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he calls ‘the most primal
force known to man’. A most
entertaining listen.
O DAVE PODMORE LOSES
THE ASHES (RADIO 4,
11PM) has the dodgy
cricketer — who will stop at
nothing to line the pockets
of his flannels — coming up
with a cunning plan to get
his greasy hands on the
Ashes. Christopher Douglas
stars as Podmore in a one-
off comedy from the team
behind Ed Reardon.
(RADIO 4, 6.30PM) as his
topic this week is stupidity.
Andy is a keen supporter of
stupidity and, in this comic
tour de force, he gives us
many an example of what
RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ
5.00 Nicki Chapman. 6.30 Zoe
Ball. 9.30 Ken Bruce. 12.00
Vanessa Feltz. 2.00 Steve Wright.
5.00 Sara Cox. 7.00 Jo Whiley.
9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie
Cullum. 10.00 Trevor Nelson’s
Rhythm Nation. 12.00 O.J. Borg.
RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ
6.30 Breakfast. 9.00 Essential
Classics. 12.00 Composer of the
Week: Elgar. 1.00 News. 1.02
Lunchtime Concert. 2.00 Afternoon
Concert. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 BBC
Proms 2019. The Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra performs
symphonies by Beethoven and
Shostakovich. 9.30 Nobody Knows
My Name: Notes on James Baldwin.
10.15 BBC Proms 2019. Angelique
Kidjo performs a tribute to salsa
songstress Celia Cruz. 11.30 Late
Junction. 12.30 Through the Night.
RADIO 5 LIVE
MW: 693/909KHZ
5.00 Morning Reports. 5.15
Wake Up to Money. 6.00 Breakfast.
9.00 Your Call. 10.00 Emma Barnett
Show. 1.00 Nihal Arthanayake.
4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live
Sport. 8.00 The Ashes. 10.30
Sarah Brett. 1.00 Up All Night.
10.00 The World Tonight.
10.45 The Warlow
Experiment.
By Alix Nathan.
11.00 PICK Dave Podmore
Loses the Ashes.
11.30 Short Cuts.
12.00 News; Weather. 12.30
Book of the Week:
Salt on Your Tongue.
12.48 Shipping
Forecast. 1.00 As
BBC World Service.
7.45 Flying Visits.
8.00 France and Germany:
Divided They Stand.
The divergence
between French
and German politics.
8.40 In Touch.
9.00 Inside Health.
With Dr Mark Porter.
9.30 The Life Scientific.
Virologist Jonathan
Ball talks to Jim Al-
Khalili. Last in series.
12.55 The Wild Canadian Year. 2.10
Trump’s Trade War. 3.20 The
Vietnam War. 5.15 Regimental
Stories. 5.55 Dan Snow’s Norman
Walks. 6.35 The Wild Canadian
Year. 7.50 Secrets of the Colosseum.
9.00 Colosseum: Rome’s Arena of
Death. 10.15 The Vietnam War.
PICK (DAYTIME)
Freeview 11 Sky 152 Virgin 123
12noon Road Wars. 1.00 UK Border
Force. 2.00 Border Security:
Australia’s Front Line. 3.00 Nothing
to Declare. 3.30 Caught Red Handed.
5.00 Without a Trace. 6.00 Stargate
SG-1. Part two of two. The team
search for Jackson’s wife.
QUEST (DAYTIME)
Freeview 12 Sky 144 Virgin 172
9.00am Shed and Buried. 10.00
Wheeler Dealers. 11.00 Chasing
Classic Cars. 12noon Made by
Destruction. 1.00 Aussie Gold
Hunters. 2.00 Deadliest Catch. 3.00
Gold Divers: Under the Ice. 4.00
Salvage Hunters. 5.00 Airplane
Repo. 6.00 Wheeler Dealers.
Restoring a Mercedes-Benz SLK.
REALLY
Freeview 17 Sky 142 Virgin 128
12noon Escape to the Country. 2.00
Fantasy Homes by the Sea. 3.00
Homes Under the Hammer. 4.00
Most Haunted. 6.00 Antiques Road
Trip. 9.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build.
10.00 Inside Death Row with Trevor
McDonald. 11.00 Nightwatch:
Emergency After Dark.
SKY ARTS
Sky 122 Virgin 122
12noon Discovering: Bill Murray.
1.00 Tales of the Unexpected. 2.00
Callas, Kennedy, Onassis: Two
Queens for a King. 4.00 The Art of
Architecture. 5.00 Discovering:
Jean Simmons. 6.00 Discovering:
Christopher Plummer. 7.00 Video
Killed the Radio Star. 7.30 James
Taylor: Music Icons. 8.00 Passions.
9.00 Andre Rieu: How It All Began.
10.00 The South Bank Show. 11.00
The Directors.
SKY ATLANTIC
Sky 108
9.00am Discovering: Gene Kelly.
10.00 The West Wing. 12noon
Without a Trace. 2.00 Blue Bloods.
3.00 The West Wing. 5.00 Without
a Trace. 7.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation. 8.00 Blue Bloods.
9.00 Active Shooter: America Under
Fire. 11.15 Gomorrah.
SKY COMEDY
Sky 307 Virgin 438
10.10am MAMMA MIA! (2008) (PG)
12.10pm MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO
AGAIN. (2018) (PG) 2.10 HOT FUZZ.
(2007) (15) With Simon Pegg. 4.15
GAME NIGHT. (2018) (15) With Jason
Bateman. 6.00 MAMMA MIA!
(2008) (PG) With Meryl Streep. 8.00
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN.
(2018) (PG) With Amanda Seyfried.
10.00 HOT FUZZ. (2007) (15)
SKY DRAMA
Sky 309 Virgin 440
10.20am THE EXCEPTION. (2016)
(15) 12.15pm THE ADJUSTMENT
BUREAU. (2011) (12) 2.05 SAY
ANYTHING. (1989) (15) With John
Cusack. 4.00 VICTORIA & ABDUL.
(2017) (PG) With Judi Dench. 6.00
PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE
WONDER WOMEN. (2017) (15) With
Luke Evans. 8.00 LADY BIRD. (2017)
(15) With Saoirse Ronan. 9.45 THE
SOCIAL NETWORK. (2010) (12) With
Jesse Eisenberg. 11.50 THE 15:17 TO
PARIS. (2018) (15)
SKY ONE
Sky 106 Virgin 110
11.00am NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00pm
Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00
Modern Family. 5.00 The Simpsons.
5.30 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.
8.00 A League of Their Own. 9.00
Manifest. 10.00 Warrior. 11.00 Micky
Flanagan’s Detour de France.
SKY PREMIERE
Sky 301 Virgin 431
11.30am THE BELLY OF THE WHALE.
(2018) (15) 1.15pm JOHNNY ENGLISH
STRIKES AGAIN. (2018) (12) 3.00
THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH
GRACE. (2018) (15) 4.35 SCHOOL
SPIRITS. (2017) (12) 6.15 SMALLFOOT.
(2018) (PG) Animated adventure,
with the voice of Channing Tatum.
8.00 JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES
AGAIN. (2018) (12) Spy comedy,
starring Rowan Atkinson. 9.45 THE
BELLY OF THE WHALE. (2018) (15)
Crime drama, starring Art
Parkinson. 11.25 THE POSSESSION
OF HANNAH GRACE. (2018) (15)
SKY SELECT
Sky 311 Virgin 442
10.20am TOMBSTONE. (1993) (15)
12.35pm THE LADYKILLERS. (2004)
(15) 2.25 CASABLANCA. (1942) (U)
4.15 THE ESCAPE. (2017) (15) 6.00
LAYER CAKE. (2004) (15) Crime
thriller, starring Daniel Craig. 8.00
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. (1998) (15)
Steven Spielberg’s World War II
drama, starring Tom Hanks. 10.50
DOWNSIZING. (2017) (15)
SKY WITNESS
Sky 107 Virgin 112
12noon Sun, Sea and A&E. 3.00
Border Security: America’s Front
Line. 6.45 My Kitchen Rules:
Australia. 8.00 Criminal Minds. 9.00
Elementary. 10.00 Britain’s Most
Evil Killers. 11.00 Criminal Minds.
SKY MAIN EVENT
Sky 401 Virgin 511
9.00am Good Morning Transfers.
10.00 Sky Sports News. 11.30
Sportswomen. 12noon Transfer
Talk. 1.00 Sky Sports News. 3.00
Transfer Centre. 3.30 Sky Sports
News. 5.00 Transfer Centre. 5.30
Sky Sports News at 5. 6.00 Live
Vitality T20 Blast Cricket. 9.30 Sky
Sports Tonight. 10.00 Transfer
Centre. 10.30 Sky Sports News.
SKY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sky 402 Virgin 512
9.00am Premier League 100 Club.
10.00 Premier League Years. 12noon
PL Best Goals 00/01. 1.00 Premier
League Years. 3.00 PL Best Goals
02/03. 4.00 PL Greatest Games. 5.00
Premier League 100 Club. 6.00
Premier League Years. 8.00 PL:
Liverpool Highlights. 10.00 PL
Greatest Games. 11.00 Gary Neville’s
Soccerbox. 11.30 Best PL Goals:
Newcastle v Liverpool.
SKY FOOTBALL
Sky 403 Virgin 513
9.00am Football Years. 10.00 EFL
Football League Play-Off Finals.
12noon Greatest Games. 1.00
Football Countdowns. 2.00 Football
Years. 3.00 Play-Off Final Highlights.
4.00 One2Eleven. 4.30 Football’s
Greatest Players. 5.00 Greatest
Games. 6.00 EFL Goals. 7.30 SPFL
Round-Up. 8.00 EFL Goals:
Championship. 9.00 EFL Goals:
Leagues 1 & 2. 9.30 SPFL Round-Up.
10.00 EFL Play-Off Final Highlights.
11.00 Football’s Greatest Players.
SKY CRICKET
Sky 404 Virgin 514
7.15am Test Cricket. 9.15 Ashes
Greats. 9.25 T20 Blast Cricket.
4.30pm Best of England v Australia.
5.20 Ashes Memories. 6.00 Live
Vitality T20 Blast Cricket. 9.30
Captain’s Log. 10.30 Great Sporting
Moments. 11.00 T20 Blast Cricket.
SKY MIX
Sky 121 Virgin 520
9.00am Sporting Records. 9.30 My
Icon. 10.00 How the 2019 Netball
WC Was Won. 11.30 Sporting
Greats. 12noon NFL. 1.00 Sporting
Records. 1.30 My Icon. 2.00 NFL: A
Football Life. 3.00 My Icon. 4.00
How the 2019 Netball WC Was Won.
5.30 Sporting Records. 6.30
Sportswomen. 7.00 NBA Classic
Games. 8.00 Sportswomen. 8.30
Sporting Records. 9.00 How the
2019 Netball WC Was Won. 10.30
Sporting Records. 11.00 PL Greatest
Games. 11.30 Sportswomen.
SONY CRIME CHANNEL
Sky 157 Virgin 193
11.00am Body of Evidence. 1.00pm
48 Hours: Mystery. 3.00 True Crime
with Aphrodite Jones. 4.00 Fear
Thy Neighbour. 5.00 Fatal
Attraction. 6.00 Fatal Vows. 7.00
Bizarre Murders. 9.00 Deadly
Women. 11.00 Fear Thy Neighbour.
SYFY
Sky 114 Virgin 135
8.00am Teleshopping. 11.00 Merlin.
12noon FILM: Jack the Giant Killer.
(2013) (PG) 2.00 Merlin. 3.00
Stargate Atlantis. 4.00 Star Trek:
Voyager. 6.00 Star Trek: The Next
Generation. 8.00 Stargate Atlantis.
9.00 FILM: The Frighteners. (1996)
(15) 11.10 FILM: The One. (2001) (15)
TALKING PICTURES TV
Freeview 81 Sky 328 Virgin 445
11.55am FILM: Operation
Amsterdam. (1958) (PG) 2.00pm
Scotland Yard. 2.35 FILM: The Brave
Don’t Cry. (1952) (U) 4.25 FILM:
Brandy for the Parson. (1952) (U)
6.00 Get Some In! 6.30 FILM:
Pygmalion. (1938) (U) 8.25
Glimpses: The Ideal Home
Exhibition March 1964 at Olympia.
8.30 Public Eye. 9.30 FILM:
Oklahoma Crude. (1973) (PG) 11.45
FILM: Venus Peter. (1989) (12)
TCM
Sky 315 Virgin 415
7.20am TEN LITTLE INDIANS. (1989)
(PG) 9.15 ANNE OF THE THOUSAND
DAYS. (1969) (PG) 12.15pm THE MAN
FROM GALVESTON. (1963) (U) 1.30
THE WILD AND THE INNOCENT.
(1959) (PG) 3.15 ESCAPE TO VICTORY.
(1981) (PG) 5.45 FORT OSAGE. (1952)
(U) Western, starring Rod Cameron.
7.15 AN INSPECTOR CALLS. (1954)
(PG) Drama, starring Alastair Sim.
9.00 CODE NAME: EMERALD. (1985)
(PG) Spy adventure, starring Ed
Harris. 11.05 THE FUGITIVE. (1993)
(15) Thriller, starring Harrison Ford.
1.45am THE SONG REMAINS THE
SAME. (1976) (15)
TRUE ENTERTAINMENT
Freeview 48 Sky 179 Virgin 189
10.00am Highway to Heaven.
1.00pm Hamish Macbeth. 3.00
Rumpole of the Bailey. 4.00
Murder, She Wrote. 6.00 Tenko.
7.00 MASH. 9.00 Taggart. 11.00
The Persuaders!
UNIVERSAL TV
Sky 113 Virgin 137
12noon Law & Order. 4.00 NCIS.
8.00 Rescue: Code One. 9.00 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit.
W
Sky 109 Virgin 125
12noon Tipping Point. 2.00 My
Dream Home. 4.00 Flip or Flop.
5.00 Tipping Point. 7.00
MasterChef Junior USA. 8.00
Emma Willis: Delivering Babies.
9.00 999 Rescue Squad. 10.00
One Born Every Minute. 11.00 Inside
the Ambulance.
YESTERDAY
Freeview 25 Sky 155 Virgin 129
12noon The Somme’s Secret
Weapon: A Time Team Special.
2.00 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean
on Earth. 3.00 India’s New
Worlds. 4.00 Murder Maps. 5.00
Impossible Engineering. 6.00
The World at War. 7.00 Secrets
of the Railways. 8.00 Impossible
Railways. 9.00 Open All Hours.
11.00 The Two Ronnies.
ITV 3 ITV 4 MORE 4 PICK QUEST DAVE DRAMA 5STAR 5 USA
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Foyle’s War The
son of a high-profile
Jewish businessman
is attacked in the
grounds of a
university, leaving
Foyle to consider the
possibility that the
attack was racially
motivated. Elsewhere,
Sam becomes acutely
aware of the impact
of the war on Adam’s
constituents as she
encounters a young
boy suffering from
whooping cough
(To 12.00)
9.45 Never Say
Never Again
(1983,PG)
James Bond takes
on a criminal
mastermind who
has hijacked two
American nuclear
warheads and
concealed them
in the Bahamas.
Action adventure,
starring Sean
Connery, Klaus
Maria Brandauer,
Kim Basinger, Max
von Sydow and
Barbara Carrera.
Includes FYI Daily
(To 12.30)
Building the Dream
Charlie Luxton
catches up with a
Leicestershire couple
to see how their plan
to build a four-bed
home in their garden
has progressed
£4 Million
Restoration: Historic
House Rescue
The project to bring
medieval house Llwyn
Celyn back from the
brink continues
11.05 24 Hours in A&E
Twenty-year-old
Megan is rushed to
St George’s hospital
after being involved
in a high-speed car
crash (To 12.05)
Murders That
Shocked The Nation
Fred Dinenage
examines the crimes
of George Joseph
Smith, who drowned
his three wives
between 1912 and 1914
Ross Kemp: Extreme
World The actor visits
Ukraine to investigate
the rise of the far
right in the country’s
war with pro-Russia
separatists
The Force: North East
Officers attend the
bloody aftermath
of a machete gang
fight in Newcastle,
while there is trouble
at a city-centre kebab
shop (To 12.00)
Disasters at Sea
New series. The loss
of a huge container
ship leads baffled
investigators to the
bottom of the ocean
Border Control:
Spain New series. The
work of the Security
and Customs Services
Border Control:
Spain The Security
and Customs Services
at Spain’s borders
How Do They Do It?
The construction of
tunnels in one of the
world’s biggest cities
How Do They Do It?
Baklava, ukeleles and
the world’s fastest
ferry (To 12.00)
Taskmaster Greg
Davies sets tasks for
Roisin Conaty, Tim Key,
Romesh Ranganathan,
Frank Skinner and Josh
Widdicombe, including
a mystery pie round
QI XL Panellists Sue
Perkins, Romesh
Ranganathan, Bill
Bailey and Alan Davies
compete, as Stephen
Fry hosts an extended
edition of the
irreverent quiz show
QI XL Panellists Julia
Zemiro, Matt Lucas,
David Mitchell and
Alan Davies compete,
as host Stephen Fry
hosts an extended
edition of the comedy
quiz show (To 12.00)
Death in Paradise
The Saint Marie
governor is poisoned
at her leaving party,
leaving the team
investigating the
murky world of
island politics
10.20 Silent Witness
Nikki and Jack attend
the scene of a fatal
car crash in which a
driver lost control of
her vehicle, and the
forensic evidence
suggests it may not
have been an accident
and that the victim’s
son Kevin McDowd —
a resident of Kingscote
Bows care home —
could be involved in
the death (To 12.25)
Freed to Kill Again:
The Murder of Quyen
Investigating the
murder of Quyen,
a mother who was
killed by her business
associate Stephen
and his friend John
Hannibal (2001,18)
Fugitive serial killer
Dr Hannibal Lecter
is hunted by FBI
agent Clarice
Starling and a
vengeful victim
from his past.
Thriller sequel, with
Anthony Hopkins,
Julianne Moore,
Gary Oldman, Ray
Liotta and Giancarlo
Giannini. Includes
Access (To 12.45)
Murder, She Wrote
Internal wranglings
at a newspaper turn
deadly following the
murder of a reporter,
but Jessica Fletcher
is on the scene to
solve the mystery
7.15 Audi Cup Live
Bayern Munich v
Fenerbahce (Kick-off
7.30pm). Coverage
of the semi-final
in the pre-season
tournament at Allianz
Arena in Munich. The
hosts pipped Borussia
Dortmund to the
Bundesliga in May and
will expect to prevail
against the Turkish
outfit. However,
something of a new
era begins as Franck
Ribery and Arjen
Robben left the club,
and versatile defenders
Lucas Hernandez and
Benjamin Pavard
have arrived
6.55 The Supervet
Noel Fitzpatrick
treats a puppy with
walking difficulties
The Flash Barry and
the team meet a
scientist who may be
the key to stopping
Savitar, while Joe and
Cecile’s relationship
takes a big turn
Aussie Gold Hunters
Rick’s start to the
season only gets
worse when he finds
his truck has been
ransacked. Plus, the
Dirt Dogs ambush
a gold thief
QI XL Cariad Lloyd,
Dermot O’Leary and
Phill Jupitus compete
alongside resident
panellist Alan Davies,
as Stephen Fry hosts
an extended edition
of the quiz show
7.20 Last of the
Summer Wine An
unfortunate incident
means that Foggy
has to be rescued
from the police.
Brian Wilde stars
The Fresh Prince
of Bel-Air Hilary
becomes Will’s slave
7.05 Law & Order
An investigation into a
hit-and-run leads to a
property scam, but
the team’s undercover
work takes a twist that
pits McCoy against the
U.S. Attorney’s office
Midsomer Murders
The Creeper: A burglar
targets the villages of
Midsomer as Barnaby
and Jones investigate
the murder of a guest
at a dinner party. As
the case progresses,
Barnaby becomes the
thief’s latest victim,
and it emerges that
high-society friends
with connections
to gangsters and
a police chief have
some secrets
worth killing for
David
Attenborough’s Wild
City The broadcaster
examines the wildlife
of Singapore, showing
the diversity of the
urban and hidden
environments
Salvage Hunters
In Lincolnshire,
modern-day treasure
hunter Drew Pritchard
visits a 16th-century
Elizabethan mansion
and hits the jackpot
at a brewery
Have I Got a Bit More
Old News for You
Rhod Gilbert hosts
the satirical quiz, with
Andy Hamilton and
Sayeeda Warsi joining
team captains Ian
Hislop and Paul Merton
Father Brown
The priest investigates
when a body is found
at the stone circle
in a polio-stricken
village, leading him
to conclude that dark
forces are involved
Last Man Standing
Mandy sets her sights
on an Italian vacation
NCIS: Los Angeles An
informant is kidnapped
after uncovering a
link between a car
shipping outfit and a
global terrorist ring,
so Kensi poses as a car
thief to crack the case
Ransom Eric is taken
hostage by a fanatical
militia group. While he
tries to resolve the
situation from inside,
Maxine faces her
first negotiation
Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit A baby is
thrown out of a car
10.55 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
The team investigate
the discovery of a
woman’s severed
head, following a trail
of clues that leads
to her boyfriend
11.55 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit
A wealthy couple are
murdered (To 12.55)
7.55 Escape to the
Chateau Dick, Angel
and the family move
into their crumbling
chateau, which they
find they will be
sharing with bats, birds
and thousands of flies
7.35 The Fresh Prince
of Bel-Air Ashley hosts
a slumber party
Last Man Standing
A listless Kyle needs a
confidence boost, so
Mike moves him to HR