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FREESAT 105FREESAT 113FREESAT 159 FREESAT 1156.00am Milkshake! Children’s shows.
9.55 Rise of the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles Double bill. (R)
10.15 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (R)
10.35 Friends Five episodes. (R)
1.05pm Bruce Almighty (2003/12)
Comedy, starring Jim Carrey
and Morgan Freeman. ★★★
3.00 The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and
the Wardrobe (2005/PG)
Fantasy adventure, starring
Tilda Swinton. ★★★★
5.10 HMS Belfast: WW2’s Great
Survivor The history of the
Second World War cruiser. (R)
6.05 Hitler’s U-Boat: Draining the
Ocean In search of Hitler’s
underwater secrets. (R)
6.55 5 News Weekend Headlines.
10.55 Agatha Christie’s Crooked
House Adaptation of the
mystery novel, starring Max
Irons and Terence Stamp. A man
returning to London from Cairo
investigates the poisoning of
his fiancee’s grandfather. (R)
1.10am The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.10 Gotham: Rise of the Villains.
Gordon and Bullock continue their
crusade to bring Cobblepot down,
unaware he is under the control of
the Galavans and has been ordered to
arrange a series of arson attacks. (R)
4.00 NCIS. Tony tries to track down
Ziva in North Africa. (R) 4.45 House
Doctor. Double bill. From Wiltshire; a
cluttered property in the Cotswolds.
(R) 5.35-6.00am Wildlife SOS (R)
7.00 Cricket on 5: The Ashes
England v Australia. Action
from the third day of the
third Test, as the five-match
series continued at Emerald
Headingley Stadium. The hosts
have not defeated the Aussies
here in this format since 2001.
8.00 WW2: The Battle of
Stalingrad (3/4) Examining how
crucial taking Stalingrad was to
Hitler’s plans for the Jews, and
how the US rebuilt its navy and
went from being the 18th-ranked
army in the world to be second
only to the Soviet Union.
9.55 Hitler’s Secret
Underground Factory
Documenting the story of the
revolutionary Messerschmitt ME
262, which was one of the most
technologically advanced
aeroplanes of the Second World
War and was built in a cave. (R) 6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Ross Noble:
Off Road 8.00 Storage Hunters 9.00
American Pickers 10.00 American Pickers:
Best Of 12.00noon Cops UK: Bodycam
Squad 1.00 Cop Car Workshop 2.00 Best
of Top Gear 3.00 Scrapyard Supercar
4.00 Red Bull Soapbox Race 2015
6.00 Gavin & Stacey Triple bill. The
happy couple return from their
honeymoon; Gavin sets out to help
Smithy accept his responsibilities;
Smithy and Nessa visit the hospital.
8.00 Not Going Out Triple bill of the
comedy, with Lee Mack and Tim Vine.
10.00 FILM Pulp Fiction (1994/18)
Crime drama, starring John Travolta
and Samuel L Jackson. ★★★★★
1.05am Taskmaster 2.05 Have I Got a Bit
More News for You. With Alexander
Armstrong. 2.55 Dave Gorman: Modern
Life Is Goodish 4.00-6.00am Shopping
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Lovejoy 11.00
Sharpe 1.00pm Father Brown 4.00 The
39 Steps. Adaptation of John Buchan’s
novel, starring Rupert Penry-Jones.
6.00 Father Brown Double bill. The
circus brings death to Kembleford
when a clown is murdered; a murder is
committed at the local army barracks
using a legendary broken sword.
8.00 Murdoch Mysteries The detective
is in jail for the alleged murder of Lydia
Hall and must prove his innocence amid
police and government corruption.
9.00 Sherlock The private investigator
looks into the destruction of images of
Margaret Thatcher – and soon unearths
Mary Watson’s dark past as an assassin.
11.00 New Tricks 12.20am Trial &
Retribution 2.30 The Heart Guy 3.35
Garden Hopping. From St Mawgan,
Cornwall. 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping6.00am Napoleon 7.10 After Hitler 8.00
The Blue Planet 1.00pm Blue Planet II
2.00 The Blue Planet: four episodes
6.00 The Blue Planet Predators and
prey come under scrutiny, featuring
marlin tracking down a shoal of sardines,
and dolphins herding mackerel.
7.00 Guitar Heroes at the BBC Double
bill. Performances by Status Quo, the
Who, Dire Straits and Lynyrd Skynyrd;
featuring the Rolling Stones, David
Bowie, Motorhead and AC/DC.
9.00 Secrets of Britain Double bill. A
look at the Tower of London – which
has served as a castle, a jail and a place
of execution; subterranean London,
including plague pits and secret bunkers.
11.00 Monster Ships 12.00m’t War
Factories 1.00 Henry VIII’s Lost Palaces:
A Time Team Special 2.35 Battle
Factory 3.00-6.00am Teleshopping6.00am The Royal 6.50 George and
Mildred 8.25 Inspector Morse 10.45
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: double bill
3.00pm Lewis. The detective suspects
a link between the deaths of a student
and a well-known criminal. 5.00 Foyle’s
War. Foyle’s son disappears. Last in series.
7.00 Midsomer Murders A land dispute
escalates and leads to murder during
a cowboy fair run by the Wild West
Society in the village of Ford Florey.
Guest starring Kenneth Cranham.
9.00 Endeavour The detective throws
himself into his work following his
recent loss, and investigates the
suspicious death of a scientist from a
team working on an early computer.
11.00 A Touch of Frost. Jack investigates
the murder of a gigolo. 1.00am Classic
Emmerdale: triple bill 2.20 Nightscreen
2.30-6.00am Teleshopping6.00am Teleshopping 7.25 The Piglet
Files 7.50 Steptoe and Son 9.10 Lucky
Feller 9.40 The Interviews 10.50 The
Story of Only Fools and Horses 11.50
Miranda 1.10pm The Vicar of Dibley 1.50
Only Fools and Horses: six episodes
6.30 Only Fools and Horses Triple bill.
Del tries to sell a pair of antique urns;
the Trotters finally strike gold; Rodney
starts going out with a policewoman.
9.10 Mrs Brown’s Boys Triple bill. Agnes
tries to gatecrash Maria’s hen party;
Dermot gets cold feet in the run-up to
his wedding day; newlyweds Dermot
and Maria argue over whether they
should buy their own home.
11.05 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy
Roadshow 12.10am Men Behaving Badly
12.50 The Mighty Boosh 2.00 Inside No
9 2.35 Game On 3.05 Harry Hill’s TV
Burp 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping6.00am Emmerdale 9.05 Coronation
Street 12.00noon Ninja Warrior UK 1.00
Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 1.55
You’ve Been Framed! Gold: Funniest 100
2.50 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
3.20 FILM Hocus Pocus (1993/PG)
Supernatural comedy, starring Bette
Midler. ★★★ 5.25 FILM Wrath of the
Titans (2012/12) Fantasy adventure
sequel, starring Sam Worthington. ★★
7.15 FILM Liar Liar (1997/12) A boy
makes a wish to prevent his lawyer
father from telling lies. Comedy, with
Jim Carrey and Maura Tierney. ★★★★
9.00 FILM asino RoyaleC (2006/12)
James Bond pursues an international
criminal. Spy thriller, starring Daniel
Craig and Eva Green. ★★★★
11.55 Family Guy 12.55am American
Dad! 1.50 Release the Hounds 2.50
Teleshopping 5.50-6.00am NightscreenFREEVIEW 5F’VIEW 6F’VIEW 19 SKY 111 VIRGIN 127 FREESAT 157 F’VIEW 25 F’VIEW 10Zone of Champions
ITV, 5.40pm
The World’s Angriest Goose.
Premier League Mirror-
Smashing. Interpretive Shop
Destruction. Shoving Ferrets
Down Phil Mitchell’s Shorts.
Amazingly, only one of those
unlikely pursuits is a figment
of our imaginations. The rest
all feature in Jack and Nicky’s
latest barmy round-up.Casualty
BBC One, 9.10pm
Ethan (George Rainsford) is still in turmoil
after last week’s fatal blast. When an old
friend turns up with his poorly daughter, it’s a
chance to throw himself back into his work.