TV Times – 10 August 2019

40 TV TIMES

Sunday Highlights

‘Stupid boy!’ Dangerous plan: June

Ski wear?:

Romesh dresses

up in Bosnia

Enter the

new Dragon:

Sara Davies

Morwenna

misses her son

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Saluting

Dad’s Army

● FACTUAL /

7pm / Yesterday

Another chance to see

this four-part celebration

of one of our most beloved

sitcoms, first shown last

year. In this first episode,

Alexander Armstrong –

clearly a big fan – looks at

the inspiration for the

show alongside archive

footage and interviews

with actors from the very

earliest episodes and

members of the production

team. ★★★★ FW

Handmaid’s

Tale

● DRAMA / 9pm / C4

After almost losing her

sanity, June is plotting

again, but needs the help

of someone powerful.

Commander Lawrence

remains an enigma, but

when the Waterfords turn

up at his house with Cmdr

Winslow in tow, his loyalty

to Gilead is ultimately

tested. When he finally

realises whose side he’s on,

what does it mean for

June and her audacious

plan? ★★★★★ RM

The Misadventures of

Romesh Ranganathan

● TRAVELOGUE / 9pm / BBC2

Romesh is in Bosnia and Herzegovina

to find out whether there is more to the

country than its association with the war.

His guide is curator Skender Hatibovic,

who takes him to his accommodation –

War Hostel, where its owner, Zero One,

has recreated an underground facility

complete with sound effects and pedal-

power lights. Later, Romesh rides the 1 984

Olympic bobsleigh track and gets down

with the kids for a ski lesson at a world-

class resort. ‘Did you know Sri Lankan

people are not meant to ski?!’ he yells, as

he hurtles into the white abyss. ★★★★ MC

Dragons’ Den

● REALITY / 8pm / BBC2

NEW

Dragons’ Den returns for a 17th series with new

recruit Sara Davies. At 35, the founder of craft

supplies company Crafter’s Companion is the youngest

ever Dragon, but what she doesn’t have in years she

makes up for with experience, know-how and bags of

personality! But how will she deal with an entrepreneur

and his germ-free toilet brush? Will Sara poo-poo the

idea or will said chap be flushed with success? ★★★★ MD

● See Sara Davies interview, page 17

Poldark

● DRAMA / 9pm / BBC1

Poor Morwenna. Hasn’t she been through

enough already? Clearly not – once again

she is in utter torment, this time over her

separation from her beloved John Conan.

Seeing his wife so shattered forces Drake

to make the foolish decision to kidnap her

son from formidable Lady Whitworth

(Rebecca Front). Can Demelza save the

day before he’s locked up? Meanwhile,

in London, George is back to his old ways,

joining forces with his new slave-owning

allies to bring down Ross and Ned for

good. Their plot results in Ned’s dramatic

arrest, but can Ross free him from prison

for a second time or has luck finally run

out for the volatile Irishman? ★★★★★ HD