The Times - UK - 04.12.2021

46 saturday review Saturday December 4 2021 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm The Joy of Painting:

Winter Specials Bob Ross

paints a scene depicting a

birch forest

7.30 Christmas University

Challenge Famous

graduates of Nottingham

and Sheffield compete (4/10)

8.00 Sound of Musicals with

Neil Brand The presenter

explores how a new

generation of composers

transformed musical theatre

by embracing more gritty,

challenging subjects (2/3)

9.00 FILM The Manchurian

Candidate (15, 1962)

A war veteran returns to

America, unaware he has

been brainwashed into

becoming a killing machine.

Thriller starring Frank

Sinatra. See Film Choice

11.00-12.30am Seth MacFarlane

Sings Sinatra at the Proms

A celebration of Frank

Sinatra’s music in 2015

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat A girl goes

missing, prompting the

police to begin a desperate

search — but Crane and

Bellamy find themselves

in a perilous situation

8.00 Vera The detective

investigates when a body

is found on the moors, and

discovers the victim was a

controversial figure who

had a very complicated

relationship with her family

10.00-12.20am The Ruth Rendell

Mysteries An accountant

has a big win on the lottery

and thinks all his problems

are over, but it is not long

before his change of fortune

throws his life into more

turmoil than he could ever

have imagined. Having

fallen for the woman of

his dreams, the millionaire

finds himself at the centre

of a ménage à trois that

ends in tragedy (7/7)

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château

Dick and Angel look ahead

to wedding season, and Dick

also converts a barn into a

flat for Angel’s parents (3/3)

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin

McCloud follows a software

executive and a garden

designer who are planning

to build a house on the

Thames, which would be the

first of its kind in the UK

9.00 The Good Fight Despite

the tension between them,

Liz and Diane represent a

family suing the Chicago

police for violence against

their daughter (7/10)

10.10 24 Hours in A&E Cameras

follow a 56-year-old who is

brought to St George’s after

falling from a ladder (4/8)

11.15-12.20am 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 A horrifying

discovery leaves Nick

stunned and makes him

determined to get revenge.

Meanwhile, Diana meets her

grandfather, and Renard

tries to apportion blame (R)

8.00 A League of Their Own

With guests Ashley Cole,

Nish Kumar, Jo Brand and

Catherine Bohart (4/10) (R)

9.00 Premier League’s Greatest

Moments From 11-goal

thrillers to embarrassing

misses, Jamie Carragher

reveals some of his greatest

Premier League moments.

Interviews with José

Mourinho, Harry Redknapp

and Jermain Defoe (1/2) (R)

11.00 The Russell Howard Hour

Topical comedy and

entertainment show

12.00-1.00am Temple Daniel is

horrified to learn Eve has

been arrested for murder.

Last in the series

Sky Atlantic

6.45pm True Blood In the

penultimate episode of the

supernatural drama, Hoyt is

reminded of his past, while

Bill pushes Sookie away and

Eric has a dilemma (9/10) (R)

7.55 The Leftovers Meg suffers

a personal loss and heads

out on a pilgrimage to

Miracle, which offers clues

as to why she embarked

on her current path, while

Tom decides to retreat to a

remote compound (9/10) (R)

9.00 Yellowjackets The

Yellowjackets debate the

merits of staying put or

looking for shelter (3/10)

10.05 Yellowjackets The girls play

with guns to determine who

is the most responsible.

Plus, Natalie untangles a

lifetime of piecing together

broken men (4/10)

11.10-12.20am Succession

The multi-award-winning

drama continues (8/9) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7.00pm Inside the Freemasons

Members reveal why they

joined the brotherhood,

while the Bedford lodge

hosts its annual ladies’ night

and a new branch opens

in south Wales (4/5) (R)

8.00 Urban Secrets Alan

Cumming visits Liverpool,

cutting through clichés

about football and the

Beatles to explore its

less-celebrated treasures.

Among his destinations

are a 1930s building that

has been unaltered since

closing in 2007 (4/8) (R)

9.00 Adrienne Documentary.

See Viewing Guide

11.00-1.00am Michael X: Hustler,

Revolutionary, Outlaw

This is the story of the rise

and fall of the black rights

activist Michael de Freitas,

known as Michael X and

once heralded as the UK’s

answer to Malcolm X (R)

6.55pm Modern Family

7.20 Sex and the City Carrie

decides to leave New York

8.00 Sex and the City Carrie has

dinner with Aleksandr’s ex-wife

9.00 And Just Like That Sex and

the City revival catching up with

the lives of Carrie, Charlotte and

Miranda. See Viewing Guide (1/10)

10.00 And Just Like That

Sex and the City revival (2/10)

11.00 Insecure (7/10)

11.35-12.25am The Tonight

Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore (9/11)

7.30 Superstore (10/11)

8.00 Bob’s Burgers Tina is the

centre of attention at a bat mitzvah

8.30 Bob’s Burgers Bob and Linda

ask Teddy to babysit the kids

9.00 Family Guy The Griffins are

stuck in a hotel during a storm

9.30 Family Guy Principal

Shephard loses his job

10.00 Family Guy

10.30 Family Guy

11.00 Family Guy

11.30-12.30am American Dad!

ITV4

7.00pm The Chase Celebrity

Special Russell Kane, Leonie Elliott,

Kevin Clifton and Bonnie Langford

compete in the quiz series

8.00 Bradley Walsh & Son:

Breaking Dad Niagara Falls (5/6)

8.30 Bradley Walsh & Son:

Breaking Dad New Hampshire (6/6)

9.00 FILM Total Recall (15, 1990)

A construction worker travels to

Mars in an effort to uncover

his true identity. Sci-fi thriller

starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

11.20-12.25am Against the Odds

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Felix makes a

shock revelation to Nate about Lisa

7.30 Young Sheldon Georgie and

Sheldon go mining for platinum

8.00 The Big Bang Theory

The friends fight over a ring

8.30 The Big Bang Theory

Leonard’s mother arrives

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox

Appraisals of shows including

Planet Earth II and EastEnders (5/7)

10.00 Gogglebox Critiques of

Peaky Blinders and World Chase Tag

11.05-12.10am Naked Attraction

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA With Keegan-Michael Key

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

With Heather Anne Campbell

8.00 Richard Osman’s House of

Games With Shappi Khorsandi

8.40 Would I Lie to You?

9.20 QI With Shappi Khorsandi,

Ross Noble and Johnny Vegas

10.00 The Misadventures

of Romesh Ranganathan

11.00 Mock the Week

11.40-12.40am Have I Got

a Bit More News for You

Drama

6.00pm Last of the Summer Wine

Christmas special from 1997.

Compo and Clegg go to a stag

night and meet an old school mate

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Foggy devotes his life to first aid

8.00 The Inspector Lynley

Mysteries A body is found frozen

on a Smithfield Market meat truck

10.00 New Tricks DNA tests on

an body found in 1996 reveal the

victim to be a police interpreter

11.20-12.25am Bad Girls Natalie

vows to take revenge on Pat

Yesterday

7.00pm Abandoned Engineering

Exploring ship graveyards,

including Scapa Flow in Orkney

8.00 Hornby: A Model World

The model-making company

opens its doors to cameras (1/10)

9.00 Secrets of the Transport

Museum A 100-year-old push bike

gets a wooden wheel built (9/10)

10.00 Great British Landmark

Fixers A specialist team is required

to undertake urgent repairs on the

historic Royal Albert Hall (3/6)

11.00-12.20am Porridge

PBS America

6.35pm Beautiful Serengeti (4/12)

7.10 In Search of Medieval Britain

The foundations of politics (4/6)

7.50 Egyptian Tomb Hunting with

Tony Robinson The presenter

goes on a trip across Egypt (2/2)

8.50 Secrets of Orkney: Britain’s

Ancient Capital The archaeologists

uncover a remarkable find (3/3)

9.55 Mutant Weather The various

causes for air pollution (9/10)

11.00 Beautiful Serengeti (4/12)

11.35-12.10am In Search

of Medieval Britain (4/6)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Wonders of Burma

The golden pagodas and ancient

buildings of Myanmar (2/2)

8.00 Inside the Factory The

production of frozen potato waffles

9.00 Air Warriors The world’s most

versatile and powerful helicopters

10.00 Air Warriors The support

offered to troops by the British

Harrier jump jet and gunships

11.00 Ultimate Warships Air

support is provided to American

combat troops fighting Isis in Iraq

12.00-1.00am Air Warriors

Sky Arts

7.00pm Portrait Artist of the Year

2021 Nick Mason is the sitter

for the semi-final (9/12)

8.00 Discovering: Samuel L

Jackson A profile of the actor

9.00 Touching the Void David

Greig’s stage adaptation of Joe

Simpson’s memoir depicting his

struggle for survival after an

attempt on a Peruvian mountain

went wrong. Contains strong

language.See Viewing Guide

11.05-12.20am Emily Mortimer:

Off Camera An interview

Sky Witness

7.00pm Paramedics Following the

daily work of ambulance crews

8.00 Blue Bloods Erin helps

Anthony protect his family from

a dangerous psychiatric patient

9.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit Benson and Stabler look into

a case of alleged child abuse

10.00 Blue Bloods Frank faces a

battle with the government over

police brutality protests (1/16)

11.00 The Rookie (2/14)

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Forged in Fire

Tournament of Champions

The bladesmiths fashion

a musketeer’s rapier

8.00 Pawn Stars The Pawn Stars

check out a pair of vintage t-shirts

9.00 Forged in Fire The final two

contenders have to recreate the

Spanish Conquistador sword

10.00 Man vs History Bil Lepp

separates fact from fiction

surrounding the Bowie knife (6/8)

11.00 Salvage Kings (9/10)

12.00-1.00am Barbarians (2/4)

Alibi

7.00pm Hudson & Rex (13/16)

8.00 Death in Paradise (3/8)

9.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway:

Private Investigators (4/10)

10.00 Ragdoll A discovery at a

block of flats sets the team on

the trail of the Ragdoll Killer (1/6)

11.00 The Good Wife

12.00-1.00am Evil (10/13)

Discovery

7.00pm Devil’s Canyon

8.00 Bitchin’ Rides

9.00 Naked and Afraid A former

male cheerleader and a cowgirl

take on the South African bush

10.00 Naked and Afraid Taking on

Florida’s brutal black water swamp

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-1.00am Naked and Afraid

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends Four editions

9.00 Live at the Apollo With

Joan Rivers and Patrick Kielty

10.00 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing

Pains With guests Rachel Riley,

Ahir Shah and Iain Stirling

11.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

12.00-1.00am Michael McIntyre’s

Very Christmassy Christmas Show

Gold

6.40pm Only Fools and Horses

7.50 The Vicar of Dibley

9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys

9.40 Christmas with the Royle

Family Festive episode from 1999

10.40 The Royle Family at

Christmas The Royles have guests

11.20 Miranda The last episode

12.00-12.40am Mrs Brown’s Boys

W

7.00pm MasterChef USA

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

9.00 Simply Nigella: Christmas

Special Festive cooking tips

10.00 Emma and AJ Get to Work

11.00 Killer Women with Piers

Morgan Meeting Sheila Davalloo

12.00-1.00am One Born Every

Minute A teen goes into labour

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Wicked Tuna: North v South

9.00 Ice Road Rescue Thord’s top

team try to rescue two trucks

10.00 Alaska: The Next

Generation (4/8)

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Airport Security:

Peru and Brazil (4/16)

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

8.00am Live Big Bash League:

Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne

Renegades Coverage of the T20

match at Adelaide Oval

11.30-3.00pm Live DP World Tour

Golf: The Alfred Dunhill

Championship Day one

7.00 Live Mosconi Cup Pool Day

three of the annual nine-ball pool

tournament at Alexandra Palace

10.30 Sky Sports News

12.30am-4.30 Live NFL: Minnesota

Vikings v Pittsburgh Steelers

(Kick-off 1.20). At US Bank Stadium

Sky Premier League

7.00pm Premier League

Matchpack A preview of

the weekend’s fixtures

7.30 PL World Recent action

8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

With Matt Le Tissier

8.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

With Sol Campbell

9.00 Premier League Matchpack

A preview of the weekend’s

fixtures, with key stats and insight

9.30 PL World Recent action

10.00 Premier League Icons

10.30-12.30am PL Retro

Sky Cricket

8.00am-11.30 Live Big Bash

League: Adelaide Strikers v

Melbourne Renegades Coverage

of the T20 match at Adelaide Oval

6.00pm Big Bash League Adelaide

Strikers v Melbourne Renegades

9.30 Meet The Winfield-Hills

9.45 My Icon: Ebony Rainford-

Brent The star discusses the

individuals that have inspired her

10.00 The Fletcher Years

Two episodes

11.00 Cricket in Mumbai

12.00-4.00am Big Bash League

BT Sport 1

5.15pm Live UEFA Europa League

All the action from the

UEFA Europa League

8.00 Live UEFA Europa League

Coverage of a UEFA

Europa League match

10.00 WWE NXT Highlights

Action from the latest

episode of WWE NXT

11.00 Premier League Match Pack

11.30-8.00am Live The Ashes:

Australia v England The third day

of the first Test in the five-match

series at Brisbane Cricket Ground

BT Sport 2

5.15pm Live UEFA Europa

Conference League All the

action from a UEFA Europa

Conference League fixture

7.45 Live UEFA Europa League

Coverage of a UEFA

Europa League match

10.30-12.00 UEFA Europa League

Highlights Goals and talking points

2.00 Live Women’s T20 Super

Smash: Canterbury Magicians v

Central Hinds From Hagley Oval

5.30-9.00 Live T20 Super Smash:

Canterbury Kings v Central Stags

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

Thursday 9 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Total Recall

Arnold Schwarzenegger

stars in Paul Verhoeven’s

1990 sci-fi thriller

ITV4, 9pm

Danny Willett is set to tee off at

the Alfred Dunhill Championship

(Sky Main Event, 11.30am)