6.00pm A Discovery Of Witches
Diana makes plans to
complete her training. (R)
7.00 Harry Potter — Hogwarts
Tournament Of Houses
Helen Mirren hosts the
ultimate Harry Potter quiz.
(3/4) 8.00 Harry Potter —
Hogwarts Tournament Of
Houses Quiz. (Last in series)
9.00 Rob & Romesh vs NBA
Basketball Rob Beckett
and Romesh Ranganathan
learn about the sport.
(Series 2, ep 2, R)
10.00 Russell Howard Hour —
Selection Box A special
festive edition of the
topical comedy and
entertainment show.
11.00-12.00 Chucky Jake and
his friends try to figure
out Chucky’s mysterious
endgame. (7/8, R)
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6.00am News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans 7.30 My Icon: Nasser
Hussain 7.45 LIVE Big Bash League:
Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars.
Coverage of the T20 match at Optus
Stadium 12.00 News 12.30 LIVE Darts.
Coverage of session one on day 13 of
the world championship at Alexandra
Palace in London, featuring three
fourth-round matches 4.30 News
7.30 LIVE EFL: Nottingham Forest v
Huddersfield Town. Coverage of the
Championship match at The City
Ground. Kickoff at 7.45 10.00 LIVE
Darts. Coverage of session two on day
13 of the world championship at
Alexandra Palace in London, featuring
three fourth-round matches 11.00
News 12.00 LIVE NBA Basketball:
Brooklyn Nets v Philadelphia 76ers.
Coverage of the Eastern Conference
match at Barclays Centre. Tip-off at
12.00 2.30 LIVE NBA Basketball:
Denver Nuggets v Golden State
Warriors. Coverage of the Western
Conference match at Ball Arena.
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7.00 Olympic Winter Games: Hall Of
Fame 8.00 Freestyle Skiing 9.00 Ski
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Freestyle Skiing 1.00 Cyclo-Cross 3.00
Ski Jumping 4.00 Alpine Skiing 6.00
Freestyle Skiing 7.00 Cyclo-Cross 8.00
Ski Jumping 9.00 Alpine Skiing. The
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10.00 Ski Jumping 11.00 Triathlon:
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3.00 Cross-Country Skiing 4.00-6.00
UCI Track Champions LeagueBT SPORT 1
7.30am Ashes Daily 8.15 The Ashes
9.45 V8 Supercars Highlights 11.45
Reload 12.00 The Ashes 1.30 Ashes
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4.30 WWE Friday Night Smackdown
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The Run-In 9.00 The Cricket’s On
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Magicians. Coverage of the match from
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Kings. Coverage of the match from
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Unlimited 5.30-6.00 Reload6.00 Blue Bloods (Series 8, ep 9)
7.00 Game Of Thrones Fantasy.
1.00 Yellowjackets Drama,
with Juliette Lewis and
Christina Ricci. (1/10) 2.10
Yellowjackets The teens
get their bearings. 3.20
Yellowjackets The
Yellowjackets debate the
merits of staying put or
looking for shelter. 4.30
Yellowjackets The girls play
with guns to determine who
is the most responsible.
5.40 Yellowjackets Out in the
wilderness, the girls plan a
dark arts slumber party.
6.50 Yellowjackets Misty
prepares to welcome a
surprise house guest.
8.00 Yellowjackets Drama,
with Juliette Lewis.
9.05 Game Of Thrones Daenerys
fights back; Jaime faces an
unexpected situation; and
Arya returns home. (Series 7,
ep 4) 10.10 Game Of
Thrones Daenerys makes
an offer to the Lords of
Westeros. 11.15 Game Of
Thrones Jon Snow and his
team go beyond the wall to
capture a white walker.
12.30 Dexter — New Blood (8/10)
1.35 American Rust (9/9)
2.40 The Good Lord Bird (7/7)
3.35 Californication (S7, ep 6)
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FILM: Mission: Impossible — Rogue
Nation. Stars Tom Cruise and Jeremy
Renner. The agents of the Impossible
Mission Force become fugitives in
order to bring down a shadowy society
of assassins 11.45 Lee Evans —
Roadrunner 12.45 Guessable? 1.45
Tom Allen At The Comedy Store
2.15 South Park 4.15-5.00 Friends
YESTERDAY
6.00am Hidden Traces 8.00 War
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Natural Curiosities 3.00 Great British
Railway Journeys 6.00 Antiques
Roadshow 7.00 Secrets Of The
Transport Museum. The Napier-Railton
is put through its paces when it meets
an old rival 8.00 The Architecture
The Railways Built 9.00 Steam Train
Britain 10.00 Bangers And Cash
12.00-1.00 Abandoned Engineering
DAVE
6.00pm QI 6.40 Would I Lie To You?
8.00 Travel Man. Adam Buxton joins
Richard Ayoade in Lisbon 8.30 Travel
Man. Richard Ayoade and Jack Dee
explore Naples 9.00 QI XL 10.00 The
Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan
11.00 Red Dwarf. Two episodes 12.20
Would I Lie To You? 1.40 QI 2.15
The Misadventures Of Romesh
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6.00pm Ice Road Rescue 8.00 Wicked
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docked, one boat takes a chance to
gain ground on the others 9.00 Ice
Road Rescue — Highway Havoc! A
trucker needing a rescue is concerned
about his cargo 10.00 Alaska — The
Next Generation 11.00 Air Crash
Investigation 12.00 Airport Security —
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6.00pm Alaska — Homestead Rescue
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Laurel And Hardy — Their Lives And
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Stirling 2.15 Hawking — Can You Hear
Me? 4.15 Queen Of Speed 6.00 Natalie
Wood — What Remains Behind 8.00
JFK — Destiny Betrayed. Oliver Stone’s
four-part documentary exploring the
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Pivotal moments in music, starting
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A Week — The Touring YearsSKY NATURE
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Gangs Of Baboon Falls 7.00 Impossible
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6.00am Vaxxed Nation 7.00 Making
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9.00 Making Tracks On Mars. How a
new rover known as Perseverance may
re-define man’s understanding of the
planet 10.00-12.00 Air Warriors6.00pm Gangs Of Baboon Falls
A look back at how the
gangs have fared throughout
this bizarre year. (R)
7.00 Harry Potter — Hogwarts
Tournament Of Houses
Helen Mirren hosts the
ultimate Harry Potter quiz.
(3/4) 8.00 Harry Potter —
Hogwarts Tournament Of
Houses Helen Mirren hosts
the quiz. (Last in series)
9.00 And Just Like That Sex And
The City revival, with Sarah
Jessica Parker. (5/10, R)
10.00 Russell Howard Hour —
Selection Box Comedy
and entertainment show.
11.00 FILM: Beverly Hills Cop
Stars Eddie Murphy and
Judge Reinhold. A Detroit
police officer goes to LA to
track down the killer of his
friend. Pacey comedy.
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In Our Time 9.45 Book Of The Week
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Drama: What’s Love Got To Do With It?,
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Father Brown Stories 1.30 Detective
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Nicola Coughlan and Ray Fearon read
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The Country Year
Radio 2, 9pm
The singer-songwriter Ashley
McBryde, pictured, looks
back at the country-music
year with performances
from artists including Luke
Combs, Eric Church and
Carly Pearce. Rajan Datar
and guests discuss the life
of Harry Houdini in The
Forum (BBC World Service,
10pm). Peter McGraw
sympathetically looks at
single life in Solo — The
Single Person’s Guide To A
Remarkable Life (podcast).
Clair Woodward