The Times - UK (2022-04-09)

34 saturday review Saturday April 9 2022 | the times

BBC3

7.00pm MasterChef Australia

Pâtissier Adriano Zumbo

sets an invention test

8.10 The Catch Up A round-up

of the day’s news stories

8.15 Freeze: Back on Thin Ice

After a season plagued

with injury, Harry and Lydia

are back in action and

working hard to make up

for lost time. and Freddie

learns a lesson in mental

resilience. Last in the series

9.00 The Drop The remaining

creatives try to harness

the power of celebrity and

collaboration. Then king of

the collab judge Marc has an

opportunity of a lifetime on

offer. Clara Amfo hosts (5/8)

10.00 Hot Property Drag Queen

Ellie Diamond goes looking

for love in Dundee (3/8)

10.30 Gavin & Stacey Gavin goes

on two stag nights (5/6)

11.00 Gavin & Stacey (6/6)

11.30-12.30am The Drop (5/8)

BBC4

7.00pm Pubs, Ponds and Power:

The Story of the Village

Ben Robinson explores

the hidden villages of

London. Last in the series

7.30 8 Days: To the Moon and

Back Documentary about

the Apollo 11 mission

9.00 Brian Cox’s Adventures in

Space and Time The most

intriguing questions

facing science (1/4)

10.00 The Sky at Night New

methods being used

to detect exoplanets

10.30 Horizon: Antarctica Ice

Station Rescue Following

the move of a vital polar

research station in

Antarctica (7/15)

11.30-12.30am Tomorrow’s

Worlds: The Unearthly

History of Science Fiction

Dominic Sandbrook

continues his exploration of

the genre by looking at its

obsession with robots (3/4)

ITV3

6.55pm Heartbeat Kate meets

a couple trying to raise

money to send their son

to a Swiss sanatorium to

cure his TB, and Nick

investigates a spate of

Christmas tree thefts (16/16)

8.00 Vera The detectives

investigate two murders

in which the victims have

been placed in water and

surrounded by flowers

10.00 Law & Order: UK Brooks

and Casey investigate

the murder of a caretaker

that seems to have been

carried out by a criminal

mastermind who appears

to have not left any

evidence at the scene

11.05-12.05am Scott & Bailey

With their friendship in

tatters, Rachel and Janet

struggle to work together as

a team, but they are forced

to put their differences aside

when Gill is abducted

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château:

DIY Dick is joined by children

Arthur and Dorothy as they

rescue baby toads in their

château grounds, and a

couple struggle with the

upkeep of their 300-year-

old family home (13/15)

7.55 The Yorkshire Dales and

the Lakes An Edwardian

steam vessel is put through

its paces on Windermere,

while John and William

Dawson gather their sheep

from the slopes for shearing

9.00 The Great British Dig:

History in Your Back

Garden New series.

The team search for the

house of the head of the

Elizabethan Secret Service

10.00 The Plane That Saved

Britain Arthur Williams

pays tribute to the Second

World War aeroplane the

de Havilland Mosquito

11.05-12.10am 24 Hours in A&E

Sky Atlantic

6.25pm The Sopranos Artie ‘s

business starts to go under,

while Christopher and

Little Carmine pursue their

new idea for a film (R)

7.30 Game of Thrones After the

Battle of Winterfell, the

Great War to gain control

over the mythical land of

Westeros continues as

Jon and Daenerys look

to the south (4/6) (R)

9.00 Winning Time: The Rise

of the Lakers Dynasty

Assistant coach Paul

Westhead adds to the

Lakers’ growing list of

problems when he finds

himself dealing with a

tragedy (6/10) (R)

10.05 Billions As Mike Prince

takes his place on the

Axe Capital throne, he’s

determined to change the

game — and new money

means no mercy (12/12) (R)

11.10-12.15am The Night Of (6/8) (R)

Sky Documentaries

7.00pm The 2000s The impact of

the 2008 financial crisis,

when the banking system

was near collapse and the

stock market in free fall (R)

8.00 100 Foot Wave After the

WSL competition abruptly

ends, the athletes reflect

on their beloved sport.

Later, Garrett attempts

to surf again (6/6) (R)

9.00 Frederick Douglass: In Five

Speeches Powerful film

bringing to life the words

and story of America’s

most famous anti-slavery

activist, told through actors

including Nicole Beharie

and Denzel Whitaker (R)

10.10 Tony Hawk: Until the

Wheels Fall Off A definitive

look at the skateboarder’s

life and career (R)

12.30-2.15am FILM I Am Bruce Lee

(15, 2011) Documentary

about the life and career of

the actor and martial artist

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore

7.30 Superstore

8.00 Bob’s Burgers

8.30 Bob’s Burgers

9.00 Family Guy

9.30 American Dad! New series.

Jeff undergoes an experimental

intelligence procedure

10.00 Deep Heat Holly secretly

makes her wrestling debut (4/6)

10.30 Family Guy

11.00 Family Guy

11.30 American Dad!

11.55-12.25am Bob’s Burgers

ITV4

7.00pm BattleBots A brutal

match-up between Icewave and

Yeti ignites the Battlebox, while

the best bots flex their gears

8.00 MotoGP Highlights The Red

Bull Grand Prix of the Americas

9.00 Against the Odds Francesca

Cumani interviews Guy Disney,

who had a leg amputated following

an injury sustained while serving in

Afghanistan, then became a jockey

10.00-12.15am FILM Death Wish

(15, 2018) Thriller remake starring

Bruce Willis and Vincent D’Onofrio

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Ste helps

Sienna make a lucky escape

7.30 Married at First Sight

Australia The ramifications of the

previous night’s dinner party

reverberate around the group

9.00 Made in Chelsea Digby

introduces his new girlfriend

Emma to the group, (2/10)

10.00 Naked Attraction A retired

dentist and a former marine look

for love. Anna Richardson hosts

11.05-12.05am Gogglebox The

Great British Bake Off is appraised

Dave

7.00pm Richard Osman’s House of

Games Lolly Adefope, Dan Walker,

Sarah Greene and Miles Jupp take

part in more trivia-based games

7.40 Would I Lie to You? With

guests Gregg Wallace, Nigel

Havers, Charlie Brooker and Nina

Wadia. Hosted by Rob Brydon

8.20 QI Stephen Fry hosts

9.00 QI XL Sandi Toksvig looks

at “Quantity” and “Quality”

10.00 QI XL Sandi Toksvig hosts

11.00 Live at the Apollo

12.00-12.40am Mock the Week

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

Clegg keeps a secret for Howard

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Wesley and Barry embark

on another crazy scheme

8.00 Inspector George Gently

A woman’s body is found on

the moors. Martin Shaw stars

10.00 New Tricks A paedophile

confesses to the murder of a

child 25 years previously

11.15-1.30am Silent Witness

Feature-length episode. The team

investigates a drive-by shooting

Yesterday

7.00pm Great British Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo travels

from Ipswich to Chelmsford

7.30 Great British Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo travels

through Essex and Kent

8.00 Abandoned Engineering

9.00 Hornby: A Model World

Paramjit Sembhi attempts to build

a new version of the Spitfire (5/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (6/10)

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

12.00-12.30am Great British

Railway Journeys

PBS America

6.50pm American Veteran The

experiences of Americans who

have served their country (1/4)

8.00 The Last Man on the Moon

The story of Gene Cernan’s burning

ambition to become an astronaut,

that resulted in him stepping on

the moon in December 1972

10.00 Nazi Hunters The story

of the search for Nazi war

criminal Josef Mengele (5/8)

11.00-1.15am American Veteran

The experiences of Americans who

have served their country (1/4)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Inside the Factory

The production of sauces

8.00 Combat Ships How speed

gives ships and small vessels

an advantage in naval battles

9.00 Combat Ships The Second

World War Battle of Leyte Gulf

10.00 Inside the Factory Gregg

Wallace explores Ribena’s

Gloucestershire factory

11.00 Combat Ships How speed

gives ships and small vessels

an advantage in naval battles

12.00-1.00am Combat Ships

Sky Arts

7.00pm Andre Rieu: How It All

Began The life of the violinist (4/10)

8.00 The Art of Architecture New

series. A look at Norman Foster’s

Narbo Via Museum in Narbonne

9.00 Andre Rieu: World Tour

A selection of performances

by the Dutch violinist (5/10)

10.00 Charles Hazlewood:

Beethoven & Me

11.00 Tate Britain’s Great Art

Walks Exploring places that

inspired Walter Sickert (6/6)

12.00-1.45am For No Good Reason

Sky Comedy

7.00pm Will & Grace First in a

two-part finale. The fates of

the four friends are decided

7.30 Will & Grace (2/2) The

last-ever episode of the sitcom

8.00 Parks and Recreation (1/6)

8.30 Parks and Recreation (2/6)

9.00 Last Week Tonight with John

Oliver News and pop culture

9.45 Saturday Night Live

11.00 Real Time with Bill Maher

Discussing the week’s events

12.15-1.00am Last Week Tonight

with John Oliver Talk show

Sky Witness

7.00pm Caught on Dashcam

Outrageous road disasters

8.00 Blue Bloods

9.00 9-1-1 The 118 crew are

kept busy with a series of

emergencies over Christmas Eve

10.00 Law & Order: Special

Victims Unit A detective is

suspected of murdering a police

officer. Christopher Meloni stars

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit A respected basketball player

is accused of sexual abuse

12.00-1.00am The Rookie

Alibi

7.00pm Rizzoli & Isles

8.00 Hudson & Rex (13/16)

9.00 Miss Scarlet and the Duke

Eliza tries to prove the innocence

of a man found at a murder scene

who has pleaded guilty (2/6)

10.00 Murdoch Mysteries

11.00 Death in Paradise (2/8)

12.00-1.00am Unforgettable (9/13)

Discovery

7.00pm Outback Truckers

8.00 Kindig Customs

9.00 Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car

Mike and Elvis try to buy carpenter

Simon his dream BMW Z4

10.00 Texas Metal

11.00 Combat Dealers

12.00-1.00am Wheeler Dealers:

Dream Car A BMW Z4

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends Four episodes

9.00 Live at the Apollo

10.00 Impractical Jokers: Inside

Jokes The guys reveal which prop

has become a fan favourite

10.30 Impractical Jokers

11.00 Rob Beckett’s Undeniable

12.00-1.00am Chris Ramsey: Just

Happy to Get Out of the House

Gold

7.00pm Hi-de-Hi! Joe Maplin’s

plans for expansion cause chaos

7.40 Keeping Up Appearances

8.20 Dad’s Army

9.00 The Office

9.40 The Office

10.20 The Royle Family

11.00 Live at the Apollo

12.00-12.30am Peep Show

W

7.00pm Property Brothers:

Forever Homes

8.00 Manhunting with My Mum

9.00 Rio and Kate: Becoming a

Stepfamily Documentary

10.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

New series. Carla Bellucci

11.00 One Born Every Minute

12.00-1.00am 999 Rescue Squad

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 To Catch a Smuggler San

Diego HSI seizes a medley of

narcotics hidden in a car (10/16)

9.00 Trafficked with Mariana

Van Zeller Last in the series

10.00 Drugs Inc (9/10)

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-12.30am Science of Stupid

FV 23, FS 179, SKY 117, VIRGIN 107 FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 108 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 26, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130 FV 27, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129

SKY 132, VIRGIN 126 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 351 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 344 SKY 110, BT 343 FV 25, FS 156, SKY 109

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273 FV 57, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 826, VIRGIN 165 SKY 115, VIRGIN 135 SKY 107, VIRGIN 112

Sky Main Event

8.30am Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v Bangladesh

2.50pm Live Indian Premier

League: Sunrisers Hyderabad v

Gujarat Titans From Mumbai

5.00 Live Netball Superleague:

Leeds Rhinos v Strathclyde Sirens

(Centre-pass 5.30). Coverage of the

match from Allam Sports Centre

7.00 Sky Sports News

7.30 Live EFL: Huddersfield Town

v Luton Town (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

10.15 Sky Sports News

12.00-1.00am Live: Total Access

Sky Premier League

7.00pm PL Review

8.00 Drink It In: The Rise of Man

City A look at the return to

prominence of Manchester City

9.00 PL Review Taking a look

back at the weekend’s action

10.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

Highlights from the Saturday

morning football show

10.30 PL Retro A look back at the

match Chelsea v Tottenham

Hotspur from the 2015/16 season

12.30am Soccer AM: The Best Bits

1.00-3.00am PL Years

Sky Cricket

8.30am Live Test Cricket: South

Africa v Bangladesh Coverage

of the fourth day of the second

and final Test at St George’s Park

2.50pm Live Indian Premier

League: Sunrisers Hyderabad v

Gujarat Titans Coverage from Dr

DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

7.00 Test Cricket

8.00 Best of The 2016 IPL

8.30 Best of The 2018 IPL

9.00 IPL Latest action

10.00 Test Cricket

11.00-4.10am IPL

BT Sport 1

7.00pm Uefa Champions League

Magazine Latest news

7.30 Live Serie A: Bologna v

Sampdoria (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

9.45 BT Sport Goals Reload

10.15 BT Sport Cricket Reload

10.30 Vanarama National League

Highlights Best of recent action

11.00 WWE Raw Highlights

12.00 WWE SmackDown

Highlights All the latest action

1.00-4.15am Live: WWE Monday

Night Raw WWE Superstars

showcase their talents

BT Sport 2

7.00pm MotoGP Chequered Flag

8.00 Heineken Champions Cup

Highlights Highlights from the

Heineken Champions Cup

9.00 Fishing: On the Bank

Paul Parker, Paul Walsh, Frank

McAvennie and Tony Gale practice

9.00 Fishing: On the Bank

10.00 WSL Presents

11.00 Rugby Stories

11.30-3.00am Live MLB: Tampa

Bay Rays v Oakland Athletics

(Start-time 11.40). Coverage of the

match from Tropicana Field

Sky Max

7.00pm Stargate SG-1 When the

Stargate malfunctions, it plunges

Earth into jeopardy (1/2)

8.00 Agatha Raisin A scathing

news article hurts Agatha’s

business, but then one of Charles’s

friends asks her to investigate

a series of death threats (2/4)

10.00 Rob & Romesh vs Cricket:

South Africa (3/4)

11.00 NCIS: New Orleans The FBI

arrests Connor in connection to

the firebombing of the bar (15/16)

12.00-1.00am Road Wars

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 440 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 430 SKY 414, BT 431

SKY 113, VIRGIN 122

Monday 11 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

I Am Bruce Lee

Documentary about

the life and career of the

actor and martial artist

Sky Documentaries,

12.30am

India’s Hardik Pandya is set to

line up for Gujarat Titans in the

IPL (Sky Main Event, 2.50pm)