What’s on TV – 24 August 2019

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6.45 AM The Dog Ate My Homework (S, Rpt, HD)
7.1 5 Ali-A’s Superchargers (S, Rpt, HD)


  1. 35 Mustangs FC Wake Up Call. (S, Rpt, HD)
    8.00 Blue Peter: Carnival! (S, Rpt, HD)
    8.30 Deadly Top 10 Airborne. (S, Rpt, HD)
    9.00 The Animal’s Guide to Britain (S, Rpt)
    10.00 Robot Wars Challenge series. (S, Rpt, HD)
    11.00 This Farming Life Documentary. (S, Rpt, HD)
    12.00 NOON Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge
    Sauces: 4 of 8. Culinary challenge. (S, Rpt)
    1.00 PM Secret Britain Ellie Harrison and Adam
    Henson explore the Highlands. (S, Rpt, HD)
    2.00 Homes Under the Hammer Folkestone,
    Stoke on Trent and Cumbria. (S, Rpt, HD)
    2.30 Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
    4 of 6. Documentary series. Giles Coren and
    Monica Galetti work at the Royal Mansour
    in Marrakesh, Morocco. (S, Rpt, HD)
    3.30 Galapagos Future Frontiers: Last in the series.
    Liz Bonnin fi nds out about the impact of
    humankind on the archipelago. (S, Rpt, HD)
    4.30 Final Score Today’s football results. (S, HD)
    5.30 Saving Lives at Sea Documentary. The team
    in Tenby is called to a runaway yacht. (Rpt)
    6.00 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico 5 of 7. Culinary
    series. The chef’s travels take him through
    Mexico City, Puebla and Oaxaca. (S, Rpt)


6.00 AM Breakfast News and sport. (S, HD)
10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live Culinary series. Host
Andi Oliver is joined by chefs Theo Randall
and Freddy Forster, and guest Matt Lucas,
who faces his food heaven or hell. (S, HD)
11.30 Nadiya’s Time to Eat Sweet & Easy: Last in
the culinary series. Nadiya Hussain prepares
colourful milkshake funnel cakes and a giant
time-saving cookie. (S, Rpt, AD, HD)
12.00 NOON Football Focus Dan Walker and guests
preview the weekend’s matches. (S, HD)
1.00 PM News; Weather (S, HD)
1.15 Bargain Hunt Antiques challenge series.
Two teams compete in Lincoln. (S, Rpt, HD)
2.00 lRugby League St Helens v Warrington
Wolves: Mark Chapman presents coverage
of the Challenge Cup fi nal from Wembley
Stadium, kick-off 3.00pm. The Saints are
appearing in their fi rst fi nal since the 2008
season, while Warrington have lost six
consecutive fi nals in league and cup since
they won this tournament in 2012. (S, HD)
5.30 News (S, HD)
5.40 Local News; Weather (S)
5.45 fAnt-Man Superhero adventure starring
Paul Rudd. A thief uses a suit that gives
him the power to shrink to help a scientist
recover his stolen invention. With Michael
Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll and
Bobby Cannavale. (110mins, 2015, 12, S,
W/S, HD) Rating ★★★★ See Filmweek, page 32


  1. 3 5 Pointless Celebrities Quiz series
    hosted by Alexander Armstrong. With
    contestants Matthew Hoggard, Bonnie
    Langford, Frazer Hines, Dalton Grant,
    Gail Emms, Charlie Stayt, Helen Lederer
    and Shaun Williamson. (S, Rpt, HD)


8.25 Who Dares Wins 8 of 10. Game show
hosted by Nick Knowles, in which two
pairs of strangers team up, each battling
to outdo the other by listing as much as
they know about a given subject. (S, HD)

REGIONAL VARIATIONS
■ WALES
Programmes today are as above.

REGIONAL VARIATIONS
■ WALES
Programmes today are as above.

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10.00 News; Weather (S, HD) Lottery Results


10.20 Match of the Day Gary Lineker hosts
highlights of today’s Premier League
matches, featuring Liverpool v Arsenal,
Manchester United v Crystal Palace,
Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton,
Norwich City v Chelsea, Sheffi eld United
v Leicester City, Watford v West Ham
United and Wolves v Burnley. (S, HD)





Repeated tomorrow morning at 9.00am.
11.45 nThe Rap Game UK 1 of 6. Challenge
series in which a group of unsigned MCs
compete to become the next rap superstar,
as they go head-to-head in a battle to sign
for Krept and Konan’s label. (S, HD) Weather





Previously available via BBC3 Online.
12.50 to 6.00 AM BBC News (S, HD)

9.10 Casualty Medical drama series starring
George Rainsford. Ethan struggles to
cope in the aftermath of the bomb attack
at the market. Elsewhere, Rash helps a
mother and baby who are in desperate
need of care, while Duffy worries about
the future. See feature, page 15. (S, AD, HD)

9.00 Viceroy’s House


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(^) Period drama. The fi nal Viceroy of India,
Lord Mountbatten, oversees the transition
of British India to independence in 1947
but meets with confl ict as opposing sides
clash in the face of change. (105mins,
2017, 12, S, W/S, HD) Rating ★★★
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson,
Manish Dyal, Huma Qureshi, Michael Gambon.
See Filmweek, page 32
10.45 20th Century Women
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(^) Comedy drama following a teenage boy,
his mother and two other women who
help raise him among the freedom and
love of late-1970s California. (120mins,
2016, 15, S, W/S, HD) Rating ★★★★
Starring: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning,
Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann.
See Filmweek, page 32
12.45 to 2.25 AM fHunky Dory Musical comedy
drama. A teacher at a Welsh school in the
1970s persuades her students to stage
a musical based on Shakespeare’s The
Tempest. Stars Minnie Driver, Aneurin
Barnard and Danielle Branch. (100mins,
2011, 15, S, W/S, HD) Rating ★★★★
7.0 0 Proms Encore 5 of 7. Magazine. Tonight,
presenter Katie Derham is joined by tenor
Allan Clayton, soprano Nadine Benjamin
and beatboxer Jason Singh. (S, HD)



  1. 3 0 Rugby Union John Inverdale presents
    highlights of today’s Test match between
    England and Ireland from Twickenham, as
    both sides continued their preparations
    for next month’s World Cup in Japan. (S)


8.30 Dad’s Army The Test: Wartime comedy.
Hodges challenges Captain Mainwaring’s
platoon to a cricket match. Featuring
a guest appearance by former England
fast bowler Fred Trueman. (S, Rpt)

Listings for Welsh-language channel S4C (F’sat 120, Sky 134, Virgin 166) are on opposite page.

ITV, 9.10pm A cash offer... Host Jeremy
Clarkson asks the questions – and offers
lifelines – to a fresh batch of contestants
all eager to walk away with the top prize.

BBC1, 9.10pm Battling on... Although
still traumatised by the terror attack, Ethan
goes beyond the call of duty to help an old
friend whose daughter has cystic fi brosis.

BBC2, 9.00pm The end of Empire...
Gillian Anderson and Hugh Bonneville star
in this period drama set in 1947 – during
the closing days of British rule over India.

Photographs: BBC, ITV
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