What’s on TV – 17 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 26 Sky 131 Freesat 118 Virgin 119 /HD 179

BBC4 starts

broadcasting

at 7.0 0 pm

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 Double Take.

7.1 5 Kojak Queen of the Gypsies.

8.10 Quincy ME Deadly Protection.

9.10 Minder High Drains Pilferer.

10.20 The Sweeney Thou Shalt Not Kill.

11.25 The Professionals Fall Girl.

12.35 PM The Saint The Time to Die.

1.40 Kojak Night of the Piraeus.

2.40 Quincy ME The Unquiet Grave.

3.45 Minder Sorry Pal, Wrong Number.

4.50 The Professionals Backtrack:

Bodie and Doyle investigate the

suspicious death of a burglar.

5.55 The Sweeney Selected Target:

Two ex-cellmates plan a robbery.

6.00 AM Classic Coronation Street

6.50 Heartbeat Uninvited Guests.

7.50 Murder, She Wrote Nailed.

8.50 On the Buses Double-bill.

9.55 George and Mildred Fishy Business.

10.25 Poirot Adventure of the Clapham

Cook: A cook goes missing.

11.35 Mystery of the Spanish Chest:

A dinner party ends in murder.

12.40 PM Heartbeat No Hiding Place.

1.45 Classic Emmerdale

2.15 Classic Coronation Street

3.20 Lewis Expiation: Detective drama.

A housewife is found hanged.

5.30 Downton Abbey 1 of 8. Thomas

gives Baxter an ultimatum.

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 As 8.00am.

1.15 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

1.50 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2.45 Dinner Date From Essex.

3.50 Dress to Impress Dating series.

4.50 Take Me Out Dating game show.

6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

7.0 0 Darts As-live coverage of day

one of the inaugural New Zealand

Masters held at the Claudelands

Arena in Hamilton, featuring all

eight matches in the fi rst round.

Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross,

Gary Anderson, Daryl Gurney,

Peter Wright, Simon Whitlock,

Raymond van Barneveld and

James Wade were the eight seeded

PDC representatives who would pit

themselves against eight leading

players from Oceania. Commentary

by Stuart Pyke and Dan Dawson.

7.0 0 Murder, She Wrote A Quaking

in Aspen: Jessica visits Colorado,

where her friend, Laney Boswell,

comes under suspicion for the

murder of her estranged husband.

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 Lewis The Ramblin’ Boy:

Detective drama series starring

Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox.

Lewis and Hathaway investigate

a possible connection between

the disappearance of a senior

police offi cer and the discovery

of a recently embalmed body. Also

stars Babou Ceesay, Peter Davison,

Taron Egerton and Lucy Speed.

8.00 Two and a Half Men Alan

offers Jenny advice. (S11, ep11)

8.30 Walden feels put out when

Nicole prioritises her software

project over him. (S11, ep12)

9.00 fHorrible Bosses

Offbeat comedy. Three unhappy

employees hate their bosses but

cannot afford to quit their jobs – so

resort to extreme measures. Stars

Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis,

Jennifer Aniston, Charlie Day and

Colin Farrell. Includes FYI Daily

at 10.00pm. (2011, 15) ★★★

10.00 Foyle’s War Eagle Day:

Detective drama starring Michael

Kitchen. Foyle faces a dilemma

when an investigation leads him to

the radar station where his son was

working on a classifi ed operation.

With Bill Thomas and Katy Brittain.

12.05 AM fChocolat Comedy

fantasy. A single mother opens a

chocolate shop in a small French

town. Stars Juliette Binoche. (2000,

12) ★★★★ See Filmweek, page 32

2.20 Wild at Heart Double-bill.

4.05 On the Buses Triple-bill.

5.35 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

11.00 fAmerican History X Urban

drama starring Edward Norton.

A former neo-Nazi tries to stop his

brother going down the same path.

(1998, 18) ★★★★ Includes FYI Daily

at 12.05am. See Filmweek, page 32

1.25 The Protectors The Last Frontier.

2.00 The Professionals Backtrack.

2.50 Nightscreen

3.00 to 6.00 AM Shopping

11.05 Family Guy Double-bill. Peter makes

some female friends. (S13, ep16)

11.35 Stewie and Brian try to help

Chris pass a history test. (S13, ep7)

12.05 AM American Dad! Animated

comedy. (S6, ep17) 12.30 (S6, ep10)

12.55 Two and a Half Men Double-bill.

1.55 Superstore Comedy. (S4, ep11)

2.20 Shopping

5.50 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 World News Today

7. 3 0 BBC Proms: Rattle Conducts
   Belshazzar’s Feast New edition
   Simon Rattle conducts Belshazzar’s
   Feast at the Royal Albert Hall.
   9.00 Smashing Hits! The 80 s Pop
   Map of Britain and Ireland
   1 of 3. Midge Ure and Kim Appleby
   revisit the pop music of the 1980s.
   10.00 Snow Patrol: Ward Park 3
   11.00 Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s
   Guide to the Music Business
   12.00 M’T The Irish Rock Story:
   A Tale of Two Cities Documentary.
   1.00 AM Sings Bacharach and David!
   2.05 to 3.00 AM Smashing Hits! The
   80 s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland

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 business-

minded sisters compete for cash.

7.0 0 Buying and Selling A couple seek

to escape their cluttered home.

8.00 Dinner Date A man from St Helens

picks three dates from fi ve menus.

9.00 Botched Dr Terry Dubrow sets out

to help the world’s fi rst paraplegic

fi tness model achieve her dream.

10.00 Botched Medic Paul Nassif takes

on a man with three eyebrows.

10.55 Kendra on Top Colin must decide if

he wants to reunite with his father,

and Bridget gives Kendra a gift.

11.25 PM to 12.50 AM The Only Way Is

Essex The fallout from Megan and

Chloe M’s big bust-up continues.

9.00 AM The A-Team Double-bill.

11.05 Police Interceptors

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

2.05 fThe Indian Fighter Western

drama starring Kirk Douglas and

Walter Matthau. (1955, PG) ★★★

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 An offi cer breathalyses

a drunk van driver in Harrogate.

9.00 Traffi c Cops A car is thought to

be involved in drug traffi cking.

10.00 Seconds from Death: Caught

on Camera Footage captures the

moment a snowboarder becomes

stuck in a very perilous position.

11.00 World’s Wildest Holidays Footage

of a giant squid that plays dead so

that it can attack paddle-boarders.

12.00 M’T Black Sails Rackham makes

a life-changing decision. (S1, ep5)

1.15 AM Black Sails Costs continue

to mount for Flint. (S1, ep6 of 8)

2.30 Criminals: Caught on Camera

2.55 to 3.00 AM Access

12.00 NOON to 7.0 0 PM As shown on BBC2.
7.0 0 PM lSportscene: Friday Night
Football Greenock Morton v Partick
Thistle, Steven Thompson and Leanne
Crichton present the Championship
match at Cappielow Park, kick-off 7 .05pm.
9.00 The Nine Scottish and international news.
10.00 Mirror Mirror 2 of 12. Conversations on
topics including Nelson Mandela, trips
to Ayr and confusion over street signs.
10.30 Susan Calman’s Fringe Benefi ts
New edition Last in the series. The
host catches up with author Janet Ellis.
11.15 Scotland Unsolved Last in series. Squire
and McGill investigate UFO sightings.
11.25 Tune With DJ Mark Mackenzie.
11.30 PM to 12.00 M’T Up for It Christopher,
Ashley, and Rosco try hairdressing.

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

27 Dresses

Film4, 6.50pm

Katherine Heigl appears to be falling for

James Marsden in this romantic comedy

about an unlucky-in-love serial bridesmaid.

Picks^ of

the^ day

What’s^ on^

TV

Thou Shalt Not Kill

More4, 9.00pm

Inspector Valeria Ferro (Miriam Leone)

must move house after learning that her

mother is about to be released from prison.

Sextuplets

This one-off comedy stars

Marlon Wayans as a man

who, after learning that he’s

not an only child but one of

sextuplets, sets off to locate

his fi ve brothers and sisters

(all played by Wayans too).

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