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people, which was one

reason Fidel Castro

replaced armed

revolution with subtler

policies. In the face of

starvation, many

Cubans still took the

dangerous journey

across the Atlantic

Ocean to Florida, but

Castro continued to be

a thorn in the side of

the US before his

brother Raúl took

over in 2011.

Cuba: Castro

vs the World

BBC Two, 9pm

This fascinating

and clearly told

documentary takes up

the action from the fall

of the Soviet Union.

With subsidies ending

and Cuba’s coffers

running dry, the

devastating effects on

the economy led to the

angry rebellion of its

discover that, contrary

to myth, men are more

tolerant of pressure

pain than women, and

the two sexes suffer to

roughly the same

degree with discomfort

involving extreme heat

or cold. However,

when Abdelmoneim

undergoes simulations

of the sensations

involved in giving birth,

let’s just say that it’s

a different story.

sleep patterns, t’ai chi

and cold-water

swimming. They are

well known to most

people who suffer like

this. Our participants

are chivvied along by

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim

and smiley Kate

Quilton, who also

conduct experiments to

work out what pain is

(the brain can be a

faulty organism at

times). We also

conditions include

chronic migraines,

rheumatoid arthritis

and a grisly ailment

called fibromyalgia

that, according to one

of them, means that the

touch of a label on a

shirt can make you

feel as if you are being

stabbed. No wonder

they volunteered. The

results are mixed, with

the proposed solutions

including yoga, proper

gathers nine volunteers

with persistent pain,

isn’t going to solve

the problem, but it’s

inspiring to watch. The

participants took part

before lockdown,

which, when you meet

them, you realise must

have made life harder

than it already was.

While they try their

best to be jolly, the

looks on their faces

tell a grim story. Their

Viewing Guide

Ben Dowell

How to Beat: Pain

Channel 4, 8pm

Chronic pain

affects about

28 million

people in the

UK, 43 per cent of the

population, and Brits

spend £570 million a

year on pain relief. So

this experiment, which

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BBC One BBC Two ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

7. 00 The One Show Alex Jones and Chris
   Ramsey present another mix of reports
   and live studio-based chat

7 .3 0 EastEnders: Shirley Confesses An

episode from Christmas 2014 in which

the fallout continues for the Carters as

more lies are exposed (r) (AD)

8. 00 Holby City Guy finds Ric lying
   unconscious in theatre, and decides to
   seize the opportunity he is presented
   with. It falls to Louis and Donna to
   stop him before it is too late (AD)

9 .00Line of Duty Fleming resolves

to salvage the anti-corruption

investigation and goes to worrying

lengths to earn Gates’ trust —

but arouses Morton’s suspicions

in the process (4/5) (r) (AD)

10. 00 BBC News at Ten

10 .3 0 BBC Regional News and Weather

10 .45How’s Your Head, Hun? with

Michelle Visage Guests include

Lorraine Kelly Tituss BurgessLorraine Kelly, Tituss Burgess

and Brooke Lynn Hytes (6/8)

11.2 0 Hayley Goes... Hayley Pearce is

challenged to spend two weeks

wearing only 14 items of clothing (4/6)

11.5 0 Jack Whitehall’s Sporting Nation

The rivalries in British sport (5/6) (r)

12.20am Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me

Documentary following doctors and twins Chris and Xand

van Tulleken’s experiences through the Covid-

pandemic. In the third week of lockdown in the UK, Chris

finds himself returning to work on the wards for the

first time in ten years (r) 1 .25- 6 .00BBC News

6 .55Live Snooker: The World

Championship The remaining two

quarter-finals reach their concluding

session, with the players needing

to reach 13 frames in order to book

their place in the semi-finals,

which begin tomorrow

8. 00 Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey

Part two of two. The cameraman,

director and naturalist Colin

Stafford-Johnson encounters bats

emerging from limestone caves

and tiny frogs, smaller than a

fingernail, living in patches of hidden

emerald forest (8/10) (r) (AD)

9. 00 Cuba: Castro vs the World A look at

the rocky relationship between Castro

and Bill Clinton in the wake of the end

of the Cold War, as the loss of Soviet

support proved devastating for Cuba.

See Viewing Guidee (2/2) (AD)

10. 00 Live at the ApolloEddie Izzard

hosts an evening of stand-up at the

Apollo in Hammersmith, London,

introducing sets by The Last Leg’s

Josh Widdicombe and the South

African comic Trevor Noah (1/6) (r)

10.4 5 Newsnight Headline analysis

presented by Mark Urban

11.3 0 Snooker: The World Championship

Highlights from the remaining

quarter-final matches in Sheffield

1 2.20am Snooker: World Championship Extra

Extended quarter-final highlights from Sheffield’s Crucible

Theatre 2.2 0 Sign Zone: The Repair Shop — Fixing

Britain. The importance of music in people’s lives (r) (SL)

3.05Beechgrove. Planting bamboos and aeoniums (r)

(SL)3.35-5.05Celebrity MasterChef (r) (AD, SL)

7. 00 Doc Martin Bert decides to try to

rejuvenate trade at the restaurant by

joining an online voucher scheme,

Morwenna asks Martin for a pay rise,

and Louisa has to find a new babysitter

to look after James Henry and

reluctantly decides to offer

Janice a trial (2/8) (r) (AD)

8. 00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
   Jeremy Clarkson hosts as more players
   try to win the jackpot, with four
   lifelines — Ask the Audience,
   Phone a Friend, 50:50 and Ask
   the Host — at their disposal (r)

9. 00 Unsaid Stories A middle-class black

woman is reunited with her white

ex-boyfriend at a party (2/4) (AD)

9 .1 5 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen

Adventures Footage from the actress’

travelogue programmes, featuring her

travels in and around Iran, Haiti and

Cuba. Last in the series (AD)

10 .15ITV News

1 0.4 5 Regional News

1 1. 00 Inside the Ritz Hotel

The establishment hosts a dinner

dance, John Williams launches a

new ingredient onto the menu and

some Spanish superstars arrive

to prepare for Prince Charles’s

70th birthday party (2/2) (r) (AD)

1 2.00 Unforgettable RWC Moments A look back at

classic action from the Rugby World Cup, featuring

examples of outstanding individual performances and

memorable team triumphs (r) 1 2.5 0 amTeleshopping

3.00ITV Nightscreen. Text-based information service

5 .05- 6 .00Judge Rinder. Real-life cases (r) (SL)

7. 00 Channel 4 News

7. 55 The Political Slot The Green Party’s

plans for a post-coronavirus UK

8. 00 How to Beat: Pain Kate Quilton and

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim enlist nine

volunteers from around the UK to take

part in an experiment to see what

simple techniques can help treat

chronic pain. See Viewing Guidee(AD)

9. 00 24 Hours in A&E A 66-year-old is

rushed to St George’s struggling to

breathe through her tracheostomy,

while a 10-year-old is brought in

having fallen at school and suffered

internal bleeding (r) (AD)

10. 00 Shameless First-ever episode of the

drama. The ceremonial burning of a

stolen car marks the end of summer,

but 16-year-old Lip has something else

in mind when he offers to help Karen

Jackson with her homework. With

Anne-Marie Duff and David Threlfall.

See Viewing Guidee (1/7) (r)

1 1.1 0 The Yorkshire Jobcentre Behind the

scenes at a busy public employment

service. The first edition features a

6 1-year-old former account worker

who is struggling to compete in

today’s job market (r)

12.10am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

An Italian restaurant in New Jersey (r) 1. 00 Couples

Come Dine with Me (r) 1. 55 How to Lose Weight Well:

Summer Special (r) (AD) 2 .5 0 This Is Us (r) (AD, SL)

3.40Undercover Boss Canada (r)4.30Fifteen to One (r)

5.20All Star Driving School (r)5.50- 6 .30Countdown (r)

7. 00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly

Trainer Graeme Hall deals with two

dachshunds who have become enemies

and a Doberman who needs to be

taught to obey for the sake of its

owner’s parents (1/10) (r)

8. 00 The Yorkshire Vet New series. Julian

rushes to an emergency at Jackie’s

alpaca farm, but rural North Yorkshire

isn’t always the best place for driving

when time is of the essence (1/7)

9 .00Our Yorkshire Farm Edith and Violet

search the barn for evidence of

previous occupants, while the discovery

of a collection of toy steam trains

sparks a restoration project for

Clive and the boys (4/6)

1 0.0 5 Bridget Jones: The Edge of

Reason ( 15 , 2004 ) The disaster-

prone journalist seems to have finally

found the perfect boyfriend. However,

when the couple start to squabble over

their personal habits, she decides to

decamp for a while to Thailand and

write a travelogue. Unfortunately,

she has reckoned without theshe has reckoned without the

reappearance of a duplicitous old flame

— and a spell behind bars in a Thai

prison. Comedy sequel starring Renée

Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant

1 2.15am Greatest Ever Movie Blunders Elis James

presents a selection of mistakes in movies (r) 1 .1 0

The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show3.1 0 Nightmare Tenants,

Slum Landlords (r) 3 .55OMG! Make Me a Famous

Face (r) (SL) 4.45Wildlife SOS (r) (SL)5.10House

Busters (r) (SL)5.35- 6 .00House Doctor (r) (SL)

6 .00amBreakfast 9. 00 BBC News 10. 00 Murder,

Mystery and My Family: Case Closed? The barristers look

back at their oldest case yet, the 1839 murder by

drowning of a female passenger aboard a commercial

narrow boat in Staffordshire (AD) 10 .45Homes Under

the Hammer. Properties in Worcester, London and Ebbw

Vale (r) (AD) 11.4 5 Dom Does America. Dominic

Littlewood works as a paramedic in Austin, Texas (r)

1 2.15pmBargain Hunt. Two teams seek items of value

in Grantham town centre, Lincolnshire (r) (AD) 1. 00 BBC

News at One; Weather 1 .3 0 BBC Regional News; Weather

1 .45The Heights. Sully’s tutoring of Laila causes tension

(AD) 2 .1 5 Celebrity Eggheads. With Anna Williamson,

Gavin Ramjaun, Martel Maxwell, Rav Wilding and Paul

Rose (r)3. 00 Escape to the Country. A couple looking for

a home in Shropshire (r) (AD)3.45Garden Rescue: Top of

the Plots. Charlie Dimmock and the Rich brothers look

back at some inspirational gardens4.3 0 Antiques Road

Trip. Izzie Balmer and James Braxton take a tour of

Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire (r) 5. 15 Pointless.

Quiz hosted by Alexander Armstrong (r) 6 .00BBC News

at Six; Weather6.30BBC Regional News; Weather

6 .20amMurder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed? (r)

(AD)7. 05 Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots. The team’s

favourite transformational makeovers (r) 7. 50 Meerkat

Manor. A pup learns an important lesson (r) (AD)8.

Sign Zone: Gardeners’ World. Monty Don adds a variety of

plants that thrive in shade to the herb garden (r) (SL)

9 .15The Super League Show. Tanya Arnold action from

the latest fixtures, including Leeds Rhinos v St Helens,

Warrington Wolves v Hull Kingston Rovers and Salford

Red Devils v Hull FC 10. 00 Live Snooker: The World

Championship. The quarter-finals continue in Sheffield,

featuring the second session of one match and the

concluding session of another, as the first player to reach

the semi-finals is decided 1 2. 00 BBC News 1 .00pmLive

Snooker: The World Championship. Further quarter-final

coverage from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, where

another match is scheduled to reach a conclusion ahead of

tomorrow’s semi-finals 6 .00Eggheads. Quiz show hosted

by Jeremy Vine (r) 6 .30Meerkat Manor. Exiled daughter

Tosca searches for a roving male to start a new group

with, while Flower leaves Shakespeare in charge

when she leads the family in search of food (r)

6 .00amGood Morning Britain. News, current affairs and

lifestyle features 9. 00 Lorraine. Entertainment, current

affairs and fashion news, as well as showbiz stories and

gossip. Presented by Lorraine Kelly 10. 00 This Morning.

A mix of showbiz chat, lifestyle features, advice and

competitions12.3 0 pmLoose Women. More showbiz

interviews and topical debate from a female perspective

1 .3 0 ITV News; Weather 2. 00 Dickinson’s Real Deal.

David Dickinson presents the show from the Devonshire

Dome in Buxton, where finds include the death mask of

John Keats, an unusual corkscrew, and a diamond watch

(r)3. 00 Tenable. A team of school friends from Kent

answers questions based on top 10 lists, then try to score

a perfect 10 in the final round. Quiz hosted by Warwick

Davis (r) 4. 00 Tipping Point. Ben Shephard hosts the

arcade-themed quiz show in which contestants drop

tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of

winning a £10,000 jackpot (r) 5. 00 The Chase. Bradley

Walsh presents as four contestants pit their wits against

the Chaser, answering general knowledge questions to

add money to the jackpot for the final chase (r) 6.

Regional News; Weather 6 .30ITV News; Weather

6 .30amCheers (r)7.2 0 Everybody Loves Raymond (r)

(AD)8.4 0 Frasier (r) (AD) 9 .4 0 The Big Bang Theory (r)

(AD) 10 .3 5 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r) 1 1.3 0

Come Dine with Me. A chauffeur hosts the first of five

parties in Surrey (r) 1 2. 00 Channel 4 News Summary

1 2. 05 pmCome Dine with Me. Serving up traditional

Vietnamese food on the second night in Surrey (r) 1 2. 35

Come Dine with Me. A hairdresser hosts a Mexican fiesta

for the third night of the competition in Surrey (r) 1. 05

Come Dine with Me. A music teacher is the fourth to host

in Surrey (r) 1 .4 0 Come Dine with Me. A businessman

offers a home-cooked menu (r)2.1 0 Countdown. Dr Phil

Hammond is in Dictionary Corner3. 00 Find It, Fix It, Flog

It. Simon O’Brien and Max McMurdo meets a man with a

love of the 1950s (r) 4. 00 A Place in the Sun. Laura

Hamilton helps a Gloucestershire couple find a holiday

home in Fuerteventura 5. 00 Four in a Bed. The second

visit of the week is to Greenview Guesthouse in Cumbria

(r) 5 .3 0 Come Dine with Me. A former child actor hosts

the second of this week’s dinner parties (r) 6 .00The

Simpsons. Homer discovers the power of prayer (r) (AD)

6 .30The Simpsons. Homer forms a band (r) (AD)

6 .00amMilkshake! 9 .15Jeremy Vine. The broadcaster

and guests discuss the issues of the day 1 1.1 5 Can’t Pay?

We’ll Take It Away! Gareth and Mitch are on the trail of

£2,500 in unpaid parking tickets, while Matt and Garry

consider seizing a haul of luxury watches to pay more

than £16,000 owed to a landlord (r) 1 2.10pm 5 News at

Lunchtime12.1 5 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords.

A young mum locked out of her home by the young couple

she allowed to stay there for free, and an east London

landlord who found half a dozen strangers living in his

house (r)1.1 0 Access 1 .1 5 Home and Away (AD) 1 .4 5

Neighbours (AD) 2.15 FILM: Killer Close-Up (12,

TVM, 2018) A photographer is hired by a private eye to

spy on someone, only for the subject of her surveillance

to turn up murdered. Thriller starring Daphne Zuniga,

Adam Huss and Tim Abell4. 00 Friends. Monica buys a

bed from Janice’s husband (r)4.3 0 Friends. Phoebe

convinces herself she is a walking jinx (r) 5. 005 News at

55 .3 0 Neighbours. After the discovery of a drug stash,

the police investigate (r) (AD) 6 .00Home and Away. The

tension between Tane and Ari reaches its climax due to

financial problems (r) (AD) 6 .305 News Tonight