32 TV TIMES
Saturday Highlights
Royal Albert Hall, home
of the BBC Proms
The gang’s all here!
To the death?
Villanelle and Eve
Now who’d own
a foot that small?
Desk jockeys
John and Jessica
Shaun the
Sheep
Movie
● FILM / 9.10am / BBC2
There’ll be more antics
from Soggy Bottom Farm
in October when A
Shaun the Sheep Movie:
Farmageddon is released,
but here’s a chance to see
his first feature-length
adventure. When the
amnesiac farmerends up in
the big city, Shaun and his
pals rescue him – cue lots
of slapstick and hilarious
human disguises. HHHLP
Proms
Encore
● FACTUAL / 7pm / BBC2
NEW
Katie Derham
hosts a magazine
show to accompany this
year’s BBC Proms. Her
first guests are conductor
Kwamé Ryan, violinist
Stephanie Childress and
comic and pianist Rachel
Parris. Saxophonist
YolanDa Brown also looks
at this year’s theme,
inspired by the Moon
landings, with Britain’s
first astronaut Helen
Sharman. HHHMC
Killing Eve
● DRAMA / 9.15pm / BBC1
LAST ONE
The patchy second series
comes to a finish with a
finale that calls back to series one’s climax
- a showdown between Villanelle and Eve.
But first there’s a whole load of blood-
letting to be done, by both the chaser, Eve,
and her quarry, Villanelle – though in this
second series it’s often been hard working
out who is pursuing who. Aaron, the vastly
up-himself tech magnate, has been riding
for a fall. But you don’t become mega-rich
by being stupid and there’s just
a chance Aaron has worked out who
Villanelle really is. As for Kim Bodnia’s
Konstantin and Fiona Shaw’s Carolyn –
this show’s secret weapon – again there’s
not enough for them to do. Let’s hope
series three makes amends. HHHSM
Zone of Champions
● ENTERTAINMENT / 6.45pm / ITV
NEW
Clip shows and home-video
compilations have been around
for decades, but this new series adds a slice
of satire to put a fresh spin on the genre.
Hosts Jack Bullman and Nicky Brimble
(John Thomson and Jessica Knappett)
carry the show as two sports presenters
purportedly rounding up the action from
a host of ludicrous events – owl rhythmic
gymnastics anyone? – but which viral
video star will be crowned champion?
The premise may sound strange, yet
John and Jessica’s comedy nous keeps
things moving, making this a series
the whole family will enjoy. HHHHSMA
●See John Thomson interview, page 12
SATURDAY
27 July
Smallfoot
● FILM / 6.15pm / Sky Premiere
PREMIERE
Turning the legend of the Abominable
Snowman upside down, this jaunty
animated romp imagines a Himalayan village of 18ft
Yetis for whom the existence of humans remains but a
legend. Of course, no one believes the exuberant young
Yeti called Migo (voiced by Channing Tatum) who claims
to have encountered a fabled Smallfoot. Banished from
the village, he ventures forth below the clouds to prove
his claim. A frenetic slapstick charmer. HHHJB