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

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Tuesday 17 | Primetime digital guide


BBC Four


7.00pm Fred Dibnah’s Building of
BritainTouring the castles
of north Wales ( 2 / 6 )


  1. 30 The Joy of Painting Bob
    Ross creates a clear sky
    over a hidden river

  2. 00 Yes, Prime Minister The
    new PM has a confusing
    nuclear problem. See
    Viewing Guide ( 1 / 8 )

  3. 30 Yes, Prime Minister The PM
    makes his first public
    broadcast.See Viewing
    Guide( 2 / 8 )

  4. 00 Thatcher: A Very British
    Revolution The rise and
    downfall of Margaret
    Thatcher ( 1 / 5 )

  5. 00 The Black Stuff: Play for
    Today Alan Bleasdale’s
    acclaimed television play
    from 1980 starring Bernard
    Hill. See Viewing Guide
    11.4 5 -12.2 5 am DNANeel visits
    Melanie’s family to
    investigate the
    trafficking of babies ( 7 / 8 )


ITV3


5.50pm Inspector Morse
A mischievous artist who
specialises in preparing
bogus coats of arms for
gullible American tourists
is murdered ( 3 / 5 )
8. 00 Doc Martin Martin has to
complete three refresher
courses. Meanwhile,
Louisa focuses on her new
career as a child and
adolescent counsellor ( 2 / 8 )
9. 00 Endeavour The detective
investigates the deaths of
an astrophysicist and his
girlfriend in a car accident
as the rest of the world
eagerly awaits news of the
first moon landings ( 2 / 4 )


  1. 05 -12. 05 am GrantchesterWith
    Violet gone, Sidney loses
    himself in drink. After a
    whiskey session leaves him
    with little memory of the
    night before, he discovers
    he was the last person to
    see a woman alive ( 2 / 6 )


More 4


6.55pm Grand Designs Australia
Building an underground
eco bunker that is
self-sufficient, and that from
the outside will look like
a bush garden ( 7 / 10 )
7. 55 Grand Designs Kevin
McCloud meets Andy Stakes
and Jeanette Hardy, who are
building a new house on top
of a sheer cliff on the west
coast of Scotland
9. 00 24 Hours in A&E
A 14 -year-old is rushed
to St George’s after falling
head first over the
handlebars of her bike
and hitting her head
10. 00 999 : What’s Your
Emergency? The increased
demands on front-line
police in Northamptonshire


  1. 05 -12. 05 am 8 Out of 10 Cats
    Does Countdown With
    Richard Ayoade, Rob
    Beckett and Claudia
    Winkleman ( 5 / 7 )


Sky One


7 .00pm The Simpsons Bart’s
antics ultimately get
Principal Skinner fired (R)
7. 30 The Simpsons Bart
faces a dilemma (R)
8. 00 A League of Their Own
Jack Whitehall hosts, with
David Ginola, Tom Davis and
Helen Skelton ( 3 / 10 ) (R)
9. 00 Prodigal Son A famous
blogger’s husband is
stabbed just days after
their baby is born
10. 00 The Twilight Zone
A grieving couple’s
house move is interrupted
by an otherworldly
encounter ( 7 / 10 )
10 .4 0 The Force: North East
Officers attend the
aftermath of a machete
gang fight ( 4 / 10 ) (R)
11.40-12.40am There’s Something
About Movies With guests
Stephen Graham, Kerry
Godliman and Josh
Widdicombe ( 4 / 5 ) (R)

Sky Atlantic


6.50pm Dexter A 10-year-old
boy goes missing, and
Dexter considers putting
his “dark passenger”
to bed ( 10 / 12 ) (R)
8. 00 Britannia Queen Antedia
seals an alliance with Rome,
on one condition, Kerra is
given a gift she never asked
for, and faces a difficult
decision over whether she
should accept it ( 5 / 9 ) (R)
9. 00 Six Feet Under David is still
plagued by nightmares six
weeks after the funeral. Billy
attends to Brenda, while
Claire gets excessively
drunk and rebuffs Ted’s
advances ( 11 / 12 ) (R)
10 .1 0 The Undoing Attorney
Haley Fitzgerald begins
to shape the narrative
of the case ( 4 / 6 ) (R)
11.2 0 -12.2 5 am Billions Axe
makes big plays with an
unconventional source
of inspiration ( 7 / 12 ) (R)

Sky Documentaries


Sky Comedy


7 .00pm The History of Comedy
A look at how comedians
find humour in simple daily
experiences ( 5 / 8 ) (R)
8. 00 Rolling Stone: Stories from
the Edge A look at the
magazine’s move to New
York, the impact of the
death of Elvis Presley, and
Hunter S Thompson’s
coverage of the Pulitzer
divorce case ( 4 / 6 ) (R)
9. 00 FILM Being Frank: The
Chris Sievey Story
(15, 2018) Steve Sullivan’s
documentary explores
the life and career of the
musician and comedian
Chris Sievey, who found
relative fame wearing the
papier-mâché head of alter
ego Frank Sidebottom


  1. 00 -12 .4 0 am FILM Leftover
    Women (12, 2019) Three
    successful Chinese women
    battle against pressure
    to marry young


6.40pm Sex and the City
7 .15 Sex and the City
7. 50 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 3 / 10 )
8 .2 5 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 4 / 10 )
9 .00 Black Monday Blair and
Dawn pursue a new investor ( 5 / 10 )
9 .35 Black Monday A new client
presents a moral quandary ( 6 / 10 )
10 .1 5 Room 1 04 Two men seek a
solution to a problem ( 5 / 12 )
1 0.50 The Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 1. 50 -12. 50 am The Late Late Show
with James Corden

ITV2


7.00pm You’ve Been Framed!
Gold Comical clips


  1. 30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

  2. 00 Two and a Half Men

  3. 30 Two and a Half Men
    9.00 Family Guy
    9.30 Family Guy Vladimir Putin
    comes to Quahog
    10.00 Don’t Hate the Playaz With
    Big Narstie, Fern Brady, M Huncho,
    Babatunde Aleshe and Nafe Smallz
    10.45 Family Guy
    11.15 Family Guy
    11.4 5 -12 .1 5 am American Dad!


ITV4


7 .00pm Tenable Five old school
friends answer questions
8.00 The Motorbike Show Henry
Cole rides through Gran Canaria
9. 00 FILM Casino Royale (12,
2006 ) James Bond pursues
an international criminal
responsible for financing terrorist
organisations across the world.
Spy thriller starring Daniel Craig


  1. 55 - 3. 00 am FILM Blade Runner
    2049 (15, 2017) Sci-fi thriller sequel
    starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison
    Ford and Ana de Armas


E4


7 .00pm Hollyoaks Toby
turns to Celeste for help
7. 30 Schooled Principal Glascott
and Lainey struggle to agree
8. 00 Taskmaster Bob Mortimer
champions sausage meat (6/8)
9. 00 FILM The Inbetweeners
Movie (15, 2011) Awkward
teenagers Simon, Will, Jay and Neil
head to Greece for a wild holiday.
Comedy starring Joe Thomas
11.00 The Big Bang Theory
11.30 The Big Bang Theory
12.00-1.00am Gogglebox

Dave


7 .00pm Richard Osman’s House of
Games With Naga Munchetty
and Jordan Stephens
7 .4 0 Would I Lie to You?
8 .2 0 Would I Lie to You? With Greg
Davies and John Cooper Clarke
9 .00 Have I Got a Bit More News
for You With Steph McGovern, Ash
Sarkar and Josh Widdicombe
10. 00 Jon Richardson: Ultimate
Worrier Modern Living
10. 35 Mock the Week
11.2 0 -12.2 0 am Have I Got a Bit
More News for You

Drama


6.40pm Keeping Up Appearances
Daddy loses control while
dressed as a spaceman
7 .2 0 Last of the Summer Wine
Lionel abandons his wife
8.00 Miss Marple The sleuth
solves a murder at a country house
10 .2 5 New Tricks UCOS looks
into the murder of a private
investigator who was stabbed
11.50-1.05am Spooks When Harry’s
plan to ground all planes leaks,
Adam and Ros try to prevent
a circuit board reaching Iran

Yesterday


7 .00pm Great Continental Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo travels
from Bordeaux to Bilbao ( 11 / 11 )
8 .00 Abandoned Engineering
The mysterious Cachtice Castle
9. 00 The Two Ronnies With music
by Georgie Fame and Alan Price
9. 50 The Two Ronnies
With Pan’s People and Dana
10.40 Open All Hours Granville
tries to persuade Arkwright
to buy a van, as he is fed up
11.20 Open All Hours
12. 00 -1 2 .4 0 am Open All Hours

PBS America


6.15pm Decoding COVID-19
Documentary following scientists
trying to develop a vaccine for
the coronavirus pandemic


  1. 2 0 Coronavirus Pandemic A look
    at how the coronavirus response
    by officials in Washington State
    compares with that of the federal
    government in Washington, DC
    8.30 Country MusicThe history of
    the American art form focuses on
    the years 1933 to 1945 ( 2 / 8 )

  2. 00 -12 .1 0 am Plane Resurrection
    A look at a Mosquito (6/6)


Smithsonian


7 .00pm Aerial Britain Bird’s-eye
views of southern England
8. 00 An American Aristocrat’s
Guide to Great Estates Julie
Montagu visits Newby Hall
9.00 Inside the Factory Exploring
the Manchester factory that
produces 7 00 , 000 toilet rolls a day
10. 00 America in Colour
A look at how America has
matured through the 20 th century


  1. 00 An American Aristocrat’s
    Guide to Great Estates
    12.00-1.00am Mystic Britain


Sky Arts


7 .00pm Brunelleschi’s Impossible
Dome The pioneering solutions
used on Florence Cathedral ( 1 / 2 )
8. 00 Dante & the Invention of Hell
9.00 The Art of the Joy of Sex
Julie Verhoeven reinterprets Joy of
Sex artist Chris Foss’s original work
10.00 Offended by Irvine Welsh
Why everyone is so easily offended
these days.See Viewing Guide


  1. 00 -1. 00 amFILM The Rise of
    Jordan Peterson (12, 2019)
    Documentary about the
    academic and author


Sky Witness


7 .00pm Nothing to Declare
7 .30 Nothing to Declare
8. 00 9 -1- 1 An earthquake keeps the
emergency workers busy
9. 00 9 -1-1: Lone Star A father and
son get trapped inside a cave, and
the crew are called to a gender
reveal party ( 9 / 10 )
10.00 Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit Rollins’ sister reports
a doctor who trades prescription
painkillers for sexual favours


  1. 00 The Rookie
    12.00-1.00am Ghost Whisperer


Sky History


7 .00pm Forged in Fire Creating a
matching pair of knives (11/15)
8. 00 Curse of Skinwalker Ranch
A hotbed of paranormal activity
9 .00 Best of Monsterquest
Large, dangerous cats stalking
suburban neighbourhoods
10.00 National Park Mysteries The
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
10.30 National Park Mysteries
UFO sightings at Joshua
Tree National Park


  1. 00 Ancient Aliens ( 15 / 16 )

  2. 00 -1. 00 am Mountain Men


Fox



  1. 0 0pm NCIS

  2. 00 NCIS
    9.00 Family Guy
    9.30 Family Guy

  3. 00 American Dad!

  4. 30 American Dad!

  5. 00 American Dad!

  6. 30 American Dad!
    12.00-12.30am Family Guy


Discovery


7 .00pm Outback Truckers
8. 00 Alaskan Bush People
9. 00 Gold Rush
10. 00 Gold Rush: White Water
The Dakota Boys have a limited
time to hunt for gold


  1. 00 Gold Rush: The Dirt
    Discussing the highs and lows

  2. 00 -1. 00 am Gold Rush


Nat Geographic Comedy Central


7 .00pm Friends
9 .00 Channel Hopping with Jon
Richardson Clips from television
around the world
10.00 Peter Kay: Comedy Genius
— In His Own Words Celebrating
the life and career of the comedian
12.00-12.35am The Ricky Gervais
Show Topics include teaching

Gold


6.40pm dinnerladies The girls
attend their work party
7 .2 0 dinnerladies
8 .00 The Vicar of Dibley
8 .40 The Vicar of Dibley
9 .20 Not Going Out
10. 00 The Cockfields
10 .4 0 The Fast Show
11.20-12.25am Live at the Apollo

W


7 .00pm My Kitchen Rules:
Australia Mexican street food
8 .00 Property Brothers:
Forever Homes
9 .00 One Born Every Minute
10. 00 999 Rescue Squad


  1. 00 Inside the Ambulance

  2. 00 -1. 00 am One Born
    Every Minute

  3. 0 0pm Seconds from Disaster
    8.00 Drain the Oceans Forgotten
    shipwrecks from the American
    Revolution ( 5 / 10 )

  4. 00 Drain the Oceans ( 2 / 10 )

  5. 00 Drain the Oceans ( 8 / 15 )

  6. 00 Seconds from Disaster

  7. 00 -1. 00 am Air Crash
    Investigation


FV 9/24, FS 107, SKY 116, VIRGIN 10 7 FV 10, FS, 115 , SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 106, VIRGIN 110 SKY 10 8 SKY 114, VIRGIN 27 7

SKY 113, VIRGIN 121

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 25, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130 FV 26, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 12 9

SKY 124, VIRGIN 157 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 31 6 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 32 7 SKY 112, VIRGIN 132, BT 307 SKY 110, VIRGIN 124, BT 31 0 SKY 109, VIRGIN 125, BT 311

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 12 7

FV 9 1, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273 FV 5 6 , FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 1 22 , VIRGIN 1 23 SKY 1 0 7, VIRGIN 11 2 SKY 1 23 , VIRGIN 270

Sky Main Event


Midday Live Ladies European
Tour GolfThe first day of the Saudi
Ladies Team International
1.00pm Live Grand Slam of Darts
The opening session from day two


  1. 00 Sky Sports News
    7.00 Live Grand Slam of Darts The
    evening session from day two

  2. 00 Sky Sports News
    12.00 Live: Nba Draft 2020 This
    year’s NBA Draft from ESPN
    Studios in Bristol, Connecticut

  3. 00 - 6. 00 am Live: Nba Draft 2020
    Review — Nba 2020 Review Show


Sky Premier League


7 .00pm Best PL Goals: Arsenal
Strikes by Arsenal players
8. 00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits
8.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox The
presenter talks to Thierry Henry
9. 00 PL World
10.00 Premier League Icons
A profile of Carlos Tevez
10. 30 PL Retro
12.30am Premier League Icons


  1. 00 PL Years

  2. 00 PL Greatest Games

  3. 00 Best PL Goals

  4. 30 - 6. 00 am PL 1 00 Club


Sky Cricket


7 .00pm Women’s ICC World T20
CricketThe final of the tournament
between India and Australia
8.00 Women’s ICC World T20
CricketSouth Africa v Australia
9. 00 Women’s ICC World T 20
CricketThe final of the tournament
between India and Australia
10. 00 Women’s ICC World T 20
CricketSouth Africa v Australia


  1. 00 Women’s ICC World T 20
    CricketIndia v Australia

  2. 00 - 3. 00 am How The 2003 ICC
    World Cup Was Won


BT Sport 1


7 .1 5pm Live Under-21s
International Football:England
U21 v Albania U 21 (Kick-off 7 .2 5 )
9 .45 Ultimate Goal
10.45 MotoGP Rewind
11.00 UFC Ultimate Knockouts
11.30 UFC Main Event
12. 30 am Under- 2 1s
International Football
2 .00 The WRC Magazine
2. 30 30 For 30 : Be Water
4 .30 Backstory: Banned for Life
5 .30-6.00am Boxing:
Nelson v McDonnell 1 989

BT Sport 2


8. 00 am-11. 30 Live Cricket:
Women’s Big Bash —Sydney
Thunder v Melbourne Renegades
8 .00pm The Undertaker:
The Last Ride
9 .15 WWE Monday Night Raw
11. 45 WWE NXT
1.30am No Filter WWE
1.4 5 FIA World Endurance
Championship
2 .45 The Outdoor Sports Show
3 .15-6.45am Live Cricket: Women’s
Big Bash —Adelaide Strikers v
Melbourne Renegades

SKY 4 0 1, VIRGIN 511, BT 4 02 SKY 4 02 , VIRGIN 51 2 SKY 4 0 4, VIRGIN 51 4 SKY 41 3 , BT 4 08 SKY 414, BT 4 09

Yes, Prime
Minister
Nigel Hawthone, Derek
Fowlds and Paul Eddington
BBC Four, 8pm
FV Freeview FS Freesat

Ryan Sessegnon is set to play for
England U21s against Albania
U21s (BT Sport 1, 7.15pm)
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