TV Times – 27 July 2019

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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