The Times Saturday Review - UK (2020-11-14)

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6. 00 amBreakfast 10. 00 Saturday
Kitchen Live11. 30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat,
Repeat (r) 12. 00 Football Focus
12 .30pm MOTDx (r) 1. 00 BBC News;
Weather 1.15Homes Under the
Hammer (r) 2 .15 Bargain Hunt (r) 3. 00
Escape to the Country. A couple
search for a property in North
Yorkshire (r) 3 .45Money for Nothing.
A sideboard, a chaise longue and an
overcoat bound for the tip (r) 4. 30
Garden Rescue. A Letchworth couple
receive a surprise £4,5 00 garden
makeover from their son (r) 5.15
BBC News 5. 25 BBC Regional News;
Weather 5. 35 Pointless Celebrities.
A music special of the general
knowledge quiz 6. 25 The Hit List
Celebrity Special. A special edition
of the music-based quiz show hosted
by Marvin and Rochelle Humes

7.1 0 Strictly Come Dancing Tess
Daly and Claudia Winkleman
present as the ten remaining
couples return to the Strictly
Ballroom with a brand new
routine. Not only do theStrictly
stars have to impress the
judges Shirley Ballas, Craig
RRlHevel HorwooddMtid and Motsi
Mabuse, but they also have to
impress the viewers at home

8 .4 0 The Wall Married couple Dan
and Alison from Swansea
answer questions that combine
knowledge strategy and luckknowledge, strategy and luck
for the chance to win life-
changing prizes. Hosted
by Danny Dyer ( 5 / 7 )

9. 30 Blackadder II Edmund takes in
a young lad as his manservant
— unaware the lad is not quite
what he seems ( 1 / 6 ) (r)

10. 00 BBC News; Weather

10. 20 FILM Ant-Man (12, 2015) A thief
attempting to go straight is
recruited by a scientist who
provides him with a suit that
gives him the power to shrink.
He must use his new skills to
carry out a special missioncarry out a special mission
— helping the inventor to steal
back his miniaturisation
technology from a ruthless
businessman who intends to
turn it into a deadly weapon.
Superhero adventure starring
Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas

12 .1 0 amThe NFL Show 1. 00 FILM
Operation Avalanche (15, 2016) Two
young CIA agents are sent to NASA,
under a false pretence, to investigate
reports of a mole. Thriller starring
Matt Johnson 2. 30 Weather for the
Week Ahead 2. 35 BBC News

6 .45amWild & Weird (r) 7. 00 All Over
the Place: Asia (r) 7. 30 The
Dengineers (r) 8. 00 Blue Peter (r)
8. 30 Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve
Backshall (r) 9. 00 Inventing the
Impossible: The Big Life Fix (r) 10. 00
Robot Wars (r) 1 1. 00 Tigers About the
House: What Happened Next (r) 12. 00
1 2 Puppies and Us (r) 1.00pmLive
Women’s International Rugby Union:
France v England (Kick-off 1.1 5 ). All the
action from the autumn international
at a venue to be confirmed 3 .15 FILM
Easter Parade (U, 1948) A dancer
trains a chorus girl to be his new
partner, but he finds it tricky keeping
the relationship professional.
Romantic musical with Fred Astaire
and Judy Garland 4 .55Flog It! (r) 5. 30
Saving Britain’s Pubs with Tom
Kerridge (r) 6. 30 Dad’s Army (r)

6.00amCITV 7 .30Scrambled! 9 .25
ITV News 9.30James Martin’s
Saturday Morning 1 1.40 John and
Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 12.40pm
James Martin’s French Adventure (r)
1.10ITV News; Weather 1.25Live ITV
Racing: From Cheltenham. Ed
Chamberlin presents coverage of day
two of the November Meeting,
featuring the 2.1 5 Paddy Power Gold
Cup and four support races. Plus, two
races from Lingfield Park 4 .1 0 Ninja
Warrior UK. Obstacle-course
challenge with Ben Shephard,
Rochelle Humes and Chris Kamara (r)
5 .1 0 Celebrity Supermarket Sweep.
With Gabby Logan, Frankie Bridge,
Joe Swash and Radzi Chinyanganya
6 .1 0 ITV News; Weather 6. 30 Regional
News; Weather 6 .4 0 McFly: All About
Us. Interviews with the band

7 .4 0 The Chase Celebrity Special
Coronation Streett stars Simon
Gregson, Victoria Ekanoye, Lucy
FF llallon andd A d Andrew WhyWhmentt
take on the Chaser to win a
cash prize for charity. With
Bradley Walsh ( 1 / 6 ) (r)

8 .4 0 The Voice UK Final Emma Willis
and superstar coaches, Sir Tom
Jones, Meghan Trainor, Olly
Murs and Will i am return for theMurs and Will.i.am return for the
grand final of the spinning-chair
singing contest. The last four
acts to make it through the
year’s episodes compete for the
chance to win a recording
contract and be crowned this
year’s winner. Last in the series

10. 30 The Jonathan Ross Show
Jonathan is joined by the
actress and presenter Joanna
Lumley and the comedian Tom
Allen and Paloma Faith will beAllen, and Paloma Faith will be
chatting and performing


  1. 35 ITV News


11.5 5 The Keith & Paddy Picture
Show Remaking classic movie
Dirty Dancing ( 1 / 5 ) (r)

12.2 5 amTeleshopping 3. 00 Britain’s
Brightest Family. Having made it
through to the quarter-finals, two
families go head to head for a place in
the semi-finals of the tournament,
hosted by Anne Hegerty (r) (SL) 3 .25
ITV Nightscreen. Information service

7. 00 Mozart’s Requiem from ENO
The chorus and orchestra of the
English National Opera perform
Mozart’s unfinished final work,
Requiem in D minor, conducted
by Mark Wigglesworth.
See Viewing Guide

8. 00 Dan Cruickshank’s Monuments
of Remembrance The
extraordinary stories behind
First World War cemeteries and
memorials, including those at
the Somme and Gallipoli, as well
as those responsible for
creating them (r)

9. 00 FILM Journey’s End (12, 2017)
France, March 1 918. Raleigh,
a naïve and idealistic young
officer, arrives at the Western
Front and asks to be posted to
the company of his old school
friend Captain Stanhope. He
joins a trench full of fear, as the
menmen await their grim fate while await their grim fate while
trying to cope with the daily
pressures of the war.
Adaptation of the play by RC
Sherriff, with Sam Claflin and
Paul Bettany.See Film Choice

10 .4 0 Golf: Masters Highlights Eilidh
Barbour presents action from
the third day of the Majorthe third day of the Major,
taking place at Augusta
National in Augusta, Georgia.
With commentary provided by
Peter Allis, Ken Brown, Andrew
Cotter and Iain Carter

12 .1 0 - 2 .15am FILM The Manchurian
Candidate (15, 1962) A war veteran
returns to America, unaware he has
been brainwashed into becoming a
killing machine. Political thriller with
Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and
Janet Leigh. See Film Choice (b/w)

7. 00 Surviving the Stone Age
The tribe migrates in search
of game — but between the
experts and what they hope will
be a permanent settlement is a
mountain range with peaks that
stand 2000 metres high ( 2 / 3 )

8. 00 Britain’s Most Historic Towns
Alice Roberts explores London’s
Restoration history, including
the founding of the Royal
Society and the violent dark
side behind Charles II’s
carefully crafted public image.
See Viewing Guide

9. 00 FILM Red Sparrow (15, 2018)
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is
recruited to a Russian
intelligence service, where
she is forced to use her body as
a weapon. Her first mission,
targeting a CIA agent, threatens
to unravel the security of both
nationsnations Spy thriller starring. Spy thriller starring
Jennifer Lawrence, Joel
Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts
and Jeremy Irons

11.45FILM The Ritual (15, 2017)
College friends reunite for a trip
to the forest, but encounter
a menacing presence.
Horror starring Rafe Spall

1.25am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA. The chef travels to Fishtown,
Philadelphia, where he tries to help
the owners of the Hot Potato Cafe (r)
2.1 5 Hollyoaks. Omnibus (r) (SL) 4. 05
Car S.O.S (r) 4. 55 Fifteen to One (r)
5.5 0 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (r)

Channel 4 Channel 5


6. 0 5amThe Big Bang Theory (r) 6. 25
The Big Bang Theory (r) 6 .45 The Big
Bang Theory (r) 7. 05 The Big Bang
Theory (r) 7. 25 The Simpsons (r) 7 .5 0
The Simpsons (r) 8 .1 5The Simpsons
(r) 8 .4 0 The Simpsons (r) 9 .1 0 The
Simpsons (r) 9 .4 0 World Chase Tag:
USA 10 .45Four in a Bed (r) 11.15 Four
in a Bed (r) 11.45Four in a Bed (r)
12. 20 pmFour in a Bed (r) 12 .5 0 Four
in a Bed (r) 1. 20 Extreme Cake Makers
(r)1.5 0 Heston’s Chocolate Factory
Feast (r) 2 .55 George Clarke’s Old
House, New Home (r) 4. 00 Channel 4
News4. 30 Formula 1 Turkish Grand
Prix Qualifying Highlights. The battle
for pole position from Intercity
Istanbul Park 6. 00 Building the
World’s Fastest Car. Documentary
following the team behind a
potentially record-breaking vehicle

6. 00 amMilkshake! 10. 05 Best of
Slime Fest 10. 30 Access 10. 35 Friends
(r) 1 1. 05 Friends (r) 11. 35 Friends (r)
12. 05 pmFriends (r) 12. 35 FILM Mrs
Miracle (PG, TVM, 2009) A talented
housekeeper helps a widowed father
of twin boys to turn his life around.
Family drama starring Doris Roberts
and James Van Der Beek 2 .30 FILM
A Heavenly Christmas (PG, TVM,
2016 ) An angel-in-training learns the
true meaning of Christmas. Festive
romance starring Kristin Davis and
Eric McCormack 4. 25 FILM A
Christmas Love Story (PG, TVM,
2019 ) A youth choir director needs to
write a big song for the Christmas Eve
show, but is distracted. Drama with
Kristin Chenoweth 6 .1 5 5 News
Weekend 6 .2 0 Our Yorkshire Farm:
5 Years with the Owen Family (r)

7 .45 Secrets of the Mr Kipling
Factory A behind-the-scenes
guide to the factory in Carlton,
SSthYkhi ftiouth Yorkshire, featuring a
look back at the company’s
history with the food historian
Polly Russell (3/3) (r)

8 .40Lord Mountbatten: Hero or
Villain? A look behind the
public perception of Louis
Mountbatten asking whetherMountbatten, asking whether
his status as a war hero,
an elder statesman and a
much-loved member of the
royal family is accurate.
See Viewing Guide

1 0.1 5 Jane McDonald & Friends Jane
hosts a party on the theme of
musicals, with Duncan James,
Gareth Gates and the cast of
Mamma Mia the Musical
joining her on the show (1/4)

1 1. 05 FILM The Devil Wears Prada
(PG, 2006) A magazine editor’s
unforgiving personality and
outrageous demands make
her trainee assistant’s life
a nightmare. Comedy drama
starring Meryl Streep, Anne
Hathaway and Emily Blunt

1. 15 am The 2 1.co.uk Live Casino Show
3 .15 NCIS. The team investigates the
killing of a photographer (r) 4.00
NCIS. DiNozzo is sent on assignment
to France (r) 4 .4 0 NCIS. Gibbs travels
to his home town (r) 5 .2 5 House
Doctor (r) (SL)5.5 0 Access

Paul Rudd is Ant-Man (10.20pm) The musical Easter Parade (3.15pm) McFly: All About Us (6.40pm) Alice Roberts is in London (8pm) The Devil Wears Prada (11.05pm)

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