The Times - UK (2022-01-01)

42 saturday review Saturday January 1 2022 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm Great British Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo

resumes his Home Counties

tour in the historic town of

Guildford (4/15)

7.30 Winter Walks The Rev

Richard Coles walks through

the North York Moors to

Rievaulx Abbey (5/5)

8.00 FILM The Sound of Music

(U, 1965) A cheerful novice

nun brings joy into the

lives of seven children when

she becomes their

governess. Rodgers and

Hammerstein musical

starring Julie Andrews and

Christopher Plummer

10.45-12.10am FILM Viva Las

Vegas (U, 1964) A racing

driver arrives in the

gambling capital for a

grand prix — but loses

focus when he falls in love

while working at a casino.

Musical starring Elvis

Presley. See Film Choice

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Walker leads an

investigation to clear

Blaketon’s name after the

former policeman is

accused of murder

8.00 Vera The detective

investigates the murder

of a fisherman whose body

was found tangled up in

a trawler’s net, and who

may have been killed

as part of a family feud

10.00 The Bay Following a turn

in the case, Lisa and the

team struggle to keep their

heads in the game as they

are forced to accept help

from a new unit (4/6)

11.00-12.10am The Ruth Rendell

Mysteries Part one of two.

Two estranged sisters are

reconciled, but one grows

jealous of the other’s lavish

lifestyle — with fatal

consequences. Drama with

Phoebe Nicholls and

Christine Kavanagh (7/8)

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château

Completing phase two of

the basement project

becomes an urgent priority

for Dick Strawbridge and

Angel Adoree (2/8)

7.55 Grand Designs Two

university professors

attempt to build a home

from scratch, and work with

industrial designers who

have developed a new

method for cutting timber

9.00 Escape to the Château at

Christmas Dick, Angel,

Arthur and Dorothy enjoy a

magical festive adventure

10.00 Sarah Millican: Thoroughly

Modern Millican Live

Stand-up performance,

recorded at London’s

Hammersmith Apollo during

the comedienne’s 2012 tour

11.05-12.15am 24 Hours in A&E

Doctors investigate the

conditions that may have

caused a motorist to crash

Sky Max

7.00pm Harry Potter: Hogwarts

Tournament of Houses

Helen Mirren hosts the

ultimate Harry Potter quiz,

as superfans earn their

house points in a head-to-

head competition to take

home the Tournament of

Houses cup (3/4) (R)

8.00 Harry Potter: Hogwarts

Tournament of Houses

Harry Potter quiz (4/4) (R)

9.00 An Idiot Abroad 2 Karl

Pilkington visits destinations

on his “bucket list”,

beginning with a trip

to a desert island (R)

10.00 Frayed A wealthy London

housewife returns to her

native Australia, where she

is forced to confront her

past. Comedy starring

Sarah Kendall (1/6) (R)

11.00 Frayed Sammy gets a job

with an old mate (2/6) (R)

12.00-1.00am The Force:

Manchester (2/10) (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm The Wire Herc and Carver

arrest a senator’s driver

after witnessing him picking

up a large amount of cash

from known gang members,

and Omar takes revenge on

the Barksdale crew (8/13) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones Ned

searches for the truth about

Jon Arryn’s death, and the

power balance between the

Targaryens shifts (4/10) (R)

9.00 Yellowjackets Recovering

from a vicious attack, the

Yellowjackets are left to suss

out the best of their worst

ideas. Shauna dabbles in

cyber stalking (8/10) (R)

10.05 Euphoria: F*** Anyone

Who’s Not A Sea Blob Jules

reflects on the events of

the previous year, and

considers what her future

may look like (2/2) (R)

11.10-12.15am Billions Axe and

Chuck meet for an explosive

confrontation (12/12) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7.00pm The Story of Late Night

How the rise to fame of

David Letterman in the

1980s reinvented the talk

show format (3/6) (R)

7.50 Expecting Amy Amy

Schumer finally takes the

stage for her stand-up

show in Chicago, with her

due date right around

the corner (3/3) (R)

9.00 FILM I Am Alfred Hitchcock

(15, 2021) Interviews and

archival footage weave

together to tell the story of

the Master of Suspense, one

of the most influential and

studied filmmakers in the

history of cinema

11.00-1.00am FILM Framing John

DeLorean (15, 2019)

Drama-documentary about

the controversial car

manufacturer. Alec Baldwin

and Morena Baccarin star in

re-enactments of key

moments in DeLorean’s life

7.00pm Will & Grace

8.00 And Just Like That Sex and

the City revival starring Sarah

Jessica Parker (5&6/10)

10.00 The Righteous Gemstones

Comedy following a televangelist

family with a long tradition of

deviance and charitable work.

With John Goodman (1/9)

11.15 The Righteous Gemstones

Jesse tasks his friends with getting

hold of surveillance footage (2/9)

12.00-1.00am The Tonight Show

Starring Jimmy Fallon

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore

7.30 Superstore

8.00 Bob’s Burgers Bob and Teddy

enrol in a stuntman boot camp

8.30 Bob’s Burgers A wild bird

attack causes chaos at a festival

9.00 The Cabins Love is in the air

for one couple who are hoping to

get their true feelings across

10.00 Family Guy

10.30 Family Guy

11.00 Family Guy

11.30 American Dad!

11.55-12.25am American Dad!

ITV4

7.00pm The Celebrity Chase With

Meera Syal, David Emanuel, Kyran

Bracken and Johnny Vegas

8.00 FILM Live and Let Die (PG,

1973) James Bond battles the

dictator of a Caribbean island

intent on flooding America with

limitless supplies of heroin. Spy

adventure with Roger Moore

10.40-12.30am FILM Blue Streak

(12, 1999) A thief poses as a cop in

order to infiltrate the station under

which his loot has been hidden.

Comedy starring Martin Lawrence

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Zara and

Cindy take turns in trying to

talk some sense into Ollie

7.30 The Big Bang Theory

Sheldon is fired from his job

8.00 Celebrity Coach Trip Two

new travellers make an impression

when they join the group (4/15)

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox

Programmes including Dragons’

Den, Gok Wan’s Easy Asian and

The Yorkshire Vet are appraised

10.00 Naked Attraction

11.05-12.10am Gogglebox

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA Improvisation show

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Madeira Richard Ayoade and

Robert Webb explore the sights

of the Portuguese island

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours on the

Cote d’Azur Richard Ayoade is

joined by comedian Shazia Mirza

for a break in the French Riviera

9.00 QI XL With David Mitchell

10.00 Live at the Apollo

11.00 Live at the Apollo

12.00-12.40am Mock the Week

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

Compo becomes a daredevil biker

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Digby’s donkey is on the loose

8.00 Jonathan Creek Polly is not

happy when a glamorous weather

forecaster reveals that she shares

an intimate secret with Jonathan

9.20 New Tricks Brian believes his

days with Ucos are numbered

10.30-12.30am Judge John Deed

The maverick judge is exiled to

Warwick as punishment for his

indiscretion with a claimant

Yesterday

7.00pm Fred Dibnah’s Made in

Britain Traditional craftsmanship in

Yorkshire and Derbyshire (7/13)

7.30 Fred Dibnah’s Made in Britain

Fred visits a steam-powered

museum and garden centre (8/13)

8.00 Bangers and Cash A car once

owned by Roy Orbison arrives

at Thornton-le-Dale (1/8)

9.00 Bangers and Cash (2/8)

10.00 Train Truckers (1/6)

11.00 Bangers and Cash (3/10)

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering Documentary series

PBS America

6.30pm Terror The 1980 attack on

Bologna Central Station (4/6)

7.35 The War Recalling the

American airmen who took on

daylight bombing missions (4/14)

8.40 Future of Work Rethinking

traditional working practices

9.50 Hidden Algeria A 1,200-mile

trek from the “Door of the Sahara”

in the ancient Berber settlement of

Ghouffi to Assekrem (3/3)

11.00 Terror The 1980 attack on

Bologna Central Station (4/6)

12.00-1.10am The War (4/14)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Food Factories: How They

Work Manufacturing machines

and processes are examined

8.00 Inside the Factory Gregg

Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth

Goodman investigates the making

of beer in Burton upon Trent

9.00 Air Warriors Analysis of the

F-86 Sabre, America’s first

swept-wing jet fighter

10.00 Air Warriors Examining

the B-29 Superfortress plane

11.00 WWII Battles in Colour

12.00-1.00am Air Warriors

Sky Arts

7.00pm Julie Andrews Forever the

career of the Oscar-winning

actress, who starred in The Sound

of Music and Mary Poppins

8.00 Discovering: Nicolas Cage

A profile of the American actor

9.00 Lennon’s Last Weekend

A look at the musician’s final

interview, given to Radio 1 DJ Andy

Peebles two days before the

former Beatle was murdered

10.30-12.30am Beatles Stories

Fans and friends discuss

encounters with the Fab Four

Sky Witness

7.00pm Border Security:

Australia’s Front Line

7.30 Nothing to Declare

8.00 Blue Bloods Erin considers an

opportunity presented to her by

Mayor Peter Chase, while Henry

and Danny argue over a case

9.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit A student counsellor is

murdered in New York

10.00 Blue Bloods (6/16)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit Rollins revisits an old case

12.00-1.00am FBI

Sky History

7.00pm Forged in Fire (10/15)

8.00 Legends of the Deep An

investigation into an alien craft

seen crashing into the ocean (1/3)

9.00 America’s Book of Secrets:

Special Edition A look at how

America’s sense of security was

shattered by the events of 9/11

11.00 Book of Secrets with Lance

Reddick The actor reveals the

deeper, darker and closely

guarded history of the USA

12.00-2.00am Unidentified: Inside

America’s UFO Investigation

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise (7/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise (8/8)

9.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway:

Private Investigators Frank and Lu

investigate a car accident which

killed a young mother (8/10)

10.00 Whiskey Cavalier (2/13)

11.00 The Good Wife

12.00-1.00am Death in Paradise

Discovery

7.00pm Railroad Alaska

8.00 Iron Resurrection Joe Martin

and his team of mechanics

customise a 1950 Chevy

9.00 Naked and Afraid Two teams

of international survivalists

converge in South Africa

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-2.00am Naked and Afraid

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends Chandler and Ross

face two bullies at Central Perk

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

8.30 Friends

9.00 FILM Mission: Impossible:

Fallout (12, 2018) Action thriller

sequel starring Tom Cruise

12.00-1.00am Guessable?

Gold

6.40pm Dad’s Army

7.20 Dad’s Army

8.00 Gavin & Stacey

8.40 Miranda

9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys

10.00 Citizen Khan

10.35 Not Going Out

11.15 Mrs Brown’s Boys

11.55-12.30am Peep Show

W

7.00pm Dr Christian: Special

Clinics The medic treats patients

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

9.00 The Shift: Women on the

Force A hunt for drug dealers

10.00 999 Rescue Squad

11.00 Inside the Operating Theatre

12.00-1.00am One Born Every

Minute A focus on fathers-to-be

7.00pm Car S.O.S (4/10)

8.00 Wicked Tuna: North v South

9.00 Ice Road Rescue: Highway

Havoc! When rookies are rescuers

10.00 Alaska: The Next

Generation Documentary (8/8)

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am WW2: Hell Under

the Sea Documentary series (1/6)

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

7.00am Live Big Bash League:

Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane

Heat From GMHBA Stadium

10.15 Live Big Bash League: Perth

Scorchers v Sydney Sixers

2.15-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Day four of

the second Test in Johannesburg

11.00 Live PGA Tour Golf:

Tournament of Champions The

opening day in Kapalua, Hawaii.

3.00am-5.30 Live NBA Basketball:

Phoenix Suns v Los Angeles

Clippers (Tip-off 3.00)

Sky Premier League

7.00pm PL Legends: Peter

Schmeichel A profile of former

Manchester United goalkeeper

7.30 PL World The latest headlines

from the Premier League

8.00 Inside the WSL Updates from

the Women’s Super League

8.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox The

presenter talks to Michael Owen

9.00 Premier League Icons

9.30 PL World

10.00 Inside the WSL

10.30 PL Retro

12.30am Premier League Icons

Sky Cricket

7.30am-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Coverage of

day four of the second Test in the

three-match series, at Wanderers

Stadium in Johannesburg

6.00 Test Cricket South Africa v

India. Action from day four of the

first Test at SuperSport Park

7.00 Big Bash League Melbourne

Renegades v Brisbane Heat at

GMHBA Stadium in Geelong

10.15-2.15am Big Bash League

Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane

Heat at Optus Stadium in Perth

BT Sport 1

11.30am-1.30pm Live: Serie A

1.45-4.00 Live: Serie A

4.45 Live: Serie A Football from

Italy’s top division

7.00 Live: Golazzo Live

7.45 Live: Serie A Football from

Italy’s top division

10.00 Premier League Reload

10.15 Ashes Daily

11.00-7.30am The Ashes Live:

Australia v England Coverage of

the third day of the fourth Test in

the five-match series, taking place

at Sydney Cricket Ground

BT Sport 2

2.00pm-4.00 Live: Serie A

6.30 WWE Monday Night Raw

9.00 WWE NXT Highlights

Highlights from the latest episode

10.00 Live: Women’s T20 Super

Smash Auckland Hearts v

Canterbury Magicians

Coverage of the match from

Kennards Hire Community Oval

1.30am-5.00 Live: T20 Super

Smash: Auckland Aces v

Canterbury Kings Coverage of the

match from Kennards Hire

Community Oval

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

Thursday 6 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Saturda

Julie Andrews

The hills are alive again

with the 1965 classic

The Sound of Music

BBC4, 8pm

Justin Thomas plays at the

Tournament of Champions

(Sky Main Event, 11pm)