26 saturday review Saturday December 4 2021 | the times
Saturday 4 | Primetime digital guide
BBC4
7.00pm Live Snooker: UK
Championship Coverage of
the second semi-final from
York, played over the best
of 11 frames. Coverage
continues on BBC2
7.30 The Fairytale Castles of
King Ludwig II with Dan
Cruickshank Documentary
exploring the aesthetics
associated with Ludwig II of
Bavaria, the king who was
considered to be handsome
and loved by his people
8.30 The Golden Age of Coach
Travel The history of
coach transport (6/9)
9.30 Stieg Larsson’s Millennium
Mikael pursues his own
line of enquiry (4/6)
11.00 Chasing the Moon Part one
of two. Nasa’s plans for the
first moon landing (5/6)
11.50-12.40am Chasing the Moon
The moment Neil Armstrong
walked on the moon.
Last in the seriesITV3
7.00pm Midsomer Murders
A farmer is found dead in
the middle of the sacred
Crowcall stone circle in
Midsomer Mow and
suspicion initially falls on
local druids, but Barnaby is
convinced greed rather than
spiritualism is the motive
9.00 Midsomer Murders
Barnaby investigates the
world of Midsomer Priory
when a nun is found
strangled, and uncovers a
complex mystery involving
holy orders, teenage
romantic liaisons, African art
and missing antique silver
11.00-1.00am Lewis A humiliated
professor is found dead
after her dating video is
leaked onto a website, but
Lewis is not convinced she
committed suicide and
begins searching for a killer.
Roxanne McKee and Toby
Stephens guest star (2/4)More 4
7.00pm Four in a Bed Guest house
owners compete for the
coveted best B&B title
7.35 Grand Designs Kevin
McCloud meets a couple
who plan to build a
Roman-inspired home on
land surrounding a historic
abbey in Hertfordshire
8.40 Dunkirk: The Forgotten
Heroes The untold story of
what happened after the
Dunkirk evacuation
9.40 24 Hours in A&E
A 78-year-old man has
difficulty breathing after
breaking several ribs
10.45 24 Hours in A&E
A 66-year-old is rushed to
St George’s struggling
to breathe (3/8)
11.50-12.55am Emergency
Helicopter Medics
A boating accident on the
Norfolk Broads ends with
a holidaymaker losing
part of her foot (4/10)Sky Max
7.00pm Strike Back: Silent War
Section 20 need to protect
an Indonesian general from
his own men, while Novin
and Wyatt find themselves
trapped in a mall with a
terrorist (8/10) (R)
8.00 A League of Their Own
With Dina Asher-Smith,
Adam Peaty, Tom Davis
and Joel Dommett (R)
9.00 Dan Brown’s The Lost
Symbol Robert and
Katherine are forced to turn
to Nunez for help (3/10) (R)
10.00 FILM Cult of Chucky (18,
2017) The killer doll from
Child’s Play returns to
terrorise more victims, and
has scores to settle with his
old enemies. Horror thriller
starring Fiona Dourif
11.45-12.45am The Force: North
East Officers attend the
bloody aftermath of a
machete gang fight in
Newcastle (4/10) (R)Sky Atlantic
6.50pm Save Me A police
recording of a distressed
999 call from Jody is traced
to Streatham (4/6) (R)
7.55 Save Me Nelly infiltrates a
secret network that may
hold the key to his
daughter’s return (5/6) (R)
9.00 The Leftovers Some
unexpected visitors get
under Nora’s skin, and she
and Erika must face up to
some painful questions.
Meanwhile, Kevin admits to
a secret. Justin Theroux
stars (6/10) (R)
10.05 The Leftovers Nora gives
Kevin and Jill some
unexpected news, Jill goes
on an adventure, and Laurie
makes a rash decision that
affects the Garveys (7/10) (R)
11.10-12.30am The Leftovers
As Kevin battles to rid
himself of Patti, he finds he
must face an impossible
choice (8/10) (R)Sky Documentaries
Sky Comedy
5.15pm I Am Richard Pryor
Documentary reflecting on
the highs and lows of the
comedian and actor’s life,
featuring interviews with
Mike Epps, Tiffany Haddish
and his widow (R)
7.15 FILM Gascoigne (15, 2015)
Documentary about Paul
Gascoigne, featuring an
interview with the former
footballing superstar and
footage of his greatest
moments on the pitch
9.00 Dettori The epic but
intimate story of the world’s
greatest jockey. See
Viewing Guide
11.30-1.50am FILM Bowling for
Columbine (15, 2002)
Michael Moore’s Oscar-
winning documentary
exploring America’s love
affair with firearms, going
beyond public opinion to
research corporate and
political influence7.00pm The Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air Geoffrey’s son arrives
7.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
8.00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
8.30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
9.00 Insecure Comedy drama
starring Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji
9.35 Moonbase 8 An angry group
of ranchers threatens the team
for invading their land (6/6)
10.10 Eastbound & Down (1/8)
10.45 The Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy Fallon
11.40-12.15am Ballers (2/8)ITV2
6.35pm FILM Stardust (PG, 2007)
A man enters a fantasy world to
track down a fallen star to give to
the girl of his dreams. Fantasy
adventure starring Charlie Cox,
Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer
9.00 FILM Knocked Up (15, 2007)
A journalist falls pregnant after
a one-night stand with a
directionless layabout. Romantic
comedy starring Seth Rogen,
Katherine Heigl and Paul Rudd
11.40-12.10am Family Guy
Joe’s son returns from IraqITV4
7.10pm FILM Bend of the River
(PG, 1952) Western starring James
Stewart. See Film Choice
9.00 FILM The Magnificent Seven
(12, 2016) A band of gunmen are
hired to save a remote frontier
town, whose residents are being
used as forced labour. Western
remake with Denzel Washington
11.45-2.50am FILM A Fistful of
Dynamite (15, 1971) A bandit and
an explosives expert become
heroes. Spaghetti Western starring
Rod Steiger and James CoburnE4
6.40pm The Big Bang Theory
Leonard and Raj take a
heartbroken Howard to Las Vegas
7.15 FILM The Simpsons Movie
(PG, 2007) Springfield is
quarantined. Animated comedy
with the voice of Dan Castellaneta
9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Hostile
Planet, The Repair Shop and
EastEnders are appraised (4/7)
10.00 Gogglebox The best
moments from 2021’s episodes
11.05-12.10am Gogglebox Reviews
of EastEnders and This MorningDave
6.40pm Would I Lie to You? At
Christmas With Bill Bailey, Ruth
Jones, Jo Brand and Kelly Holmes
7.20 Would I Lie to You? With Mel
Giedroyc, David Haye, Martin Kemp
and Romesh Ranganathan
8.00 QI XL With Julia Zemiro,
Matt Lucas and David Mitchell
9.00 Not Going Out Christmas
Special Lee faces a desperate
search for a Christmas present
10.00-12.50am FILM White House
Down (12, 2013) Action thriller with
Channing Tatum and Jamie FoxxDrama
6.00pm The Brokenwood
Mysteries A severed human hand
is found in a crayfish pot
8.00 Hetty Wainthropp
Investigates The sleuth goes to
North Yorkshire to meet her
cousin, and ends up investigating
a case of demonic visitations
9.00 Silent Witness The Lyell team
investigates the murder of a family
11.30-2.15am Waking the Dead
Boyd learns he is being removed
from the unit, and re-opens the
first case he ever worked onYesterday
7.00pm Great British Railway
Journeys Visiting Newcastle
7.30 Great British Railway
Journeys Durham to Grosmont
8.00 Open All Hours Granville’s
bike develops a squeak
8.40 Open All Hours
9.20 Open All Hours
10.00 Sounds of the Sixties
10.30 Sounds of the Sixties
11.00 Sounds of the Seventies
11.30 Sounds of the Seventies
12.00-1.00am Underground
Worlds Tunnels in France (5/10)PBS America
6.50pm The Stuarts in Exile
Prince James Francis Stuart’s
bid to reclaim his throne (1/2)
8.10 Rebellion: The Stuarts in Exile
Clare Jackson reveals how the
Jacobite campaign took place on
a European-wide stage (2/2)
9.30 Bruce Springsteen: In His
Own Words An exclusive insight
into the life of one of the most
respected musicians in the world
11.00-12.15am Armada: The Untold
Story Documentary going right
inside the Spanish Armada (1/3)Smithsonian
7.00pm Lincoln’s Washington at
War Washington, DC in the 1860s
8.00 Lincoln’s Last Day The
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
9.00 Testing the Atomic Bomb
Taking a look at the dawn of
the atomic age in America
10.00 Atomic Bomb: Witness to
History The aircrew in the planes
that dropped the atomic bombs
11.00 9/11: The Heartland Tapes
The day America was attacked
12.00-1.00am 9/11: Stories in
Fragments Donors recount storiesSky Arts
6.45pm Phil Collins: Going Back to
Detroit Exploring the roots and
legacy of the Motown sound
7.45 Queen: Live in Rio The band’s
opening performance at the 1985
Rock in Rio festival
9.00 Queen & Adam Lambert:
The Show Must Go On The story
of the rock band’s career after
Freddie Mercury’s death
11.00 Video Killed the Radio Star
Queen’s most famous videos
11.30-12.30am The Stones in the
Park The 1969 Hyde Park concertSky Witness
7.00pm Blue Bloods An
emotionally distraught man
holds Baez at gunpoint
8.00 Blue Bloods Jamie and
Eddie discover a bomb
9.00 Private Eyes Angie hears
someone being threatened
from her hospital room (1/8)
10.00 FBI Five VIPs are gunned
down at a trendy New York
restaurant. Last in the series
11.00 FBI: Most Wanted Tracking
down a rogue DEA agent (15/15)
12.00-1.00am Departure (5/6)Sky History
7.00pm Stonehenge: Walking
Through History In Wiltshire (1/3)
8.00 Walking Through History
Exploring how the Romans
conquered the Lake District (2/3)
9.00 USS Indianapolis: The Legacy
The story of the mission and fate of
the Second World War heavy
cruiser USS Indianapolis
11.00 Hitler’s Steel Beast Adolf
Hitler’s armoured private train
12.00-1.00am Race to Victory The
alliance between Great Britain,
the US and the Soviet Union (1/6)Alibi
6.00pm Inspector George Gently
An aristocratic family is implicated
in the death of a woman (2/4)
8.00 Father Brown (15/15)
9.00 Father Brown (1/10)
10.00-1.15am FILM The Girl with
the Dragon Tattoo (18, 2011)
Thriller remake starring Daniel
Craig and Rooney MaraDiscovery
7.00pm Gold Rush: White Water
8.00 Gold Rush Tony faces an
unexpected repair at 80 Pup
9.00 Mighty Truckers The
challenges of being a truck driver
10.00 Homemade Astronauts
11.00 The Alaska Triangle
12.00-1.00am Nasa’s Unexplained
Files A strange mystery objectNat Geographic Comedy Central
7.00pm FILM Father of the Bride
Part II (PG, 1995) Comedy sequel
starring Steve Martin, Diane
Keaton and Kimberly Williams
9.00 FILM What Women Want (12,
2000) Romantic comedy starring
Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt
11.30 Your Face or Mine
12.00-12.30am Your Face or MineGold
6.40pm Only Fools and Horses
8.20 The Good Life
9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys The family
falls out over a board game
9.50 Gavin & Stacey Christmas
Special The couple make a
surprise announcement
11.10 Not Going Out
11.45-12.45am Mrs Brown’s BoysW
6.35pm Doctor Who
7.40 Gavin & Stacey Christmas
Special The couple make a
surprise announcement
9.00 The Catherine Tate Show
10.55 Louis Theroux:
Twilight of the Porn Stars
11.55-12.55am Louis Theroux:
Law & Disorder in Lagos7.00pm Buried Secrets of WWII
Surviving evidence (1/6)
8.00 Hitler’s Death Camp:
American Prisoners
9.00 Nazi Megastructures (2/6)
10.00 Nazi Megastructures (3/6)
11.00 Nazi Megastructures (5/6)
12.00-1.00am Nazi
Megastructures: America’s WarFV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 107 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 113, VIRGIN 122 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278SKY 114, VIRGIN 135FV 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 129SKY 132, VIRGIN 126 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 317 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 307 SKY 110, BT 310 SKY 109, BT 311FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273 FV 56, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 130, VIRGIN 165 SKY 107, VIRGIN 112 SKY 123, VIRGIN 270Sky Main Event
6.00am-11.30 Live Test Cricket:
India v New Zealand
12.00-3.00pm Live EFL: Coventry
City v West Bromwich Albion
5.00 Live SNF: Watford v
Manchester City (Kick-off 5.30)
8.30 Live PGA Tour Golf: The Hero
World Challenge In The Bahamas
10.00 Sky Sports News
12.30am-3.00 Live NBA
Basketball: Brooklyn Nets v
Chicago Bulls (Tip-off 12.30)
4.00-6.00am Live Test Cricket:
India v New Zealand In MumbaiSky Premier League
5.00pm Live SNF: Watford v
Manchester City (Kick-off 5.30).
Coverage of the Premier League
match from Vicarage Road
8.30 Renault Game of the Day
A 90-minute rerun of one of the
Saturday afternoon fixtures
in the Premier League
10.30 Premier League
A 90-minute rerun of one of the
Saturday afternoon fixtures
12.15am SNF Action from
Watford v Manchester City
2.00-3.45 Premier LeagueSky Cricket
6.00am-11.30 Live Test Cricket:
India v New Zealand Coverage of
the second day of the second Test,
at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
7.00pm Test Cricket
8.00 Cricket in Mumbai
9.00 Test Cricket
10.00 Nasser Meets Sachin
11.00 Test Cricket
12.00-2.00am How the
2009 Ashes Were Won
3.50-6.00 Live Test Cricket: India v
New Zealand Coverage of the
third day of the second TestBT Sport 1
11.30am-3.00pm Live Premier
League: West Ham United v
Chelsea (Kick-off 12.30)
5.15 Live Serie A: AS Roma v
Inter Milan Joining the action
15 minutes after kick-off
7.00 BT Sport Fight Night
7.30 Live BT Sport Fight Night:
Lyndon Arthur v Anthony Yarde
12.00-12.30am UFC: The Walk
1.00 Live UFC Fight Night prelims
3.00-6.30am Live UFC: Rob Font v
Jose Aldo The Bantamweight title
bout from UFC Apex in Las VegasBT Sport 2
6.00am-8.00 Live A-League:
Sydney FC Women v Newcastle
Jets Women (Kick-off 6.05)
8.45-10.45 Live Isuzu UTE
A-League: Sydney FC v
Newcastle Jets (Kick-off 8.45)
11.00-1.00pm Live A-League
Women At Dorrien Gardens
2.30-5.15 Live Gallagher
Premiership Rugby Union:
Exeter Chiefs v Saracens
7.30-9.45 Live Serie A: Napoli v
Atalanta (Kick-off 7. 4 5)
12.45am-8.00 Live V8 SupercarsSKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 467 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 459 SKY 414, BT 460FV Freeview FS FreesatStardust
Claire Danes stars as Yvaine,
a fallen star, in Matthew
Vaughn’s 2007 fantasy
ITV2, 6.35pmManchester City’s Phil Foden
is set to feature against Watford
(Sky Main Event, 5pm)