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6.30 AM A Matter of Life and Debt (S, Rpt, HD)
7.1 5 Animal Park Summer Special (S, Rpt, HD)
8.00 This Farming Life (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 (S, Rpt, HD)
2.15 Heir Hunters Documentary. (S, Rpt, HD)
3.00 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook
Culinary series. Lorraine helps a student
whose mum cooks all his meals. (S, Rpt)
3.30 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Spices:
Culinary series. Today, the duo explore
the origins of popular spices. (S, Rpt, HD)
4.15 Animals Behaving Badly Last in the series.
Liz Bonnin meets the animals that go to
extreme measures to survive. (S, Rpt, HD)
5.15 Antiques Road Trip Antiques challenge
series. Experts Angus Ashworth and David
Harper explore Yorkshire. (S, Rpt, HD)
6.00 Celebrity Eggheads Quiz series. Five stars
of comedy Still Game take part. (S, Rpt)
6.30 Great British Railway Journeys Chichester
to Cowes: Travel series. In this edition, the
presenter visits places of interest in West
Sussex and Hampshire. (SL, S, Rpt, HD)6.00 AM Breakfast News and sport. (S, HD)
9.15 Animal Park Summer Special 14 of 15.
Today, Violet the koala requires surgery to
investigate her breathing problems. (S, HD)
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer Birmingham,
Conwy and Merseyside. (S, Rpt, HD)
11.00 A Matter of Life and Debt 4 of 10. A couple
who hire out vintage camper vans. (S, HD)
11.45 Britain in Bloom Oxfordshire. (S, Rpt, HD)
12.15 PM Bargain Hunt Today, from Southwell
Racecourse in Nottinghamshire. (S, Rpt)
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 £900,000 search
for a property in Oxfordshire. (S, Rpt, HD)(^) 3.15 Money for Nothing Transforming a cuckoo
clock and an old kitchen unit. (S, Rpt, HD)
3.45 Murder, Mystery and My Family Jeremy
Dein and Sasha Wass investigate whether a
man was framed for murder in 1962. (S, Rpt)
4.30 Flog It! Paul Martin presents from Croome
stately home in Worcestershire. (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
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10 .35pm NEW: Mavericks: Lost Sport’s Heroes Chris
Hallam. 11. 05 Heartbreak Holiday As above, 10.35pm.
11. 45 Who Do You Think You Are? 12 .50-6. 00 am News
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
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Programmes today are as above.
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10.00 News; Weather (S, HD)
10.25 Local News; Weather (S)
10.35 Heartbreak Holiday 3 of 7.
Documentary series. Maxine opens up
about her dating issues to Archie, before
shocking the group with her story, while
a big night out sees Erin move on from
Jordy. Continues tomorrow. (S, HD)
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11.20 Who Do You Think You Are? Katherine Ryan:
5 of 8. Monday’s edition of the genealogy
series, in which the Canadian comedian
investigates her ancestry, leading her to a
Methodist minister and his family in colonial
Nova Scotia – and eventually back to her
English roots in Dorset. (S, Rpt, HD) Weather
12.25 to 6.00 AM BBC News (S, HD)
9.00 Fake or Fortune? Giacometti: Antiques
series. In this edition, Fiona Bruce and art
expert Philip Mould investigate whether
The Gazing Head – an unusual sculpture
that was once damaged by a cat – was
originally made by Swiss sculptor Alberto
Giacometti in 1930s Paris. (S, Rpt, HD)8.00 The Sheriff s Are Coming 2 of 4.
Documentary series. In this edition, two
agents have to phone the police when
a confrontation at a car dealership in
Yorkshire turns ugly, while another pair
are called to remove a group of squatters
from a family business. (S, Rpt, HD)7.0 0 The One Show Magazine presented by
Angellica Bell and Ore Oduba. (S, HD)- 3 0 EastEnders The inquest info Dinah’s
death leaves Bailey downhearted, Kathy
and Jean support Tiffany as she opens
her GCSE results, and Mel gets a shock
after checking on Hunter in prison. (S)
8.00 This Farming Life 11 of 6. Agricultural
documentary series. In tonight’s edition,
Raymond’s bull, Major, returns to work
following an injury earlier in the year,
Kirsty and Aimee go shopping to double
their fl ock, and bad news forces Stevie
to make a shocking decision. (S, AD, HD)9.00 The Octopus in My House
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(^) One-off wildlife documentary observing
Professor David Scheel as he takes an
octopus into his home to learn about
its intelligence, and the extraordinary
relationship that he and his daughter
begin to develop with the creature. (S, HD)
10.00 Live at the Apollo Stand-up comedy
series. Dara Ó Briain introduces sets
from Zoe Lyons and Paul Chowdhry at
London’s Hammersmith Apollo. (S, Rpt)
10.30 Newsnight; Weather (S, HD)
7.0 0 The Repair Shop Antiques restoration
series. In this edition, the team of experts
restores a bicycle with a patriotic past,
a threadbare teddy on wheels, a battered
Victorian fi refi ghter’s helmet, and a 19th-
century stereoscope viewer that sparked
its owner’s lifelong obsession. (S, Rpt)
11.15 Interior Design Masters 2 of 8. Last night’s
edition of the challenge series. Contestants
are challenged to transform the rooms at
Hotel Chocolate in Bournemouth. (S, Rpt)
12.15 AM Sign Zone Starting with: 12.15 The
Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
Zimbabwe: 1 of 5. Travel documentar y
series. The comedian visits Zimbabwe in the
aftermath of Robert Mugabe’s rule. (SL, S,
Rpt, HD) 1.15 to 2.15 AM Sacred Wonders
1 of 3. Documentary examining what people
do for faith in some of the most stunning
sacred places on Earth. (S, Rpt, AD, HD)
Listings for Welsh-language channel S4C (F’sat 120, Sky 134, Virgin 166) are on opposite page.
ITV, 7.00pm A rotten bit of luck...
A bad case of dry rot renders to Woolpack
uninhabitable, so Charity must think up a
way to keep the place open for business.
BBC2, 9.00pm Handle with care... Prof
David Scheel investigates the intelligence
of the nine-brained octopus – developing a
close relationship with one along the way.
BBC1, 7.30pm The moment of truth....
As a supportive Kathy and Jean watch on,
a nervous Tiffany tears open her GCSE
results – hoping to earn a place at college.
Photographs: ITV, BBC