What’s on TV – 17 August 2019

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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 Gardeners’ World (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 series. (S, Rpt)
3.00 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook
Last in the series. The food writer helps a
woman who lacks the confi dence to cook
for anyone except herself. (S, Rpt, HD)
3.30 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Game: The duo
prepare dishes using game. (S, Rpt, HD)
4.15 World’s Sneakiest Animals Staying Alive:
1 of 3. The devious tactics and sneaky tricks
that animals use to survive. (S, Rpt, HD)
5.15 Antiques Road Trip Antiques series. Angus
Ashworth travels over the sea to the island
of Lindisfarne off Northumberland. (S, Rpt)
6.00 Celebrity Eggheads With Chris Rogers,
Helen Fospero, Ricky Andalcio, Miranda
Krestovnikoff and Kevin Duala. (S, Rpt, HD)
6.30 Great British Railway Journeys
Swanwick to Brownsea Island: Travel series.
Michael Portillo explores Dorset. (S, Rpt)

6.00 AM Breakfast News and sport. (S, HD)
9.15 Animal Park Summer Special Last in the
documentary series. In this edition, rare
Amur tiger Yana goes into labour. (S, HD)
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer From Durham,
Westhoughton and Surbiton. (S, Rpt, HD)
11.00 A Matter of Life and Debt 5 of 10. A new
business combining the ancient craft of
glassblowing and Scottish whisky. (S, HD)
11.45 Britain in Bloom Immingham. (S, Rpt, HD)
12.15 PM Bargain Hunt Two teams go bargain
hunting in Lincolnshire. (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 £500,000 search
for a property in the Welsh Borders. (S, Rpt)
3.15 Money for Nothing Sarah Moore transforms
items reclaimed from a tip. (S, Rpt, HD)
3.45 Murder, Mystery and My Family Criminal
barristers investigate the 1937 murder of
a woman in Bedfordshire. (S, Rpt, HD)
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 7 .30-8.00pm NEW SERIES: Kate Humble:
Off the Beaten Track 1 of 4. 10. 35 Tudur’s TV Flashback
Love. 11. 05 Heartbreak Holiday 11. 50 New Tricks
12. 50 am The Truth About Meat 1 .50-6. 00 am BBC News

REGIONAL VARIATIONS
■ WALES
Programmes today are as above.

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10.00 News; Weather (S, HD)
10.25 Local News; Weather (S) Lottery Results
10.35 Heartbreak Holiday 4 of 7.
Documentary series. Tonight, the group
reaches Santorini, where tempers fray
as Archie struggles in the new villa and
Mel clashes with Luke. (S, AD, HD)
11.20 New Tricks London Underground: Crime
drama. The team investigates the deaths
of a fi lm critic and an artist. (S, Rpt, HD)
12.20 AM fMy Old Lady Comedy drama.
A penniless New Yorker hopes to boost his
fortunes by selling his dead father’s fl at in
Paris, only to fi nd that an eccentric elderly
Englishwoman is living there – and under
French law, he cannot sell until after she
dies. Stars Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas
and Maggie Smith. (105mins, 2014, 12, S)
Rating ★★★ See Filmweek, page 32; Weather
2.05 to 6.00 AM BBC News (S, HD)

9.00 Hold the Sunset The Lemming Family:
4 of 6. Comedy series. Edith and Phil are
dismayed to fi nd themselves portrayed
in Wendy’s children’s book. (S, AD, HD)
9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys Mammy Swings!
Comedy. Preparations for Rory and Dino’s
big day are in full swing. (S, Rpt, HD)

8.00 EastEnders Rainie and Max argue about
their arrangements over Abi, Stuart tells
Rainie he is worried about her, while Mel
wants to know how Hunter escaped. (S)
8.30 A Question of Sport Light-hearted quiz.
With Darren Bent, Colin Jackson, Bianca
Walkden and Kelly Sotherton. (S, HD)

7.0 0 The One Show Magazine presented
by Angellica Bell and Ore Oduba. (S, HD)


  1. 3 0 Garden Rescue Horticultural series.
    Charlie Dimmock and the Rich brothers
    head to Stratford-upon-Avon, where a
    couple want a garden that mixes modern
    looks with heritage touches. (S, Rpt, HD)


8.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse:
Gone Fishing Perch: 4 of 6. The duo
fi sh for perch on the banks of the Upper
Tamar Lakes in north-east Cornwall. (S)
8.30 Gardeners’ World Horticultural series.
Planting for late-summer colour, tidying
up herbs and pruning soft fruit. (S, HD)

9.00 Fosse/Verdon Where Am I Going?
5 of 8. Fact-based drama series starring
Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams.
Bob hires a house in the country to help
comfort recently bereaved playwright Neil
Simon. Also stars Nate Corddry, Jake
Lacey and Norbert Leo Butz. (S, AD, HD)

10.00 QI Pathological: Comedy quiz hosted by
Sandi Toksvig. Tonight, Sindhu Ve e, Rhod
Gilbert and Ed Byrne join Alan Davies to
answer questions on pathology – the
causal study of disease. (S, Rpt, HD)
10.30 Newsnight; Weather (S, HD)

7.0 0 Monkman & Seagull’s Genius
Guide to Britain Northern Ireland:
3 of 4. Documentary series. Tonight, the
duo visit Armagh Observatory. (S, Rpt)


  1. 3 0 Mastermind Quiz series. Subjects
    include the Thirty Years’ War, the Firefl y
    TV series and the music of Genesis. (S)


11.05 Edinburgh Nights with Nish Kumar
The host explores the theme of mums and
dads at the Edinburgh Festivals. (S, HD)
11.35 nOuch Storytelling Live Comedy
and storytelling show, presented by Chris
McCausland, featuring funny and fascinating
stories told by disabled people and those
with mental-health diffi culties. (S, HD)
12.25 to 1.25 AM Sign Zone: The Conjoined Twins


  • An Impossible Decision Documentary
    following the ethical and medical dilemmas
    facing a team of medics over whether to
    separate conjoined twins. (SL, S, Rpt, HD)


Listings for Welsh-language channel S4C (F’sat 120, Sky 134, Virgin 166) are on opposite page.

BBC2, 8.00pm Catch of the day...
Comedian Bob enjoys himself as he and
Paul take their rods to the Upper Tamar
Lakes where they set their sights on perch.

BBC1, 9.00pm By the book... Edith
(Alison Steadman) is shocked to discover
that the characters in Wendy’s debut book
appear to be based on her and her family.

Photographs: BBC
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