TV Times – 13 July 2019

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Thursday Highlights

Local lad Rory McIlroy

The Serengeti’s

great migration is a

wonder of the world

Blooming:

Jo Whiley and

Joe Swift

How about national

treasure status

for these two?

The Open

● GOLF / 6.30am / Sky

Sports Golf / Sky Sports

Main Event

LIVE

The Open tees off

in Northern

Ireland for the first time

since 1951 with a stellar

line-up competing for

the Claret Jug over the

Dunluce Links at Royal

Portrush. This year’s Open

will be the richest in the

tournament’s 159-year

history, with the winner

walking away with a

cheque for £1.5million.

Highlights on BBC2 at

8pm. HHHHRMC

Serengeti

● WILDLIFE / 8pm / BBC1

Hunger starts to bite in tonight’s episode,

as the animals in northern Tanzania’s

Serengeti wait for the rains to arrive

and with it the huge herds of zebra and

wildebeest on their yearly great migration.

While lioness Kali fights a grown leopard

for a morsel of mongoose, baboon Bakari

is in search of a popular seasonal delicacy

• crocodile eggs. But reaching the eggs

draws him into croc-infested waters and

forces him up against the baboon group’s

leader in a vicious fight for supremacy.

As the great migration finally begins,

there’s some stunning aerial footage, but

expect a few twists and turns as the herds

and their predators come face to face. It’s

another dramatic and beautifully filmed

episode... HHHHHHD

Greatest National Treasures

● FACTUAL / 8.30pm / ITV

NEW

We all know that Britain is full

of amazing landmarks – from

ancient monuments to striking coastlines,

and incredible engineering to stunning

countryside – but which one is the most

popular? Sir Trevor McDonald and Julia

Bradbury count down the top 20 places,

based on a new survey commissioned by

ITV. As Sir Trevor gets up close to Big

Ben and Julia walks the Jurassic Coast

and visits Durdle Door, a host of celebrities

sing the praises of other treasures,

including Eamonn Holmes at the Giant’s

Causeway, The Chase’s Jenny Ryan at the

British Museum and actor Hugh Dennis

at St Paul’s Cathedral. HHHHJL

R HS Tat ton

● GARDENING / 7pm / BBC2

NEW

Keen gardeners looking for inspiration need

go no further than Tatton Park’s annual flower

show, where there’s always plenty of ideas on offer. In

the first of two episodes, Joe Swift and Jo Whiley present

highlights from the show, which include a dazzling

display of dahlias, ideas for small spaces, the ever popular

back-to-back gardens, talks from a host of experts and

stunning show gardens from some of the country’s top

up-and-coming young designers. HHHTE

THURSDAY

18 July