TV TIMES 41Sunday
Steve Backshall
deep in the jungle11 August
S U N D A Y
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A u g u s t
The Queen’s
Lost Family
Apollo 13
● FILM / 1.50pm / ITV
Ron’s Howard’s retelling of
the lunar mission that almost
ended in disaster. A stellar
cast of Tom Hanks, Kevin
Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary
Sinise and Ed Harris make
this gripping viewing.
Rugby Union
● SPORT / 1pm / Sky
Sports Action
LIVE
Coverage of the
friendly match
between England and
Wales from Twickenham
(k-o 2 pm). Highlights on
BBC2 at 6pm.
ALSO ON...
How the Windsors
invented the modern
Royal Family
● DOCUMENTARY / 8pm / C4
NEW
In the first of this
three-part series,
previously
unseen royal correspondence
sheds light on how the children
of King George V and Queen
Mary – charismatic Edward,
shy Bertie, military man Henry,
family darling George and
daughter Mary – embarked on
a charm offensive to win over
the public. Edward was sent on
a tour of the Empire, including
a visit to India after the
infamous Amritsar massacre
by the British Indian army.
‘Christ, how I loathe my job,’
wrote the young royal, who
would go on to become Edward
VIII and later abdicate. ‘I feel I
am through with it and long to
die.’ An interesting history
lesson about the royals as they
set about rebranding as the
Windsors. ★★★^ IM^
Expedition
● FACTUAL / 8pm / Dave
The forest is so dense in Suriname, South America, not
even satellite imaging can reveal what secrets lie beneath
the jungle canopy. Steve Backshall and his team are
dropped into the jungle by helicopter and journey down
river. They make slow progress as they have to machete
their way through deep undergrowth, but what they
discover as they near the end of their expedition is one of
the proudest moments of Steve’s life. ★★★★ JL
A Dog’s Purpose
● FILM / 2.45pm / Film4
PREMIERE A schmfortunes of a dog as it goes through a altzy family drama following the
number of reincarnations and adventures while proving
a boon companion to its various owners, based on the
bestseller by W Bruce Cameron. Lasse Hallström (who
also helmed A Dog’s Life and Hachi: A Dog’s Tale) directs,
with a canine voicever from Josh Gad and human co-stars
Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton and Britt Robertson. ★★★ JB
Furever friends:
Dennis Quaid and
his canine pal
Princes charming:
Henry, Bertie,
George and Edward
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