The Times - UK (2022-04-05)

12 Tuesday April 5 2022 | the times

television & radio

meets the art directors

and photographers

behind them and

examines the way great

music can be seen as

well as heard. There is

an array of interesting

talking heads, many

of them British (such

as the photographer

Neal Preston and the

designer Mick

Haggerty), and many

of them middle-aged

and still rocking it.

The Art of the

Album Cover

Sky Arts/Now, 7pm

From Pet Sounds and

Abbey Road to Hotel

California and

Nevermind: the great

album covers are so

well known and

synonymous with the

sounds inside, it’s easy

not to think too much

about them. This long

and reverential film

The following episodes

promise to ramp up the

thriller tension with a

plot involving her sexy

artist friend, dead

people who might not

be dead, and what

seems to be a shadowy

hitman lurking about.

The performances,

tension and melodrama

are probably enough to

keep you watching over

the next three nights

until Friday’s finale.

killer, who may or may

not be Natalie. The

story by Gareth Tunley,

the series creator, plays

quite cleverly with our

uncertainty: is Natalie

just a good actress, as

James first suspects, or

is she the victim of a

sexist witch-hunt?

There are faint echoes

of Basic Instinct here as

he becomes steadily

and helplessly more

attracted to his subject.

sigh. However, when

their eyes lock she

lures him with the

promise of an

interview, which is

overseen by her Mrs

Danvers-like lawyer,

minder and (it seems)

housekeeper Mrs

Molnar (Anamaria

Marinca). In return for

the interview, James

has to deploy his

investigative skills and

find her husband’s

thriller. He is James

Alden (James d’Arcy),

who is making a film

about the beautiful

Natalie Varga (Charlie

Murphy), a woman

suspected of stoving in

the head of her rich

husband. She’s a tabloid

sensation, while he’s a

world-weary former

investigative reporter

now making rubbishy

films. “Trashy pays the

rent,” he says with a

Viewing Guide

Ben Dowell

Deadline
Channel 5, 9pm

You can’t
move for
true crime
documentary
-makers these days, so
it’s perhaps no surprise
that one of them has
become the (fictional)
hero of a four-part TV

Top

pick

7PM

Early

8PM

9PM

10PM

11PM

Late

BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

7.00 The One Show Presented by Lauren

Laverne and Jermaine Jenas

7.30 EastEnders Linda causes a drunken

scene at the crematorium (AD)

8.00 MasterChef Another nine amateurs

cook for John Torode and Gregg Wallace

in the hope of winning a place in the

next round — and for two, this will be

their first and last appearance (AD)

9.00 Ellie Simmonds: A World Without

Dwarfism? The swimmer investigates

the debate over a drug promising to

make children with achondroplasia

grow closer to average height, and the

repercussions of a treatment that may

end dwarfism. See Viewing Guide (AD)

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather

10.35 Settling Down: A Believer’s Guide

A gay Christian couple as they prepare

to move in together, leaving behind the

family, friends and church community

that refuses to accept them (2/5)

11.20 Extraordinary Portraits Portrait

artist Caroline Pool paints an

88-year-old dairy farmer from Devon.

Last in the series (r) (AD)

11.50 The Wall Danny Dyer hosts the game

show as a father and son from

Plymouth answer questions that

combine knowledge, strategy and luck

for the chance to win a life-changing

prize. Last in the series (r)

12.40am-6.00 BBC News

7.00 Doctors Princess gets no love

from her mother (r) (AD)

7.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall Rick is on the

Roseland Peninsula, where he tours

the bay of St Mawes (r) (AD)

8.00 Saving Lives at Sea RNLI volunteers

race to the scene of a plane crash

on a beach, search for a man missing

at sea in a winter storm, and battle to

try and save a horse that is stuck in

the mud (1/10) (r) (AD)

9.00 Banned! The Mary Whitehouse

Story In the 1970s, Mary’s battle with

permissive society heats up as ideas of

progress and suggestions that nothing

should be censored gain currency.

See Viewing Guide (2/2) (AD)

10.00 The Witchfinder Thomasine is

kidnapped and dragged away to a

ransacked church (5/6) (AD)

10.30 Newsnight Headline analysis

presented by Kirsty Wark

11.15 99 Homes (15, 2014) A single father

tries to support his family by working

for the ruthless businessman who

evicted them from their home. Drama

starring Andrew Garfield, Michael

Shannon and Laura Dern. See Viewing

Guide

1.00am Sign Zone: Dragons’ Den Two sisters hope

the Dragons will be attracted to their maternity-wear

business, and an idea to help businesses become more

accessible for anyone with a disability is put to the

potential investors (r) (AD, SL) 2.00-3.30 MasterChef.

Two editions of the culinary contest (r) (AD, SL)

7.30 Emmerdale Manpreet braces herself

for the defence’s interrogation (AD)

8.00 Love Your Garden Alan Titchmarsh,

David Domoney and Danny Clarke

transform a small Leicester garden

into a Caribbean inspired technicolour

paradise, showcasing how colour

can reinvigorate outdoor spaces

of any shape or size (AD)

9.00 DNA Journey New series in which

celebrities explore their family history

using DNA technology and genealogy,

beginning with The Chase stars

Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace.

See Viewing Guide (AD)

10.15 ITV News; Weather

10.45 Regional News; Weather

11.00 The Great British Treasure Hunt

Henry Cole takes five teams of metal

detectorists to Ardington House,

where they compete to unearth

historically important finds (1/5) (r)

11.55 Kate & Koji Koji has an unpleasant

experience (3/6) (r) (AD)

12.20am Teleshopping 3.00 Loose Women. More

celebrity interviews and topical debate from a female

perspective (r) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00 Tipping

Point. Ben Shephard hosts the arcade-themed quiz show,

in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of four

chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot (r) (SL)

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for

Stand Up to Cancer Annie Mac, Ed

Gamble, Example and — due to a

last-minute cancellation — presenter

Matt Lucas bake for charity,

producing a showstopper about

their pre-fame days (3/5) (AD)

9.15 The Simpler Life The volunteers

struggle to carry on without their

Amish guides, but as frictions mount

over the alcohol and household chores,

a shock discovery threatens their

potato crop (5/6) (AD)

10.15 Gogglebox The armchair critics

share their opinions on shows

including Bridgerton, Gordon Ramsay’s

Future Food Stars, Dynasties II,

Starstruck and Joanna Lumley’s

Great Cities of the World (r) (AD)

11.20 Gogglebox The critics give their

opinions on (Un)well, When Harry Met

Sally, Countdown, Britain’s Got Talent,

Mary Berry’s Simple Comforts and

Elephant Hospital. First shown

in September 2020 (r) (AD)

12.20am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Gordon

Ramsay visits a restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island (r)

1.10 Undercover Boss Canada (r) 2.05 Come Dine with

Me (r) (SL) 2.55 Location, Location, Location (r) 3.50

George Clarke’s Old House, New Home (r) (AD, SL) 4.45

Grand Designs (r) (AD) 5.40-6.05 Bidding Wars (r)

7.00 Dream Kitchens & Bathrooms

with Mark Millar The presenter

meets an ex-army father of two who

wants to create a £30,000 dream

black-and white kitchen in Oldham,

complete with bi-folding doors (6/8)

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly

Graeme Hall meets a Chihuahua named

Hulk that has a tendency to be vicious

towards its owners, who are tired of

being unable to give their pet a cuddle

without fear of getting nipped

9.00 Deadline New series. A woman

accused of murdering her husband

asks a washed-up investigative

journalist to find the killer. Thriller

starring James D’Arcy and Charlie

Murphy. See Viewing Guide (1/4) (AD)

10.00 True Lies (15, 1994) A seemingly

ordinary computer salesman leads a

double life as a secret agent battling

international terrorism. His naive wife

is unaware of his dual employment,

and goes in search of adventure — only

to end up in the clutches of terrorists

who have stolen a nuclear weapon.

James Cameron’s action comedy

starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold

1.00am The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00

Entertainment News on 5 3.10 World’s Most Scenic River

Journeys. Cameras focus on America’s Suwannee River (r)

3.55 Now That’s Funny! (r) (SL) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (r)

(SL) 5.10 House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35 Peppa Pig (r) 5.40

Paw Patrol (r) 5.50-6.00 Pip and Posy (r) (SL)

6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live. Magazine show,

hosted by Kym Marsh and AJ Odudu 10.00 Scam

Interceptors. Rav Wilding and a team of ethical hackers

hunt down the scammers plaguing people’s lives 10.45

Defenders UK. The officers investigate the death of a

five-year-old girl following an incident at a children’s

playground 11.15 Homes Under the Hammer. Properties

in Cannock, Alsager and Hartlepool 12.15pm Bargain

Hunt. From Peterborough’s East of England Showground

(r) (AD) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30 BBC

Regional News; Weather 1.45 Doctors. Princess gets no

love from her mother (AD) 2.15 Shakespeare & Hathaway

— Private Investigators. Frank and Lu investigate a

mysterious car accident which killed a young mother (r)

(AD) 3.00 Escape to the Country. Margherita Taylor helps

a couple find a home in Cambridgeshire 3.45 The

Repair Shop. Items include a special sporran and an

ingenious artist’s tool 4.30 Bridge of Lies. A family

team try to find the right path across the bridge 5.15

Pointless. Quiz, with Alexander Armstrong 6.00 BBC

News at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

6.55 Party Election Broadcast. By the Labour Party (r)

6.30am Bargain Hunt (r) (AD) 7.15 The Repair Shop (r)

8.00 Sign Zone: Great Coastal Railway Journeys (r) (AD,

SL) 8.30 Marcus Wareing’s Tales from a Kitchen Garden

(r) (SL) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 BBC News 1.00pm The

Super League Show (r) 1.45 Eggheads. Quiz show hosted

by Jeremy Vine (r) 2.15 Street Auction. Neighbours in

Somerset turn out to surprise a Burnham-on-Sea woman

who uses her own tragic experience to help others (r)

3.00 The Heights. Money becomes a stumbling block (r)

(AD) 3.30 The Customer Is Always Right. Consumers try

out a portion-control bowl for dieters, an electronic music

box for untrained musicians and a dog lead that allows

owners to walk their pets at varying distances (r) (AD)

4.15 Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve. The adventurer’s

journey takes him spearfishing on Madagascar, through

the slums of Mauritius and on to the Seychelles, where

he visits the world’s smallest national park (r) (AD)

5.15 Flog It! James Lewis and Nick Davies examine

antiques brought to them at the Milestones Museum in

Basingstoke (r) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games.

With Milton Jones, Ria Lina, Martin Roberts and Briony

May Williams 6.30 Lightning. Quiz, hosted by Zoe Lyons

6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00 Lorraine.

Entertainment, current affairs and fashion news, as well

as showbiz stories and celebrity gossip 10.00 This

Morning. A mix of celebrity chat, lifestyle features,

advice and competitions 12.30pm Loose Women. More

celebrity interviews and topical debate from a female

perspective 1.30 ITV News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s

Real Deal. David Dickinson helps members of the public in

Crewe sort the treasures from their trash, including a

cheeky chimp, a collection of autographs, and some

modern art (r) 3.00 Lingo. A mother and son from Oxford,

Chelmsford twins, and a mother and daughter try to

work out words that appear in the Lingo grids and

Puzzlewords (r) 4.00 Tipping Point. Ben Shephard hosts

the arcade-themed quiz show in which contestants drop

tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of

winning a £10,000 jackpot (r) 5.00 The Chase. Bradley

Walsh presents as more contestants answer general

knowledge questions and work as a team to take on quiz

genius the Chaser and secure a cash prize (r) 6.00

Regional News; Weather 6.25 Party Election Broadcast.

By the Labour Party 6.30 ITV News; Weather

6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 Cheers (r) 7.40 Everybody

Loves Raymond (r) (AD) 9.05 Frasier (r) (AD) 10.35

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. The fiery chef heads

to Islip on Long Island, New York, in a bid to change the

fortunes of a restaurant owner who is nearly $1million

in debt (r) 11.30 Channel 4 News Summary 11.35

Undercover Boss USA. The CEO of a smoothie brand goes

undercover in his own company to discover how recent

changes in the products have affected both his employees

and his customers (r) 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch.

Weekday magazine show, hosted by Steph McGovern

2.10 Countdown. John Thomson joins Susie Dent in

Dictionary Corner 3.00 A Place in the Sun. A couple

search for a holiday home near the Gran Canaria town

of Vecindario (r) 4.00 A New Life in the Sun. A restaurant

in the Algarve finally opens its doors (r) 5.00 Sun, Sea

and Selling Houses. A couple search for a new life and

business on the Costa del Sol 6.00 The Simpsons.

Homer tells the story of his first love (r) (AD) 6.30

Hollyoaks. The friction between James and his family

continues to build, and Donna-Marie decides it is time

to take action with a family intervention (r) (AD)

6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. The broadcaster

and guests discuss the issues of the day, with co-host

Storm Huntley joining him for phone-ins and reading out

viewers’ correspondence 12.15pm George Clarke’s Build a

New Life in the Country. The architect meets a couple who

want to leave London behind for the coast, and refuse to

compromise with cost as they begin work on a beach

house in Worthing, West Sussex (r) 1.10 5 News at

Lunchtime 1.15 Home and Away. Panic-stricken Neve

refuses to hear Logan out (AD) 1.45 Neighbours (AD)

2.15 FILM: The Husband with Two Wives (PG,

TVM, 2019) Two young women befriend each other

on a college tour and soon discover a shocking secret

that threatens to tear both their families apart.

Drama starring Elisabeth Rohm 4.00 Filthy House SOS.

Featuring a man who lost control of his cleaning when

he started a mental-health network (r) 5.00 5 News

at 5 6.00 Neighbours. Despite Ned’s attempts to get

Amy to think through her decisions logically, she is so

engrossed in her Fashion Week design excitement that

she starts ignoring the van. (r) 6.30 Eggheads.

Quayside Quizzers try their luck against the Eggheads