The Times - UK - 04.12.2021

42 saturday review Saturday December 4 2021 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm The Joy of Painting:

Winter Specials An image of

a cabin near a frozen pond

7.30 Christmas University

Challenge Teams from

Courtauld and Goldsmiths

compete for the semi-finals

8.00 Thailand: Earth’s Tropical

Paradise The wildlife and

culture of the nation (1/3)

9.00 Charley Boorman: Sydney

to Tokyo, by Any Means

The adventurer concludes

his journey in Japan (6/6)

10.00 Write Around the World

with Richard E Grant

The actor journeys to Italy,

in the footsteps of authors

inspired by the country (1/3)

11.00 What We Were Watching:

Christmas 1995 Grace Dent

setts the remote control for

back in December 1995

12.00-12.30am Secrets of Bones

How skeletons have evolved

to help animals sense the

world around them (4/6)

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Merton faces a

race against time to stop a

saboteur when Aidensfield

hosts a prestigious car

hill-climb. Meanwhile, Bernie

finds an old car in a cowshed

and decides to renovate it,

giving Vernon his chance to

scoop the winnings in the

event. Duncan Bell stars

8.00 Endeavour Morse hunts a

multiple murderer who is

strangling married women

across Oxford, but as the

suspect list narrows and the

culprit stalks his prey with

increasing desperation, he

and Thursday find their lives

turned upside down (3/4)

10.00-12.10am Ruth Rendell’s

Inspector Wexford: Harm

Done A child goes missing

shortly after a convicted

paedophile moves onto

a local estate — and soon

vigilante justice threatens to

usurp the rule of law (11/11)

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château

Dick gets to work on the

walled garden (2/3)

7.55 Grand Designs Natasha

Cargill wants to build a

home shaped like two

enormous periscopes in

rural Norfolk, but she must

adhere to strict planning

constraints to ensure she is

actually able to live there

9.00 George Clarke’s Amazing

Spaces: Winter World Tour

George is joined by Will

Hardie on trips to Norway,

Finland, the Alps and

Canada to check out some

amazing winter designs

10.05 Building Giants: Triple

Tower Skyscraper The

building of a 360-metre

tower in Chicago

11.10-12.15am 8 Out of 10

Cats Does Countdown Jon

Richardson and Michelle

Wolf take on Jonathan Ross

and Johnny Vegas (6/6)

Sky Max

7.00pm Grimm The press thinks a

Jack the Ripper copycat is

responsible for a series of

murders, while Adalind and

Rosalee try to improve

Juliette’s circumstances (R)

8.00 A League of Their Own

Romesh Ranganathan hosts

as Micah Richards, Maisie

Adam, Josh Taylor and

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

join Freddie Flintoff and

Jamie Redknapp (3/10) (R)

9.00 Dan Brown’s The Lost

Symbol After being forced

to split up by Mal’akh, Robert

follows the next clue alone,

while Katherine teams up

with Sato to find her father

another way (4/10) (R)

10.00 We’re Here Bob, Eureka and

Shangela work with a

neurodivergent trans man

11.15-12.15am Temple Daniel and

Anna dispose of a corpse,

but a policeman threatens

to expose them (6/7) (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.40pm True Blood Sookie puts

her life on the line for Bill,

and Violet has revenge on

her mind. Meanwhile, Eric

weighs up his options and

Lettie Mae finds closure.

Anna Paquin stars (8/10) (R)

7.45 The Leftovers As Kevin

battles to rid himself of Patti,

he finds he must face an

impossible choice (8/10) (R)

9.00 Dexter: New Blood

Crime drama limited series

set ten years after the

disappearance of the

forensic expert turned killer.

Starring Michael Hall (5/10)

10.05 Landscapers The true story

of an ordinary couple who

find themselves the focus of

a murder inquiry (1/4) (R)

11.10-12.20am The L Word:

Generation Q Dani decides

to examine what has been

holding her back and Sophie

is pushed to question

Finley’s maturity (7/10)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7.00pm Inside the Freemasons

The most powerful of all

Masonic rituals comes

under the spotlight as

cameras continue their look

at what it means to be a

Freemason today (3/5) (R)

8.00 Urban Secrets Alan

Cumming explores the

history of Bristol, beginning

by learning a grisly secret at

the city’s docks, before

meeting Mercury Prize-

winning Roni Size (3/8) (R)

9.00 Micah Richards: Tackling

Racism The former England

star discusses the racism

in British football (R)

10.00 Positive Documentary

telling the story of Britain’s

40-year battle with HIV,

from the first recorded UK

case in 1981 through to the

present (2 & 3/3)

12.00-1.40am City of Queens

London drag artists

tell their stories (R)

7.00pm Modern Family

7.25 Modern Family

7.50 Sex and the City

8.25 Sex and the City

9.00 Work in Progress Abby and

her family wait for news (7/10)

9.35 Work in Progress Abby deals

with self-reflection on racism,

police violence and grief (8/10)

10.15 Curb Your Enthusiasm (7/10)

10.50 The Tonight Show

Starring Jimmy Fallon

11.45-12.45am The Late Late

Show with James Corden

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore Glenn shows

his support for same-sex marriage

7.30 Superstore Olympic fever hits

8.00 Bob’s Burgers Bob creates a

commercial for the Super Bowl

8.30 Bob’s Burgers Mr Frond

speaks to Bob and Linda

9.00 Family Guy Peter ends up in a

coma after a head-banging accident

9.30 Family Guy A mix-up results

in a report that Meg has been killed

10.00 Peckham’s Finest

10.45 Killer Camp (8/8)

11.45-12.10am Family Guy

ITV4

7.00pm The Chase Celebrity

Special Bradley Walsh hosts (7/8)

8.00 Bradley Walsh & Son:

Breaking Dad In Kentucky (3/6)

8.30 Bradley Walsh & Son:

Breaking Dad In Ohio (4/6)

9.00 An Audience with Billy

Connolly The comedian covers

topics including ageing and his

idea for a new national anthem

10.10-12.05am FILM Airplane! (15,

1980) A traumatised war veteran

must land a commercial airliner.

Comedy with Robert Hays

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Martine reveals

what she knows to Felix

7.30 Young Sheldon George Sr

and Georgie go camping

8.00 The Big Bang Theory

Leonard is invited to Switzerland

8.30 The Big Bang Theory Sheldon

doesn’t get to meet Stan Lee

9.00 Young Sheldon Mary,

Meemaw, Brenda go on a night out

9.30 Young Sheldon

Mary seeks June’s advice

10.00 GamesMaster Game show

11.05-12.05am Naked Attraction

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA With guest Brad Sherwood

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

8.00 QI XL With Jo Brand, Clive

Anderson and Jimmy Carr

9.00 Comedians Giving Lectures

With Ellie Taylor and Sophie Duker

9.40 QI With Cal Wilson, Jack

Whitehall and Jimmy Carr

10.20 Would I Lie to You? At

Christmas With Bill Bailey, Ruth

Jones, Jo Brand and Kelly Holmes

11.00 Live at the Apollo

12.00-12.40am Mock the Week

Drama

6.00pm Last of the Summer Wine

Compo is invited to lay a wreath

at Dunkirk for the millennium

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Part

two of two. Compo takes to the air

8.00 The Inspector Lynley

Mysteries A doorkeeper at the

House of Lords is murdered

10.00 New Tricks The team

reopens a 15-year-old strangling

case of a vagrant who was

strangled due to DNA evidence

11.20-12.25am Bad Girls Janine’s

father brings bad news

Yesterday

7.00pm Abandoned Engineering

Disused railway bridges

8.00 Bangers and Cash A rare

1980s Sierra Cosworth draws in a

crowd of admiring Ford fans

9.00 Bangers and Cash Dave

heads to Bolton to pick up a classic

Italian sports car a Lancia Fulvia

10.00 Secrets of the Railways

Taking a look at the Nordland Line

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

Relics from America’s homeland

12.00-1.00am The Architecture

The Railways Built In Bristol

PBS America

6.35pm Beautiful Serengeti (3/12)

7.10 In Search of Medieval Britain

The ancient pilgrim trail from

the east coast to London (3/6)

7.50 Egyptian Tomb Hunting

with Tony Robinson (1/2)

8.50 Secrets of Orkney: Britain’s

Ancient Capital (2/3)

9.55 World War II: The Last Heroes

A recreation of scenes from the

Allies’ arrival at River Rhine (6/6)

11.00 Beautiful Serengeti (3/12)

11.35-12.10am In Search of

Medieval Britain (3/6)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Aerial Britain Views

from above Hadrian’s Wall

8.00 Wolverine: One Tough

Mother Wolverines occupying

woods between Russia and Finland

9.00 My Journey with a Polar Bear

The relationship between a polar

bear and a wildlife film-maker

10.00 Islands of Fire Wildlife on

a chain of volcanic mountains

11.00 Wolverine: One Tough

Mother Wolverines in Russia

12.00-1.00am My Journey with

a Polar Bear Documentary

Sky Arts

7.00pm Landscape Artist of the

Year The semi-final at Queen

Elizabeth Olympic Park (7/9)

8.00 Portrait Artist of the Year

2021 The semi-final (9/12)

9.00 Life & Rhymes With John

Berkavitch, Sarah Callaghan, Kae

Tempest, Adaya Henr and Tom Gill

9.45 Oscar Micheaux: The

Superhero of Black Film-making

The life and work of the pioneer

11.30-12.30am Great Film

Composers: The Music of the

Movies A look at the 1940s (3/12)

Sky Witness

7.00pm Paramedics Following the

work of ambulance crews

8.00 Blue Bloods A video surfaces

of officers taking part in a case of

entrapment and the search is on

for the cop who leaked the video

9.00 Grey’s Anatomy An explosion

ripples through Seattle

10.00 Station 19 The officers try to

make the most of Thanksgiving

following the explosion

11.00 The Rookie (1/14)

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Forged in Fire

Tournament of Champions The

pressure is on for contenders to

make a hot hybrid knife

8.00 Swamp People An

unexpected cold front threatens

Troy and Pickle’s season

9.00 When Big Things Go Wrong

A train crash in Spain (2/6)

10.00 Mountain Men Josh battles

a blizzard and an onslaught of

predators to protect his bison

11.30-12.30am Forged in Fire:

Deadliest Unusual weapons

Alibi

7.00pm Hudson & Rex

Donovan’s ex wakes up with a dead

roommate in her apartment (12/16)

8.00 Death in Paradise The

island’s governor is poisoned (2/8)

9.00 FILM Miss Fisher and the

Crypt of Tears (PG, 2020)

Mystery starring Essie Davis

11.10-12.10am The Good Wife

Discovery

7.00pm Devil’s Canyon

8.00 Bitchin’ Rides Dave designs a

Mustang for the ages to compete

in the Optima Challenge

9.00 Moonshiners Mike surprises

Jerry while making champagne

10.00 Mighty Truckers

11.00 Gold Rush

12.00-1.00am Moonshiners

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends Things are looking up

8.00 Friends Ross embarks on a

long-distance relationship

8.30 Friends Frank has big news

9.00 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains

With Rachel Riley and Ahir Shah

10.00 Frank Skinner: Man in a Suit

11.20-12.20am Live at the Apollo

Gold

6.45pm The Vicar of Dibley

7.40 Gavin & Stacey Christmas

Special A surprise announcement

9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas

Special Agnes yearns for peace

9.40 The Royle Family: Barbara’s

Old Ring Festive episode from 2012

11.00 Miranda Two proposals

11.40-12.20am Mrs Brown’s Boys

W

7.00pm MasterChef USA

8.00 One Born Every Minute

9.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build The

experts adapt the Torquay home

of a man with multiple sclerosis

10.20 Children’s Ward A three-

year-old child has an infection

11.00-12.10am Plastic Surgery

Undressed Live breast surgery

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Disasters Engineered

9.00 The Hot Zone: Anthrax An

attack is made on Capitol Hill (3/6)

10.00 The Hot Zone: Anthrax The

FBI looks at Bruce Ivins’ past (4/6)

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Airport Security:

Peru and Brazil (3/16)

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

SKY 114, VIRGIN 135

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

7.15am Live Big Bash League:

Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney

Sixers Coverage of the T20 match

10.30-2.00pm Live Big Bash

League: Perth Scorchers v

Brisbane Heat The T20 match

6.00 Live Mosconi Cup Pool Day

two of the annual nine-ball pool

tournament at Alexandra Palace

7.30 Live EFL: Milton Keynes Dons

v Plymouth Argyle (Kick-off 7. 4 5).

The League One match

10.15 Sky Sports News

11.00-12.00 Live: NFL Fantasy

Sky Premier League

7.00pm PL World The latest

headlines from the Premier League

7.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

Jimmy Bullard and John

Fendley present the show

8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

With Jamie Carragher

8.30 PL World All the latest

headlines from the Premier League

9.00 PL Review A look back at the

weekend’s Premier League action

10.00 Premier League Icons

A profile of Duncan Ferguson

10.30-12.30am PL Retro

Sky Cricket

7.15am Live Big Bash League:

Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney

Sixers Coverage of the T20 match

at University of Tasmania Stadium

10.30-2.00pm Live Big Bash

League: Perth Scorchers v

Brisbane Heat Coverage of the

T20 match at Optus Stadium

4.00 Big Bash League Hobart

Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers

7.00 Big Bash League Perth

Scorchers v Brisbane Heat

11.00-12.00 Test Cricket India v

New Zealand. The second Test

BT Sport 1

3.00pm-5.00 Live Uefa Youth

League: Manchester United U19 v

Young Boys U19 (Kick-off 3.00).

Coverage of the Group F encounter

from Leigh Sports Village

5.30 Live Uefa Champions League

Action from the Champions League

7.45 Live UCL Goals Show All the

latest goals from the competition

10.15 BT Sport Films

11.30-8.00am Live The Ashes:

Australia v England Coverage

of the second day of the first

Test in the five-match series

BT Sport 2

8.45am-10.45 Live Isuzu UTE

A-League: Melbourne City v Perth

Glory (Kick-off 8.45). Coverage

of the Australian top-flight

encounter from AAMI Park

7.00pm Live Uefa Champions

League Action from the

UEFA Champions League

10.30 Uefa Champions League

Tonight A look at all the key talking

points from tonight’s fixtures

11.30 The Football’s On A look at

the week’s football stories

12.30am-1.00 BT Sport Reload

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

Wednesday 8 | Primetime digital guide

Dexter:

New Blood

Michael C Hall stars as the

crime drama continues

Sky Atlantic, 9pm

FV Freeview FS Freesat

The Plymouth striker Luke

Jephcott is set to start against MK

Dons (Sky Main Event, 7.30pm)