What’s on TV – 27 July 2019

BBC4 starts

broadcasting

at 7.0 0 p m

ITV4

FV 24 Sky 120 Freesat 117 Virgin 118 /HD 178

ITV3

FV 10 Sky 119 Freesat 115 Virgin 117 /HD 177

ITV2

FV 6 Sky 118 Freesat 113 Virgin 115 /HD 176

ITVBe

FV 26 Sky 131 Freesat 118 Virgin 119 /HD 179

5Spike

FV 31 Sky 150 Freesat 141 Virgin 154

BBC4

FV 9 Sky 116 Freesat 107 Virgin 107

HD 106

Scot 82

6.00 AM World of Sport: Last Orders

6.05 The Protectors Fighting Fund.

6.30 The Professionals Cry Wolf.

7. 20 The Sweeney Double-bill.
   9.30 Racing: The Opening Show
   10.30 The Car Chasers Documentary.
   11.00 Cycling: Tour de France
   12.00 NOON River Monsters
   12.30 PM lCycling: Tour de France
   Coverage of the penultimate
   stage of the race, a mountainous
   130km route from Albertville to Val
   Thorens. With commentary from
   Ned Boulting and David Millar.
   5.00 Monster Carp From Italy.
   6.00 River Monsters Double-bill.

6.00 AM The Royal Home to Roost.

6.50 George and Mildred Triple-bill.

8.25 Inspector Morse The Sins of the

Fathers: Detective drama series.

10.40 Marple Nemesis: Triple-bill of

the series. The spinster sleuth

is sent on a mysterious mission.

12.45 PM Marple At Bertram’s Hotel: The

reading of a will leads to murder.

2.55 Marple Ordeal by Innocence: A

stranger provides an alibi that proves

the innocence of an executed man

5.00 Poirot Curtain: Poirot’s Final Case.

Last-ever episode of the mystery

drama. The ageing sleuth enlists

Hastings’ help for his fi nal case.

6.00 AM Emmerdale Omnibus.

9.05 Coronation Street Omnibus.

12.05 PM Celebrity Catchphrase

Game show. With Ellie Simmonds,

Fay Ripley and Jimmy Carr.

1.05 Ninja Warrior UK Challenge series.

2.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

3.25 fDr Seuss’ The Lorax

Animation. A young boy discovers

how greed caused the destruction

of an entire forest. (2012, U) ★★★

5.10 fTwo Weeks Notice Comedy

drama. A lawyer walks out on her

job with a self-centred property

tycoon. Stars Hugh Grant and

Sandra Bullock. (2002, 12) ★★★★

7.0 0 Cycling: Tour de France

Highlights from the 20th and

penultimate stage of the race,

a mountainous 130km route

from Albertville to Val Thorens.

7.0 0 Midsomer Murders

Small Mercies: Detective drama

starring series John Nettles and

Jason Hughes. The peace of a

sleepy hamlet is disturbed when

a man’s dead body is found tied

down in a miniature village. Also

stars Jesse Birdsall, Olivia Colman,

Caroline Blakiston and Abigail Thaw.

7.1 5 πf

Jurassic Park III Adventure

sequel. Scientist Dr Alan Grant is

lured to a dinosaur-infested island

by a divorced couple searching for

their missing son. Stars Sam Neill,

William H Macy, Alessandro Nivola

and Téa Leoni. Includes FYI Daily

a t 8 .15 p m. (2001, PG) ★★★

8.00 fThe Incredible Hulk

Adventure. A scientist who turns

into a monster when he gets angry

is hunted by a general who wants

to use the creature as a weapon.

Stars Edward Norton, William Hurt

and Tim Roth. Includes FYI Daily

a t 9.10 p m. (2008, 12) ★★★★

9.00 Endeavour Ride: Detective

drama series starring Shaun Evans.

Morse is suspended from duty –

but when a body is found near

his home, the detective conducts a

secret investigation, and uncovers

secrets among Oxford’s social elite.

Also stars David Oakes, Jemima

West and Meghan Treadway.

9.00 Love Island: Unseen Bits

New edition Iain Stirling introduces

a look back at the past week in the

villa, along with a recap of all the

big stories, and unaired footage.

10.15 fThe Departed

Thriller. A cop infi ltrates the inner

circle of a mobster, unaware a

fellow offi cer is also an informant

on the Boston gangster’s payroll.

Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt

Damon, Jack Nicholson and Alec

Baldwin. Includes FYI Daily at

11. 25 p m.( 2006, 18 ) ★★★★
    1.05 AM The Sweeney Regan goes
    undercover as a lorry driver to
    catch a gang of ruthless hijackers.
    2 .10 Better Late Than Never T h e fi v e
    celebrities head to Lithuania.
    2.55 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

10.05 Shopping with Keith

Lemon Big Narstie and Kate

Nash join Keith on a shopping trip.

10.35 Family Guy Q u a g m i r e fi n a l l y

meets his match. (S12, ep3 of 21)

11.00 Lewis Intelligent Design: Detective

drama series starring Kevin Whately.

An elderly don is killed on the night

of his release from prison, having

served a sentence for causing

death by dangerous driving. With

Laurence Fox and Clare Holman.

1.00 AM Classic Emmerdale

2.20 Nightscreen

2.30 to 6.00 AM Shopping

11.05 Family Guy Stewie tries to save

his recalled teddy bear. (S11, ep18)

11.30 Peter and his friends try to

save The Drunken Clam. (S11, ep19)

11.55 American Dad! Double-bill.

12.55 AM CelebAbility Game show.

1.40 Hey Tracey!2.25 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records

2.50 Shopping

5.50 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 The Last Seabird Summer? 1 of 2.

8.00 Madame Tussaud: A Legend in

WaxThe story of the woman behind

the worldwide waxworks empire.

9.00 Inspector Montalbano Love:

Italian crime drama starring Luca

Zingaretti. The sleuth investigates

the disappearance of a former

prostitute. Subtitled. (S5, ep2)

10.50 fHello Quo Documentary

examining rock band Status

Quo’s history, featuring rarely seen

archive material as well as footage

of the 2012 reunion of the group’s

original line-up. (2012, 15) ★★★

12 .10 AM Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

1.10 to 4.10 AM Peaky Blinders

6.00 AM The Only Way Is Essex

8.15 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

9.00 Children’s Programmes

12.00 NOON Cake Wars Baking contest.

1.00 PM The Real Housewives of

Atlanta A video that Kim sent the

ladies causes a confrontation.

1.50 Little Women: LA Back-to-back

editions of the US reality series.

6.00 Dinner Date A woman from Surrey

embarks on three blind dates.

7.0 0 Dinner Date A Manchester man

picks three dates from fi ve menus.

8.00 Dinner Date A man from Somerset

embarks on three blind dates.

9.00 Botched Terry repairs a DJ’s

oversized chest, and the doctors

meet a woman with anxiety issues.

10.00 Ibiza Weekender Deano decides to

ask Imogen out but his plans are

threatened by her former fl ame.

11.00 Ibiza Weekender Jordan forges

relationships with the other reps –

leaving Imogen feeling isolated.

12.00 M’T to 12.55 AM

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

9.00 AM Rallying World Championship.

9.35 Criminals: Caught on Camera

10.05 Trucking Hell Double-bill.

12.05 PM Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

3.15 fBreakheart Pass Western

murder mystery. (1975, PG) ★★★

5.10 fFive Card Stud Western

adventure starring Dean Martin and

Roddy McDowall. (1968, PG) ★★★

7. 20 fRide Out for Revenge
   Western. A principled cavalry scout
   tries to prevent a Cheyenne tribe
   being driven off their land. Stars
   Rory Calhoun. (1957, U, b&w) ★★
   9.00 fEnd of Days Action thriller.
   A former police offi cer protects
   an innocent woman from the Devil.
   Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and
   Gabriel Byrne. (1999, 18) ★★★
   12.00 M’T fBasic Military thriller.
   Two government agents set out to
   investigate how a routine military
   training exercise went wrong. Stars
   John Travolta. (2002, 15) ★★
   2.00 to 3.00 AM Killer Weather:
   Nature Fights Back Documentary.

12.00 NOON to 7.0 0 PM As shown on BBC2.
7.0 0 PM The Seven News magazine.
7.1 5 Seven Days Current affairs series.
8.00 This Farming Life In the last in the series,
farmers David and Sandra shear the
sheep and train a month-old foal.
9.00 Takin’ Over the Asylum 5 of 6. Drama
series starring David Tennant. Eddie’s
relationship with Francine fl ourishes.
9.50 The Defi ant Ones Documentary looking
at the partnership between producer
Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr Dre.
10.30 nGerry Cinnamon at TRNSMT
A performance from Gerry Cinnamon at
this year’s TRNSMT festival in Glasgow.
11.00 Rewind 1990s The events of 1996.
11.30 PM to 12.00 M’T Tune Featuring Callum
Easter, Honeyblood, and Oakzy B.

BBC Scotland

Scotland Only: Sky 115 Freesat 106 Virgin 108
Rest of the UK: Sky 457 Freesat 108 Virgin 162

Scot Only

FV 9

HD 115

Snoopy & Charlie Brown:

The Peanuts Movie

Film4, 11.00am

In this animated tale, the long-suffering

youngster falls for the new girl at school.

M r s D o u b t fi r e

Film4, 4.10pm

Robin Williams’ divorced man is forced to

disguise himself as a female housekeeper

to be near to his children– in this comedy.

Picks of

the day

What’s on^

TV

Jurassic Park III

IT V 2 , 7.15 p m

In this adventure sequel, a crash landing

places Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill, top right)

on the dinosaur-infested island Isla Sorna.

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