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

46 saturday review 1GR Saturday November 14 2020 | the times

BBC Four

7.00pm Fred Dibnah’s Building of

BritainA look at the

Scottish baronial style ( 4 / 6 )

7. 30 The Joy of Painting Bob
   Ross paints birch trees


8. 00 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 when he falls
   for her. Musical with Fred
   Astaire and Judy Garland
   9 .4 0 Puttin’ on the Ritz: The
   Genius of Fred Astaire Fred
   Astaire’s definitive
   performance of the song
   and dance routine


9. 00 Country Music Awards
   2020 The best moments
   from country music’s
   biggest night of the year.
   See Viewing Guide
   11.00-12.30am Country at the BBC
   Featuring Tammy Wynette,
   Emmylou Harris, Johnny
   Cash and Dolly Parton

ITV3

5 .50pm Inspector Morse The

detective looks into the

apparent suicide of an

Oxford don — and discovers

he has an unexpected link

to the man’s widow ( 1 / 5 )

8. 00 Doc Martin The doctor

has his second GMC

assessment. Meanwhile,

Penhale is unhappy when

his predecessor, Mark

Mylow, tries to take charge

of his investigation (4/8)

9. 00 Endeavour The detective

investigates the murder of a

librarian, and discovers a

web of professional and

personal rivalries with a

grim connection to the

Holocaust ( 4 / 4 )

1 1. 00 -1 2. 05 am Grantchester Will

and Geordie try to find the

cause of a woman’s ultimate

fatal injuries in a fall, in

order to exonerate her son,

who is being blamed

by his father ( 4 / 6 )

More 4

6.55pm Grand Designs Australia

Peter Maddison meets

David and Sarah, a couple

from Tamborine Mountain

in Queensland (9/10)

7. 55 Grand Designs Kevin

McCloud follows the

progress of a dual-purpose

family and wheelchair-

friendly home built by

the design engineer and

former Paralympic

swimmer, Mark Butler

9. 00 George Clarke’s Old House,

New Home George visits a

couple who have gutted the

interior of their Kent home,

helping them to add style

and proportion to this blank

canvas while sticking to the

monochrome design ( 2 / 6 )

10. 00 World’s Weirdest Homes

Featuring a monk who has

built his own cathedral ( 1 / 2 )

11. 05 -12 .1 0 am 24 Hours in A&E
    A 20 -year-old is rushed in
    after a motorcycle accident

Sky One

7 .00pm The Simpsons Bart falls in

love with the Reverend

Lovejoy’s daughter (R)

7. 30 The Simpsons Lisa

takes up ice hockey (R)

8. 00 The Simpsons Homer

is accused of sexual

harassment (R)

8. 30 The Simpsons Grampa

boosts Homer’s love life in

the form of a home-made

virility tonic (R)

9. 00 An Idiot Abroad 2 Karl

Pilkington prepares for a

15-hour trek to the summit

of Mount Fuji in Japan (R)

10. 00 The Russell Howard Hour

Topical comedy and

entertainment show (R)

11. 00 There’s Something About
    Movies With Joanna
    Lumley, Nick Mohammed
    and Rob Beckett ( 5 / 5 ) (R)


12. 00 -1. 00 am The Late Late Show
    with James Corden: Best of
    the Week Highlights
    of the talk show (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm Dexter The crime-fighter

puts his fatherly duties on

hold when he makes a

discovery that leads him to

a new victim ( 2 / 12 ) (R)

8. 00 Britannia Cait and her

father seek shelter in the

ruins of their old home,

where she is visited by

someone she never

thought she would

see again ( 7 / 9 ) (R)

9. 00 Riviera As election day

arrives, Victor has one last

chance to persuade the city

to vote for him. Georgina

and Gabriel try to persuade

Juliana to co-operate

with a lawyer ( 6 / 10 )

10. 00 The Sopranos Meadow’s

social life at college

takes a sudden turn for

the worse ( 6 / 13 ) (R)

11. 05 -12. 05 am Trackers Lemmer,
    Inkunzi, Osman and the PBI
    attempt to track down the
    elusive Flea ( 2 / 5 ) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7 .00pm The History of Comedy

An exploration of the

evolution of racial humour,

looking at how comedy

about shared experiences

can cross cultural barriers

to unite people in

laughter ( 7 / 8 ) (R)

8. 00 Rolling Stone: Stories from

the Edge A look at the rise

of Trump’s America, Jann

Wenner’s 2016 post-election

interview with Barack

Obama, and the magazine’s

relationship with Bob Dylan.

Last in the series (R)

9. 00 FILM Tread (15, 2020)

Documentary about a man

who wreaked havoc on his

town in a customised

bulldozer armoured with

steel and concrete

10 .4 0 -1 2. 2 5amFILM Wig ( 2019 )

Colourful film exploring

the history and influence

of the annual Wigstock

drag festival

6.40pm Sex and the City Last-ever

episode of the comedy drama

7 .4 0 Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry

and Rosie O’Donnell are attracted

to the same woman ( 7 / 10 )

8 .2 0 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 8 / 10 )

9. 00 Barry ( 7 / 8 )

9 .35 Barry Moss closes in on

an arrest. Last in the series

10 .1 5 Eastbound & Down ( 2 / 8 )

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 Narrated by Harry Hill

8. 00 Two and a Half Men

8. 30 Two and a Half Men

9. 00 Hell’s Kitchen The

contestants take part in the blind

taste test, with the winners

enjoying a helicopter ride

10.00 Celebrity Juice Wes Nelson,

Joe Swash, Chloe Sims, Pete Wicks

and Jimmy Carr join in the fun

10.50 Family Guy

11.20 Family Guy

11.4 5 -12 .1 5 am American Dad!

ITV4

7 .00pm Tenable Five friends from

Glasgow take part in the quiz

8. 00 On the Road Featuring a test

of the ultimate open-top sports

cars. See Viewing Guide

9. 00 FILM The Bourne Identity

( 12 , 2002) An amnesiac man is

targeted by assassins as he tries to

discover who he is. Thriller starring

Matt Damon and Franka Potente

1 1.2 0 -1. 2 5 amFILM Final

Destination (15, 2000) A teen’s

premonition saves his friends from

dying. Horror with Devon Sawa

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Mitchell’s loved

ones panic when he is nowhere to

be found. Kurt returns from his trip

7. 30 Schooled Felicia is struggling
   with body image issues


8. 00 Taskmaster Aisling Bea leaps
   cushions in the series final ( 8 / 8 )


9. 00 The Inbetweeners Simon’s
   principles are put to the test


10. 30 The Inbetweeners


11. 00 Naked Attraction
    11.05 The Big Bang Theory
    11.35-12.05am The Big Bang
    Theory Bernadette gets her PhD

Dave

7 .00pm Richard Osman’s House of

Games Naga Munchetty, Jordan

Stephens, Sally Lindsay and David

O’Doherty compete

7 .4 0 Would I Lie to You? With Ben

Miller, Henning Wehn, Doon

Mackichan and Alex Brooker

8 .2 0 Would I Lie to You? With Jack

Dee and Romesh Ranganathan

9 .00 QI XL With Sarah Millican,

Jason Manford and Bill Bailey

10.00 QI XL Stephen Fry hosts

10 .4 0 Mock the Week

11.2 0 -12.2 5 am Taskmaster

Drama

6.40pm Keeping Up Appearances

Hyacinth’s picnic plans backfire

7. 2 0 Last of the Summer Wine
   Barry is spotted in the woods with
   a suitcase acting suspiciously


8. 00 Wallander The detective
   investigates the discovery of a
   dead woman in a swamp the
   disappearance of her daughter


9. 00 New Tricks A bloodstained
   bust is uncovered during
   construction work in a cemetery
   11.20-12.40am Spooks Ros’s
   membership of Yalta is revealed

Yesterday

7 .00pm Great Continental Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo travels

from Rome to Sicily (2/6)

8. 00 Bangers and Cash Derek

picks up some “emerging” sporting

classics from the Far East ( 5 / 10 )

9 .00 Abandoned Engineering

Examine a ghost island once

belonging to a secretive country

on Europe’s fringes

10. 00 The World at War Morale

within the Third Reich

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

12. 00 -1. 00 am Nazi Hunters ( 1 / 13 )

PBS America

6.15pm The Bog Bodies The

investigation into two prehistoric

bodies found in a peat bog

7 .2 0 The Balkans in Flames

The collapse of the state after

Yugoslavia’s elections in 1990 (2/3)

8.30 Country Music The history of

the art form and how it evolved

between 1953 and 1963 ( 4 / 8 )

11. 00 Nazi Hunters The efforts of
    the Israeli secret service to find
    Adolf Eichmann ( 2 / 8 )


12. 55 -1. 05 am The Balkans
    in Flames ( 2 / 3 )

Smithsonian

7 .00pm Inside the Factory

8 .00 Inside the Factory Gregg

Wallace explores the factory that

produces 62 5, 000 sausages a day

9 .00 Smithsonian Spotlight

Technological advances allowing

astronauts to travel farther than

ever — to Mars and beyond

10. 00 Air Warriors The Osprey

which can hover like a

helicopter and fly like a plane

1 1.00 Ice Airport Alaska

1 2. 00 -1. 00 am Smithsonian

Spotlight Technological advances

Sky Arts

7.00pm Discovering: Daniel

Day-Lewis A profile of the actor.

See Viewing Guide

8. 00 The Directors The life and

work of Fritz Lang ( 6 / 10 )

9.00 Comedy Legends Barry Cryer

celebrates Bob Newhart

10.00 I Am Johnny Cash

A celebration of the country

singer-songwriter

11.50-12.50am Offended by Irvine

Welsh The novelist attempts to

find out why everyone is so

easily offended these days

Sky Witness

7 .00pm Nothing to Declare

7 .30 Nothing to Declare

8. 00 9 -1- 1 Athena considers

accepting a promotion that will

take her out of the field

9. 00 Criminal Minds Vigilantes

carry out a series of attacks in

Washington, DC ( 7 / 15 )

10. 00 FBI: Most Wanted The team

race to track down a former

counterintelligence officer

11. 00 The Rookie Nolan and
    Bishop answer an alarm call
    12.00-1.00am Ghost Whisperer

Sky History

7 .00pm Forged in Fire The

recreation of the famous battle

sword wielded by Napoleon ( 13 / 15 )

8.00 The Strongest Man in History

Four of the strongest men in the

world attempt historical feats ( 1 / 7 )

9.00 Forged in Fire ( 1 / 2 ) The

candidates test the full extent of

their bladesmithing capabilities

10. 00 Pirate Treasure of the

Knights Templar ( 2 / 6 )

11.00 Flipping Bangers ( 5 / 10 )

12.00-1.00am Ultimate Blitzkrieg:

WW2 Battle of Crete ( 2 / 3 )

Fox

7. 00 pm NCIS

8. 00 NCIS

9. 00 L.A.’s Finest ( 11 / 13 )

10. 00 Mr Inbetween New series.

Comedy starring Scott Ryan ( 1 / 11 )

10. 30 Mr Inbetween ( 2 / 11 )

11. 00 American Dad!


12. 30 American Dad!
    12.00-12.30am Family Guy

Discovery

7. 00 pm Outback Truckers

8. 00 UFOs: The Lost Evidence

9 .00 Alaskan Bush People The

ranch comes under fire from

encroaching hunters

10. 00 Homestead Rescue:

Home Sweet Homestead

11. 00 Alaska: The Last Frontier
    12.00-1.00am 100 Days Wild

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

8. 00 Fresh Off the Boat

9. 00 FILM Beverly Hills Cop II (15,

1987 ) Comedy thriller sequel

starring Eddie Murphy

11.00 Channel Hopping

with Jon Richardson

12.00-12.30am The Ricky Gervais

Show A bizarre idea is pitched

Gold

6.40pm The Vicar of Dibley

7.20 The Vicar of Dibley

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley

8.50 The Vicar of Dibley

9.30 Not Going Out Lee injures

himself while training for a fun-run

10 .1 0 The Cockfields

10. 50 The Fast Show

11.25-12.25am Live at the Apollo

W

7 .00pm My Kitchen Rules:

Australia Elimination cook-off

8 .00 One Born Every

Minute Australia

9. 00 One Born Every

Minute Australia

10. 00 Inside the Ambulance

1 2. 00 -1. 00 am One

Born Every Minute

7 .00pm Seconds from Disaster

8 .00 Food Factory

8 .30 Food Factory

Cheesy Scottish breakfast pies

9. 00 Wicked Tuna: North v South

10. 00 Ice Road Rescue

1 1. 00 Seconds from Disaster

1 2. 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 11 3 , VIRGIN 1 21

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 91, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 27 3 FV 56, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 122, VIRGIN 123 SKY 107, VIRGIN 112 SKY 123, VIRGIN 27 0

Sky Main Event

7.00am-10.00 Live European Tour

Golf:The Joburg Open

12.00-3.00pm Live Ladies

European Tour Golf:The Saudi

Ladies Team International

5.00 Live PGA Tour Golf:

The RSM Classic

7.00 Live Betfred Super League

The opening semi-final from the

2020 Betfred Super League

10.00-11.00 Live Grand Slam of

Darts Day four of the tournament

12. 30 -4. 30 am Live NFL:Seattle
    Seahawks v Arizona Cardinals

Sky Premier League

7 .00pm Premier League

Matchpack

7. 30 PL World

8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

8.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

9.00 Premier League Matchpack

9. 30 PL World

10.00 Premier League Icons

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 Cricket in Mumbai

With Nasser Hussain

8. 00 The Cricket Show

9 .00 Best of KP

10.30 The Cricket Show

11.30 Cricket’s Greatest Games

12. 00 How the 20 11 ICC

Cricket World Cup Was Won

2. 00 am Best of

England v New Zealand

2 .25 Best of Ben Stokes:

N Zealand 2017

2 .4 0 am- 3. 05 Best of

England v New Zealand

BT Sport 1

7 .00pm Ligue 1 Show

7 .30 Bundesliga Weekly

8. 00 The Football’s On

9 .00 Dan Hardy’s Open Mat

9 .30 UFC Inside The Octagon: 255

10. 00 UFC 255 Countdown

11.00 MotoGP Highlights:

GP Of Valencia

12.00 Live NCAA Championship

2 .30am Live NCAA Championship

4 .30 Ligue 1 Show

5 .00 Bundesliga Weekly

5 .30-6.00am Uefa Champions

League Magazine

BT Sport 2

5 .30pm WWE Monday Night Raw

8. 00 The Undertaker:

The Last Ride

9 .00 WWE NXT

10.45 Premier League Match Pack

11.15 The Football’s On

12.15am MotoGP Rewind

12.30 Vendee Globe Highlights

1.00 State of Play: Marvin Sordell

1.30 Uefa Champions League

Goals Show Retro

2 .30 Backstory: The Decision

3. 30 am- 5. 30 30 for 30 :

One and Not Done

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

Thursday 19 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Reba McEntire

The country singer is one

of the hosts of the Country

Music Awards 2020

BBC Four, 10pm

A look at the career of one of

England’s finest batsmen, Kevin

Pietersen (Sky Cricket, 9pm)