder investigation (S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent: double bill Series 2. A medical scandal is exposed, then a wealthy businessman’s children are murdered (S) 11.55 CSI: NY: double bill Series 8. (S) 1.55am Grimm: double bill (S) 3.35—4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera: the use of CCTV (S) (HD)

9.00am Entertainment News (S) 9.05 Our Yorkshire Farm 10.10 Killer Mother: Switched at Birth (S) 12 noon The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S) 2.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors (S) (AD) 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet (S)

6.00pm GPs: behind Closed Doors (S) (AD)

8.00 The Yorkshire Vet The Greens rescue a kitten that was found on a main road. (S) (AD)

9.00 Bog Bodies Secrets Revealed: Ancient Mysteries A 2,000-year-old murder. (S)

10.00 The Garden of Eden: Ancient Mysteries A place in Turkey thought by some to be the site of the Garden of Eden. (S)

11.00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan DaviesAn operation to remove 72 dogs. (S) (AD)

12 midnight A dog fi rst-aid training day. (S) (AD)1.00am World War I in Colour (S)3.50—4.00am Entertainment News (S)

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6.00am Movie News 2021 6.10 Due South 7.10 Crazy like a Fox 8.10 FILM Still Crazy like a Fox HHH Crime comedy 10.00 Starsky & Hutch 11.00 TJ Hooker 12 noon Hart to Hart 2.00pm Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 3.00 Murder, She Wrote: four episodes 7.00pm M*A*S*H 8.00 The Persuaders!: mystery surrounds a mansion belonging to Brett 9.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am M*A*S*H: double bill 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Starsky & Hutch 3.45 TJ Hooker 4.30 Due South 5.15—6.00am Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye


6.00am Impossible Engineering (S) (AD) (HD)8.00 Murder Maps (S) (HD) 9.00 Titanic: Stories from the Deep (S) (HD) 11.00 Great British Railway Journeys: double bill (HD)

12 noon Antiques Roadshow (S) (HD) 1.00pm The Architecture the Railways Built (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Abandoned Engineering (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 World War Two from Above (S) (HD)5.00 Narrow Escapes of World War Two (S)

6.00pm Antiques RoadshowFrom Hanbury Hall, Droitwich. (S) (HD)7.00 Great British Railway JourneysA journey from Sheffi eld to Nantwich. (HD)7.30 Michael Portillo learns the story of a Welsh countess who lived in Gwrych Castle. (HD)8.00 Warbird Workshop Engineer John Sparks and his team begin the task of reassembling an L39 Jet. (S) (HD)9.00 Secrets of the Transport MuseumA Delage V12 returns to be driven by a modern-day legend. (HD)10.00 Bangers and Cash Derek heads to Suffolk to collect two Bentleys. (HD)11.00 A panel van and a Capri tempt auctioneer Derek out of Yorkshire. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Bangers and Cash (S) (HD)1.00—3.00am Monster Ships (S) (HD)

6.00am Homes under the Hammer (HD)7.00 Home Shopping 8.00 Homes under the Hammer (HD) 10.00 Antiques Road Trip(HD) 12 noon Money for Nothing (HD)1.00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away(HD) 2.00 Animal Cops (AD) 4.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (HD) 6.00 Money for Nothing(HD) 7.00 Antiques Road Trip (HD) 9.00New. Ghost Adventures (HD) 10.00 Ghost Adventures (HD) 11.00 Paranormal Lockdown with Nick Groff: an ex-hotel in Kentucky (HD)12 midnight Ghost Adventures (HD) 1.00am Most Haunted (HD) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00—6.00am Antiques Road Trip (HD)

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6.00am Darbar Festival 2018 (HD) 7.00 Three Tenors: from Caracalla to the World(HD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Discovering: Steve McQueen (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 The South Bank Show Originals (S) (HD) 11.30 Auction (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon The Impressionists and the Man Who Made Them (HD) 1.00pm as 9am 2.00 Discovering: Maureen O’Hara (S) (AD) (HD)3.00 The Art of Architecture (S) (HD)4.00 The Yardbirds: Music Icons (S) (HD)4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (S) (HD)5.00 Tales of the Unexpected (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00pm Discovering: Edward G RobinsonThe life of the Bucharest-born actor. (S) (AD)

7.00 The Eighties (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 SoundbreakingThe evolution of music formats. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Classic AlbumsThe Who’s 1971 album Who’s Next. (HD)

10.00 The Great Songwriters (S) (HD)

11.00 The Bee Gees: How Can You

q Mend a Broken Heart HHHH Barry Gibb recalls the band’s history. Review

p33. Director Frank Marshall (2020) (S) (W) (HD)

1.00am Bee Gees: One Night Only (S) (HD) 3.10 Discovering: Bee Gees (S) (AD) (HD) 3.40 as 11am 4.30 as 9am 5.30—6.00am as 11.30am

The Great Songwriters 10.00pm The Lips’ Steven Drozd and Wayne Coyne

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6.00am Music Streaming 6.10 Lords Questions 6.55 Health and Social Care 8.45 Reith Lectures 9.30 Finance and Economics Budget 11.40 HARDtalk 12.05pm Health White Paper 1.30 Week in Parliament 2.00 PMQs 2.45 National Security Strategy 4.45 Reith Lectures 5.35 HARDtalk 6.00 Briefi ngs 6.45 Prime Properties 6.55 Covid-19 Committee 9.25 Scottish FMQs 10.30 UK Research Funding Committee 1.10—6.20am Political Highlights

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6.00am Monkey Life (S) (AD) 7.00 Futurama (S) (HD) 8.00 Stargate SG-1(S) 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder(S) 10.00 Caught on Dashcam (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles(S) (HD) 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 (S) (HD) 3.00 MacGyver (S) (HD) 4.00 Modern Family (S) (HD) 5.00 The Simpsons (HD) 5.30 Futurama (S) (HD)

6.30pm The SimpsonsSanta’s Little Helper disappears.7.00 Homer joins a survivalist group.7.30 Bart takes an important exam.8.00 New. Cletus becomes a country music star. (HD)

8.30 Modern Family 15/24 Series 3. Phil and Claire make a life-changing promise. (S) (HD)

9.00 New. The Flight Attendant

a 4/8. Cassie follows the paper trail to an empty private jet

manned by Nate. See p109. (HD)

10.00 Rob & Romesh vs Ballet 1/4 Series 2. The pair perform in Swan Lake. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 A League of Their Own Road Trip Ep 1 Series 5. A trip from Loch Ness to London. (HD)

12 midnight Greg Davies: the Back of My Mum’s Head (S) (HD) 1.40am Dating No Filter (HD) 2.10 The Force: Essex (AD) (HD) 3.05 NCIS: Los Angeles (S) (HD) 4.00 Stargate SG-1(S) 5.00—6.00am MacGyver (S) (HD)

6.00am Urban Secrets (S) (HD)7.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(HD) 8.55 The Wire (S) (HD) 11.05 Dexter (S) (HD) 1.15pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD) 3.05 The Affair: double bill (S) (AD)

5.15pm The Sopranos 12/13 Series 2. Pussy’s loyalty to the Mob wavers and Tony’s mistress puts pressure on him. (S) (HD)

6.20 13/13. Tony has food poisoning and experiences weird hallucinations. Meadow graduates from secondary school. (S) (HD)

7.25 Game of Thrones 3/6 Series 8. The Night King and the army of the dead reach Winterfell, and an epic battle between the living and the dead begins. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Hausen 5/8. Juri wakes up seriously injured in hospital and refl ects on the events that have unfolded, while Loan steals her father’s savings. (S) (HD)

10.10 New. 6/8. Juri and Loan discover a photo of the block’s original inhabitants and Jaschek installs a video surveillance system. German +subtitles. (S) (HD)

12.30am Oz: Said ostracises a fellow Muslim (S) 1.40 Ray Donovan (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD)5.00—6.00am Urban Secrets (S)

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry(S) 8.00 Four Weddings (S) (AD)9.00 Most Haunted (S) 10.00 My Kitchen Rules UK (S) (HD) 12 noon Total Wipeout (S) (AD) 2.00pm Ninja Warrior (S) (HD) 3.00 Most Haunted (S) 4.00 Warehouse 13 (S) (HD) 5.00 Supergirl (S) (HD) 6.00 Stargate SG-1 (S) 8.00 Arrow: Black Siren launches another attack on Star City (S) (HD) 9.00 Agatha Raisin: to take her mind off her break-up, Agatha visits a fayre (HD)10.05 The Russell Howard Hour (S) (HD) 11.05 The Flight Attendant (HD)12 midnight Chicago Med (HD)1.00am Chicago Fire (HD) 2.00 Chicago PD (HD) 3.00 A League of Their Own (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Wild Vets(S) 5.00—6.00am Most Haunted (S)

6.00am Star Trek: Voyager 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Merlin 12 noon Stargate SG-1 1.00pm Project Blue Book 2.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager 4.00 Merlin 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00 The Librarians 7.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 8.00 Project Blue Book 9.00 Fringe 10.00 FILM

Navy SEALs vs Zombies HH

12 midnight The Librarians 1.00am Star Trek: the Next Generation 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager 3.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.00 Merlin 5.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1

8.00am Republic of Doyle (S) (HD)9.00 Bones (S) (HD) 10.00 Bull (S) (HD) 11.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD)12 noon Bones: double bill (S) (HD)2.00pm The Mentalist (S) (HD)3.00 NCIS (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Bull (S) (HD) 5.00 Bones (S) (HD)

6.00pm The Mentalist 13/22 Series 6. Jane joins a commune to investigate the death of a US attorney in Mexico. (S) (HD)

7.00 NCIS 8/24 Series 15 A “person of interest” connected to a bribery and fraud case is found dead by a jogger.8.00 9/24. The agents spend Thanksgiving tracking down an international arms dealer who recently murdered an MI6 offi cer.9.00 4/20 Series 17. The team investigates a string of attacks on homeless veterans. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Family Guy Series 14Peter’s estranged sister arrives in Quahog for Thanksgiving. (S) (HD)

10.30 Quagmire tells Ida that he is in love with Lois, which Peter accidentally overhears. (S) (HD)

11.00 American Dad! Series 1Hayley decides she has had enough of being bossed around. (S)

11.30 Francine reverts to her wild-child days. (S)

12 midnight Family Guy (S) (HD)1.00am American Dad! (S) 2.00 Family Guy (S) (HD) 3.00 American Dad! (S) (HD) 4.00—5.00am Republic of Doyle (S) (HD)

8.00am Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 9.15 The Story of China (S) 10.35 Yosemite 11.50 The Dust Bowl 1.00pm Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth 2.15 The Story of China (S) 3.35 Yosemite 4.45 The Dust Bowl 5.55 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the Commonwealth

7.15pm The Story of ChinaMichael Wood relates how a rebellious peasant called Zhu Yuanzhang became the Emperor Hongwu and founded China’s most famous dynasty, the Ming. (S)

8.35 9/11: the Firemen’s StoryThe moving stories of individual fi refi ghters who served during the terrorist attacks in New York on 11 September 2001.

9.50 The Dust Bowl The reclamation of land lost to the dust storms of the 1930s, and the legacy that the man-made disaster has left for future generations.

11.00 Clydebuilt: the Ships That Made the CommonwealthDavid Hayman meets some of the men who served on Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Hood.12.15am The Story of China (S)1.35 9/11: the Firemen’s Story 2.40 The Dust Bowl 3.35—4.00am Beautiful Serengeti

6.00am Aerial America (HD) 7.00 Shark Ganglands (HD) 8.00 World’s Most Dangerous Shark (HD) 9.00 Secrets of Shark Island (HD) 10.00 Ice Airport Alaska (HD) 12 noon Air Warriors (HD) 1.00pm How Did They Build That? (HD) 4.00 Aircrash Alaska(HD) 5.00 Ice Airport Alaska (HD)

6.00pm Air Warriors The inside story of America’s CIA spy plane, the U-2, which took photographs secretly from the stratosphere. (HD)

7.00 Aerial America An aerial tour of Louisiana soars over the “Big Easy” city of New Orleans. (HD)

8.00 Featuring locations made famous by movies such as Rocky, Citizen Kane and Forrest Gump. (HD)

9.00 Aerial Greece A look at the south of Greece — a land of Spartan warriors, mythical legends and great gods, regarded by many as the birthplace of the western world as it is known today.

10.00 Aerial Africa The wonders of South Africa’s Western Cape and its southern tip, famous as the location of Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment. (HD)

11.00 Aerial America As 8pm.12 midnight Aerial Greece 1.00am Aerial Africa (HD) 2.00 Aerial America (HD) 3.00 Aerial Ireland(HD) 4.00 Aerial New Zealand (HD)5.00—6.00am Aerial America (HD)

7.00am Highway Patrol (HD) 8.00 Motorway Patrol (HD) 9.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (HD)10.00 Border Patrol (HD) 11.00 Police Force: Australia 12 noon Police Ten 7 (HD) 1.00pm Motorway Patrol (HD) 2.00 Nothing to Declare 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Atlantis (HD) 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation (HD)6.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise (HD)8.00 Lost Girl (HD) 9.00 S.W.A.T.(AD) (HD) 11.00 Merlin: double bill 1.00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(HD) 2.00 Banged Up Abroad (HD)3.00 Highway Patrol (HD) 4.00 Motorway Patrol (HD) 5.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare: two editions

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7.00am The Chase (HD) 10.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 11.00 Bruce Forsyth’s Play Your Cards Right (AD) 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1.00pm Catchphrase (AD)2.00 Take Your Pick 3.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 4.00 The Chase(HD) 5.00 Family Fortunes: another two families compete for spot prizes and a cash jackpot 6.00 Tenable: fi ve sci-fi fans play the game (HD) 7.00 Weakest Link: quiz hosted by Anne Robinson 8.00 The Chase: double bill (HD)10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 11.00 Bullseye (AD)12 midnight The Chase: four back-to-back editions (HD) 4.00am Wheel of Fortune 5.00—6.00am Bullseye (AD)


7.00am Homes under the Hammer(HD) 8.00 Flog It! (HD) 10.00 Escape to the Country: double bill (HD)12 noon Fixer Upper (HD) 1.00pm Home Town (HD) 2.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD) 3.00 Flog It! (HD)4.00 Love Your Garden (HD) 5.00 Homes under the Hammer (HD)6.00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun(HD) 8.00 Love Your Garden (HD)9.00 New. Fixer Upper: double bill. Chip and Joanna Gaines work with clients to purchase and renovate houses (HD) 11.00 Home Town (HD)12 midnight Good Bones (HD)1.00am Flog It!: from Leicester’s De Montfort Hall (HD) 2.00 Income Property (HD) 3.00—4.00am My Dream Derelict Home (AD) (HD)

6.00am How Do They Do It? (HD) 6.20 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers (AD) (HD)7.10 Combat Dealers (HD) 8.00 Supercar Superbuild (HD) 9.00 Fantomworks (HD)10.00 Wheeler Dealers (HD) 11.00 Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars (AD) (HD)12 noon How Do They Do It? (HD) 1.00pm as 6.20am 2.00 Richard Hammond’s Big(HD) 3.00 Greatest Motorcycle Rides (HD)4.00 Salvage Hunters (AD) (HD) 5.00 Scrap Kings (HD) 6.00 Wheeler Dealers(HD) 7.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (HD) 8.00 Salvage Hunters (HD) 9.00 Curse of the Bermuda Triangle (HD) 10.00 Dark Waters(HD) 11.00 How Do They Do It? (HD)12 midnight Wheeler Dealers (HD) 1.00am as 2pm 2.00 American Chopper 3.00 Supercar Superbuild (HD) 4.00 Mighty Ships (HD) 5.00—6.00am How It’s Made

6.00am Secret Life of Kittens 6.05 Secret Life of Puppies 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 Mya Go 6.25 Blue’s Clues & You 6.50 Thomas & Friends 7.00 Fireman Sam 7.10 Daisy & Ollie 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Peppa Pig 7.45 New. Pip & Posy 8.00 Paddington 8.20 New. Paw Patrol 8.30 Ricky Zoom 8.45 Wonderful World of Baby Animals 8.50 Wissper 8.55 Milkshake! Monkey 9.00 Peppa Pig 9.05—9.15am New. Sunny Bunnies


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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Bing 6.25 Teletubbies 6.40 Tee and Mo 6.50 Chuggington 7.00 Bing 7.15 Hey Duggee 7.30 Go Jetters 7.40 Peter Rabbit 7.55 Octonauts 8.10 Numberblocks 8.15 Love Monster 8.20 New. School of Roars 8.30 Alphablocks 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Peter Rabbit Special 9.25 Bing 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 The Baby Club 10.35 Hey Duggee 10.40 My Petsaurus 10.45 Kiri & Lou 10.50 New. B.O.T and the Beasties 10.55 Garden Tales 11.05 Let’s Go for a Walk 11.20 Colours 11.25 Patchwork Pals 11.30 Tik Tak 11.35New. My Very First 11.45 Woolly & Tig 11.50 Olobob Top 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm CBeebies Presents Romeo and Juliet 1.05 Alphablocks 1.10 Numberblocks 1.15 Dog Loves Books 1.25 Messy Goes to OKIDO 1.35 Oti’s Boogie Beebies 1.40 Small Potatoes 1.45 Something Special 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Bing 2.25 Tee and Mo 2.35 Melody 2.45 Vet Tales 3.00 Maddie’s Do You Know? 3.15 Swashbuckle 3.35 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 4.05 Love Monster 4.10 New. Our Family 4.20 Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures 4.35 Bitz & Bob 4.50 Go Jetters 5.00 YolanDa’s Band Jam 5.15 Waffl e 5.25 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.40 Sarah & Duck 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories

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7.00am Little Big Awesome 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 Newsround 7.55 Odd Squad 8.10 Danny & Mick 8.20 Operation Ouch! 8.55 FILM The Next Step Live: the Movie HH 10.10 Absolute Genius Super Tech 10.45 Horrible Histories 11.15 Art Ninja 11.35 Danger Mouse 11.45 Shaun the Sheep 11.55 The Deep 12.35pm Nikki Lilly Meets 12.45 Hank Zipzer 1.40 Class Dismissed 1.55 The Worst Witch 2.20 Step Up to the Plate 2.50 Little Big Awesome 3.05 OOglies Funsize 3.10 Danny & Mick 3.20 Dennis & Gnasher 3.30 New.

She-Ra 3.55 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.05 We Bare Bears 4.20 Odd Squad: double bill 4.45 Danger Mouse 5.00 Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire 6.20 New. Do Try This at Home 6.30 Blue Peter 7.00 The Next Step 7.25 Lifebabble 7.30 Mustangs FC 7.55 The Story of Tracy Beaker 8.10 Nikki Lilly Bakes 8.15 Odd Squad 8.30—9.00pm Jamie Johnson


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6.00am Transformers 6.20 Buck and Buddy 6.25 Ninjago 6.55 Mr Magoo 7.25 Hotel Transylvania 7.55 Teen Titans Go! 8.25 Dare Master 8.30 Scooby-Doo’s Ghosts 9.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 9.25 Big Top Scooby-Doo! 10.55 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 12 noon The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 12.55pm Mission Employable 1.00 Don’t Unleash the Beast 1.30 How 1.55 Teen Titans Go! 2.25 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 3.30 Scooby-Doo’s Ghosts 4.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 4.30 Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright 6.05 Robozuna 6.25 LEGO Jurassic World: The Legend of Isla Nublar 6.55 The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 7.55 Scrambled! Bites 8.00 How 8.25 Spy School 8.55—9.00pm Dare Master


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Cassie makes a breakthroughHausen 9.00pm Juri tries to recall how he was injured

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6.00am Wheeler Dealers (S) (AD) (HD)7.00 Deadliest Catch (S) (HD) 8.00 Building off the Grid (S) (HD) 9.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 10.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 11.00 Wheeler Dealers(S) (HD) 12 noon Gold Rush: White Water(S) (HD) 1.00pm Gold Divers (S) (HD)2.00 Gold Rush (S) (AD) (HD)3.00 Alaska: the Last Frontier (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Alaskan Bush People (S) (AD) (HD)5.00 Wheeler Dealers(S) (HD) 6.00 Fast ’n’ Loud (S) (HD) 7.00 Outback Truckers (S) (HD) 8.00 Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine (HD) 9.00New. Moonshiners (HD) 10.00 New.

Moonshiners: Master Distiller (HD) 11.00 Combat Dealers (S) (HD) 12 midnight as 9pm 1.00am as 10pm 2.00 as 7am3.00 as 8pm 3.50 Bad Chad Customs(S) (AD) (HD) 4.40 as 3pm 5.30—6.00am How Do They Do It? (S) (HD)

9.00am Inside the Vets (HD) 10.00 Animal Babies (HD) 11.00 Climate Change: the Facts (HD) 12 noon India’s New Worlds (HD) 2.00pm Animal Babies (HD) 3.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders (AD) (HD) 5.00 Inside the Vets (HD) 6.00 Climate Change: the Facts (HD) 7.00 India’s New Worlds(HD) 8.00 Animal Babies: animals growing up in mountain regions (HD)9.00 Earth’s Natural Wonders: the relationships between animals and people (AD) (HD) 10.00 India’s New Worlds (HD) 11.00 Climate Change: the Facts: the science of climate change(HD) 12 midnight Inside the Vets (HD)1.00am India’s New Worlds (HD) 2.00 Inside the Vets (HD) 3.50 Animal Babies (HD) 4.40 Wild North (HD)5.35—6.00am Jungle Planet (HD)

6.00am Pawn Stars (HD) 7.00 American Pickers (HD) 8.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD) 10.00 Salvage Kings (HD) 11.00 Highway thru Hell(HD) 3.00pm History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD) 5.00 Pawn Stars (HD)6.00pm American Pickers (HD)7.00 Forged in Fire (HD) 8.00 New.

Counting Cars: rock star Alice Cooper brings his prized ’63 Studebaker Avanti to the shop (HD) 9.00 The Lakes: Walking through History: Tony Robinson explores how the Romans conquered the Lake District (HD) 10.00 True Monsters (HD) 11.00 Swamp Ghost 12 midnight River Hunters (HD) 1.00am Strangest Things 2.00 Swamp Ghost 3.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries (HD)5.00—6.00am Highway thru Hell (HD)

6.00am The Zoo (S) (HD) 7.00 Preposterous Pets (S) (HD) 8.00 Hanging with the Hendersons (S) (HD) 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 10.00 The Zoo (S) (HD) 11.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD)12 noon Alaska: Homestead Rescue (S) (HD) 1.00pm Crikey! It’s the Irwins (HD)2.00 Amanda to the Rescue (S) (HD)3.00 Dodo Heroes (S) (HD) 4.00 The Vet Life (S) (HD) 5.00 The Zoo (S) (HD)6.00 Bondi Vet (S) (HD) 7.00 Animal Cops San Francisco (S) (AD) 8.00 Dr Jeff(S) (HD) 9.00 Vet Gone Wild (S) (HD)10.00 Animal Cops Detroit (S) (AD) 11.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees (S) (HD) 1.00am Great White Appetite (S) (HD) 2.00 as 1pm 3.00 as 10pm 3.50 Vet Gone Wild(S) (HD) 4.40 How Do Animals Do That(S) (HD) 5.10—6.00am Tanked (S) (HD)

6.00am We Are Freestyle Love Supreme (HD) 7.45 My Icon: Ramla Ali (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 Premier League Legends: Juninho (S) (AD)

(HD) 8.30 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) (HD) 9.30 The History of Comedy (HD) 10.30 Too Young to Die (S) (AD) (HD) 11.30 Formula One: Drive to Survive (S)

(AD) (HD) 1.00pm Expecting Amy(HD) 2.00 We Are Freestyle Love Supreme (HD) 3.45 My Icon: Heather Fisher (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Discovering: Peter Lorre (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00 Hollywood Couples (S) (HD)

6.00pm The History of ComedyA look at the appeal of comedy partnerships. (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 Too Young to Die The life of actress Natalie Wood. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.55 Expecting Amy Amy Schumer performs in Chicago. (HD)

9.00 Audrey: More Than an IconAudrey Hepburn’s life. (S) (HD)

10.55 The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Following the last tour of a dying magician. (S) (W)

12.40am Pretending I’m a Superman: the Tony Hawk Video Game Story (S) 2.05 FILM This Changes Everything HHH (S) (AD)

(W) 3.55 Discovering: Montgomery Clift: the actor’s life (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00—6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am Ocean Parks (S) (HD) 7.00 Monkey Life (S) (HD) 8.00 A Bee’s Diary (S) (HD) 9.00 Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD) 10.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S) (HD) 11.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD) 12 noon Into the Wild: India (S) (HD) 1.00pm Monkey Life (S) (HD) 2.00 A Bee’s Diary (S)

(HD) 3.00 Guardians of the Wild (S)

(HD) 4.00 Undiscovered Vistas (S)

(HD) 5.00 Tales from Zambia (S) (HD)

6.00pm Into the Wild: India The life of a sloth bear mother. (S) (HD)

7.00 Monkey Life Following daily life at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. (S) (HD)

7.30 The rescue of neglected and abused primates. (S) (HD)

8.00 Kenya Wildlife DiariesRangers face the challenge of keeping elephants away from the local villages. (S) (HD)

9.00 Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs A jack russell cares for an array of species. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Into the Wild: India As 6pm.

11.00 Tales from Zambia The hippos of the Luangwa Valley. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Ol Pejeta Diaries (S) (HD)

1.00am Deadly Hunters (S) (AD)

(HD) 2.00 Kenya Wildlife Diaries (S)

(HD) 3.00 Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 A Bee’s Diary (S) (HD) 5.00—6.00am Guardians of the Wild (S) (HD)

6.00am Nothing to Declare (S)

8.00 Border Patrol (S) (HD) 9.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD) 10.00 Law & Order (HD) 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S) (HD)

12 noon The Rookie (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00pm Blue Bloods: double bill (HD)

3.00 Air Ambulance ER (S) (HD)

4.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm New. Nothing to Declare Series following the work of customs offi cers in Australia. (S) (AD)

8.00 New. Chicago Med Ep 9 Series 6. Maggie steps in to help a mother in need while also dealing with her own trauma. (HD)

9.00 New. Chicago Fire Ep 9 Series 9. Casey suffers a nasty blow to the head. Mouch, Gallo, Ritter and Mackey report for training. (HD)

10.00 New. Chicago PD Ep 9 Series 8. Atwater has a personal connection to a neighbourhood where a local business owner has been gunned down. (HD)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 22/22 Series 8Benson, Fin and Stabler are haunted by past decisions. (S) (HD)


1.00am Blue Bloods (HD) 2.00 Coroner (HD) 3.00 Law & Order (HD)

4.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00—6.00am Brit Cops: Rapid Response (S) (AD)





5.00pm Death in Paradise 5/8 Series 8. The murder of a festival queen leaves DI Mooney with a crime to solve — and puts a strain on Florence’s relationship when it turns out Patrice knew the victim.6.20 6/8. After another killing connected to the festival queen case, the team hops over to nearby Rosalie Island to follow up on a mysterious phone call.7.40 7/8. A famous radio presenter is murdered live on air and Jack must unravel a complex mystery to fi nd the culprit — while being observed by an offi cer from internal affairs. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Major Crimes 8/13 Series 6. The team uncovers a series of sexual assaults connected to the two murders. (HD)

10.00 Father Brown 12/15 Series 3. The priest investigates when a body is discovered at an ancient stone circle. (S) (AD) (HD)


12 midnight Evil (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00am Harrow (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00 Copper (S)

(HD) 2.55—4.00am Motive (S) (HD)

7.05am My Hero (S) 7.45 Ever Decreasing Circles 8.55 Hi-de-Hi!(S) 9.35 Porridge (S) 10.15 Last of the Summer Wine (S) (AD) 11.30 Keeping Up Appearances (S)


12.45 Porridge (S) 1.25 Hi-de-Hi! (S)

2.00 Ever Decreasing Circles 2.35 Dad’s Army (S) 3.15 Keeping Up Appearances (S) 3.55 Dad’s Army(S) 4.35 Last of the Summer Wine(S) (AD) 5.50 Hi-de-Hi! (S)


7.05 Porridge Mackay takes a well-earned holiday. (S)

7.40 Dad’s Army The platoon is picked to appear in a training fi lm. (S)

8.20 Pike receives his papers. (S)

9.00 Miranda Stevie and Miranda compete for attention. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.40 Absolutely Fabulous Edina gets involved in Patsy’s magazine. (S)

10.20 French and Saunders The duo pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac.

11.00 Miranda (S) (AD) (HD)



12.55 Absolutely Fabulous (S) 1.35 French and Saunders 2.15 Miranda(S) (AD) (HD) 2.45 Goodness Gracious Me (S) 3.25—4.00am Absolutely Fabulous (S)

6.10am MasterChef Australia (S) (HD)7.30 Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD) 8.00 Tipping Point (S) (HD) 10.00 The Bill (S) 11.00 Inside the Ambulance (S) (HD) 1.00pm Tipping Point (S) (HD) 2.00 My Kitchen Rules: Australia (S) (HD) 4.00 My Dream Home (S) (HD) 6.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes (S) (HD) 7.00 New.

Top Chef (AD) (HD) 8.00 Inside the Ambulance: brother and sister Sam and Hannah receive a call to assist police (S) (HD) 9.00 The Shift: Women on the Force: PC Pauline Law leads a drugs raid (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 Gavin & Stacey: triple bill (S) (AD) (HD)12 midnight One Born Every Minute (S) (HD) 1.00—3.00am Renovate My Home: Leave It to Bryan (S) (HD)

6.00am Road Wars (S) 7.00 Motorway Patrol (S) (HD) 8.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line (S) (HD) 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (S) (HD) 10.00 Road Wars (S) 11.00 Murder in Amish Country (HD) 12 noon Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 1.00pm Killer in My Village (S) (HD) 2.00 Killer Colleagues(S) (HD) 3.00 World’s Most Evil Killers(S) (HD) 4.00 Road Wars (S) 5.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (S) (AD) 6.00 The Mark of a Killer (S) (HD) 7.00 Killer in My Village (S) (HD) 8.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers (S) (HD) 9.00 Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little (S) (HD) 10.35 A Wilderness of Error (HD) 12.45am World’s Most Evil Killers (S) (AD) (HD)1.40 Snapped (S) (HD) 2.35 Killer in My Village (S) (HD) 3.30 as 5pm4.30—6.00am Motorway Patrol (HD)

8.00am WW2: Hell under the Sea (S) (HD) 9.00 Nazi Megastructures (S) (HD) 10.00 Hitler’s Last Stand (HD)11.00 Car SOS (S) (HD) 1.00pm Ice Road Rescue (HD) 2.00 Lost Cities with Albert Lin (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Europe from Above (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 Drain the Oceans: Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean (S) (HD) 5.00 Air Crash Investigation: double bill (S) (HD)7.00 Maritime Silk Road Reborn (HD)8.00 Ultimate Tutankhamun (HD)9.00 New. Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive (HD) 10.00 Black Pharaohs: Empire of Gold (HD) 11.00 Air Crash Investigation (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight Narco Wars (S) (HD) 1.00am Traffi cked with Mariana Van Zeller (S) (HD)2.00 Drugs Inc (HD) 3.00—5.00am Air Crash Investigation (S) (HD)

6.00am Mysteries at the Museum 7.00 Combat Dealers (S) (AD) 8.00 Expedition Unknown (S) (AD) 9.00 Blowing Up History (S) 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Codes and Conspiracies(S) 12 noon Combat Dealers (S) 1.00pm Codes and Conspiracies (S) 2.00 Expedition Unknown (S) 3.00 Nasa’s Unexplained Files (S) 4.00 Mysteries at the Museum 5.00 Blowing Up History (S)6.00pm King Tut’s Mystery Tomb Opened(S) 7.00 Expedition Unknown (S) 8.00 Blowing Up History 9.00 Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 10.00 Mysteries at the Museum 11.00 Mysteries of the Missing(S) 12 midnight Blowing Up History 1.00am Rob Riggle: Global Investigator 2.00 as 10pm 3.00 as 11pm 4.00 as 6pm 5.00—6.00am Blowing Up History

8.00am Baywatch 9.00 The A-Team(AD) 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond(S) 12 noon 3rd Rock from the Sun (S)1.00pm My Wife and Kids (S) (HD)2.00 Friends (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Lee Evans: Monsters: the stand-up star rails against the annoyances of modern life in a 2014 performance at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham (S) (HD)10.00 New. Bob’s Burgers: double bill. Gene comes down with food poisoning on Thanksgiving day, then the family heads to the airport to give Linda’s dad his itch cream 11.00 The Other Two 12 midnight Baywatch 1.00am The A-Team (AD) 2.00 South Park(S) (HD) 3.40 New. The Daily Show 4.15—5.00am Friends (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00am Everybody Hates Chris (HD)9.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 10.00 The Mindy Project (S) (HD)11.00 Girls (HD) 12.10pm Sex and the City (HD) 1.20 Curb Your Enthusiasm(HD) 2.30 Parks and Recreation (HD)3.30 30 Rock: double bill (S) (HD)4.30 Will & Grace (HD) 5.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (S) (HD) 6.30pm Sex and the City (HD) 7.45 Curb Your Enthusiasm (HD) 9.00 Veep (S) (AD) (HD) 10.15 Silicon Valley: Erlich and Richard wait to hear Pied Piper’s fate(S) (HD) 10.50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (HD) 11.50 The Late Late Show with James Corden (HD)12.50am Ballers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.30 Sex and the City (S) (HD) 2.50 Girls (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00—5.00am The Mindy Project (S) (HD)


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6.25am Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas HHH Adventure.Brad Pitt (2003, U) 8.05 As 5.35pm 9.45 A-X-L As 7.10pm 11.40 As 9pm 2.10pm Robinson Crusoe As 11.35pm 3.55 Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet HH

Adventure. Kyler Charles Beck (2020, PG)

5.35pm Combat Wombat HHH

A brave wombat unintentionally becomes a superhero. Deborah Mailman, Ed Oxenbould (2020, U)

7.10 A-X-L HH A boy befriends a robot dog who is a top-secret military weapon and whose owner wants it back. Alex Neustaedter (2018, PG)

9.00 Transformers HHHH

Shia LaBeouf plays a teenager who is drawn into a war between two alien robot species. (2007, 12)

11.35pm Robinson Crusoe HHH

Fast-paced retelling of the castaway classic. Doug Stone (2015, PG) 1.20am Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasAs 6.25am 3.00 Combat WombatAs 5.35pm 4.40 As 3.55pm

7.00am As 7.30pm 8.45 As 9.15pm 10.35 Songbird HH

Drama. Cobie Smulders (2018, 15) 12.15pm As 11.15pm 2.00 Sister of the Groom HH Comedy drama. Alicia Silverstone (2020, 15) 3.35 Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby HH Sports comedy. (2006, 15)

5.40pm Twins HHHH

None-too-subtle but fun comedy.Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito (1988, PG)

7.30 Last Christmas HH

Bizarre, sentimental romantic comedy. Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding (2019, 12)

9.15 Pixels HH Arcade geeks are tasked with saving the world from aliens. Adam Sandler (2015, 12)

11.15 Happiest Season HHH

A lesbian couple pretend to be roommates. Kristen Stewart (2020, 12)

1.00am Sex Drive H Comedy. A teenager goes on a raunchy road trip. Josh Zuckerman, James Marsden, Seth Green (2008, 15) 2.55 Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby As 3.35pm 5.00 Twins As 5.40pm

6.50am Pokémon Detective Pikachu As 5.45pm 8.45 The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersAs 11.45pm 11.45 Zack Snyder’s Justice League As 7.35pm 3.45pm Unstoppable HHH The action never lets up in this South Korean thriller. Don Lee, Song Ji-Hyo (2018, 15)

5.45pm Pokémon Detective Pikachu HHH Ryan Reynolds voices the yellow furry sleuth in this witty adventure. (2019, PG)

7.35 Zack Snyder’s Justice League HHHH The extended director’s cut of the DC Comics extravaganza. Review p43. (2021)

11.45 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to Mordor. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen (2002, 12)

2.55am Bad Boys for Life HHH

Wisecracking cops Will Smith and Martin Lawrence hunt a Miami drug lord in this fast-paced comedy thriller. (2020, 15) 5.10 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

6.20am The Sunlit Night HH

Drama. Jenny Slate (2019, 15) 8.00 As 3.20pm 9.50 Boonie Bears: The Wild Life11.40 As 9pm 1.45pm Looks That Kill As 11.05pm 3.20 Eternal Beauty HHHH Drama.Sally Hawkins (2019, 15) 5.10 Scoob! HH

Breezy adventure. Will Forte (2020, PG)

7.00pm Antebellum HHH

Janelle Monáe takes on dual roles for a mind-bending, time-hopping thriller. (2020, 15)

9.00 i Angel Has Fallen HHH

Gerard Butler’s Secret Service man is on the run for a crime he didn’t commit. Morgan Freeman (2019, 15)

11.05 Looks That Kill HHH

A teen is cursed with a face that triggers sudden death to anyone who sees it. Brandon Flynn (2020, 15)

12.40am Zeroville H Comedy drama. James Franco, Megan Fox (2019, 15) 2.20 The Sunlit Night As 6.20am 3.45 Antebellum As 7pm 5.40 Scoob! As 5.10pm

6.30am As 5.05pm 8.40 Marnie HHHH Psychological drama. “Tippi” Hedren (1964, 15) 10.55 Notting HillAs 7.20pm 1.05pm Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner HHHH

Comedy drama. Spencer Tracy (1967, PG) 2.55 The Last Picture Show 5 Drama. Timothy Bottoms (2000, 15)

5.05pm The Blind Side HHHH

A white southern Christian takes in a gifted black teenager. Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron (2009, 12)

7.20 Notting Hill HHHH

Comedy about the love affair between a bookseller and a Hollywood star. Julia Roberts (1999, 15)

9.30 The Great Gatsby HHH

Exuberant take on F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age tale.Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire (2013, 12)

11.55pm The Dead Pool HH

Gritty B-thriller. Clint Eastwood (1988, 18) 1.30am Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner As 1.05pm 3.20 The Last Picture Show As 2.55pm 5.30 The Great Gatsby As 9.30pm

11.00am Hotel for Dogs HHH

Decent family comedy in which two orphaned children care for a brood of canine waifs and strays. Emma Roberts, Jake T Austin, Don Cheadle (2008, U) (S) (AD)

1.00pm Flight of the Navigator HHH Appealing sci-fi adventure about a young boy who encounters an alien space craft and disappears for eight years. Joey Cramer (1986, U) (S)

2.45 Shrek Forever After HHH

In this cleverly conceived fourth movie, a bored Shrek falls foul of scheming Rumpelstiltskin and sees his world descend into chaos. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz (2010, U) (S)

4.30 We Bought a Zoo HHH

Comedy drama. Following the death of his wife, Benjamin Mee impulsively moves with his children to a private zoo in rural California.Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson (2011, PG)

6.50pm Suffragette HHHH

The fi ght for the female vote,as seen through the eyes of laundress Carey Mulligan, makes for an inspiring drama. Review p37. Helena Bonham Carter (2015, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 Kingsman: the Golden Circle HHH The Kingsmanspies must team up with their American counterparts in this irreverent and occasionally self-indulgent action adventure.Taron Egerton, Colin Firth (2017, 15) (S) (AD)

11.50 Ted 2 HHH The trash-talking teddy bear returns, (with sidekick Mark Wahlberg),in Seth MacFarlane’s gag-heavy comedy. Amanda Seyfried (2015, 15) (S) (AD)

2.05—4.00am Franklyn HH

The fates of four troubled souls are intertwined in this overly ambitious fantasy thriller. Eva Green (2008, 15) (S)

6.00am Thunder Rock HHHH

Supernatural drama. Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen, James Mason (1942, PG) (S) 8.05 Ordinary People8.35 Jumping for Joy HH Comedy. Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway (1955, U) 10.20 Kind Hearts and Coronets 5 Superb black comedy. Dennis Price, Alec Guinness (1949, U) 12.30pm A Canterbury Tale HHHH Marvellous war drama. Review p37. Eric Portman, Sheila Sim (1944, U) 3.00 My Six Loves HHH Likeable romantic comedy. Debbie Reynolds (1962, U) 5.00 Upstairs, Downstairs6.00pm Interpol Calling British TV crime drama series.6.30 Night Shift Documentary following work in a tank factory.6.50 Burnt Evidence HH An unidentifi able badly charred body is at the heart of this entertaining murder mystery. (1954, PG) (S)

8.00 Gideon’s Way TV crime drama series with John Gregson.9.00 Dr Terror’s House of Horrors HHH Entertaining fright anthology in which Peter Cushing tells fi ve men on a train their grim fortunes. Review p37. (1964, PG)

11.05 Doomwatch HH This Cornwall-set spin-off from the fact-based BBC mystery series drowns the drama in science.Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson (1972, 12)

12.55am The Red House HHH

Mystery thriller. Edward G Robinson (1947, PG) (S) 3.00 Vacant Possession (S) 4.00 Van der Valk5.00—6.00am The Flame Trees of Thika

8.00am Mutant X9.00 Star Trek: Enterprise 10.00 Star Trek 11.00 Ice Quake HH Disaster adventure.Brendan Fehr (2010, 12) 1.00pm San Andreas Mega Quake H Disaster movie. (2019, 12) 3.00 Sliders4.00 Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion H Sci-fi drama. (2000, 12)

6.00pm Star Trek Sci-fi drama.7.00 Star Trek: Enterprise TV sci-fi adventure with Scott Bakula.8.00 Battlestar Galactica TV adventure series with Dirk Benedict.9.00 Hatchet HHH A deformed maniac stalks the Louisiana bayou in a funny, very bloody homage to 80s slasher horror. Joel David Moore (2006, 18)

10.40 The Quiet Ones HHH

Heart-stopping moments and potent performances help make up for the plot of this science v occult shocker. Jared Harris, Sam Clafl in (2013, 15)

12.35am Itsy Bitsy HHH This chilling horror is a no-go for arachnophobes. Elizabeth Roberts, Bruce Davison (2019, 15) 2.30—4.20am Boo HH Horror. Trish Coren (2005, 15)



9.00am Boyfriend Killer HH

Thriller. Barbie Castro (2017) 11.00 The Stepchild HH Thriller. Sarah Fisher, Lauren Holly (2016) 1.00pm Fatal Acquittal HH Crime thriller. Joely Fisher (2014) 2.50 Retribution HHH

Social drama. Josh Wiggins (2014, 15) 4.40 The Next Karate Kid HH Pat Morita takes on bullied youngster Hilary Swank as his new pupil in this tired third sequel in the martial arts adventure series. Michael Ironside (1994, PG)

6.50pm Chain Reaction HHH

Exciting action thriller in which two scientists are forced to go on the run after their discovery in providing cheap energy attracts unwanted attention. Keanu Reeves (1996, 12)

9.00 Starship Troopers HHHH

The special effects are outstanding in this Earth-versus-alien-bugs saga that is popcorn exploitation at its lip-smacking, blood-spattered best. Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards (1997, 18)

11.25 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder H Casper Van Dien is back to fi ght more space bugs in this awkward sci-fi action tale that’s a jumble of cut-price battles and low-grade special effects. (2008, 15)

1.30am Aftermath HHH Mournful and affecting study of grief. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scoot McNairy (2017, 15) 3.30—5.50am Stranger than Fiction HHHH Pleasingly odd fantasy comedy drama. Will Ferrell (2006, 12)

6.00am Masterson of Kansas HH

Western. George Montgomery (1954, U) 7.30 The Red Baron HH First World War biographical drama. Matthias Schweighöfer (2008, 12) 9.35 Every Time We Say Goodbye HH Period romantic drama. Tom Hanks (1986, 15) 11.25 Combat Squad HH War drama. John Ireland, Lon McCallister (1953) 1.00pm The Shepherd of the Hills HHH Adventure. John Wayne, Betty Field (1941, PG) 3.05 Jet Pilot HH Romantic drama. John Wayne, Janet Leigh (1957, U) 5.25 Ike: Countdown to D-Day HHH Superior Second World War drama. Tom Selleck (2004, PG)

7.15pm Eruption: LA HH Quakes and volcanoes cause havoc in Los Angeles. Matthew Atkinson (2018, 12)

9.00 Redline HH Fast and the Furious-style action thriller. (2007, 12)

10.55 Pistol Whipped HH Action drama. Steven Seagal, Lance Henriksen (2008, 15)

1.00am Hitman: Redemption HH

Thriller. Ron Perlman (2018, 15) 3.00—4.00am The War in the Jungle

6.00am I Didn’t Do It HH Comedy thriller. George Formby (1945, PG) 8.00 Angel Face HHHH Chilling crime drama.Robert Mitchum (1953, PG) 9.50 Sirocco HHH Spy drama. Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren (1951, PG) 11.55 Dead Reckoning HHHH Hard-boiled thriller. Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott (1947, U) 2.00pm Sahara HHH Solid wartime action adventure. Humphrey Bogart (1943, PG) 4.05 The Barefoot Contessa HHHH Drama. Humphrey Bogart (1954, PG)

6.50pm The African Queen 5 Humphrey Bogart won an Oscar as the unkempt steamboat skipper who clashes with a prim spinster in this First World War adventure. Katharine Hepburn (1951, U)

9.00 The Caine Mutiny HHHH

Gripping adaptation of Herman Wouk’s novel in which Humphrey Bogart goes marvellously out of control as the martinet captain of a naval minesweeper. (1954, U)

11.30 An American Werewolf in London HHHH Irreverent, gruesome horror that revitalised the genre with ground-breaking special effects and dark humour.David Naughton, Jenny Agutter (1981, 18)

1.20am The Gorgon HHH Horror.Peter Cushing (1964, 12) 3.05 Culloden 1746 HHH Drama. Brian Blessed (1994, PG) 4.40—6.00am Strongroom HCrime drama. Derren Nesbitt (1961, PG)

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Gerard Butler’s Secret Service agent is framed in the wake ofan assassination attempt on Morgan Freeman’s US president

7.00am As 7pm 8.45 BrightburnAs 8.45pm 10.30 As 10.30pm 12.45pm Anthem of a Teenage Prophet HH Drama. Cameron Monaghan (2018) 2.25 Downton Abbey HHH

Period drama. Hugh Bonneville (2019, PG) 4.40 Gridiron Gang HHH

Drama. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (2006, 12)

7.00pm Trolls World Tour HHHH Bright and breezy adventure sequel for the pencil toppers. Anna Kendrick (2020, U)

8.45 Brightburn HHH The Superman story is given a sinister makeover in this sci-fi horror. Elizabeth Banks, David Denman (2019, 15)

10.30 SAS: Red Notice HH

Sloppy writing distracts from the fun fi ght scenes in a gung-ho hostage thriller. Sam Heughan (2021, 15)

12.40am Anthem of a Teenage Prophet As 12.45pm 2.20 Gridiron Gang As 4.40pm 4.40 Downton Abbey As 2.25pm

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6.00 Legends (AD) 7.00 Premier League Football 7.30 Match Pack8.00 Soccerbox 9.00 Premier League Football 9.30 Match Pack 10.00 Icons10.30 Premier League Retro12.30am Icons 1.00 Years (AD) 3.00 Greatest Games 4.00 Best Goals (AD) 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)


6.00am T20 Cricket 6.45 Best of the 2015 Indian Premier League 8.45 The Cricket Show 9.45 Best of the 2017 Indian Premier League 10.45 Best of the 2018 Indian Premier League 11.45 Cricket Show 12.45pm Indian Premier League 2020 Final 1.45 Cricket Show

2.45 LIVE T20 Cricket Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore, held in Chennai.7.00 Best of the Indian Premier League 2020 8.00 The Cricket Show9.00 T20 Cricket 10.00 International T20 Cricket 11.00 T20 Cricket4.25am My Icon: Michael Holding (AD) 4.35 Best of the Indian Premier League 2017 5.00—6.00am Best of the Indian Premier League 2020


6.00am Classic Boxing 8.00 Darts11.00 Boxing 12 noon Good Morning Football 3.00pm Darts 6.00 Boxing

7.00 LIVE Darts Coverage of the fi fth night of the Premier League.10.00 Boxing 11.00 Conor Benn: the Destroyer 11.30 Boxing12 midnight NFL: Total Access1.00—6.00am Boxing


6.00am Inside the NBA 6.30 NBA7.00 Super League 9.30 My Icon9.45 NRL 10.45 Super League Gold

10.50 LIVE NRL Penrith Panthers v Canberra Raiders (kick-off 10.55).12.50pm Super League Gold 1.00 Boxing 2.15 Netball 4.15 NBA6.45 LIVE Netball Leeds Rhinos v Team Bath (centre-pass 7.15).8.45 Off the Court 9.15 NBA 9.45 Boxing 10.00 NBC’s Pro-Football Talk 12 midnight Super League1.00am LIVE NBA New Orleans Pelicans v Philadelphia 76ers.3.30 NBA: Sounds of the Finals 2016(AD) 4.00 NBA Classic Games: Thunder v Heat from 2012 5.00—6.00am Pool


5.00—8.45pm LIVE Netball Strathclyde Sirens v Loughborough Lightning (centre-pass 5.15); 6.45 Leeds Rhinos v Team Bath.


6.00am Cycling 8.00 Snooker10.00 Cycling 11.00 Olympics 11.30 Return to 2012 1.30pm Cycling

2.30 LIVE Cycling Basque Tour.4.30 Olympic Games: Far From Home 5.00 Weightlifting 6.00 LIVE Weightlifting7.45 Cycling 10.00 Return to 201212 midnight Cycling 1.00am Weightlifting 2.00 Cycling 4.00 Olympic Outposts5.00—6.00am Weightlifting


6.00am Surfi ng 6.30 Badminton7.00 Premier League Match Pack 7.30 Between the Lines (AD) 8.00 BT Sport Goals Reload 8.30 ESPN FC 9.00 Australian Football: A-League highlights

10.00 LIVE Australian Football12 noon MotoGP 1.00pm Rugby Union 2.30 ESPN FC 3.00 Premier League World 3.30 Premier League Football 4.00 DIY Pundit 4.30 Premier League Football 5.00 Australian Football6.30 Scottish Football 7.00 Premier League Football7.30 LIVE Premier League Football Fulham v Wolves at Craven Cottage (kick-off 8.00).10.30 Wrestling 11.30 30 for 301.00am LIVE Wrestling WWE.3.00 Rugby Union4.30—7.30am LIVE Australian Football Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions (bounce-up 4.45).


6.00am German Football 6.30 French Football 7.00 Wrestling (AD) 9.45 MotoGP Rewind 10.00 DIY Pundit

10.30 LIVE Australian Rules Football Port Adelaide Power v Richmond Tigers (bounce-up 10.50).1.30pm DIY Pundit 2.00 Badminton (AD) 2.30 Fishing (AD) 3.30 MotoGP 4.30 Hockey (AD) 5.00 French Football 5.30 ESPN FC 6.00 Wrestling: WWE NXT (AD)

7.00 LIVE Rugby Union10.00 Champions League Football 10.30 UFC 12.30am Champions League Football 1.00 Premier League2.30—6.00am LIVE Women’s International One-Day CricketNew Zealand v Australia in Tauranga.


6.00am Europa League Football 11.00 Premier League Football 11.30 German Football 12 noon Europa League Football 5.00pm German Football

5.30 LIVE German Football Hamburg SV v Darmstadt 98;7.30 Arminia Bielefeld v SC Freiburg.9.30 Wrestling 10.30 Australian Rules Football 12.30am German Football3.00 French Football 4.30 UFC Fight Camp 5.00 Premier League Match Pack 5.30—6.00am DIY Pundit


6.00am ESPN FC 6.30 SportsCenter6.45 MLB 7.00 Freeride 8.00 Swimming and Diving 10.00 Basketball 12 noon ESPN FC 12.30pm SportsCenter 12.45 MLB: Caps Off 1.00 Ice Hockey 5.00 Swimming & Diving 7.00 MLB 7.15 SportsCenter 7.30 French Football

8.00 LIVE French Football10.00 LIVE Major League Baseball12.30am MLB: Caps Off1.00 LIVE Major League Baseball4.00—6.00am Fencing


6.00am World Superbikes 8.00 Cycling 9.00 Weightlifting 10.00 Olympic Games 11.00 Formula E 12 noon British Superbikes 2.00pm Weightlifting

3.00 LIVE WeightliftingEuropean Championships, Russia.4.50 Motorcycling 5.00 Formula E6.00 Snooker 8.00 British Superbikes10.00 Cycling 11.00 Weightlifting12 midnight Formula E 1.00am Extreme E 2.00 Snooker 4.00 Weightlifting 5.00—6.00am Cycling


6.00am Inside the NBA 6.30 Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show12 noon Sky Sports News

2.00pm LIVE Golf: the Masters The second round of the Major at the Augusta National in Georgia.12.30am Sky Sports News1.00 LIVE NBA New Orleans Pelicans v Philadelphia 76ers at the Smoothie King Center (tip-off 1.00).3.30—6.00am Sky Sports News


6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Greatest Players (AD) 7.30 Countdowns (AD) 8.00 Football Years (AD) 8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 Greatest Players (AD) 10.00 Countdowns (AD) 10.30 Football Years (AD) 11.00 Best League One and Two Goals 2019/20 11.30 Best Championship Goals 2019/2012 noon EFL Greatest Games 12.45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1.00 Greatest Players (AD) 1.30 Countdowns (AD) 2.00 Football Years (AD) 2.30 Best Moments from the Championship Play-Off Final (1993—2019) 3.00 Best Moments from the League One and Two Play-Off Final (1993—2019) 3.30 EFL Greatest Games 4.15 SPFL Greatest Games 4.30 Greatest Players (AD) 5.00 Countdowns (AD) 5.30 Football Years (AD) 6.00 The Women’s Football Show

7.00 LIVE Championship Football Watford v Reading from Vicarage Road (kick-off 7.45).10.30 SPFL Greatest Games11.00 EFL Greatest Games12 midnight Classic Play-Off Finals3.00am League Cup Retro 18 5.00 Best Moments from the Championship Play-Off Final (1993—2019) 5.30—6.00am Best Moments from the League One and Two Play-Off Final (1993—2019)


6.00am The Masters Offi cial Film: Olazabal 1994 7.00 The Masters Offi cial Film: Olazabal 1999 8.00 The Masters: the Major Heard round the World 8.30 The Masters 10.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Ballesteros 198011.00 The Masters Offi cial Film: Ballesteros 1983 11.30 The Masters1.30pm Masters: the One from November

2.00 LIVE The Masters Coverage of the second round of the Major at the Augusta National in Georgia.12.30am The Masters Offi cial Film: Mickelson 2004 1.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Woods 2005 2.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Mickelson 20063.30 The Masters Offi cial Film: Zach Johnson 2007 4.30 Masters Film: Immelman 2008 5.30—6.00am Jordan Spieth: from Minor to Major (AD)

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Strathclyde Sirens captain Gia Abernethy targets a victory

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6.30am The Dark Red As 1.50pm 8.10 Paydirt HH Crime thriller. Luke Goss (2020, 15) 9.40 Angels & DemonsAs 7pm 12 noon The Big Ugly As 11.50pm 1.50pm The Dark Red HHH Horror. April Billingsley (2018, 15) 3.30 Run with the Hunted HH

Crime drama. Michael Pitt (2019, 15)

5.10pm Serenity HH Thriller in which fi sherman Matthew McConaughey is drawn into a revenge plot by his ex-wife. (2018, 15)

7.00 Angels & Demons HH

Tom Hanks’s professor visits Rome in this glossy sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Ewan McGregor (2009, 12)

9.20 Sleepers HHH Absorbing drama about four teens who plot revenge years after they were abused in jail. Kevin Bacon (1996, 18)

11.50pm The Big Ugly HH

Bruising backwoods action B-movie.Vinnie Jones, Malcolm McDowell (2020, 15) 1.45am Run with the Hunted As 3.30pm 3.25 Paydirt As 8.10am 5.00 Sky Cinema Preview

7.25am Doctor Sleep As 8.25pm 10.00 Sleepy Hollow As 6.35pm 11.55 Little Monsters HHHH

Horror comedy. (2019, 15) 1.35pm The Omen HHH Thriller. Liev Schreiber (2006, 15) 3.30 The Head Hunter HHH

Fantasy. (2018, 15) 4.50 Resident Evil: Retribution HH Sci-fi . (2012, 15)

6.35pm Sleepy Hollow HHHH

Johnny Depp stars as a policeman investigating a series of supernatural slayings. (1999, 15)

8.25 Doctor Sleep HHHH

The Shining gets a superb sequel in this unnerving horror thriller.Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson (2019, 15)

11.00 Ready or Not HHHH

A bride-to-be must survive a dangerous game to make it to the altar. Samara Weaving (2019, 18)

12.40am Little Monsters As 11.55am 2.20 The Omen As 1.35pm 4.15 Resident Evil: Retribution As 4.50pm 5.55 The Head Hunter As 3.30pm


6.45am A Boy Called Sailboat HHH Comedy drama. Julian Atocani Sanchez (2018, 12) 8.25 Hook As 6pm 10.50 Johnny English As 8.25pm 12.30pm Johnny English RebornAs 10.05pm 2.25 Problem Child H Comedy. (1990, PG) 4.00 Four Kids and It HHHH Fantasy. (2020, 12)

6.00pm Hook HHH Entertaining fantasy adventure starring Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan. Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts (1991, U)

8.25 Johnny English HH

Rowan Atkinson sends up the James Bond-style superspy genre in this slice of slapstick. (2003, PG)

10.05 Johnny English Reborn HHH The spy hunts a group of assassins plotting to kill the Chinese premier. Rowan Atkinson (2011, PG)

12 midnight The Runaways HHH

Low-key fugitive drama. Molly Windsor, Mark Addy (2019, 12) 2.05am Problem Child As 2.25pm 3.35 Four Kids and It As 4pm 5.35 The Runaways As 12 midnight

6.50am Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure 8.20 As 7.45pm 10.00 Shrek As 6pm 11.45 Moshi Monsters: the Movie HHH Adventure. (2013, U) 1.20pm Go Fish HHH Adventure.(2019, U) 2.50 Polar Squad HAdventure. (2018, PG) 4.25 As 11.10pm

6.00pm Shrek HHHH An antisocial ogre must rescue a princess. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy (2001, U)

7.45 The Secret Life of Pets 2 HHH Cuddly animated family adventure. Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart (2019, U)

9.25 The King and I HH Bright and breezy cartoon version of the musical. Miranda Richardson (1999, U)

11.10 Henchmen HH A teenager dreams of becoming a supervillain in this comedy. Thomas Middleditch (2018, PG)

12.45am Go Fish As 1.20pm 2.15 Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure 3.45 Polar Squad As 2.50pm 5.25 Moshi Monsters: the Movie As 11.45am

6.00am Hollywood’s Best Film Directors6.35 Off Set 6.55 Virginia City HHH Lavish western.Errol Flynn (1940, U) 9.30 Chisum HH

Western. John Wayne (1970, PG) 11.50 Sierra Stranger HHWestern (1957, U) 1.30pm The Cross of Lorraine HHH Drama. Jean-Pierre Aumont (1943)

3.25pm The Odessa File HHH

A journalist tracks down Nazis in this watchable thriller. Jon Voight (1974, PG)

6.10 They Were Expendable HHH Tense Second World War drama. Robert Montgomery (1945, U)

9.00 The Matrix 5A computer hacker is drawn into an alternative world. (1999, 15)

11.45 Blade II HHH Classy horror thriller, with unrelenting action. Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson (2002, 18)

2.05am The Outlaw Josey Wales HHHH Sprawling western. Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke (1976, 18) 4.30 Close Up 5.30 The Wyoming Kid HHH

Western. Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman (1947, U)

6.00am Vita & Virginia HHH

Period romantic drama. Gemma Arterton (2018, 12) 7.55 Critical Thinking As 4.25pm 9.50 As 8.10pm 12.40pm Michael Clayton As 11.05pm 2.40 Seberg HHH Drama. (2019, 15) 4.25 Critical Thinking HHH

Drama based on a true story. (2020)

6.20pm Teen Spirit HH

Elle Fanning gives a spirited performance in this otherwise clichéd pop-princess saga. (2018, 12)

8.10 The Aviator HHHH

Impressive biopic about the billionaire movie-maker Howard Hughes. Leonardo DiCaprio (2004, 12)

11.05 Michael Clayton HHHH

Powerful conspiracy thriller about a troubled “fi xer” for a legal fi rm. George Clooney (2007, 15)

1.05am The Glorias HH Four actors play activist Gloria Steinem in this inventive treatment of the feminist icon’s life. Julianne Moore, Lulu Wilson (2020) 3.35 Seberg As 2.40pm 5.20 Vita & Virginia As 6am

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‘These are simple tweaks

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into their lives’

LIFE BALANCEMichael Mosley is debunking health

myth peddlers

‘These are simple tweaks

anyone can incorporate

into their lives’

M I C H A E L M O S L E Y

Get �tin aweek!Change your life in seven easy steps, says Michael Mosley

Doctor, weight-loss guru,

broadcaster… and now, appar-

ently, prophet. Michael Mosley is

a man of many talents, but today

he’s proudly telling Radio Times

how he predicted the Covid

vaccine rollout. “I said way back last March that there

would be a vaccine before the end of the year, and

I was very pleased to see I was right. Sadly, I didn’t

place a bet on it; but I have now had the AstraZeneca

jab myself, so I’m pretty happy anyway.”

And, now that we’ve established his clairvoyant

credentials, the good news: “I think our lives will be

back to normal by June.”

Breathe a sigh of relief, by all means – but make

sure it’s precisely four seconds long. “In my new

programme, we look at ten little health habits you

can adopt that will change your life. Not

big challenges, but simple achievable

tweaks that anyone can incorporate

into their lives – like breathing out for a

count of four [see right].

“There are so many crank claims out there,

and part of my job is to sift the nonsense from the

reality. The anti-vaxxers make me want to tear my

hair out, with their crazy ideas about Bill Gates

trying to control people by injecting us with micro-

chips. But there’s also the soft, PR stuff dressed up as

science – like if you hear on social media that apples

cure cancer and then the research turns out to have

been funded by the Apple Growers Association of

California or something.”

So for the new series, the 64-year-old consults

true experts – and road-tests their advice on

himself. Here are his favourite seven health hacks,

one for every day of the week. No shirking!


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MONDAY Have a cold shower “The idea for this came from one of my sons.

He’s super-enthusiastic about cold showers.

Now the biology behind it is this: cold-water

immersion is what scientists call a ‘stressor’

— a shock to the system. And if you keep doing

it, every morning, your body adapts to that

stress; and in learning to adapt to that and

reduce the stress, your body also learns to

adapt to and reduce the other stresses in

your life. I found it really effective. And, as

the science shows, it does much more than

simply wake you up in the morning.”

TUESDAYStand on one leg while brushing your teeth“This could save your life, simply by improving

your balance. The biggest cause of accidental

death worldwide, after car crashes, is falls —

which are basically failures of balance. And

there is evidence that we — younger people

especially — now have worse balance than

previous generations because we’re sitting

around more and not using our balance.

It’s actually a really vital form of exercise, which

is largely ignored, and so easy to do while you’re

doing other things, like brushing your teeth.

As a result of doing the show, I’ve embraced it

myself, as I want to carry on surfing into my

70s, and balance is important for that.”

WEDNESDAYSquat. But longer

“I’ve been doing squats every

morning for years — but it turns

out I’ve been

doing them

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important bit

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as the ‘eccentric’

part of the muscle

contraction, which

happens if you go down, hold

the pose for 15 seconds, go up

a bit, hold it for another 15 seconds, and repeat

for a couple of minutes. That’s not just good

for your muscles, but for your mind, too: it

improves something called shearing blood flow

to your brain, which can lead to the growth of

new brain cells. Amazing!”

THURSDAYBreathe four-two-four“The body’s ‘sympathetic system’ makes your

heart rate faster and your blood pressure shoot

up, preparing you for fight or flight, while the

‘parasympathetic system’ dampens everything

down and relaxes you. Every time you breathe

out, you’re blowing off carbon dioxide, which is

detected by sensors in the brain that activate the

parasympathetic system — so it’s a very good way

of reducing stress. The way to do it in practice is

to breathe in through your nose for four seconds,

hold it for two seconds, then breathe out through

your mouth for another four. I’ve found it an

excellent way of calming my brain when I’m

awake at three in the morning!”

FRIDAYBath time!“I’ve suffered with intermittent insomnia

for years, so was very happy to try this tip

of taking a warm bath before bedtime. The

thinking here is that it’s the cooling after the

bath that helps: the hot water makes your

capillaries expand and brings your blood supply

to the skin’s surface, which means you exude

quite a lot of heat — and a lower temperature

is one of the cues your body uses to decide

it’s night and time for sleep. A shower won’t

help, incidentally: we don’t spend enough

time in there for it to work.”

SATURDAYTake your afternoon stroll in the morning“Well of course walking is good for you — but you

can really multiply the benefits by doing it early in

the morning. Take a brisk stroll within two hours

of waking up, and the exposure to sunlight will

suppress production of melatonin, the body’s

‘sleepy’ hormone, and reset your body clock.

Your internal clock actually runs a bit longer than

24 hours — so if you don’t re-synchronise it every

day you end up with problems trying to sleep at

night. Daylight triggers the release of seratonin

in your brain (that’s the natural mood-boosting

chemical you find synthesised in antidepressants).

So an early morning walk will actually make you

feel happier, too.”

SUNDAYEat for 100 trillion“I’m really interested in the microbiome,

the 100 trillion microbes that live in your gut,

and the impact they have on your brain. There

there are new findings that suggest they

produce anti-inflammatory agents that can

travel through the blood to the brain and help

to reduce inflammation there — great, because

brain inflammation is associated with

depression and anxiety. I ferment my own

sauerkraut now. You may want to start gently

with this stuff, though, because if you suddenly

start consuming lots, your gut will not enjoy it

and can produce a lot of gas…”

MICHAEL MOSLEY WAS TALKING TO ED GRENBY

Good news — Jazzer’s latest date with Jade

is set to go horribly wrong. Now, it’s not that

I wish Jazzer ill, but we’d all much rather see

him paired up with Tracy, right? Let’s hope

some sage words from Jim will help Jazzer

see where his future really lies.

Elsewhere, Brian tries to support Alice and

Chris, and Kirsty is attempting to come to

terms with Philip and Gavin’s verdict and is

needing the help of friends to support her.

And here’s a fact to make you feel old:

George Carter is now 16 years old! Surely, it’s

only five minutes since we had that famous

“Who’s the daddy?” saga involving Ed and Will?

DAVID BROWN

The Archers this week...

When Jane Garvey made her final appearance

on Woman’s Hour on 31 December 2020, she

bowed out saying, “During the course of this

cataclysmic 13 years, I’ve learnt that actually,

for all sorts of reasons, women have to be that

bit better, we have to try harder, it’s going to

be a bit tougher for us, and I really am glad

that I’ve been able to play a small part in just

opening up a whole range of conversations.”

Now she’s back with a new series in

which she speaks with people who

have been through a turning

point in their lives. To be

frank, it’s rather like

listening to a meatier

version of what she did

so well on Woman’s

Hour — asking the

tough, difficult

questions with

empathy and humanity.

She begins with Grace

Spence Green, a trainee

doctor, who was walking

through the atrium of a

shopping centre in London when

a man threw himself off the third floor.

She broke his fall, he broke her spine.

Garvey probes deeply, but with sensitivity,

into how Grace’s life has altered since then.

Her answers might surprise you. There’s no

anger, which she sees as a wasted emotion.

She’s a young woman with a generous heart

and plenty of opportunities.

Life ChangingWednesday 9.00am/8.00pm Radio 4

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Podcasts

Never fade awayEven death can’t stop Prince and Elvis Presley

WH E N CColonel T TO M

Parker arrived at

Graceland immedi-

ately after the death of

his client Elvis Presley

in 1977, the first words

the singer’s manager said were, “This changes

nothing.” The unsentimental Colonel had

been slightly delayed because he’d stopped off

on the way for meetings with the record and

merchandising companies, purely to make

sure they were ready for the demand that was

about to ensue following Elvis’s death.

Presley’s house itself went on to enjoy a

richly profitable second career as a kind of

Disneyland in mourning. In recent years

there has been an official Graceland & Elvis

Presley podcast, but that appears to have

ceased updating in August 2019. It’s possible

it will magically rediscover its passion for the

King in August, when Graceland will again

welcome paying customers for Elvis Week

2021. Nowadays the heirs of other musical

names are using new means to keep their

brands relevant.

Prince died in 2016, aged 57, and the people

who run his estate are keeping his name and

music alive via his Official Podcast. This takes

advantage of the fact that he recorded a stag-

gering amount of material, much of which

was never released in

his lifetime; and many

of the people who

recorded with him are

s t i l l a r o u n d a n d

happy to talk about

their experiences and

his unique way of work-

ing. Thus it’s possible to

make an eight-part series

about the making of his

1987 album Sign o’ the Times,

in which you get to hear his

instructions to the band before the

recording of the title track; from his

former fiancée about what he was like to

live with; and from the engineer who was

there when Prince had a double bed installed

in the studio because that’s where he felt most

comfortable creating.

The presentation errs on the gushing side,

but it’s more than made up for by the recollec-

tions of those who worked alongside Prince

as he attempted to record five albums simul-

taneously. By the end of his life, his productiv-

ity was too great for all but his most devoted

fans. Thanks to podcasting, the rest of us can

catch up in our own sweet time.

He’s not the only one. Try these podcasts

(above right) for more musical memories.

MONEY MANElvis’s manager, Colonel

Tom Parker, in 1970

MAGNIFICENTPrince in concert in

California in 1985

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We �ew by Black Hawk helicopter over Kabul

Blood on the tracksMaking radio shows is a risky business

SOMETHING NEW

EDITED BY

DAVID HEPWORTH RADIOHEADS MARTHA

KEARNEY

During my radio career I wouldn’t say

I’ve had a great relationship with

technology. As a young reporter at

LBC/IRN we would edit our interviews

on tape with a razor blade and then splice the

sections together. Frequently I would lose a

crucial word on the edit suite floor and have

to scrabble to find it. For the bulletins, we

transferred short clips onto cartridges (carts)

and one day I rushed into the studio, far too

close to the deadline, with a cart that was

covered in blood as a result of a razor blade

mishap. I shall always remember the look of

horror on the news editor’s face.

When I did a stint at Hallam FM in Sheffield,

I had to learn how to use a Uher reel-to-reel tape

recorder. My big break came when I was sent

out to interview Roy Jenkins from the newly

formed Social Democratic Party. He gave me

a long interview before dashing off to his next

engagement, but when I opened up the machine

to check, there was a mess of tape resembling

spaghetti inside. I chased after Jenkins, finally

catching him at his hotel bar. However, the

renowned claret lover was not quite as clear in

this second interview as he’d been earlier in the

day and his clips for the early-morning bulletins

had a distinctly late-night feel.

These mishaps followed me to the BBC. On

a trip to Afghanistan with the head of the British

Army, we had to fly by Black Hawk helicopter

over Kabul. This was always rather tense as we

ran out in full protective gear and helmet to get

on board, trying to avoid the rotors. One

morning we arrived at the training camp to

record a news report and an Afghan general

stood waiting for us, looking rather severe.

It was then that the producer and I realised that

our recording gear had been left back at the

embassy. “Never mind,” I blurted out. “I’ll use

my smartphone. Do it all the time.”

Of course, I’d never done any such thing and

was just trying to save face. Miraculously

it worked and Radio 4 played our ten-minute

interview on The World at One. “How was the

sound?” I asked our editor. “Fine,” he replied,

“although the marching on the parade ground

was a bit compressed.” Only then did I confess

Zappacast Frank Zappa, who died in

1993, had much in common

with Prince: he also did

things his own way, and

recorded a lot of material. Importantly

for us, he left behind family, in the

shape of his wife, the late Gail Zappa,

determined to protect his legacy and

keep his name alive. Zappa had the

happy knack of attracting articulate

collaborators and fans, all of whom

are only too happy to talk about him.

Transmissions: the Definitive Story of Joy Division and New Order

Former members of these

two hugely influential

1970s and 80s groups tell

the story of both bands in

their own words, interspersed with the

music they’re discussing.

The Queen PodcastTaking advantage of Queen

being, after the Beatles,

Britain’s most-loved band,

Queen’s management have

taken control of their own fan podcast,

which uses access to the catalogue to

recap the rock band’s most popular

albums, a side at a time.

BBC TrendingI’m intrigued to learn

that Marianna Spring

is the BBC’s specialist

disinformation reporter.

She’s one of the presenters on BBC

Trending’s series of podcasts on

anti-vax, a thriving army of people

who have different theories as to

why they don’t think vaccination

is necessary, alongside a touching

belief in governments’ ability to

both orchestrate a conspiracy

and keep quiet about it.

‘We �ew by Black Hawk helicopter over Kabul’

that it had all been recorded on a phone.

Since last March I’ve mainly been presenting

Today from my living-room table with a quilt my

mother made for soundproofing, and a big aerial

in the garden. Never have I missed the team

more as I scrabble around at 3.30am trying

to put the right plugs in. The upside has been

hearing the dawn chorus, though the sound of

one persistent bird made an engineer ask if I had

a cuckoo clock. No, I told him, it’s the real thing.

Since the latest lockdown restricted

producers’ ability to travel, once again

I’ve been experiencing the delights of

recording solo. There’s no more tape and there

aren’t any razor blades, but my new fear is

losing my digital files — which has caused me

a panic-stricken hour before they re-emerged.

For Reignite, my Radio 4 documentary

about nature in lockdown, I learnt new skills: for

instance, how not to trip over a very long cable

while recording three children and a lockdown

puppy called Betty. Or learning how to use

a long extendable boom microphone so I could

interview a ranger on the Suffolk Broads while

preserving social distancing. I stayed on a small

electric boat and put my pole over the side to

reach him on the bank. Not the most intimate

of conversations, but then we’ve all got used to

strange ways of communicating during lockdown.

Martha Kearney presents Today on Radio 4.

Reignite can be heard again on Saturday

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5.00am Downtime Symphony Two back-to-back episodes, with Celeste presenting an eclectic playlist of orchestral, jazz, ambient and pop music, from Alexander Glazunov to Sun Ra and Chet Baker.

7.00 Breakfast With Elizabeth Alker.

9.00 Record Review Andrew McGregor with an engaging and thorough approach to classical music for discerning listeners.9.30 Building a Library Composer William Mival picks recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.10.40 Simon Heighes assesses new and recent recordings of Schubert Lieder discs, including three new readings of Winterreise.11.20 Record of the Week A pick of this past week’s fi nest new releases.bbc.co.uk/recordreview Disc details are posted on the websiteEMAIL: [email protected] See also tomorrow 8.50pm

11.45 Music Matters Tom Service invites French violinist Renaud Capuçon to discuss his new recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto, made during lockdown last year with Simon Rattle and LSO, the orchestra which premiered the piece in 1910. Composer Cecilia McDowall talks about a new album of her choral music, and musicologist Michael Spitzer talks about his new book, The Musical Human, which explores the relationship between music and the human species.Repeated Monday 10pm See also Monday 9.45am Radio 4 FM

12.30pm This Classical Life Jess Gillam is joined by composer and pianist Tom Donald to discuss each other’s favourite pieces of music including works by Schumann and Stravinsky and recordings by Keith Jarrett, big dog little dog (Jessie Montgomery and Eleonore Oppenheim), and Elton John.

1.00 Inside Music Pianist Julius Drake explores how various pianists make the keyboard sing, with recordings of Walter Gieseking, Sviatoslav Richter, Dinu Lipatti and Benjamin Britten. Plus a look at Tom Lehrer’s unusual ability to blend the tragic with the comic. And can you be persuaded to feel sorry for Alma Mahler?

3.00 Sound of Gaming Louise Blain scopes out one of gaming’s greater pleasures: the acquisition and wielding of special powers. Including a cut-scene interview with Israeli-American composer Inon Zur whose scores include the newly-released Outriders game. Starting this week Radio 3 broadcasts Sound of Games on the fi rst Saturday of each month.

4.00 Music Planet Lopa Kothari with the latest roots-based music releases from across the globe, including tracks by Natik Awayez and Trio Bacana, and re-releases from Nigerian musician Victor Uwaifo and Peruvian quena player Andrés Vargas Pinedo. Plus a Road Trip to the Chinese province of Guizhou with musicologist Mu Qian, and a recording from this week’s Classic Artist, Serbian Romani vocalist Saban Bajramovic (1936—2008).

Freeview* 703 Freesat 703 Sky 0103 Virgin 9035.00 J to Z As Radio 3 marks the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s death, Julian Joseph explores the relationship between the Russian-born composer and jazz, including his infl uence on bebop and the special place of The Rite of Spring among jazz musicians. American pianist Jason Moran shares some of the music that inspires him, including the Thelonious Monk recording that made him dedicate his life to jazz. Plus a feature by US jazz pianist Geri Allen (1957—2017) epitomising the search for freedom.

6.30 Opera on 3 from the Met Rossini’s comic opera Le comte Ory in a performance fi rst broadcast in 2013 from New York. Maurizio Benini conducts the Metropolitan Chorus and Orchestra, with Pretty Yende as the Countess Adèle and Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory. Presented by Margaret Juntwait with commentary by Ira Siff.RossiniLe comte OryCountess Adèle Pretty Yende (soprano)Isolier Karine Deshayes (mezzo)Ragonde Susanne Resmark (mezzo)Count Ory Juan Diego Flórez (tenor)Raimbaud Nathan Gunn (baritone)The tutor Nicola Ulivieri (bass)Metropolitan Chorus and Orchestraconductor Maurizio Benini (R) RT OFFER Rossini Le comte Ory (2 CDs) — a 2002 live recording featuring Huw Rhys-Evans, Linda Gerrard, Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade, Luca Salsi, the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno and the Czech Chamber Soloists conducted by Brad Cohen — is available for £19.90 inc p&p. Call 0115 982 7500 quoting ref 866020708 or visit radiotimes.com/cds

10.00 New Music Show Recorded live performances of contemporary and experimental works. Plus interviews and features.

12.00 Freeness Corey Mwamba presents an exclusive piece from London-based vocalist and composer Alya Al-Sultani, who puts the words of Iraqi feminist poet Nazil Al-Malaiki to music. Plus a lo-fi groove by British musician Steve Beresford, and electroacoustic improvisation by Lynn Cassiers and Alexandra Grimal.

1.00am Through the Night With John Shea. The Hungarian Radio Chorus performs Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle and other works. Rossini Petite messe solennelle MendelssohnSymphony No 4 in A (Italian) Kodaly OregekRita Racz (soprano), Lucia Megyesi-Schwartz (mezzo), Janos Szerekovan (tenor), Andras Palerdi (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Balazs Reti (piano), Mariann Marczi (piano), Toka Agoston (harmonium), conductors Beni Csillag, Tamas Vasary and Janos Ferencsik3.01 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 3.48 BachViola da gamba Sonata No 3 in G minor, BWV10294.04 Raitio Joutsenet, Op 15 4.12 Haydn Te Deum in C, H XXIIIc 2 4.21 Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto4.37 Liszt Valse oubliée No 2 4.44 Françaix Le Gai Paris 4.54 Mozart Deh vieni, non tardar (Le nozze di Figaro) 5.01 Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila5.07 Telemann Quartet in D ,TWV43:D1 5.22 PoulencCapriccio for Two Pianos 5.27 Britten Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27 5.38 Sibelius Rakastava (The lover) (Op 14) arr for string orchestra, triangle and timpani5.50 Da Nola O Dio se vede chiaro 5.54 BrahmsDouble Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op 1026.29 Chopin Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58

7.00am Alan Titchmarsh Music and featuresincluding after 8.00 his Gardening Tip.9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Throughout Easter weekend, Classic FM presents the world’s biggest annual survey of classical music tastes. The Top 300 countdown, which kicked off yesterday, continues with 12 hours of ranked pieces as chosen by listeners, with the number one revealed just before 9pm on Easter Monday. Proceedings begin with Bill Turnbull, followed by Catherine Bott at 12 noon. John Brunning takes over at 3.00pm, with Margherita Taylor starting at 6.00. Continues tomorrow 9am.9.00 The Classic FM Chronicles 2/4. Moira Stuart presents an abridged history of classical music, for newcomers and established ardent fans. This next instalment looks at the classical and early Romantic periods, featuring works by Beethoven, Rossini, Schubert, Farrenc, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Chopin and Schumann.10.00 Smooth Classics Myleene Klass presents a selection of music for the late evening.1.00am Katie Breathwick 4.00 Sam Pittis


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7.00am Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie With hip-hop star and actor Riz Ahmed, Oscar nominated for Sound of Metal.

10.00 The Huey Show 1.00pm Jamz Supernova New series. Indie R&B, hip-hop, global club sounds and more.

3.00 Gilles Peterson 6.00 The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show A US playlist.

9.00 The Blessed Madonna New series. Funk, disco, techno and more from the US DJ/producer also known as Marea Stamper.

12.00 Lose Yourself With... 4/12. Nabihah Iqbal with an hour-long music journey, followed by an hour by Maria Chiara Argiro.3.00 The Morning After Mix 5.00 Chris Hawkins

6.00am Sounds of the 60s A pre-recorded edition in which Tony Blackburn, at home in Hertfordshire, spins US and UK hits today including the Crystals, the Beatles and Roy Orbison.Repeated Sunday 11 April

8.00 Dermot O’Leary 10.00 Claudia Winkleman 1.00pm Pick of the Pops Paul Gambaccini with the charts from this week in 1985 and 2001.1985 countdown repeated Monday 3am

3.00 Rylan Clark-Neal 6.00 Liza Tarbuck Cosy chat, texts and inspired playlistsfrom Carmen Miranda to XTC.8.00 The Rock Show Johnnie Walker with the cream of old and new rock, today celebrating the 100th show. Producer Liz Barnes

9.00 Trevor Nelson’s Divas 2/8. Archive interviews, continuing with highlights of Trevor’s TV and radio chats with Mariah Carey. Continues Friday midnight.Producer Mark Simpson

10.00 The Craig Charles House Party A round-up of 2021 so far, with music by Protoje featuring Koffee, Lou Hayter and Sway Dasaf. Repeated Friday 1am

11.30 The Craig Charles House Party Mixtape Rptd Friday 2.30am

12.00 Ana Matronic’s Dance Devotion 2.00am Patrick Kielty’s Cover StoriesNew series. 1/12. Tying in with his two Easter weekend programmes devoted to hit cover versions, Patrick Kielty kicks off a new series. Producer Jodie Keane See Monday 12 noon 3.00 Sheridan’s Showstoppers 10/10. Sheridan Smith invites guests to share favourite show tunes.4.00 Angela Scanlon

6.00am The Happy Hour 7.00 Adele Roberts 10.30 Jordan North 1.00pm Rickie and Melvin 4.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems 7.00 DJ Target 1Xtra takes over.9.00 1Xtra’s Rap Show11.00 Diplo and Friends 1.00am Classic Essential Mix 3.00 Danny Howard’s Club Mix 4.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems 5.00 Wind Down Presents

7.00am Hannah Cox With a Piano Playlist at 8.00.10.00 Angellica Bell Uplifting music.1.00pm Mark Kermode With fi lm music.3.00 Simon Mayo’s Essential Albums New series. A showcase of the fi nest classical recordings today including Handel’s Messiah and a Mozart piece from the Amadeus soundtrack.5.00 The Console with Luci Holland 6.00 Jack Pepper’s Culture Bunker A new time slot, with Jack joined by three-time Oscar winner Alan Bergman, co-writer of The Windmills of Your Mind and The Way We Were.8.00 Saturday Night Scala With Darren Redick.11.00 The Space Soothing and calming music.12.00 Night Music 5.00am In the Park

8.00am Frank Skinner 11.00 Sarah Champion 2.00pm Rock ’n’ Roll Football 5.00 Andy Bush’s Indie Disco 7.00 Absolute Classic Rock Party 10.00 Dan Noble 4.00am Ross Buchanan

The Wind in the Willows6.00am/4.00pmRadio 4 Extra

When Alan Bennett’s version of this children’s classic opened at the National Theatre in 1990 it caused a sensation, both for the vivacity of the production and the thinly veiled digs at Thatcherite Britain. Bennett is faithful to Kenneth Grahame’s text but, of course, adds a few political and personal fl ourishes of his own. This version was fi rstbroadcast on Radio 4 in 1994 and features most of the original stage cast. It’s a rare thing: a radio drama that can genuinely be enjoyed by the whole family. While younger listeners will enjoy the rollicking riverside (and dark wood) adventures, adults can chuckle over Bennett’s clever observations on class, societal and gender mores. Richard Briers is the perfect embodiment of Rat and, if you listen carefully, there’s fun to be had spotting cameos from Stephen Tompkinson and Leslie Phillips. JANE ANDERSON

Archive on 4: A Writer and His Country — John leCarré across Six Decades8.00pm Radio 4

Many tributes have been paid to John le Carré since his death in December last year, but this appraisal of the master spy novelist by Philippe Sands — drawing extensively on interviews Le Carré gave over the years — is very special. Sands’s authority on his subject derives from a friendship that played out over pub lunches near their respective homes in north London, with Sands revealing how he sought advice from Le Carré when putting together his superb Radio 4 series The Ratline. But the big exclusives at the end of the programme are courtesy of Le Carré’s son Nick, and they bring home the intensity of his father’s political disillusionment. SIMON O’HAGAN

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6.00am CHOICE: The Wind in the Willows as 4pm8.00 Heresy Comedy talk show from 2016 (5/6)8.30 Snap Comedy by Paul Mendelson, in which a couple separate and the husband moves out, but fi nds a house just a few streets away. With Rebecca Lacey and Paul Venables. From 2003 (2/4)9.00 I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again, AgainA 2013 programme with Bill Oddie celebrating the 1964—73 sketch comedy series I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again. Featuring three hours of history and hilarity including the 25th anniversary show12.00 Like They’ve Never Been Gone Sitcom by Mike Coleman, starring Roy Hudd and June Whitfi eld. From 2002 (6/6)12.30pm Round the Horne 1965 camp classic1.00 Archive on 4: The Bald Truth Ian Marchant with a light-hearted approach to hair loss, including at look at why so many people seem to care so much about it. From 20182.00 Barry’s Lunch Club An episode of the 2016 comedy by Alex Lowe and Alex Walsh-Taylor, starring Lowe and Stephanie Cole 2.30 The In Crowd 2002 sketch show from Manchester’s Comedy Store 3.00 Lucy Montgomery’s Variety Pack Sketch show featuring Lucy Montgomery as an array of characters, including public school girls, the mother

Schedule subject to change

5.30am News Briefi ng

5.43 Prayer for the Day With the Very Rev John Chalmers.5.45 Bodies 1/10. Professor Alice Roberts traces how human knowledge of anatomy has grown and changed over time. She begins by asking how people see their bodies and examines the idea of the soul. (R)

6.00 News and Papers

6.07 Open Country 1/5. The Stormont Estate. Stormont, the home of Northern Ireland’s government, is not just about politics. It is also a magnifi cent park. Helen Mark talks to Stormont’s Head of Estate, Nigel Bonar, about the challenges of looking after a parkland that is also a workplace for politicians. Repeated from Thursday

6.30 Farming Today This Week

7.00 Today With Mishal Husain and Martha Kearney. 7.25, 8.25 Sports News7.48 Thought for the DayWith Catherine Pepinster.Martha Kearney: page 121

9.00 Saturday Live Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi are joined by Liz Pichon, writer and illustrator of the Tom Gates books, which are ten years old this year, and TV presenter Chris Bavin on his new book, Fakeaway: Home-Cooked Takeaway Meals.Producer Claire Bartleet

10.30 The Kitchen Cabinet New series. 1/6. Expect simnel cake, hot cross buns, colomba and spring lamb to be on the menu as Jay Rayner is joined by Dr Zoe Laughlin, Jeremy Pang, Rachel McCormack and Sophie Wright for an Easter special.Producer Dan Cocker Repeated Tuesday 3pm

11.00 Making Demille In 2016 Georgia Catt met early-20s cycle courier Demille as he was taking his company to a tribunal over better working conditions — a case he would go on to win. Since then, Georgia and Demille have been meeting and recording to tell a story of being young on minimum wage in London and trying to stay aloat in the gig economy. Producer Georgia Catt (R)

11.30 From Our Own Correspondent Kate Adie presents reports by BBC correspondents from around the world.Producer Jasper Corbett

12.04pm Money Box Financial advice presented by Paul Lewis.Repeated tomorrow 9pm

Your RT Money: page 146

DAB bbc.co.uk/radio4extra of a celebrity and a dog therapist. With Philip Pope, Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter 3.30 Son of Cliché 1984 sketch comedy 4.00 CHOICE: The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame’s 1908 tale following the adventures of Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger in peaceful, pastoral England. Alan Bennett narrates a radio adaptation of his hit 1990 National Theatre dramatisation, starring Adrian Scarborough, Richard Briers, Nickolas Grace, Derek Waring, Terence Rigby and others including Leslie Phillips. From 19946.00 Nightfall William Lane’s The Old Post Road— a 1982 episode from the 1980—83 Canadian supernatural/horror/mystery radio series. Steven and Wendy crash their car on a deserted road and bizarre paranormal events ensue6.30 Aliens in the Mind Peter Cushing and Vincent Price star in a 1977 sci-fi radio drama by then Doctor Who script editor Robert Holmes (1926—86). The death of a man on the remote Scottish island of Luig sparks a sinister discovery (3/6)7.00 I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again, Again 10.00—12.00 Comedy Club:10.00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (4/4), at 10.30 Barry’s Lunch Club (2/4), at 11.00 It’s Jocelyn (4/4), and at 11.30 World of Pub (3/4)12.00 as 6pm 12.30am as 6.30pm 1.00 as 1pm 2.00 as 2pm 2.30 as 2.30pm 3.00 as 3pm 3.30 as 3.30pm 4.00 as 4pm

12.30 The Now Show 6/7. Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis,Geoff Norcott and Laura Lexx satirise the week’s news, with music supplied by Huge Davies.Repeated from yesterday Repeated Monday 11pm BBC Radio 4 Extra and Tuesday 9am BBC Radio 4 Extra

1.00 News

1.10 Any Questions? Chris Mason chairs the political forum.Repeated from yesterday

2.00 Any Answers? Presented by Anita Anand.PHONE: 0370 010 0444 Lines open from 12.30pm EMAIL: [email protected]

2.45 Lent Talks 6/6. The Fragrance of Hope. The Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London and former chief nurse, considers the small acts of service witnessed during the pandemic.Producer Dan Tierney Repeated from Wednesday

3.00 Luke, Acts 2/2. Michael Symmons Roberts’s dramatisation of the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts, based on the King James Bible. Luke David Schofi eldTheophila Verity HenryMiriam Angela LonsdaleJesus David SeddonPeter Shaun Mason

Paul Jason DoneAnanias Hamish RushChief priest Jonathan KeebleNephew Stephen Hoyle

Producer Sue Roberts; Director Sharon Sephton (R)

4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour Anita Rani with highlights from the past week.EMAIL: [email protected]

5.00 Saturday PM With Caroline Wyatt.

5.30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson New series. 1/8. The Today presenter interviews major political fi gures about their lives and careers, starting this time around with Nadhim Zahawi, currently the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment. Producer Peter Snowdon

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.15 Loose Ends Clive Anderson is joined by writers Lynda La Plante, whose latest Jack Warr book Judas Horse is released this month, and Saima Mir, whose novel The Khan is a crime thriller set in the British Pakistani community, and comedian Daliso Chaponda. With music from St Panther and Dom La Nena.Producer Sukey Firth Repeated Monday 11.30am

7.00 Profi le An insight into the character of an infl uential person in the news. Repeated tomorrow 5.45am

7.15 The Infi nite Monkey Cage 4/6. The Science of Cooking. Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, food critic Grace Dent, material scientist Mark Miodownik and science writer Harold McGee to examine the science of cooking. First broadcast in January. Producer Alexandra Feachem (R)

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7.45 The Hauntening 2/2. The Asag Chiller. Written by Tom Neenan. Tom has acquired a healthy lifestyle, a shiny new fridge and a terrifying problem.Tom Tom NeenanHeidi Jenny BedeDebbi Kath Hughes

Reynolds Roger MorlidgeAsag Ewan Bailey

Producer David Tyler (R)

8.00 Archive on 4: A Writer and His Country — John le Carré across Six Decades

aWriter Philippe Sands pieces together the inner life of his fellow author and

friend, and his shifting attitude to his country over the years, through archive interviews with Le Carré, and new interviews with his editors and one of his sons.Producer Caroline Bayley; Editor Jasper Corbett

9.00 Tumanbay 2/10. Ship of the Dead. The fi rst series of John Dryden’s epic saga. Today slave merchant Ibn waits for his family to arrive in Tumanbay. In the palace, Sarah the slave-girl is recruited by Gregor, to spy on the chief wife Shajar. The whole series is available on BBC Sounds.Gregor Rufus WrightThe Girl on the ship Olivia PopicaHer mother Nathalie ArminShip captain Albert WellingCadali Matthew MarshSarah Nina YndisIbn Nabil ElouhabiShajar Sarah Beck MatherMadu Danny Ashok

Sultan Al-Ghuri Raad RawiThe Hafi z Antony BunseeGeneral Qulan

Christopher FulfordHead eunuch John SessionsSlave Akin GaziPhysician Vivek MadanDaniel Gareth Kennerley

Producers Emma Hearn, Nadir Khan and John Dryden Director John Dryden (R)

9.45 The Why Factor Mike Williams examines the human impulse to collect things. Producer Ben Carter (R)

10.00 News

10.15 The Moral Maze 8/8. Michael Buerk is joined by Tim Stanley, Anne McElvoy, Matthew Taylor and Ash Sarkar to discuss a moral issue. Repeated from Wednesday

11.00 Round Britain Quiz 4/12. Teams from Northern Ireland and the north of England compete. Repeated from Monday

11.30 Reignite Martha Kearney explores how changes in human behaviour during the pandemic have affected the natural world. Repeated from Sunday

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12.15am The New Anatomy of Melancholy 5/10. Poverty and Want. Amy Liptrott examines the effect of poverty and inequality on mental health. Repeated from Sunday

12.30—12.45am Swipe Right 1/5. Fate, Maybe, by Beth O’Leary. Newly single Suzie tries to engineer a romantic “meet cute” in a lift. Read by Claudia Jessie.Producer Anne Isger Repeated from yesterday

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5.00am 5 Live Boxing With Mike Costello and Steve Bunce.6.00 Saturday Breakfast Chris Warburton and Eleanor Oldroyd with news and a weekend preview.9.00 Scott Mills and Chris Stark 11.00 Fighting Talk Colin Murray plays judge and jury.12.00 5 Live Sport Mark Chapman with sports news and build-up to today’s Premier League football action with updates from Chelsea v West Brom. From 3.00pm there’s live commentary on Leeds United v Sheffi eld United, then at 5.00Sports Reports.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only2.30—4.55 Rugby Union Commentary on England v Scotland in the Women’s Six Nations.

6.00 6-0-6 Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton with a phone-in. Plus updates from Leicester City v Manchester City.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only7.30—10.00 Rugby Union Commentary on France v Wales in the Women’s Six Nations.

8.00 Stephen Nolan Topical debate. Plus updates from Leicester City v Manchester City.11.00 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review Reviews and interviews.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only11.00—2.00am Golf LPGA golf commentary from day three of the ANA Inspiration championship in California.

12.00 How Do You Cope?... with Elis and John Elis James and John Robins invite guests to discuss life challenges. In this instalment broadcaster Simon Thomas talks about suddenly losing his wife to cancer.

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6.00am GameDay Breakfast 9.00 GameDay Warm Up 11.00 GameDay Exclusive 2.30pm GameDay Live Adrian Durham with the day’s 3pm kick-offs.5.15 GameDay Exclusive 7.30 GameDay: Your Verdict 10.00 Fight Night 12.00 Extra Time


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7.00am Breakfast With Martin Handley.

9.00 Sunday Morning Sarah Walker celebrates Easter Day with music from around Europe. And at 10.30 Sharuna Sagar provides the monthly arts round-up

12.00 Private Passions

aNearly 40 years ago Teresa Keswick exchanged her career as a London lawyer for life as a nun

in a largely silent Carmelite monastery in Norfolk. In a special programme for Easter Day, Michael Berkeley invites Sister Teresa to share the music she loves, from Bach to Simon and Garfunkel.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Monday’s concert from Wigmore Hall, London, with Martin Handley presenting an all-French recital.BonisSoir et matin, Op 76L BoulangerD’un soir triste (violin and piano version) FauréPiano Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 45 (R)

2.00 The Early Music Show Hannah French expores Johann Sebastian Bach’sEaster Oratorio, which was composed in Leipzig and fi rst performed on Easter Sunday 1725.

3.00 Choral Evensong

nAn Easter service live from Manchester Cathedral. Introit: Then Shall Be Brought to

Pass; O Death, Where Is thy Sting?; But Thanks Be to God (Messiah) (Handel). Responses: Smith. Psalms 113; 114; 118, vv1—2, 19—29. First Lesson: Ezekiel 37, vv1—14. Canticles: Stanford in C. Second Lesson: Luke 24, vv13—35. Anthem: Messiah Worthy Is the Lamb; Amen (Messiah) (Handel). Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Risen Again! (Würtemburg). Voluntary: Praeludium in C, BuxWV137 (Buxtehude). Master of the choristers and organist Christopher Stokes. Sub-organist Geoffrey Woollatt.

4.00 Jazz Record Requests Alyn Shipton with listeners’ requests, from Lena Horne to trombonist Annie Whitehead, from 1960s Herbie Hancock to the drumming styles of Shelly Manne and New Orleans pioneer Baby Dodds.ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA EMAIL: [email protected]

5.00 The Listening Service “My music is best understood by children and animals,” pronounced Igor Stravinsky. When it came to explaining his music, Stravinsky liked nothing better than to hide behind contradictory and gnomic statements. Tom Service attempts to reveal the essence of Stravinsky, with contributions from playwright Meredith Oakes and Stravinsky biographer Jonathan Cross.Producer David Papp Repeated Friday 4.30pm (R)See also Composer of the Week, tomorrow 12 noon

5.30 Words and Music 150 Years of the Royal Albert Hall. A special edition marking last week’s 150th anniversary of the opening of the Royal Albert Hall, with readings by Josie Lawrence and Petroc Trelawny. There are moving and amusing moments from the hall’s

Freeview* 703 Freesat 703 Sky 0103 Virgin 903archive, from Emmeline Pankhurst to Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading their poetry. With music by Prince Albert himself, Elgar conducting Yehudi Menuhin, and performances by Hugh Masekala, Billie Holiday, Paul Robeson and Shirley Bassey.Producer Georgia Mann EMAIL: [email protected]; For details of the music and verse heard in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic

6.45 Sunday Feature: Silent Spaces One year on since the start of the fi rst national lockdown, Bengali-born British Indian musician and composer Soumik Datta explores the fate of empty music venues and the importance of location when it comes to performance. Producer Clare Freeman

7.30 Drama on 3: The Fishermen A new radio adaptation of the powerful, award-winning stage production based on Chigozie Obioma’s Booker Prize-shortlisted 2015 novel set on the banks of the river in Akure, Nigeria. Two brothers reunite after eight years, and retell the story of their Igbo childhoods in southern Nigeria in the mid-1990s. Gbolahan Obisesan, who originally adapted the novel for the 2019 staging at Trafalgar Studios in London, has adapted the work for radio in a production that also reunites original director Jack McNamara with original cast members Valentine Olukoga and David Alade.Ben/Mother David AladeObembe/Father/Boja/Ma Iyabo

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8.50 Record Review Extra Hannah French with music including longer versions of works featured in yesterday’s Record Review including Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

11.00 Iveta Apkalna’s Pipe Dreams New series. 1/3. Organ Past, Organ Future. Latvian organ virtuoso Iveta Apkalna presents a personal journey across centuries of organ music, exploring works that have defi ned generations of music, and composers and performers who have remixed and transformed that tradition. She revels in an array of music from the famous to the unfamiliar: from cherished works by Bach, Liszt and Durufl é to lesser-known music by Satie, Rheinberger, Kaija Saariaho and Nico Muhly. Producer Steven Rajam

12.00 Classical Fix With Jules Buckley.

12.30am Through the Night With John Shea. Telemann Overture (Suite) in F, excerpts, TWV.55:F3 CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wq172 WF Bach Sinfonia in F (Dissonant) Haydn Cello Concerto No 1 in C, H VIIb 1Andreas Brantelid (cello), Concerto Copenhagen, director Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) 1.41 BeethovenSymphony No 1 in C 2.07 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E fl at 2.31 Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer 2.56 Mozart String Quintet in G minor, K5163.32 Bacewicz Serenade 3.36 Busoni Finnländische Volksweisen, Op 27 3.48 Albinoni Sinfonia in G minor3.54 Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto 4.13 CarissimiVanitas vanitatum 4.24 Grainger Hill-Song No 24.31 Kuula Sinfonia, Op 36 (Jupiter) 4.37 A KappTo the Sun 4.47 D Scarlatti Three keyboard sonatas4.58 Holst Beni Mora, Op 29 No 1 5.14 JS BachKomm, Jesu, komm, BWV229 5.23 Grieg Ballade in G minor, Op 24 5.34 Elzbieta Sikora Rappel III5.50 Dvorak Piano Quintet No 2 in A, Op 81

7.00am Aled Jones 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Classic FM continues its annual four-day Easter weekend Top 300 classical chart which is now in its 26th year and is based entirely on listeners’ votes received during the fi rst part of 2021. Bill Turnbull kicks off today’s stretch of the countdown, followed by Catherine Bott at 12.00. John Brunning takes over from 3.00pm, with Margherita Taylor starting at 6.00. Last year’s chart straddled various genres, from Mozart to Arturo Márquez, Mendelssohn to Morricone, Delibes to Delius, Korngold to Khachaturian, Ralph Vaughan Williams to John Williams, Beethoven to Butterworth, Smetana to Yoko Shimomura. Continues tomorrow 9am.9.00 The Classic FM Chronicles 3/4. Moira Stuart presents a history of classical music. This instalment looks at the late Romantic period, featuring Dvorak, Verdi, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Debussy, Coleridge-Taylor and Price.11.00 Smooth Classics With Myleene Klass.1.00am Bill Overton



7.00am Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie 10.00 Cerys Matthews Guests include VP Records co-founder Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin and food and travel writer Yasmin Khan.1.00pm Liz Kershaw’s Legends in Their Own Lunchtime New series. 1/4. Interviews with big names in the record industry in a musical tour through their lives.2.00 Guy Garvey A return to the airwaves. Repeated 12 midnight

4.00 Amy Lamé New releases.6.00 Now Playing @6Music 8.00 Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone Rarities, requests and demos.10.00 Don Letts’s Culture Clash Radio Eclectic music.12.00 Guy Garvey (R)

3.00am James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds A podcast double bill.4.00 BBC Introducing Mixtape 5.00 Chris Hawkins

6.00am Good Morning Sunday With the Rev Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad. Guests include the Rev Richard Coles, who discusses the loss of his 42-year-old partner in December 2019. And worship singer Elle Limebear performs live.9.00 Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs Personal dedications.11.00 Gabby Logan Sitting in for Michael Ball, with singer Gabrielle and TV scriptwriter and novelist Lynda La Plante, 30 years after the debut of Prime Suspect.1.00pm Michelle VisageSitting in for Elaine Paige. 3.00 Sounds of the 70s 5.00 Paul O’Grady 7.00 Sunday Night Is Music Night Larry Blank conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a tribute to his friend, Oscar-, Tony- and Grammy-winning New York-born composer Marvin Hamlisch (1944—2012), who wrote or co-wrote chart hits (The Way We Were, Nobody Does It Better, California Nights), musicals (A Chorus Line, They’re Playing Our Song) and more. With Capital Voices and West End stars Sharon D Clarke, Louise Dearman and Andy Playfoot. Recorded in November 2012 at London’s Mermaid Theatre. (R)

9.00 Barry Humphries: Barry’s Forgotten Musical Masterpieces 4/4. A nostalgic music series, tonight with Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Al Bowlly, Hinge and Bracket and a spotlight on Oscar Levant (1906—72). (R)

10.00 Dr Rangan ChatterjeeHealth tips. With guest Amy Dowden. 12.00 Preeya Kalidis 3.00 Music programme 4.00 Ore Oduba

6.00am Chillout Anthems 11.00 Jordan North 1.00pm Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 4.00 Radio 1’s Life Hacks 6.00 The Offi cial Chart: First Look 7.00 Radio 1’s Chillest Show 9.00 Daniel P Carter Loud rock.11.00 BBC Introducing on Radio 1 12.30am BBC Introducing Dance 1.00 Radio 1’s Residency 3.00 Chill Mix 4.00 Dance

7.00am Jamie Crick With tunes from musicals.10.00 Angellica Bell With a Choral Moment.1.00pm Anne Frankenstein 3.00 Alexis Ffrench Favourite piano pieces.5.00 The Scala Jukebox With Sam Hughes.6.00 Charlie Higson and Friends New series

1/4. Comedian and writer Charlie Higson invites friends from the comedy world to share their favourite classical music. He starts with Paul Whitehouse.8.00 Sunday Night Scala’s Young Artist Showcase New series 1/4. Younger classical artists curate and host their ultimate classical concert, starting with conductor and organist Anna Lapwood.10.00 The Console with Luci Holland (R)

11.00 The Space Soothing and calming music.1.00am Night Music 5.00 In the Park

8.00am Jason Manford 11.00 Sarah Champion 2.00pm Rock ’n’ Roll Football 6.00 Request Show 8.00 Sunday Night Music Club 10.00 The Skin Show 12/13. 12.00 Dan Noble

Private Passions12 noon Radio 3

It may be her life of contemplation that does it, but Sister Teresa Keswick (above) provides perceptive notes on all her music choices, from the playful — the party of Verdi’s La

traviata — to the profundity of Bach’s Mass in B minor, which she calls the best ever explanation of the Resurrection and forms a fi tting fi nale to this perfect Easter morning treat. And while she is a member of a largely silent Carmelite order, that doesn’t mean she isn’t sparkly and funny — she tells Michael Berkeley that only the Bishop and her dentist call her Sister Teresa, and laughs joyously as she says she couldn’t possibly repeat the reaction of her family to her decision to reject a career in law and join a nunnery. It’s a winning mix of the sacred and the profane. DAVID CRAWFORD

The Reunion11.00am Radio 4

The series that reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history returns with one of the greatest archaeological detective stories ever told — the search for, discovery and reburial of the remains of Richard III. Kirsty Wark speaks with the leader of the 2012 dig in a council car park in Leicester (the bones were found within hours), the osteologist who spotted the curved spine, the DNA expert who confi rmed they’d got their man, the Dean of Leicester on the legal battle over where the remains should be re-interred, and the descendant who built a coffi n fi t for a medieval king. JANE ANDERSON

Just One Thing with Michael Mosley11.45am Radio 4


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6.00am Not Working Robin Brooks’s adaptation of the comic debut by Lisa Owens (6—10/10)7.10 Tweet of the Day An extended edition on the call and songs of the curlew. From 20207.20 Gudrun Kate Phillips stars in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic. Series two. From 2017 — omnibus (1—5/5)8.30 A Life of Bliss Godfrey Harrison’s BBC Home Service sitcom starring George Cole. From 19579.00 Drop Me Here, Darling Sitcom by Andrew Palmer. With Leslie Phillips. From 1982 (6/13)9.30 Ed Reardon’s Week 2007 comedy (6/6)10.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited Matt Lucas10.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories 11.00 Radiolab as 7pm 11.55 Tweet of the Day The curlew12.00 Poetry ExtraWith Dajlit Nagra. From 201812.30pm Polyoaks as 5.30pm1.00 The Nature of Spring Simon Tait reads from the nature writer Jim Crumley’s series of poetic vignettes painting a picture of Scotland’s wilderness in spring. Abridged by Linda Cracknell (1—5/5)2.10 Tweet of the Day Great spotted woodpecker2.20 Ladies of Letters Spring Clean Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales star in Lou Wakefi eld and Carole Hayman’s acidly satirical 2004 comedy drama about two perversely genteel “friends” (1—5/5)



5.43 Bells on Sunday The morning bells from All Saints Church in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.5.45 Profi le Repeated from yesterday 7pm

6.00 News Summary 6.05 Something Understood The human preoccupation with fashion.Producer Frank Stirling Repeated at 11.30pm (R)

6.35 Sunrise Service A service for Easter Day led by Arianna Walker and Debbie Harvie from Mercy UK, with readings from the Gospel of John and hymns including Morning Has Broken and Lord I Lift Your Name on High.

7.00 News; Sunday Papers 7.10 Sunday Religious and ethical issues.

7.54 Radio 4 Appeal Richard Madeley makes an appeal on behalf of Read Easy UK.Producer Kate Howells Rptd 9.25pm and Thu 3.27pmDonations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked Read Easy UK on the back of the envelope; Credit/debit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144; online via the Radio 4 website

8.00 News; Sunday Papers 8.10 Easter Sunday Worship

nThe Most Rev Justin Welby shares his Easter message live from Canterbury

Cathedral. Members of Canterbury Cathedral Choir, directed by David Newsholme, sing hymns and anthems including Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, This Joyful Eastertide and Thine Be the Glory; the Mass setting is Mozart’s Missa brevis in B fl at. With readings and prayers from the Rt Rev Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover, and members of the Community of St Anselm.

8.48 A Point of View Topical issues. Repeated from Friday

8.58 Tweet of the Day Curlew. Presented by Kate Humble. (R)

9.00 Broadcasting House A discussion on the week’s major headlines, presented by Paddy O’Connell.

10.00 The Archers Omnibus edition.Ambridge Diary: page 119

10.54 Tweet of the Day The cuckoo.

11.00 The Reunion

aNew series. 1/5. Finding Richard III Kirsty Wark reunites the archaeologists,

scientists, a religious leader and a distant descendant involved in the search for and reburial of Richard III’s remains.Producer Karen Pirie; Series producer David Prest Repeated Friday 9am

3.30 Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees Miranda Sawyer waxes lyrical about punk-era goth band Siouxsie and the Banshees. From 20124.00 Marvellous Party as 8pm5.00 Poetry Extra With Dajlit Nagra. From 20185.30 Polyoaks Series four of the NHS satire by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer (3/6)6.00 The Nemesis of Fire Dramatisation by Sheila Hodgson of Algernon Blackwood’s 1908 supernatural tale. With Malcolm Hayes. From 19746.45 Black and White Malcolm Raeburn reads Jan Mark’s tale Old Money. From 19937.00 Radiolab Jad Abumrad profi les Maurice Hilleman (1919—2005), who created more than 40 vaccines, including one for mumps (4/8)7.55 Tweet of the Day The curlew8.00 Marvellous Party Jon Wynne-Tyson’s drama about a reunion between Noël Coward and his old friend, the actress Esme Wynne-Tyson. With Stanley Baxter and Dorothy Tutin (1930—2001). From 1994 9.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited Matt Lucas9.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories 10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Polyoaks (3/6), at 10.30 I, Regress Starring Matt Berry (2/4), at 10.45 Bird Island (2/4), at 11.00 Son of Cliché (2/8), and at 11.30 Radio 9 (3/4)12.00 as 6pm 12.45am as 6.45pm 1.00 as 1pm 2.10 as 2.10pm 2.20 as 2.20pm 3.30 as 3.30pm 4.00 as 4pm 5.00 as 5pm 5.30 as 5.30pm

11.45 Just One Thing with Michael Mosley

aNew series. 1/10. Early Morning WalkMichael Mosley presents ten simple

things you can do to improve your health and life, starting by explaining why striding out just after dawn could improve your sleep, boost your mood and help your heart.Producer Ami Bennett Repeated Saturday 7.45pmAvailable on BBC Sounds since Thursday 1 April

See feature: page 11812.04pm Just a Minute 6/10. Lucy Porter hosts with Nish Kumar, Josie Lawrence, Zoe Lyons and Gyles Brandreth competing. Repeated from Monday Repeated tomorrow 5.30pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra

12.30 The Food Programme The Magic of Mussels. Dan Saladino fi nds out how Brexit could wreck plans to turn the mussel into a mainstream food, one which is both healthy and good for the environment.Producer Dan Saladino Repeated tomorrow 3.30pm

1.00 The World This Weekend News and analysis, with Jonny Dymond.1.30 The Listening Project Members of the public’s conversations. (R)

2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time Chair Kathy Clugston asks Matthew Pottage, Anne Swithinbank and Humaira Ikram to answer listeners’ queries. Producer Rosie Merotra

2.45 The New Anatomy of Melancholy 6/10. Variety of Objects, Herbs, Trees. Monty Don joins Amy Liptrot to explore how nature and exercise can help stave off depression.Producer Ruth Abrahams (R)

3.00 Lights Up: Dedication 1/2. To mark the contribution of The Nuffi eld Theatre in Southampton to regional theatre as it closes after 60 years owing to Covid-19 restrictions, a broadcast of Nick Dear’s play written for the theatre in 2016. The play presents three possible versions of Shakespeare’s relationship with the Earl of Southampton. Concludes tomorrow 2pm.William Shakespeare

Alfred EnochLord Chief Justice Sam Dale

Harry, Earl of SouthamptonTom Glenister

Various characters played by Nick Armfi eld, Tallulah Bond, Declan Mason and Finlay Paul Producer/Director Celia de Wolff

4.00 Bookclub James Naughtie talks to Amor Towles about A Gentleman in Moscow. The book choice for May is Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies.Producer Allegra McIlroy Repeated Thursday 3.30pm

4.30 Classical FixA special International Women’s Day edition of the Radio 3 series in which a playlist is created for music fans who are curious about classical music but don’t know quite where to start. Clemency Burton-Hill returns for her fi rst time presenting since a serious brain injury in early 2020, to create a playlist celebrating female composers and performers across the centuries for Woman’s Hour’s Emma Barnett. (R)

5.00 What We’ve Learned about Grief Comedian Cariad Lloyd, host of the Griefcastpodcast, investigates the science that is revolutionising grief. Repeated from Tuesday

5.40 Profi le Repeated from yesterday 7pm

6.00 Six o’Clock News 6.15 Pick of the Week John McCarthy selects BBC radio highlights.

7.00 Undercover Mumbai 2/6. What’s Cooking? Series three of Ayeesha Menon’s police thriller, set and recorded in Mumbai. The search for a missing man leads police inspector Alia Khan to a restaurant.Alia Prerna ChawlaNakul Anand TiwariInsp Desai Rajit KapurMrs Gomes Radhika Mittal

Popo Rohit Malkani Alia’s father Zafar KarachiwalaVikram Darius ShroffCmmr Kripalani Jayant Kripalani

Various characters played by Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Anahita Oberoi, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Sohrab Ardeshir, Kenny Desai,Nadir Khan, Vivek Madan, Ayeesha Menon and Ankur VikalProducer Nadir Khan; Director John Dryden (R)

7.15 Mark Steel’s in Town 2/6. The comedian heads to Colchester, where he hears claims that the “oldest hot cross bun in the world” was baked in Colchester and investigates Colchester’s long-standing rivalry with Chelmsford.Producer Carl Cooper Repeated Friday 5.30pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra (R)

7.45 Enchanted Isle New series. 1/5. Short stories by new writers. In Greenlaw by Helen McLory, strange plants begin growing in unexpected places on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Read by Kirsty Cox. Producer Maggie Ayre

8.00 Feedback Listeners’ views on BBC radio programmes.Repeated from Friday

8.30 Last Word Matthew Bannister celebrates the lives of people who have recently died. Rptd from Friday

9.00 Money Box Repeated from yesterday 12.04pm

9.25 Radio 4 Appeal Repeated from 7.54am

9.30 Analysis 9/9. What Does Global Britain Mean? Chris Morris presents a discussion of the UK’s future role in world affairs. Rptd from Monday

10.00 The Westminster Hour Political magazine, with Carolyn Quinn.

11.00 The Film Programme Antonia Quirke looks back at her meetings with some of cinema’s biggest names.Repeated from Thursday

11.30 Something Understood Repeated from 6.05am

12.00 News and Weather 12.15—12.45am Sideways 8/8. Matthew Syed asks a former US memory champion whether anyone can become a mental athlete with a few simple brain-training techniques. Repeated from Wednesday



5.00am Salma El-Wardany 6.00 5 Live Science Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientists team with science news.7.00 Sunday Breakfast Presented by Chris Warburton and Eleanor Oldroyd.10.00 Stacey Dooley Sitting in for Laura Whitmore. Big-name guests discuss whatever has caught their eye in the past week.11.30 5 Live SportSports news and features, including at 11.30 The Squad with Nick Bright, featuring a look ahead to today’s Premier League football. From 12.30pm Steve Crossman presents build-up to the 2.00 commentary on Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur. Then at 4.30 commentary on Aston Villa v Fulham, followed at 7.30 by commentary on Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only1.45—4.10pm Football Chelsea v Birmingham City in the Women’s Super League.

9.30pm 6-0-6 Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton with a football phone-in.10.30 Stephen Nolan

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only11.00—2.00am Golf LPGA golf commentary from the fi nal day of the ANA Inspiration championship in California.

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6.00am Weekend Sports Breakfast With Natalie Sawyer and Tony Cascarino.9.00 Jonny Owen and Friends 11.00 Warm Up With Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning.2.00pm Sunday Exclusive 6.00 Darren Bent’s Boot Room 9.30 A Talksport Special 10.30 Trans Europe Express 12.00 Extra Time 5.00am Early Breakfast



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5.00am Gagan’s Old Skool Mix 6.00 Certifi ed Chill 7.00 Asian Network Throwbacks with Jasmine Takhar Anthems from the 90s and noughties.10.00 Gagan Grewal 1.00pm Dipps Bhamrah 3.00 Nadia Ali 5.00 Waqas Saeed 7.00 Ashanti Omkar 9.00 Asian Network Represents 11.00 Asian Network Residency 1.00am Bobby Friction 4.00 Group Chat Highlights

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6.30am Breakfast With Petroc Trelawny.

9.00 Essential Classics Georgia Mann joins Essential Classics, alternating with Suzy Klein as regular presenter. Including at1010 the new feature Song of the Day — which focuses on “the magic of words, music and the human voice” — and at 11.00 Essential Five, with the fi rst of this week’s fi ve fi ne pieces of music for the guitar. And at 11.30 Slow Moment.

12.00 Composer of the Week: Igor Stravinsky (1882— 1971) 1/5. In the Orbit of Rimsky-Korsakov. Donald Macleod profi les the composer who, in his music, is said to have ushered in the 20th century. Stravinsky’s name is often associated with the revolutionary evening that prompted that accolade: the premiere of The Rite of Spring in Paris on 29 May 1913. This fi rst instalment explores the composer’s early relationship with Russian master Rimsky-Korsakov. The Rite of Spring (Introduction)City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon RattleScherzo in G minor, Oxana Shevchenko (piano), Pastorale Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre BoulezFour Etudes, Op 7 Nos 3 and 4 Oxana Shevchenko (piano)Symphony in E fl at (1st and 2nd mvts) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conductor Neeme Jarvi Faun and Shepherdess, Lucy Shelton (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Oliver Knussen, Scherzo fantastique St Petersberg Philharmonic, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. (R) RT OFFER Igor Stravinsky Edition (23 CDs) — a phenomenal box set featuring a wealth of performers, from pianist Martha Argerich to violinist Itzhak Perlman, from the Alban Berg Quartet to the Berlin Philharmonic, and conductors including Pierre Boulez, Simon Rattle, Mariss Jansons, Charles Mackerras and even Igor Stravinsky — is available for £59.90 inc p&p. Call 0115 982 7500 quoting ref 9029514093 or visit radiotimes.com/cds

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A 2019 recital from Wigmore Hall, London, with Andrew McGregor introducing the Cardinall’s Musick in music by William Byrd and his contemporaries. Cardinall’s MusickGibbons O Clap Your HandsGreaves England, Receive the Rightful KingTomkins O God, the Proud Are Risen against MeHilton As There Be Three Blue BeansByrd The Eagle’s ForceEast O Metaphysical TobaccoByrd Deus venerunt gentesAllison O Lord Bow DownTomkins The Hills Stand about JerusalemWeelkes O Lord God AlmightyByrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer. (R)

2.00 Afternoon Concert With Penny Gore.A week of programmes featuring recordings of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra begins with a performance conducted by Simon Rattle, recently announced as the orchestra’s next chief conductor.

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Mozart Overture: Le nozze di FigaroMahler Rückert-LiederDukas Fanfare (La Péri)Ravel Ma mère l’OyeMagdalena Kozena (mezzo), conductor Simon Rattle 3.15 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in B fl atMozart Symphony No 38 in D, K504 (Prague)Igor Levit (piano), conductor Franz Welser-Möst

4.30 Early Music Now Penny Gore with two performances by the Bavarian RSO recorded 70 years apart — in 2021 and 1951.Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO, conductor Simon Rattle Pérotin Sederunt principesAugsburg Boys’ Choir, Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO, conductor Eugen Jochum

5.00 In Tune With Katie Derham.

7.00 In Tune Mixtape Nonstop music.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert Fiona Talkington presents music by Czech and Slovak composers, recorded in October 2019. Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ondrej Lenard. Smetana Vysehrad (Ma vlast); Suchon Metamorphoses8.20 Interval — Janacek Capriccio Andras Schiff (piano), Wolfgang Schulz (fl ute), Konrad Monsberger (trumpet), Hans Gansch (trumpet), Erik Hainzl (trombone), William McElheney (trombone), Hans Stroecker (bass trombone), Rudolf Josel (tenor tuba)8.40 Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)

10.00 Music Matters Rptd from Saturday 11.45am

10.45 The Essay: Churchcrawls in Solitude 1/5. Theologian and writer Diarmaid MacCulloch shares his longtime hobby of “churchcrawling”, which he defi nes as the relentless pursuit of churches. This fi rst part recalls an excursion last September, when he made a dash from his home in Oxford to Norfolk and Suffolk and visited 35 medieval churches in just 36 hours, including a return visit to St Andrew at Illington in Norfolk. Producer Melissa FitzGerald

11.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel.

12.30am Through the Night With John Shea.Dukas Fanfare (La Péri); La Péri Barber Piano Concerto, Op 38 Chopin Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 50 No 3Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments DebussyLa Mer Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, conductor Domingo Hindoyan 2.01 Panufnik String Quartet No 2 (Messages) 2.19 Vitali Improvisations on Passacaglia, Toccata and Canario 2.31 Durufl é Requiem 3.12 Liszt Les Préludes3.29 Field Rondo in A fl at 3.37 Mozart Cosi dunque tradisci, K432 3.43 Abel Sonata in G, Op 6 No 6 3.53 Dvorak Romance in F minor, Op 11 4.05 GershwinThree Preludes 4.11 Bach Partita No 3 in E, BWV1006 (1st mvt) 4.16 Mozart Four Minuets, K601 4.27 Prokofi ev, arr Heifetz March (The Love for Three Oranges) 4.31 HandelLascia la spina (Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno)4.39 Obrecht J’ay pris amours 4.45 Debussy, arr Greisslel Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 4.55 HaydnPiano Trio in G, H XV 25 (Gypsy Rondo) 5.10 SchubertSymphony No 3 in D 5.34 Melartin Easy Pieces, Op 1215.50 RachmaninovVariations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 426.10 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor (R)

6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Classic FM concludes its annual Easter weekend Classic FM Hall of Fame — a chart of the 300 most popular classical pieces and fi lm music as chosen by listeners. Aled Jones kicks off the countdown for today, with Anne-Marie Minhall at 12 noon. John Brunning at 3.00, followed at 6.00 by John Suchet, who reveals the number one before 9pm. Will Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending maintain its top pull with listeners, or will its crown be taken by last year’s number two (Elgar’s Enigma Variations), number three (Beethoven’s Ninth) or the perennial favourite Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, which in January topped the all-time Classic FM Hall of Fame chart? 9.00 The Classic FM Chronicles 4/4. Moira Stuart concludes an abridged history of classical music with the neo-classical period and beyond, from Shostakovich and Britten to George Walker and Joplin to Hollywood giant John Williams and games composer Nobuo Uematsu. 10.00 Smooth Classics 1.00am Bill Overton



7.30am Nemone Sitting in.10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs 1.00pm Shaun Keaveny 4.00 Tom Ravenscroft 7.00 Marc Riley New music.9.00 Gideon Coe 12.00 In Their Own Words: St Vincent BBC archive interviews and performances featuring St Vincent kick off fi ve hours of programming devoted to the Texan art-rock singer/songwriter born Annie Clark.1.00am St Vincent 6 Music Wise Woman 2014 Personal music picks.2.00 St Vincent Live Highlights from her T in the Park 2015 show, plus stripped-back 6 Music sessions.3.00 The First Time... Matt Everitt’s 2018 chat with St Vincent.4.00 The St Vincent PlaylistTracks relating to Annie Clark’s music.5.00 Chris Hawkins

6.30am Matt Lucas Sitting in for Zoe Ball.9.30 Gary Davies Sitting in for Ken Bruce with chat, music and features including after 11.30 across the week Tracks of My Years, featuring — two a day — ten of the favourite records of Steps star Claire Richards. She starts with discs by the Police and Take That.

12.00 Patrick Kielty’s Greatest Ever Covers 2/2. Patrick Kielty with the second of this holiday weekend programmes devoted to hit cover versions.2.00pm The Songs That Bring You Joy with Gaby Roslin Feel-good hits, from James Brown and Queen to S Club 7 and Lizzo.5.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco Another Radio 2 edition of her lockdown Kitchen Disco specials.7.00 Jo Whiley New music and features including the Shiny Happy Playlist, with 30 minutes of feel-good music to start the show. Tracey Thorn talks about her book My Rock ’n’ Roll Friend, and in the Radio 2 Culture Club, author Candice Brathwaite previews other other new books.9.00 The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews Classic R&B.10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation Contemporary sounds.12.00 OJ Borg 3.00am Pick of the Pops 1/2. Paul Gambaccini with the singles chart from this week in 1985, when the Top 20 included the Cool Notes, Phyllis Nelson, Nik Kershaw and many more. (R)4.00 Ore Oduba


6.00am James Cusak 10.00 Vicky Hawkesworth 2.00pm Robyn Richford 6.00 Radio 1’s Power Down Playlist 8.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 10.00 Radio 1’s Future Artists With Jack Saunders. 12.00 René LaVice 2.00am Radio 1’s Decompression Session 3.00 Radio 1’s Workout Anthems 4.00 Radio 1 Dance 5.00 Arielle Free

7.00am All Movies Easter Monday Scala’s annual 15-hour marathon of fi lm music. Each show features three themed hours, with the third still to be determined by listeners. Charles Nove starts with Bafta-winning Scores. At 8.00Steven Spielberg, and at 9.00Animations v Harry Potter.10.00 Mark Forrest The marathon continues with Hans Zimmer. At 11.00James Bond, and at 12.00 Tom Hanks v Emma Thompson.1.00pm Sam Hughes First: Musicals at the Movies. Then at 2.00 John Williams, and at 3.00 Women Composers v Golden Age of Hollywood.4.00 Penny Smith First:Ennio Morricone. At 5.00 Classical Music; at 6.00 John Barry v Superheroes.7.00 Hannah Cox First: Star Wars. At 8:00Alfred Hitchcock. At 9.00Westerns v Sc-fi . 10.00 The Space 12.00 Night Music

6.00am Richie Firth 9.00 Andy Bush’s Ten Hour Indie Disco Marathon 7.00pm Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Chris Martin

We Are All Birds of Uganda12.04pm/10.45pm Radio 4

The expulsion of 60,000 Asians from Uganda in 1972 was a brutal event in history. More than half of the victims, given just 90 days to leave their homes and businesses, held British passports and fl ed to the UK. It’s surprising that such a dramatic exodus has given rise to so little fi ction but 29-year-old Hafsa Zayyan (above) has put it at the centre of her fi rst novel, We Are All Birds of Uganda, published by musician Stormzy’s Merky Books imprint, which is dedicated to fi nding new voices with untold stories. Zayyan uses two timeframes, switching between Hasan’s Kampala leading up to 1972 and his grandson Sameer’s contemporary London. The two worlds collide when Sameer, an up-and-coming young lawyer, returns to the Leicester home of his exiled parents and the impact of the past begins to dawn. FIONA HUGHES

The Northern Bank Job1.45pm Radio 4

How do you pacify an organisation like the IRA after a peace treaty has been signed? If rumours are to be believed, you create a pension fund for its members with the proceeds from the biggest heist in British and Irish criminal history. Shortly before Christmas 2004, armed men raided the homes of two offi cials working at Northern Bank HQ in Belfast, taking their families hostage and instructing them to remove cash from the vaults and into a waiting van. The full facts of this infamous £26.5 million robbery may never be known, but Glenn Patterson does a thorough job here of piecing the case together, using dramatised court testimonies, archive and interviews. TOM GOULDING

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5.43 Prayer for the Day With the Very Rev John Chalmers.5.45 Farming Today Rural affairs.5.58 Tweet of the Day Blackbird (spring). With Bill Oddie. (R)

6.00 Today Presented by Simon Jack and Justin Webb. 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News7.48 Thought for the DayWith Bishop James Jones.

9.00 Start the Week Andrew Marr chairs a discussion of mental health among young people, with Children’s Commissioner for Wales Sally Howard, health researcher and psychologist Lucy Foulkes and neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan.Producer Katy Hickman Shortened rpt 9.30pm

9.45 FM Book of the Week: The Musical Human 1/5. By Michael Spitzer. A look at the importance of music to mankind, and how it has been created, performed and listened to through the ages. Abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed, and read by Simon McBurney.Producer Jill Waters Repeated 12.30am

9.45 LW Daily Service Led by the Most Rev George Stack, Archbishop of Cardiff. Luke 24, vv30—35. This Joyful Eastertide; Abendlied (Rheinberger).

10.00 Woman’s Hour Magazine show presented by Andrea Catherwood.10.45 Eleanor Rising 1/5 The 15-Minute Drama by Shaun McKenna.For details see drama repeat 7.45pm

11.00 The Untold New series. 1/11. The Quarantine Fight Club Grace Dent tells the story of a boxing club formed during lockdown: the Quarantine Fight Club, set up by promoter Darren Moffi tt to help the fi ghters he manages, who often come from diffi cult backgrounds, to have an outlet to manage their emotions. Yet when he staged fi ghts at secret venues with crowds, he fell foul of Covid-19 restrictions and was raided by the police. Now he’s wondering whether to continue to stage the bouts when doing so could mean the closure of a friend’s gym where many of them took place.Producer Sue Mitchell Repeated Thursday 8.30pm

11.30 How to Vaccinate the World Tim Harford reports on the global effort to deliver vaccinations against Covid-19 and put an end to the pandemic.

4.30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII An “unreliable” historical account created by Barry Grossman. Written by Jim Eldridge. From 2003 (1/6)5.00 Ayres on the Air An episode on spring (1/4)5.30 Just a Minute The latest series of the panel show. As broadcast last Monday on Radio 4 (6/10)6.00 I Am Legend Cult 1954 sci-fi . From 2007 (3/9)6.30 A Good Read With Harriett Gilbert (1/8)7.00 Steptoe and Son Adaptation by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson of their hit sitcom. From 1967 (1/8)7.30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris Richard Griffi ths stars in a dramatisation by Andy and Eric Merriman of Victor Canning’s 1938 novel —the second in his trilogy of comic tales about a shy solicitor’s clerk. Narrated by James Viiliers. From 1994 (1/6)8.00 Inspector West at Bay Crime drama (5/8)8.30 Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1927 tale The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. With Norman Shelley. From 19599.00 Here’s the Thing Alec Baldwin chats to Sarah Jessica Parker and Ian Schrager. From 201610.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Just a Minute(6/10), at 10.30 Tom Wrigglesworth’s Hang-Ups (4/6), at 11.00 The Now Show (6/7), and at11.30 Mitch Benn’s Crimes Against Music (4/4)12.00 as 6pm 12.30am as 6.30pm 1.00 as 8pm 1.30 as 8.30pm 2.00 as 2pm 2.15 as 2.15pm 2.30 as 2.30pm 3.00 as 3pm 3.45 as 3.45pm 4.00 as 4pm 4.30 as 4.30pm 5.00 as 5pm 5.30 as 5.30pm

12.04pm We Are All Birds of Uganda

a1/10. Hafsa Zayyan’s dual narrative, set in late-1960s/early-70s Uganda and present

day London about a young man trying to fi nd his place in the world, which explores love, duty and the long shadows cast by colonialism. As he nears the end of a career-making deal, lawyer Sameer’s life is about to change. Abridged by Patricia Cumper and read by Sacha Dhawan and Vincent Ebrahim. Producer Eilidh McCreadie Repeated 10.45pm

12.18 You and Yours Consumer affairs.

1.00 The World at One With Jonny Dymond.

1.45 The Northern Bank Job

aNew series. 1/10.Unexpected Visitors Writer Glenn Patterson looks back on

the infamous 2004 robbery on the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank, the biggest heist in British and Irish criminal history, using dramatised court testimonies, new interviews and archive. With actors Louise Parker, Conor O’Donnell and Thomas Finnegan. Producer Conor Garrett

2.00 Lights Up: Dedication 2/2. Nick Dear’s play presenting three possible versions of Shakespeare’s relationship with the Earl of Southampton as the bard is questioned by the Lord Chief Justice.For cast and details see yesterday 3pm

2.45 The Why Factor 2/13. The Kiss. Charlotte McDonald discusses the history of kissing, revealing how European explorers encountered cultures that found it alien — casting doubt on whether it is a learnt response. Producer Lizzie McNeill (R)

3.00 Round Britain Quiz 5/12. Tom Sutcliffe hosts the quiz show, with Val McDermid and Alan McCredie representing Scotland and Myfanwy Alexander and David Edwards playing for Wales. Producer Paul Bajoria

3.30 The Food Programme Repeated from yesterday 12.30pm

4.00 Red Letter Days Julie Hesmondhalgh plants 50 trees to mark her half-century of life, refl ecting on her past and considering how she might spend the years left to her. Repeated from Thursday

4.30 Beyond Belief New series. 1/7. Bees and honey get an honourable mention in the scriptures of many religions. To discuss the importance of bees and their place in different religious traditions, Ernie Rea talks to three beekeepers from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths.Producer Helen Lee

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6.30 Just a Minute 7/10. Stephen Fry hosts, with panellists Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Desiree Burch and Jenny Eclair joining in from their homes. Producer Victoria Lloyd Repeated Sunday 12.04pm

7.00 The Archers Jazzer questions his choices and Kirsty contemplates where to go from here.For cast see Thursday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row Michael Rosen on how poetry helped him come to terms with his near-death experience with coronavirus last year in this feature-length interview with Elle Osili-Wood.Producer Jerome Weatherald

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7.45 Eleanor Rising New series. 1/5. Series two of Shaun McKenna’s historical drama about the young Eleanor of Aquitaine. Guilt over the massacre at Vitry-sur-Marne is driving a wedge between Eleanor and her husband, Louis the King of France. Hidden hurts are forced into the open when Eleanor’s sister arrives back at court.Eleanor Rose BasistaLouis Joel McCormackPetronilla Elinor ColemanPapal Legate, Raymond of Antioch

Tony TurnerEmpress Irene Jane Slavin

Geoffrey of AnjouDavid Sturzaker

Abbot Suger, Ralph de Vermandois, German soldier Nicholas MurchieGeoffrey de Rançcon

Stewart CampbellDirector Gemma Jenkins Repeated from 10.45am

8.00 Out of the Ordinary 3/3. The Buy Button. Jolyon Jenkins explores marketing professionals’ recent efforts to use neuroscience to locate the “buy button” in our brain, which if pressed would make us buy their stuff. Producer Jolyon Jenkins

8.30 Crossing Continents 1/7. Namibia: the Price of Genocide Tim Whewell examines the plan for Germany to compensate Namibia for its history of colonisation and genocide. Rptd from Thursday

9.00 A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity 1/4. Fire. A look at energy revolutions that drove human history. Repeated from Tuesday

9.30 Start the Week Shortened rpt from 9am

10.00 The World Tonight With Ritula Shah.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: We Are All Birds of Uganda 1/10. Repeated from 12.04pm

11.00 Loose Ends Rptd from Saturday 6.15pm

11.30 The Battersea Poltergeist 5/8. Fright Night. Danny Robins’s investigation into a 1950s haunting in south London, mixing reportage and dramatisations. Danny spends the night with a poltergeist that has parallels to the Battersea case. The whole series is available on BBC Sounds.Shirley Hitchings Dafne KeenHarold Chibbett Toby JonesWally Hitchings Burn GormanKitty Hitchings Alice LoweJoyce Lewis Miranda RaisonLily Chibbett Kacey Ainsworth

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12.30—12.45am Book of the Week: The Musical Human 1/5. Repeated from 9.45am



5.00am Wake Up to Money Featuring the latest from the business world, with analysis of topical fi nancial issues.6.00 5 Live Breakfast Clare McDonnell and Rick Edwards with the latest sport, news and weather. And at 9.00 Your Call, with Clare McDonnell inviting listeners to phone in.10.00 Adrian Chiles Sitting in for Naga Munchetty with original journalism and surprising news stories.1.00pm Chris Warburton Sitting in for Nihal Arthanayake with news, big-name interviews and topical conversation. The Headliners podcast is available from the BBC Sounds app.2.30 5 Live Sport Emma Saunders with bank holiday sports coverage featuring updates and reports from around the grounds of today’s 3pm kick-offs in the EFL. From 6.00 Kelly Cates presents live football commentary on the top-fl ight fi xture Everton v Crystal Palace in the Premier League, followed at 8.15 by Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United at Molineux.10.30 Colin Murray Discussion and debate on vital issues including at 12.00 Hour with No Name, with the chance for listeners to share their stories.1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion, with a chance for listeners to phone in throughout the night.



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6.00am Sports Breakfast Presented by Laura Woods. 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Sporting opinion.1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Drive Presented by Adrian Durham and Darren Gough. 7.00 The PressBox 10.00 Sports Bar 1.00am Extra Time 5.00 Early Breakfast



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7.00am Nick Ferrari Fast-paced show, featuring the day’s newsmakers and listener reaction.10.00 James O’Brien 1.00pm Shelagh Fogarty International and regional news.4.00 Eddie Mair 7.00 Iain Dale 10.00 Tom Swarbrick 1.00am Darren Adam 4.00 Steve Allen



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5.00am Asian Network Certifi ed Throwbacks 6.00 R&B Anthems 7.00 Asian Network Throwbacks with Harpz Kaur Asian, R&B and garage anthems with Harpz Kaur, at 10.00 Panjabi Hit Squad, at 1.00pm Noreen Khan, at 4.00 Manj Music and Nindy Kaur, at 7.00 Hanif Boogie, Arun and Martin 2 Smoove and at 10.00 Raghav.12.00 Shisha Lounge Mix 1.00 Bobby Friction New music.4.00 Beyond Bollywood: the Podcast Movie chat and interviews.


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6.30am Breakfast Petroc Trelawny with arts news, the headlines and music including a recently recorded performance by a leading brass band as chosen by Paul Hindmarsh. In this third and fi nal week of daily picks he continues with music by Arthur Pryor performed by trombonist Isobel Daws and the Friary Brass Band conducted by Chris King.

9.00 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann.9.15 Inspired by a piece of music played in the fi rst 15 minutes, listeners are invited to suggest works for broadcast later in the programme.11.00 Essential FiveAnother of this week’s fi ne works for the guitar.11.30 Slow Moment A moment’s refl ection.

12.00 Composer of the Week: Stravinsky 2/5. With Diaghilev in Paris. Donald Macleod looks at Stravinsky’s relationship with the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who wanted to introduce Parisian audiences to the glories of Russian ballet and looked to Stravinsky to help him. Fireworks Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre BoulezSuite: The Firebird New York Philharmonic, conductor Leonard BernsteinPetrushka (excerpts)Katia Labèque and Marielle Labèque (pianos)The Rite of Spring (excerpts)Kirov Orchestra, conductor Valery GergievSacrifi cial Dance (The Rite of Spring)Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conductor Neeme Jarvi (R)

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tom Redmond introduces pianist Steven Osborne and players from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Messiaen’s spiritual masterwork Quatuor pour la fi n du temps (Quartet for the End of Time), written while the composer was imprisoned by the Nazis in Görlitz and fi rst performed in the camp to the other prisoners. Today’s recital was recorded on 7 March at Perth Concert Hall in Scotland. Maximilio Martin (clarinet), Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Philip Higham (cello), Steven Osborne (piano)Messiaen Quatuor pour la fi n du temps

2.00 Afternoon Concert Penny Gore with further performances from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Gluck Suite: Don Juan (excerpts)Haydn Cello Concerto No 1 in CKraus Symphony in C minor Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), conductor Giovanni Antonini3.00 Britten Russian FuneralTakemitsu Day SignalG Gabrieli Canzon septimi toni a 8;Canzon duodecimi toni a 10Takemitsu Night SignalStrauss MetamorphosenConductor Daniel Harding


3.45 Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E fl at, K364Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)Jehye Lee (violin), Tobias Reifl and (viola), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Oksana Lyniv

5.00 In Tune Katie Derham with arts news and conversation, music and guests, today with Dominic Seldis, principal double bassist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, who discusses a new documentary on conductor Mariss Jansons.

7.00 In Tune Mixtape An eclectic, nonstop half-hour of music of classical, contemporary and experimental sounds.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert A concert recorded last month at the City Halls in Glasgow, concluding with something of a rarity in Mendelssohn’s Concerto for violin and piano — directed by the soloists. Presented by Kate Molleson. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, directors Elena Urioste (violin) and Tom Poster (piano)Arvo Pärt Spiegel im SpiegelFinzi Eclogue, Op 10Clarice Assad DreamscapesMendelssohn Double Concerto in D minor

10.00 Free Thinking Slavery and empire building shaped Liverpool’s development. Can art works help give a new understanding of the city’s history? In a discussion organised in partnership with the Liverpool Biennial, which runs from 20 March to 6 June 2021, Anne McElvoy is joined by the festival curator Manuela Moscoso, artist Xaviera Simmons, historian Dr Diana Jeater and composer Neo Muyanga. Producer Torquil MacLeod

10.45 The Essay: Churchcrawls in Solitude 2/5. Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores his life and work through fi ve of Britain’s historic churches, continuing in Wetherden in Suffolk.

11.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel.

12.30am Through the Night John Shea wtih music starting with an all Bach programme on cellos and harpsichord. Bach The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book I (selection); Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV1008; Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV1009; The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book I (selection) Jouko Laivuori (harpsichord), Tomas Nuñez-Garcés and Tuomas Lehto (cellos) 1.40 Brahms Trio in E fl at for violin, viola and piano, Op 402.10 Grainger Danish Folk Music Suite 2.31 NowowiejskiMissa pro pace, Op 49 No 3 3.09 Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) 3.39 Mozart Adagio in B fl at, K411 3.45 Stainov The Secret of the Struma River3.53 Chopin Nocturne in D fl at, Op 27 No 24.00 Sterkel Duet No 2 for two violas 4.09 Doppler Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op 26 4.20 Françaix Sérénade 4.31 Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival 4.40 Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44 4.50 Gorczycki Litaniae de Providentia Divina 5.00 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Capriccio diabolico, Op 85 5.09 Califano Sonata a 4 in C 5.19 RangstromSuite No 1 for Violin and Piano (In modo antico)5.28 Beethoven Piano Trio in B fl at, Op 11 (Gassenhauer)5.50 Kuula Fairy-tale Pictures, Op 196.05 Schubert Symphony No 3 in D (R)

6.00am More Music Breakfast Presented by Tim Lihoreau.

9.00 Bill Turnbull 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall 4.00pm John Brunning 7.00 Smooth Classics With John Brunning.

8.00 The Classic FM Concert with John Suchet A section-by-section guide to the modern symphony orchestra starts tonight with the strings. Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Orpheus Chamber OrchestraPachelbel Canon in D City of London Sinfonia, director Andrew WatkinsonTchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir JurowskiRossini String Sonata No 1 in G Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville MarrinerBerlioz Sérénade (Harold en Italie) French National Orchestra, conductor Leonard BernsteinBritten A Simple SymphonyOrpheus Chamber Orchestra

10.00 Smooth Classics With Margherita Taylor.1.00am Bill Overton



6.30am Zoe Ball 9.30 Gary Davies Music, chat and features including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, with Steps star Claire Richards discussing two more recordings, today with one by Judy Garland and one by the Carpenters.

12.00 Vanessa Feltz Topical discussion. Plus music.

2.00pm Steve Wright 5.00 Sara Cox Lively chat, listener interaction, music from Radio 2’s current playlist and, from 6.30, Sara Cox’s Half Wower, featuring mood-lifting hits from the last fi ve decades.

7.00 Jo Whiley New music and features including the Shiny Happy Playlist, with 30 minutes of feel-good music to start the show, and the Radio 2 Culture Club, in which Jo chats to movie critic James King.

9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum Singer and pianist Jamie Cullum with a broad spectrum of jazz music, including live studio sessions. Plus a showcase of rising jazz stars.

10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation With a pick of feel-good original soul and R&B, disco and reggae, plus contemporary sounds, from hip-hop to grime.

12.00 OJ Borg 3.00am First Name Basis with Kelsea Ballerini 4/12. Country music picks from the Tennessee country-pop star.4.00 Ore Oduba


7.00am Greg James 10.30 Clara Amfo 1.00pm Scott Mills 3.30 Nick Grimshaw 6.00 Radio 1’s Future Sounds Presented by Jack Saunders. 8.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 10.00 Radio 1’s Future Artists Jess Iszatt sits in for Jack Saunders. 12.00 Annie Nightingale 2.00am Stormzy on Radio 1 3.00 Classical Movie Mixtape 4.00 Radio 1 Dance 5.00 Arielle Free

7.00am Charles Nove Vibrant music.

10.00 Mark Forrest Including the Mystery Years at 11.00 and listener requests from 12.00.

1.00pm Sam Hughes With popular classical works, new discoveries and rediscoveries.

4.00 Penny Smith Music including the regular features Shut Your Laptop at 5.30 and the Showstoppers just before 7.00.

7.00 Hannah Cox With the Scala Piano Playlistat 8.00 and a selection of calming piecesat 9.15.

10.00 The Space Atmospheric music..

12.00 Night Music Nonstop classical music.5.00am In the Park Calming sounds.

6.00am Dave Berry 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell Old and new rock and pop, from the Monkees to Gorillaz, from Kate Bush to Brandon Flowers, from the Kinks to Kraftwerk, from Led Zeppelin to the LIbertines, from oldie radio hits to Radiohead 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Chris Martin

7.30am Nemone 10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs 1.00pm Shaun Keaveny Indie music and laughs.

4.00 Steve Lamacq 7.00 Marc Riley New music and playful features.

9.00 Gideon Coe BBC archive live performances.

12.00 6 Music Artist in Residence 6/6. Phoebe Bridgers with the last of her themed playlists, tonight featuring Arlo Parks, Claud, Adrianne Lenker, Bobby Vinton, Galaxie 500 and more.1.00am The First Time... Matt Everitt’s 2011 chat with former superstar Adam Ant. Then at 2.00 a chance to hear Everitt’s 2012 chat with ABC frontman Martin Fry.3.00 Live Hour Concerts and sessions from the BBC archives.4.00 Jukebox With Chris Hawkins.5.00 Chris Hawkins

In the Studio11.30am BBC World Service

It’s a pretty safe bet that this

year’s Easter egg offerings did

not include one made by Fabergé

(above), but please feel free to

prove me wrong...Similarly, the

presenter of this fascinating

behind-the-scenes documentary,

Felicity Finch, is more used to

audio egg collections in The

Archers, where she plays Ruth,

than handling these priceless

objets d’art. Finch meets the

team behind the creation of

the fi rst Celtic Fabergé egg,

a spectacular piece of

craftsmanship for the Craft

Irish Whiskey Co, featuring a

seven-piece, custom-made set.

Nothing is rushed about the

production process: the

goldsmiths, guilloché enamel

engravers, diamond setters

and polishers all keep on with

their intensive, detailed work

until perfection is achieved.

But what will happen when a

second wave of Covid-19 strikes

Europe? As sure as eggs is

eggs, this project has to be

hatched. JANE ANDERSON

Iran’s Secret Art Collection11.30am Radio 4

A Francis Bacon triptych of two

naked men spooining on a bed

is not an image one would

usually associate with Iran. But

in a basement in Tehran that

painting sits. It’s part of a hugely

valuable collection of modern

Western art — arguably the

greatest outside of the West

— amassed at the behest of the

Shah’s wife, the Empress Farah

Pahlavi before the revolution of

1979. Here art critic Alastair

Sooke tells the complex story of

the collection. It’s a tale full of

myth and drama, which highlights

a historically sophisticated and

culturally rich side of Iran that

manges to exist still within

today’s Islamic republic.

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6.00am Inspector West at Bay as 8pm6.30 Five Red Herrings as 8.30pm7.00 The Quanderhorn Xperimentations7.30 Reluctant Persuaders as 5.30pm8.00 The Goon Show Vintage 1958 comedy8.30 Rent Lucy Flannery s comedy (5/6)9.00 The Now Show With Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. As broadcast last Friday on Radio 4 (6/7)9.30 The Brothers as 4.30pm10.00 The Carlingford Chronicles as 3pm11.00 Rites of Spring as 9pm11.45 Snowdrops Leslie Norris’s tale. From 199112.00 The Goon Show Vintage 1958 comedy12.30pm Rent Lucy Flannery’s comedy (5/6)1.00 Inspector West at Bay as 8pm1.30 Five Red Herrings as 8.30pm2.00 Life in the Garden Stephanie Cole reads from Penelope Lively’s memoir of her horticultural life. Abridged by Siân Preece. From 2017 (2/5)2.15 “Cherry” Ingram: the Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms By Naoko Abe (2/5)2.30 The Flower Fields Cornwall’s fl ower fi elds3.00 The Carlingford Chronicles: Miss Marjoribanks Dramatisation by Elizabeth Proud of Margaret Oliphant’s 1866 novel (1/4)4.00 The Third Degree With Steve Punt (3/6)



5.43 Prayer for the Day With the Very Rev John Chalmers.5.45 Farming Today Rural issues.5.58 Tweet of the Day Meadow Pipit (Spring). With Kate Humble. (R)

6.00 Today With Mishal Husain and Martha Kearney. 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sport7.48 Thought for the Day With the Venerable Liz Adekunle.Martha Kearney: page 121

9.00 The Briefi ng Room 1/6. David Aaronovitch and guests explore issues around Covid-19. Shortened rpt from Thursday

9.45 FM Book of the Week: The Musical Human 2/5. By Michael Spitzer. The author considers whether or not humans are set apart by the ability to express their feeling through music. Read by Simon McBurney. Repeated at 12.30am

9.45 LW Daily Service An act of worship led by Tobi Olujimni. Mark 13, vv32–42. How Deep the Father’s Love (George Bennard), performed by Stuart Townend; The Old Rugged Cross, sung by London Community Gospel Choir; How Great Thou Art, performed by Aled Jones.

10.00 Woman’s Hour Presented by Emma Barnett. 10.45 Eleanor Rising 2/5By Shaun McKenna. The 15-Minute Drama.See drama repeat 7.45pm

11.00 A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity 2/4. Agriculture. Justin Rowlatt explores the original solar energy revolution — harnessing the Sun’s rays to grow food. it is believed that some 10,000 years ago farmers began to till the soil, producing the energy surpluses needed to feed the fi rst cities and civilisations.Producer Laurence Knight; Editor Rosamund Jones Repeated Monday 9pm

11.30 Iran’s Secret Art Collection

aArt critic Alastair Sooke tells the story of one of the most valuable collections

of modern Western art outside Europe and the United States and how it comes to be in a museum basement in Iran.Producer Tom Alban Repeated Monday 4pm

12.04pm We Are All Birds of Uganda 2/10. Hafsa Zayyan’s story set in late 1960s/early 1970s Uganda and present day London. Lawyer Sameer has accepted a plum role in Singapore — but fi rst he has to visit his parents in Leicester. Read by Sacha Dhawan and Vincent Ebrahim. Repeated 10.45pm

4.30 The Brothers Comedy by Caroline and David Stafford. With Adam Godley. From 2004 (1/4)5.00 The Quanderhorn Xperimentations Sci-fi comedy by Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall (5/6)5.30 Reluctant Persuaders Edward Rowett’s sitcom. As broadcast last Tuesday on Radio 4 (5/6)6.00 I Am Legend Cult 1954 sci-fi set in 19766.30 Soul Music Beethoven’s The Emperor (5/5)7.00 The Goon Show Vintage 1958 comedy7.30 Rent Lucy Flannery’s comedy (5/6)8.00 Inspector West at Bay Dramatisation by Maurice Travers of the 1952 novel by English crime writer John Creasey (1908—73). From 1969 (6/8)8.30 Five Red Herrings Dramatisation of the 1931 murder mystery by Dorothy L Sayers. From 1978 (1/8)9.00 Rites of Spring Richard Mabey explores the natural phenomena of spring. From 20089.45 Snowdrops Leslie Norris’s tale. From 199110.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Reluctant Persuaders (5/6), at 10.30 Danny Robins Music Therapy (1/4), at 11.00 The Allottment From 2017, at 11.30 The (Almost) Accidental Adventures of Bell and Todd (2/6), and at 11.45 Hearing with Hegley (2/6)12.00 as 6pm 12.30am as 6.30pm 1.00 as 8pm 1.30 as 8.30pm 2.00 as 2pm 2.15 as 2.15pm 2.30 as 2.30pm 3.00 as 3pm 4.00 as 4pm 4.30 as 4.30pm 5.00 as 5pm 5.30 as 5.30pm

12.18 Call You and Yours Consumer affairs show, inviting listeners to offer their experiences. With Winifred Robinson.PHONE: 0370 010 0444 (Lines open from 10am) email: [email protected]

1.00 The World at One News and analysis, with Sarah Montague.

1.45 The Northern Bank Job 2/10. Killing Time. Writer Glenn Patterson looks back on the infamous 2004 robbery from Northern Bank in Belfast. Today, as negotiations continue to try to restore the Stormont power-sharing government, two Northern Bank employees wait to begin the most extraordinary shift of their lives.

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Drama: McLevy 1/4. A Matter of Balance. Series 12 of David Ashton’s Victorian-set detective drama. A circus visits Edinburgh and attempts to drum up business with a high-wire act stretching from the Scott Monument across Princes Street without a safety net. Inspector McLevy is called in when the performer involved receives a death threat.McLevy Brian CoxJean Siobhan RedmondMulholland

Michael Perceval-MaxwellRoach David Ashton

Ballantyne Finlay McLeanRichard Cameron

Alasdair HankinsonMaria Anita VettesseBilly Sangster Steven McNicoll

Producer/Director Bruce Young (R)

3.00 The Kitchen Cabinet 1/6. Repeated from Saturday 10.30am

3.30 Costing the Earth 6/13. Gene Editing Nature. It is believed that gene editing could revolutionise environmental conservation, through being able to revive endangered species and help them adapt to changing temperatures, and by controlling populations of invasive species or a pest that carries disease. Jheni Osman looks at the practical and ethical considerations of tinkering with the natural world .Producer Sophie Anton Repeated tomorrow 9pm

4.00 Word of Mouth New series. 1/6. Alphabetical Order Historian Judith Flanders talks to Michael Rosen about how people categorise things, using alphabetical order and more.Producer Sally Heaven Repeated Monday 11pm

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4.30 Great Lives New series. 1/9. Matthew Parris is joined by director Jonathan Kent to assess the legacy of his friend Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on a Train, who would have been 100 this year. Featuring archive of Highsmith, plus the fi lm director Anthony Minghella; at least one Ripley actor; and Highsmith’s biographer, Andrew WilsonProducer Miles Warde Repeated Friday 11pm

5.00 PM Presented by Evan Davis.


6.30 Reluctant Persuaders 6/6. Join Our Club. Comedy by Edward Rowett. Joe has been nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in advertising, but at the ceremony a familiar foe resurfaces.Hardacre Nigel HaversJoe Mathew BayntonAmanda Josie LawrenceTeddy Rasmus Hardiker

Charles Blackwell Martin JarvisMC Victoria RigbyWaitress Olivia Penhallow

Producer Gordon Kennedy; Director Alan Nixon Repeated next Tuesday at 5.30pm on Radio 4 Extra

7.00 The Archers Brian attempts to be supportive, and Tracy is left speechless.For cast see Thursday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row Riz Ahmed speaks to Samira Ahmed about his Oscar-nominated role in Sound of Metal. Producer Oliver Jones

7.45 Eleanor Rising 2/5. By Shaun McKenna. Eleanor sees a holy crusade as a chance to reassert her infl uence.For cast and details see yesterday Rptd from 10.45am

8.00 Mayday: Postscript Following the series that explored conspiracy theories around the White Helmets in Syria, this programme looks at the work of a non-government organisation that has spent the past eight years extracting more than a million documents out of Syria, which it says contain evidence that the Assad regime is guilty of war crimes. But there are those who question the evidence and have been accused of spreading misinformation and distorting the narrative of the confl ict. Producer Chloe Hadjimatheou Repeated Sunday 5pm

8.40 In Touch News and views for people who are blind or partially sighted, presented by Peter White.

9.00 The Jump: Covid-19 1/3. Chris van Tulleken explores the human behaviours causing pandemics. He begins by looking at the possible origins of Covid-19. Producer Erika Wright; Editor Deborah Cohen (R)

9.30 A Life Less Vertical Melanie Reid catches up with people with whom she spent a year recovering on a spinal ward in Glasgow. Producer Leeanne Coyle (R)

10.00 The World Tonight With Ritula Shah.


11.00 Fortunately Jane Garvey and Fi Glover speak to historian Dan Snow. Producer Sam Peach

11.30 The Battersea Poltergeist 6/8. Dead Letters. Danny Robins looks into a 1950s haunting. The Hitchings family experience strange new phenomena. The full series is on BBC Sounds. For cast see yesterday

12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Book of the Week: The Musical Human 2/5. Repeated from 9.45am



5.00am Wake Up to Money News and reports from the business world and analysis of topical issues affecting the fi nancial sector. 6.00 5 Live Breakfast Nicky Campbell and Clare McDonnell with the latest sport, news and weather. And at 9.00 Your Call, with Nicky Campbell inviting listeners to phone in.10.00 Naga Munchetty With the latest news, big-name interviews from around the UK and listeners’ personal experiences.1.00pm Nihal Arthanayake News, big-name interviews and topical conversation. The Headliners podcast is available from the BBC Sounds app.4.00 5 Live Drive Anna Foster and Tony Livesey with the latest headlines, sports news and interviews.7.00 5 Live Sport Mark Chapman with sports news, interviews and build up to tonight’s Champions League matches, with at 8.00, live commentary on Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-fi nals.10.30 Colin Murray Discussion and debate on vital issues. Plus features including at 12.00 Midnight Meets, in which Colin sits down with famous and fascinating people to fi nd outwhat makes them tick.1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion including the chance for listeners to phone in throughout the night.



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5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 People Fixing the World 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 News 9.05 The Documentary: Don’t Log Off 9.30 Discovery 10.00 News 10.05 The Arts Hour 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 CHOICE: In the Studio: following the process of jewellery maker Fabergé creating a bespoke collection 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 Discovery 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 People Fixing the World 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 The Documentary: Don’t Log Off: new series. Alan Dein talks to one person each episode about their life during the pandemic 8.30 Digital Planet 9.00 Newshour 10.05 People Fixing the World 10.30 In the Studio 11.00 The Newsroom 11.20 Sports News 11.30 World Business Report 12.00 News 12.05am The Arts Hour 1.00 News 1.05 Business Matters 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 The Compass: Water: Too Much and Not Enough 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 The Documentary: Project 17

6.00am Sports Breakfast With Laura Woods.10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Sporting opinion.1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Drive With Adrian Durham and Darren Gough.7.00 Kick Off Debating all the big sporting issues.10.00 Sports Bar 12.00 Extra Time 5.00am Early Breakfast



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7.00am Nick Ferrari 10.00 James O’Brien 1.00pm Shelagh Fogarty 4.00 Eddie Mair 7.00 Iain Dale 10.00 Tom Swarbrick Pacy and unpredictable topical show.1.00am Darren Adam 4.00 Steve Allen



Asian Network

5.00am R&B Anthems 6.00 Certifi ed Chill 7.00 Harpz Kaur 10.00 Asian Network’s Big Debate Topical and cultural issues.1.00pm Noreen Khan Desi music, retro hits and guests.4.00 Yasser New, unsigned and underground British-Asian music.7.00 Bobby Friction 10.00 Group Chat with Mobeen Azhar 12.00 Asian Network’s Club Hit Squad Mix 1.00am Bobby Friction Big Bollywood and bhangra anthems.

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6.30am Breakfast Petroc Trelawny with arts news and music including a brass band performance chosen by Paul Hindmarsh, today featuring music by John Rutter performed by Black Dyke Band conducted by Nicholas Childs.

9.00 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann.

12.00 Composer of the Week: Stravinsky 3/5. Back to Bach. Donald Macleod explores the period of Stravinsky’s evolution as a composer in which he seemed to look back to more classical forms. He was also beginning a life as a more deliberate performer — his “expressionless” music becoming a vehicle in which he could express himself.Overture: PulcinellaLondon Sinfonietta, conductor Esa-Pekka SalonenRussian Song (Mavra), arr for cello and pianoChristian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Lise de la Salle (piano)Octet (2nd mvt)Eastman Wind Ensemble, director Mark ScatterdaySymphony of PsalmsMonteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Eliot GardinerConcerto in E fl at (Dumbarton Oaks)NDR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Günter Wand (R)

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tom Redmond introduces a clarinet and piano recital recorded on 11 March at Perth Concert Hall. Maximiliano Martin (clarinet), Scott Mitchell (piano).Chausson Andante and AllegroSaint-Saëns Clarinet SonataPoulenc Clarinet SonataBernstein Clarinet Sonata

2.00 Afternoon Concert Penny Gore with further performances from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, here conducted by Thomas Adès in a concert from last year. Kirill Gerstein (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Adès Janacek The Fiddler’s ChildThomas Adès Piano ConcertoBritten Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op 90 (A Time There Was)Janacek Sinfonietta See 5pm

3.30 Choral Evensong

nFrom St Matthew’s Church, Westminster, a selection of hymns and devotional music.

Introit: Blessed Be Thou, O Lord God (Martin How); Responses: Ayleward; Psalm 37, vv1–22 (Martin How); First Lesson: Isaiah 26, vv1–19; Canticles: Sumsion in A; Second Lesson: John 20, vv1–10; Anthem: Blessed Be the God and Father (SS Wesley); Hymn: Light’s Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky (Lasst uns erfreuen); Voluntary: March on Lasst uns erfreuen; (David Bednall) Director of Music Nigel Groome. Organist James Gough. Repeated Sunday 3pm

4.30 New Generation Artists A performance at Wigmore Hall, London, in October 2020 featuring artists on the BBC Radio 3 scheme. Beethoven Piano Sonata No 7 in D, Op 10 No 3Elisabeth Brauss


Schumann Botschaft (Spanisches Liederspiel, Op 74)Katharina Konradi (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)

5.00 In Tune Katie Derham with arts news, music and guests, today with Thomas Adès and, performing live, soprano Francesca Chiejina and pianist Jocelyn Freeman.

7.00 In Tune Mixtape

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert Ian Skelly introduces an evening of mainly Sibelius: a concert recorded last month at the Royal Festival Hall, London, plus interval chamber music. Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Rory MacdonaldSibelius Dance Intermezzo, Op 45 No 2Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B fl at minor8.00 IntervalCurrent Radio 3 New Generation Artist Johan Dalene (violin) is accompanied by Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) in three miniatures by Sibelius. Souvenir, Tanz-Idylle and Berceuse (Six Pieces, Op 79)Sibelius Suite: King Christian II (incidental music)

10.00 Free Thinking Milton: Samson Agonistes. Rana Mitter leads a discussion on Milton’s Samson Agonistes, published in 1671 alongside Paradise Regained, exploring how politics, blindness and the Bible fed into this dramatic poem, and what Handel took from Milton’s writing when composing his oratorio Samson, which premiered in 1743 in London. He’s joined by New Generation Thinker Islam Issa and music expert Professor Suzanne Aspden. Producer Ruth Watts

10.45 The Essay: Churchcrawls in Solitude 3/5. Diarmaid MacCulloch explores fi ve of Britain’s historic churches, continuing in Dunwich, on the Suffolk coast, the place of his favourite childhood expeditions, where he meditates on his delight with ruins throughout his life. He asserts that Dunwich offers “three churches for the price of one, all in a single churchyard; Dunwich is the churchcrawler’s bargain bucket”.

11.00 Night Tracks With Hannah Peel .

12.30am Through the Night With John Shea. Rachmaninov Symphony No 3 in A minor; Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini; Symphonic Dances Ekaterina Mechetina (piano), Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Sladkovsky 2.15 Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV1912.31 Chausson Concert in D, Op 21 3.13 Berg Sieben frühe Lieder (version for soprano and orchestra)3.29 Liszt Isoldens Liebestod, S447 (after Wagner) 3.36 Corelli Sonata da chiesa in A, Op 1 No 33.43 Parry Lord, Let Me Know Mine End (Songs of Farewell)3.54 Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)4.05 Diepenbrock L’Invitation au voyage4.11 Ravel, arr Dahlstrand Pièce en forme de habanera4.15 Chopin Three pieces for piano 4.31 Berlioz Marche hongroise (Rakoczy March) (La Damnation de Faust)4.36 Strauss Variations on a Bavarian Folksong (Das Dirndl is harb auf mi) 4.43 D Scarlatti Sonata in G, Kk91 (arr Avital for mandolin and harpsichord) 4.50 AbelSymphony in A, Op 10 No 6 5.02 Mozart Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor, K457 5.19 Rossini Prelude, Theme and Variations 5.30 Dvorak The Golden Spinning Wheel 5.52 Vivaldi Nisi Dominus, RV6086.13 Haydn Piano Trio in E fl at, H XV 29

6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 Bill Turnbull Classical music.

12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall Featuring two hours of requests from 12.00 and, at 3.00, three works from the current Classic Hall of Fame Top 300.

4.00pm John Brunning 7.00 Smooth Classics With John Brunning.

8.00 The Classic FM Concert with John Suchet It’s the turn of the brass section in this week’s guide to the orchestra. Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo ChaillyGershwin An American in ParisNew York Philharmonic, conductor Zubin MehtaHolst The Planets London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin DavisHaydn Symphony No 31 in D (Hornsignal)Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Robin Ticciati

10.00 Smooth Classics 1.00am Bill Overton


7.30am Nemone 10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs 1.00pm Shaun Keaveny 4.00 Steve Lamacq New music and indie oldies, including at 6.00 a spotlight on a classic album, played in full.

7.00 Marc Riley New music and playful features.

9.00 Gideon Coe BBC archive sets.

12.00 Freak Zone Playlist 1.00am The Evolution of John Peel Back-to-back episodes of the 2017 series with Mary Anne Hobbs celebrating the 1980s Radio 1 shows of iconic disc jockey John Peel (1939—2004). Featured in the second hour are the Smiths and the Fall, world music from African Connexion, reggae from Black Uhuru and the beginnings of indie-house crossovers with MARRS. 3.00 Live Hour BBC archive sets.4.00 Jukebox With Chris Hawkins 5.00 Chris Hawkins Music and chat.

6.30am Zoe Ball 9.30 Gary Davies Music, chat and features including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, with Steps star Claire Richards discussing two more personal favourite recordings, today featuring one by Barbra Streisand and and one by Kylie Minogue.12.00 Vanessa Feltz 2.00pm Steve Wright 5.00 Sara Cox Chat, texts and music including at 6.30, Sara Cox’s Half Wower, featuring mood-lifting hits from the last fi ve decades.7.00 Jo Whiley New music from across the spectrum and a pick of hip chart oldies. Plus guests and input from listeners.9.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe Traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music from here and abroad, with the latest releases, classic tracks and folk news.10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation 12.00 OJ Borg Chat, music, texts and features including Midnight Mastermind— in which listeners challenge OJ in a specialist subject — and Wish You Were There, in which listeners suggest the perfect song to go with a fi ctional situation.3.00am Sounds of the 90s 1/2. Fearne Cotton with a nostalgic playlist recalling the decade of girl power, grunge, R&B, indie, pure pop,chillout and dance. (R) See tomorrow4.00 Ore Oduba


7.00am Greg James 10.30 Clara Amfo 1.00pm Scott Mills 3.30 Nick Grimshaw 6.00 Radio 1’s Future Sounds 8.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 10.00 Radio 1’s Future Artists 12.00 Mo Ayoub 2.00am The Radio 1 Interview 2.15 The Yungblud Podcast 2.30 Radio 1 Playlists 3.00 Radio 1’s Rap Anthems 4.00 Radio 1 Dance 5.00 Arielle Free

7.00am Charles Nove Music, a light look at the newspapers and features including Questions of the Day and, from 9.00, Screen Time, with an hour of music from fi lms, TV shows, adverts and video games.

10.00 Mark Forrest Including after 10.00 the Album of the Week and at 10.30 a guest from the arts and entertainment world. Plus the Mystery Years at 11.00 and listeners’ requests from 12.00.

1.00pm Sam Hughes 4.00 Penny Smith The best classical music.7.00 Hannah Cox 10.00 The Space Soothing and calming music .

12.00 Night Music 5.00am In the Park Calming music and atmospheric sounds including nature and birdsong.

6.00am Dave Berry Music, guests and banter with sidekick Matt Dyson 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Chris Martin

Alone6.30pm Radio 4

Hurrah! Moray Hunter’s

comedy about fi ve single,

middle-aged neighbours living

in fl ats in a converted house in

north London is back for a third

series. I use the word “single”

cautiously, however, because in

the fi rst episode, two of the

gang — widowed therapist Mitch

(Angus Deayton, above) and

teacher Ellie — are due to go out

on their much-postponed date,

which was tentatively arranged

at the end of the second series

(available on BBC Sounds). Is

their friendship fi nally about to

blossom into something more?

Meanwhile, uncharacteristically,

Morris sends everyone an

intriguing, truncated text

message. And it’s Will’s birthday,

but will he end up having to

celebrate it with Louisa, whose

honesty could blunt a kitchen

knife at 20 paces? ALISON EVANS

Athena’s Cancel Culture11.00pm Radio 4

The newish practice of

campaigning against those

deemed to have said or done

something offensive itself offends

some defenders of free speech.

If “woke” doesn’t describe you,

this is the show for you. Athena

Kugblenu treats cancel culture

pretty fl ippantly. In today’s

episode she deals with racism

and transphobia and “offenders”

such as Lewis Hamilton, Boris

Johnson and JK Rowling. But

she re-creates The Price Is Right

to do so. One of her conclusions

is that you can say what you like

if you’re rich enough. Next

week she reveals how she

herself was disciplined for using

allegedly racially discriminatory

language in emails. She doesn’t

take this very seriously either.

DAVID MCGILLIVRAY

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6.00am Inspector West at Bay Thriller (7/8)6.30 Five Red Herrings Murder mystery (2/8)7.00 Tickets Please Comedy by Mark Maier (3/4)7.30 Future Empire-fect as 5.30pm8.00 Life with the Lyons Domestic 1953 comedy8.30 Alison and Maud 2002 sitcom (3/6)9.00 The Motion Show With Graeme Garden (1/6)9.30 Snap Comedy by Paul Mendelson (3/4)10.00 The Carlingford Chronicles: Miss Marjoribanks Dramatisation by Elizabeth Proud of Margaret Oliphant’s 1866 novel, starring Elizabeth Spriggs as a society-minded English woman trying to upgrade the provincial life around her. With Teresa Gallagher, Paul Daneman and others. From 1992 (2/4)11.00 4 Extra Goes Gardening Penelope Keith meets James Wong, Catherine Horwood and Annabel Watts at the home of the great garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. From 2014 (1/3)12.00 Life with the Lyons Domestic 1953 comedy12.30pm Alison and Maud 2002 sitcom (3/6)1.00 Inspector West at Bay Thriller (7/8)1.30 Five Red Herrings Murder mystery (2/8)2.00 Life in the Garden By Penelope Lively (3/5)2.15 “Cherry” Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms Hattie Morahan reads Naoko Abe’s profi le of Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram (1880—1981), the Englishman who dedicated much



5.43 Prayer for the Day With the Very Rev John Chalmers.5.45 Farming Today The latest rural news.5.58 Tweet of the Day Lapwing. With Bill Oddie. (R)

6.00 Today With Mishal Husain and Martha Kearney. 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sport News7.48 Thought for the DayWith Jasvir Singh.

9.00 Life Changing

aNew series. 1/7. A Falling Man Left Me Paralysed. Jane Garvey talks to

people about extraordinary turning points, beginning with Grace Spence Green, a 25-year-old trainee doctor who was walking through a shopping centre when a man fell from several storeys above and landed directly on top of her. Grace spent weeks in hospital, many of those nights desperately trying to wiggle a toe, many of the days learning the new skills of navigating life in a wheelchair and coming to terms with her new reality.Producer Andrea Kennedy Repeated 8pmPick of the Week: page 119

9.30 Chinese Characters 3/20. Kumarajiva: Translator Monk. Rana Mitter tells rhe story of the translator, scholar and Buddhist monk Kumarajiva, who translated key Buddhist texts from Sanskrit into Chinese. Producer Ben Crighton (R)

9.45 FM Book of the Week: The Musical Human 3/5. By Michael Spitzer. A look at the importance of music to mankind, and how it has been created, performed and listened to through the ages. Read by Simon McBurney.For details see Monday Repeated 12.30am

9.45 LW Daily Service An act of worship led by Father Andrew Martlew. Acts 9, vv1–8. Crown Him with Many Crowds, performed by King’s College Choir, Paisley Abbey Choir and St Johns Cambridge Choir; Benedictus (Leddington Wright), performed by Laura Wright; Thine Be The Glory (Maccabeus), performed by Saint Michael’s Singers.

10.00 Woman’s Hour With Emma Barnett. 10.45 Eleanor Rising 3/5. The 15-Minute Drama by Shaun McKenna.See drama repeat 7.45pm

11.00 Where Is Jack Ma? Celia Hatton investigates the disappearance of Chinese tech multi-billionaire Jack Ma, billed as China’s most infl uential man aside from President Xi Jinping. Repeated from last Wednesday

of his life to the cultivation and preservation of Japan’s ancient cherry blossoms, both here and in Japan. Translated by Naoko Abe and abridged by Isobel Creed and Lizzie Davies. From 2019 (3/5)2.30 Living World Paul Evans celebrates the blooming of spring daffodils in north Gloucestershire 2.55 Tweet Take 5 The song thrush3.00 The Carlingford Chronicles as 10am4.00 The Motion Show With Graeme Garden (1/6)4.30 Snap Comedy by Paul Mendelson (3/4)5.00 Tickets Please Comedy by Mark Maier (3/4)5.30 Future Empire-fect Andy Zaltzman and Anuvab Pal look at the future of Britain and India. First aired last Wednesday on Radio 4 (2/2)6.00 I Am Legend Richard Matheson’s cult 1954 sci-fi set in 1976 America. From 2007 (5/9)6.30 Short Cuts With Josie Long (6/6)7.00 Life with the Lyons Domestic 1953 comedy7.30 Alison and Maud Sitcom. From 2002 (3/6)8.00 Inspector West at Bay By John Creasey (7/8)8.30 Five Red Herrings Murder mystery (2/8)9.00 4 Extra Goes Gardening as 11am10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Future Empire-fect(2/2),at 10.30 ElvenQuest (4/6), at11.00 Radio Active (3/6), at 11.30 Weak at the Top (4/4), at12.00 as 6pm 12.30am as 6.30pm 1.00 as 8pm 1.30 as 8.30pm 2.00 as 2pm 2.15 as 2.15pm 2.30 as 2.30pm 2.55 as 2.55pm 3.00 as 3pm 4.00 as 4pm 4.30 as 4.30pm 5.00 as 5pm 5.30 as 5.30pm

11.30 Keep Calman Carry On 1/4. Gardening. Susan Calman fi nds it intensely diffi cult to relax, so she sets out to learn how to unwind from friends. Today she learns about gardening from writer Val McDermid. Producer Lyndsay Fenner (R)

12.04pm We Are All Birds of Uganda 3/10. By Hafsa Zayyan. The shine is coming off Sameer’s perfect London life — at work his amiable boss has quit and oldest friend Rahool is moving back home to Leicester. Read by Sacha Dhawan and Vincent Ebrahim. For details see Monday Repeated 10.45pm

12.18 You and Yours Consumer affairs and public interest stories.

1.00 The World at One Presented by Sarah Montague.

1.45 The Northern Bank Job 3/10. Progressing Matters. As Kevin and Chris make their way down to the cash-centre safe, the masked men holding Kyran McMullan hostage ask if she’d like some refreshments...

2.00 The Archers Repeated from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Drama: What He Would Have Wanted By Viv Groskop. When Caroline had an affair with Jen’s husband Alex, their 30-year friendship was over. A year on, following Jen’s father’s death, her mother is determined that his memorial will prompt a reconciliation. Anne Barbara FlynnJen Flora MontgomeryCaroline Jane Slavin

Sorcha Nimmy MarchGeoffrey Gerrard McArthur

Producer/Director Eoin O’Callaghan (R)

3.00 Money Box Live Paul Lewis answer calls on personal fi nance.PHONE: 0370 010 0444 Lines open from 1pm to 3.30pm EMAIL: [email protected]

Your RT Money: page 146

3.30 Three Pounds in My Pocket 1/3. Series four of the series in which Kavita Puri charts the social history of British South Asians in postwar Britain. Today’s episode looks at the 1990s, an era when the children of the “three-pound generation” found mainstream cultural success. Producer Ant Adeane (R)

4.00 Thinking Allowed New series. 1/11. Community. Laurie Taylor talks to Robert Putnam, US political scientist and author of a new study that takes a historical look at the trends that brought us from an “I” society to a “We” society and then back again. They’re joined by the sociologist Emily Falconer, whose research into an online community choir suggests that such choirs have afforded deep connections between people while the future of social gatherings remains uncertain.Producer Jayne Egerton Repeated Monday 12.20am

4.30 The Media Show Presented by Amol Rajan. Repeated 9.30pm



6.30 Alone

aNew series. 1/6. Remember the DateSeries three of Moray Hunter’s comedy.

Mitch and Ellie are due to go on their much-postponed date. Will is happy to celebrate his birthday with anyone — except Louisa. Mitch Angus DeaytonEllie Abigail CruttendenWill Pearce Quigley

Louisa Kate IsittMorris Bennett Arron

Producer Gordon Kennedy; Directors Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy Rptd next Wednesday 5.30pm Radio 4 Extra

7.00 The Archers The worry starts to set in for Chris, while Kate makes her presence felt.For cast see Thursday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row Katherine Parkinson talks to John Wilson about writing and starring in her debut play, Sitting, which is showing on BBC4 at 10.30pm. Producer Simon Richardson

7.45 Eleanor Rising 3/5. By Shaun McKenna. The French army is on the march but Louis’s leadership is being questioned at every turn. Eleanor decides she must act to avert disaster.For cast and details see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

8.00 Life Changing Repeated from 9am

8.30 Shock Waves 1/5. Artists chronicle how they have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, starting with author Naomi Alderman. Producer Sarah Shebbeare (R)

9.00 Costing the Earth Repeated from yesterday 3.30pm

9.30 The Media Show Repeated from 4.30pm

10.00 The World Tonight Presented by James Coomarasamy.


11.00 Athena’s Cancel Culture

aNew series. 1/4. Athena Kugblenu uses a combination of stand-up and

sketch comedy to explore cancel culture and the world of offence in modern times, offering up some rules for guidance.Producer Gus Beattie

11.15 Joseph Morpurgo’s Walking Tour 1/4. Yosemite. The comedian takes listeners on an “educational” walking tour of Yosemite National Park, accompanied by Naomi Peterson and Jonathan Broke. Producer Alexandra Smith (R)

11.30 The Battersea Poltergeist 7/8. The Underground Exorcist. A psychic medium offers to perform an exorcism to remove Donald the poltergeist. But there are concerns this may be putting teenage Shirley in even more danger. The whole series is on BBC Sounds. For cast and details see Monday





5.00am Wake Up to Money News and reports from the business world, with analysis of topical fi nancial issues.6.00 5 Live Breakfast Nicky Campbell and Clare McDonnell with the latest sport, news and weather. And at 9.00 Your Call, with Nicky Campbell inviting listeners to phone in.10.00 Naga Munchetty With the latest news, big-name interviews from around the UK and listeners’ personal experiences. 1.00pm Nihal Arthanayake News, big name interviews and topical conversation. The Headliners podcast is available from the BBC Sounds app.4.00 5 Live Drive Anna Foster and Tony Livesey with the latest headlines, sports news and topical interviews.7.00 5 Live Sport Mark Chapman with sports news, interviews and build up to tonight’s Champions League matches, with 8.00 live commentary on FC Porto v Chelsea in the fi rst leg of the quarter-fi nals starting.10.30 Colin Murray Discussion and debate on vital issues including at 12.00 Hour with No Name, with the chance for listeners to phone in and share their stories.1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion including the chance for listeners to phone in throughout the night.




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5.00am Newsday: 8.00 News 8.05 Hardtalk 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 News 9.05 The Compass: Water: Too Much and Not Enough 9.30 Digital Planet 10.00 News 10.05 World Book Club 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Documentary: Project 17: exploring the problem of food waste 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 Digital Planet 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 Hardtalk 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 The Compass: Water: Too Much and Not Enough: Alok Jha argues that we must urgently transform our relationship with water 8.30 Healthcheck 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.05 Hardtalk 10.30 The Documentary: Project 17 11.05 The Newsroom 11.20 Sports News 11.30 World Business Report 12.00 News 12.05am World Book Club 1.00 News 1.05 Business Matters 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 Assignment 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 The Food Chain

6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Laura Woods.10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan A show full of sporting insight and opinion.1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Drive Presented by Adrian Durham and Darren Gough.7.00 Kick Off Debating all the big sporting issues of the day.10.00 Sports Bar 1.00am Extra Time 5.00 Early Breakfast



LBC

7.00am Nick Ferrari 10.00 James O’Brien 1.00pm Shelagh Fogarty 4.00 Eddie Mair 7.00 Iain Dale 10.00 Tom Swarbrick 1.00am Darren Adam 4.00 Steve Allen



Asian Network

5.00am Certifi ed Chill 6.00 Certifi ed Bollywood 7.00 Harpz Kaur 10.00 Asian Network’s Big Debate Topical and cultural issues.1.00pm Noreen Khan Desi music, retro hits and guests.4.00 Yasser New, unsigned and underground British-Asian music.7.00 Bobby Friction South Asian culture, including big Bollywood and bhangra anthems and chat with famous people.10.00 Group Chat 12.00 Mixtape Series 1.00am AJD

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9.00 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann.12.00 Composer of the Week: Stravinsky 4/5. Exile in LA. Donald Macleod continues with a look at the composer’s fi rst years in America. 1939 was a pivotal year in world history that left Stravinsky distraught. Although in mourning for his wife Katya, he accepted an offer of a professorship at Harvard University and set sail for America, alone. Tango Oxana Shevchenko (piano)Ebony Concerto (1st and 2nd mvts)Woody Herman and his OrchestraScherzo a la RusseCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon RattleSymphony in Three Movements London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson ThomasThe Rake’s Progress (excerpt)Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Eliot GardinerKyrie, Gloria (Mass)Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schoenberg Ensemble, conductor Reinbert De Leeuw (R)

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tom Redmond introduces string quartets performed on 13 March at Perth Concert Hall. Maxwell Quartet HaydnString Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 (Rider)BeethovenString Quartet No 10 in E fl at, Op 74 (Harp)

2.00 Afternoon Concert

aOpera Matinée. Penny Gore presents Verdi’s last opera, the Shakespearean commedia lirica

Falstaff, the second of his two comic operas, which he composed in his 70s. Recorded on 2 December at the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. It’s followed by music from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, as featured throughout the week. Verdi FalstaffSir John Falstaff Wolfgang Koch (baritone)Ford Boris Pinkhasovich (baritone)Nannetta Ailyn Pérez (soprano)Fenton Galeano Salas (tenor)Meg Page Daria Proszek (mezzo)Mistress Quickly Judit Isabela Kutasi (contralto)Dr Caius Kevin Conners (tenor)Pistola Callum Thorpe (bass)Bardolfo Timothy Oliver (countertenor)Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Michele Mariotti 4.10 Honegger Pastorale d’étéBerlioz Les Nuits d’étéChristian Gerhaher (baritone), Bavarian RSO, conductor Stéphane Denève

5.00 In Tune Katie Derham welcomes violinist Hideko Udagawa to coincide with her new album which includes the world premiere recordings of little-known pieces by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. And Rowan Williams and conductor Andrew Nethsingha discuss the new album by the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge.

Freeview* 703 Freesat 703 Sky 0103 Virgin 9037.00 In Tune Mixtape A nonstop mix of music.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

nFrom St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Kate Molleson introduces a performance of Arvo

Pärt’s 1982 setting of the St John Passion.Arvo Pärt PassioPilate Hugo Hymas (tenor)Jesus Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, Dunedin Consort, Hebrides Ensemble, director Will Conway

10.00 Free Thinking A Thousand Plateaus. Capitalism and Schizophreniais a major two-volume work of French poststructuralist thought by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Matthew Sweet leads a discussion on the second volume, A Thousand Plateaus (1987), which articulates a new way of doing philosophy that insists on the concrete relevance of the discipline for day-to-day life. He’s joined by cultural theorist Claire Colebrook, psychologist and psychoanalyst Ian Parker and author and reader in philosophy Henry Somers-Hall. Producer Luke Mulhall

10.45 The Essay: Churchcrawls in Solitude 4/5. Diarmaid MacCulloch continues with the Church of St John the Baptist in Inglesham, Wiltshire, which sums up his therapy in the 1990s after the Church rejected his ordination as an openly gay man, and which serves as an example of how parish churches were transformed and preserved after the Protestant Reformation. However, it is also frozen in time and the sort of Anglicanism it represents had no room for gay people.

11.00 The Night Tracks MixA sonic journey conjured from the BBC archives.

11.30 Unclassifi ed Elizabeth Alker with music that defi es classifi cation, tonight featuring hightlights of Israeli musician Kutiman’s new album, which uses a bed of piano arpeggios, mysterious synth fl utes and soothing siren sounds to create “music for doing things”. Plus a demo version of a song from Owen Pallett’s recent LP Island, and music from the American artist Rhiannon Giddens, co-founder of Carolina Chocolate Drops.

12.30am Through the Night With John Shea.Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 SchumannVon fremden Ländern und Menschen (Kinderszenen, Op 15) Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Giordano Bellincampi 1.55 Bach Cantata No 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis 2.31 Wieniawski Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 20 3.01 Sibelius Symphony No 63.30 Gesualdo, arr Davies Two Motets 3.39 GriegNorwegian Dances, Op 35 Nos 1 and 2 3.49 GoreckiTotus tuus, Op 60 3.59 Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44 4.10 Handel Suite No 3 in G: Water Music4.21 Haydn Piano Sonata No 10 in C, H XVI 1 4.31 Rossini Overture: Il barbiere di Siviglia4.39 Förster Ah peccatores graves 4.46 DvorakScherzo capriccioso, Op 66 4.59 Telemann Bassoon Sonata in F minor, TWV.41:f1 5.10 Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 5.21 Fanny MendelssohnSongs without Words, Op 6 (excerpts) 5.31 GershwinPiano Concerto 6.05 Weber Symphony No 1 in C (R)

6.00am More Music Breakfast Tim Lihoreau with music, news and regular features.

9.00 Bill Turnbull With popular favourites.

12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall 4.00pm John Brunning 7.00 Smooth Classics With John Brunning.

8.00 The Classic FM Concert with John Suchet This week’s series turns its attention to the wind section of the orchestra. Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un fauneNew York Philharmonic, conductor Kurt MasurGershwin Rhapsody in Blue Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, director Wayne Marshall (piano)Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) Baltimore SO, conductor Marin AlsopMozart Sinfonia concertante in E fl at, K297Lucas Macias Navarro (oboe), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Guilhaume Santana (bassoon), Alessio Allegrini (horn), Orchestra Mozart, conductor Claudio AbbadoShostakovich Jazz Suite No 1 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly

10.00 Smooth Classics 1.00am Bill Overton



7.30am Nemone Chat and music including a themed People’s Playlist, with listeners selecting the tracks.

10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs Including the HouseQuake Playlist, featuring uplifting tracks picked by listeners.

1.00pm Shaun Keaveny Music, laughs and features including Matt Everitt with music news and Brian Cox with a science chat.

4.00 Steve Lamacq 7.00 Marc Riley 9.00 Gideon Coe BBC archive live performances.

12.00 6 Music Recommends 6 Music presenters each curate an hour of music, starting with new releases chosen by Steve Lamacq. At 1.00am Lauren Laverne, at2.00 Mary Anne Hobbs, at 3.00Tom Ravenscroft followed at 4.00 by The New Music Playlist. 5.00 Chris Hawkins

6.30am Zoe Ball 9.30 Gary Davies Music, chat, guests and features including the PopMaster music quiz and, after 11.30, Tracks of My Years, with Steps star Claire Richards discussing records by Celine Dion and Britney Spears.Your RT Puzzles: page 149

12.00 Vanessa FeltzTopical discussion. Plus music. 2.00pm Steve Wright 5.00 Sara Cox Lively chat, listener interaction, music from Radio 2’s current playlist and, from 6.30, Sara Cox’s Half Wower, featuring mood-lifting hits from the last fi ve decades.

7.00 Jo Whiley New music and features including the Shiny Happy Playlist, with 30 minutes of feel-good music to start the show. Plus hip chart oldies and guests, tonight with special guest Tom Jones discussing his album Surrounded by Time.

9.00 The Country Show with Bob Harris Featuring the latest from the worlds of country, roots, Americana and country-pop, plus classic recordings.

10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation 12.00 OJ Borg 3.00am Sounds of the 90s2/2. With Fearne Cotton. (R)4.00 A Dance through the Decades A nostalgic playlist of chart hits from each of the last six decades.4.30 Ore Oduba

7.00am Greg James

10.30 Clara Amfo

1.00pm Scott Mills

3.30 Nick Grimshaw

6.00 Radio 1’s Future Sounds Presented by Jack Saunders.

8.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie

9.30 Club Charlie

10.00 Radio 1’s Indie Show

12.00 Radio 1’s Soundsystem

2.00am Drum ’n’ Bass Mix 3.00 The Happy Hour 4.00 Dance 5.00 Dean McCullough

7.00am Charles Nove Vibrant music.

10.00 Mark Forrest Including after 11.30 the Scala Radio Book Club, with the Rev Richard Coles discussingThe Madness of Grief, about the death of his partner David in December 2019.

1.00pm Sam Hughes With popular classical works, featuring at 2.15 Mindfulness Music, and at 3.00Sam’s Matinée Moment.

4.00 Penny Smith7.00 Hannah Cox With the latest classical recordings, and the Scala Piano Playlist at 8.00

10.00 The Space Atmospheric music.

12.00 Night Music 5.00am In the Park

6.00am Dave Berry 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell Old and new rock and pop, from the Cure to Poison, the Byrds to Sheryl Crow, Prince to Queen, George Michael to Michael Kiwanuka, Duran Duran to Talk Talk, Dusty Springfi eld to Bruce Springsteen 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Chris Martin

Crossing Continents11.00am Radio 4

It was, according to Crossing

Continents presenter Linda

Pressly, “the largest, fastest

animal cull in history”. She’s

talking about the 17 million mink

that Denmark set out to

destroy last year in response to

the coronavirus variant that

had been detected in them.

Pressly is used to travelling the

world for the programme, but

given current circumstances,

on-the-ground reporting was

done by Danish journalist Rikke

Bolander. Some of the images

she conjures up — thousands of

dead mink forming a mound in

a snowy corner of a Jutland

forest — bring to mind

Scandi-noir, and the story of

these slaughtered animals, with

its enormous and complex

political ramifi cations, certainly

has its conspiracy element. Will

Denmark’s mink industry ever

recover? Should it be allowed

to? It all makes for very sombre

listening. SIMON O’HAGAN

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More than half a century

separated Verdi’s only two

comic operas, but Shakespeare

popped up as a recurrent

creative catalyst during the years

in between. A long-gestated

project to adapt King Lear

sadly never reached ripeness,

but the 1847 Macbeth marked a

milestone in Verdi’s maturing

mastery of orchestral colour

and effect, while four decades

later the seamless dramatic

continuity of Otello appeared

to have set the seal on the

composer’s long career. Yet,

six years on, the 79-year-old

Verdi sprang one last surprise,

gloriously and uproariously

uniting Shakespeare and

comedy in the mercurial

melodies, fi ligree textures and

quicksilver wit of his fi nal fl ourish,

Falstaff. MARK PAPPENHEIM

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6.00am Inspector West at Bay Crime thriller (8/8)6.30 Five Red Herrings Murder mystery(3/8)7.00 Rob Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes7.30 Meet David Sedaris as 5.30pm8.00 Round the Horne 1965 camp comedy8.30 Nineteen Ninety-Four Sitcom (4/6)9.00 Genius as 4pm9.30 Robin and Wendy’s Wet Weekends10.00 The Carlingford Chronicles: Miss Marjoribanks By Margaret Oliphant (3/4)11.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited as 9pm11.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories12.00 Round the Horne 1965 camp comedy12.30pm Nineteen Ninety-Four Sitcom (4/6)1.00 Inspector West at Bay Crime thriller (8/81.30 Five Red Herrings Murder mystery(3/8)2.00 Life in the Garden By Penelope Lively (4/5)2.15 “Cherry” Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms By Naoko Abe (4/5)2.30 A Spring Clean Symphony Nina Perry explores spring cleaning habits, featuring personal stories and rituals and specially composed music3.00 The Carlingford Chronicles: Miss Marjoribanks By Margaret Oliphant (3/4)4.00 Genius Dave Gorman with his guest Charlie Brooker. Series three. From 2007(6/6)



5.43 Prayer for the Day With the Very Rev John Chalmers.5.45 Farming Today

5.58 Tweet of the Day Common Whitethroat. With Kate Humble. (R)

6.00 Today With Mishal Husain and Martha Kearney. 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News7.48 Thought for the DayWith Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner.

9.00 In Our Time Melvyn Bragg is joined by mathematicians Marcus du Sautoy, Colva Roney-Dougal and Timothy Gowers to discuss the work of French mathematician, astronomer and physicist Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749—1827).Producer Simon Tillotson Shortened repeat 9.30pm

9.45 FM Book of the Week: The Musical Human 4/5. By Michael Spitzer. A look at the importance of music to mankind, through the ages. Read by Simon McBurney.For details see Monday Repeated 12.30am

9.45 LW Daily Service An act of worship led by the Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley. Reading: John 14, vv12—18.

10.00 Woman’s Hour With Emma Barnett. Including at 10.45 Eleanor Rising 4/5 The 15-Minute Drama by Shaun McKenna.For details see drama repeat 7.45pm

11.00 Crossing Continents

a2/7. Denmark: Goodbye to Mink? Denmark was the world’s top producer

of mink for the luxury market until last year when a coronavirus variant was found in the mink, and transmitted to people. The Danish government ordered a cull of all 17 million farmed mink. But questions have continued to be asked about the decision to effectively end production. Was it driven by an anti-fur, political agenda? Linda Pressly and Danish journalist Rikke Bolander investigate.Producers Linda Pressly and Rikke Bolander Repeated Monday 8.30pm

11.30 The Day the Muzak Died A tribute to the easy listening music produced by the Muzak Corporation, for use in hotel lobbies, lifts, airport lounges, doctors’ offi ces and the like, which reached the height of its popularity in the 1950s and 60s.Producer Hannah Dean Repeated from 30 March

12.04pm We Are All Birds of Uganda 4/10. By Hafsa Zayyan. As Sameer prepares for his move to Singapore, Hasan’s letters lay bare the full extent of the changes in Uganda. Read by Sacha Dhawan and Vincent Ebrahim.For details see Monday Repeated 10.45pm

4.30 Robin and Wendy’s Wet WeekendsStevenage-set comedy written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. Series three (1/4)5.00 Rob Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes5.30 Meet David Sedaris The writer reads from his monologues. Aired last Thursday on Radio 4 (3/6)6.00 I Am Legend Cult sci-fi (6/9)6.30 Great Lives Matthew Parris profi les Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjold, second secretary-general of the UN, who in 1961 died in a plane crash, aged 56. With author Susan Williams (Who Killed Hammarskjold?). From 2016 (4/9)7.00 Round the Horne 1965 camp comedy 7.30 Nineteen Ninety-Four Sitcom (4/6)8.00 Inspector West at Bay Crime thriller (8/8)8.30 Five Red Herrings Murder mystery(3/8)9.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited A 2006 edition with Matt Lucas discussing his then eight favourirte recordings, from Danny Kaye to Queen9.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories10.00—12.00 Comedy Club:Meet David Sedaris Comedy essays (3/6), at 10.30 The World of Simon Rich (3/4), at 11.00 Lucy Montgomery’s Variety Pack (2/4), and at11.30 Mark Watson Talks a Bit about Life (1/4)12.00 as 6pm 12.30am as 6.30pm 1.00 as 8pm 1.30 as 8.30pm 2.00 as 2pm 2.15 as 2.15pm 2.30 as 2.30pm 3.00 as 3pm 4.00 as 4pm 4.30 as 4.30pm 5.00 as 5pm 5.30 as 5.30pm

12.18 You and Yours Reports on consumer affairs.

1.00 The World at One Presented by Sarah Montague.

1.45 The Northern Bank Job 4/10. The Drop. Glenn Patterson looks back on the multimillion-pound 2004 heist on the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast, which had rumours of IRA involvement. Today, Chris leaves the bank with a bag over his shoulder.

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Drama: Losing Paradise Stephanie Dale’s story imagining the beginnings of Fairbourne, a coastal village in Gwynedd, whose residents are set to become Britain’s fi rst climate refugees as the council says it can no longer defend the village against rising sea levels. In the 19th century, mill owner Arthur McDougall creates the idyllic holiday paradise. But his head builder George Stevens is plagued by dreams of what is to come.George Kieran KnowlesMcDougall John DougallSeithenyn Sion Pritchard

The narrator Eiry ThomasThe Earth Lisa Jen Brown

Producer James Robinson

3.00 Open Country 2/5. The island of Canna off the west coast of Scotland is four miles long and one mile wide. It has a population of 14, no doctor and the primary school closed a few years ago. The islanders depend on a weekly ferry service for post, food and medical supplies. Fiona Mackenzie and her husband, Donald, have lived on the island for six years. Donald is the harbourmaster and Fiona is the archivist for the priceless collection of Gaelic music, photographs and literature stored in Canna House. She and Fiona Hutton, owner of the island’s only guesthouse, take the listeners on a tour of some of the island’s sights of historic interest. Fiona and her neighbours also discuss the rewards and challenges of living in a small island community, particularly during the Covid lockdowns. Producer Emma Campbell Repeated Saturday 6.07am

3.27 Radio 4 Appeal Rptd from Sunday 7.54am

3.30 Bookclub Repeated from Sunday 4pm

4.00 The Film Programme A report from the set of the female-led British horror fi lm The Power, set during a series of blackouts in 1970s London, which is due to be released on streaming service Shudder today. Presented by Antonia Quirke.ProducerStephen Hughes Repeated Sunday 11pm

4.30 BBC Inside Science Marnie Chesterton reviews the latest scientifi c research to make the news headlines and examines how science is evolving to transform culture and affect lives. Producer Fiona Roberts Repeated 9pm



6.30 Meet David Sedaris 4/6. Instalment 4. In this eighth series, the storyteller reads essays and diary entries with sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, recorded at his West Sussex home.Producer Steve Doherty Repeated next Thursday 5.30pm Radio 4 Extra

7.00 The Archers Reality bites for Alice and Helen makes plans for the future.Helen Archer Louiza PatikasBrian Aldridge

Charles CollingwoodPhoebe Aldridge Lucy MorrisLee Bryce Ryan EarlyChris Carter Wilf ScoldingAlice Carter Hollie ChapmanTracy Horrobin Susie Riddell

Emma GrundyEmerald O’Hanrahan

Kate Madikane Perdita AveryJazzer McCreary Ryan KellyKirsty Miller Annabelle DowlerJim Lloyd John RoweJade Ayesha Antoine

Writers Katie Hims and Liz John; Director Rosemary Watts; Editor Jeremy Howe Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row Eighty-fi ve-year-old folk music great Peggy Seeger talks about First Farewell, an album she’s saying will “probably” be her last. Presented by Kirsty Lang.Producer Jerome Weatherald

7.45 Eleanor Rising 4/5. By Shaun McKenna. On the march to the Holy Land, allies prove untrustworthy. Could the French army be heading into a trap? For details and cast see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

8.00 The Briefi ng Room 2/6. David Aaronovitch is joined by guests to discuss big issues in the news. Producer Jasper Corbett

8.30 The Untold Repeated from Monday 11am

9.00 BBC Inside Science Repeated from 4.30pm

9.30 In Our Time Shortened repeat from 9am

10.00 The World Tonight Presented by James Coomarasamy.


11.00 It’s Not What You Know 2/4. Joe Lycett hosts the panel game in which celebrities reveal how much they know about their nearest and dearest, today with Zoe Lyons, Adrian Chiles and Mae Martin.Producer Matt Stronge (R)

11.30 The Battersea Poltergeist 8/8. Darkness and Light. Danny Robins’s investigation reaches its climax as he looks for answers to explain the strange events at 63 Wycliffe Road back in 1956. The whole series is available on BBC Sounds.For details and cast see Monday





5.00am Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast Nicky Campbell and Clare McDonnell with the latest sport and news. At 9.00Your Call with Nicky Campbell.10.00 Adrian Chiles

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only10.55—6.30pm Cricket Commentary on day one of Essex v Worcestershire in the County Championship.

1.00pm Nihal Arthanayake 4.00 5 Live Drive Anna Foster and Tony Livesey with new, sports news and interviews.7.00 5 Live Sport Sports news and features including at 7.00The Inside Track, with Eleanor Oldroyd and Darren Campbell debating the week’s big sports news. At 8.00Euro Leagues, in which Steve Crossman and Guillem Balague break down European football’s biggest topics, followed at 9.00 by 5 Live Golf, featuring commentary from the fi rst day of the Masters at the Augusta National.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only9.00—1.00am Golf Commentary on the fi rst day of the Masters from the Augusta National in Georgia.

10.00 Colin Murray’s Coronavirus Call-In Colin Murray and Dr Chris Smith take listeners’ calls regarding Covid-19 issues. Plus developments in dealing with the pandemic.

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6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Alan Brazil.10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan 1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Drive Presented by Adrian Durham and Darren Gough.7.00 Kick Off 10.00 Sports Bar 1.00am Extra Time 5.00 Early Breakfast



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9.00 Essential Classics With Georgia Mann.9.15 Inspired by a piece of music played in the fi rst 15 minutes, listeners are invited to suggest works for broadcast later in the programme.11.00 Essential Five Last of this week’s guitar pieces.

12.00 Composer of the Week: Stravinsky 5/5. Late Austerity. Donald Macleod concludes with a look at Stravinsky’s late move towards serialist methods of composition. It’s not clear whether this was attributable to the infl uence of his musical assistant Robert Craft, who recalls an occasion in the 1950s when he challenged the composer to “draw” his recent music. The result resembled a simplifi ed version of Harry Beck’s map of the London Underground, with a series of points connected by straight lines. “This”, the composer said, “is my music.”In Memoriam Dylan Thomas Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre BoulezMovements for Piano and OrchestraOli Mustonen (piano), Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conductor Vladimir AshkenazyAgon, Act 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St Luke’s, conductor Robert CraftThe Dove Descending Breaks the Air Collegium Vocale Gent, conductor Philippe HerrewegheCanticum Sacrum SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, conductor Michael Gielen (R)

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tom Redmond concludes a week of recitals from Perth Concert Hall in Scotland with quintets for piano and winds, featuring principals from the RSNO, recorded on 15 March. Susan Tomes (piano), Adrian Wilson (oboe), Timothy Orpen (clarinet), David Hubbard (bassoon), Christopher Gough (horn)BeethovenQuintet in E fl at, Op 16MozartQuintet in E fl at, K452

2.00 Afternoon Concert Penny Gore concludes this week’s focus on the Bavarian Radio SO with a performance under chief conductor-elect Simon Rattle. Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in CHaydn Symphony No 88 in GIgor Levit (piano), conductor Riccardo Minasi3.00 Abreu Sol que das vida a los trigosBor Aquí te amoEstévez Mata del ánima solaSchumann Symphony No 4 in D minor (1851 version) Andrew Lepri Meyer (tenor), Bavarian Radio Chorus, conductor Gustavo Dudamel3.45 Messiaen Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Conductor Simon Rattle

4.30 The Listening Service Rptd from Sun 5pm

5.00 In Tune Katie Derham welcomes folk giant Peggy Seeger — who discusses her new album First Farewell —and, performing live, tenor Freddie De Tommaso.


7.00 In Tune Mixtape

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

aMartin Handley introduces a concert recorded last month at LSO St Luke’s,

London, in which Simon Rattle and the LSO strings are joined by 30 freelance “extras” in support of freelance musicians, celebrating the vital role they play in Britain’s musical life and drawing attention to the impact the last year of pandemic has had on their profession. London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle Grieg Prelude (Holberg Suite)Puccini CrisantemiBarber AdagioHerrmann Psycho — Suite Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

10.00 The Verb How determined do you have to be to become a writer? And how do you know when to step away in case your writing becomes over-determined? Ian McMillan explores these questions with Paula Byrne — who has written a new biography of Barbara Pym, who wrote for many years before being published — and Iona Lee who, for The Verb, has written a poem on determination. Producer Jessica Treen

10.45 The Essay: Churchcrawls in Solitude 5/5. Historian and writer Diarmaid MacCulloch explores his life and work through fi ve of Britain’s historic churches. He concludes with his local parish church of St Barnabas Jericho in Oxford, which has become a version of home to him, like the parish church of Wetherden was in his Suffolk boyhood. Diarmaid explores how this Anglo-Catholic church was built by a wealthy Victorian industrialist and its huge Italian basilica with a hint of Byzantium is the sort of church you fi nd on the islands of Venice.

11.00 Late Junction For one night only, Late Junction becomes “Lute Junction”, with Jennifer Lucy Allan presenting international sounds created on instruments from the extensive lute family, from the Renaissance to the present day. Featuring Carnatic music performed with the Indian vina, and duo Xylouris White’s meditative repetitions on the Cretan lute. Plus experiments on the Chinese pipa accompanied by fi eld recordings from duo Southeast of Rain, and transportative rituals from Moroccan Gnawa musician Mahmoud Gania’s guembri, a three-stringed bass lute. The programme also includes non-lute new releases including Jamaican collective Gavsborg. Producer Katie Callin

1.00am Through the Night With John Shea. Brahms Piano Trio No 1 in B, Op 8 Fauré Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120 Johan Ullen The Deadly Sins Trio Nova 2.33 Mielck Konzertstück in E minor, Op 93.01 JCF Bach Pygmalion 3.34 Svendsen String Octet in A, Op 3 4.11 Corbetta Folias 4.17 SibeliusSerenade No 1, Op 69a 4.26 Chopin Preludes, Op 28 (selection) 4.33 Balakirev Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs 4.42 Castérède Fantaisie concertante 4.50 Addinsell Warsaw Concerto

6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 Bill Turnbull 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall 4.00pm John Brunning 7.00 Smooth Classics With John Brunning.8.00 The Classic FM Concert with John Suchet This week’s guide to the modern symphony orchestra concludes with the percussion section. Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Madeline Adkins (violin), Utah Symphony, conductor Thierry FischerTchaikovsky Overture: 1812 Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, conductor Antonio PappanoRavel Bolero Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel BarenboimHaydn Symphony No 100 in G (Military) Swiss-Italian Orchestra, conductor Howard ShelleyArturo Márquez Danzón No 2 Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gustavo DudamelBritten Young Person’s Guide to the OrchestraCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle10.00 Smooth Classics With Margherita Taylor.1.00am Katie Breathwick 4.00 Sam Pittis



7.30am Nemone 10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs New music including at 12.30pma mix from a top DJ or producer.1.00pm Shaun Keaveny Indie music, starting with 30 minutes of bangers in GoldSoundz. Plus Uncle Funky Frank’s Friday Floor Fillers and a poem from Murray Lachlan Young.4.00 Steve Lamacq Including the Friday Free for All.7.00 Iggy Pop With records from his collection.9.00 Tom Ravenscroft Global sounds including at 11.00 The Ravers Hour, with a 30-minute mix by a guest, then one by Tom.12.00 Focus Beats 2.00am Ambient Focus 4.00 Alt 90s Myriad 1990s genres.4.30 Alt 00s Music from the 2000s.5.00 Chris Hawkins

6.30am Zoe Ball Chat, phone-ins, features and music, with chart oldies and tracks from Radio 2’s current playlist.9.30 Gary Davies Chat, music and features including after 11.30 Tracks of My Years, with the fi nal two picks of singer and dancer Claire Richards. She discusses favourite recordings by Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga.12.00 Vanessa Feltz 2.00pm Steve Wright Chart hits, chat and features, including at 4.15Serious Jockin’.5.00 Sara Cox Chat, chart oldies and music from Radio 2’s current playlist, plus listener phone-ins and texts.7.00 Tony Blackburn’s Golden Hour A pick of pop and soul oldies across the decades, today including Abba, Alicia Keys and many more.8.00 Sounds of the 80s Gary Davies with hits and lesser-known or forgotten gems. Plus reminiscences from guests.10.00 Sounds of the 90s With Fearne Cotton. Repeated Wednesday/Thursday 3am.

12.00 Trevor Nelson’s Divas 3/8. Archive interviews, continuing with highlights of Trevor’s chat with funk-R&B master James Brown (1933—2006).1.00am The Craig Charles House Party Funk and soul. (R) 2.30 The Craig Charles House Party Mixtape Funk and soul. (R) 3.00 Music programme 4.00 Huey Morgan The Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman with an eclectic playlist featuring the cream of his own record collection.

6.30am Radio 1’s Best New Pop 7.00 Greg James 10.30 Jordan North 11.00 Jordan North 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.00 Radio 1’s Party Anthems 4.00 The Offi cial Chart Show 6.00 Sarah Story In for Annie Mac.8.00 Danny Howard 10.00 Pete Tong 12.00 Essential Mix 2.00am Dance 3.00 Annie Mac 4.00 Wind Down 5.00 Motivate Me Mix

7.00am Charles Nove Music, a light look at the newspapers and features including Questions of the Day and, from 9.00, Screen Time, featuring an hour of music from fi lms, TV shows, adverts and video games..

10.00 Mark Forrest

1.00pm Sam Hughes With popular classical works, new discoveries and rediscoveries.

4.00 Penny Smith

7.00 Friday Night Scala With Darren Redick.

10.00 The Space Atmospheric music.1.00am Night Music 5.00 In the Park

6.00am Dave Berry 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm Ben Burrell Hard rock, indie pop and everything in between 4.00 Bush and Richie 7.00 Absolute 80s Greatest Hits Claire Sturgess with music from the decade of Prince, Madonna, Madness, Visage, Toyah, Blondie, Pixies, Eurythmics and Sting. 10.00 Dan Noble 4.00am Ross Buchanan

Crowd Science8.30pm BBC World Service

George Harrison once said that “Gossip is the Devil’s radio” but feminist writer Andrea Dworkin took a very different view: “While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.”In this week’s edition of the super science series, a listener asks why we gossip and whetherit might actually serve a useful purpose. Presenter Datshiane Navanayagam meets a scientistwho sees speculating about other people as an evolutionaryadaptation — a way of bonding and establishing acceptable group behavior. Apparently, we spend about 60 per cent of our conversations “gossiping”, which comes as a surprise. Everyone enjoys a scurrilous natter but perhaps the key question is not why we do it but whether there is a difference between harmless and harmful chat? JANE ANDERSON

Radio 3 in Concert7.30pm Radio 3

The London Symphony Orchestra was born of a clash between Henry Wood’s attempt to raise orchestral standards at the Proms and his freelance musicians’ need to earn a decent wage. In the early 1900s, any contracted player could send a substitute to any rehearsal or concert, if they were offered better-paid work elsewhere. Faced one day with an orchestra of unfamiliar faces, Wood snapped: the use of “deputies” was banned forthwith.Some 40 players immediately resigned to form their own orchestra, run on profi t-sharing lines: ironically, the LSO has been famous for high standards ever since. Tonight, it celebratesthe vital part played by freelancemusicians. MARK PAPPENHEIM

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5.43 Prayer for the Day With the Very Rev John Chalmers.5.45 Farming Today Agricultural issues.5.58 Tweet of the Day Treecreeper. With Bill Oddie. (R)

6.00 Today With Nick Robinson and Sarah Smith. 6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News7.48 Thought for the DayWith the Rt Rev Nick Baines.

9.00 The Reunion Repeated from Sunday 11am

9.45 FM Book of the Week: The Musical Human 5/5. Professor Michael Spitzer brings together archaeological, sociological and historical observations, and theories from biologists and musicologists to tell the story of humans’ relationship with music. Read by Simon McBurney. For details see Monday Repeated 12.30am

9.45 LW Daily Service An act of worship, led by Claire Campbell Smith. Acts 3, vv1—10. Good Christian’s All, Rejoice and Sing, performed by St Martin’s Voices; O Taste and See (Vaughan Williams), performed by the Cambridge Singers with John Rutter conducting; Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done, performed by St Martin’s Voices.

10.00 Woman’s Hour Presented by Anita Rani. 10.45 Eleanor Rising 5/5 The 15-Minute Drama by Shaun McKenna.For details see drama repeat 7.45pm

11.00 The Prime Minister at 300 2/3. How Has the Offi ce Survived? It’s 300 years since Sir Robert Walpole took offi ce as the fi rst recognisable offi ce holder of Prime Minister. To mark the anniversary, the historian and biographer Sir Anthony Seldon, examines how the role came about and why it has survived. Today Seldon explores how the offi ce survived from the Victorian era to the present day and how it was shaped by a small number of exceptional offi ce-holders. Producer Peter Snowdon

11.30 Paul Sinha’s General Knowledge 2/4. Comedian and acclaimed quizzer Paul Sinha makes the connections between diverse subjects. This week’s show starts with a question about the connection between an Emmy award-winning actor and an electro-pop pioneer, before moving through the world of sport in search of barely-believable but true facts, including one of Britain’s greatest-ever cyclists and the unusual circumstances around the 1904 Olympic marathon. Producer Ed Morrish (R)

5.30 Mark Steel’s in Town The comedian visits Colchester. As broadcast Sunday 7.15pm Radio 4 (2/6)6.00 I Am Legend Richard Matheson’s cult 1954 sci-fi set in 1976 America, where the last man on Earth battles against plague-infected vampires. Abridged by Scott Stainton Miller. From 2007 (7/9)6.30 Off the Page A discussion about noise7.00 Dad’s Army Adaptation by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad of the original TV scripts by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, with Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunns, Ian Lavender and John Laurie reprising their roles. Series one. From 19747.30 The Alan Davies Show 1998 sitcom (6/6)8.00 A Case for Dr Morelle Cecil Parker and Sheila Sim star in Ernest Dudley’s 1957 thrillerAlarm Cell, in which psychiatrist-sleuth Dr Morelle investigates a mysterious death at a hotel 8.30 Five Red Herrings Mystery by Dorothy L Sayers, with Ian Carmichael as British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey. From 1978 (4/8)9.00 Podcast Radio Hour as 11am10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Mark Steel’s in Town From Colchester (2/6), at 10.30 Goodness Gracious Me (3/6), at 11.00 Old Harry’s Game(3/4), and at 11.30 The In Crowd (2/5)12.00 as 6pm 12.30am as 6.30pm 1.00 as 8pm 1.30 as 8.30pm 2.00 as 2pm 2.15 as 2.15pm 2.30 as 2.30pm 3.00 as 3pm 4.00 as 4pm 4.30 as 4.30pm 5.00 as 5pm 5.30 as 5.30pm


12.04pm We Are All Birds of Uganda 5/10. Hafsa Zayyan’s debut novel combines themes of romance and exile in a stunning portrayal of modern Uganda as a young man tries to fi nd his place in the world. Today, desperate to avoid telling his parents about his relocation to Singapore, Sameer has worked up a plan for the family business. Read by Sacha Dhawan and Vincent Ebrahim.For details see Monday Repeated 10.45pm

12.18 You and Yours Consumer affairs and public interest stories.

1.00 The World at One Presented by Jonny Dymond.

1.45 The Northern Bank Job 5/10. Cash by the Trolley Load. A white van reverses up a narrow side street beside the Northern Bank in Belfast, until its tailgate comes level with the bullion bay doors.

2.00 The Archers Repeated from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Drama: Comrade Ackland and I Frances Bingham’s play based on the story of poet Valentine Ackland and her partner Sylvia Townsend Warner. 1936, Dorset: bestselling writer Sylvia Townsend Warner and her lover, the poet Valentine Ackland, have just returned to their remote country cottage from an illicit aid-trip to civil war Spain. Their rural idyll is interrupted by the sudden arrival of a young tourist who’s had a car accident nearby. Publicity shy Sylvia lurks in the cottage as Valentine offers fi rst aid for him and his car..Sylvia Townsend Warner

Joanne MitchellValentine Ackland Helen O’HaraFrank Mallory Ashley Margolis

Major Frobisher James QuinnLandlady Joan KempsonArthur Lloyd Peters

Director Sharon Sephton (R)

3.00 Gardeners’ Question Time Chair Kathy Clugston invites the panel of experts, comprising Matthew Pottage, Anne Swithinbank and Humaira Ikram, to answer listeners’ queries on horticultural matters.Producer Rosie Merotra Repeated Sunday 2pm


3.45 Swipe Right 2/5. Short stories from writers under 30. Cake is the poignant tale of two young men fi nding love in the loneliness of lockdown in downtown Houston. Written and read by Bryan Washington, author of award-winning short story collection Lot and whose debut novel Memorial was published last yearProducer Karen Holden

4.00 Last Word Matthew Bannister celebrates the lives of notable people who have recently died.Producer Neil George Repeated Sunday 8.30pm

4.30 Feedback Listeners’ views on BBC radio programmes. Presented by Roger Bolton.ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 67234, London SE1P 4AX PHONE: 0333 344 4544 EMAIL: [email protected] Kate Dixon Repeated Sunday 8pm


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6.30 The Now Show 7/7. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look through the week’s news, joined by guests Ria Lina and Alun Cochrane. With music by Rachel Parris.Producer Pete Strauss Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm

7.00 Front Row Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the big release of the week. Plus the folk group Ninebarrow on their latest album and planting a forest to offset their carbon emissions. Producer Timothy Prosser

7.45 Eleanor Rising 5/5. Shaun McKenna’s historical drama about the young Eleanor of Aquitaine. Brusied and defeated, Eleanor and Louis have arrived in Antioch where their relationship threatens to put lives at risk. Eleanor realises she must risk everything if she is to secure her future.For details and cast see Monday Repeated from 10.45am

8.00 Any Questions? Chris Mason chairs the political forum, in which a remote audience canvasses the opinions of four leading fi gures.Repeated tomorrow 1.10pm

8.50 A Point of View Weekly refl ections on topical issues.Repeated Sunday 8.48am

9.00 The Northern Bank Job 1/2. Omnibus of the week’s episodes in writer Glenn Patterson’s documentary, which uses dramatised court testimonies, new interviews and archive reports to tell the story of the 2004 heist in which more than £26.5 million was stolen from the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank.

10.00 The World Tonight With James Coomarasamy.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: We Are All Birds of Uganda 5/10. Rptd from 12.04pm

11.00 Great Lives 1/9. Director Jonathan Kent joins Matthew Parris to pay tribute to his friend Patricia Highsmith, 100 years since her birth in 1921.Repeated from Tuesday 4.30pm

11.30 Wireless Nights Lockdown. In an edition from May last year, Jarvis Cocker shares stories of isolation and endurance from the archive, including the darkness of Lundy Island, a snowbound white-out, a man sending radio signals to the Moon and a castaway in the North Sea.Producers Laurence Grissell and Neil McCarthy (R)





5.00am Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast With Nicky Campbell and Clare McDonnell. And at 9.00 Your Call.10.00 Chiles on Friday Adrian Chiles presents a good- humoured weekly show.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only10.55—3.00pm Cricket Day two of Essex v Worcestershire in the County Championship.

1.00pm Elis James and John Robins Winner of funniest show at the 2020 Audio and Radio Industry Awards.2.30 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review With fi lm buff Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Revised rpt tomorrow

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only3.00—7.00 Cricket Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.

4.00 5 Live Drive With Anna Foster and Tony Livesey.7.00 5 Live Sport Sports news and features including The Friday Football Social, with Darren Fletcher and Jermaine Jenas looking ahead to tonight’s Premier League match between Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers, with live commentary at 8.00.

5 Live Sports Extra Digital only9.00—1.00am Golf Commentary on day two of the Masters from the Augusta National in Georgia.

10.00 Rick Edwards Sitting in for Stephen Nolan.1.00am Jim Davis Taking the nation’s calls. Simulcast with BBC Radio London.


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5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 Hardtalk 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 News 9.05 Tech Tent 9.30 Science in Action 10.00 News 10.05 The Real Story 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 World Football 12.00 News 12.05pm The Fifth Floor 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 Science in Action 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 Hardtalk 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 The Fifth Floor: global news 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 Tech Tent 8.30 CHOICE: Crowd Science: Gossip often has negative connotations, but does it get a bad rap? Listener Jayogi thinks it might be useful, and has asked Crowd Science to dig into the reasons behind our seeming inability to keep quiet about a scandalous story. Presenter Datshiane Navanayagam looks at the science 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.05 Hardtalk 10.30 World Football 11.00 The Newsroom 11.20 Sports News 11.30 World Business Report 12.00 News 12.05am The Real Story 1.00 News 1.05 Business Matters 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 Stumped 3.00 News 3.05 The Fifth Floor 3.50 Witness History 4.00 News 4.05 The Real Story

6.00am Sports Breakfast Presented by Alan Brazil. 10.00 Jim White, Martin Keown and Bob Mills 1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs 4.00 Drive Sporting debate.7.00 GameDay Countdown 10.00 Sports Bar 1.00am Extra Time



LBC

7.00am Nick Ferrari 10.00 James O’Brien 1.00pm Shelagh Fogarty 4.00 Eddie Mair 6.00 Andrew Pierce 9.00 The Consumer Hour 10.00 Nick Abbot 1.00am Clive Bull 4.00 Ian Payne



Asian Network

5.00am Bhangra Anthems 6.00 Certifi ed Throwbacks 7.00 Harpz Kaur 10.00 Asian Network’s Big Debate 1.00pm Noreen Khan 4.00 Offi cial Asian Music Chart 6.00 Panjabi Hit Squad 9.00 DJ Limelight & Kan D Man 12.00 All Star Anthems 1.00am Pure Spice With DJ Manara. 4.00 Desi Dancefl oor Mix



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Berkshire

Saturday6am Bridgitte Tetteh 10.00 Kirsten O’Brien 2pm Sport 6.00 Stereo Underground 8.00 Introducing 9.00 Bridgitte Tetteh 10.00—1am David Allen

Easter Day

6am Paul Coia 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Bill Buckley 2pm Andy Jones 6.00 Tony Blackburn 10.00—1am Bill Rennells Easter Monday

6am Phil Kennedy 9.00 Make a Difference 11.00 Bill Buckley 2pm Sport 6.00 Alex West 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Paul Miller Tuesday—Friday

6am Andrew Peach 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Bill Buckley 2pm Phil Kennedy 6.00 Michelle Jordan; Fri: Weekend Kick-Off 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Bristol

Saturday6am Ali Vowles 10.00 Steve Yabsley 2pm Laura Rawlings 6.00 James Threlfall 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Jonathan Ray 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Laura Rawlings 2pm Sport 6.00 Kevin Philemon 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am James Hanson 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Joe Lemer 2pm Sport 6.00 Geoff Twentyman 7.00 Upload 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Dominic Cotter

Tuesday—Friday6am James Hanson 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 John Darvall; Fri: Jonathan Ray 2pm Claire Cavanagh; Fri: Steve Yabsley 6.00 Geoff Twentyman; Wed: Richard Hoskin 7.00 Upload 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Chris Baxter

Cambridgeshire

Saturday6am Kev Lawrence 10.00 Dave Webster 2pm Sport 6.00 Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am Louise Hulland 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Great Outdoors 12.00 Steve Line 2pm Keith Greentree 4.00 Soul Show 6.00 Second Chances 7.00 Folk Show 10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Kev Lawrence 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Andy Lake 2pm Sport 6.00 Mark Liversidge 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Friday6am Dotty McLeod;Fri: Louise Hulland 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Jeremy Sallis; Fri: Andy Lake 2pm Chris Mann; Fri: Dave Webster 6.00 Tue/Thu: Thordis Fridriksson; Wed: Upload 7.00 Wed: Thordis Fridriksson; Fri: That Friday Feeling 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Cornwall

Saturday6am James Dundon 10.00 Jack Murley 2pm Ross Ellis 6.00 Introducing 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am James Dundon 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Jack Murley 2pm Mel Osborne 6.00 Richard Green 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am James Dundon 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Emma Gill 2pm Julie Skentelbery 6.00 Daniel Pascoe 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Tuesday—Fridayas Easter Monday except: 6am—9.00 James Churchfi eld 9.00 Fri: Second Chances 10.00—2pm Wed–Fri: David White 9.00 Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am David Sheppard

CWR

Saturday6am Sally Johnson 10.00 Brody Swain 2pm Richard Williams 6.00 Make a Difference 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Sandra Godley 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Brody Swain 2pm Bob Brolly 6.00 Gagan Grewal 8.00 Nikki Tapper 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Phil Upton 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Vic Minett 2pm Sport 6.00 Sky Blues Fancast 7.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Phil Upton 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Vic Minett 2pm Trish Adudu 6.00 Tue: Letitia George; Wed/Thu: Brody Swain 7.00 Fri: Dave Marshall Barrett 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham

Derby

Saturday6am Donna Alos 10.00 Steve Jordan 2pm Simon Morykin 6.00 The Beat 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am Donna Alos 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Steve Jordan 2pm Tony Lyman 6.00 Satvinder Rana 8.00 Devon Daley 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Donna Alos 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Liesl Soards 2pm Sportscene 6.00 Jack Tymon 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Andy Twigge 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Ian Skye 2pm Jen Thomas; Fri: Steve Jordan 6.00 Sportscene; Fri: Sportscene Preview 7.00 Martyn Williams 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu: Natalie Graham; Fri: Dean Jackson

Devon

Saturday6am Caroline Cook 10.00 Richard Green 2pm Sport 7.30 Sarah Gosling 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Angela Kalwaites 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Toby Buckland 2pm Caroline Cook 6.00 Richard Green 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am David Sheppard 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Caroline Cook 2pm Sport 6.00 Rick Edwards 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Tuesday—Friday6am Gordon Sparks 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 David FitzGerald 2pm Michael Chequer 6.00 Tue/Wed: Rick Edwards; Thu/Fri: Sarah Gosling 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am David Sheppard

Essex

Saturday6am Ben Fryer 10.00 Gardening 12.00 Kath Melandri 12.30—4.00pm FM 95.3 onlySport 2.00 Steve Scruton 6.00 Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven 8.00 Upload 9.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am June Woolerton 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 The Essex Quest 2pm John Leech 6.00 Ray Clark 8.00 Mark Punter’s Vintage Vinyl 10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Sonia Watson 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Exploring Essex 2pm Rock 4.00 Soul 6.00 Rob Jelly 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Friday6am Tue/Wed: Sonia Watson; Thu/Fri: Ben Fryer 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Tue/Wed: Sadie Nine; Thu/Fri: Dave Monk 2pm Emma Bullimore 6.00—9.00 Tue: FM 95.3 only Sport 6.00 Rob Jelly; Fri: John Leech 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Gloucestershire

Saturday6am Nicky Price 10.00 Faye Hatcher 2pm Afternoon Show

6.00 James Threlfall 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Richard Atkins 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Kate Clark 2pm Dominic Cotter 6.00 Manny Masih 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am Jon Smith 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Kate Clark 2pm Matchday 6.00 Maddie Simpson 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Dominic Cotter

Tuesday—Friday6am Mark Cummings 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Nicky Price 2pm David Smith 6.00 Jon Smith; Tue: Maddie Simpson 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Chris Baxter

Guernsey

Saturday6am Isla Blatchford 10.00 Tony Gillham 2pm John Randall 6.00 Richard Latto 8.00 Tim Hunter 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Matthew Price 10.00 Tony Gillham 2pm John Randall 6.00 Richard Green 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am Oscar Pearson 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Claire Cathcart 2pm Sarah Bailey 6.00 Tim and Sydney 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Tuesday—Fridayas Easter Monday except: 9am—10.00 Fri: Second Chances 2pm—6.00 Eliza Philippidis 9.00Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am David Sheppard

Hereford/Worcester

Saturday6am Andrew Easton 10.00 Toni McDonald 2pm Richard Hurst 6.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Tammy Gooding 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Malcolm Boyden 2pm Jonathan Ray 6.00 Andrew Marston 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Andrew Easton 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Tammy Gooding 2pm Drivetime 6.00 Kate Justice 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Tue/Wed: Toni McDonald; Thu/Fri: Elliott Webb 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Malcolm Boyden 2pm Tue/Wed: Andrew Easton; Thu/Fri: Tammy Gooding 6.00 Kate Justice 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham

Jersey

Saturday6am Jenny Mullin 10.00 Tony Gillham 2pm John Randall 6.00 Richard Latto 8.00 Tim Hunter 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Matthew Price 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Tony Gillham 2pm John Randall 6.00 Richard Green 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

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Age 46Current job Presenter since January 2020 of the morning show on BBC Radio

Solent (Mon—Fri, 10am—2pm). It includes a virtual pub — The Pat and Ball — between 1 and 2, to which listeners phone in, with all mention of Covid banned. In April of last year, the pub hosted a diamond wedding anniversary party for a Fareham couple, which family members joined from all over the world — all 12 of the station’s phone lines were given over to them. CV Born in Sheffi eld and brought up in Rotherham, he attended the area’s Wales High School before going on to Southampton Institute of Higher Education (now Solent University) to study media and culture. With the exception of six months on a radio station in Abu Dhabi, and a break to train as a teacher and work in a primary school for

a year, he’s worked in radio in the Southampton area for the majority of his career, with a spell of 11 years at Spire FM in Salisbury. How has your show adapted to the Covid-19 crisis? “Lots of interviews on Zoom but it’s never as much fun as a face-to-face interview. I used to go out to community groups — Pat’s Journey of Self-Improvement, we called it, with me doing things like ballroom dancing, knitting, orienteering, hot yoga. I’m very sad that those broadcasts have all stopped.”Best moment “This might sound strange because it was such a terrible, tragic event, but I was very proud to be part of the team that covered the story of the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury in 2018. We did brilliantly.” Worst moments “Having to tell the audience on Radio Solent that I’d failed my driving test for the eighth, ninth and then tenth time. I fi nally passed at attempt number 11. It was December 2015. We called it the Christmas Miracle.”

Off air/Coping skills “I live on my own in Southampton but one of my two children, who’s a student at Southampton University, has been living with me lately. Like a lot of people, I recently dug an old bike out of the shed and have rediscovered cycling.”

First radio memory “Radio 4 on all day every day — except when Sheffi eld Wednesday were playing, and then we’d have the commentary on. I was a radio anorak from an early age. I loved all the local stations — Hallam, Viking, Radio Aire, Trent.”Favourite broadcasters “It would be Mark and Lard [Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley] on Radio 1 in the 1990s and early noughties. My favourite show

of all time — they were hilarious. I’d like to mention Martin Kelner and his Fabulous Late-Night Martin Kelner Show, which used to be on the BBC’s northern stations. Not a famous name, but Rob Wagstaff on Radio Trent is also an important person for me. He let me come on the air on the phone and is really the reason I wanted to get into radio.”Ambition/Dream job “I’m a very unambitious person. I’d like to keep doing this show till I drop. Maybe it would be nice to present for a few minutes on Radio 2, just so I could say I’d been on the biggest music station in Europe? Away from radio, I’ve been watching Line of Duty during lockdown and have convinced myself that I’d be good at rooting out corruption in the police force.”Secret skills “I’m a member of a community choir called Sing Now. It’s brought me a whole host of new friends and it gives us all a tremendous sense of achievement.” SIMON O’HAGAN

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South of England and Midlands regions

Easter Monday6am Matthew Price 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Jenny Mullin 2pm Sarah Bailey 6.00 Tim and Sydney 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Tuesday—Friday6am Ashlea Tracey 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Jenny Mullin 2pm Eliza Philippidis 6.00 Tim and Sydney 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am David Sheppard

Kent

Saturday6am Pat Marsh 10.00 Steve Ladner 2pm Anna Louise 6.00 Richard Latto 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am David Allen

Easter Day6am Phil Harrison 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Andy Garland 2pm Sophie Sutton 6.00 Ray Clark 8.00 Mark Punter 10.00—1am Bill Rennells

Easter Monday6am Anna Cookson 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Adam Dowling 2pm Sports Hub 6.00 Erika North 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Tuesday—Friday6am Anna Cookson 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Steve Ladner 2pm Pat Marsh; Fri: Erika North 6.00 Dominic King; Fri: Stephen Brown 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Leicester

Saturday6am Rupal Rajani 10.00 Summaya Mughal 2pm Sport 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am Jo Bostock 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Rupal Rajani 2pm Andy Pierce 8.00 Uncle Frank 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Jo Hayward 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Ben Jackson 2pm Ady Dayman 6.00 Football Forum 7.00 Andy Pierce 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Jimmy Carpenter 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Ben Jackson; Fri: Summaya Mughal 2pm Ady Dayman; Fri: Jack Rafferty 6.00 Tue: Jack Rafferty; Wed: Rugby; Thu: Bollywood; Fri: Sport 7.00 Wed: The Vibe; Fri: Reggae and Soca 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu: Natalie Graham; Fri: Dean Jackson

Lincolnshire

Saturday6am William Wright 10.00 George Smith 2pm Hope and Glory 6.00 The Beat 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am William Wright 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Pirate Gold 2pm Sarah-Jane Honeywell 6.00 Folk with Tim Walker 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Carla Greene 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Scott Dalton

2pm Hannah Fletcher 6.00 Jono Brine 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Russell Walker

Tuesday—Friday6am Sean Dunderdale 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Melvyn Prior 2pm Carla Greene 6.00 Tue: Hope and Glory; Wed/Thu: Domenique Fragale; Fri: Hope and Glory 7.00 Fri: George Smith 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker; Fri: Dean Jackson

London

Saturday5am Salma El-Wardany 7.00 Carrie and David Grant 10.00 Robert Elms 1pm Women’s Sports 2.00 Sport 6.00 Gary Crowley 8.00 Introducing 10.00 Sunny and Shay 1am—5.00 Jim Davis

Easter Day5am Salma El-Wardany 6.00 Inspirit 9.00 Judi Love 12.00 Gaby Roslin 3pm Dotun Adebayo 6.00 Tony Blackburn 10.00 Sunny and Shay 1am—5.00 Dotun Adebayo

Easter Monday5am Jason Rosam 7.00 Vanessa Feltz 10.00 Robert Elms 1.30pm Jo Good 5.00 Drivetime 8.00 The Scene 10.00 LionHeart 1am—5.00 Dotun Adebayo

Tuesday—Fridayas Easter Monday except: 10.00pm Tue: LionHeart; Wed/Thu: Salma El-Wardany; Fri: Sunny and Shay 1am—5.00 Fri: Jim Davis

Norfolk

Saturday6am Kirsteen Thorne 10.00 Anna Perrott 2pm Kayleigh Poacher 6.00 Sophie Little 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am Matthew Gudgin 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Treasure Quest 2pm Big Country 4.00 John Leech 6.00 Ray Clark 8.00 Mark Punter 10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Kirsteen Thorne 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Kayleigh Poacher 2pm Sport 6.00 Nana Akua 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Friday6am Chris Goreham 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Angie George 2pm Stephen Bumfrey 6.00 Tue: Sport; Wed: The Scrimmage; Thu: The Social; Fri: Yellow Friday 6.30 Fri: Local Report 7.00 Wed: Rob Butler; Fri: Sophie Little 9.00 Make a Difference; Thu: Second Chances 9.45 Tue: Canary Call 10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30) Nick Risby

Northampton

Saturday6am John Griff 10.00 Jonathan Vernon-Smith 12.00 Gadders 2pm Helen Blaby 5.00—7.30 FM Sport 6.00 Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am Martin Heath 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 John Griff 2pm John Leech 6.00 Shemiza Rashid 8.00 Edward Adoo 10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Tom Percival 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Bernie Keith 2pm Sport 6.00 Nana Akua 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Fridayas Easter Monday except: 9am—10.00 Fri: Second Chances 2pm Helen Blaby 6.00 Tim Wheeler 9.00—10.00 Fri: Second Chances

Nottingham

Saturday6am Liesl Soards 10.00 Dino 2pm Jake Garner 6.00 The Beat 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am Frances Finn 9.00 Second Chances 10.00 Arun Verma 2pm Alex Noble 6.00 Sunita Passi 8.00 Hayley Compton 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Ed Nell 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Dino’s Disco 12.00 When Banksy Came to Nottingham 12.30pm Lockdown Letters 1.00 Jonathan Ball 2pm Matchday 6.00 Hayley Compton 9.00 Make a Difference

10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Sarah Julian 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Mark Dennison 2pm Andy Whittaker 6.00 Arun Verma; Fri: Alex Noble 7.00 Fri: Dawne Stewart 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu: Natalie Graham; Fri: Dean Jackson

Oxford

Saturday6am Sophie Law 10.00 James Watt 2pm Will Reynolds 6.00 Stereo Underground 8.00 Introducing 9.00 Bridgitte Tetteh 10.00—1am David Allen

Easter Day6am Lilley Mitchell 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Fleur Ostojak 2pm Al Ryan 6.00 Tony Blackburn 10.00—1am Bill Rennells

Easter Monday6am Phil Mercer-Kelly 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Lilley Mitchell 2pm Sport 6.00 Will Reynolds 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Tuesday—Friday6am Sophie Law 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Kat Orman 2pm Adam Ball 6.00 Fleur Ostojak; Fri: Sport 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Shropshire

Saturday6am Ryan Kennedy 10.00 Paul Shuttleworth 2pm Mark Elliott 6.00 Michaela Wylde 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Ryan Kennedy 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Paul Shuttleworth 2pm Michaela Wylde 6.00 Andrew Marston 9.00 Genevieve Tudor 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Ryan Kennedy 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Paul Shuttleworth 2pm Sport 6.00 Michaela Wylde 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Adam Green 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Jim Hawkins 2pm Tue/Wed: Ryan Kennedy; Thu/Fri: Paul Shuttleworth 6.00 Mark Elliott; Tue: Evening Show 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham

Radio Solent

Saturday6am Sam Fraser 10.00 Alex Dyke 2pm Sport 6.00 Stereo Underground 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am David Allen

Easter Day6am Katie Martin 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Sport 2pm Jono Holmes 6.00 Tony Blackburn 10.00—1am Alex Dyke

Easter Monday6am Pat Sissons 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Lucy Ambache 2pm Sport 6.00 Pip Hare 7.00 Alex Dyke 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Tuesday—Friday6am Lou Hannan 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Pat Sissons 2pm Sam Fraser 6.00 Tue: Kane Reeves; Wed/Fri: Alex Dyke; Thu: Richard Latto 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Paul Miller

103.8 FOR WEST DORSETAs Radio Solent, including Dorset news and features, plus:

Tuesday—Friday7am—9.00 Fern Balch

Somerset

Saturday6am Simon Parkin 10.00 Andy Bennett 1pm Steve Yabsley 2.00 Laura Rawlings 6.00 Introducing 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Charlie Taylor 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Andy Bennett 2pm Caroline Cook 6.00 Richard Green 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am Claire Carter 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Simon Parkin 2pm Sport 6.00 Rick Edwards 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Dominic Cotter

Tuesday—Fridayas Easter Monday except: 9am—10.00 Second Chances 2pm Andy Bennett; Tue: Trish Campbell 6.00 Charlie Taylor; Fri: Luke Knight 9.00 Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Chris Baxter

Stoke

Saturday6am Make a Difference 7.00 Ben Cajee 10.00 Rob Adcock 2pm Liz Ellis 6.00 Lucas Yeomans 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Rev Geoff Eze 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Paula White 2pm Den Siegertsz and Terry Walsh 6.00 Susan Hanks 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

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Easter Monday6am Make a Difference 7.00 Ben Cajee 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Louise Stones 2pm Sport 6.00 Den Siegertsz 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Rob Adcock 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Stuart George 1pm Katie Nuttall 2.00 Sophie Calvert; Tue: Perry Spiller 6.00 Sport 7.00 Tue: Susan Hanks; Wed/Thu: Perry’s Place; Fri: Lucas Yeomans 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham

Suffolk

Saturday6am Sarah Lilley 10.00 Wayne Bavin 2pm Georgy Jamieson 6.00 Upload 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am Sarah Lilley 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Wayne Bavin 2pm Keith Greentree 4.00 John Leech 6.00 Ray Clarke 8.00 Mark Punter 10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Wayne Bavin 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Georgy Jamieson 2pm Matchday 6.00 Nana Akua 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Friday6am Mark Murphy 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 James Hazell 2pm Lesley Dolphin 6.00 Tue/Fri: Jon Wright; Wed: Georgy Jamieson; Thu: Sports Social 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Nick Risby

BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex

Saturday6am Surrey: James Cannon; Sussex: Danny Pike 10.00 Graham Dene 2pm Sport 6.00 Stereo Underground 8.00 Introducing 10.00—12.00 David Allen

Easter Day6am Emily Jeffery 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Dig It 2pm Sylvie Blackmore 6.00 Tony Blackburn 10.00—1am Nicky Patrick

Easter Monday6am Danny Pike; 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Sarah Gorrell 2pm James Cannon 6.00 Bibi Lynch 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Tuesday—Friday6am Surrey: Lesley McCabe; Sussex Danny Pike 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Sarah Gorrell 2pm James Cannon; Fri: Joe Talbot 6.00 Allison Ferns 8.00 Tue: Sport Focus; Wed: Introducing; Thu: Kathy Caton; Fri: Lost in Music 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Paul Miller

Three Counties

Beds, Herts and Bucks

Saturday6am Nana Akua 10.00 Treasure Quest 12.00 Mike Naylor 2pm Luke Ashmead

3.00 FM 95.5 only Sport 6.00 Rock ’n’ Roll 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am Grace Adeniji 7.00 Dr Nighat Arif 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Tony Hadley 12.00 La Voix 2pm The Non League Show 4.00 The John Leech Soul Show 6.00 Edward Adoo 8.00 Farzana Chaudry 10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Andy Collins 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Stuart Miles 12.30—2.30pm FM 90.4/ 92.1/94.7/103.8 Sport 2.00 Countdown to Kick-Off 3.00 Sport 5.00 5-0-5 6.00 Nana Akua 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Friday6am Andy Collins 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 The JVS Show 2pm Roberto Perrone 6.00 Nana Akua; Tue: Sport; Thu: Danny Fullbrook 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Nick Risby

Wiltshire

Saturday6am Graham Rogers 10.00 Sue Davies 2pm Sport 6.00 Introducing 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am David White

Easter Day6am Sue Kinnear 10.00 Second Chances 11.00 Sue Davies 2pm Dominic Cotter 6.00 Manny Masih 10.00—1am Jim Colvin

Easter Monday6am Ben Prater 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 James Thomas 2pm Sport 6.00 New Voices 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Dominic Cotter

Tuesday—Friday6am Ben Prater 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Marie Lennon; Fri: Rachel Houghton 2pm James Thomas 6.00 Wiltshire Live 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Chris Baxter

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Saturday6am Henry Liston 10.00 John Fox 12.00 Sport 3pm Make a Difference 4.00 Mollie Green 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Grace Smith 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Danny Kelly 2pm Mollie Green 4.25 Sport 6.00 Gagan Grewal 8.00 Nikki Tapper 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Daz Hale 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Caroline Martin 2pm Sport 6.00 Henry Liston 8.00 Sport 10.15—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Daz Hale 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Second Chances 10.00 Caroline Martin; Fri: Danny Kelly 2pm Paul Franks; Fri: Kathryn Stanczyszyn 6.00 Henry Liston; Fri: Paul Franks 7.00 Tue: Sport 7.30 Fri: Sport 9.00 Tue—Thu: Make a Difference 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham

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Saturday6am Sally Johnson 10.00 Brody Swain 2pm Richard Williams 6.00 Make a Difference Special 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham:

Easter Day6am Sandra Godley 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Brody Swain 2pm Bob Brolly 6.00 Gagan Grewal 8.00 Nikki Tapper 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Phil Upton 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Vic Minett 2pm Sport 6.00 Sky Blues Fancast 7.00 Make a Difference Special 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Phil Upton 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Vic Minett 2pm Trish Adudu 6.00 Tue: Letitia George; Wed/Thu: Brody Swain 7.00 Fri: Dave Marshall Barrett 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham: late-night conversation Phone-ins: 0800 756 5200

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Cumbria

Saturday6am Richard Corrie 10.00 Simon Yaxley 12.45pm Sport

6.00 John Mann 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Simon Logan

Easter Day6am Richard Corrie 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Simon Yaxley 2pm Joe Costin 6.00 Paul Braithwaite 10.00—1am Simon Logan

Easter Monday6am Steven Bell 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Simon Yaxley 2pm Sport 6.00 Matt Bailey 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Steffen Peddie

Tuesday—Friday6am Mike Zeller 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Caroline Robertson 2pm Vicky Warham; Fri: Simon Yaxley 6.00 Tue: James Phillips; Wed: Darren Milby; Thu: BBC Introducing; Fri: Sport 6.30 Tue: Sport 7.00 Thu: Helen Millican; Fri: Darren Milby 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Steffen Peddie:Phone-ins: 0845 305 1122

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Derby

Saturday6am Donna Alos 10.00 Steve Jordan 2pm Simon Morykin 6.00 The Beat 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am Donna Alos 10.00 Life’s Second Chances

11.00 Steve Jordan 2pm Tony Lyman 6.00 Satvinder Rana 8.00 Devon Daley 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Donna Alos 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Liesl Soards 2pm Sportscene 6.00 Jack Tymon 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Andy Twigge 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Ian Skye 2pm Jen Thomas; Fri: Steve Jordan 6.00 Sportscene at Six; Fri: Sportscene Preview 7.00 Martyn Williams 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu: Natalie Graham; Fri: Dean Jackson Phone-ins: 0800 145 6161

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Hereford/Worcester

Saturday6am Andrew Easton10.00 Toni McDonald 2pm Richard Hurst 6.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Tammy Gooding 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Malcolm Boyden 2pm Jonathan Ray 6.00 Andrew Marston 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Andrew Easton 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes10.00 Tammy Gooding 2pm Drivetime Show 6.00 Kate Justice9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Tue/Wed: Toni McDonald; Thu/Fri: Elliott Webb 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Malcolm Boyden 2pm Tue/Wed: Andrew Easton; Thu/Fri: Tammy Gooding 6.00 Kate Justice 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham Phone-ins: 0800 121 8181

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Humberside

Saturday6am Phil White 10.00 Absolutely Clueless 12.00 Sport 3pm Matthew Rudd 7.30 John Kane 8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Day6am Lizzie Rose 8.00 Easter Service 8.30 The Great Outdoors 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Fiona Mills 2pm Lucy Clark 6.00 Neil Foster 10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Monday6am Sally Fairfax;9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Lucy Clark 2pm Sport 6.00 Martha Mangan

9.00 Make a Difference Heroes Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker

Tuesday—Friday6am Kofi Smiles 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 David Burns 2pm James Hoggarth 6.00 Tue: Sport; Wed: Fiona Mills; Thu: Kim Harrison; Fri: Sportstalk 7.00 Fri: George Smith 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker Phone-ins: 0800 066 5959

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Lancashire

Saturday6am John Gillmore 10.00 Saturday Session 2pm Matchday Live 6.00 Saturday Night Soul 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Desi Nation

Easter Day6am Joe Wilson 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Sunday Session 2pm Gemma Ray 6.00 Unforgettable 10.00—1am Allan Beswick

Easter Monday6am Graham Liver9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Sharon Hartley 2pm Nishma Hindocha 6.00 Sport 7.00 John Gillmore 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Allan Beswick

Tuesday—Friday6am Graham Liver 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Sharon Hartley 2pm Nishma Hindocha; Fri: Mike Stevens

6.00 Sport 7.00 Wed/Thu: John Gillmore 8.00 Fri: Emma Sweeney 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Allan Beswick; Fri: Linda McDermott Phone-ins: 0800 783 3583

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Leeds

Saturday6am Andrew Edwards 10.00 Nick Ahad 12 noon Sport 6pm Lash 7.00 Remembering Chris and Kev 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Day6am Andrew Edwards 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Nick Ahad 2pm Liz Green 6.00 Gul Nawaz Hussain10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Monday6am Richard Stead 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Pete Allison 2pm Sport 6.00 West Yorkshire Sport Daily7.00 MW as Asian Network; 7.00 FM Joel Mitchell 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker

Tuesday—Friday6am Richard Stead 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Pete Allison 2pm Stephanie Hirst 6.00 Sport Daily 7.00 MW as Asian Network; 7.00 FM Joel Mitchell; Tue: FM Sport 9.00 Wed/Thu: Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker Phone-ins: 0800 389 3333

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Leicester

Saturday6am Rupal Rajani 10.00 Summaya Mughal 2pm Early Kick-off 4.00 Sport 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am Jo Bostock 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Rupal Rajani 2pm Andy Pierce 8.00 Uncle Frank 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Jo Hayward 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Ben Jackson 2pm Ady Dayman 6.00 Football Forum 7.00 Andy Pierce 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Jimmy Carpenter 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Ben Jackson; Fri: Summaya Mughal 2pm Ady Dayman; Fri: Jack Rafferty 6.00 Tue: Jack Rafferty; Wed: Rugby Show; Thu: Bollywood Tamasha; Fri: Sport Preview 7.00 Wed: The Vibe; Fri: Reggae and Soca 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu: Natalie Graham; Fri: Dean Jackson Phone-ins: 0808 100 1049

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Solent (Mon—Fri, 10am—2pm). It includes a virtual pub — The Pat and Ball — between 1 and 2, to which listeners phone in, with all mention of Covid banned. In April of last year, the pub hosted a diamond wedding anniversary party for a Fareham couple, which family members joined from all over the world — all 12 of the station’s phone lines were given over to them. CV Born in Sheffield and brought up in Rotherham, he attended the area’s Wales High School before going on to Southampton Institute of Higher Education (now Solent University) to study media and culture. With the exception of six months on a radio station in Abu Dhabi, and a break to train as a teacher and work in a primary school for

a year, he’s worked in radio in the Southampton area for the majority of his career, with a spell of 11 years at Spire FM in Salisbury. How has your show adapted to the Covid-19 crisis? “Lots of interviews on Zoom but it’s never as much fun as a face-to-face interview. I used to go out to community groups — Pat’s Journey of Self-Improvement, we called it, with me doing things like ballroom dancing, knitting, orienteering, hot yoga. I’m very sad that those broadcasts have all stopped.”Best moment “This might sound strange because it was such a terrible, tragic event, but I was very proud to be part of the team that covered the story of the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury in 2018. We did brilliantly.” Worst moments “Having to tell the audience on Radio Solent that I’d failed my driving test for the eighth, ninth and then tenth time. I finally passed at attempt number 11. It was December 2015. We called it the Christmas Miracle.”


First radio memory “Radio 4 on all day every day — except when Sheffield Wednesday were playing, and then we’d have the commentary on. I was a radio anorak from an early age. I loved all the local stations — Hallam, Viking, Radio Aire, Trent.”Favourite broadcasters “It would be Mark and Lard [Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley] on Radio 1 in the 1990s and early noughties. My favourite show




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Lincolnshire

Saturday6am William Wright 10.00 George Smith 2pm Hope and Glory 6.00 The Beat 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am William Wright 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 1.00 Pirate Gold 2pm Sarah-Jane Honeywell 6.00 Folk 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Carla Greene 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Scott Dalton 2pm Hannah Fletcher 6.00 Jono Brine 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Russell Walker

Tuesday—Friday6am Sean Dunderdale 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Melvyn Prior 2pm Carla Greene 6.00 Tue: Hope and Glory; Wed/Thu: Domenique Fragale; Fri: Hope and Glory Preview 7.00 Fri: George Smith 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker; Fri: Dean Jackson Phone-ins: 0800 066 5949 bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire

Manchester

Saturday6am Simone Riley 10.00 Justin Moorhouse 2pm David Scott 5.00 Sport 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Connor Phillips

Easter Day6am Mike Shaft 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Mike Sweeney 2pm Stacey Copeland 6.00 Indus 8.00 The People 10.00—1am Allan Beswick

Easter Monday6am Katie Thistleton9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Simone Riley 2pm Sport 6.00 Talking Balls 7.00 Adaeze Chiwoko 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Allan Beswick

Tuedday—Friday6am Becky Want; Fri: Justin Moorhouse 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Mike Sweeney; Fri: Stacey Copeland 2pm Phil Trow 6.00 Talking Balls 7.00 Tue: Stacey Copeland; Wed: Asma Younus; Thu/Fri: Anna Jameson 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Allan Beswick; Fri: Linda McDermott Phone-ins: 0800 218 2255 [email protected]

Merseyside

Saturday6am Jessie Aru-Phillips 10.00 Sean Styles 2pm Merseyside Sport 6.00 The Late Late Beatles Show 7.00 Jade Burns 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Connor Phillips

Easter Day6am Helen Jones 9.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Sean Styles 2pm Billy Hui 4.00 Sport; DAB Roger Lyon 6.00 DAB only until 7.00 Andy Ball 8.00 Carl Learmond 10.00—1am Allan Beswick

Easter Monday6am Paul Beesley and Claire Byran 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Claire Simmo 2pm Roger Lyon 4.00 Frankie Connor 5.30 Sport6pm DAB Gnunan Adamu 8.00 DAB Orient Express 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Asa Murphy

Tuesday—Friday6am Lisa Marrey; Tue: Paul Salt 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Tony Snell; Fri: Sean Styles 2pm Tue/Wed: Helen Jones; Thu: Sean Styles; Fri: Claire Hamilton 6.00 Sport 7.00 Jermaine Foster 9.00 Make a Difference; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Linda McDermott Phone-ins: 0800 731 9333 [email protected]

Newcastle

Saturday6am Kelly Scott 10.00 Simon Logan 2pm Tamsin Robson6.00 Beat Surrender 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00— 12 midnight Fantastic 80s

Easter Day6am Kelly Scott 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Simon Logan 2pm Sport 4.00 Make a Difference Heroes 5.00 Life’s Second Chances 6.00 Michael Poulter 10.00—1am Simon Logan

Easter Monday6am Kelly Scott 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Tamsin Robson 2pm Sport 6.00 Tom Campbell 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Steffen Peddie

Tuesday—Friday6am Anna Foster 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Lisa Shaw 2pm Rebecca O’Neill; Fri: Simon Logan 5.30 Total News 6.00 Total Sport 8.00 Tue/Fri: Nick Roberts; Wed: Upload; Thu: Introducing 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Steffen Peddie Phone-ins: 0191 232 4141 bbc.co.uk/radionewcastle

Northampton

Saturday6am John Griff 10.00 Jonathan Vernon-Smith 12.00 Gadders 2pm Helen Blaby 5.00 FM Sport 6.00 MW only until 7.30 Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Justin Dealey

Easter Day6am Martin Heath 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 John Griff 2pm John Leech 6.00 Shemiza Rashid 8.00 Edward Adoo10.00—1am David Clayton

Easter Monday6am Tom Percival 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Bernie Keith 2pm Sport 6.00 Nana Akua 9.00 Make a Difference10.00—1am Nick Risby

Tuesday—Friday6am Tom Percival 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Bernie Keith 2pm Helen Blaby 6.00 Tim Wheeler 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Nick Risby Phone-ins: 0800 030 4455 [email protected]

Nottingham

Saturday6am Liesl Soards 10.00 Dino 2pm Jake Garner 6.00 The Beat10.00—1am Devon Daley

Easter Day6am Frances Finn 9.00 Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Arun Verma 2pm Alex Noble 6.00 Sunita Passi 8.00 Hayley Compton 10.00—1am Summaya Mughal

Easter Monday6am Ed Nell 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00 Dino’s Disco 12.00 When Banksy Came to Nottingham 12.30pm Lockdown Letters 1.00 Jonathan Ball 2pm Matchday 6.00 Hayley Compton 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Sarah Julian 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Mark Dennison 2pm Andy Whittaker 6.00 Arun Verma; Fri: Alex Noble 7.00 Fri: Dawne Stewart 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu: Natalie Graham; Fri: Dean Jackson Phone-ins: 0800 678 3434 [email protected]

Sheffield

Saturday6.00 Kat Cowan 10.00 Becky Measures 2pm Football Heaven 3.00 Football Heaven Live 5.00 Praise or Grumble 6.00 John Kane8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Day6am Kat Cowan 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Becky Measures 2pm Liz Green 6.00 Gul Nawaz Hussain 10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Monday6am Simon Morykin9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Paulette Edwards 1pm Yorkshire Dad’s Club 2.00 Football Heaven3.00 Football Heaven Live 5.00 Praise or Grumble 5.30 Football Heaven Live 7.30 Praise or Grumble 8.00 Best of Upload 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker

Tuesday—Friday6am Toby Foster 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Paulette Edwards 2pm Howard Pressman 6.00 Football Heaven 7.00 Sile Sibanda; Tue: Sports Academy 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker Phone-ins: 0800 111 4949 [email protected]

Stoke

Saturday6am Make a Difference 7.00 Ben Cajee 10.00 Rob Adcock 2pm Liz Ellis 6.00 Lucas Yeomans 8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Rev Geoff Eze 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Paula White 2pm Den Siegertsz and Terry Walsh 6.00 Susan Hanks 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Make a Difference 7.00 Ben Cajee 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Louise Stones 2pm Sport 6.00 Den Siegertsz 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Rob Adcock 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Stuart George1pm Katie Nuttall 2.00 Sophie Calvert; Tue: Perry Spiller 6.00 Sport 7.00 Tue: Susan Hanks; Wed/Thu: Perry’s Place; Fri: Lucas Yeomans 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham Phone-ins: 0800 121 8080 [email protected]

Tees

Saturday6am Amy Oakden 10.00 Antony Collins 2pm Goffy 6.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Simon Logan

Easter Day6am Mike Hill 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Matt Bailey 2pm Goffy 4.00 Vintage Vinyl 6.00 Alex Hall 10.00—1am Simon Logan

Easter Monday6am Mike Hill 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Goffy 12.00 Sport 6pm Rachel Teate 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Steffen Peddie

Tuesday—Friday6am Tue/Wed: Neil Green; Thu/Fri: Amy Oakden 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Gary Philipson 2pm Scott Makin; Fri: Antony Collins 6pm Sport; Wed: Dave Llewellyn; Thu: Matt Bailey; Fri: Upload 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Steffen Peddie Phone-ins: 0800 085 9595 [email protected]

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Saturday6am Henry Liston 10.00 John Fox 12.00 Sport 3pm Make a Difference 4.00 Mollie Green 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Day6am Grace Smith 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Danny Kelly 2pm Mollie Green 4.25 Mollie Green 6.30 Gagan Grewal 8.00 Nikki Tapper 10.00—1am Natalie Graham

Easter Monday6am Daz Hale 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Caroline Martin 2pm Sport 6.00 Henry Liston 8.00 Sport 10.15—1am Gagan Grewal

Tuesday—Friday6am Daz Hale 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Caroline Martin; Fri: Danny Kelly 2pm Paul Franks; Fri: Kathryn Stanczyszyn 6.00 Henry Liston; Fri: Paul Franks 7.00 Tue: Sport 7.30 Fri: Sport 9.00 Tue—Thu: Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Tue/Wed: Gagan Grewal; Thu/Fri: Natalie Graham Phone-ins: 0808 100 9956 [email protected]

York

Saturday6am Adam Tomlinson 10.00 Harry Whittaker 2pm Matthew Rudd 4.00 Sport 6.30 John Kane 8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Day6am Adam Tomlinson 10.00 Life’s Second Chances 11.00 Sarah Urwin 2pm Liz Green 6.00 Neil Foster 9.00 Make a Difference 10.00—1am Steve White

Easter Monday6am Nathan Turvey9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00 Sarah Urwin 2pm Sport 6.00 Bek Homer9.00 Make a Difference Heroes 10.00—1am Russell Walker

Tuesday—Friday6am Georgey Spanswick 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00 Jonathan Cowap 2pm Sarah Urwin 6.00 Tue/Fri: Sport; Wed: Harry Whittaker; Thu: Beth McCarthy 7.00 Wed: Upload; Fri: George Smith 8.00 Wed: Harry Whittaker 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes; Fri: Life’s Second Chances 10.00—1am Russell Walker Tel: 0800 111 4849 [email protected]

RADIO SCOTLAND

Saturday6am Scoff the Ball 6.30 Out of Doors 8.00 Good Morning Scotland 10.00 Shereen 11.30 Breaking the News 12.00 Off the Ball 2pm Sportsound 6.00 Ricky Ross Meets

7.00 Take the Floor 9.00 Pipeline 10.00—1am Billy Sloan

Easter Day6am Clever about Cash 6.30 Our Scotland 7.00 Our Lives 7.30 New Every Sunday 10.00 The Sunday Show 12.00 Off the Ball 2pm Sportsound 5.00 Your Requests 7.00 Jazz Nights 9.00 Classics Unwrapped 11.00—1am Iain Anderson

Easter Monday6am My Life in Five Songs 6.30 Waxing Lyrical 7.00 Good Morning Scotland 9.00 Mornings 11.30 Scotland and the Low Countries: the Scots Dutchmen 12.00 Lunchtime Live 1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth 3.00 Top of the Scots 5.00 Drivetime 6.00—7.00 MW Sportsound 6.00 FM only until 7.00 Get It On 8.00 Vic Galloway 10.00—12 midnight Iain Anderson

Tuesday6am Good Morning Scotland 9.00 Mornings 12.00 Lunchtime Live 1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth 4.00 Drivetime 6.00—7.00 MW Sportsound 6.00 FM only until 7.00 Get It On 8.00 Another Country with Ricky Ross 10.00—12 midnight Roddy Hart

Wednesday6am Good Morning Scotland 9.00 Mornings 12.00 Lunchtime Live 1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Grant Stott 4.00 Drivetime 6.00—7.00 MW Sportsound 6.00 FM only until 7.00 Get It On 8.00 The Quay Sessions 10.00 Classic Scottish Albums 10.30 Debate Night 11.30—12.30am Debate Night Extra

Thursday6am Good Morning Scotland 9.00 Mornings 12.00 Lunchtime Live 1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Grant Stott 4.00 Drivetime 6.00—7.00 MW Sportsound 6.00 FM only until 7.00 Get It On 8.00 Travelling Folk 10.00 Natasha Raskin Sharp 12.00—12.30am Fair Play: the Women in Sport Show

Friday6am Good Morning Scotland 9.00 Mornings 12.00 Lunchtime Live 1.30pm Breaking the News 2.00 The Afternoon Show with Nicola Meighan 4.00 Drivetime 6.00—7.00 MW Sportsound 6.00 FM only until 7.00 Grant Stott’s Vinyl Collective8.00 BBC Introducing 10.00—1am Ashley Storrie Phone-ins: 08085 929500


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SaturdayNEWS: SPORT: TRAVEL: WEATHER hourly 8.00am to 12 noon NEWS HEADLINES 2.00pmNEWS: SPORT: WEATHER6.00am, 7.00, 5.30pm, 7.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00, 12 midnight

6.00am Scoff the BallTam Cowan speaks to buffalo farmer Steve Mitchell about becoming Scotland’s first buffalo mozzarella producer, plus Highland artisan cheese-maker Rory Stone.

6.30 Out of DoorsMark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith with stories from the great outdoors in Scotland and beyond. Email: [email protected]

8.00 Good Morning ScotlandMorning news programme.

10.00 ShereenShereen Nanjiani and guests with a unique take on the things getting Scotland talking this Saturday morning. Join the discussion — text 80295 or use #Shereen on social media.

11.30 Breaking the NewsDes Clarke hosts Scotland’s award-winning satirical news quiz show. Repeated from yesterday

12.00 Off the BallFootball show. Call 08085 92 95 00 or text 80295. Email: [email protected]

2.00pm SportsoundThe magazine which offers a Scottish slant on the football world. Get the latest stories, hear from the key figures, and then put them on the spot. Text 80295.@BBCSportsound on social media

6.00 Ricky Ross MeetsA chat with singer/songwriter Gary Barlow. Repeated from yesterday

7.00 Take the FloorGary Innes introduces another chance to hear Leonard Brown and his All Star Band, recorded in 2020 as part of BBC Radio Scotland’s Live Music Week. Email: [email protected]

9.00 PipelinePipe music programme. Email: [email protected]

10.00 Billy SloanA varied selection of music from the rich history of Scotland’s — and the rest of the world’s — pop and rock.

1.00am—6.00 as Radio 5 Live

Easter DayNEWS: SPORT: WEATHER hourly 6.00am to 12 noon,3.00pm, 5.00, hourly 7.00 to 11.00

6.00am Clever about CashAsking listeners how much control they have over their own money, whether someone else holds the purse strings, and who they can turn to for help to start making their own financial decisions again.

6.30 Our ScotlandThe world of embalming bodies. From straightforward open-casket cases to complicated post-mortems, there is nothing Kelly and Jen have not seen or taken in their stride.

7.00 Our Lives with Michelle McManusMichelle McManus gathers together a whole host of stories which reflect contemporary Scotland.

7.30 New Every SundayEaster Sunday act of worship with the Rev Martin Ritchie of Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh.

10.00 The Sunday ShowScotland’s home for discussion of the big issues of the week and why they matter to us all. Featuring the big Sunday political interviews. With Martin Geissler and Fiona Stalker.

12.00 Off the BallFootball show. Call 08085 92 95 00 or text 80295. Email: [email protected]

2.00pm SportsoundThe magazine which offers a Scottish slant on the football world. Get the latest stories, hear from the key figures, and then put them on the spot. Text 80295.@BBCSportsound on social media

5.00 Your Requests with Gary InnesGary shares listeners’ special messages and dedications and plays Scottish music requests.

7.00 Jazz NightsSeonaid Aitken presents, with the one-stop destination for jazz music from Scotland and further afield with news, sessions, exclusives and features including Richard Michael’s Song Book.

9.00 Classics UnwrappedJamie talks with acclaimed musician Benjamin Grosvenor, who became the youngest British pianist to sign with Decca Classics in 2011. His latest release features music by Liszt. Email: [email protected]

11.00 Iain AndersonEnd the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

1.00am—6.00 as Radio 5 Live

Easter MondayNEWS: SPORT: TRAVEL: WEATHER hourly 6.00am to 8.00, 10.00 to 5.00pmNEWS: SPORT: WEATHER 7.00pm, 8.00, 10.00, 11.00 LOCAL NEWS Dumfries, Aberdeen, Inverness, Selkirk: 6.30am, 7.30, 8.30, 12.30pm, 4.30, 5.30; Orkney: 7.30am, 12 noon, 6.00pm; Shetland: 12.30pm, 5.30, 6.00

6.00am My Life in Five Songs2/8. Singer/songwriter Karine Polwart discusses the music that is important to her, including tracks by David Bowie, Dick Gaughan and Michael Marra, and chats to Phil Cunningham about her career in the industry.

6.30 Waxing LyricalDolly Parton’s ability to write great lyrics is revealed by musician Davie Scott.

7.00 Good Morning ScotlandThe latest news from home and abroad. With travel reports every 15 minutes, business updates at 7.45 and 8.45, weather reports at 7.29 and 7.59, and sports reports at 7.08, 7.35, 8.08 and 8.35.

9.00 MorningsPresenter Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the news.

11.30 Scotland and the Low Countries: The Scots DutchmenScots who served in the Scots Brigade of the Dutch Army — fighting for the very creation of the Dutch nation.

12.00 Lunchtime LiveNews updates from Scotland and beyond, plus lunchtime sport, travel and weather.

1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Janice ForsythToday’s host Janice tunes into the best of Scottish arts, entertainment and music.

3.00 Jackie Bird’s Top of the ScotsExploring the Scottish artists who have graced the number one spot in the singles charts, with interviews and recollections mixed with music.

5.00 DrivetimePresented by John Beattie.

MW only 6.00—7.00 SportsoundThe magazine which offers a Scottish slant on the football world. Get the latest stories, hear from the key figures, and then put them on the spot. Text 80295. @BBCSportsound on social media

FM only until 7.00 6.00 Get It On... with Bryan BurnettMusic show. Text 80295. Email: [email protected]

8.00 Vic GallowayVic brings you new releases from Scotland’s best alternative artists, and classic album cuts alongside live session tracks. Text 80295. Email: [email protected]

10.00 Iain AndersonEnd the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues and soul.

12.00—6.00am as R5 Live

TuesdayNEWS: SPORT: TRAVEL: WEATHER: LOCAL NEWS as Monday

6.00am Good Morning ScotlandThe latest news from home and abroad. With travel reports every 15 minutes, business updates at 7.45 and 8.45, weather reports at 7.29 and 7.59, and sports reports at 7.08, 7.35, 8.08 and 8.35.

9.00 MorningsPresented by Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the news and offers listeners the opportunity to have their say.


1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Janice ForsythThe best of Scottish arts, entertainment and music.



FM only until 7.00 6.00 Get It On... with Bryan BurnettMusic show. Text 80295. Email: [email protected]

8.00 Another Country with Ricky RossShowcasing new and classic country and Americana music.

10.00 Roddy HartAn inviting mix of new music and back-catalogue selections.

12.00—6.00am as R5 Live

WednesdayNEWS: SPORT: TRAVEL: WEATHER: LOCAL NEWS as Monday


9.00 MorningsPresented by Kaye Adams.


1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Grant StottThe best of Scottish arts, entertainment and music.



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9.30 Beag air BheagA bheil sibh ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig? A bheil sibh feumach air misneachd gus ur Gàidhlig a chleachdadh? Ma tha, ‘s ann dhuibhse a tha Beag air Bheag, sreath gu sònraichte do luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig ath-chraoladh Diciadain aig 10pm

10.30—10.35 Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidhLitir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh le Ruairidh MacIlleathain. ath-chraoladh Diciadain aig 11pm

Diluain na Càisge

7.30am Aithris na MaidneNaidheachdan ionadail, nàiseanta is eadar-nàiseanta gach madainn.

9.00 A’ MhadainnA’ Mhadainn le Niall Iain. ath-chraoladh aig 9pm

10.00 A’ Mire ri MòirMorag Dhòmhnallach a’ feitheamh ribh le taghadh de dh’òrain Ghàidhlig. FON AN ASGAIDH: 08000 96 7050

12.00 Sùil air...A’ coimhead ri teas le beachdan agus faireachdainnean dhaoine air a’ chuspair. ath-chraoladh aig 10pm

12.30pm FeasgarNaidheachdan, deasbad, ceòl is cur-seachad aig àm bìdh, còmhla ri Cathy NicDhòmhnaill.

2.00 Caithream CiùilCeòl Gàidhealach ’s Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse gach feasgar. POST DEALAIN: [email protected]

4.00 Fàilt’ air an DùthaichTaghadh de cheòl dùthchail sean is ùr. ath-chraoladh aig 10.30pm

5.00 Aithris an FheasgairNaidheachdan nàiseanta is ionadail o Dhiluain gu Dihaoine.

5.30 Siubhal gu Seachd le PlutoCeòl, spòrs agus fealla-dhà air ur slighe dhachaigh. POST DEALAIN: [email protected] FON AN ASGAIDH: 08000 967050

7.00 RapalOrain ùra gu leòr ri thighinn le Emma NicLaomainn. POST DEALAIN: [email protected] FON AN ASGAIDH: 08000 967050

9.00 A’ Mhadainn

10.00 Sùil air...

10.30—11.30 Fàilt’ air an Dùthaich

DimàirtMar Diluain na Càisge ach:

9.00—10.00 Coinneach MacIomhairCòmhradh, conaltradh agus cnuasachadh gach là. POST DEALAIN: [email protected] aig 9pm

12.00—12.30pm Buachaillean a’ BhìobaillSùil air beatha cuid de na searmonaichean aithnichte às an tasglann. ath-chraoladh aig 10pm

4.00—5.00 Sruth na MaoileMairi Anna NicUalraig agus Seàn O’hEanaigh le ceòl à Alba ’s Èirinn. ath-chraoladh aig 10.30pm

10.00 Buachaillean a’ Bhìobaill

10.30—11.30 Sruth na Maoile

DiciadainMar Diluain na Càisge ach:

12.00—12.30pm Beag air BheagA bheil sibh ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig? A bheil sibh feumach air misneachd gus ur Gàidhlig a chleachdadh? Ma tha, ‘s ann dhuibhse a tha Beag air Bheag, sreath gu sònraichte do luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig. Gach seachdain treòraichaidh Iain Urchardan sibh tro chòmhraidhean agus tro aithrisean a bhios feumail dhuibh nur n-ionnsachadh. ath-chraoladh aig 10pm

4.00—5.00 GleusFuinn, còisirean agus òrain bho shaoghal ceòl clasaigeach agus eile, le Iain Moireach. ath-chraoladh aig 11.05pm

10.00 Beag air Bheag

11.00 Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh

11.05—12.05am Gleus

DiardaoinMar Diluain na Càisge ach:

12.00—12.30pm Sruth an Eolais Iseabail T NicDhòmhnaill ag innse mu na thog Dòmhnall Iain Dhonnchaidh de bheul-aithris. ath-chraoladh aig 10pm

4.00—5.00 CrùnluathCatrìona NicNèill le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba. ath-chraoladh aig 10.30pm

10.00 Sruth an Eolais

10.30—11.30 Crùnluath

DihaoineMar Diluain na Càisge ach:

12.00—12.30pm Rogha is TaghaTaghadh à prògraman na seachdain air a thoirt thugaibh le Anna Nic na Ceardaich. ath-chraoladh aig 5.30pm

2.00 AileagBeachdan chloinne, ceòl agus spòrs gu leòr. POST DEALAIN: [email protected] AN ASGAIDH: 01851 705000

3.00 Caithream CiùilCeòl Gàidhealach ’s Ceilteach agus fiosrachadh air na tha dol agaibhse gach feasgar. POST DEALAIN: [email protected]

5.30 Rogha is TaghaTaghadh à prògraman na seachdain air a thoirt thugaibh le Anna Nic na Ceardaich.

6.00 Na DùrachdanCeòl, òrain is fealla-dhà. FON AN ASGAIDH: 01463 720720

9.00 Mac’ille MhìcheilCuiridh Iain Mac ’Ille Mhìcheil agus aoigh sònraichte an deireadh-sheachdain air a chasan.

11.00 TiompanCeòl Ceilteach, clàran ùra agus fios mu cò tha cluich càite le Mairead NicIllinnein.

12.00—1.00am A’ MhadainnA’ Mhadainn le Niall Iain.

FM only until 7.00 6.00 Get It On... with Vic GallowayVic sits in. Text 80295.Email: [email protected]

8.00 The Quay Sessions with Roddy HartEnjoy live performances from across the musical landscape — all captured in front of an audience in the intimate setting of the foyer at BBC Radio Scotland’s Pacific Quay.

10.00 Classic Scottish AlbumsDavie Scott meets Roddy and Rod of Idlewild to talk about the making of The Remote Part, including the hit single You Held the World In Your Arms.

10.30 Debate NightTopical debate on the big issues affecting Scotland and beyond. With Stephen Jardine.

11.30 Debate Night ExtraJoin Rajdeep Sandhu for your chance to react to the stories discussed on Debate Night.

12.30am—6.00 as R5 Live

ThursdayNEWS: SPORT: TRAVEL: WEATHER: LOCAL NEWS as Monday


9.00 MorningsPresented by Kaye Adams.


1.30pm The Afternoon Show with Grant StottThe best of Scottish arts, entertainment and music.



FM only until 7.00 6.00 Get It On... with Vic GallowayVic sits in. Text 80295.Email: [email protected]

8.00 Travelling FolkThe very best of folk and roots music from around the world.

10.00 Natasha Raskin SharpFrom 50s rockabilly to country and jazz and the latest indie sounds, Natasha has it all and pays tribute to a “Late Great” and spins the globe for the “Out Of This World” feature.

12.00 Fair Play: the Women in Sport ShowHeather Dewar talks to prominent sportswomen about their life, career and sporting issues.

12.30am—6.00 as R5 Live

FridayNEWS: SPORT: TRAVEL: WEATHER as Monday NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER hourly 7.00pm to 12 midnight LOCAL NEWS as Monday


9.00 MorningsPresented by Stephen Jardine.


1.30pm Breaking the NewsDes Clarke hosts.

2.00 The Afternoon Show with Nicola MeighanNicola presents, with ideas and inspiration for fun things to do around Scotland in the days ahead and a soundtrack to kick start your weekend.

4.00 DrivetimePresented by Fiona Stalker.


FM only until 7.00 6.00 Grant Stott’s Vinyl Collective Celebrating the vinyl revival with classic records and new releases. Grant plays album tracks from his own collection and discovers the stories about your cherished LPs.

8.00 BBC Introducing in ScotlandPhoebe I-H and Shereen Cutkelvin bring you the best unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music Scotland has to offer.

10.00 Ashley StorrieThe comedian brings her unique sense of fun to the show with sidekick Silent Paul along with listener interaction and regular feature Hollywood Swingers.

1.00am—6.00 as Radio 5 Live BBC Radio Scotland 40 Pacific Quay Glasgow G51 1DA bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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7.30am—8.00 Around Orkney

6.00pm—7.00 Fri: Friday Requests: music requests PHONE: 01856 873939Email: [email protected]

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5.30pm Good Evening Shetland

6.00—7.00 Fri: Give Us a TunePHONE: 01595 694747Email: [email protected]

Radio nan Gaidheal

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Disathairne

9.00am Spòrs na SeachdainSpòrs ionadail, nàiseanta agus bho air feadh an t-saoghail còmhla ri Iain Moireasdan. POST DEALAIN: [email protected] FON AN ASGAIDH: 08000 967050

10.00 Fàilt’ air an DùthaichTaghadh de cheòl dùthchail sean is ùr.

11.00 TiompanCeòl Ceilteach, clàran ùra agus fios mu cò tha cluich càite le Mairead NicIllinnein.

12.00—1.00pm AileagBeachdan chloinne, ceòl agus spòrs gu leòr. POST DEALAIN: [email protected] AN ASGAIDH: 01851 705000

A’ Chàisg Mhór

9.00am Dèanamaid AdhradhSeirbheis Ghàidhlig. ath-chraoladh aig 3pm

9.30 Sruth an EolaisDòmhnall E Dòmhnallach a’ còmhradh ris a’ bhàrd Dòmhnall Iain Dòmhnallach, Uibhist a Deas.

10.00 Buachaillean a’ BhìobaillSùil air beatha cuid de na searmonaichean aithnichte às an tasglann.

10.30 Beag air BheagA bheil sibh ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig? A bheil sibh feumach air misneachd gus ur Gàidhlig a chleachdadh? Ma tha, ‘s ann dhuibhse a tha Beag air Bheag, sreath gu sònraichte do luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig.

11.00 Sruth na MaoileMàiri Anna NicUalraig agus Seán O hEanaigh le ceòl à Alba ’s Èirinn.

12.00 GleusFuinn, còisirean agus òrain bho shaoghal ceòl clasaigeach agus eile, le Iain Moireach.

1.00pm Sùil air...A’ coimhead ri fuachd, le beachdan agus faireachdainnean dhaoine air a’ chuspair.

1.30 CrùnluathCatrìona NicNèill le taghadh de cheòl na pìoba.

2.30 Rogha is TaghaTaghadh à prògraman na seachdain air a thoirt thugaibh le Anna Nic na Ceardaich.

3.00 Dèanamaid Adhradh

3.30 An Leòmhann ann an Tìr nan OgMàiri Anna NicUalraig le ceangal Ceilteach An Leòmhann, A’ Bhuidseach ’s am Preas-Aodaich.

4.30—4.35 An Litir BheagLitir Bheag na seachdain sa le Ruairidh MacIlleathain.

9.00 AlleluiaAnns a’ phrògram shònraichte seo airson na Càisge, bidh Iain MacFhionghain a’ leughadh cosamhlachd agus cluinnear laoidhean freagarrach airson àm na Càisge — feadhainn air an clàradh as ùr airson Alleluia.

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NationalBBC Radio 1* FM 97.7–99.7BBC Radio 2* FM 88.1–90.1BBC Radio 3* FM 90.3–92.3BBC Radio 4 FM 94.6–96.1, 103.5–104.9, LW 198, MW 1449 (Aberdeen, LW progs)BBC Radio 5 Live MW 693, 909BBC Radio Scotland FM 92.5–94.7, MW 810, 585 (Dumfries)BBC Radio nan Gaidheal FM 103.5–104.9 (carries R4 in some parts), MW 990 (Aberdeen)Classic FM 99.9–101.9Talksport MW 1053, 1089Absolute MW 1215, 1242Above stations also on Freeview (*not Sat 4pm—1am, Sun 4pm— 12 midnight, weekdays 5pm— 12 midnight), plus satellite, cable, internet and DAB (Radio Scotland MW service only).

LocalArgyll FM 106.5, 107.1, 107.7 (Campbeltown) BBC Cumbria FM 95.6 (Carlisle), 96.1 (Morecambe Bay), 95.2 (Kendal), 104.1 (Whitehaven/Keswick), 104.2 (Windermere), MW 756 (Carlisle), 837 (Barrow-in-Furness), 1458 (Whitehaven)Capital 106.1 (Glasgow), 105.7 (Edinburgh)Central FM 103.1 (Stirling/Falkirk/Clackmannanshire) CFM 102.2 (Workington), 102.5 (Penrith), 103.4 (Whitehaven), 96.4 (Carlisle) Clyde 1 FM 102.3 (Rothesay), 102.5 (Glasgow), 103.3 (Firth of Clyde), 97 (Vale of Leven) Clyde 2 MW 1 152 (Glasgow) Cuillin FM 106.2, 102.7 (Skye/Lochalsh) Forth 1 FM 97.3, 97.6 (Edinburgh), 102.2 (Penicuik)Forth 2 MW 1548 (Edinburgh) Heart FM 101.1 (Edinburgh/Rosneath), 100.3 (Glasgow), 103.3 (Penicuik) Heartland FM 97.5 (Pitlochry/ Aberfeldy), 106.6 (Perth) Isles FM 103 (Western Isles) Kingdom FM 105.4 (St Andrews), 106.3 (The East Neuk), 95.2 (West Fife), 96.1 (Central & East Fife), 96.6 (Kirkcaldy) Lochbroom FM 102.2 (Ullapool), 96.8 (North West Scotland) Mearns FM 105.7 (Stonehaven), 106.2 (Inverbervie), 107.3 (Laurencekirk)MFR FM 96.6 (Speysound), 96.7 (Fraserburgh), 97.4 (Highlands/Moray/Aberdeenshire), 102.5 (Caithness), 102.8 (Keith)MFR Two MW 1107 (Inverness) Nevis FM 96.6 (Fort William), 97 (Glencoe), 102.4 (Loch Leven), 102.3 (Skye & Mallaig) Northsound 1 FM 96.9 (Aberdeen), 97.6 (Balgownie), 103 (Peterhead) Oban FM 103.3 Original FM 106 (Aberdeen) Radio Borders 102.3 (Berwick), 103.4 (Eyemouth), 103.1 (Peebles), 96.8 (Selkirk) SIBC FM 96.2 (Bressay), 102.2 (Shetland) Smooth Radio FM 105.2 (Glasgow) Tay FM MW 102.8 (Dundee), 96.4 (Perth) Tay 2 MW 1 161 (Dundee), 1584 (Perth) Wave FM 102 (Dundee) Waves Radio FM 101.2 (Peterhead/Fraserburgh) West FM 96.7 (Ayrshire), 97.5 (Girvan), 106.7 (Rothesay) West Sound FM 97 (Dumfries), 103 (Kirkcudbright), 96.5 (Stranraer), MW 1035 (Ayrshire) Your Radio FM 103 (Dumbarton), 106.9 (Helensburgh)

Get listings for digital, national and local radio at radiotimes.com/radio/radio-listings

SaturdayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: hourly 7.00am to 11.00pm, then 11.55pm

6.45am Farm GateFood, countryside and agricultural issues, focusing on business news, industry reports and technology. Presented by Elaine Mitchell.

7.05 Kim LenaghanFine tunes to ease listeners into the morning. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

8.05 Your Place & MineThe people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique, presented by Anne Marie McAleese. Phone: 0289 033 8307Email: [email protected]

9.05 Gardeners’ CornerExperts talk to gardeners and give topical advice for horticulturists everywhere. Presented by David Maxwell.Phone: 03030 80 55 55

10.05 On Your BehalfLinda McAuley presents the consumer affairs programme, offering advice and raising important issues to help people arrive at the right purchasing decisions. Repeated Wednesday 6.05pmWrite to: On Your Behalf, BBC Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQPhone: 0289 033 8314Email via the website: bbc.co.uk/oyb

11.05 The John Toal ShowMusic, chat and handy recipes with the roving broadcaster. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

12.05pm The Blame GameEp 2. Topical comedy from Tim McGarry, Colin Murphy and Neil Delamere with guest panellist Mickey Bartlett, and Laurie Kilmartin calling in from Los Angeles.

12.30 What Happens in Ulster True crime parody by Marc McElroy. A crazy writer is abducting actors to make them perform in her play. With Diona Doherty, Caroline Curran, Lucy McConnell, Brendan Quinn and Aaron Butler.

1.05 The Eve Blair ShowA mix of music and chat, with interviews and features ranging from books to film.

2.05 SportsoundLive coverage of the Irish Premiership games as Linfield travel to Dungannon, Larne host Carrick and Crusaders are away to Ballymena. Presented by Michael McNamee.

6.05 The Culture CaféFrom the page to the stage, Marie-Louise Muir hosts the essential cultural conversation.

7.05 CaschlárBrian Mullen presents a wide-ranging mix of music, including pop, blues and soul. Including news at 8.00. Requests to: Brian Mullen, Irish Language Unit, BBC Radio Ulster, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQPhone: 0289 033 8043

9.05 Jazz World with Linley HamiltonA selection of contemporary jazz music from around the world, and profiles up-and-coming local talent. Email: [email protected]

10.05 Saturday Club with John BennettLate-night music club featuring classic tracks from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Including news at 11.00. Text: 81771

11.45 From Darkness to DawnA late-night meditation in words and music for Holy Week, with Pádraig O’Tuama.

12.00 as Radio 5 Live

Easter DayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: hourly 7.00am to 11.00pm and 11.55pm

7.05am Kim LenaghanA selection of fine tunes to ease listeners into the morning. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

8.30 Sunday SequenceAudrey Carville and guests debate religious and ethical news and explore the world of culture and ideas. Including news at 9.00 and 10.00. Phone: 0289 033 8355Email: [email protected]

10.05 Morning ServiceReligious service for Easter Day, led by the Rev Dr Cecil Grant of First Carrickfergus Presbyterian Church.

11.05 Sunday with Steven RaineyCurrent affairs, interviews, discussion and analysis. Including news at 12.00.

12.05pm Sunday with Brian D’ArcyConversation, meditation, fun and good music. Write to: Sunday with Brian D’Arcy, BBC Radio Ulster, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQ

2.05 Kerry McLeanThe host helps wind down the weekend and sets the mood for the week ahead with some great tunes and conversation. Including news at 3.00. Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

4.05 Peter Cunnah’s Beats for Better DaysD:Ream front man Peter Cunnah curates playlists pulsating with positive energy.

5.05 Sounds SacredListeners’ requests for their favourite sacred music.

6.05 KintraHelen Mark and the Kintra team with stories, news, music and banter from Ulster-Scots communities at home and abroad. Email: [email protected]

6.30 ShowstoppersBroadway and West End star Rachel Tucker chooses show tunes that bring the curtain down, featuring numbers from Moulin Rouge to Les Misérables and A Chorus Line to Company.

7.05 Classical Connections with John ToalThe host presents an evening of popular classical music. Plus news, reviews and interviews with local and touring performers. Including news at 8.00.

9.05 Jazz Club with Walter LoveRecordings by jazz musicians, including tracks that have been performed exclusively for BBC Radio Ulster.

10.05 Sunday Club with John BennettA late-night selection of music designed to soothe away the problems of the past week. Dedications to: The Sunday Club, BBC Radio Ulster, Broadcast House, Belfast BT2 8HQEmail: [email protected]


Easter MondayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: hourly 7.00am to 11.00pm (not 1.00pm), plus 8.30am.5.30pm and 11.55.

7.05am Anne-Marie WallaceWake up to a mix of music and dedications, with Thought for the Day at 7.55.

8.00 Good Morning UlsterNews from home and abroad, with Sarah Brett and Joel Taggart. Including travel and sport updates and analysis of business and finance news, plus the latest agri-business in Farm Gate.Email: [email protected]

9.05 The Nolan ShowBreaking news and hard-hitting topical debate with Stephen Nolan. Listeners can share their views by phone, text or email. Including news and travel at 10.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

10.30 The Connor Phillips ShowMusic, mischief and features. Including news at 11.00.

12.30pm Mental Health and MeNews Letter Journalist Jonny McCambridge talks about his mental breakdown.

1.30 Hugo DuncanThe best in country music, plus the opportunity for listeners to submit requests. Including news and travel at 2.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771

3.05 The Lynette Fay ShowNuala McKeever sits in for Lynette with a mix of real life and good music. Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

5.00 Evening ExtraTara Mills and Declan Harvey present news on the half-hour, regular sport, traffic and weather reports, and the latest in agri-business news.

6.05 Sportsound Extra TimeNikki Gregg and the sports panel discuss the biggest stories making the back pages featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and debate.

7.05 Céim in Airde 3/6. Labhraíonn Conall O Máirtín, láithreoir, le Ciara Nic Aodha, múinteoir in Ardscoil Naomh Pól, an Sruthán agus le Annie Clarke, múinteoir in Ardscoil Naomh Doiminic, Béal Feirste. Sa chlár oideachasúil seo, pléann siad filíocht Mháirtín Uí Dhireáin agus na dánta Faoiseamh a Gheobhadsa, Cuireadh do Mhuire agus Stoite. Conall O Máirtín talks with teacher Ciara Nic Aodha, in St Paul’s, Bessbrook, and teacher Annie Clarke in St Dominic’s, Belfast.

7.30 The Stephen McCauley ShowThe best in alternative music from punk to electronica from home and abroad. Including news at 8.00 and 9.00.

9.30 ATL IntroducingGemma Bradley serves up the freshest new Irish musical talent. Including news at 10.00.

11.05 The Late Show with Eve BlairThe best in chilled-out music, including easy listening melodies both old and new. Email: [email protected]


TuesdayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: see Monday

7.05am Anne-Marie WallaceA mix of music and dedications, with Thought for the Day at 7.55.

8.00 Good Morning UlsterWith Sarah Brett and Chris Buckler including regular news, travel and sport updates and analysis of finance and business news. Email: [email protected]

9.05 The Nolan ShowBreaking news and topical debate. Including news and travel at 10.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

10.30 The Connor Phillips ShowA mid-morning mix of music, mischief and fun features. Including news at 11.00.

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10.30 Folk Club with Lynette FayThe best traditional and contemporary folk music. Including news at 11.00.

12.00 as Radio 5 Live BBC Northern Ireland Broadcasting House Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQ 02890 338 000 Phone-in 0845 955 5678

RADIO FOYLE

As Radio Ulster except:

Saturday RADIO FOYLE NEWS: hourly 9.00am to 4.00pm (not 2.00pm)

5.30pm Foyle SportsoundCommentary on Derry City v Waterford, the Premier Division match at Brandywell.

8.00—9.00 CaschlárPresented by Brian Mullen.

Easter DayRADIO FOYLE NEWS: hourly 9.00am to 4.00pm (not 1.00pm)

5.05—6.00pm RejoiceGospel favourites and sacred music, with James McClelland. To get in touch with the show, write to 8 Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7GD.

Easter Monday—TuesdayRADIO FOYLE NEWS: hourly 8.00am to 3.00pm, and 8.30am

8.00—9.00am The Breakfast ShowNews, weather and travel.

1.00pm The News at One

1.30 The Mark Patterson ShowIssues affecting people in the North West. With news at 2.00.

3.05—5.00 Sean CoyleRequests and dedications.

Wednesday—ThursdayRADIO FOYLE NEWS: half-hourly 7.00am to 8.30, hourly 9.00 to 3.00pm

6.30am Good Morning UlsterThe day’s news presented by: Sarah Brett and Chris Buckler.

7.00—9.00 The Breakfast Show

12.00 TalkbackWith William Crawley. Including news at 12.00.


1.30 The Mark Patterson Show

3.05—5.00 Sean Coyle

FridayRADIO FOYLE NEWS: see Wed/Thu

6.30am Good Morning UlsterThe day’s news presented by Chris Buckler and Joel Taggart.

7.00—9.00 The Breakfast Show

12.00 Talkback


1.30 The Mark Patterson Show

3.05—4.00 Sean Coyle

5.30 Foyle SportsoundCommentary on St Patrick’s Athletic v Derry City.

8.00—9.30 The Mickey Bradley Record ShowVintage rock and pop. BBC Radio Foyle, 8 Northland Road Londonderry BT48 7GD Tel: 02871 266 522

12.30pm Mental Health and MeIn 1994 Ruth McGinley won the BBC’s Young Pianist of the Year competition. In conversation with Steven Rainey, she discusses the impact success had on her mental health. Repeated from last Sunday

1.30 Hugo DuncanThe best in country music old and new, plus the opportunity for listeners to submit requests by phone or text. Including news and travel at 2.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771

3.05 The Lynette Fay ShowNuala McKeever sits in for Lynette with a mix of real life, good music and everything in between. Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

5.00 Evening ExtraTara Mills and Declan Harvey present news on the half-hour, regular sport, traffic and weather reports, and the latest in agri-business news.

6.05 Farming MattersVoices, views, stories, news and chat from Northern Ireland’s rural community, hosted by Nicola Weir.

7.05 Céim in Aird 4/6. Conall O Máirtín talks with teacher Ciara Nic Aodha, in St Paul’s, Bessbrook, and teacher Annie Clarke in St Dominic’s, Belfast. In this programme they discuss the poetry of Cathal O Searcaigh and the poems Níl aon Ní, An Tobar and Caoineadh.

7.30 The Stephen McCauley ShowThe best in alternative music from punk to electronica from home and abroad, featuring live performance, interviews and more. Including news at 8.00 and 9.00.

9.30 Ralph McLean — Local VoicesRalph McLean presents a selection of Irish music, sessions and chat from new Northern Ireland artists and established acts. Includes news at 10.00.

11.05 The Late Show with Eve BlairThe best in chilled-out music, including a mix of easy listening melodies both old and new, together with material by the Artist of the Week. Email: [email protected]


WednesdayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: half-hourly 6.30am to 8.30, hourly 9.00 to 11.00pm, plus 5.30pm and 11.55pm.

6.30am Good Morning UlsterThe day’s news from home and abroad with presenters Sarah Brett and Chris Buckler, including regular news, travel and sport updates and analysis of finance and business news, and Thought for the Day at 6.50 and 7.55. Email: [email protected]


10.30 The Connor Phillips ShowMusic and mischief, with fun features such as Ask Your Ma and The Bluffer. Including news at 11.00.

12.00 TalkbackWilliam Crawley and the Talkback team present news and invite listeners’ on-air reaction to the stories of the day, from politics to health, consumer issues and education. Including news at 12.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Email: [email protected]/talkback

1.30pm Hugo DuncanThe best in country music old and new, plus the opportunity for listeners to submit requests by phone or text. Including news and travel at 2.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771

3.05 The Lynette Fay ShowNuala McKeever sits in for Lynette with real life, good music and everything in between. Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

4.00 Evening ExtraDeclan Harvey and Joel Taggart present news on the half-hour, plus regular sport, traffic and weather reports, and the latest agri-business.

6.05 On Your BehalfLinda McAuley presents the consumer affairs programme, offering advice to help people arrive at the right purchasing decisions. Repeated from Saturday 10.05amWrite to: On Your Behalf, BBC Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQPhone: 0289 033 8314Email via the website: bbc.co.uk/oyb

7.05 Céim in Airde 5/6. Conall O Máirtín talks to Dr Niall Comer from the University of Ulster and to translator and writer, Gráinne Ní Ghilín. In this programme they discuss the poetry of Máire Mhac an tSaoi and the poems A fhir dar fhulaingeas, Jack and Gráinne.

7.30 The Stephen McCauley ShowThe best in alternative music from punk to electronica from home and abroad. Including news at 8.00 and 9.00.

9.30 Ralph McLean — Rock and SoulClassic rock, soul, blues, pop, gospel, reggae and funk.Includes news at 10.00.

10.55 Wah Yan Jee SingLocal information on health and social issues in Cantonese.

11.05 The Late Show with Eve BlairThe best in chilled-out music. Email: [email protected]


ThursdayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: see Wednesday

6.30am Good Morning UlsterThe day’s news agenda set with presenters Sarah Brett and Chris Buckler, including regular news, travel and sport updates and analysis of finance and business news and Thought for the Day at 6.50 and 7.55. Email: [email protected]


10.30 The Connor Phillips ShowA mid-morning mix of music, mischief and fun features. Including news at 11.00.

12.00 TalkbackWilliam Crawley and the Talkback team present news and invite listeners’ reaction to all the breaking stories of the day, from politics to health, consumer issues and education. Including news at 12.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Email: [email protected]/talkback

1.30pm Hugo DuncanThe best in country music old and new, plus the opportunity for listeners to submit requests by phone or text. Including news and travel at 2.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771

3.05 The Lynette Fay ShowNuala McKeever sits in for Lynette with a mix of real life, good music and everything in between. Text: 81771Email: [email protected]


6.05 The TicketFrom blockbuster movies to comedy gigs, Kathy Clugston has just the ticket, offering ideas on how listeners can spend their leisure hours.

7.05 Céim in Airde 6/6. Conall O Máirtín talks to Dr Niall Comer from the University of Ulster and to translator and writer, Gráinne Ní Ghilín. In this programme they discuss the poetry of Seán O Ríordáin and the poems Fill arís, Tost and Rian na gCos.

7.30 The Stephen McCauley ShowThe best in alternative music. With news at 8.00 and 9.00.

9.30 Ralph McLean — CountryRalph takes another journey into the world of American roots music, with classic tracks, live performance and timeless Americana along the way. Including news at 10.00.

11.05 The Late Show with Eve BlairThe best in chilled-out music, including easy listening melodies both old and new, together with material by the Artist of the Week. Email: [email protected]


FridayRADIO ULSTER NEWS: half-hourly 6.30am to 8.30, hourly 9.00 to 11.00pm, then 11.55pm.

6.30am Good Morning UlsterThe day’s news agenda set with presenters Chris Buckler and Joel Taggart, including regular news, travel and sport updates and analysis of finance and business news and Thought for the Day at 6.55 and 7.50. Email: [email protected]

9.05 The Nolan ShowBreaking news and topical debate. Including news and travel at 10.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

10.30 The Connor Phillips ShowMusic, mischief and fun features. Including news at 11.00.

12.00 TalkbackWilliam Crawley presents news, views and reactions to the day’s stories. Including news at 12.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Email: [email protected]/talkback

1.30pm Hugo DuncanThe best in country music. With news and travel at 2.00. Phone: 03030 80 55 55Text: 81771

3.05 The Vinny Hurrell ShowThe presenter hosts the magazine show, with music, chat and a bit of craic to get the weekend under way. Text 81771Email [email protected]


5.30 Inside BusinessA weekly insight into what’s happening in business and the economy in Northern Ireland. Presented by Richard Morgan.

6.05 The House Party with Phil TaggartPhil kicks off the weekend with dance music to get the party started, from soul to house and funk to techno.

7.30 The Mickey Bradley Record ShowVintage rock and pop, as well as new releases. Including news at 8.00 and 9.00. Text: 81771Email: [email protected]

9.30 Blas CeoilCuireann Caoimhe “Ceol” Ní Chathail tús spleodrach le do dheireadh seachtaine. Ceol traidisiúnta, fréamh agus dúchasach, le heisiúintí úra, sonraí gigeanna agus seisiúin bheo. Caoimhe “Ceol” Ní Chathail starts the weekend in style.


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FM 97.9—99.7 BBC Radio 2

FM 88.3—90.1 BBC Radio 3

FM 90.5—92.3 BBC Radio 4 93.2 (Ballycastle), 93.2 (Carnmoney Hill), 94 (Limavady), 94.9 (Londonderry), 95.6 (Brougher Mountain), 96 (Belfast), 103.5 (Larne), 103.9 (Rostrevor Forest/Kilkeel), 104.6 (Camlough), (R4 FM cannot be heard in some parts of N Ireland) LW 198 MW 720, 774 (Enniskillen (carry LW programmes)BBC Radio 5 Live MW 693, 909BBC Radio Foyle

FM 93.1, MW 792 (Londonderry)BBC Radio Ulster

FM 92.7—95.4, MW 1341, 873 (Enniskillen)

RTE Radio 1

FM 87.8—90.0, LW 252RTE 2FM 90.4—92.2, 97RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta

92.6—94.4, 102.7RTE Lyric FM 97.8—99.6, 92.2, 95.2, 96.7, 102.2

Classic FM 99.9—101.9 (not Freeview) Talksport MW 1053, 1089 Absolute MW 1215 Today FM FM 105.5 All the above stations are also broadcast via Freeview, satellite, cable, digital radio and the internet.

Local

Cool FM 97.4 Music, news and sport Downtown FM 102.3 (Ballymena), 96.6 (Omagh/Enniskillen), 97.1 (Larne), 96.4 (Limavady), 102.4 (Londonderry), 103.4 (Newcastle), 103.1 (south Newry), MW 1026 (Belfast) Music, newsQ FM 96.7 (Belfast), 102.5 (Bangor), 102.5 (Carrickfergus), 102.9 (North West), 97.2 (North Coast), 97.6 (Ballycastle), 107.0 (Mid Antrim), 107.6 (Larne), 106.0 (Mid Ulster), 107.2 (Dungannon), 106.3 (Maghera), 101.2 (Tyrone/Fermanagh), 102.1 (Enniskillen), 100.5 (Newry & Mourne), 101.1 (Kilkeel), 101.1 (Newcastle)

SaturdayNEWS: hourly 6.00am to 2.00pm plus 5.00pm and 6.00 WEATHER: before most news bulletins HILL FORECAST: 6.58am

5.00am Vicki BlightMusic and chat. 7.00 Radio Wales BreakfastNews, sport, travel and weather with Oliver Hides. 9.00 Money for NothingOwen Money presents a lively mix of music and humour. Telephone: 03700 100 110

11.30 Carol VordermanMusic, guests and conversation. 1.30pm Welcome Strangers4/4. Comedy sketch show written by and starring Wales’s best female comic talents. Repeated from last Monday

2.00 Kiri Pritchard-McLeanKiri presents music and chat. 5.00 Bethan ElfynA mix of classic rock, new tunes and indie anthems. 7.00 Radio Wales SportCommentary on France v Wales, the Women’s Six Nations fixture. 10.00 Adam WaltonNew Welsh music, featuring exclusive sessions and demos. 1.00am—6.00 as Radio 5 Live

Easter DayNEWS: hourly 7.00am to 6.00pm WEATHER: before most news bulletins HILL FORECAST: 6.58am

6.00am Easter Light with Beverley HumphreysA celebration of light, from Easter morning bonfires to Easter candles and the warm light of the beginning of spring, Beverley Humphreys celebrates a very special Easter. Repeated 7pm

7.00 Country FocusAnother chance to hear a programme originally broadcast in 2013. It’s Easter, a busy time of year for our churches as congregations gather to worship. Repeated Thursday 5.30am

7.30 CelebrationA service to celebrate Easter Day led by the Rev David Parry, Vicar at St Mary’s Church in Conwy. The preacher is the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard. 8.00 Sunday SupplementPolitical news and analysis. 9.00 All Things ConsideredReligious affairs programme. Repeated Tuesday 5.30amEmail: [email protected]

9.30 Sunday Morning with Scott Quinnell and CoMusic and chat, with Scott and Amanda Protheroe-Thomas. 11.00 Owen Money’s Solid Gold SundayThe entertainer plays a selection of classic hits. 1.00pm Kiri Pritchard-McLeanMusic and chat. 3.00 Lynn BowlesThe broadcaster invites guests from all walks of life to chat, and offers listeners the opportunity to interact with the show’s experts. 5.00 Roy NobleThe host presents the usual mix of music and conversation. Email: [email protected]

7.00 Easter Light with Beverley HumphreysA celebration of light, from Easter morning bonfires to Easter candles and the warm light of the beginning of spring. Repeated from 6am

8.00 Celtic HeartbeatFrank Hennessy presents folk, roots and acoustic music. Plus the weekly Celtic gig guide. 10.00 Beverley’s World of MusicThe finest musical melodies. 1.00am—7.00 as Radio 5 Live

Easter MondayNEWS: hourly 7.00am to 2.00pm, 5.00 to 10.00; plus 3.50pmWEATHER: before most news bulletins

7.00am Radio Wales BreakfastClaire Summers and the team bring listeners the latest news, sport, travel and weather. 8.30 Owen MoneyOwen takes dedications on this all-request bank holiday. 11.00 Scott QuinnellScott presents music and chat. 1.00pm Make a Difference Heroes Meet Tom JonesOwain Wyn Evans and some of our heroes of Make a Difference talk to Sir Tom Jones. Repeated 9pm

2.00 Radio Wales SportLive football commentary. 5.00 Brian MeechanSitting in for Gareth Lewis with everything listeners need to know from Wales and the world. South East FM only 5.20—7.30 Radio Wales SportCommentary on Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City, the Championship fixture at Hillsborough (kick-off 5.30). 6.30 MabinogiEp 1. Adapted by Lucy Catherine from the Red Book of Hergest, these are the tales of the Mabinogi. Fantasy adventure series, based on medieval Welsh mythology.

7.00 Janice LongA range of songs from the 1960s right through to today, as well as new music and artists from Wales. 9.00 Make a Difference Heroes Meet Tom JonesOwain Wyn Evans and some of our heroes of Make a Difference talk to Sir Tom Jones. Repeated from 1pm

10.00 The Late Show with Eleri SionMusic and chat. 12.30am—5.30 as Radio 5 Live

TuesdayNEWS: hourly 6.00am to 10.00pm WEATHER: before most news bulletins

5.30am All Things ConsideredReligious affairs programme. Repeated from Sunday 9amEmail: [email protected]

6.00 Radio Wales BreakfastClaire Summers and the team bring listeners the latest news, sport, travel and weather. 8.30 Jason MohammadThe broadcaster presents music, chat and the day’s leading stories. 11.00 Wynne EvansMusic, chat and guests. 2.00pm Behnaz AkhgarMusic and chat with the Wales Today weather presenter. 5.00 Colette HumeSitting in for Gareth Lewis with the latest stories and developments from Wales and the world, featuring sport, weather and travel news.Followed by Party Election Broadcast A party election broadcast by the Welsh Labour Party for election to the Welsh Parliament on Thursday 6 May.

6.30 MabinogiEp 2. Fantasy adventure series. Pryderi discovers a way to cross realities and get Brigid back. 7.00 Janice LongA range of songs from the 1960s right through to today. 10.00 The Late Show with Eleri SionMusic and chat. 12.30am—5.30 as Radio 5 Live

WednesdayNEWS AND WEATHER: as Tuesday

5.30am 40 Winks with Sarah BreeseThe comedian explores insomnia, with neuroscientist Dean Burnett talking the science of sleep and expert Alex Perkins telling her about physiological factors and sleep apnoea. Repeat

6.00 Radio Wales BreakfastClaire Summers and the team bring listeners the latest news. 8.30 Jason Mohammad11.00 Wynne EvansMusic, chat and guests. 2.00pm Lynn BowlesSitting in for Behnaz Akhgar. 5.00 Wyre DaviesThe latest stories from Wales.Followed by Party Election Broadcast On behalf of the Welsh Conservatives. 6.30 MabinogiEp 3. Fantasy adventure series. Pryderi is led through the Otherworld by Roisin, searching for Brigid. 7.00 Janice LongA range of songs from the 1960s right through to today. 10.00 The Late Show with Eleri SionMusic and chat. 12.30am—5.30 as Radio 5 Live

ThursdayNEWS AND WEATHER: as Tuesday

5.30am Country FocusAnother chance to hear a programme originally broadcast in 2013. It’s Easter, a busy time of year for our churches as congregations gather to worship. Repeated from Sunday 7am

6.00 Radio Wales BreakfastClaire Summers and the team bring listeners the latest news, sport, travel and weather. 8.30 Steffan PowellSitting in for Dot Davies with stories, music, discussion and a chance to speak directly to Wales’s decision makers. 11.00 Wynne EvansA mix of music, chat and celebrity guests. 2.00pm Lynn BowlesSitting in for Behnaz Akhgar. 5.00 Gareth LewisThe latest stories and developments from Wales and the world, featuring sport, weather and travel news. Followed by Party Election Broadcast By Plaid Cymru. 6.30 MabinogiEp 4. Fantasy adventure. Brigid must return to the living world to confront her mother, Roisin. But Pryderi has lost his soul. 7.00 Janice LongA range of songs from the 1960s right through to today. 10.00 The Late Show with Eleri SionMusic and chat. 12.30am—5.30 as Radio 5 Live

FridayNEWS AND WEATHER: as Tuesday

5.30am Bevan v ChurchillLord Kinnock looks at the role Welsh politician and firebrand Nye Bevan played in holding Churchill’s cross-party government to account during the Second World War. Repeat

6.00 Radio Wales BreakfastNews, sport, travel and weather with Oliver Hides. 8.30 Steffan PowellSitting in for Dot Davies with real-life stories, music, topical discussion and a chance to speak directly to Wales’s decision makers. 11.00 Wynne EvansMusic, chat and guests. 2.00pm Eleri SiônA mixture of conversation, entertainment, music and advice. Plus the 2.45 Teaser. 5.00 Gareth LewisThe latest stories and developments from Wales. 6.30 MabinogiEp 5. Fantasy adventure. Brigid and Pryderi must defeat Roisin and fulfil King Bran’s prophecy. 7.00 Radio Wales SportRound-up of events, including live commentaries. 10.00—12.30am Friday Night HH from Steps starts the weekend with music and chat. BBC Wales, Broadcasting House Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2YQ Tel: 03700 100 222 Phone-ins: 03700 100 110 (landline calls charged at a maximum of 8p per minute) SMS: 81012 bbc.co.uk/radiowales

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5.30am Richard ReesCerddoriaeth a chwmnïaeth ar gyfer bore Sadwrn. 7.00 Galwad CynnarGerallt Pennant a’i westeion yn trafod natur, bywyd gwyllt a chadwraeth. EBOST: [email protected]

8.00 Dros FrecwastY newyddion diweddaraf yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gyda Dylan Jones. 8.30 Ar y MarcDylan Jones a’r criw yn trafod pob math o bethau’n ymwneud â phêl-droed. EBOST: [email protected]

9.00 Tudur OwenLot o fwydro, ’chydig o sylwedd, dim swmp. 11.00 Dim Byd ar y RadioComedi yn tynnu ar archif Radio Cymru a fydd, hwyrach, yn profi fod Din Byd ar y Radio! 11.30 Y Sioe SadwrnCerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Shelley Rees a Rhydian Bowen Phillips. Gwestai yn dewis caneuon i godi calon, cân a chwis gan Trystan ab Owen, sylwebaethau’r wythnos gan Owain Llyr ymhlith sgyrsiau eraill. 2.00pm Chwaraeon Radio CymruSylwebaethau byw, yn ogystal â chanlyniadau a’r newyddion chwaraeon diweddaraf. 5.30 Marc GriffithsCymysgedd o’r hen a’r newydd i ddiddanu ar nos Sadwrn, gan gynnwys llwyth o geisiadau. EBOST: [email protected]

9.00 Ffion EmyrCerddoriaeth a chwmnïaeth ar nos Sadwrn, gyda Ffion Emyr. 12.00 gweler World Service

Sul y Pasg

5.30am Linda GriffithsDechreuwch eich dydd Sul yn sain dewis cerddorol Linda Griffiths. 7.00 Troi’r TirTerwyn Davies sy’n mynd ar ôl y straeon diweddaraf o fyd amaeth a bywyd cefn gwlad.Ail-ddarlledir Llun y Pasg am 6pm

7.30 Caniadaeth y CysegrHanner awr o ganu cynulleidfaol. Ail-ddarlledir 4.30pm

8.00 Dewi Llwyd ar Fore SulAdolygiad o’r papurau Sul, gwestai pen-blwydd a cherddoriaeth hamddenol. 10.00 Cerddoriaeth yr Wythnos FawrHeledd Cynwal ac Alwyn Humphreys yn cyflwyno cerddoriaeth ar gyfer Yr Wythnos Fawr. Darlledwyd Gwener

12.00 Yr OedfaGwasanaeth yn arbennig i wrandawyr Radio Cymru. 12.30pm Bwrw GolwgJohn Roberts a’i westeion yn trafod materion moesol a chrefyddol. EBOST: [email protected]

1.00 Beti a’i PhobolBeti George yn sgwrsio gydag un o bobl Cymru. Gwestai yn rhannu straeon a phrofiadau personol, yn ogystal â dewis ambell i gân sydd wedi creu argraff. Ail-ddarlledir Iau am 9pm

2.00 Y Ferch a’r PasgDehongliad draddodiadol a chyfoes o’r ferch yn stori’r Pasg. 3.00 Hywel GwynfrynAmrywiaeth o gerddoriaeth, yn ogystal â phytiau o raglenni Radio Cymru o’r wythnos a fu. 4.30 Caniadaeth y CysegrHanner awr o ganu cynulleidfaol. Darlledwyd 7.30am

5.00 Stori Tic TocMae Wmffra yr anghenfil yn anhapus ac er ei fod yn anghenfil mawr, mae e ofn cathod. Ail-ddarllediad

5.05 Dei TomosSgyrsiau am Gymru, ei phobl a’i diwylliant. EBOST: [email protected]

6.30 Fy Nghymru IBeth mae Cymru yn ei olygu i bobl o wahanol oedran a chefndiroedd? Ail-ddarlledir Mercher am 6pm

7.00 Y ’Phoebe a Peggy’ a Phobol SolfachLleisiau pobol Soflach yn adrodd stori llong Y Phoebe a Peggy a suddodd gerllaw mynedfa harbwr Solfach ym 1774. Ail-ddarllediad

8.00 Ar Eich CaisRhys Meirion yn darllen cyfarchion ac yn chwarae ceisiadau. EBOST: [email protected]

9.00 John ac Alun Cerddoriaeth a sgwrsio i gloi’r penwythnos.12.00 gweler World Service

Llun y Pasg

5.30am John HardyCerddoriaeth a chwmnïaeth ben bore, gyda bwletinau newyddion, chwaraeon, tywydd a thraffig. Hefyd, y bwletin amaeth dyddiol, yn ogystal â golwg ar y papurau. 7.00 Sioe FrecwastCerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Huw Stephens. 8.00 Dros FrecwastY newyddion diweddaraf yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gyda Dylan Ebenezer. 9.00 Bore CothiCroeso cynnes dros baned gyda Shân Cothi. 12.00 Concro’r AnialwchDrama gan Wiliam Owen Roberts. 1.00pm Dai Llanilar: y Dyn ei HunDathlu cyfraniad Dai Jones i fywyd cefn gwlad ac i fyd darlledu. 2.00 Chwaraeon Radio CymruSylwebaethau byw, yn ogystal â chanlyniadau a’r newyddion chwaraeon diweddaraf. 5.00 Post PrynhawnNewyddion y dydd yng Nghymru a thu hwnt gyda Nia Thomas yn cyflwyno. EBOST: [email protected] Prynhawn, BBC Radio CymruCanolfan y BBC, Bryn MeirionBangor, LL57 2BY

5.30 Cyfaill CarcharorionRhaglen yn olrhain hanes y diwygiwr carchardai, yr heddychwr a’r dyngarwr Merfyn Turner. Ail-ddarllediad

6.00 Troi’r TirTerwyn Davies sy’n mynd ar ôl y straeon diweddaraf o fyd amaeth a bywyd cefn gwlad. Darlledwyd Sul y Pasg am 7am

6.30 Recordiau Rhys MwynClasuron coll o gasgliad Mr Mwyn, a gwesteion yn hel atgofion.

9.00 StiwdioGolwg ar y celfyddydau yng Nghymru a thu hwnt. 10.00 Geraint LloydCerddoriaeth a sgwrsio ar y shifft hwyr. EBOST: [email protected]ôn: 03703 500500

12.00 gweler World Service

Mawrth

5.30am John HardyCerddoriaeth a chwmnïaeth ben bore, gyda bwletinau newyddion, chwaraeon, tywydd a thraffig. Hefyd, y bwletin amaeth dyddiol, yn ogystal â golwg ar y papurau. 7.00 Dros FrecwastY newyddion diweddaraf yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gyda Kate Crockett a Dylan Ebenezer. Gan gynnwys cyfle yn hanner awr ola’r rhaglen i glywed eich cwestiynau a’ch sylwadau chi. 9.00 Aled HughesStraeon cyfredol, a holi’r cwestiynau sydd ar feddwl pawb, gyda Sara Gibson yn lle Aled. 11.00 Bore CothiCroeso cynnes dros baned gyda Shân Cothi. 12.30pm Dros GinioTrin a thrafod Cymru a’r byd gyda Jennifer Jones yn cyflwyno. EBOST: [email protected]ôn: 03703 500 500

2.00 Ifan EvansDigon o gerddoriaeth, chwerthin a sgwrsio gyda Marc Griffiths yn cyflwyno yn lle Ifan. 5.00 Post PrynhawnNewyddion y dydd yng Nghymru a thu hwnt gyda Nia Thomas yn cyflwyno. EBOST: [email protected] Prynhawn, BBC Radio CymruCanolfan y BBC, Bryn MeirionBangor, LL57 2BY

5.55 Darllediad EtholiadolDarllediad Etholiadol gan Llafur Cymru cyn etholiad Senedd Cymru ar Fai 6ed. 6.00 Gwneud Bywyd yn HawsHanna Hopwood Griffiths a’i gwestai sy’n trafod beth sy’n gwneud bywyd yn haws. 6.30 Sian EleriSian Eleri yn cyflwyno cymysgedd o gerddoriaeth newydd i ymlacio iddi. 9.00 Dei TomosSgyrsiau am Gymru, ei phobl a’i diwylliant, mewn fersiwn fyrrach o raglen nos Sul. EBOST: [email protected]

10.00 Geraint LloydCerddoriaeth a sgwrsio ar y shifft hwyr. EBOST: [email protected]ôn: 03703 500500


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5.30am John HardyCerddoriaeth a chwmnïaeth ben bore. 7.00 Dros FrecwastY newyddion diweddaraf yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gyda Kate Crockett a Dylan Ebenezer. 9.00 Aled HughesStraeon cyfredol, a holi’r cwestiynau sydd ar feddwl pawb, gyda Sara Gibson yn lle Aled. 11.00 Bore CothiCroeso cynnes dros baned gyda Shân Cothi.

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2.00 Ifan EvansDigon o gerddoriaeth, chwerthin a sgwrsio gyda Marc Griffiths yn cyflwyno yn lle Ifan. 5.00 Post PrynhawnNewyddion y dydd yng Nghymru a thu hwnt gydag Alun Thomas yn cyflwyno. EBOST: [email protected] Prynhawn, BBC Radio CymruCanolfan y BBC, Bryn MeirionBangor, LL57 2BY

5.55 Darllediad EtholiadolDarllediad Etholiadol gan Y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig cyn etholiad Senedd Cymru ar Fai 6ed. 6.00 Fy Nghymru IBeth mae Cymru yn ei olygu i bobl o wahanol oedran a chefndiroedd? Darlledwyd Sul y Pasg am 6.30pm

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2.00 Ifan EvansDigon o gerddoriaeth, chwerthin a sgwrsio gyda Marc Griffiths yn cyflwyno yn lle Ifan. 5.00 Post PrynhawnNewyddion y dydd yng Nghymru a thu hwnt gydag Alun Thomas yn cyflwyno. Post Prynhawn, BBC Radio CymruCanolfan y BBC, Bryn MeirionBangor, LL57 2BY

5.55 Darllediad EtholiadolDarllediad Etholiadol gan Plaid Cymru cyn etholiad Senedd Cymru ar Fai 6ed. 6.00 Penben I DimauCatrin Beard sy’n chwilio am y tîm mwyaf gwybodus mewn cwis di-lol.

6.30 Byd Huw StephensCerddoriaeth newydd, ambell berl anghyfarwydd o’r archif, a mix gwaith cartref. 9.00 Beti a’i PhobolBeti George yn sgwrsio gydag un o bobl Cymru. Darlledwyd Sul am 1pm

10.00 Geraint LloydCerddoriaeth a sgwrsio ar y shifft hwyr. EBOST: [email protected]ôn: 03703 500500


Gwener

5.30am John HardyCerddoriaeth a chwmnïaeth ben bore. 7.00 Dros FrecwastY newyddion diweddaraf yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gyda Kate Crockett a Gwenllian Grigg. 9.00 Trystan ac EmmaCerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Trystan Ellis-Morris ac Emma Walford. 11.00 Bore CothiCroeso cynnes dros baned gyda Shân Cothi. 12.30pm Dros GinioTrin a thrafod Cymru a’r byd gyda Dewi Llwyd yn cyflwyno. EBOST: [email protected]ôn: 03703 500 500

2.00 Tudur OwenLot o fwydro, ’chydig o sylwedd, dim swmp. 5.00 Post PrynhawnNewyddion y dydd yng Nghymru a thu hwnt gydag Alun Thomas yn cyflwyno. EBOST: [email protected] Prynhawn, BBC Radio CymruCanolfan y BBC, Bryn MeirionBangor, LL57 2BY

6.00 Lauren MooreCerddoriaeth ar gyfer nos Wener yng nghwmni Lauren Moore. 8.00 Penwythnos Geth a GerCerddoriaeth a hwyl gyda Geth a Ger, gan gynnwys Llinell yr Wythnos Pobol y Cwm! 10.00 Nos Wener Ffion EmyrFfion Emyr yn tanio’r penwythnos gyda dwy awr o gerddoriaeth. 12.00 gweler World ServiceRadio Cymru: 0370 350 0500 Llinell Wybodaeth: 0370 350 0600 (Codir prisiau daearyddol safonol am alwadau o ffonau sefydlog a ffonau symudol) Rhif Testun: 67500 Ebost: [email protected] Gwefan: bbc.co.uk/radiocymru

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Sadwrn7.00am—9.00 Sioe Frecwast: Cerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Daniel Glyn.

Sul y Pasg7.00am—10.00 Sioe Frecwast: Cerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Lisa Gwilym.

Llun y Pasg7.00am—9.00 Sioe Frecwast: Cerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Huw Stephens.

Mawrth— Iau7.00am—9.00 Sioe Frecwast: Cerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Dafydd a Caryl.

Gwener7.00am—9.00 Sioe Frecwast: Cerddoriaeth ac adloniant gyda Huw Stephens.

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BBC stations:Bristol 94.9 (Bristol), 103.6 (Severn), 104.6 (Bath)Gloucestershire 104.7 (Churchdown Hill), 95 (Stroud), 95.8 (Cirencester), MW 1413Hereford and Worcester 94.7 (Hereford), 104 (Worcester & Gt Malvern), 104.6 (Kidderminster), MW 738, 1584 (Tenbury Wells) Somerset 95.5, MW 1566 Wiltshire 104.3 (west Wiltshire), 104.9 (Marlborough), 103.5 (Salisbury), 103.6 (Swindon)

Independent stations:Bay Radio 102.1 (Swansea)Bridge FM 106.3 (Bridgend/Vale of Glamorgan) Capital 103.2 (Cardiff), 97.4 (Newport), 96.3 (north Wales Coast), 103.4 (Cheshire/north east Wales), 97.1 (Wirral), 103 (Anglesey) Music, news Carmarthenshire 97.1 (Carmarthenshire), 97.5 (Llanelli/Carmarthen Town) Chester’s Dee 106.3Freeradio 103.1 (Shropshire), 97.2 (Wolverhampton) Music, news, 97.6 (Hereford), 96.7 (Kidderminster), 102.8 (Worcester) MusicHeart 88 (Wrexham), 103 (Bath/Weston Super-Mare), 96.3 (Bristol), 102.2 (west Wiltshire), 102.4 (Gloucester/ Cheltenham), 102.6 (Somerset), 97.2 (Swindon), 105.2 (Abergavenny/Carmarthenshire), 105.4 (Cardiff), 105.9 (Aberdare), 105.7 (Colwyn Bay), 105.9 (Newport), 105.7 (Pembrokeshire), 106 (Swansea/Carmarthen), 106.1 (Ebbw Vale), 106.2 (Fishguard), 106.9 (Mold/Flint), 107.2 (Caernarfon/Anglesey), 107.3 (Rhyl/Prestatyn)Greatest Hits Radio 100.8 (Porlock), 102 (Salisbury), 102.4 (west Somerset), 107.2 (Bristol), 107.4 (Telford/Wrekin), 107.5 (west Wiltshire), 107.5 (Gloucestershire), 107.7 (Weston-Super-Mare/north Somerset/(Swindon) 107.9 (Bath), MW 1170 (Swansea/south west Wales) Kiss 101 (Severn Estuary), 97.2 (Bristol) Dance music, newsNation Radio 106.8 (Cardiff), 107.3 (Swansea) Music, newsPembrokeshire 102.5, 107.5 (Fishguard/Tenby) Radio Cardiff 98.7Radio Tircoed 106.5 (West Swansea) Music, newsScarlet FM 97.5 (Llanelli)Smooth 100.4 (north-west England); MW 1359 (south Wales), 1305 (Gwent), 1260 (north Wales/Cheshire/Bristol), 774 (Gloucester), 1161 (Swindon), 936 (West Wiltshire)Sunshine 106.2 (Hereford), 107.8 (Leominster), 107 (Monmouth), MW 855 (south Shropshire)The Wave 96.4 (Swansea)


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to compute, and have had to piece that time back together from other sources.” Some of those sources make it into the book: notes from doctors, emails from family, and the unsenti-mental but poignant entries in Rosen’s “patient diary” – updates and exhortations inscribed nightly by the nurses who were keeping him alive.

If there were any doubt over the author-educator-broadcast-er’s “national treasure” status, these diary notes confirm it. Nearly every nurse (and physio and speech therapist and retired health worker drafted into ICU to help when the frontline medics were overwhelmed) mentions a cherished memory of reading Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear

Hunt or another of his poems for

children. Many also cite These Are the Hands, the love poem to the NHS that Rosen wrote in 2008, but which became an anthem of 2020 after emotional readings such as Michael

Sheen’s on Jo Whiley’s show on Radio 2. (Ironically, Rosen was out cold for all of this, and equally oblivious as he home-schooled millions of children, via YouTube, with his eccen-tric, avuncular recitations of his poems.)

Naturally, he rejects the plaudits (“I don’t look like a national treasure when I’m shambling down the street.”), but is unabash-edly thrilled at the success of These Are the Hands (“Poets like the affirma-

Writing is a way to relieve unbearable sadness’

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a threat unlike any other in its 70-year history.

Despite the difficulties, Clarke focuses on the

glimmers of hope and innate goodness she

was witness to, even in the most arduous

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music in The Musical Human (£30, Bloomsbury

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“That also means I could put in anything and

write whatever I was feeling that day: a rhyming

song, a little observation, something angry or

more contemplative, a funny thing I heard

someone say – like the chap in the opposite bed

from me, when the nurse tells him his urine is

dark, and he replies, ‘The times are dark.’ ”

There’s certainly a rich seam of black hospital

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exactly, to 13 March 2020. Which is the time

when the Government were saying we had to

create herd immunity. And that absurd idea has

been lethal for tens of thousands of people. So

yes I’m angry, and yes I’m bitter.”

Then, of course, there’s the grief

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ing otherwise unbearable sadness”)

and the gratitude. “The NHS isn’t just

doctors and nurses, it’s an army of people wash-

ing floors, designing labs, preparing food… and

I’m only alive today because of all of them. The

word ‘gratitude’ doesn’t even express it.”

With the book’s rainbow of emotions, overlap-

ping and conflicting, Rosen doesn’t just detail

his own corona story, he reflects the strange,

terrible, funny, sad year we’ve all had – and

expresses it better than we can ourselves.

“That’s my job,” he says modestly. But when

we needed someone to write a national anthem

of the NHS, to play surrogate uncle for our kids,

to act as our ambassador to the Land of the

Dead, to be our poet laureate of the pandemic…

well, we were fortunate enough to retain ( just)

the services of Michael Rosen. ED GRENBY

Many editions of Michael Rosen’s Radio 4 series,

Word of Mouth, are available on BBC Sounds

tion from the crowd, just like any spectator

sport”), and it makes a beautiful, echoing coda to

the new book.

Part paean, part polemic, part memoir, part

time capsule (and told mostly in prose poems)

Many Different Kinds of Love is a hard work to

categorise. “I see it as a mosaic,” says the author.

“Each element is like a single tile, but it builds

up into a story when you take a step back and

see the way it’s tessellated, like when the Romans

made mosaics of the god Jupiter. Or, to put it

another way, it could be a ‘loo book’: read a few

pages, leave it, come back and read a few more

another time – it doesn’t have to be read in order.

RECUPERATINGMichael Rosen

comforted by his wife Emma in London’s

Whittington Hospital

‘Writing is a way to relieve unbearable sadness’

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Cram your borders with colour all summer long, says Joe Swift

Do your borders feel a little

unbalanced or have obvious

gaps? No doubt you took

photos last year and can now

look at them with a view to

improving things... Didn’t

think so! It’s a good idea, but no worries: you’ll

see plants pushing through around now, and it’s

the ideal time to plug gaps. By summer, your

beds will be full of wonderful plants (which in

turn suppress weeds and reduce moisture loss).

This is one of my favourite gardening tasks – a

combination of horticulture and artistry. First

take an overview of what plants you have, what

you may want to move, and which spaces need

filling. Some plants may look good drifted

through a border, or put into different borders to

keep the eye moving (I told you it was arty!).

Large clumps of perennials and ornamental

grasses will be ripe for dividing up. Some die out

in the middle over time and benefit from this

process every few years, but it’s also a way of

creating new plants for free. Lift the entire

clump with a fork or spade and prise apart using

back-to-back forks, or cut with an old serrated

kitchen knife. Divide the clump into fist-sized

pieces, discarding old or weak growth as you go.

Place them where you want them, enrich the soil

with some compost, then plant and water in.

If you’re buying plants to fill gaps, consider a

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autumn colour) and perennials. With shrubs,

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there are too many (or much bigger ones) on one

side, it’ll feel lopsided, so stagger them infor-

mally either side.

When it comes to perennials, every garden

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perform well and are easy to divide. My go-to

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all summer), gaura (tall and white, so goes

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In shady spots, plants such as bergenia

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bia (woodspurge) and ajuga (bugle) are great.

Some can be a little boisterous, but if that’s

the case, simply divide them up to fill any gaps

in the future.


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Joe Swift is a presenter on

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Sweet peas are an annual

climber that just keep giving!

Their flowers come in a rainbow of colours

and fill our gardens all summer with their

scent. They’re easy to grow, and perfect for

cutting to bring indoors.

K It’s not too late to sow seed into pots now to

flower this summer. Soak the seed overnight

and then sow two seeds into root-trainers

(deep plastic pots). Place in a greenhouse or

cold frame if possible, but you can equally

grow them indoors on a cool windowsill.

Water regularly, and when roots fill the

container, pot each seedling into a one-litre

pot, using multipurpose compost.

K Alternatively, buy your sweet peas in pots

from garden centres or even DIY stores, ready

to go into the ground. Pinch out the tips when

they have four pairs of leaves.

K Sweet peas will happily scramble up

a trellis or fence panel that has wiring or

mesh fixed on. Otherwise, bamboo or hazel

wigwams stuck in the ground look great and

add height in a border.

K If growing in a pot, plant out in April —

around 20cm apart, or one for each upright

of your wigwam — and deep is better than

shallow. Gently tie the shoots to the cane.

K Outdoors they require a

sunny spot, moist soil

and feeding, for they’re

hungry plants, so dig

in plenty of organic

matter.

K Water regularly,

and feed every

fortnight with

a high-potash

feed (tomato

feed or seaweed).

Obsessives pinch out all

the curly tendrils, but the

important thing is to keep

picking your sweet peas, as

this encourages them to

produce more flowers.

K Three great varieties for

scent: “Almost black” (large,

deep-purple, velvety flowers);

“Noel Sutton” (pale lilac

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GROW SWEET PEAS


Here the truth doesn’t get in the way of a good story

In fair Verona

The walled garden at the west-

ern end of the Casa di Giulietta

in Verona is supposed to be

where love-struck Juliet called

down to Romeo. Only it’s baloney.

Neither of the star-crossed lovers

actually existed; they were written into life by

William Shakespeare. And the famous balcony?

It was put there in the 1930s to attract tourists.

But after the year the Italians have just

had, who’s going to come here and knock their

balconies? Besides, that’s just one of the many

delightful things about this ancient and compact

city in northern Italy’s Veneto region – the truth

doesn’t get in the way of a very good story.

Walk through the archway from the Via

Cappello into the Casa di Giulietta garden and

your disbelief will fall away. It’s helped by the

fact that the rest of the building is very much the

real thing: this is a genuine palazzo, and once

home to the real-life Capulets (or, at least, the

Cappellos – the great, late-medieval family that

Shakespeare reworked as the Capulets).

A statue of “Juliet” stands beneath the balcony,

and tradition has it that couples must touch its

breast for luck. Post-Covid regulations may well

see an end to that habit, but whatever Italy looks

like after its last lockdown is lifted, restrictions

shouldn’t impair the greatest yet simplest pleas-

ure this city can offer a visitor: a walk around it.

In fair Verona, everything is at hand for the

pedestrian. Take a short stroll through the Città

Anticca and you’ll find Juliet’s tomb in a crypt at

the Museum of Frescoes, once a Franciscan mon-

astery. Again, it’s not genuine – because, again,

Juliet did not exist! – but that doesn’t lessen the

sadness to settle on observers as they look down

into the chamber. The mood is heightened – or

lowered rather – by the inscription from Act V,

Scene III on the wall. “A grave? O, no; a lantern…

for here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes this

vault a feasting presence, full of light.”

Now dry your eyes and potter along the banks

of the River Adige to admire the Ponte Pietra, a

Roman bridge destroyed by the Germans in the

Second World War and put back together stone

by stone in 1957. Pause, astonished, in front of

the ornate Gothic tombs of the Scaliger family

outside the Santa Maria Antica church, then

wander over to the Roman arena where the

famous opera festival takes place each summer

(this year’s is currently scheduled to go ahead).

After that, cross the cobbled square and walk

to the equally fabulous, though less famous,

Museo di Castelvecchio, where a ground-break-

ing brutalist interior was inserted into a medie-

The beautiful backdrop for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will capture your heart. But is it too good to be true?

‘Here the truth doesn’t get in the way of a good story’

Romeo and JulietEaster Day 9.00pm Sky Arts

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A GRAVE?Entrance to the

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LAKE OF TRANQUILLITY

A lakefront café at Riva

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HISTORY AND LEGEND

The balcony and statue at the

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Ponte Pietra over the River Adige

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1960s1 According to their 1960 top three hit, Emile Ford & the Checkmates found themselves On a Slow Boat to… where’?

2 Including Tony Burrows on vocals, which act achieved their only hit in 1967 with Let’s Go to San Francisco?

1970s3 Spanish duo Baccara topped the charts in 1977 with Yes Sir I Can Boogie, but what was the title of their only other top ten hit?

4 How many number one hits were achieved by Brotherhood of Man during the 70s?

1980s5 A number one in America, Up Where We Belong was the only UK top ten hit as a duet for which two singers?

6 Can you name the group whose first two top 20 hits were Excitable and Don’t You Just Know It?

1990s7 Name the rapper who entered the charts at number one in 1997 with his hit Ain’t Nobody.

8 What was the title of the first top ten hit single achieved by 911?

2000s—present day9 In 2001, Robbie Williams topped the charts with his double A-sided hit Eternity and which other song?

10 Who had a top ten album in 2020 titled Even in Exile?

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people, the contestants are then asked

to choose the answer they think the

fewest of those 100 people knew.

How to play Here are anagrams of five

sports at the 2016 Olympic Games.

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KEVIN ASHMAN

1 Which boxer, born in Cornwall in

1863, won the Middleweight, Light

Heavyweight and Heavyweight

world titles in his career?a Ted “Kid” Lewis b Bob Fitzsimmons

c Randolph Turpin

2 Which scientist, who gives his

name to a unit of measurement,

introduced the term “horsepower”?a James Watt b Georg Ohm

c Isaac Newton

STEVE COOKE

3 What is the name of Captain

Ahab’s ship in Moby-Dick?

a Pequod b Maggie c Tiger Shark

4 In which sport do riders compete

on motorbikes with no brakes?

a Motocross b Superbikes c Speedway

CHRIS HUGHES

5 “New Sarum” is an old-fashioned

name for which city?

a Southampton b Swindon c Salisbury

6 The Gregorian Calendar that we

use today was named after which

16th-century public figure?a The Astronomer Royal b The Pope

c The King of France

JUDITH KEPPEL

7 Henry the Navigator was a prince

of which country in the 1400s?

a Spain b Portugal c Italy

8 Which animal performs

a “waggle dance” to indicate

that food has been found?

a Worm b Spider c Bee

LISA THIEL

9 In Greek mythology, who

designed and built the Labyrinth

of the Minotaur?

a Odysseus b Daedalus c Mentor

10 In which 1985 film does

Harrison Ford play the role

of Detective John Book?

a Witness b Blade Runner c The Mosquito Coast

The saying goes that in order to rid

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of alcohol might alleviate the pain —

known as a “hair of the dog”. The full

version of this is “the hair of the dog

that bit you”. It is rooted in

a medieval remedy for a

dog bite, which required

the offending animal to

be chased down and

a hair from its coat

plucked out,

whereupon it would be made into a

poultice to cover the wound. A century

or two later, the idea of quaffing a

small amount of alcohol to mitigate

the effects of the night before was

thought to have the same effect.

It’s not the only extreme treatment.

In the 1800s, a tincture known as

Goddard’s Drops was used for a wide

variety of disorders, and is said to have

consisted variously of raw silk, dried

viper, and powdered human skull.

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Speaking out on abuseLETTER OF THE WEEK

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I’ve just watched the third and final part of Football’s Darkest Secret (BBC2/iPlayer). In all the years since I was first abused as a child, I’ve never felt as satisfied with any media attention given to the suffering of victims as I have with this series. I was not a footballer, but the abuse I endured robbed me of some of my future and caused me all the difficulties in later life spoken of by those brave people who appeared in the films. I congratulate them.

Thank you, especially, to Paul Stewart, and to all those involved in making the series. It has been a long time coming.Name and address supplied

…What a heart-rending series. My heart went out to ex-professional footballer Paul Stewart when he said that his most difficult time was when he had to tell his 79- and 80-year-old parents about the years of abuse he had suffered, before the media revealed the truth. All the people who took part deserve high praise for their immense bravery.Stephen McCarthy Glasgow

LOST IN LODFor sure Line of Duty (Sunday BBC1) is well made – we expected that. But creator Jed Mercurio needs to remember that not all viewers understand police jargon.

I should like to hear the occasional “missing person” instead of “misper”. We need a handy guide to tedious police abbreviations and acronyms. “We can keep it on the DL only if we have a CHIS in MIT” is unintelligible, as well as

the Census, as I know from my role as an enumerator in 2001.Alan MacDonald Otley, West Yorkshire

A spokesperson for the production tells RT: “Based on our research, we understood from Section 39 (4f) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 that the information could be sourced as part of a criminal investigation. We are happy to issue a correction if this is wrong.”

FATHERS AND SONSNick Broomfield brought all his documentary-making experience to bear on his wonderful film My Father and Me (20 March BBC2), charting the highs and lows of his relationship with his late father, Maurice. Nick was very open about their differences and honest about the hurt he felt at his father’s lack of approval of his work. As they mellowed with age, the love they felt for each other was clear.

Although a very personal documentary, it will have left many people reflecting on their own father-son relationships.Paul Millington Bromborough, Wirral

STAND UP AND APPLAUDI flicked, by chance, to Borderline: a Postcard from the Edge of the Union (19 March) on Radio 4 Extra. Patrick Kielty’s material is always brave and this was no exception. The writer of the prize letter in that week’s RT wanted Northern Ireland to be portrayed

in a more positive light. Patrick’s programme did

so and I clapped at the end. More stand-up

like this, please.Andy Leithgoe

Exeter, Devon

THE FINAL?Last year we were

told that the final of BBC Young Musician 2020

(BBC4) would be shown at a later date. Several months have now passed. Will we ever get to see it?Philip Down Crawley,

West Sussex

Good news, Philip – the wait is nearly over. The semi-final and final will both be shown this spring.

flaunting its own cleverness at the viewers’ expense.Hugh Rogers Ashby, Lincolnshire

…In LOD (21 March) I was surprised at the use of BRPs during the siege – they could have used RCGs instead. This should be reported to the PLQs or, indeed to the QPLs. Are there any other NITWITs out there confused like me? But then perhaps they were having a LAFF…Rosemary Hambidge

Ardgay, Highland

Turn to page 26 for some much-needed help…

CHARMING CARRNever before having been an admirer of Alan Carr, I’m now a converted fan! What a charming, likeable man he is on Interior Design Masters (BBC2/iPlayer). Not only is he extremely funny, but he shows sympathy and concern

for the would-be designers, and real kindness when they are sitting on “that settee”.

The programme, along with judge Michelle Ogundehin and the expert guests, has been a joy to watch and I hope there will be another series. Deborah Redmore

Walton in Gordano, Somerset

100 YEARS OF SECRECYIn part four of the otherwise

excellent Unforgotten (15 March ITV), while the police were looking into a 30-year-old historical crime, it was said that the name and address of a suspect/witness had been

obtained from the 1991 Census.This is not possible. While

general statistical trends may occasionally be published from recent census data, personal details are subject to a strict 100-year secrecy embargo. Such an assurance of confidentiality is key to persuading people to complete

FUNNY MANAlan Carr shows his

sympathetic side

HEART-RENDINGPaul Stewart in the early 1990s and (below) today

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LET’S RECONNECT SOON As I face bleak Monday evenings with Only Connect (BBC2) reaching its climax, I note that again, deservedly, it is one of the RT Choices (22 March). I believe it has consistently had this honour nearly every, if not every, week this season. Is this a record? Here’s to many future Mondays of wrestling with the puzzles and squinting at the wall as the gifted contestants resolve the problems, so ably chaired, abetted and encouraged by Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Don’t make the break too long!Georgina Sweetnam

Killiney, County Dublin

In the meantime, don’t forget there’s an OC Wall in our Puzzles pages every week – see page 148.

LEICESTER’S LOSSIn the 20 March RT Choice for the FA Cup Quarter-finals (BBC1/BT Sport 1), Simon O’Hagan stated that, of the eight teams then still involved, only Bournemouth have never won the cup. It pains me to say, as a Leicester City supporter, that my team has never won it either. They have appeared in four finals and lost the lot – which must be some kind of record. I remember the final of 1969 against Manchester City because I was there. Maybe 2021 could be the year the Foxes lift the trophy!Peter Turton Sunderland

Choice writer Simon O’Hagan replies: “My apologies to Peter and to all Leicester City fans. Mea culpa. Or, rather, mea FA Culpa!”

IN MEMORY OF LUMINOUS NICOLA PAGETTI was very sorry to hear that Nicola Pagett died recently, aged 75. She was best known for playing headstrong Elizabeth Bellamy, unhappily married to poet Lawrence Kirbridge (Ian Ogilvy), in the first two series of ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs in the 1970s. Currently being aired again on Talking Pictures TV (Sunday), the drama passes the test of time with flying colours. She was also highly effective in the title role of Anna Karenina in 1977 [pictured on the RT cover above].

After playing femme fatale Liz Rodenhurst in comedy drama A Bit of a Do (1989), starring David Jason, she acted less frequently, and later revealed a struggle with bipolar disorder. Throughout her career, Nicola Pagett was a strikingly luminous and, to my mind, much-underrated performer.John Rutherford Sevenoaks, Kent

THE VITAL RED BUTTON It was great to see in RT that the BBC red button service had scheduled the All England Badminton Championships (18–21 March) – a popular sport that’s not often seen on TV. The coverage was excellent, as were the main commentators, Gill Clark and Morten Frost, both ex-internationals who know the game inside out. With Six Nations

rugby and FA Cup football all over terrestrial television that weekend, this was further proof of the need to retain the red button.David Mellor

Sleaford,

Lincolnshire

WOLF’S TALEWe enjoyed Natural Histories: Wolf

(21 March Radio 4), though it made no mention of the legend of Saint Edmund – it is said that, after he was killed by Danish invaders for refusing to denounce his Christianity, a wolf guarded his remains. There’s a beautiful life-size statue of the wolf on the cliffs at Old Hunstanton in Norfolk.David and Joolz Saunders

Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

MARTIN OF THE GLENWith Martin Compston returning as his so-serious Line of Duty character Steve Arnott (Sunday BBC1) and sporting a beard, it is such fun to see him as he was 17 years ago, playing the incorrigible young Ewan Brodie – general factotum to the Laird of Glenbogle – in the wonderful Monarch of the Glen. That series, e

MC OF OCVictoria Coren

Mitchell and Only Connect

will be back

LINE OF 2004Martin Compston in Monarch of the Glen

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YOU ASK US

Are the MasterChef cooks taught the basics? Are the MasterChef contestants

(Mon, Thu, Fri BBC1) taught how

all the appliances work? I felt

sorry for Katy, who used the

hob as an extra work surface,

not realising that putting

something on top of it would

turn it on. So her tortellini burnt.

Liz Farrell, Stockport, Cheshire

Poor Katy failed to progress in

the competition after a fraught

MasterChef quarter-final (12 March)

in which she had to remake her

tortellini at speed and then her

pasta was judged to be too thick.

But it sounds as if it was the

occasion that got to her rather

than the cooker.

A spokesperson for the show

tells RT: “All contestants are

briefed on the equipment before

they go into the kitchen by the

MasterChef home economics team,

who are also on set at all times

to help if anyone is struggling.

The equipment also remains

unchanged throughout the series

— so by the quarter-final stage

a contestant will have cooked in

the kitchen several times. However,

as you can imagine, sometimes

the pressure of the competition

means things don’t always go

to plan for the contestants.”

Easter food special — page 8

WHERE’S JACK?As avid fans of Richard Osman’s

House of Games (weekdays BBC2),

we’ve noticed question writer Jack

Yeo seems to be in the credits only

on a Monday. We’ve worked it out

he must write Distinctly Average,

but a recent show featured DA but

without any mention of Jack! Can

you put us out of our misery?

Tim Dawe, Cardiff

The show’s executive producer

Tamara Gilder tells RT: “Well, I wish

I could say that we don’t know who

Jack Yeo is — that he leaves his

questions tucked under a rock by

a bench in Hyde Park, always on

a Monday; we’ve never seen him,

we can’t contact him, but he’s

never let us down. But the less

mysterious answer is that Jack is

on our development team rather

than on the question-writing team,

though he writes questions when

he can. That’s why we only credit

him on Mondays. We do often start

the week with Distinctly Average —

so it’s just a coincidence. He writes

for all of the rounds when he has a

moment (and isn’t deep in thought

coming up with the next smash-hit

game show format).

”I hope Tim enjoys the next

series, which we start filming soon!”

f which is now being repeated

in the mornings on Drama (Mon–

Wed), is blissfully escapist! Yvonne Marcus

Rustington, West Sussex

CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUEMy Unique B&B (BBC2) had

breathtaking close-ups of birds,

insects and small mammals,

which added to a sense of how

lovely it would be to stay there.

No camera operator was credited,

though – so were these shots

added later on?Sarah Goodall Swansea

A BBC spokesperson tells RT: “The wonderful wildlife footage, which was shot on location for My Unique B&B, was taken by the producer/director, Thomas Macnab.”

WASTE NOT, WANT NOTIn The Secret Science of Sewage

(18 March BBC2) the ever-

enthusiastic George McGavin

and Zoe Laughlin took us on a

fascinating tour of a state-of-the-

art sewage plant on the outskirts

of Birmingham.

Who would have thought that

the waste we flush into the

drains every day could actually

be a rich resource – for

replenishing soil, producing

biomethane gas for the grid and

electricity from pee that can charge

mobile phones. It even contains

organisms that could be used

in breakthrough medical

treatments to fight antibiotic-

resistant bacteria.

Best of all, it’s infinitely

renewable!Anne Riley Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Anne Riley wins Spiral: the Complete Collection – a box set containing all 86 episodes of the compelling Parisian crime drama starring Caroline Proust as detective Laure Berthaud.

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KATHERINE PARKINSON

MY HOBBY Painting with acrylics:

I’m not very good but it doesn’t

stop me.

MY RADIO I love Emma Barnett,

Graham Norton and Elaine Paige.

There’s nothing nicer than making

banana bread, listening to the radio.

MY MUSIC I like to go for a very

gentle walk-slash-run listening to

Van Morrison.

NOTHING TO WATCH?

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Home on the farmwith Amanda Owen

Presumably finding time to write

has been a factor, too?

Yes. I wasn’t going to get a nanny

just so I could sit in a coffee shop

and write a screenplay, but during

lockdown some jobs fell through

and I started writing with my

friend Oli Lansley and it was a bit

like falling in love. Homeschooling

took priority – I will never regret

the extra time with my children,

even though I spent a lot of it

shouting at them – but if they had

been at school, obviously I would

have written six plays.

You were due to star in a

stage version of The Good Life

last year. Will that go ahead

when lockdown lifts?

Possibly, but I’m not going to be

around for it because I’m going

to Australia in May to make a

show for Australian TV.

And there’s a new series

of BBC2 comedy

Defending the Guilty, isn’t there?

No. It’s been a

casualty of Covid

because it got

pushed back

and then

availability

became a

problem. It’s a

shame because

I’ve discovered

I love playing

absolute

bitches.

What do

you get from

theatre that

you don’t get

from TV?

You get to

rehearse it

really well and

then you have

What do you see from your sofa?

My husband’s feet propped up

on the pouffe with his prehensile

toes, and Humphrey, our beautiful

ginger-and-white cat.

And what’s on the TV?

We’ve used lockdown to catch up

on drama: Ozark, Succession, The Queen’s Gambit, This Is Us. We

only watch one episode at a time

because our children get up with

persistent punctuality – we have

a joke to swear as much as we can

once they’re asleep – but if we’re

really into something we might

watch one and a half episodes and

feel really wild. I also love Long Lost Family. We try not to break

down during it.

In 2018 you wrote a play called

Sitting that you’ve now adapted

for BBC4, and in which you star.

Did you always want to write?

No, but because there has been

a shift with all these brilliant

writers like Michaela Coel, Phoebe

Waller-Bridge and Emerald

Fennell, a little ambition emerged.

Is it the honesty of their material

that inspires you?

Exactly. We’ve been repressed for

so long; it’s all tumbling out now.

I was moved to tears by the sex

scenes in Normal People and

who’d have thought we’d have that

scene with the blood clot in

I May Destroy You? There’s a new

commitment to saying how it is.

I’m almost jealous that this

generation has Fleabag: my

feminism was the Spice Girls

kissing Nelson Mandela and that

terrifying book Sex by Madonna.

Her sinewy muscles and conical

bra put me off for years.

total agency on the night. I’ve

rarely done a take on a TV set and

felt pleased with it but on stage it’s

easier to move on. Also there’s the

camaraderie, the hours and the

excuse to have a drink afterwards.

Theatre losses are estimated at

£200 million and counting. Do

you think the Government has

been supportive enough?

We were very grateful for that big

injection of money but there are

lots of brilliant young people who

haven’t been able to stay in the

industry; the people from normal

backgrounds who haven’t got

private funding. This is an industry

that already provides an unfair

advantage to those from richer

backgrounds starting out.

Do you fear for the future of

theatre?

We’re a species that loves to laugh

or cry together. I think we will

bounce back. EMMA COX

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