What’s on TV – 24 August 2019

ITV2

FV 6 Sky 118 Freesat 113 Virgin 115 /HD 176

ITV3

FV 10 Sky 119 Freesat 115 Virgin 117 /HD 177

5Spike

FV 31 Sky 150 Freesat 141 Virgin 154

ITV4

FV 24 Sky 120 Freesat 117 Virgin 118 /HD 178

ITVBe

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

BBC4 starts

broadcasting

at 7.00pm

BBC4

FV 9 Sky 116 Freesat 107 Virgin 107

HD 106

Scot 82

6.00 AM Only When I Laugh Comedy.

6.25 The Saint The People Importers.

7.1 5 Kojak US detective drama series.

8.15 Quincy ME Baby Rattlesnakes.

9.15 Minder Willesden Suite.

10.20 The Sweeney Taste of Fear.

11.25 Cycling Vuelta a España stage six.

12.30 PM The Saint Where the Money Is.

1.35 Kojak The Trade-Off.

2.40 Quincy ME A Ghost of a Chance.

3.40 Minder Windows: Arthur makes

plans to open a health club.

4.50 The Professionals Stopover: Bodie

and Doyle confront a KGB killer.

5.55 The Sweeney Bad Apple: Regan

investigates police corruption.

6.00 AM Classic Coronation Street

6.55 Heartbeat From Ancient Grudge.

8.00 Murder, She Wrote Nan’s Ghost.

8.55 On the Buses Double-bill.

10.00 Rising Damp Rooksby.

10.30 Lewis The Point of Vanishing.

12.40 PM Heartbeat Sixties-set drama.

1.45 Classic Emmerdale Double-bill.

2.50 Classic Coronation Street

3.55 Lewis Dark Matter: Detective drama

starring Kevin Whately and Laurence

Fox. A college master is found dead

at the university’s observatory.

5.55 Downton Abbey Lady Rosamund

arrives at Downton Abbey following

the shock departure of Edith.

6.00 AM The Planet’s Funniest Animals

6.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World

Records 6.45 You’ve Been

Framed! Gold 7.1 0 Dinner Date

8.00 Emmerdale Last night’s episodes.

9.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

9.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

10.20 Superstore Double-bill.

11.15 Dress to Impress From Cardiff.

12.15 PM Emmerdale

1.15 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

1.50 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2.45 Dinner Date From Brighton.

3.50 Dress to Impress Dating series.

4.50 Take Me Out Dating game show.

6.00 Totally You’ve Been Framed! Gold

7.0 0 Cycling Gary Imlach presents

highlights of the seventh stage of

the Vuelta a España – a 182.4km

course from Onda to Mas de la

Costa. Analysis from David Millar.

7.0 0 Murder, She Wrote

2 of 2. Jessica manages to break

out of the castle’s dungeon –

but the murderer is still at large.

With guest star Rod Taylor.

7.0 0 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

Clips series in which comedian

Harry Hill narrates another selection

of mishaps fi lmed by viewers.

8.00 nThe Sports Stars

Fishing Championship

Action from Golden Valley Lakes

in Hampshire, where 32 celebrities

competed for charity, fi shing in eight

teams of four. Among the stars

taking part were ex-boxer George

Groves and former footballers

David Seaman and Jimmy Bullard.

8.00 Lewis Intelligent Design: Detective

drama series starring Kevin Whately.

An elderly don is killed on the night

of his release from prison, and

Lewis embarks on a relationship

with Hobson while investigating

the case. Also stars Edward Fox,

Josh Bolt and Alison Steadman.

8.00 Two and a Half Men Walden’s

therapist suggests that casual sex

might help him. (S11, ep20 of 22)

8.30 Walden goes on a road trip

with Jenny and Barry. (S11, ep21)

9.00 fIdentity Thief

Comedy. An accountant attempts

to track down the con-woman who

has stolen his identity and set off

on a spending spree. Stars Jason

Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Morris

Chestnut, Amanda Peet, and

Tip ‘TI’ Harris. Includes FYI Daily

at 10.05pm. (2013, 15) ★★★

10.00 fTremors Comedy horror.

Two dimwitted but brave handymen

lead the people of a dull desert

town in a battle against man-eating

subterranean monsters. Stars Kevin

Bacon and Fred Ward. Includes

FYI Daily at 11.00pm. (1990, 15)

★★★★ See Filmweek, page 33

12.05 AM The Sweeney Visiting Fireman:

Regan must oversee a secret

government deal to transport gold.

1.05 Minder A Star Is Gorn.

2.05 The Professionals

The Madness of Mickey Hamilton.

3.00 to 6.00 AM Shopping

10.00 Foyle’s War Fifty Ships: Wartime

detective drama series starring

Michael Kitchen. Foyle investigates

a corpse that was discovered

on the beach, bringing him into

confl ict with attempts to secure

American aid for the war effort.

12.05 AM Poirot Murder on the Orient

Express: A businessman is found

murdered on board the train.

2.00 The Affair at the Victory Ball:

An aristocrat is murdered at a ball.

2.55 Wild at Heart Double-bill.

4.35 On the Buses Double-bill.

5.30 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

11.15 Family Guy Double-bill. Lois’ aunt

dies, leaving her a fortune. (S2, ep1)

11.45 Carter is frustrated with the

kids and their gadgets. (S13, ep18)

12.15 AM American Dad! Animated

comedy. (S7, ep7) 12.40 (S6, ep18)

1.10 Two and a Half Men As 8.00pm.

2.05 Superstore Comedy. Amy is forced

to cut the staff’s hours. (S4, ep19)

2.30 to 6.00 AM Shopping

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 World News Today

7. 3 0 BBC Proms: Strauss, Sibelius
   and Prokofi ev New edition
   Katie Derham presents fl avours
   of Finland, Russia and Germany.
   9.25 Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop
   Map of Britain and Ireland
   2 of 3. Midge Ure and Kim Appleby
   revisit the pop music of the 1980s.
   10.25 πBBC Proms: Homage to
   Nina Simone New edition Clara
   Amfo introduces a prom celebrating
   the life of jazz singer Nina Simone.
   12.10 AM Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s
   Guide to the Music Business
   Last in the documentary series.
   1.10 to 4.05 AM Peaky Blinders

9.00 AM Children’s Programmes

12.00 NOON Income Property

12.25 PM The Real Housewives of

Atlanta US reality series.

1.20 Million Dollar Listing: LA

2.15 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

3.10 The Real Housewives of New

Jersey US reality series.

4.05 The Real Housewives of Auckland

6.00 Buyers Bootcamp Two home

owners with swimming pools

compete for Scott’s investment.

7.0 0 Buying and Selling A couple seek

to sell their split-level property.

8.00 Dinner Date From south Wales.

9.00 Botched Paul Nassif helps a house

fl ipper with her ‘witchy’ nose.

10.00 Botched A young nurse whose

nose was ravaged by nasal fi le.

10.55 nMarried to Medicine:

Houston Aspiring socialite Rachel

is asked to co-chair one of the

biggest charity events of the year.

11.50 AM to 12.55 AM The Only

Way Is Essex Kirk hopes his date

with Amy will seal their romance.

9.00 AM The A-Team Double-bill.

11.00 Police Interceptors

12.00 NOON Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It

Away! Double-bill of the series.

1.05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

2.00 PM fThe Jigsaw Man

Cold War spy drama starring

Michael Caine. (1983, 15) ★★★

4.00 Traffi c Cops Documentary series.

5.00 The A-Team Double-bill.

7.0 0 Police Interceptors Documentary.

8.00 Traffi c Cops Offi cers are called to

a serious accident near Skipton.

9.00 Traffi c Cops Offi cers pursue a

15-year-old driving a stolen car.

10.00 Seconds from Death: Caught on

Camera Footage of a man taking

to the skies in a three-wheel car.

11.00 World’s Wildest Holidays Footage

of bad behaviour aboard planes.

12.00 M’T Black Sails Vane enters into

a fi ght for his life. (S1, ep7 of 8)

1.15 AM Black Sails Flint and his crew

set sail to hunt the Urca. (S1, ep8)

2.30 to 3.00 AM

Criminals: Caught on Camera

12.00 NOON to 7.0 0 PM As shown on BBC2.
7.0 0 PM lSportscene: Friday Night
Football Inverness Caledonian Thistle v
Greenock Morton: Steven Thompson
presents coverage of this evening’s
Scottish Championship encounter at
Caledonian Stadium, kick-off 7.0 5 p m.
9.00 The Nine Scottish and international news.
10.00 Mirror Mirror Discussions on topics
including fashion disasters, ghosts,
reality TV stars and the benefi ts system.
10.30 Stag 1 of 3. Offbeat comedy starring
Jim Howick. A timid schoolteacher
tags along on his brother-in-law’s stag
weekend in the Scottish Highlands.
11.30 PM to 12.00 M’T Up for It 1 of 6. Series
in which a trio of young comedians
agree to take on various challenges.

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

Kingsman:

The Secret Service

Film4, 9.00pm

Spy Colin Firth takes troubled teen Taron

Egerton under his wing in this comedy

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BBC Proms:

Homage to Nina Simone

BBC4, 10.25pm

Clara Amfo hosts this musical celebration

jazz and blues performer Nina Simone.

The Dark Crystal:

Age of Resistance

Anya Taylor-Joy provides

the voice of Gelfl ing princess

Brea in this 10-part a prequel

to 1982 puppet fantasy fi lm

The Dark Crystal. All 10 parts

are available to watch today.

On Demand

Available on Netfl ix from today:

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