What’s on TV – 17 August 2019

BBC4 starts

broadcasting

at 7.0 0 pm

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 26 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 Only When I Laugh Adam’s Rib.

6.25 The Saint Invitation to Danger.

7.1 5 Kojak The Betrayal.

8.10 Quincy ME To Clear the Air.

9.15 Minder Back in Good Old England.

10.20 The Sweeney Stay Lucky, Eh?.

11.25 The Professionals Rogue.

12.30 PM The Saint Legacy for the Saint.

1.35 Kojak Loser Takes All.

2.40 Quincy ME The Shadow of Death.

3.45 Minder The police pick up Arthur.

4.50 The Professionals CI5 uncovers

corruption surrounding the awarding

of contracts to build homes.

5.55 The Sweeney Two villains rob an art

dealer of a valuable Goya painting.

6.00 AM Classic Coronation Street

6.55 Heartbeat Home Sweet Home.

8.00 Murder, She Wrote Dream Team.

8.55 On the Buses Double-bill.

10.05 George and Mildred Comedy.

10.40 Poirot Three Act Tragedy.

12.40 PM Heartbeat Old Masters.

1.45 Classic Emmerdale

2.50 Classic Coronation Street

3.55 Poirot Halloween Party: Mystery

drama starring David Suchet.

A guest at a Halloween party boasts

of having witnessed a murder.

5.50 Downton Abbey 6 of 9. Rose’s

surprise contribution to Robert’s

birthday party ruffl es feathers.

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

8.30 Coronation Street

9.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

10.20 Superstore Double-bill.

11.15 Dress to Impress Dating series.

12.15 PM Emmerdale

12.45 Coronation Street

1.50 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2.45 Dinner Date From Birmingham.

3.50 Dress to Impress Dating series.

4.55 Take Me Out Dating game show.

6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

7.0 0 The Chase Quiz series hosted by

Bradley Walsh in which contestants

must answer general knowledge

questions and work as a team to

take on quiz expert the Chaser.

6.50 Murder, She Wrote The heads

of an Ivy League private college

invite Jessica to lecture to their

pupils – and it is not long before the

sleuth has a murder to investigate.

7.0 0 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

Double-bill of the series in which

comedian Harry Hill narrates a

selection of camcorder calamities.

8.00 Speed Freaks Zef Eisenberg

goes to a Top Fuel Drag event in

Malta, and sets the Speed Freaks a

mission – tripling the horsepower

of a 1.1-litre Fiat Seicento.

7. 55 Poirot Murder in the Mews:
   Mystery drama starring David
   Suchet. The detective investigates
   when a woman’s body is found
   in Captain Hastings’ garage.

8.00 Two and a Half Men Jenny

Harper moves in with Evelyn and

her boyfriend Marty. (S11, ep2 of 22)

8.30 Walden and Alan think it may

be time for Berta to retire. (S11, ep3)

9.00 Benidorm Crystal pressures

Joyce to sort things out after the

pool is contaminated and all guests

have to be evacuated – so she

hastily arranges a trip to the circus.

9.00 Doc Martin Preparations for the

doctor’s wedding run into trouble

as a drunken vicar leaves Martin

with a tricky dilemma. Meanwhile,

Isobel suddenly goes into labour.

9.00 Family Guy Double-bill. Stewie

decides he wants to experience life

outside of preschool. (S13, ep9)

9.30 Peter discovers that his fi rst

name is actually Justin. (S13, ep10)

10.00 fDeath Race

Sci-fi thriller remake. A warden

coerces a falsely imprisoned

convict into taking part in a deadly

car race to win his freedom. Stars

Jason Statham, Joan Allen and

Ian McShane. Includes FYI Daily

at 11.05pm. (2008, 15) ★★★

12.10 AM Car Crash Global: Caught on

Camera Documentary featuring

dash-camera video footage of a

host of astonishing accidents.

1.10 Minder Back in Good Old England.

2.10 Motorsport UK From Snetterton.

3.00 to 6.00 AM Shopping

10.00 Scott & Bailey 5 of 6. Crime

drama series. Janet gets closer

to tracking down Veronica’s killer

while investigating a murder that

bears similarities to the cold case.

10.00 American Dad! Stan complains

that liberal social programmes are

a waste of money. (S6, ep11 of 18)

10.30 Stan discovers Roger is an

Olympic gold medallist. (S6, ep13)

11.00 Scott & Bailey Last in the crime

drama series. Rachel avoids being

run over by a car but comes to

suspect it was an attempt on her

life – and that Nick is involved.

12.05 AM A Touch of Frost Fun Times for

Swingers: Detective drama. Jack

investigates the murder of a gigolo.

2.00 Nightscreen

2.30 to 6.00 AM Shopping

10.55 Family Guy Brian begins a new

career as an estate agent after

having cosmetic surgery. (S13, ep4)

11.30 The Cleveland Show Double-bill.

(S3, ep11)11.55 (S3, ep12)

12.25 AM Plebs (S4, ep3)

12.55 Two and a Half Men As 8.00pm.

1.50 Superstore (S4, ep3)

2.20 Shopping

5.50 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 Beyond 100 Days

7. 3 0 Iolo’s Snowdonia
   8.00 Life 9 of 10. A look at how plants
   adapt to their environment.
   9.00 πnRams: Principles
   of Good Design The life and work
   of German designer Dieter Rams.
   10.00 Sir Chris Hoy: From Velodrome
   to Le Mans The Olympic cyclist
   retrains as a motor-racing driver.
   11.00 Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy
   City 1 of 3. The story of the city.
   12.00 M’T How the Celts Saved Britain
   1.00 AM Architects of the Divine
   2.00 How to Be a Surrealist
   3.00 to 4.00 AM Rams: Principles
   of Good Design As 9.00pm.

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 Scott McGillivray

invests his money and time to help

people renovate rundown homes.

7.0 0 Buying and Selling A couple who

emigrated to Canada from India

look to upgrade to a bigger house.

8.00 Dinner Date A woman picks three

potential dates from fi ve menus.

9.00 Botched A woman who claims to be

the unluckiest person in the world.

10.00 Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars

Five American celebrity couples

receive marriage counselling.

10.55 The Real Housewives of Sydney

The women enjoy a fur wedding.

11.55 PM to 12.55 AM

The Only Way Is Essex

9.00 AM Access Showbiz gossip.

9.10 The A-Team Double-bill.

11.15 Police Interceptors

12.20 PM Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

2.15 fOperation Dames Korean

war drama starring Alice Allyn and

Ed Craig. (1959, PG, b&w) ★★★

3.55 Traffi c Cops Documentary series.

5.00 The A-Team Double-bill.

7.0 0 Police Interceptors Documentary.

8.00 Traffi c Cops Documentary series.

9.00 fRed Heat Action thriller.

A Russian detective and a Chicago

cop put aside their mutual mistrust

to catch an Soviet drugs baron.

Stars James Belushi and Arnold

Schwarzenegger. (1988, 18) ★★★

11.10 fOnce Upon a Time in Mexico

Thriller. A gunman seeking revenge

for his wife’s murder is recruited

into a CIA agent’s plan to prevent

an assassination. Stars Antonio

Banderas. (2003, 15) ★★★★

1.15 AM Black Sails (S1, ep8)

2.30 to 3.00 AM

Criminals: Caught on Camera

12.15 PM to 7.0 0 PM As BBC2 except:
12.15 PM Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands
12.45 The Generation Frame 1.45 to 2.15 PM
Fish Town Documentary series.
7.0 0 Beechgrove Questions dealing with
Scotland’s top 10 pests and diseases.

7. 3 0 The Children’s Hospital 1 of 8. Series
   following life behind-the-scenes at the
   Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
   8.00 Africa 4 of 6. Wildlife documentary
   series. David Attenborough describes the
   wildlife spectacles of southern Africa.
   9.00 The Nine Scottish and international news.
   10.00 River City Ellie plans to take control when
   she fi nds a positive pregnancy test.
   11.00 Breaking the News 9 of 12. Comedy
   panel game presented by Des Clarke.
   Lucy Porter, Hugo Rifkind, Mark Nelson
   and Elaine Malcolmson compete.
   11.30 PM to 12.00 M’T Loop Crime writer
   Val McDermid talks about her work.

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 115

Home and Away

5STAR, 6.30pm

Married life gets off to a dramatic start

when AFP offi cers arrive at the reception to

take Robbo and Jasmine to a safe house.

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TV

Rams: Principles of

Good Design BBC4, 9.00pm

The life of designer Dieter Rams, whose

work during a 40-year-career at Braun

infl uenced designers at Apple computers.

Stand-Up UK

Comedy Specials

Singing sisters Flo & Joan

(famous for their advert for

Nationwide) are among the

performers in this four-part

box set – which features Ed

Gamble and Chris Ramsey.

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