The Times - UK (2021-12-18)

34 saturday review Saturday December 18 2021 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm Top of the Pops:

Christmas 1990 Mark

Goodier and Anthea Turner

host the edition first aired

on Christmas Day, including

a review of the hits that

topped the charts in 1990

8.00 What We Were Watching:

Christmas 1991 Writer and

broadcaster Grace Dent

takes a televisual trip back

in time to Christmas 1991, as

she immerses herself in the

sights, sounds and

television schedules of the

past. See Viewing Guide

9.00 Keeping Up Appearances

Xmas 1991: The Father

Christmas Suit Hyacinth

makes an unenthusiastic

Richard dress as Santa

9.30 Pet Shop Boys in Concert

A show from the pop

duo’s 1991 world tour

10.30 The Ice House

11.05-12.05am James May:

My Sisters’ Top Toys

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Walker is forced

to confront his past when he

undertakes an unofficial

crime investigation,

Helen’s marriage looks

set to be over and David is

lured into a web of deceit

8.00 Lewis Following the

murder of a psychologist

who was moonlighting

as a psychic, Lewis struggles

to unravel the victim’s

baffling double life (1/3)

10.00 Ladies of Letters Vera is

sceptical about Irene’s

new life abroad (3/10)

10.30 Ladies of Letters The

friends step in to raise their

grand-daughters (4/10)

11.00 Hatton Garden Fact-based

drama telling the story of

the burglary of the Hatton

Garden Safe Deposit

Company in April 2015

starring Timothy Spall and

Kenneth Cranham (1/4)

12.00-1.00am The Durrells (5/8)

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château

The temperatures soar as

Dick and Angel face the

busiest period of the year.

Dick comes up with an

ingenious solution to stop

wedding cakes from

melting in the heat (4/7)

7.55 Grand Designs A Royal

Marine who was seriously

injured in Afghanistan

begins a project to build a

specially adapted home

with a cutting-edge design,

on a budget of £250,000

9.00 24 Hours in A&E A rugby

player is scanned for spinal

damage following a collision

during a match, and

describes her struggles

with mental health issues

as she awaits the results

10.00 24 Hours in A&E A teenager

has a life-threatening

bleed on the brain

11.05-12.10am 8 Out of 10 Cats

Does Countdown

Sky Max

7.00pm David Blaine: Real or

Magic? The illusionist

performs mind-boggling

tricks for a host of

celebrities, including

Katy Perry, Will Smith,

Kanye West, Jamie

Foxx, Ricky Gervais and

Stephen Hawking (R)

8.00 Love Not War : A Christmas

Concert Charity concert

fundraising for Choose Love

and War Child, featuring

performances by Bastille

and Ellie Goulding at the

Troxy in London’s East End

10.00 Rob & Romesh vs

Christmas 2021 A festive

special in which Rob Beckett

and Romesh Ranganathan

join the circus to train for a

Christmas performance at

Winter Wonderland (R)

11.00 Chucky Enemies and

allies from Chucky’s

past appear (5/8) (R)

12.00-1.00am Chucky (6/8) (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm Devils Massimo, in an

attempt to stop Dominic in

his tracks, hacks NYL

servers with Subterranea’s

help to give the media proof

of the scandal (9/10) (R)

7.55 Devils Massimo looks to

use the dossier to finally

stop Dominic (10/10) (R)

9.00 Dexter: New Blood

Crime drama limited series

set ten years after the

disappearance of Dexter

Morgan (7/10) (R)

10.05 Game of Thrones The day

of King Joffrey’s wedding

to Margaery Tyrell arrives,

Melisandre oversees a

sacrifice to the Lord of Light

at Dragonstone, and Bran

experiences a series of

visions (2/10) (R)

11.10-12.15am Game of Thrones

Dontos spirits Sansa out

of King’s Landing and

Tywin has an offer for

Oberyn Martell (3/10) (R)

Sky Documentaries

5.15pm FILM Steve McQueen:

The Lost Movie (12, 2021)

Documentary exploring

an unfinished movie

starring Steve McQueen

7.15 Jealous Guy: The

Assassination of John

Lennon An exploration of

the life and career of the

Beatles superstar, with a

look at the strange parallels

between him and his killer

Mark David Chapman (R)

9.00 Liverpool Narcos

Documentary about the

drugs trade in 1980s

Liverpool, which turned

dealing into a billion-pound

business and changed

Britain forever (1/3) (R)

10.00 Music Box Exploring pivotal

moments in music

12.00-2.10am The Crime of the

Century Part one of two.

Documentary focusing on

major pharmaceutical

companies in the USA (R)

ITV2

6.35pm FILM Jurassic World:

Fallen Kingdom (12, 2018)

Action sequel starring Chris Pratt

and Bryce Dallas Howard

9.00 Family Guy Peter tells the

story of Christmas — with a twist

9.30 American Dad!

Stan’s plans for the perfect

Christmas take a terrible turn

10.00 The Stand Up Sketch

Show Christmas Special

10.30 All Star Dance Off

11.00 Family Guy

12.00-12.30am American Dad!

ITV4

6.55pm The Chase Celebrity

Special With Greg Rutherford,

Lesley Joseph, Chris Kamara

and Matthew Wolfenden

8.00 River Monsters Jeremy Wade

searches for a creature described

as half-shark, half-octopus with

a taste for human flesh

9.00 FILM Rocky (12, 1976)

Oscar-winning boxing drama

starring Sylvester Stallone

11.30-1.20am FILM Death Wish

(18, 1974) Vigilante thriller

starring Charles Bronson

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks

A text from Trish makes Tony

worry for his job at The Dog

7.30 12 Dates of Christmas

Chad, Faith and Garrett face an

emotional elimination ceremony

8.30 The Big Bang Theory

Leonard’s mother visits

9.00 Made in Chelsea: Christmas

The gang swaps Chelsea for a

retreat in the Lake District (11/12)

10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox

Critiques of TV shows

11.05-12.10am Gogglebox

Dave

6.40pm Would I Lie to You?

7.20 Would I Lie to You?

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Barcelona Offbeat tourism series

presented by Richard Ayoade

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Istanbul Richard Ayoade and

Adam Hills spend a weekend in

Turkey’s largest city

9.00 Would I Lie to You?

9.40 Would I Lie to You?

10.20 QI XL Quiz show

11.20-2.00am FILM Donnie Brasco

(18, 1997) Gangster drama

Drama

6.00pm Call the Midwife

Patsy and Dr Turner try to trace

the outbreak of a rare disease

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

8.00 Jonathan Creek Part two

of two. Jonathan and Maddy

try to prove their innocence

9.05 New Tricks The team

re-examines the circumstances

surrounding a zookeeper’s death

10.30 Bad Girls New wing

governor Bodybag Hollamby sets

out to make her mark on G Wing

11.35-1.00am Call the Midwife

Yesterday

7.00pm Secrets of Britain

An exploration of British

landmarks, beginning with a look

at the Tower of London (1/6)

8.00 Great British Landmark

Fixers A dedicated team

working hard to restore the

Manchester Town Hall (5/6)

9.00 Hornby: A Model World

The model-making company

opens its doors (1/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering Documentary

PBS America

6.15pm Wyatt Earp The truth

behind the American legend

7.20 Butch Cassidy and the

Sundance Kid Documentary

8.35 Bonnie & Clyde The story

of the most famous criminal

couple in American history

9.50 Gangster’s Gold

Treasure hunters set out to find

the long-lost Gangster’s Gold

buried by Dutch Schultz

11.00-12.15am The Feud The story

behind the conflict between the

Hatfields and the McCoys

Smithsonian

7.00pm An American Aristocrat’s

Guide to Great Estates

Part two of two. Christmas at

Mapperton House in Dorset

8.00 Inside the Christmas Factory:

Mince Pies How traditional

Christmas items are made

9.00 Inside the Christmas Factory

The processes behind the nation’s

favourite festive treats

10.00 Inside the Christmas

Factory With Gregg Wallace

11.00 Aerial Britain

12.00-1.00am Aerial Britain

Sky Arts

7.00pm André Rieu: Welcome to

My World The violinist’s life

8.00 Love Not War: A Christmas

Concert Charity concert

fundraising for Choose Love and

War Child, featuring performances

by Bastille and Ellie Goulding at

the Troxy in London’s East End

10.00 The Directors The life and

work of Oliver Stone (4/10)

11.00-1.40am FILM The Doors

(18, 1991) Biopic of Jim Morrison

starring Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan,

Kevin Dillon and Kyle MacLachlan

Sky Witness

7.00pm Paramedics

Documentary following the daily

work of ambulance crews

8.00 9-1-1 A stream of bizarre

calls keeps the team busy,

including a man who has taped

himself to a billboard

9.00 Criminal Minds A string of

murders occurs in supposedly

haunted houses (14/15)

10.00 The Equalizer (3/10)

11.00 The Rookie (9/14)

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Al Murray: Why Do the

Brits Win Every War? The truth

behind battles from the Wars of

Scottish Independence (6/6)

8.00 Storage Wars Ivy and his

son leave Moreno Valley with

yo-yos of an unexpected kind

8.30 Storage Wars

9.00 American Pickers

10.00 Lost Relic Hunters (3/5)

11.00 River Hunters

A bid to find evidence of Viking

life in Yorkshire (2/6)

12.00-2.00am Missing 411

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise

A prisoner is stabbed to death

while handcuffed to Richard (5/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise

Dwayne and Fidel are left to solve

the murder of a diver, (6/8)

9.00 Ragdoll (5/6)

10.00 Smother (5/6)

11.10-12.10am The Good Wife

Discovery

7.00pm Railroad Alaska A salvage

team is stranded in the wilderness

8.00 Bitchin’ Rides Dave convinces

the client to make the 1967 C10

truck into a convertible

9.00 Bitchin’ Rides

10.00 Street Outlaws: Memphis

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-1.00am Bitchin’ Rides

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

9.00 Michael McIntyre’s

Showtime Stand-up comedy

10.00 Lee Evans: Big: Live at the

O2 A London performance

11.00 Jason Manford: First World

Problems Stand-up performance

12.00-1.00am Rhod Gilbert’s

Growing Pains With Zoe Lyons

Gold

5.25pm Only Fools and Horses

7.05 Blackadder

8.00 Trust Morecambe & Wise

9.00 Gavin & Stacey The Shipmans

spend Christmas with the Wests

10.25 Not Going Out

11.00 The Office

12.00-12.40am Mrs Brown’s

Boys Christmas Special

W

7.00pm My Family Christmas

Special 2004 Festive edition

8.05 Simply Nigella: Christmas

Special Festive cooking

9.05 Killer Women with Piers

Morgan Documentary

10.05-12.05am FILM Louis

Theroux: My Scientology Movie

(15, 2015) Documentary

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation

9.00 Air Crash Investigation

Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509’s

accident near Stansted in 1999

10.00 Disasters Engineered (4/10)

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Airport Security:

First Class Documentary

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

7.45am Live Big Bash League:

Perth Scorchers v Hobart

Hurricanes From Optus Stadium

12.15-3.30pm Live Test Cricket

7.30 Live EFL: Fulham v Sheffield

United (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

10.00 Live World Darts

Championship Coverage of day six

at Alexandra Palace in London,

featuring three first-round matches

and one second-round match

11.00 Fight Night International

12.00 Live: Total Access

1.00am-4.30 Live NFL

Sky Premier League

7.00pm PL Review

8.00 WSL Highlights of Arsenal v

Brighton and Hove Albion

8.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

With guest Phil Neville

9.00 PL Review A look back at the

weekend’s action in the Premier

League, featuring all of the goals,

news and major talking points

from around the top flight

10.00 Class of ’92: Full Time

11.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

11.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

12.00-1.00am PL Review

Sky Cricket

7.30am-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Coverage

of day four of the first Test

in the three-match series

7.00 Test Cricket South Africa v

India. Action from day four of

the First Test in the three-match

series, from Wanderers

Stadium in Johannesburg

8.00 Big Bash League Perth

Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes

12.00 One-Day International

Cricket Pakistan v West Indies

1.00am-2.00 Test Cricket

BT Sport 1

6.00pm Live PSA Squash

PSA Squash action from the

Black Ball Men’s Open finals

7.30 Packer: The Man Who

Changed Cricket Documentary

9.00 The Cricket’s On

10.00 The Run-In

11.00 WWE Raw Highlights

12.00 WWE SmackDown

Highlights Wrestling action

1.00am-4.15 Live: WWE Monday

Night Raw Watch your favourite

WWE Superstars face-off inside the

ring on WWE Monday Night Raw

BT Sport 2

7.15pm Uefa Champions League

Magazine A round-up of all the

action from the UEFA Champions

League group stages

8.15 What I Wore With former

England, Tottenham and

Lazio star Paul Gascoigne

8.30 The Outdoor Sports Show

9.00 Fishing: On The Bank

10.00 BT Sport Goals Reload

10.30 Heineken Champions

Cup Highlights Round two

11.30 The Ashes

1.00am-3.00 Badminton

Sky Comedy

7.00pm The Fresh Prince of

Bel-Air Vivian and Philip decide

to renew their wedding vows

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 Curb Your Enthusiasm

Comedy starring Larry David (9/10)

9.35 In the Long Run Christmas

Special Festive edition

10.00 The Late Late Show

Christmas Special Chat show

11.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm (9/10)

11.40-12.40am And Just Like That

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 20 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Ro cky

Sylvester Stallone stars as

the fighter Rocky Balboa

in the 1976 boxing drama

ITV4, 9pm

The Indian fast bowler

Mohammed Siraj faces South

Africa (Sky Cricket, 7.30am)