The Times - UK - 04.12.2021

34 saturday review Saturday December 4 2021 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm Christmas University

Challenge Christ’s College,

Cambridge takes on St

John’s College, Oxford (1/10)

7.30 The Joy of Painting: Winter

Specials af winter’s thaw

8.00 Britain’s Lost Masterpieces

Bendor Grosvenor finds a

painting from the 1770s at

the Manchester Art Gallery

9.00 Treasures of the Anglo-

Saxons Dr Janina Ramirez

looks at the development

of Anglo-Saxon artwork

10.00 Charles Dickens’ The

Signalman Classic

supernatural drama from

1976, starring Denholm

Elliott and Bernard Lloyd

10.40 The Lost Ghost Story with

Mark Gatiss The actor

examines the life of the

author, attempting to

uncover the inspirations

behind his stories of the

supernatural

11.40-12.10am Secrets of Bones

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Steve comes

to the aid of an amnesiac

struggling to piece together

his identity, Jenny tells

Dennis she is tired of

playing second fiddle to his

career, and Bernie and David

step in when it seems that

Vernon’s money-making

schemes are out of hand

8.00 Lewis The murder of a

babysitter whose elbows

and wrists were tied after

her killing leads Lewis and

Hathaway into a world of

squats, suburban swinging

and fetish photography (3/4)

10.00-12.10am Ruth Rendell’s

Inspector Wexford: Road

Rage (1/2) A protest over the

building of a controversial

bypass results in murder,

and a spate of missing

persons cases then gives

Wexford further cause for

concern — especially as one

of them is his wife (7/11)

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château

Dick and Angel await the

arrival of guests expecting

a luxurious Christmas (3/3)

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin

McCloud follows a project

to build a house out of

shipping containers, welded

together to form a giant

cross and cantilevered on

the family farm in Co Derry

9.00 Christmas at Chatsworth

House 2020 Behind the

scenes at the stately home

belonging to the Duke and

Duchess of Devonshire,

following preparations for

this year’s Christmas period

10.00 The Storms That Stole

Christmas The stories of

those who bore the brunt

of the bad weather over

Christmas 2013 (R)

11.05-12.05am 24 Hours in A&E

A 35-year-old is rushed

to St George’s hospital

struggling to breathe. (4/8)

Sky Max

7.00pm Grimm A frog-like Wesen

has an uncontrollable power

that has a dangerous effect

on anyone attracted to her.

Juliette struggles to cope

with her condition and a

Prince arrives in Portland (R)

8.00 A League of Their Own

Sport-based comedy quiz

hosted by Romesh

Ranganathan, with Jamie

Vardy, Chelcee Grimes,

Jimmy Carr and Kerry

Godliman joining team

captains Freddie Flintoff and

Jamie Redknapp (2/10) (R)

9.00 Temple Daniel and Anna

go on a road trip to try and

dispose of a corpse (6/7) (R)

10.00 The Force: North East

The hunt is on for a missing

schoolboy (7/10) (R)

11.00 The Russell Howard Hour

Topical comedy show (R)

12.00-1.45am FILM Cult of Chucky

(18, 2017) Horror thriller

starring Fiona Dourif

Sky Atlantic

6.40pm True Blood Sookie enlists

a band of vampires and

humans to track down the

H-Vamps and Pam recalls

the events that led her and

Eric to Shreveport (4/10) (R)

7.45 The Leftovers Unexpected

visitors get under Nora’s

skin, and she and Erika must

face up to some painful

questions. Meanwhile, Kevin

admits to a secret (6/10) (R)

9.00 Succession Drama starring

Brian Cox and Jeremy

Strong. See Viewing

Guide (8/9)

10.05 Dexter: New Blood Crime

drama series set ten years

after the disappearance of

forensic expert turned killer,

Dexter Morgan (5/10) (R)

11.10-12.15am Yellowjackets The

members of a high-school

girls’ soccer team become

the survivors of a plane

crash deep in the Ontario

wilderness (1/10) (R)

Sky Documentaries

7.00pm Inside the Freemasons

Documentary about the

fraternal society, with

cameras entering the

United Grand Lodge of

England for the first time

to reveal what goes on

behind closed doors (1/5) (R)

8.00 Urban Secrets Alan

Cumming examines the

hidden histories of cities,

revealing the sights and

sounds rarely witnessed by

the public. He begins at St

Paul’s Cathedral in London,

where he visits a place

tourists never go (1/8) (R)

9.00 Life of Crime Three friends

from New Jersey whose

lives have been defined

by drug addiction

11.15-12.55am Andre the Giant

A look at the life and career

of the wrestler, from his

upbringing in France to his

WWF tenure and forays into

the entertainment world (R)

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore Everyone is

obsessed with a mannequin that

looks exactly like Jonah (4/11)

7.30 Superstore Amy decides to

bring her daughter to work (5/11)

8.00 Bob’s Burgers Linda performs

with her old band at a reunion.

8.30 Bob’s Burgers Bob becomes

the substitute teacher for a class.

9.00 Family Guy

9.30 American Dad!

10.00 Bad Boy Chiller Crew

10.45 Killer Camp (6/8)

11.40-12.10am Family Guy

ITV4

6.45pm Live FA Cup Football

Boreham Wood v St Albans City

Coverage from the second-round

match at Meadow Park. The hosts

have received what looks to be

a favourable draw against the

lowest-ranked team left in the

competition (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

10.00-11.00pm FILM Half Past

Dead (15, 2002) A gang of thieves

break into a prison in an attempt

to wrest the location of a stash of

gold bullion from an inmate. Action

adventure starring Steven Seagal

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Theresa

comforts a disheartened Misbah

7.30 The Bachelor Australia Matty

meets the families and closest

friends of the final four (14/16)

9.00 Made in Chelsea Liv and

Tristan plan to try to get Reza

and Ruby back together (9/12)

10.00 Derry Girls Jenny Joyce

organises a 50s-style prom (5/6)

10.35 Derry Girls Excitement

in Derry is at fever pitch for

President Bill Clinton’s visit (6/6)

11.05-12.10am Gogglebox

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA With guest Greg Proops.

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

With guest Gary Anthony Williams.

8.00 Richard Osman’s House of

Games Amanda Abbington,

Michael Buerk, Shappi Khorsandi

and Elis James compete in the quiz

8.40 Would I Lie to You? Featuring

Henning Wehn and Alex Brooker.

9.20 QI Featuring David Mitchell

10.00 Would I Lie to You?

11.20 Mock the Week

12.00-12.40am Mock the Week

Drama

6.40pm ’Allo ’Allo! The general, the

colonel and Gruber discuss a plot

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Foggy criticises local folklore

8.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway:

Private Investigators Frank and Lu

are tasked with recovering a jewel

9.00 Hetty Wainthropp

Investigates A German pensioner

in a residential home asks Hetty

to help trace his long-lost sister

10.00 New Tricks The future of the

team is put under serious threat

11.20-12.55am Bad Girls

Yesterday

7.00pm Abandoned Engineering

Ruined engineering projects that

have been put to alternative use

8.00 Great British Landmark

Fixers The Royal Albert Hall (3/6)

9.00 Hornby: A Model World (1/10)

10.00 Great British Railway

Journeys Motherwell to Linlithgow

10.30 Great British Railway

Journeys Stirling to Pitlochry

11.00 Secrets of the

Transport Museum (8/10)

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering

PBS America

6.55pm In Search of Medieval

Britain A historical journey using

the nation’s oldest road map (1/6)

7.35 The Atom and Us Exploring

nuclear power. See Viewing Guide

8.50 A History of Ancient Britain:

Orkney’s Stone Age Temple

A 5,000-year-old temple in Orkney

9.55 World War II: The Last Heroes

A recreation of Allied efforts to

retake the port at Antwerp (4/6)

11.00 Beautiful Serengeti (1/12)

11.35-12.15am In Search

of Medieval Britain (1/6)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Inside the Factory A

Nottinghamshire factory that makes

250,000 jars of curry sauce daily

8.00 The Pacific War in Colour

The American invasions of Peleliu,

the Philippines and Iwo Jima

9.00 WWII Battles in Colour

The story of the final days of the

Third Reich. Last in the series

10.00 Inside the Factory The

production of frozen potato waffles

11.00 The Pacific War in Colour

12.00-1.00am WWII Battles in

Colour Final days of the Third Reich

Sky Arts

7.00pm Inside Art: Steggles

Brothers at Beecroft Southend

7.30 Neil Diamond: Music Icons

The life and work of the American

singer-songwriter (13/13)

8.00 Andre Rieu: European Dream

The Dutch violinist celebrates the

music of his classical heroes (8/10)

9.00 Andre Rieu: My Musical Year

A selection of the Dutch violinist’s

finest ever moments (9/10)

10.00 Classic Albums

11.15-12.15am Guy Garvey:

From the Vaults (6/6)

Sky Witness

7.00pm Paramedics New series.

Documentary following the

daily work of ambulance crews

8.00 Blue Bloods Frank and Erin

clash over new attorney legislation,

and Danny risks losing his badge

9.00 Departure Kendra sets out

to try and find a missing piece

of the puzzle (6/6)

10.00 The Equalizer Crime drama

starring Queen Latifah (1/10)

11.00 The Rookie

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Forged in Fire Two

smiths are given just four days

to create Genghis Khan’s sword

8.00 Storage Wars Brandi and

Jarrod visit the same auction

8.30 Storage Wars Kenny does

his best to fire up his profits

9.00 Royal B**tards: Rise of the

Tudors Edward IV dies (3/3)

10.00 Lost Relic Hunters (1/5)

11.00 Digging Up Britain’s

Past: War Horse Special (5/6)

12.00-2.00am America’s

Book of Secrets

Alibi

7.00pm Hudson & Rex Charlie and

the team are forced to navigate

the world of high art (10/16)

8.00 Death in Paradise A prisoner

is killed while in custody (8/8)

9.00 Ragdoll New drama series.

See Viewing Guide (1/6)

10.00 Smother (1/6)

11.10-12.10am The Good Wife

Discovery

7.00pm Devil’s Canyon Mining

veteran John Belcik begins

his descent into the canyon

8.00 Bitchin’ Rides The 1951 Ford

pickup is ready for final assembly

9.00 Kindig Customs

10.00 Street Outlaws: Memphis

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-1.00am Kindig Customs

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends Four editions

9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Very

Christmassy Christmas Show

10.00 Impractical Jokers

Christmas Party A festive shindig

10.30 Impractical Jokers:

Joker for a Day More challenges

11.00-12.00am Rhod

Gilbert’s Growing Pains

Gold

6.05pm Only Fools and Horses

Christmas special from 1988

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley

9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys

9.40 The Royle Family:

The Golden Egg Cup

11.00 Knowing Me, Knowing

Yule: With Alan Partridge

12.00-12.40am Mrs Brown’s Boys

W

7.00pm MasterChef USA

8.00 Emma and AJ Get to Work

9.00 Killer Women with Piers

Morgan Sheila Davalloo

10.00 Louis Theroux: A Place for

Paedophiles Coalinga Hospital

11.00 Stacey Dooley in the USA

12.00-1.00am One Born

Every Minute

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation

Taking a look at the weaknesses

that doomed powerful warships

9.00 Drain the Oceans (5/10)

10.00 Disasters Engineered

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Airport Security:

Peru and Brazil (1/16)

FV 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 278

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 129

SKY 132, VIRGIN 126 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 317 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 307 SKY 110, VIRGIN 124, BT 310 SKY 109, VIRGIN 125, BT 311

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

FV 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 270

Sky Main Event

6.00am Live Test Cricket:

India v New Zealand

8.00 Live Big Bash League:

Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat

11.30 The Football Show

1.00pm Sky Sports News

7.00 Live MNF:

Everton v Arsenal (Kick-off 8.00)

11.00 Sky Sports News

12.00 Total Access NFL news

1.00am Live NFL: Buffalo Bills v

New England Patriots (Kick-off 1.15)

4.30-6.00am Live Test Cricket

India v New Zealand

Sky Premier League

6.30am Premier League

5.00pm PL 100 Club

5.30 PL 100 Club: England’s Finest

6.00 PL Legends: Thierry Henry

6.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

7.00 Live MNF:

Everton v Arsenal (Kick-off 8.00)

11.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

11.30 Premier League Icons

12.00 MNF Everton v Arsenal

1.45am PL Years

3.45 PL Greatest Games

4.00 Best PL Goals

5.30-6.00am PL 100 Club

Sky Cricket

6.00am Live Test Cricket

11.30 The Fletcher Years (3/4)

12.00 Best of ICC WT20

1.00pm Big Bash League

4.30 Talking Cricket

5.00 Test Cricket

6.00 Big Bash League

9.30 Test Cricket

10.30 Meet The Winfield-Hills

11.00 Test Cricket

12.00 Ashes Regained

2.00am Best of The IPL

2.50 Test Cricket

3.50-6.00am Live Test Cricket

BT Sport 1

1.30pm Ultimate Goal

6.30 Vitality Women’s FA Cup

8.00 The Action Woman Show

9.00 Ultimate Goal

10.00 Rugby Tonight

10.45 What I Wore: Jamie Vardy

11.00 WWE Raw Highlights

12.00 WWE SmackDown

Highlights Recent action.

1.00am Live: WWE Monday

Night Raw Wrestling action.

4.15 Ariel Helwani Meets

5.15 BT Sport Goals Reload

5.30-6.00am Kite Masters

BT Sport 2

5.30pm Live: Serie A

Empoli v Udinese (Kick-off 5.30)

7.30 Live: Serie A Empoli v

Udinese (Kick-off 7. 3 0)

9.45 BT Sport Goals Reload

10.15 Uefa Champions

League Magazine

10.45 Kite Masters

11.15 What I Wore: Joe Cole

11.30 Uefa Europa

League Magazine

12.30am BT Sport Goals Reload

1.00 Fishing: On The Bank

2.00-3.15am Sailing

Sky Comedy

6.30pm Sex and the City

Carrie faces her feelings for Big

7.10 Sex and the City Carrie meets

famous artist Aleksandr Petrovsky

7.50 Sex and the City Carrie

spends the night with Aleksandr

8.25 Sex and the City Carrie can’t

handle Aleksandr’s gestures

9.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm (7/10)

9.40 Miracle Workers: Oregon

Trail Comedy series (10/10)

10.05 Curb Your Enthusiasm (7/10)

10.45-12.30am Micky Flanagan’s

Out Out Tour A 2011 performance

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 467 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 459 SKY 414, BT 460

SKY 114, VIRGIN 135

Monday 6 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Denholm Elliot

The actor stars in the classic

1976 supernatural drama

The Signalman

BBC4, 10pm

Emile Smith-Rowe is set to start

for Arsenal against Everton

tonight (Sky Main Event, 7pm)