The Times - UK (2022-05-02)

12 Monday May 2 2022 | the times

television & radio

Davina McCall:

Sex, Mind and

the Menopause

Channel 4, 9pm

When Davina McCall

was 44 she was working

on a photoshoot in

Prague when she

suddenly found she

couldn’t sleep. Later,

she was in a make-up

chair and had such

a hot flush she

wondered if the chair

Belgium”, not the

actual destination: a

place called Snoth-on-

Sea. Naturally,

dastardly crime soon

enters this feature-

length story, called

Love, Lies & Liquor,

as well as a rather

neatly handled ghostly

subplot. Once again, it’s

so light and silly it

makes Midsomer

Murders feel like

King Lear.

Agatha Raisin

Sky Max, 8pm

Ashley Jensen’s

eponymous PR-turned-

private detective is

being whisked away by

her on/off lover James

(Jamie Glover) for a

surprise weekend to

somewhere she is told

is associated with the

Napoleonic Wars. She’s

hoping for Mauritius,

“or at the very least

hire, and it seems

no accident that her

first case is what we are

told is now being called

a “culturally specific

homicide”. It concerns

a Muslim man who has

been stabbed to death,

and her new team

believe the culprits

are two brothers of a

young woman whom

he may have been

romantically involved

with. Ray isn’t so sure.

situation is resolved.

Ray is rewarded with

a promotion to the

murder squad, but even

that has its problems. A

senior officer makes an

unfortunate, racially

insensitive remark and

on her first day at work

she is given the lanyard

belonging to a PC with

another Asian-

sounding name. Her

colleagues, she feels,

believe she is a token

invited to think, is

probably not the first

time she has been the

victim of unwitting

prejudice. Soon after

she is nearly knocked

down by a disturbed

motorist who flees

with a knife and

stabs a policeman. Ray

rushes to help. She is a

copper, and quite a

good one at that, given

how sensitively this

potentially horrific

Viewing Guide

Ben Dowell

DI Ray
ITV, 9pm

Rachita Ray
(Parminder
Nagra) is
browsing
wine in a convenience
store when a fellow
customer mistakes her
for someone who works
there. This, we are

Top

pick

7PM

Early

8PM

9PM10PM

11PM

Late

BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

7.00 The One Show Alex Jones and

Jermaine Jenas present topical

stories and showbiz chat

7.30 EastEnders Stacey and Martin argue

over what to tell Lily about Jean (AD)

8.00 Attenborough and the Mammoth

Graveyard David Attenborough

joins a team of archaeologists and

palaeontologists excavating a

mammoth graveyard discovered by

fossil hunters in the prehistoric

riverbed of the Thames (r) (AD)

9.00 The Split Rose grapples with James’

absence at the family camping trip.

Ruth learns of Nina and Tyler’s affair,

and the extent of Tyler’s deceit is

revealed. Hannah tells Nathan she

wishes he wasn’t having a baby

with someone else, and the pair

forgive each other (5/6) (AD)

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.30 BBC Regional News and Weather

10.40 imagine: Jacob Collier — In the

Room Where it Happens Alan

Yentob presents a profile of the

virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, singer

and arranger, who has won Grammys

for each of his first four albums,

outdoing even the Beatles. With

contributions from collaborators

including Stormzy, Chris Martin and

Hans Zimmer. See Viewing Guide

11.50 Have I Got a Bit More News for

You Jo Brand hosts an extended

edition of the quiz (5/9) (r)

12.35am Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars

A cheese-related task sees the contenders having to

navigate themselves through terrifying narrow caves,

hundreds of feet below ground. Then, Gordon asks the

teams to create healthy snacks for the harshest critics

of all — children (r) (AD) 1.40-6.00 BBC News

7.00 Live Snooker: The World

Championship Judd Trump or Mark

Williams v John Higgins or Ronnie

O’Sullivan. Coverage of the fourth

and concluding session of the final at

the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield,

where the first player to reach 18

frames will claim the title won by

Mark Selby last year and a first prize

of £500,000. Selby prevailed 18-15

against Shaun Murphy last year

to win his fourth title, leaving him

behind only Stephen Hendry, Steve

Davis, Ray Reardon, and Ronnie

O’Sullivan in the modern era and level

with John Higgins. For Murphy, it

meant his long wait to regain the title

he won in 2005 continued, and he was

eliminated in round one by Stephen

Maguire this time around

10.00 The Two Faces of January (12,

2014) A conman masquerades as a

tour guide in Greece, and selects a

wealthy American tourist and his

younger wife as likely targets.

However, when a murder is committed,

all three are incriminated, and a

dangerous alliance develops. Thriller

based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel,

starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten

Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan and

David Warshofsky. See Viewing Guide

11.30 Couples Therapy A family

crisis devastates Tashira (6/9)

11.55 Sign Zone: Countryfile The first of

four seasonal episodes (r) (SL)

12.50am Art That Made Us Artists and experts reveal

how, during the reign of Elizabeth I, Protestants and

Catholics used art, language and new technology to wage

a battle for power in the British Isles (r) (AD, SL)

1.50-2.50 MasterChef. The hopefuls get their first

taste of working in a restaurant setting (r) (AD, SL)

7.30 Emmerdale Rhona is excited to be

back at work, and Ethan feels the

pressure of his case. Meanwhile,

Leyla shows support for Jai (AD)

8.00 Coronation Street Abi uncovers

Imran’s devious tactics to discredit

her, and urges Toyah to call off the

wedding. Faye receives a devastating

diagnosis. Ken becomes embroiled

in Stu’s brush with the law (AD)

9.00 DI Ray New series. Detective Rachita

Ray realises that the so-called

culturally specific homicide she is

assigned to investigate is anything but

an “honour” crime. Parminder Nagra

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

10.00 ITV News at Ten

10.15 It’ll Be Alright on the Night Joanna

Lumley struggles with a busy road in

India, Michael McIntyre regrets

inventing his game show and cameras

catch famous leads suffering

humiliating accidents (r) (AD)

11.10 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest

Airport Staff at Heathrow prepare for

the arrival of Air Force One (r) (AD)

11.40 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

Hard-hitting action from the world

of All Elite Wrestling, featuring all of

the biggest stars on the roster

1.20am Teleshopping 3.00 Loose Women. Showbiz

interviews and studio discussion from a female

perspective (r) 4.05 Unwind with ITV. Daily escape

designed to calm the mind and encourage relaxation

and reflection 5.05-6.00 Tipping Point. Ben

Shephard hosts the arcade-themed quiz (r) (SL)

7.00 Channel 4 News

7.30 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It:

Brilliant Builds Kirstie Allsopp

and Phil Spencer look back at

some of their best builds (AD)

8.00 Food Unwrapped’s Supermarket

Secrets The team unearth secrets of

Britain’s favourite supermarket giants,

including how the big chains have

enlisted the help of robots to keep

up with online demand (AD)

9.00 Davina McCall: Sex, Mind and the

Menopause Documentary exploring

how menopause can affect the mind

as well as the body, revealing how

symptoms such as memory loss and

brain fog are decimating women at

work. See Viewing Guide (AD)

10.00 Married to a Psychopath The hunt

for a murderer who targetted wealthy

women for their money, told from

the perspective of the detective

behind the three-year investigation.

See Viewing Guide (1/2) (AD)

11.05 A Very British Job Agency As the

hospitality industry cautiously opens

up post lockdown, it finds a workforce

unwilling to return after furlough.

Sarah and Rich are determined to

come to the rescue and scour the

streets of Bognor looking for young

people to fill the roles (2/3) (AD)

12.10am Taskmaster (r) (AD, SL) 1.05 Ramsay’s

Hotel Hell (r) (AD) 1.50 24 Hours in A&E (r) (AD) 2.45

Unreported World (r) (AD, SL) 3.10 Location, Location,

Location (r) (AD, SL) 4.05 George Clarke’s Old House,

New Home (r) (AD, SL) 5.00 Moneybags (r)

5.50-6.05 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (r)

7.00 Police Interceptors Dan Machin

and James Carrington are hot on the

tail of suspects who reportedly stole

a car at knifepoint and the pursuit

ends in a dramatic climax when the

officers put in a forced stop (r)

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Traffic Cops On the outskirts of

Derby city centre, officers investigate

a suspected hit and run. As an

unidentified man lies badly injured at

the roadside, a force-wide manhunt

swings into action. Elsewhere, a

routine stop on a suspected speeder

uncovers a big surprise (11/12)

9.00 Inside the Force: 24/7 South Park

Police Station prepares to deal with a

huge rise in incidents as lockdown

restrictions lift and nightclubs reopen.

With extra officers drafted in to help

and rest days cancelled, response

officers patrol the city centre (5/8)

10.00 Casualty: Every Second Counts

The team are facing one of the busiest

days in Barnsley Casualty’s history, and

the pressure mounts on staff members

as patients await beds to become

available, so self-named Emergency

Clown Sister Jane helps to give the

younger nurses a moral boost (3/4) (r)

11.05 Die Hard with a Vengeance (15,

1995) New York cop John McClane

pursues a terrorist threatening to set

off a series of bombs around the city.

Action thriller sequel with Bruce Willis,

Samuel L Jackson and Jeremy Irons

1.30am The LeoVegas Live Casino Show 3.30

George Clarke’s Build a New Life in the Country. Turning

a water tower into a home (r) 4.20 Britain’s Greatest

Bridges (r) (SL) 5.05 House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.30 Peppa

Pig (r) (AD, SL) 5.35 Paw Patrol (r) (SL) 5.50-6.00

Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing Adventures (r) (SL)

6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain. New series.

The latest consumer advice 10.00 For Love or Money. A

woman who was persuaded to invest in a cryptocurrency

scheme 10.45 Dom Digs In. Dom Littlewood joins workers

at the Port of Tyne (AD) 11.15 Homes Under the

Hammer. The development of properties in Merseyside,

Manchester and Birmingham (r) (AD) 12.15pm Bargain

Hunt. From Cheshire (AD) 1.00 BBC News 1.15 BBC

Regional News; Weather 1.30 Doctors. Emma deals

with an increasingly agitated patient (AD) 2.00 Five

Bedrooms. Ainsley’s preparations for a gender-reveal

party are derailed (AD) 2.45 Money for Nothing. Sarah

Moore saves dining chairs and a dressing screen (r) 3.15

Escape to the Country. Ginny Buckley helps a couple to

find a home in the Norfolk countryside 4.15 Antiques

Road Trip. Natasha Raskin Sharp and Steven Moore hunt

for bargains in North Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear (r)

5.00 The Bidding Room. Nigel Havers hosts as five

dealers compete over a pair of pedal cars 5.45 Pointless.

Quiz (r) 6.30 BBC News 6.50 BBC Regional News;

Weather 6.55 Party Election Broadcast. A party election

broadcast by the Labour Party (r) 6.58 Weather

6.30am Bargain Hunt (r) 7.15 The Bidding Room.

Featuring a Danish table and a set of antique skittles (r)

8.00 Sign Zone: Secrets of the Museum. A series of

landscape prints made by John Constable are revealed (r)

(AD, SL) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 BBC News 1.00pm Live

Snooker: The World Championship. Judd Trump or Mark

Williams v John Higgins or Ronnie O’Sullivan. Coverage of

the third session of the final, as the players face a

potential eight frames in the tournament at the Crucible

Theatre in Sheffield. Mark Selby went into last year’s

corresponding session with a three-frame advantage and

maintained that lead to go into the evening 14-11 up, to

clinch the trophy for the fourth time in his career, and

deny Murphy a second world title to add to the one he

won in such surprising fashion in 2005 6.00 My Unique

B&B. Simon Parfett and his team head to Epsom Downs in

Surrey to help turn a bow-top caravan into a romantic

B&B that will be the focal point of Lynn and Mick’s

wedding business (AD) 6.30 Richard Osman’s House of

Games. Gemma Cairney, Tim Key, Gabby Logan and Jeff

Stelling go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge

skills in a variety of games across the week (r)

6.00am Good Morning Britain. News, current affairs and

lifestyle features 9.00 Lorraine. Entertainment, current

affairs and fashion news, as well as showbiz stories.

Presented by Lorraine Kelly 10.00 This Morning. A mix of

showbiz chat, lifestyle features, advice and competitions

12.30pm Loose Women. Showbiz interviews and studio

discussion from a female perspective 1.45 ITV News;

Weather 2.00 FILM: Despicable Me 2 (U, 2013)

A reformed criminal mastermind aids a secret agent in

capturing one of his fellow evil geniuses. Animated

comedy sequel with the voices of Steve Carell and Kristen

Wiig (AD) 4.00 Tenable. Five university friends answer

Top 10 list questions and attempt to top the Tenable

tower to win a big cash prize. Quiz show hosted by Sally

Lindsay (r) 5.00 Tipping Point. Ben Shephard hosts the

arcade-themed quiz in which contestants drop tokens

down a choice of four chutes in the hope of winning a

£10,000 jackpot 6.00 ITV News; Weather 6.15 Regional

News; Weather 6.25 Party Election Broadcast. By the

Labour Party 6.30 The Chase. Bradley Walsh presents

as four contestants work as a team to take on one

of the ruthless Chasers and secure a cash prize

6.00am Find It, Fix It, Flog It. Henry Cole and Simon

O’Brien head to Suffolk (r) 6.10 Countdown. Giles Coren

is in Dictionary Corner (r) 6.50 Cheers (r) 7.40 The King

of Queens (r) (AD) 9.05 Frasier (r) (AD) 10.30

Undercover Boss USA. The singer-songwriter Jewel meets

fellow musicians and artists struggling to break through

(r) 11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me. Three couples from

East Anglia compete to host the best dinner party (r)

12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch. Weekday magazine show

hosted by Steph McGovern 2.10 Countdown. Jo Brand is

in Dictionary Corner 3.00 A Place in the Sun. Two sisters

seek a villa in the northern Costa Blanca region of Spain

(r) 4.00 The Great House Giveaway. A music agent and

plumber tackle the renovation of a four-bed family home

5.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses. A husband-and-wife

search for their perfect Spanish home on a budget of

295,000 euros 6.00 The Simpsons. Bart is forced to

undertake community service at Grampa’s retirement

home as punishment for ruining Springfield’s Olympic

bid (r) (AD) 6.30 Hollyoaks. Ste and Sienna come

face-to-face with the dreaded “undertaker”, and Verity

decides to take matters into her own hands (r) (AD)

6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine 12.15pm George

Clarke’s Build a New Life in the Country. A couple leave

behind their well-paid careers in Aberdeen to renovate a

château in France’s Loire Valley, hoping to turn it into a

luxurious B&B (r) 1.10 5 News at Lunchtime 1.15 Home

and Away. After hearing about Rick Booth’s ridicule of

Mackenzie’s debt, Dean unleashes on him (r) (AD) 1.45

Neighbours (AD) 2.15 FILM: Death by Design —

A Morning Show Mystery (PG, TVM, 2019) Cooking

show host Billie Blessings investigates the murder of a

celebrity interior designer’s twin sister. Mystery drama

starring Holly Robinson Peete and Rick Fox 4.00

Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun. A cosmetics saleswoman

has a new business venture, offering personalised

delivery of presents to loved ones of expats’ friends and

family back in the UK 5.00 Neighbours. Leo is anxious for

his gin launch (r) (AD) 5.30 Eggheads. The Authors take

on the quiz experts 5.55 5 News Update 6.00 Fare

Dodgers: At War with the Law. A ticketless passenger

threatens to get the police involved, while undercover

detective Dan must outwit someone alleged to have

fraudulently claimed hundred of refunds (r)