Daily Mirror - 27.08.2019

mirror.co.uk TUESDAY 27.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR^37

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EMMERDALE

ITV, 7pm

Oh, Jai, you should’ve known better than to do a
deal with the devil. Yes, Kim had the Sharmas
over a barrel after the fire, and he was left with
little choice other than to go into partnership
with her.
But he’s fuming when he discovers things are
worse than he thought: Nicola has sold her share
to Al who happens to be Kim’s business partner.
Cain’s angry too when he overhears Robert
talking to his solicitor and realises how serious
his situation is.

ANGER Jai with
Priya and Nicola

EASTENDERS

BBC1, 7.30pm

Mel is panicking as news that Hunter has made a
prison break hits the front pages and spreads
across the Square. While Sharon and Billy want
to offer their support, Ben sees it as an
opportunity to blackmail her and get information
on Lisa.
Knowing Ben has seen the basement that
Hunter’s hiding in, Mel decides the only thing for
it is to get the hell out of town, and raids the E20
safe for cash – and something else...

DISTRESSED
Mel is blackmailed
after Hunter’s
prison break

BOXING

CLEVER

Faith

KEEPING FAITH

BBC1, 9pm

As this final episode arrives, it feels

like there’s a lot of loose (and rather

complicated knotted) loose ends to tie

up. Steve has just warned Faith that

Evan is more dangerous than they

realised, but just how far will he go to

avoid going back to prison and to

protect his family?

Presuming that is what he actually

wants. Or could he be scheming

against DI Breeze and actually be into

the idea of running off with criminal

queen Gael Reardon?

Although she might not be around

for long, as everyone – including Faith,

the police, her business associates

and her own relatives – are out for

her blood.

Meanwhile, Faith is still trying to get

to the bottom of Will Vaughan’s

murder and broker the Corran Energy

deal – all while fitting in a bit of boxing

and apparently managing to make

every man within a 20-mile radius fall

in love with her.

Baking up a storm

OVEN-READY This year’s

bakers with show hosts

THE GREAT BRITISH

BAKE OFF

Channel 4, 8pm

PRAISE be and let us all

rejoice – the Bake Off is back.

We don’t even mind that the

first hearing of that glorious

theme tune – and the familiar

feeling as we sink contentedly into

our sofas at the first glimpse of

the tent – usually heralds the end

of summer.

Partly because we haven’t

exactly had a scorcher, and

partly because the world has kept

on being a horrifying hellhole

anyway.

We’re just happy to escape into

a sugary joyful world for a few

weeks, guided by the kindly and

tiny Sandi Toksvig and her

mischievous Goth sidekick Noel

Fielding.

There’s a baker’s dozen of

contestants taking to the tent this

year, which means 13 contestants

instead of 12, and a dramatic

double elimination in the weeks

to come.

And who are our new floured-

up friends? Well, they’re a very

young bunch, for starters.

More than half of them in their

20s, then there’s just one 40-year-

old and a fella who’s 56.

No adorable nan types this year :

gutted. Instead we’ve got a vet, a

geography teacher, a sportswear

designer, a theatre manager, a

student, a waiter and a HGV

driver. There’s clearly plenty of

promise, though, even if they are

initially quivering inside their

aprons. The series kicks off with

Cake Week, starting with a

signature fruit cake, followed by

an intricate retro technical.

Then for the showstopper

challenge the bakers must

channel their inner child as they

create the birthday cake of their

own childhood dreams.

PICK

of the

DAY

ON

TV

THE BEST OF TODAY’S TV

WITH ANNE RICHARDSON

SARA WALLIS IS AWAY

DON’T PANIC

The boys deal

with a bomb fire

DAD’S ARMY: THE LOST

EPISODES (EP3)

GOLD, 8pm

Originally shown in 1969, this is the third of the
“lost” episodes specially remade by GOLD using
the original scripts. Under Fire finds the Home
Guard in the thick of the action as an incendiary
bomb drops through the church hall roof.
And yes, it’s safe to assume their attempts to
deal with the fire are neither professional nor
successful. It’s an episode filled with old-school
slapstick, a classic “stupid boy” from Captain
Mainwaring and plenty of “don’t panic” moments
from Corporal Jones.

SINK OR SWIM FOR

STAND UP TO

CANCER

Channel 4, 9.30pm

It’s a seriously ambitious and

difficult challenge the celebrities

in this new four-part series are

taking on in the name of charity –

attempting to swim across the

English Channel.

More people have climbed

Everest than have done that.

For clarity’s sake, and to make

sure David Walliams’ nose isn’t

out of joint, they will be doing it in

a relay, not swimming the whole

thing themselves. But to be fair,

the group of 11 famous faces

taking part are barely able to

swim at the start of their 12-week

training programme. Linford

Christie, Greg Rutherford and

Tessa Sanderson might be Olympic

gold medallists, but they’re

definitely not water babies.

Same goes for the others,

including TOWIE’s Arg and

Georgia, Corrie’s Sair Khan, Blue’s

Simon Webbe and The Last Leg’s

Alex Brooker.

They’ll be trained by a team

including Olympian Keri-anne

Payne and wild swimming record-

holder Ross Edgley.

PUMPED Celebs

in training

ained

ympian Keri

wild swimming re

oss Edglgleyy.