What’s on TV – 10 August 2019

THIS WEEK!

What’s on

TV

As Ross returns to London to secure

Ned’s long-anticipated return to Honduras,

Demelza’s left behind in Cornwall to do

battle with rabble-rouser Tess, who this time

becomes the centre of a bank-note forgery

ring. In the capital, things turn nasty when

George and his new slave-owning allies plot

to bring down Ross and Ned once and for all,

resulting in Ned being arrested.

Can Ross free him for a second time? FULL STORY^ P^9

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What’s on

TV

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Ulster: ISSN 1468-425X

Wales: ISSN 2059-

Who Do

Yo u Th i n k

Yo u A r e?

MON 12 Aug, 9pm BBC1 Factual

Titanic star Kate Winslet

heads to Halland, Sweden,

where her ancestor Johan

Christian worked as a

stable groom. Another

relative called Anders was

incarcerated in Halmstad

Castle in the 1830s for

stealing potatoes for his

starving family to eat. Kate

visits there to discover

more about

his story. FULL STORY P 7

Hold the

Sunset

FRIDAY 16 August,

9pm BBC1 Comedy

Edith continues to

fret about Sandra’s

overeating while

Phil’s attempts to

sell his house are

scuppered when

surveyors discover

dry rot. Meanwhile,

debt collectors turn

up looking for Joan.

Then Wendy drops

in and mentions

that she is writing a

children’s book, and

it might well involve

a complicated family!

Match of

the Day

SAT SUN 10-11 Aug, 10.30pm

(Sun, NI, 11.30pm) BBC1 Sport

As the new season kicks off,

Gary Lineker and Jason

Mohammad return with

Premier League highlights,

including Manchester City

v West Ham, Arsenal v

Newcastle, and Chelsea

v Manchester United.

Puns and

punditry...

Gary’s back

with all the

highlights

new

Sad stories... Kate

delves into her

ancestors’ past

Short shrift... The Dragons

return for a new series

Dragons’ Den

SUNDAY 11 August, 8pm BBC2 Factual

There’s a new Dragon in the den as Sara Davies,

founder of global craft supplies company Crafter’s

Companion, takes the seat previously occupied by

Jenny Campbell. And joining fellow Dragons Peter

Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Tej

Lalvani, Sara gets stuck in, making investments as

entrepreneurs pitch business ideas including a

self-tanning lotion, a spiced rum

and a germ-free toilet brush!

new

FULL STORY P 8

Poldark

SUNDAY 11 August, 9pm BBC1 Drama