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Tuesday 28 | Primetime digital guide

BBC4 ITV3

6.15pm FILM Carry On Camping

(PG, 1969) Two men

hatch a plan to lure their

unsuspecting girlfriends

to a nudist camp and

introduce them to a life

of wild abandon. Bawdy

comedy starring Sid James

and Bernard Bresslaw

8.00 Midsomer Murders A fatal

explosion at a haulage yard

proves a difficult case for

Barnaby, whose suspects

include several Territorial

Army soldiers, a ruthless

businessman and a

grieving mother

10.00 An Audience with Jimmy

Tarbuck The Liverpudlian

comic performs before a

host of showbiz celebrities

including Cilla Black, Bruce

Forsyth, Billy Connolly

and Michael Parkinson

11.05-1.10am FILM A Is for Acid (15,

2002) Fact-based drama

starring Martin Clunes

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château:

Restoring the Dream New

series. The transformation

of the Strawbridges’

chateau, beginning with a

look at how Dick overcame

the enormous technical and

engineering challenges

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin

McCloud meets a master

craftsman who plans to

build a castle in rural Devon

made of mud, forming

the huge property out of

two curved roundhouses

connected by glazing

9.00 Sarah Millican: Outsider

Footage recorded at

the Brighton Dome

10.00 Sarah Millican: Control

Enthusiast A stand-up

performance by the

comedian, including topics

such as road rage and IBS

11.05-12.10am Sean Lock: Keep

It Light The stand-up star

captured live on stage

Sky Max

7.00pm A League of Their Own All

the best pranks, jokes and

outtakes that were never

meant for the air, courtesy

of Romesh Ranganathan,

Jamie Redknapp and

Freddie Flintoff (10/10) (R)

8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Country

Music Rob Beckett and

Romesh Ranganathan

meet Shania Twain as

they investigate the world

of country music, taking

to the stage in Nashville

to perform a song they

have written (5/6) (R)

9.00 FILM The Sweeney (15,

2012) An insubordinate

detective and his loyal

partner must crack a

robbery case while under

investigation from their

superiors. Crime thriller

starring Ray Winstone

11.05-12.20am We’re Here Bob,

Eureka and Shangela visit

Evansville, Indiana (5/8) (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.35pm The Nevers After Amalia’s

origin story is revealed,

a long-awaited reunion

cements the Orphans’

mission as the supernatural

Victorian adventure

concludes (6/6) (R)

7.50 Game of Thrones

As Jaime weighs up his

options, Cersei answers

a request, and Tyrion’s

plans bear fruit (8/10) (R)

9.00 Landscapers Susan and

Christopher each take the

stand for a final chance

to prove their version of

events from that fatal night

in the Wycherley home.

Last in the series (4/4)

10.00 Game of Thrones As the

Starks prepare to fight,

Davos loses something

dear, while Daenerys

faces a choice (9/10) (R)

11.15-12.30am Game of Thrones

Winter arrives, and Cersei

awaits judgement (10/10) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

6.00pm Terry Venables: A Man

Can Dream A look at

the life and times of the

former football manager,

intertwined with the story

of England’s unforgettable

run at Euro 96, with insight

from players and friends (R)

8.00 JFK: Destiny Betrayed

Oliver Stone’s four-part

documentary exploring

the Kennedy assassination,

and questioning the

actions of the President’s

political enemies. (1/4)

See Viewing Guide (R)

9.00 Natalie Wood: What

Remains Behind Natasha

Gregson Wagner presents

a unique insight into her

mother’s life and career.

Featuring interviews with

friends and colleagues and

unseen archive material (R)

11.00-1.10am Val Profile of Val

Kilmer, star of Top Gun

and The Doors (R)

7.00pm Will & Grace

7.30 Will & Grace

8.00 Will & Grace

8.30 Will & Grace

9.00 Insecure The final episode of

Issa Rae’s comedy, as Molly and

Issa try to figure out what still

matters. Last in the series (10/10)

9.50 Friends: The Reunion One-off

special in which the show’s stars

reminisce about the comedy

11.50-1.05am Sarah Silverman:

We Are Miracles The comedian

performs adults-only stand-up

ITV2

6.30pm FILM The Amazing

Spider-Man (12, 2012) A gifted

teenager gains superhuman

powers while investigating his

dead parents’ past. Comic-book

adventure reboot starring Andrew

Garfield and Emma Stone

8.00 FILM Skyfall (12, 2012) James

Bond hunts the mastermind

behind a terrorist attack on MI6.

Action thriller starring Daniel Craig

10.45 Family Guy

11.15 Family Guy

11.40-12.10am Family Guy

ITV4

6.05pm FILM Kelly’s Heroes (PG,

1970) American soldiers go behind

enemy lines in a bid to get their

hands on Nazi gold. Second World

War adventure starring Clint

Eastwood and Donald Sutherland

9.00 FILM High Plains Drifter (18,

1973) A mysterious stranger rids

a town of outlaws, but has a dark

plan in store for its inhabitants.

Western starring Clint Eastwood

11.10-1.05am FILM Rocky IV (PG,

1985) Boxing drama starring

Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks

7.30 Junior Bake Off Highlights

from the 2021 edition of the

culinary competition (2/3)

9.00 FILM Taken (15, 2008)

A former CIA agent puts his

old skills to use in rescuing his

daughter from a gang of European

sex traffickers. Thriller starring

Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen

10.50 Naked Attraction

Contestants from Scotland

and Manchester look for love

11.55-12.30am The Inbetweeners

Dave

6.40pm Would I Lie to You?

7.20 Would I Lie to You?

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Dubai Johnny Vegas joins Richard

Ayoade on a jaunt to the UAE

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Berlin Richard and Roisin Conaty

explore the German capital

9.00 QI XL With Josh Widdicombe,

Sue Perkins and Frank Skinner

10.00 QI XL With Aisling Bea,

Joe Lycett and David Mitchell

11.00 Red Dwarf

11.40-12.20am Red Dwarf

Drama

6.00pm Jane Eyre A starving

Jane is taken in by a clergyman

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

The trio try to liberate Wally

8.00 Jonathan Creek Jonathan

investigates the puzzling

murder of a policewoman

9.20 New Tricks The death of

a teenage tennis star occupies

the team when it is suggested

her suicide jump two years

earlier was anything but

10.40-12.40am Judge John Deed

A doctor is charged with murder

Yesterday

7.00pm Secrets of the Transport

Museum There’s a battle against

the elements for vintage aircraft

to grace Brooklands’ skies (3/10)

8.00 The Architecture The

Railways Built Tim Dunn

explores the disused tube station

Down Street in Mayfair (1/10)

9.00 Hornby: A Model World

A model of the giant P2 (9/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (9/10)

11.00 Bangers and Cash (10/10)

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering A volcanic island

PBS America

6.15pm Hitler’s Circle of Evil

Exploring the influence of Martin

Bormann on the Fuhrer (5/10)

7.30 Hitler’s Secret Weapon

Manager The man behind Hitler’s

secret weapons programme

8.40 The Codebreaker The story

of groundbreaking cryptanalyst

Elizebeth Smith Friedman

9.55 Truk Lagoon: Remains of War

The island of Truk, once principal

base for the Japanese Pacific fleet

11.00-12.05am Hitler’s

Secret Weapon Manager

Smithsonian

7.00pm Inside the Factory

The production of frozen pizzas

8.00 Breaking the Sound Barrier

Chuck Yeager’s 1947 feat

9.00 Murderous History A body

found in a bombed-out chapel

10.00 Murderous History

A serial killer operating in the

industrial zone of Chicago

11.00 Murderous History The

Edinburgh body snatchers

12.00-1.00am Murderous History

Examining how Berlin’s Nazi

Ripper got away with murder

Sky Arts Sky Witness

7.00pm Border Patrol

7.30 Border Patrol

8.00 9-1-1 The death of a writer

sparks a chaotic citywide manhunt

for buried treasure they left behind

9.00 Private Eyes A promising

writer is threatened just as another

famous person drops dead (5/8)

10.00 Criminal Minds (13/15)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit An Italian student goes

missing during Covid-19 lockdown

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Ancient Egypt’s Darkest

Hour The archaeologists continue

their quest into ancient Egypt (2/2)

8.00 Ancient Aliens

9.00 Alien Autopsy: The Search

for Answers Investigating what

really happened in the desert of

Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 (1/4)

10.00 Alien Autopsy: The Search

for Answers Investigating a

16mm alien autopsy film (2/4)

11.00 Conspiracy Rising

12.00-1.00am When Big Things Go

Wrong Engineering disasters (4/6)

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise A rock

singer is electrocuted (5/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise A volleyball

player is murdered (6/8)

9.00 The Coroner First episode

of the crime drama (1/10)

10.00 Murdoch Mysteries (11/11)

11.00 The Good Wife

12.00-1.20am Death in Paradise

Discovery

7.00pm Railroad Alaska

A porcupine infestation threatens

to leave Jim without electricity

8.00 Kindig Customs A restoration

to celebrate a 25th anniversary

9.00 Gold Rush: The Dirt

10.00 Gold Rush

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-1.00am Gold Rush: The Dirt

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

9.00 FILM Daddy’s Home 2

(12, 2017) Having settled their

differences, Brad and Dusty must

now deal with their fathers during

the holidays. Comedy starring

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg

11.10-12.10am Joe Lycett: That’s

the Way, A-Ha, A-Ha, Joe Lycett

Gold

7.10pm Only Fools and Horses

9.50 The Fast Show: Just a

Load of Blooming Catchphrases

After more than 25 years, The

Fast Show team has gathered to

delve into the archives and chat

about their finest moments

11.50-12.20am The Fast Show:

More Blooming Catchphrases

W

7.00pm Gavin & Stacey Pete and

Dawn renew their wedding vows

7.40 Gavin & Stacey The

gang descends on the beach

8.20 Gavin & Stacey Nessa and

Dave’s wedding day arrives

9.00-12.15am FILM The Girl with

the Dragon Tattoo (18, 2011)

Thriller remake with Daniel Craig

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Lost World Underwater

9.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation

10.00 Ice Road Rescue: Highway

Havoc! Rescuers are forced into

making split-second decisions

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Airport Security:

Brazil Cocaine is found (1/4)

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

7.45am Live Big Bash League:

Sydney Thunder v Perth

Scorchers From Manuka Oval

12.00 Sky Sports News

12.30pm Live World Darts

Championship Session one on day

11 at Alexandra Palace in London

4.30 Sky Sports News

7.00 Live World Darts

Championship Session two on day

11 at Alexandra Palace in London

11.00 Live: NFL Fantasy

12.00 Live: Total Access

1.00-6.00am Sky Sports News

Sky Premier League

6.00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits

6.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

7.00 PL Legends: Tony Adams

7.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

8.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

10.00 Class of ‘92: Full Time

11.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

11.30 PL Retro

1.30am Premier League Icons

2.00 PL Legends

3.00 PL Greatest Games

4.00 PL Best Goals 11/12

5.00 Best PL Goals

5.30-6.00am PL 100 Club

Sky Cricket

7.30-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Coverage

of day three of the first Test at

SuperSport Park in Centurion

6.00 Test Cricket South Africa v

India. Action from day three of

the first Test at SuperSport Park

7.00 Big Bash League Sydney

Thunder v Perth Scorchers. Action

from Manuka Oval in Canberra.

11.00 Test Cricket

12.00 The Fletcher Years (3/4)

12.30am Test Cricket

1.30 -2.00 Best of ICC WT20

BT Sport 1

4.00pm V8 Supercars Highlights

6.00 The Ashes

7.30 Ashes Daily

8.15 BT Sport Goals Reload

8.30 European Cricket

Championship Action from the

T10 tournament in Malaga, Spain

9.30 The Ashes Australia v

England. Day three of the third Test

11.00-7.30am The Ashes Live:

Australia v England Coverage of

the fourth day of the third Test in

the five-match series, taking place

at Melbourne Cricket Ground

BT Sport 2

11.00-5.00pm Live: Ultimate Pool

Professional Cup Day two

7.00pm Live: Ultimate Pool

Professional Cup Day two

10.00 WWE Monday Night Raw

12.30am Gearing Up

1.00 Live: WWE NXT Featuring

the next generation of stars as

they showcase their talents

3.15 BT Sport Goals Reload

3.30 Gearing Up

4.00 UFC: The Walk

4.30 Fishing: On The Bank

5.30-6.00am Ligue 1 Highlights

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

7.00pm Australia: Earth’s Magical

Kingdom How animals

have adapted to thrive

across Australia’s varied

landscapes, including a

tree-dwelling kangaroo

and a spider that survives

underwater (1/3)

8.00 Royal Institution Christmas

Lectures New series.

Jonathan Van-Tam explores

the world of viruses,

and how new research

could have an impact far

beyond Covid-19. (1/3)

See Viewing Guide

9.00 FILM West Side Story

(PG, 1961) Two teenagers

from rival New York street

gangs fall in love. Leonard

Bernstein’s musical based

on Romeo and Juliet, with

Natalie Wood, Richard

Beymer and Russ Tamblyn

11.20-1.20am FILM Into the Woods

(PG, 2014) Musical fantasy

starring Meryl Streep

7.00pm FILM Jeff Wayne’s Musical

Version of The War of the Worlds

(12, 2006) A performance of the

musical based on HG Wells’ classic

novel filmed at Wembley stadium

9.30 A Play in a Day New series.

Acting and dance graduates are

given the chance to join one of

three teams staging a 15-minute

production in just 24 hours. (1/3)

See Viewing Guide

10.30-12.45am Status Quo:

Pictures: Live in Montreux

A 2009 concert by the rock band

West Side Story

Natalie Wood stars as

Maria in the classic

1961 musical drama

BBC4, 9pm

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Alex Hales of Sydney Thunder

takes on Perth Scorchers

(Sky Main Event, 7.45am)