the times | Saturday April 30 2022 saturday review 49
Friday 6
BBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain
10.00 For Love or Money 10.45 Dom
Digs In (r) 11.15 Homes Under the
Hammer (r) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt
1.00 BBC News at One; Weather
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
1.45 BBC Elections 2022. Huw
Edwards announces the results as
the votes are counted in this year’s
bumper set of elections. Reeta
Chakrabarti analyses the figures
at her giant touchscreen, while
Professor John Curtice assesses the
underlying electoral trends. Plus,
Laura Kuenssberg explains the likely
implications for each political party
5.15 Pointless. Quiz in which
contestants try to score the fewest
points. Alexander Armstrong hosts (r)
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather7.00 The One Show Live chat
and topical reports, with Alex
Jones and Ronan Keating7.30 Born Deaf, Raised Hearing:
Our Lives An actor sets out to
discover why he was brought
up as if he could hear8.00 Question of Sport With
guests David James, Kate
Richardson-Walsh, Danny Care
and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor8.30 Here We Go Rachel attempts to
help Amy get a job with an old
friend from school (2/6)9.00 Have I Got News for You
Richard Ayoade takes his
turn as guest host (6/9)9.30 The Other One New series. Cat
and Cathy reel from the news
they have a secret brother who
Cathy just snogged (1/5)10.00 BBC News at Ten10.30 BBC Regional News10.40 Love Life New series. Marcus
Watkins questions his marriage.
With William Jackson Harper.
See Viewing Guide (1/10)11.15 Love Life Marcus stumbles
through the fallout from
his former relationship.
See Viewing Guide (2/10)11.45 FILM Beautiful Boy (2018)
Fact-based drama about a
family’s experiences of
addiction, relapse and recovery
over many years. Starring Steve
Carell and Timothée Chalamet1.35am Weather for the Week Ahead
1.40 BBC News6.15am My Unique B&B (r) 6.45 My
Unique B&B (r) 7.15 The Bidding Room
(r) 8.00 Sign Zone: The Speedshop (r)
(SL) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 BBC News
1.00pm FILM Passport to Pimlico (U,
1949) Ealing comedy starring Stanley
Holloway. See Film Choice (b/w)
2.20 Money for Nothing (r) 3.20
Escape to the Country. Jules Hudson
helps a calligrapher from east London
(r) 4.15 Antiques Road Trip. A trip
through Scotland sees Natasha
Raskin Sharp get to grips with haggis
(r) 5.00 Flog It! Paul Martin explores
Burton Constable Hall (r) 6.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games.
With Gemma Cairney, Tim Key, Gabby
Logan and Jeff Stelling. Last in the
series 6.30 My Unique B&B. The team
helps a duo who want to convert a
showman’s caravan into a hostelry6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women. Showbiz interviews
1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Regional
News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real
Deal. David Dickinson and the Dealers
visit members of the public in Solihull.
Simon Schneider gets into a movie
poster shoot-out, while Fay Rutter
eyes up a gent’s Rolex (r) 3.00
Tenable. Five family members from
Dunstable answer questions about
top 10 lists, then try to score a perfect
10 in the final round. Quiz hosted by
Warwick Davis (r) 4.00 Tipping Point.
Ben Shephard hosts the quiz in which
contestants drop tokens down a
choice of four chutes in the hope of
winning £10,000 5.00 The Chase.
Quiz show 6.00 Regional News;
Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather7.30 Emmerdale Noah is thrilled that
his manipulations are paying
off, and Amelia is horrified
by her dad’s behaviour8.00 Coronation Street Abi struggles
on the first anniversary of
Seb’s death, Thorne vows to
punish Aggie for reporting
him, and George’s bedroom
confession shocks Eileen9.00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night
David Walliams narrates more
television clangers, gaffes and
fluffed cues, including the time
Joan Collins is accidentally
upstaged by Susanna Reid10.00 ITV News at Ten; followed
Regional News and Weather10.45 FILM Speed (15, 1994) An cop
discovers a criminal has planted
a bomb on a bus, primed to go
off if the vehicle drops below
50mph. He boards the vehicle
and helps a hapless passenger
who has been forced to take the
wheel and keep a constant
speed to avoid a disaster. Action
thriller, with Keanu Reeves and
Sandra Bullock. See Film Choice12.45am Teleshopping 3.00 Winning
Combination. Jade, Charlotte, Greg,
Scott, Helen, Mary, Jordan, Jim and
Sarah battle one another in the hope
of taking their number to the final (r)
(SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05
Nadia’s Family Feasts (r) (SL)7.00 MOTDx Football discussion
presented by Jermaine Jenas7.30 Beechgrove The team reveals
how to make the most of a
windowsill by growing herbs
and micro greens (r)8.00 Gardeners’ World Adam
Frost and Arit Anderson
reveal highlights of the show
gardens at the RHS Malvern
Spring Festival, and Nick
Bailey looks at the peony9.00 The Terror: Infamy New series.
Disturbing incidents occur in an
insular fishing community near
Los Angeles. Horror anthology
starring Miki Ishikawa.
See Viewing Guide (1/10)9.50 The Terror: Infamy
A crackdown on “enemy”
nationals along the West Coast
drives Chester to a desperate
act. See Viewing Guide (2/10)10.30 Newsnight Headline analysis
and reports with Faisal Islam11.05 FILM The Edge (15, 2019)
Documentary about England’s
Test cricket team between
2009 and 2013, the first and
only English side to ever reach
the top of the world rankings12.35am-1.35 Sign Zone: Gazza. Part
two of two. Charting the life and
career of the footballer Paul
Gascoigne, whose on-field brilliance
has been rivaled by a troubled private
life. In this episode, his career reaches
a highpoint at Euro ‘96 (r) (SL)7.00 Channel 4 News Including
sport and weather8.00 Richard Hammond’s Crazy
Contraptions Three stars of
TikTok take on three civil
engineering students from the
University of Southampton, as
they attempt to create chain
reaction machines (2/7)9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics
share their opinions on what
they have been watching
during the week, with cameras
capturing their instant reactions10.00 Open House: The Great Sex
Experiment A couple want help
in organising their very first
threesome, but with deep-
rooted emotions at play, they
need to make sure they’ve
prepared themselves fully (6/6)11.05 First Dates A 25-year-old man
turns up to a date accompanied
by his mother. The restaurant
also welcomes two strangers
who open up about the deaths
of their partners (3/6) (r)12.10am FILM Step Brothers (15,
2008) Comedy with Will Ferrell
and John C Reilly 2.00 Live MMA:
Professional Fighters League —
Harrison v Mokhnatkina 4.00 Come
Dine with Me (r) (SL) 4.55 Moneybags
(r) 5.45 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (r)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 Cheers (r)
7.10 Cheers (r) 7. 3 5 The King of
Queens (r) 8.00 The King of Queens
(r) 8.30 The King of Queens (r) 9.00
Frasier (r) 9.30 Frasier (r) 10.00
Frasier (r) 10.30 Undercover Boss USA
(r) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me (r)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch
2.10 Countdown. With Jo Brand
3.00 A Place in the Sun. A couple
relocating from Weston-super-Mare
to inland Spain (r) 4.00 The Great
House Giveaway. Sales teams leader
Ashleigh and joiner Joe take on a
run-down suburban semi 5.00 Sun,
Sea and Selling Houses. The Garners
and the Rodriguezes revisit previous
clients 6.00 The Simpsons (r) 6.30
Hollyoaks. Juliet is determined to
make things up to Peri (r)6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
12.15pm George Clarke’s Build a New
Life in the Country. A couple moving
from Surrey to the Lincolnshire
countryside (r) 1.10 5 News at
Lunchtime 1.15 Home and Away.
Marilyn admits she is having a relapse
1.45 Neighbours 2.15 FILM Obsessed
with My Son (PG, TVM, 2019) A girl
convinces the mother of a student
athlete that she can help her son with
his schoolwork, but she becomes
suspicious of the tutor. Drama
starring Vivica A Fox 4.00 Bargain-
Loving Brits in the Sun. An East
London baker who transferred his
skills to Benidorm 5.00 5 News at 5
6.00 Neighbours. A devastated
Hendrix reels from his diagnosis (r)
6.30 Eggheads. The team South West
18 take part. Last in the series7.00 TK Maxx: How Do They Do It?
Behind the scenes of the store,
revealing how they keep their
products so cheap, and apply
psychological tricks to make
people buy more (r)7.55 5 News Update8.00 Cruising with Susan Calman
After enjoying the Caribbean
islands, the presenter’s ship
sails west to Panama and
Susan enjoys the wonder of
the Panama Canal (6/6);
followed by 5 News Update9.00 Lighthouses: Building
the Impossible Rob Bell
explores the bizarre history
of The Smalls, one of
Britain’s most remote
offshore lighthouses.
See Viewing Guide (2/3)10.00 Michael McIntyre: All the
Laughs & More An affectionate
look back at the comedian’s life
and career in a documentary
charting his early struggles to
launch his showbusiness
career through to hosting the
Royal Variety Performance
and his arena-filling tours.
Contributors include McIntyre
himself, alongside Jonathan
Ross, Eamonn Holmes, Marcus
Brigstocke, Rob Rinder, Kate
Copstick and Andi Osho (r)12.05am Michael McIntyre’s Showtime
(r) 1.00 The LeoVegas Live Casino
Show 3.00 Entertainment News
on 5 3.10 Police Interceptors (r) 3.55
Britain’s Greatest Bridges (r) (SL)
4.45 Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.10 House
Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35 Peppa Pig (r) (SL)Rebecca Front stars (9.30pm) Passport to Pimlico (1pm) It’ll Be Alright on the Night (9pm) Comedy Step Brothers (12.10am) Presenter Rob Bell (9pm)
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