TV Times – 10 August 2019

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Thursday Highlights

Seinfeld and friends

Is Philip standing

next to a picture

worth a mint?

Lily Tomlin,

Jane Fonda

and Dolly

Parton

Who will catch

entrepreneur

Kate’s eye?

Seinfeld

● COMEDY / Amazon

Prime Video

Seinfeld celebrates its

30th anniversary this year

and the US sitcom has

more than stood the test of

time. Creators Jerry

Seinfeld and Larry David

decreed ‘no hugs and no

lessons’ but this didn’t stop

the series from being a hit,

leaving fans with a raft

of catchphrases to rival

Friends. All nine series are

on Amazon Prime, while

Seinfeld’s Comedians in

Cars Getting Coffee is on

Netflix. ★★★★ JP

Fake or Fortune?

● FACTUAL / 9pm / BBC1

LAST ONE

Fiona Bruce and art expert

Philip Mould head to Italy to

track down the painter of a picture of the

Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. Passed

down through his family to magazine

publisher Nick Hopkinson, the painting is

believed to be the work of either Guardi or

Marieschi, who both painted Venice

during the 18th Century. But things take a

turn when it’s revealed that the painting

wasn’t bought in Italy by Nick’s great-

grandparents in the 1880s, as he’d been

told, but actually in London 30 years later.

The big question is, will this be by Guardi,

making it the most valuable painting Fake

or Fortune? has ever looked at, or is it a

later English copy? ★★★★ TE

● See Philip Mould interview, page 14

The Secret Teacher

● FACTUAL / 9pm / C4

This undercover millionaire series

continues with another truly inspiring

story. Businesswoman Kate Stewart left

school without a single qualification or a

scrap of confidence at 15, but poured all

of her energy into making a success of her

life after having a baby. Now an impressive

entrepreneur, she’s looking for children to

invest in. However, when she arrives at

Parkwood School in Sheffield, it’s not

necessarily the wheeler-dealer kids that

she’s drawn to – one girl has terrible

attendance, no self-belief and no drive,

and it reminds Kate of exactly what she

was like at that age. Can she make a

difference to her life? ★★★★ EB

Nine to Five

● FILM / 2.25pm / Sky Greats

There’s no sign that production has actually started yet,

but Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin have all

said they’ll be appearing in an upcoming sequel to this

warm-hearted comedy about three put-upon office

workers sticking it to their sexist boss. Hot-desking and

personal computers were still a world away in 1 9 80 when

this was made, but the workplace shenanigans still ring

true. As does Dolly’s performance – in her film debut she

holds her own against her seasoned co-stars. ★★★★ SM

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