The Times - UK (2021-12-18)

62 saturday review Saturday December 18 2021 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm BBC Proms Another

chance to see the concert

by the BBC Concert

Orchestra celebrating the

80th birthday of composer

Stephen Sondheim.

See Viewing Guide

9.05 Sondheim at the BBC

A selection of Stephen

Sondheim’s finest songs

performed on the BBC,

featuring performances

from Shirley Bassey, Sammy

Davis Jr and Liza Minnelli.

See Viewing Guide

10.05 Sunday in the Park with

Stephen: Omnibus

Cameras follow Stephen

Sondheim’s tutorials at

Oxford University in 1990

10.55 Face to Face with Stephen

Sondheim Jeremy Isaacs

talks to the composer

11.35-12.35am Life of a Mountain:

A Year on Scafell Pike

England’s highest peak

through the seasons

ITV3

6.30pm FILM Carry On Abroad

(PG, 1972) British holiday-

makers arrive in the Spanish

resort of Elsbels to find an

understaffed, half-built hotel

and dire entertainment.

Comedy starring Sid James

8.15 FILM Carry On at Your

Convenience (PG, 1971)

An over-eager trade union

representative calls a strike

at a toilet factory, but

worker unrest is quelled

by a trip to the seaside.

Comedy starring Sid James

and Kenneth Williams

10.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot

A businessman on board

the Orient Express asks

fellow passenger Poirot for

protection, but is later found

dead. Hugh Bonneville and

David Morrissey guest star

12.00-2.00am Victoria Christmas

Special The queen and

Prince Albert have different

expectations for Christmas

More 4

6.40pm FILM The Second Best

Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG,

2015) Retirement home

owner Sonny sets out to

expand his empire, but must

impress an investor’s hotel

inspector to do so. Comedy

drama sequel with Dev Patel

9.00 24 Hours in A&E

Seventy-year-old Jenny is

brought in with a suspected

stroke, and doctors must

confirm the diagnosis and

decide whether she is still

in time to receive life-

changing treatment

10.00 24 Hours in A&E Memorable

moments from the show,

including a motorcyclist

thrown under a car

11.05-1.15am FILM American Made

(15, 2017) A pilot is recruited

to act as a courier for the

CIA in the 1980s, while

also trafficking cocaine.

Fact-based comedy

drama starring Tom Cruise

Sky Max

7.00pm Agatha Raisin: Kissing

Christmas Goodbye Agatha

tries to plan the perfect

Christmas, but there’s a

poisoning in the village

and it is down to her to

solve it. Mystery starring

Ashley Jensen (1/4) (R)

9.00 Dynamo: Beyond Belief

Documentary following

the magician on tour around

the globe as well as charting

his road to recovery

from a career-threatening

illness brought on by

Crohn’s disease (1/3) (R)

10.00 Dynamo: Beyond Belief

The magician faces

difficulties as his medication

starts to take hold (2/3) (R)

11.00 Dynamo: Beyond Belief

The magician tests out

a new medicine (3/3) (R)

12.00-12.55am David Blaine:

Beyond Magic The

illusionist entertains a

host of celebrities (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.45pm Dexter: New Blood The

serial killer struggles to

outrun his history of

violence (6/10) (R)

7.50 Dexter: New Blood

Crime drama limited series

starring Michael C Hall and

Julia Jones (7/10) (R)

9.00 Dexter: New Blood Series

set ten years after the

disappearance of the

forensic expert turned killer,

Dexter Morgan (8/10) (R)

10.05 Game of Thrones An old foe

returns to the great game,

and Arya faces a difficult

choice. Meanwhile, Gilly

meets Sam’s family, and

Jaime faces off with the

High Sparrow (6/10) (R)

11.10-12.20am Game of Thrones

The High Sparrow eyes

another target, Jaime

confronts a hero, and

Olenna Tyrell plans to leave

King’s Landing. Meanwhile,

Arya makes a plan (7/10) (R)

Sky Documentaries

5.00pm FILM Gascoigne (15, 2015)

Documentary about Paul

Gascoigne, featuring an

extensive interview with the

former footballing superstar

and footage of his greatest

moments on the pitch

6.50 Val Profile of Val Kilmer,

star of Top Gun, The Doors

and Batman Forever (R)

9.00 Mr Dynamite: The Rise

of James Brown The

career of the singer,

musician and producer,

charting his journey from

his first hit Please, Please,

Please in 1956 through his

pioneering funk phase to

later chart success (R)

11.20-1.20am Wework: How to

Lose $30b in Two Weeks

The rise and fall of one

of the biggest corporate

flameouts and venture

capitalist bubbles in recent

years, and the company

culture that contributed (R)

ITV2

6.15pm FILM Wonder Woman

(12, 2017) An Amazon princess

leaves her isolated island during

the First World War, aiming to bring

the conflict to an end. Fantasy

adventure starring Gal Gadot

9.00 FILM Bridesmaids (15, 2011) A

disorganised woman takes charge

of her best friend’s bridal party.

Comedy starring Kristen Wiig

11.30 Family Guy Peter gets jealous

when Lois upstages him at a

Red Sox fantasy baseball camp

12.00-12.30am Family Guy

ITV4

6.50pm FILM Ghostbusters (12,

1984) Three eccentric scientists

set up a ghost-catching business

together and end up having to

save the world. Supernatural

comedy starring Bill Murray

9.00 FILM Die Hard (18, 1988)

A cop battles armed men who

have taken over a Los Angeles

skyscraper. Action thriller starring

Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman

11.35-1.40am FILM Rocky III (PG,

1982) Boxing drama starring

Sylvester Stallone and Mr T

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Celeste

and Martine are tricked into

attending family lunch at The Dog

7.30 Junior Bake Off The 2021

edition of the culinary competition

9.00 Made in Chelsea: Christmas

Inga fills Liv in on Sam Prince’s

betrayal in the Lake District.

Last in the series (12/12)

10.00-12.05am FILM The Festival

(15, 2018) A graduate gets dumped

by his girlfriend and goes to

a music festival to get over it.

Comedy starring Joe Thomas

Dave

6.40pm Would I Lie to You?

7.20 Would I Lie to You?

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Seville With Rob Delaney

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Venice Jo Brand joins Richard

Ayoade to sample the Italian city

9.00 QI XL With Victoria Coren

Mitchell and Jack Whitehall

10.00 QI XL With Nish Kumar,

Holly Walsh and Cariad Lloyd

11.00 Red Dwarf The crew lands on

a planet where crime is impossible

11.40-12.20am Red Dwarf

Drama

6.00pm North and South

Margaret moves away from Milton

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Compo tells a lie about Foggy

8.00 Jonathan Creek Christmas

special from 2001 starring Alan

Davies and Julia Sawalha

10.40 New Tricks The body of a

missing computer expert turns up

in a morgue under a false name

11.40-1.00am Monarch of the Glen

As the family prepares for

Cameron’s christening, Golly is

pleased to welcome Duncan back

Yesterday

7.00pm Secrets of the Transport

Museum A Delage V12 is driven

by a modern-day legend (2/10)

8.00 Great British Landmark

Fixers Examining the work to

upgrade London’s Victorian sewer

system. Last in the series (6/6)

9.00 Hornby: A Model World

Creating a new model of the

British jet the Vampire (8/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (7/10)

11.00 Bangers and Cash (8/10)

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering A gulag in Albania

PBS America

6.05pm The Civil War Examining

Lincoln’s assassination (9/9)

7.35 Yellowstone Wolves:

The Renewal of Nature

Documentary following the largest

wolf pack in the national park

8.50 Yosemite The effects of

climate change on the park

9.55 Super Hummingbirds

Documentary using high-speed

cameras to reveal the birds’ habits

11.00-12.05am The Unshakeable

Hagia Sophia Exploring the

history of the building in Istanbul

Smithsonian

7.00pm Sacred Sites The role of

women in the ancient world

8.00 Sacred Sites Catastrophes

that have destroyed numerous

cultures from the past

9.00 Secrets of the Celtic Grave

Relics that up-end the known

story of Britain’s Roman period

10.00 Inside the Factory The

production of frozen pizzas

11.00 Angkor: Land of the Gods

The epic story of Angkor Wat

12.00-1.00am Angkor: Land of the

Gods The rise of Jayavarman VII

Sky Arts

7.00pm Cameron Mackintosh:

The First 50 Years A profile of the

theatre impresario, with archive

footage providing a glimpse into

the life the producer famous for

Les Misérables, Phantom of the

Opera, Cats and many more

9.00 Andre Rieu: Welcome to

My World Featuring a Christmas

concert from Maastricht (3/5)

10.00-1.00am Miss Saigon:

25th Anniversary Performance

A 2016 staging of the musical at

London’s Prince Edward Theatre

Sky Witness

7.00pm Border Patrol

7.30 Border Patrol

8.00 9-1-1 The team finds a familiar

face involved in a hit-and-run

9.00 Criminal Minds The BAU

investigate an unknown subject

that resembles a chilling figure

known as The Chameleon (1/10)

10.00 The Equalizer (4/10)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit The squad tries to solve

an assault in Central Park

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Secrets in the Ice The

mummified remains of three Inca

children found in the Andes (6/6)

8.00 Storage Wars Kenny tries to

reclaim the title of King of Whittier,

but hits a snag along the way

8.30 Storage Wars Jarrod’s locker

doesn’t offer him any protection

9.00 American Pickers Mike

and Jersey Jon visit Connecticut

10.00 Lost Relic Hunters (4/5)

11.00 Lost Relic Hunters (5/5)

12.00-2.00am Missing 411: The

Hunted Haunting true stories

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise (2/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise (3/8)

9.00 Clarice New series. Special

Agent Clarice Starling is called on

to investigate a series of murders

with an elite FBI Unit (1/13)

10.00 Ragdoll (1/6)

11.00 The Good Wife

12.00-1.00am Death in Paradise

Discovery

7.00pm Railroad Alaska

An ice storm threatens to derail

a scheduled freight train

8.00 Bitchin’ Rides Dave and Kev

select the top 10 builders at a show

9.00 Bitchin’ Rides The crew work

to get the Corvettes finished

10.00 Street Outlaws: Memphis

12.00-1.00am Bitchin’ Rides

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends Last-ever episode

9.00 FILM Mission: Impossible:

Ghost Protocol (12, 2011) Action

adventure sequel starring Tom

Cruise and Jeremy Renner

11.20-12.20am Michael McIntyre:

Hello Wembley! From 2009

Gold

7.10pm Only Fools and Horses

7.50 Only Fools and Horses

Christmas Special

8.30 Only Fools and Horses

9.10 The Cockfields

9.50 The Cockfields

10.30 The Cockfields

11.10-12.15am The Cockfields

Christmas Special

W

7.00pm Gavin & Stacey Nessa

goes into labour a month early

7.35 Gavin & Stacey Christmas

Special The couple make a

surprise announcement

9.00 FILM Spider-Man 3 (12, 2007)

Superhero sequel starring Tobey

Maguire and Kirsten Dunst

12.00-12.35am Gavin & Stacey

7.00pm Ocean Wreck

Investigation Two warships

that sank north of Scotland

8.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation

9.00 Air Crash Investigation

10.00 Disasters Engineered (8/10)

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Airport Security:

First Class A trafficker helps agents

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

7.00am Live Big Bash League

12.00 Live EFL: Doncaster Rovers

v Sunderland (Kick-off 12.30)

2.45pm Live EFL: Derby County v

West Bromwich Albion (Kick-off

3.00). Coverage from Pride Park

5.15 Live EFL: Queens Park

Rangers v Bournemouth

7.30 Live MNF: Newcastle United v

Manchester United (Kick-off 8.00)

11.00 Live: NFL Fantasy

12.00 Live: Total Access

1.00am-4.30 Live NFL: New

Orleans Saints v Miami Dolphins

Sky Premier League

5.00pm PL Highlights

5.30 PL Review

6.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

7.00 Live MNF: Newcastle United v

Manchester United (Kick-off 8.00).

Coverage of the Premier League

match at St James’ Park

11.00 Class of ‘92: Full Time

The fortunes of Salford City

12.00 MNF

1.45am PL Greatest Games

2.00 PL Legends

3.00 PL Greatest Games

4.00-5.00 PL Best Goals 09/10

Sky Cricket

7.30-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Day two of the

second Test in the three-match

series, at at Wanderers Stadium

7.00 Test Cricket South Africa v

India. Action from day two of the

second Test at Wanderers Stadium

8.00 Big Bash League Brisbane

Heat v Melbourne Stars. Action

from the T20 match at The Gabba

11.30 Test Cricket

12.30am The Fletcher Years (2/4)

1.00 Test Cricket

2.00-3.00 Best ofICC WT20

BT Sport 1

2.00pm Live: Women Premier 15s:

Harlequins Women v Wasps Ladies

4.15 Live Premiership Rugby

Union: Harlequins v Northampton

Saints (Kick-off 5.00). Coverage

from Twickenham Stadium

7.15 Inside Sailing

7.45 What I Wore: Jamie Vardy

8.00 Vanarama National League

9.30 The Ashes

11.00-7.30am The Ashes Live:

Australia v England Coverage

of the third day of the third Test

at Melbourne Cricket Ground

BT Sport 2

7.45am-9.45 Live: A-League

Women: Wellington Phoenix

Women v Newcastle Jets Women

11.00 Live: Ultimate Pool

Professional Cup Day one

5.00pm PSA Squash Highlights

7.00 Live: Ultimate Pool

Professional Cup Day one

10.00 The Run-In

11.00 WWE Raw Highlights

12.00 WWE SmackDown

Highlights The latest action

1.00am-4.15 Live: WWE Monday

Night Raw Wrestling action

Sky Comedy

7.00pm Code 404 (3/6)

7.30 Code 404 Carver and

Major foil a bomb plot (4/6)

8.00 Code 404 Major’s mood

swings make HQ nervous (5/6)

8.30 Code 404 Major tries to

clear his father’s name (6/6)

9.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm

Comedy starring Larry David.

Last in the series (10/10)

9.50 Larry David: Curb Your

Enthusiasm Spoof documentary

11.10 Curb Your Enthusiasm (10/10)

12.00-1.00am 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 27 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Wo n d e r Wo m a n

Gal Gadot stars as the

superhero in the 2017

DC Comics movie

ITV2, 6.15pm

Australia’s Cameron Green

should feature against England

in the Ashes (BT Sport 1, 11pm)