The Times - UK (2021-11-25)

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since the Mayflower

Pilgrims arrived at

Plymouth Rock.

Burns’s film, which

spans a 70-year arc

in the history of

Renaissance England

and colonial New

England, from 1560 to

1630, questions why

America chose to

enshrine it in the

national imagination,

exploding many myths

in the process.

The Pilgrims

PBS America, 6.45pm

It’s Thanksgiving in

America, so it’s time for

an airing of Ric Burns’s

2015 docudrama based

on Governor William

Bradford’s eyewitness

account of the voyage

of the Mayflower in

1620. The notion of
      the American dream
      has been embedded in
      the American psyche

there’s no heroes,”

Jackson told The New

York Times. “It’s just

a human story. You see

these four great friends,

great musicians, who

just lock in and develop

these songs.” The

Beatles’ impromptu

concert on the rooftop

of the Apple offices

in Savile Row on

January 30, 1969,

forms the centrepiece

of the films.

band’s history, although

Jackson has denied that

it is a “whitewash”,

glossing over tensions

in the band. He insists

that it is an unflinching

look at the sessions,

including everything

that Lindsay-Hogg

could not show in 1970,

when the band and

their associates were

more hands-on in

the editing process.

“There’s no villains,

footage was shot by

the British director

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

for the 1970 movie Let

It Be, and Jackson and

his team have restored

the video using the

same painstaking

techniques deployed

for his First World War

documentary, They

Shall Not Grow Old.

The project casts new

light on the most

contested period in the

filmed during the Let It

Be sessions in January

1969, into three two-

hour films available on

consecutive nights on

the streaming service.

The films have been

made with the co-

operation of Paul

McCartney and Ringo

Starr, the band’s two

surviving members,

and the families of John

Lennon and George

Harrison. The original

Viewing Guide

Joe Clay

The Beatles:

Get Back
Disney+

Christmas
comes early
for Beatles
fans as the
Lord of the Rings
director Peter Jackson
turns 56 hours of rare
footage of the Fab Four,

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BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

7.00 The One Show Live magazine show,

with Ronan Keating and Rylan

7.40 EastEnders Phil wants answers when

Jada turns up (AD)

8.00 Sort Your Life Out with Stacey

Solomon Stacey and her team help

Cherelle and Tony Dowling transform

their chaotic two-bedroom home

through a radical space-saving

reorganisation (AD)

9.00 MasterChef: The Professionals The

chefs are asked to prepare and cook

sea bream served with a cous cous

and a red pepper mayonnaise, before

making crepes with a hazelnut spread,

berries and Chantilly cream (AD)

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather

10.35 Question Time Fiona Bruce hosts the

political debate from Cardiff, inviting a

panel of politicians and other guests to

answer questions from an audience

11.35 Newscast Adam Fleming, Laura

Kuenssberg and Chris Mason discuss

the week’s biggest stories on their

weekly round-up from Westminster

12.05am Blankety Blank Bradley Walsh hosts a revival

of the comedy game show, in which a panel of six

celebrities fill in the missing blanks to help contestants

win some brilliant prizes. Taking part this time around are

David Haye, Esme Young, Sarah Hadland, Brian Conley,

Alex Jones and Jordan North (r) 12.45-6.00 BBC News

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Zoe Lyons and Noreen Khan turn their

hand to antiquing in Shropshire. Along

the way, they learn about a

misunderstood mammal and the man

who transformed mail order shopping

8.00 Mary Berry: Love to Cook

Four recipes perfect if cooking for a

crowd (3/6) (AD)

8.30 Nadiya’s Fast Flavours The cook

rustles up dishes including a magical

custard tart (3/6) (AD)

9.00 Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

At Royal Papworth Hospital,

cardiothoracic surgeon Aman Coonar

takes on a case involving 30-year-old

Dannee, who has a rare type of tumour

in the airway that leads to the lung.

See Viewing Guide (3/6)

10.00 Mock the Week With Maisie Adam,

Angela Barnes, Jen Brister, Rhys

James and Ahir Shah (9/13)

10.30 Newsnight Headline analysis,

with Kirsty Wark

11.15 Frankie Boyle’s New World Order

The comedian tries to make sense of

the modern world (5/7) (r)

11.50 Sign Zone: Life at 50°C

Documentary (r) (SL)

12.50am Strictly Come Dancing Tess Daly and Claudia

Winkleman present the musicals special, with the

remaining couples performing routines inspired by some

of the most beloved movies and stage shows of all time

(r) (AD, SL) 2.05-2.50 Strictly Come Dancing:

The Results. Musicals Week concludes (r) (AD, SL)

7.00 Emmerdale Ben has evidence, Liv is

gutted and Lydia is left disturbed (AD)

8.00 The Martin Lewis Money Show

Christmas Special The cash expert

answers viewers’ questions ahead of

Black Friday, and reveals his savvy

saving predictions with the return of

the Festive Forecaster

9.00 I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of

Here! The famous faces continue

to brave life in Gwrych Castle,

while Ant and Dec look at highlights

from the past 24 hours

10.15 ITV News A fresh perspective on the

major stories of the day

10.45 Regional News

11.05 It’ll Be Alright on the Night

David Walliams narrates a compilation

of television cock-ups, with Holly

Willoughby revealing too much to

Russell Crowe and Rylan Clark-Neal

coming unstuck on the set of

Supermarket Sweep (r) (AD)

12.00 Teleshopping 3.00am FYI Extra 3.15 Wild China

with Ray Mears. Ray treks alongside herbal medicine

experts in the foothills of the Himalayas (r) (AD, SL)

3.40 Wonders of the Coast Path (r) (AD, SL)

4.05 Unwind With ITV 5.05-6.00 Tipping Point.

Quiz show hosted by Ben Shephard (r) (SL)

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Handmade: Britain’s Best

Woodworker — The Final At Wales’

Glanusk Estate, the three finalists

make their biggest build yet —

towering garden buildings.

Presented by Mel Giedroyc (6/6)

9.00 Taskmaster With just one lap left to

run, Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz

Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria

Coren Mitchell each retain hopes of

being crowned the winner (10/10)

10.00 Queens of Rap The story of women

in hip-hop culture, revealing how

Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B

became two of the most famous

women of the genre on the planet.

11.05 Unapologetic The DJ and presenter

Yinka Bokinni and social media star

Zeze Millz invite black people to talk

freely about anything and everything

12.05am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r)

12.55 Wife Swap USA (r) 1.40 FILM: Labor Day (12,

2013) Drama starring Kate Winslet 3.30 The Truth

About Electric Cars: Dispatches (r) 4.00 Unreported World

(r) 4.25 Couples Come Dine with Me (r) 5.20 A Place in

the Sun (r) 5.45-6.05 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (r)

7.00 Carol Klein’s Great British

Gardens The plantswoman visits the

Beth Chatto Gardens near Colchester in

Essex, one of the most influential

gardens of the last half century (3/4)

8.00 Inside the Tower of London

It is June and staff at the Tower are

bringing out the big guns to celebrate

the anniversary of the Queen’s

coronation in 1953 (3/5)

9.00 The Great Escape: Capture

As they take their opportunity to flee,

76 out of the 200 prisoners manage to

escape, and must navigate hostile

enemy territory to evade being

recaptured. Last in the series

10.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second

Counts Dr Sue Mason and Sister

Benita Wainwright prepare resus for

Rory, a 56-year-old patient who has

been found unconscious at home (r)

11.00 The Enforcer (18, 1976)

Maverick cop “Dirty” Harry Callahan is

unwillingly teamed up with a female

partner as he takes on a terrorist

group. Crime thriller sequel starring

Clint Eastwood and Tyne Daly

1.00am The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00

The Great Model Railway Challenge. Railway layouts

on the theme of “fire and ice” (r) 3.45 The Great

Gardening Challenge: The Final (r) 4.45 The Railways

That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant (r) 5.35 Thomas (r)

(SL) 5.45-6.00 Paw Patrol (r) (SL)

6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live. Magazine show,

hosted by Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones 10.00 Claimed

and Shamed. The fraud inspectors blow the whistle on a

claim for stolen model steam engines 10.45 Frontline

Fightback. The mother who fought back when car thieves

struck twice 11.15 Homes Under the Hammer. The

progress of properties in Lancashire, the West Midlands

and Kent (r) (AD) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt. Two teams

compete at Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show (r)

(AD) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30 BBC Regional

News; Weather 1.45 Doctors. Karen contemplates a

radical idea from Maggie to fix things with Rob (AD) 2.15

The Tournament. Quiz 3.00 Escape to the Country. A

couple looking to buy a property in the Forest of Dean,

Gloucestershire (r) (AD) 3.45 Clean It, Fix It. The team

constructs decking and a pergola for a family in London

4.30 The Repair Shop. The team restores a pair of

tap-dancing shoes, an ornate silver purse and a magician’s

table (AD) 5.15 Pointless. Quiz in which contestants try

to score the fewest points possible by giving the least

obvious correct answers to questions (r) 6.00 BBC News

at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

6.30am Clean It, Fix It (r) 7.15 The Repair Shop (r) (AD)

8.00 Sign Zone: The Mating Game (r) (AD, SL) 9.00 BBC

News at 9 10.00 BBC News 12.15pm Politics Live 1.00

The Best Christmas Food Ever (r) (AD) 1.45 Eggheads.

Quiz (r) 2.15 Antiques Roadshow. Fiona Bruce and the

experts visit Blair Castle in Perthshire to examine items

including a collection of valuable miniatures and a wooden

spoon with an intriguing past (r) 3.00 A Vicar’s Life (r)

(AD) 3.30 Heir Hunters. Michael Buerk follows the team

who have taken on the case of John Powney, whose

passion for music and vast record collection could lead

to unexpected riches for his heirs (r) 4.15 Nature’s

Weirdest Events. The remains of a gargantuan creature

that baffled scientists for decades, the case of bright blue

frogs appearing in pools in Germany and an Australian

lake the colour of bubblegum (r) (AD) 5.15 Flog It!

Paul Martin and the team are at Glemham Hall in the

Suffolk countryside, where David Fletcher spots a rare

flintlock pistol (r) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of

Games. Nina Conti, Nick Helm, Athena Kugblenu and

Toby Tarrant take part 6.30 Strictly: It Takes Two.

Janette Manrara dishes up all the backstage gossip

6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00 Lorraine.

Entertainment, current affairs and fashion news 10.00

This Morning. Daily magazine, featuring a mix of showbiz

chat, showbusiness news, lifestyle features, topical

discussion, health and beauty advice and more. Including

Local Weather 12.30pm Loose Women. The women put

the world to rights once more and invite a showbiz guest

to chat about what they are up to 1.30 ITV News;

Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. David Dickinson and

his dealers set up stall in Oldham, where Alison Chapman

gets her hands on some puppets, and Cheryl Hackney falls

for a beautiful brooch 3.00 Lingo. Married couple

Geraldine and Paul from Leeds, husband and wife Patrick

and Bukky from Sheffield, and spouses Stu and Kate from

Wigan take part in the quiz hosted by Adil Ray 4.00

Tipping Point. Ben Shephard hosts the arcade-themed

quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of

four chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot 5.00

The Chase. Bradley Walsh presents as David, George,

Sarah and Ivy answer questions and work as a team to

take on one of the Chasers and secure a cash prize 6.00

Regional News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather

6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 The Big Bang Theory (r)

7.35 The King of Queens (r) 9.00 Frasier (r) 10.30

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r) 11.25 Channel 4

News Summary 11.30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (r) 12.30pm

Steph’s Packed Lunch. Weekday magazine show, hosted

by Steph McGovern 2.10 Countdown. Shirley Ballas is in

Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent 3.00 Moneybags. Quiz

hosted by Craig Charles 4.00 A Place in the Sun. A former

nurse seeks a property on the east coast of Italy 5.00

Four in a Bed. Mike and Sue Brierley welcome their rivals

to Gables Pod Camping in County Durham, where the

guests seem happy with the pods, although tension arises

when payment day is discussed (r) 5.30 Bidding Wars.

Kevin Duala invites six teams to compete to win bulk

pallets of themed goods. The three pallets in this episode

are fancy dress, gardening equipment and a lucky dip 6.00

The Simpsons. Another trio of Halloween stories,

including Maggie becoming possessed by an ancient

demon and Lisa discovering a creepily perfect version of

her family in an alternate universe 6.30 Hollyoaks.

Martine and Felix’s wedding day arrives, but with secrets

to be uncovered, it may not go off without a hitch (r)

6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. The broadcaster

and guests discuss the issues of the day, with co-host

Storm Huntley joining him for phone-ins and reading out

viewers’ correspondence 11.15 FILM: A Bramble

House Christmas (PG, TVM, 2017) A man becomes

suspicious as to why his father left a nurse $100,000,

and goes undercover to investigate. Drama starring

Autumn Reeser 1.00pm Neighbours (AD) 1.30 FILM:

Tidings of Joy: Christmas in Evergreen (PG, TVM,

2019) A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get

the scoop on the town’s famed passion for Christmas.

Romantic drama starring Maggie Lawson and Paul Greene

3.15 FILM: Magical Christmas Shoes (PG, TVM,

2019) Noelle’s holiday season is transformed by pair of

magical shoes, helping her to rediscover her Christmas

spirit and find true love. Romantic comedy starring Erin

Karpluk 5.00 5 News at 5 6.00 Neighbours. Jane lies

unconscious and alone, until Leo finds her and she is

rushed to the hospital (r) (AD) 6.30 Eggheads.

“Our Drinking Team Have a Quiz Problem” will be

chasing the elusive Eggheads defeat, and the cash prize

that comes with it. Jeremy Vine hosts