What’s on TV – 24 August 2019

BBC4 starts

broadcasting

at 7.00pm

ITV4

FV 24 Sky 120 Freesat 117 Virgin 118 /HD 178

ITV3

FV 10 Sky 119 Freesat 115 Virgin 117 /HD 177

ITV2

FV 6 Sky 118 Freesat 113 Virgin 115 /HD 176

ITVBe

FV 2 6 Sky 131 Freesat 118 Virgin 119 /HD 179

5Spike

FV 31 Sky 150 Freesat 141 Virgin 154

BBC4

FV 9 Sky 116 Freesat 107 Virgin 107

HD 106

Scot 82

6.00 AM World of Sport Crazy Racing.

6.10 The Protectors The Last Frontier.

6.35 Motorsport UK Snetterton.

7. 25 Motorsport British Touring Car
   Championship highlights.
   9.00 Motorsport From Silverstone.
   10.00 Cycling: Vuelta a España
   11.00 Cycling: Women’s Tour of Scotland
   12.00 NOON fThe Hound of the
   Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes
   adventure. (1983, 15) ★★★
   2.10 PM fThe Train Robbers
   Western starring John Wayne and
   Ann-Margret. (1973, U) ★★★
   4.15 fRed River Western starring
   John Wayne. (1948, U) ★★★★★

6.00 AM George and Mildred

6.25 Heartbeat Double-bill.

8.20 Love Your Garden From Dorset.

9.20 Lewis Expiation: Detective drama.

11.25 πfThe Wizard of Oz

Musical adventure. A young girl is

swept to a magical land. Stars Judy

Garland and Ray Bolger. (1939, U)

★★★★★ See Filmweek, page 32

1.25 PM Poirot Dumb Witness:

A murder ruins Poirot’s holiday.

3.40 Inspector Morse Who Killed Harry

Field? An artist who specialised in

bogus coats of arms is murdered.

5.55 Doc Martin An American tourist

attempts tp seek help from Martin.

6.00 AM Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records

6.10 Emmerdale Omnibus episode.

9.20 Coronation Street Omnibus.

12.15 PM Celebrity Catchphrase

1.20 In for a Penny Game show.

1.50 BGT: Top 10 Comedy Corkers

2.55 Funniest Ever You’ve Been

Framed! Gold Clips series.

3.50 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

4.15 fHop Comedy. The Easter

bunny’s son goes in search of fame

and fortune. Stars James Marsden

and Kaley Cuoco. (2011, U) ★★★

6.10 fShrek Animated comedy.

An ogre must rescue a princess

from a dragon, aided only by a

talking donkey. With the voices of

Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and

Eddie Murphy. Includes FYI Daily

at 7.10pm. (2001, U) ★★★★★

7.0 0 Cycling: Vuelta a España

Gary Imlach presents action from

the second stage of the Grand

Tour race, which featured a 193km

course from Benidorm to Calpe.

7. 55 Poirot The Affair at the Victory
   Ball: The sleuth is invited to attend
   a masquerade ball – and also fi nds
   time amid the revelry to solve the
   suspicious death of an aristocrat.

8.00 Hornblower The Duchess and

the Devil: Adventure series starring

Ioan Gruffudd. The seafaring hero

hijacks a French vessel – but the

journey proves fraught with danger

thanks to the presence of the

Duchess of Wharfedale. Also stars

Robert Lindsay and Cherie Lunghi.

8.00 fQuantum of Solace

James Bond action adventure

starring Daniel Craig. Agent 007

embarks on a mission of revenge

against the international crime

organisation he blames for the

death of lover Vesper Lynd. Also

stars Gemma Arterton and Mathieu

Amalric. Includes FYI Daily at

9.00pm. (2008, 12) ★★★★

9.00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night

Griff Rhys Jones presents out-

takes from programmes including

Mr Selfridge, Doc Martin, and

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.

10.00 Poirot Murder on the Orient

Express: Mystery drama starring

David Suchet. A passenger on the

train on asks the Belgian sleuth for

protection but is later found dead.

Also stars Hugh Bonneville, David

Morrissey and Eileen Atkins.

12.00 M’T Cilla Last in the series. The

singer fails to crack America.

1.05 AM Paul O’Grady’s Animal

Orphans Last in the series.

1.55 Poirot Murder in the Mews.

2.50 Classic Emmerdale Omnibus.

5.05 On the Buses

5.30 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

10.10 Family Guy Peter prepares to

fi ght Liam Neeson. (S13, ep17)

10.35 Meg is thrilled to be

recruited as a model – but not

everything is as it seems. (S13, ep9)

11.05 Family Guy Animated comedy

series. (S13, ep10) 11.35 (S13, ep11)

12.05 AM American Dad! Animated

series. (S6, ep11) 12.30 (S6, ep13)

12.55 The Cleveland Show US animated

series. (S3, ep11) 1.30 (S3, ep12)

1.55 Totally Bonkers Guinness World

Records Record-breaking attempts.

2.20 Shopping

5.50 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 BBC Proms: Sheku plays Elgar

New edition Sheku Kanneh-Mason

performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto

at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

9.00 nPeter Rice: An Engineer

Imagines A tribute to the life and

ideas of Peter Rice, who was one

of the most distinguished structural

engineers of the late 20th Century.

10.00 πnFoo Fighters at

Reading Huw Stephens introduces

highlights from the band’s set.

12.00 M’T James May’s Cars of the

People Last in the series.

1.00 AM Young, Gifted and Classical:

The Making of a Maestro

2.00 to 3.05 AM Machines

6.00 AM Be Beautiful 6.10 CELEBrations

7.1 0 Don’t Be Tardy Reality series.

8.35 Income Property

9.00 Children’s Programmes

12.00 NOON Be Beautiful

12.10 PM Income Property

12.40 Cyrus vs. Cyrus: Design & Conquer

1.35 The Real Housewives of New

Jersey Back-to-back editions.

6.15 The Bachelor New edition

Conclusion of the dating series.

Arie makes his fi nal decision.

8.00 Gemma Collins: Diva Forever

Gemma struggles to move on from

her break in time for her trip to LA.

9.00 Botched The doctors try to help a

woman who regards herself as the

unluckiest person in the world.

10.00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta

New edition Kim ignites an argument

with Kenya, Kandi and NeNe.

10.55 Million Dollar Matchmaker

US reality star Courtney Stodden

becomes Patti’s youngest client.

11.50 to 12.50 AM The Real

Housewives of New York City

9.00 AM Access Showbiz gossip.

9.10 Trucking Hell Documentary series.

10.15 The A-Team Double-bill.

12.25 PM fSitting Bull Western.

Stars Mary Murphy. (1954, U) ★★

2.35 fThe Kentuckian Western

adventure. (1955, PG) ★★★

4.45 fShenandoah Western. Stars

James Stewart. (1965, PG) ★★★

7.0 0 Police Interceptors Double-bill

of the documentary series.

9.00 fRed Heat Action thriller.

A Russian detective and a Chicago

cop put aside their mutual mistrust

to catch an escaped drug baron.

Stars James Belushi and Arnold

Schwarzenegger. (1988, 18) ★★★

11.10 fOnce Upon a Time in Mexico

Action thriller. A gunman seeking

revenge for his wife’s murder is

recruited into a CIA agent’s plan to

stop an assassination. Stars Antonio

Banderas. (2003, 15) ★★★★

1.10 AM Wynonna Earp (S3, ep3)

2.05 to 3.00 AM Extreme Weather:

Caught on Camera

12.00 NOON to 7.0 0 PM As shown on BBC2.

7.0 0 PM The Seven News magazine.

7.1 5 Sportscene Recent highlights, including

St Mirren v Rangers, Celtic v Hearts and

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell.

8.30 Wild Cameramen at Work Last in series.

Doug Anderson and Doug Allan reveal

techniques used in fi lming underwater.

9.00 Last Breath Documentary exploring the

story of a diver who became trapped

on the bottom of the North Sea with

only fi ve minutes of available oxygen.

10.30 Susan Calman’s Fringe Benefi ts Last in

the series. The host meets Janet Ellis.

11.15 Rewind 1990s 7 of 10. Events of 1996.

11.45 PM to 12.00 M’T Jamie Genevieve:

A Year in the Life Jamie and husband

Jack travel to LA for a top-secret event.

BBC Scotland

Scotland Only: Sky 115 Freesat 106 Virgin 108

Rest of the UK: Sky 457 Freesat 108 Virgin 162

Scot Only

FV 9

HD 108

10.10 fCarlito’s Way Crime

thriller directed by Brian De Palma.

A former gangster is released from

prison and resolves to go straight –

but is dragged back into a life of

crime by a corrupt lawyer. Stars Al

Pacino, Sean Penn and Penelope

Ann Miller. Includes FYI Daily at

11.15 p m. (1993, 18) ★★★★

1.05 AM Minder High Drains Pilferer:

Terry gets a job chauffeuring

the villainous Micky the Fish.

2.05 The Sweeney Country Boy:

The duo track down burglars.

3.00 to 6.00 AM Shopping

6.55 Poirot The Theft of the Royal

Ruby: The Belgian detective’s

hopes of a quiet Christmas are

dashed when the Foreign Offi ce

comes knocking at his door.

Photograph: Getty

The Wizard of Oz

ITV3, 11.25am

Young Kansas girl Judy Garland is swept

away to the magical land of Oz where she

battles with the Wicked Witch of the West.

Foo Fighters at Reading

BBC4, 10.00pm

Coverage the American rock band Foo

Fighters’ main-stage performance on the

concluding night of the music festival.

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The Belko Experiment

Film4, 11.10pm

Tony Goldwyn and John C McGinley star

in this thriller about offi ce employees who

are ordered to take part in a deadly game.

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