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Saturday 31

The Bean Room (R) 12.48

Shipping Forecast 1.0

As World Service 5.20

Shipping Forecast 5.30

News Briefing 5.43 Bells

on Sunday: St Wilfred’s,

York 5.45 Profile (R)

Radio 4 Extra

6.0 Happy and Glorious

7.30 The Garden 8.0

World Book Club 8.50

David Attenborough’s

Life Stories 9.0 I’m Sorry

I’ll Read That Again,

Again 12.0 BBC National

Short Story Award 2017

12.30 Marriage Lines

(1/13) 1.0 The Country

Girls Omnibus (2/2 ) 2.10

Inheritance Tracks 2.15

Frankly Speaking 2.45

Holmes and Watford

(1/5) 3.0 World Book

Club 3.50 Life Stories 4.0

Happy and Glorious 5.30

The Garden 6.0 Doctor

Who: The Lost Stories

(1/2) 7.0 I’m Sorry

I’ll ... 10.0 It’s Jocelyn

(3/4) 10.30 Revolting

People (3/6) 11.0 Richard

Herring’s Objective (4/4)

11.30 Mark Watson Talks

a Bit About Life (4/4)

12.0 Doctor Who: The

Lost Stories (1/2) 1.0 The

Country Girls Omnibus

(2/2 ) 2.10 Inheritance

Tracks 2.15 Frankly

Speaking 2.45 Holmes

and Watford (1/5) 3.0

World Book Club 3.50 Life

Stories 4.0 Happy and

Glorious 5.30 The Garden

Saturday 31

8.35 Who Dares Wins (T)
Gameshow in which two
pairs of complete strangers
battle each other by listing
as much as they know
about a given subject.
9.20 Casualty (T) Duff y fi nds
out how overlooked some
care home residents can
feel. David’s son Ollie has
a tragic accident.

8.0 Wild Shetland: Scotland’s

Viking Frontier (T) Ewan

McGregor narrates a

portrait of Shetland wildlife.

9.0  Th eir Finest

(Lone Scherfi g, 2016) (T)

An ex-secretary joins a

major production while

the blitz rages around

them. Comedy drama

with Gemma Arterton.

8.0 Britain’s Got Talent: Th e

Champions (T) New series.

Ant and Dec present a

show in which stars from

the past 13 series of BGT

compete against winners

from versions of the pro-

gramme from around the

world. Th e fi rst episode

features the return of Paul

Potts and Boogie Storm.

9.0  Bridge of Spies

(Steven Spielberg, 2015)

(T) A lawyer in 1950s New

York is hired to represent a

Soviet spy in a showcase

trial designed to demon-

strate the fairness of the

US justice system. Fact-

based cold war drama with

Tom Hanks and an Oscar-

winning Mark Rylance.

8.0 WW2: Final Days of the

Nazis (T) Examining the

botched raid on the har-

bour of Dieppe in August

1942. Last in the series.
      9.55 Hitler’s Holocaust Railways
      With Chris Tarrant (T)
      (R) Th e use of trains in
      transporting millions of
      prisoners to death camps
      during the Holocaust.

8.0 Th e Private Life of

Chickens (T) Th e origins,

social behaviour and

intelligence of chickens.

9.0 Darkness: Th ose Who Kill

Danish crime drama with

Kenneth M Christensen.

9.45 Darkness: Th ose Who

Kill (T) Jan and Louise’s

investigation leads them

to Anders Kjeldsen.

6.45 Th e Dog Ate My Homework

7.15 Ali-A 7.35 Mustangs FC

8.0 Blue Peter 8.30 Curious

Creatures 9.0 Deadly on a

Mission 9.30 Animal’s Guide

to Britain 10.30  Th e

Princess and the Frog (John

Musker, Ron Clements,

2009) 12.0 Nigel Slater:

Eating Together 12.30 My

Life on a Plate 1.15 Flog It!

1.50 Home Front Heroes

2.35 War Films: Talking

Pictures 3.20  Th e Man

Who Never Was (Ronald

Neame, 1956) 5.0 Saving

Lives at Sea 6.0 Rick Stein’s

Road to Mexico 7.0 Proms

Encore 7.30 Dad’s Army

6.0 CITV 8.25 News (T)

8.30 Th e Sara Cox Show

(T) 9.25 James Martin’s

Saturday Morning (T)

(R) 11.25 Save Money:

Good Health (T) (R)

11.55 Love Your Garden

(T) (R) 12.55 News and

Weather (T) 12.59 Local

News and Weather (T)

1.0 Midsomer Murders (T)

(R) Th e Sicilian Defence

3.0 Tenable (T) (R) 4.0

Tipping Point (T) (R) 5.0

Zone of Champions (T)

5.30 News and Weather

(T) 5.45 Local News (T)

6.0 Th e Chase (T) (R) 7.0

Celebrity Catchphrase (T)

6.0 Th e King of Queens

(T) (R) 6.25 Th e King

of Queens (T) (R) 6.55

Frasier (T) (R) 7.20 Frasier

(T) (R) 7.45 Th e Big Bang

Th eory (T) (R) 8.15 Th e

Big Bang Th eory (T) (R)

8.45 Th e Simpsons (T)

(R)10.20 Superhero Tri

(T) 2.0 Live International

Rugby Union (T) Wales v

Ireland (kick-off 2.30pm).

4.40 Kevin’s Grandest

Design (T) (R) 5.40 News

(T) 6.0 F 1 Belgian Grand

Prix Qualifying Highlights

(T) 7.30 Mammoth

Autopsy: Return of the

Ice Age Giant? (T) (R)

6.0 Milkshake! 9.55 Rise

of the Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles (T) (R) 10.05

Rise of the ... (T) (R) 10.20

Access (T) 10.30 Police

Interceptors (T) (R) 11.20

Police Interceptors (T) (R)

12.15 Friends (T) (R) 12.45

Friends (T) (R) 1.10 Friends

(T) (R) 1.40 Friends (T)

(R) 2.10 Friends (T) (R)

2.40 Friends (T) (R) 3.10

Britain’s Horror Homes (T)

(R) 4.10 Britain’s Horror

Homes (T) (R) 5.10 News

(T) 5.15 Th e Blitz: Britain

on Fire (T) Michael Buerk,

Angellica Bell and Rob Bell

tell the story of the blitz.

7.0 Britain’s Secret Seas (T)

Paul Rose, Tooni Mahto and

Frank Pope explore the

waters surrounding Britain,

beginning with marine life

off the coasts of Cornwall,

south Wales and Devon.

6.0 Breakfast (T) 10.0
Saturday Kitchen Live
(T) 11.30 Mary Berry’s
Quick Cooking (T) (R) 12.0
Football Focus (T) 1.0 News
(T) Weather (T) 1.15 Rowing
World Championships (T)
Matthew Pinsent pre-
sents live coverage from
Ottensheim in Austria.
3.0 Athletics: Zurich
Diamond League Highlights
(T) 4.0 Final Score (T) 5.15
News (T) 5.25 Regional
News and Weather (T)
5.35  Avengers
Assemble (Joss Whedon,
2012) (T) 7.45 Pointless
Celebrities (T) (R)

10.10 News (T) Weather and
national lottery update.
10.30 Match of the Day (T)
Burnley v Liverpool and
Southampton v Man U t d.
12.0 Th e Rap Game UK (T) Th e
artists are split into two
groups and challenged
to collaborate on a track
together. 1.0 NFL Show (T)
1.30 Weather for the Week
Ahead (T) 1.35 News (T)

11.35  Lone Survivor (Peter

Berg, 2013) (T) Four

soldiers face a battle for

survival on a mission to

eliminate a terrorist leader

in Afghanistan. Fact-based

drama with Mark Wahlberg

and Taylor Kitsch.

1.50 Kitchen Nightmares USA

(T) (R) 2.40 Hollyoaks

Omnibus (T) (R) 4.55 Fill

Your House for Free (T) (R)

10.50  Southside With

Yo u (Richard Tanne,

2016) (T) Biographical

drama about Barack and

Michelle Obama’s fi rst

date. With Tika Sumpter

and Parker Sawyers.

12.05  Is Anybody Th ere?

(John Crowley, 2008) (T)

Drama starring Michael

Caine and Bill Milner. 1.35

Th is Is BBC Two (T)

11.20  Hacksaw Ridge

(Mel Gibson, 2016) (T)

Second world war drama

starring Andrew Garfi eld,

Sam Worthington and

Luke Bracey.

1.55 Th e Live Casino Show (T)

3.55 GPs: Behind Closed

Doors (T) (R) 4.45 House

Doctor (T) (R) 5.10 House

Doctor (T) (R) 5.35 Wildlife

SOS (T) (R)

10.0 Who Wants to Be a

Millionaire? (T)

11.0 News and Weather (T)

11.19 Local News and Weather

11.20  Rambo III (Peter

MacDonald, 1988) (T)

Action adventure sequel,

with Sylvester Stallone

and Richard Crenna.

1.05 Ideal World 3.0 Britain’s

Best Back Gardens (T)

(R) 3.50 ITV Nightscreen

10.35 Th e Vietnam War Th e

Veneer of Civilisation

(June 1968 - May 1969)

& Th e History of the

World (April 1969 - May

1970) (T) (7 & 8/10)

12.25 Top of the Pops: 1988

(T) 12.55 Showstoppers

at the BBC (T) 1.55

Britain’s Secret Seas

(T) 2.55 Th e Private

Life of Chickens (T)

Dave
6.0am Teleshopping
7.10 The Hurting Double
Bill 8.0 Storage Hunters
Double Bill 9.0 American
Pickers: Best Of 10.0
American Pickers:
Best Of 11.0 American
Pickers: Best Of 12.0
Hurricane Man 1.0 Cops
UK: Bodycam Squad
2.0 Cop Car Workshop
3.0 Scrapyard Supercar
4.0 Top Gear Botswana
Special 5.0 Top Gear
6.0 Would I Lie to You?
6.40 Would I Lie to
You? 7.20 Would I Lie
to You? 8.0 Not Going
Out 8.40 Not Going Out
9.20 Not Going Out 10.0
 Reservoir Dogs
(1992) 12.05 Taskmaster
1.05 Have I Got a Bit
More News for You
2.15 Dave Gorman
Goodish Hits Double
Bill 4.0 Teleshopping

E4
6.0am  Miracle on
34th Street (1994) 8.05
Speechless Double Bill
9.0  101 Dalmatians
(1996) 11.0  102

Dalmatians (2000) 1.0

The Goldbergs 1.30

The Goldbergs 2.0 The

Goldbergs 2.30 The Big

Bang Theory 3.0 The Big

Bang Theory 3.30 The

Big Bang Theory 4.0 The

Great British Bake Off

5.30 The Big Bang Theory

6.0 The Big Bang Theory

6.30 The Big Bang Theory

7.0 The Big Bang Theory

7.30 The Big Bang Theory

8.0 The Big Bang Theory

8.30 The Big Bang Theory

9.0  A Million Ways

to Die in the West (2014)

11.20 Gogglebox Double

Bill 1.35 Gogglebox

Australia 2.40 First Dates

3.40 Speechless Double

Bill 4.30 Melissa & Joey

Double Bill 5.15 Baby

Daddy Double Bill

Film4

11.0am  The Devil

Wears Prada (2006)

1.15  Ice Age:

Continental Drift (2012)

2.55  Puss in Boots

(2011) 4.40 

Romancing the Stone

(1984) 6.50  Knight

and Day (2010) 9.0

 Escape Plan (2013)

11.15  The Pyramid

(2014) 1.0 

Carnage Park (2016)

ITV2

6.0am Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records

6.10 Emmerdale 8.50

Coronation Street

11.45 Ninja Warrior UK

12.40 Harry Hill’s Alien

Fun Capsule Double

Bill 1.35 Celebrity

Catchphrase 2.35

Funniest Ever You’ve

Been Framed! Gold 3.35

You’ve Been Framed!

Gold 4.05  What a

Girl Wants (2003) (FYI

Daily is at 5.10) 6.15

 Liar Liar (1997)

(FYI Daily is at 7.15)

8.0  Quantum of

Solace (2008) (FYI Daily

is at 9pm) 10.05 Family

Guy 10.35 Family Guy

11.05 Family Guy 11.35

American Dad! Double

Bill 12.30 The Cleveland

Show 1.0 Don’t Hate the

Playaz 2.0 Release the

Hounds 3.0 Teleshopping

More4

8.55am Kirstie’s Fill Your

House for Free 9.25 A

Place in the Sun: Summer

Sun Double Bill 11.25 A

Place in the Sun: Winter

Sun 12.30 Building the

Dream 1.35 The World’s

Most Beautiful Railway

2.35 Four in a Bed 3.10

Four in a Bed 3.40 Four

in a Bed 4.10 Four in a

Bed 4.40 Four in a Bed

5.15 Come Dine With Me

5.50 Come Dine With Me

6.20 Come Dine With Me

6.55 Come Dine With Me

7.25 Come Dine With Me

8.0 999: On the Frontline

9.0 24 Hours in A&E

Double Bill 11.10 8 Out of

10 Cats Does Countdown

Double Bill 1.15 Father

Ted Double Bill 2.20

The Perfect Penis 3.25

Food Unwrapped

Sky One

6.0am Monkey Life

6.30 Monkey Life 7.0

Monkey Life 7.30 Monkey

Life 8.0 Modern Family

8.30 Modern Family

9.0 Modern Family 9.30

Modern Family 10.0

What’s Up TV 10.30

Soccer AM 12.0 Hawaii

Five-0 1.0 Hawaii Five-0

2.0 Hawaii Five-0 3.0

Gillette Soccer Saturday

5.0 David Attenborough’s

Natural History Museum

Alive 6.30 The Simpsons

7.0 The Simpsons 7.30

The Simpsons 8.0 A

League of Their Own

9.0  White House

Down (2013) 11.30

Brassic 12.30 Warrior

1.30 Road Wars Double

Bill 3.30 Motorway Patrol

4.0 Motorway Patrol

4.30 Motorway Patrol

5.0 Motorway Patrol

5.30 Motorway Patrol

Sky Arts

6.0am Sibelius:

Symphony No 5 6.40

André Rieu: Fiesta

Mexicana 8.30 Tales

of the Unexpected 9.0

Tales of the Unexpected

9.30 Tales of the

Unexpected 10.0 Tales

of the Unexpected 10.30

Tales of the Unexpected

11.0 Discovering:

Audrey Hepburn 12.0

Discovering: Gene

Kelly 1.0 Discovering:

Rita Hayworth 2.0

Discovering: Sophia

Loren 3.0 Discovering:

Kirk Douglas 4.0 Shania

Twain: Still the One –

Live in Las Vegas 6.0

Isle of Wight Festival

2019 9.0 Coldplay: Live

in São Paulo 11.15 Oasis

Live at Barrowlands

12.30  Being Frank:

The Chris Sievey Story

(2018) 2.30  Bunch

of Kunst: A Film About

Sleaford Mods (2017)

4.30 24x36: A Movie

About Movie Posters

Sky Atlantic

6.0am The Guest Wing

7.0 Hotel Secrets 8.0

 Dinosaur 13

(2014) 10.0 David

Attenborough’s

Conquest of the Skies

11.0 Conquest of the

Skies 12.0 Conquest of

the Skies 1.0 CSI: Crime

Scene Investigation 2.0

CSI ... 3.0 CSI ... 4.0 CSI ...

5.0 Without a Trace

6.0 Without a Trace 7.0

Without a Trace 8.0

Without a Trace 9.0 Ray

Donovan Double Bill 11.15

Dexter Double Bill 1.30

Girls Double Bill 2.40

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Double Bill 4.0 The

British Double Bill

Radio 3

7.0 Breakfast 9.0 News

9.02 Summer Record

Review 11.45 New

Generation Artists.

Thibaut Garcia, Mischa

Mullov-Abbado and

friends, and Mariam

Batsashvili. 12.30 This

Classical Life: Callum

Smart (17) 1.0 News

1.02 Inside Music. Iestyn

Davies picks music

with teamwork at its

heart. 3.0 Sound of

Cinema: A Four -Legged

Friend 4.0 Jazz Record

Requests 5.0 J  to Z: We

Out Here Festival and

Jacob Collier. A special

edition recorded live at

We Out Here festival in

Cambridgeshire. 6.30

New Generation Artists.

The Misha Mullov-

Abbado Group perform

at the York Early Music

Centre. 7.30 Prom 56: A

Tribute to Henry Wood.

Petroc Trelawny presents

a live performance by the

BBC Concert Orchestra.

Ravel: Rapsodie

espagnole. Ireland: Piano

Concerto. 8.15: Interval:

Proms Plus Talk: Petroc

Trelawny consider s the

legacy of Sir Henry Wood

and talks to some of

tonight’s performers.

Dobrinka Tabakova:

Timber & Steel. Debussy

orch Wood: La cathédrale

engloutie. Granados orch

Wood: Spanish Dance,

Andaluza. Wagner orch

Wood: Träume for violin

and orchestra. Grainger

orch Wood: Handel in the

Strand. Ravel: La valse.

Leon McCawley (piano),

Nathaniel Anderson-

Frank (violin). BBC CO,

Bramwell Tovey. 10.0

New Music Show. A

new release of Terry

Riley’s Sun Rings from

the Kronos Quartet.

12.0 Geoffrey Smith’s

Jazz: Duke Ellington

Sacred Concerts 1.0

Through the Night

Radio 4

6.0 News 6.07 Open

Country: Darwin’s

Landscape Laboratory

(R) 6.30 Farming Today

This Week 7.0 Today

9.0 Saturday Live 10.30

Alex Edelman’s Special

Relationships: Teacher

and Student (4/4) 11.0

The Origin of Stuff:

Toilet. With Katy Brand.

(6/6) 11.30 From Our

Own Correspondent 12.0

News 12.01 (LW) Shipping

Forecast 12.04 Money

Box 12.30 The News Quiz

(R) 1.0 News 1.10 Any

Questions? (R) 2.0 Any

Answers? Listeners have

their say. 2.30 Drama:

The Penny Dreadfuls

Present – Hadrian’s

Beard. Comedy drama

by David Reed about

Emperor Hadrian. 3.15

One to One: I’m Done

with Race – Lawrence

Hoo (R) 3.30 Art of

Now: Cymru Rising (R)

4.0 Weekend Woman’s

Hour 5.0 Saturday PM

5.30 The Inquiry: Why

Does Donald Trump Lie

So Much? With Ruth

Alexander. (5/10) 5.54

Shipping Forecast 6.0

News 6.15 Loose Ends.

Clive Anderson and

YolanDa Brown are joined

by Emma Kennedy, Karla

Crome and Jay Rayner.

Music by the Teskey

Brothers. 7.0 Profile 7.15

Saturday Review. A panel

of guests examines the

highlights of the week’s

cultural highlights. 8.0

Archive on 4: Beating

Hitler With Humour.

German writer Timur

Vermes examines how

comedy was used against

Hitler and the Nazis. 9.0

Drama: In Search of Lost

Time (R) (1/10) 10.0

News 10.15 Unreliable

Evidence (R) 11.0 The 3rd

Degree: Oxford Brookes

University (R) 11.30

Border Music (R) 12.0

News 12.30 Short Works:

Other

channels

On the

radio

BBC One BBC Two ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Four

Asterix: The Secret

of the Magic Potion

Sky Premiere, 10am & 6.15pm

Another daring quest for the

world’s favourite Gaul