What’s on TV – 17 August 2019

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6.30 AM Bargain Hunt Harrogate. (S, Rpt, HD)

7.1 5 Animal Park Summer Special (S, Rpt, HD)

8.00 Inside the Factory 2 of 10. (SL, S, Rpt, HD)

9.00 BBC News at 9 (S, HD)

10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Discussion. (S, HD)

11.00 BBC Newsroom Live (S, HD)

1.00 PM Curious Creatures Wildlife quiz. (S, Rpt)

1.30 Home Away from Home Today, families from

Wiltshire and Cornwall swap homes. (S, Rpt)

2.15 Heir Hunters An unexpected discovery

leads to a potential windfall. (S, Rpt, HD)

3.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Sweet Tooth:

Sugar-rich sweets and desserts. (S, Rpt)

3.45 More Creatures Great and Small Last in

the series. Vet Ian performs a dangerous

operation on a rescue dog. (S, Rpt, HD)

4.15 Animals Unexpected Series focusing on

wildlife found in unusual places. (S, Rpt, HD)

5.15 Antiques Road Trip Antiques series. Angus

Ashworth and David Harper set off on a

search around Stirling and Perth. (S, Rpt)

6.00 Celebrity Eggheads Quiz series. With Ken

Cheng, Hal Cruttenden, Justin Moorhouse,

Zoe Lyons and Ruth Bratt. (S, Rpt, HD)

6.30 Great British Railway Journeys Cromer

to Cambridge: Michael Portillo explores

the grand estates of Norfolk. (S, Rpt, HD)

6.00 AM Breakfast News and sport. (S, HD)

9.15 Animal Park Summer Special 11 of 15.

An abandoned cheetah cub is reunited

with its mother and siblings. (S, HD)

10.00 Homes Under the Hammer From Kent,

Cumbria and Birmingham. (S, Rpt, AD, HD)

11.00 nA Matter of Life and Debt 1 of 10.

Return of the documentary series telling the

stories of people helped by ethical loans. (S)

11.45 Britain in Bloom Tewkesbury. (S, Rpt, HD)

12.15 PM Bargain Hunt From the Royal Highland

Centre in Ingliston, Edinburgh. (S, AD, HD)

1.00 News; Weather (S, HD)

1.30 Local News; Weather (S)

1.45 Impossible Quiz series. (S, Rpt, HD)

2.30 Escape to the Country Rural property series.

A couple with a budget of £700,000 search

for a home in East Sussex. (S, Rpt, HD)

3.15 Money for Nothing Sarah Moore transforms

a phone chair and a metal chest. (S, Rpt)

3.45 Murder, Mystery and My Family Jeremy

Dein and Sasha Wass investigate the killing

of a pub landlady in Oxfordshire. (S, Rpt)

4.30 Flog It! Antiques challenge. (S, Rpt, HD)

5.15 Pointless Quiz series. (S, Rpt, HD)

6.00 News; Weather (S, HD)

6.30 Local News; Weather (S)

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)

10.25 Local News; Weather (S)

10.35 This Country Threatening Letters:

2 of 6. Spoof documentary series. Kerry

starts to receive threatening letters that

cause her to feel unsettled, while Kurtan

takes a labouring job with Martin – and

learns invaluable life lessons. (S, Rpt, HD)

11.05 Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You

Danny Dyer hosts an extended edition of

the show from December last year, with

Sara Pascoe and Judy Murray. (S, Rpt, HD)

11.50 Live at the Apollo Stand-up comedy series.

Featuring sets from Jack Dee, Seann Walsh

and Milton Jones. (S, Rpt, HD) Weather

North/North East/North West The Super League

Show Highlights of the weekend’s action,

including Hull KR v Wakefi eld Trinity and

Huddersfi eld Giants v Castleford Tigers. (S)

12.40 to 6.00 AM BBC News (S, HD)

9.00 Who Do You Think You Are?

Katherine Ryan: 5 of 8. Genealogy series.

The Canadian comedian investigates her

ancestry, which leads her to a Methodist

minister and his family in colonial Nova

Scotia, and eventually back to her English

roots in Dorset. See feature, page 11. (S, HD)

8.00 EastEnders Phil returns to the Square

and confronts Ben about his argument

with Jay, while Stuart makes it clear he

wants to be Callum’s best man. (S, HD)

8.30 Would I Lie to You? Comedy panel

show. With James Acaster, Gabby Logan,

Melvin Odoom and Fay Ripley. (S, Rpt)

7.0 0 The One Show Magazine presented

by Matt Baker and Angellica Bell. (S, HD)

7. 3 0 Our Lives From Syria to Scotland:
   Documentary series. This edition follows
   the fortunes of Syrian refugee families
   who have made their homes on the island
   of Bute in the Firth of Clyde. (S, HD)

8.00 Nadiya’s Time to Eat Sweet & Easy:

Last in the series. Nadiya Hussain makes

colourful milkshake funnel cakes and a

giant time-saving cookie. (S, AD, HD)

8.30 University Challenge Student quiz

series. The University of Edinburgh takes

on Birkbeck, University of London. (S)

9.00 The Day Mountbatten Died

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events surrounding the murder of Lord
Mountbatten in August 1979, when his
boat was blown up at sea by the IRA off
the coast of County Sligo in the west of
Ireland. See feature, page 27. (S, AD, HD)
10.00 I Love 1987 Actor Richard E Grant looks
back at the year in which he starred in
Withnail and I, and Rick Astley, Terence
Trent D’Arby, Run DMC and the Beastie
Boys all had hits in the charts. (S, Rpt)
10.30 Newsnight; Weather (S, HD)
7.0 0 The Repair Shop Antiques restoration
series. Tonight, Jay Blades and the team
tackle a concertina that survived combat
in World War One, and a cocktail table
that has a surprising secret compartment.
Plus, a much-loved toy dog by famous
German manufacturer Steiff. (S, Rpt, HD)
11.15 Japan’s Secret Shame One-off documentary
about Shiori Ito, who controversially went
public with allegations that she was raped,
in defi ance of a culture that represses
discussion of sexual crimes. (S, Rpt, HD)
12.15 AM Fosse/Verdon Glory: 4 of 8. Fast-based
US drama series starring Sam Rockwell
and Michelle Williams. Bob’s career takes
a huge leap with the success of Cabaret,
while Gwen struggles to overcome personal
and professional setbacks. (S, Rpt, HD)
1.00 Sign Zone: Serengeti (SL, S, Rpt, HD)
2.00 to 2.55 AM Countryfi le (SL, S, Rpt, HD)
Listings for Welsh-language channel S4C (F’sat 120, Sky 134, Virgin 166) are on opposite page.
ITV, 8.30pm Face down... Craig once
again fi nds himself on the end of some
misfortune, as an altercation involving
Bethany results in a nasty car accident.
BBC1, 9.00pm Feeling right at home...
Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan, who
moved to Britain more than a decade ago,
discovers that she has English ancestors.
Photographs: ITV, BBC