The Times - UK (2022-05-02)

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television & radio


BBC1 N Ireland
As BBC1 except: 6.55pm Party Election
Broadcast. By Sinn Féin 7.00-7.30 Home
Ground. Gavin Andrews visits the Mourne
Mountains to see how poitín is undergoing
a revival 10.40 Belfast’s Victory in Vienna:
A Footballing Odyssey. Holly Hamilton tells
the historic story of Glentoran’s triumph in the
Vienna Cup 11.10 imagine: Jacob Collier — In
the Room Where it Happens. See Viewing Guide
12.25am Have I Got a Bit More News for You
(r) 1.10-1.40 Celebrity Catchpoint (r)

BBC1 Scotland
As BBC1 except: 6.55pm-6.58 Party Election
Broadcast by the Scottish Conservative &
Unionist Party 8.00 Landward 8.30-9.00
Scotland’s Home of the Year. In the Hebrides
11.50 Attenborough and the Mammoth
Graveyard (r) (AD) 12.50am-1.35
Have I Got a Bit More News for You (r)

BBC1 Wales
As BBC1 except: 6.55pm-6.58 Party Election
Broadcast. By the Welsh Conservative Party
8.00 Rookie Cops. Stu helps an elderly lady
8.30-9.00 Families Fleeing War

BBC2 N Ireland
As BBC2 except: 7.00pm The One Show 7.30
Live Snooker: The World Championship. The
fourth and concluding session of the final
10.00 NIFL Premiership Highlights 10.30
FILM: The Two Faces of January (2014) 12.00
Couples Therapy 12.25am-12.50 BBC News

ITV Wales
As ITV except: 6.25pm-6.30 Party Election
Broadcast. By the Welsh Conservative Party

STV
As ITV except: 6.25pm-6.30 Party
Election Broadcast. By the Scottish
Conservative and Unionist Party 11.10
Against the Odds (r) 12.05am-3.00
Teleshopping 4.05-5.05 Unwind with STV

UTV
As ITV except: 6.25pm-6.30
Party Election Broadcast. By Sinn Féin

BBC Scotland
2.00pm Sign Zone: Fish Town (r) 2.30 Sign
Zone: Inside Central Station (r) 3.30-4.00
Sign Zone: Beechgrove (r) 7.00 The Seven 7.30
Fish Town (r) 8.00 Born to Be Wild (r) 9.00
The Mystery of Anthrax Island (r) (AD)
10.00 River City (AD) 10.30 Two Doors
Down (r) (AD) 11.00 Raiders of the Lost
Archive (r) 11.30-12.00 Legit (r)

BBC Alba
6.00am Alba Today 5.00pm Treubh an
Tuathanais (r) 5.15 Su Pic (Peek Zoo) (r) 5.25
Beathaichean a’ Bocadaich 5.30 Meaban and
Moo (r) 5.35 Pompon Am Mathan Beag/
Pompon Little Bear 5.45 Piseag & Cuilean/Kit
& Pup (r) 5.50 Stòiridh (r) 6.00 Na Moomins/
Moomin Valley (r) 6.20 Geamaichean Gorach
(r) 6.25 Port Pàipeir (r) 6.35 Saidheans
Sporsail (Backyard Science) (r) 7.00 Fuine
(Home Baking) (r) 7.30 SpeakGaelic 8.00 An
Là (News) 8.15 Binneas: Na Trads (r) 8.30
Miann na Maighdinn-mara/Mermaid Tales 9.00
Trusadh (Compelling Stories) (r) 10.00 Julie
Fowlis: Ceol Aig Baile (r) 10.30 Talamh gu
Truinnsear (r) 11.30 Mach à Seo! (r)
12.00-6.00am Alba Today

S4C
6.00am Cyw 12.00 Cymry ar Gynfas (r)
12.30pm Heno (r) 1.00 Codi Pac (r) 1.30
Sgwrs Dan y Lloer (r) 2.00 News; Weather
2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 News; Weather 3.05
Ffit Cymru (r) 4.00 Awr Fawr: Blociau Rhif (r)
4.05 Octonots (r) 4.20 Halibalw (r) 4.30 Blero
yn Mynd i Ocido (r) 4.45 Amser Maith Maith
yn Ôl (r) 5.00 Stwnsh: Dreigiau — Marchogion
Berc (r) 5.20 Angelo am Byth (r) 5.30 Bwystfil
(r) 5.40 Sgorio 5.55 Larfa 6.00 Dim Byd i’w
Wisgo (r) 6.30 Darllediad Gwleidyddol Gan y
Ceidwadwyr Cymreig 6.35 Rownd a Rownd (r)
(AD) 6.57 News 7.00 Heno 7.45 News;
Weather 8.00 Y Byd ar Bedwar 8.25 Garddio a
Mwy 8.55 News; Weather 9.00 Ffermio
9.30 Welsh Whisperer: Ni’n Teithio Nawr (AD)
10.00 Teulu’r Castell (r) 11.00-11.35 Arfordir
Cymru: Sir Benfro (r) (AD)

Variations


6.00am Stargate SG-1 (r) 8.00 The Flash (r)
9.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (r) (AD) 10.00
Supergirl (r) 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (r)
1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 (r) 2.00 S.W.A.T (r)
(AD) 3.00 Rugby’s Funniest Moments (r) (AD)
4.00 A League of Their Own Road Trip:
Dingle to Dover. Double bill (r) (AD)
6.00 A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle to
Dover. With the boxer Tyson Fury (r) (AD)
7.00 A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle to
Dover. The duo act in a West End show (r)
8.00 Agatha Raisin. The sleuth goes on holiday,
but finds herself the prime suspect when a hotel
guest is found murdered. See Viewing Guide
10.00 Rob & Romesh vs Strongman. The pair
enter the world of strongman competitions (r)
11.00 The Rising. Neve follows the
detectives investigating her murder (r)
12.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Greg Davies
hosts (r) (AD) 1.30am Supergirl (r) 2.30
NCIS: Los Angeles (r) 3.30 Hawaii Five-0 (r)
4.30 S.W.A.T (r) (AD) 5.30 Road Wars (r)


6.00am Urban Secrets (r) 7.55 Big Love (r)
10.05 Devils (r) (AD) 12.15pm Game of
Thrones (r) (AD) 1.20 Six Feet Under (r) 3.30
Boardwalk Empire (r) (AD) 5.45 The Affair.
Drama starring Ruth Wilson (r) (AD)
6.50 The Affair. Noah cannot escape the allure
of Alison at his in-laws’ summer party (r) (AD)
7.55 Game of Thrones. Robb Stark marches
south to avenge his father (r)
9.00 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers
Dynasty. As the playoffs approach, Buss seeks
West’s help with a fateful decision. Kareem
gives Haywood an ultimatum (9/10) (r)
10.10 The King. Prosecutor Lombardo does not
believe Lackovic committed suicide (2/8) (r)
11.10 Gomorrah. Genny is cornered when the
Savastanos’ rivals rally around Conte to help
exact revenge for Daniele’s death (11/12) (r)
12.15am Gomorrah (r) 1.20 In Treatment (r)
2.00 Julia. Julia is unexpectedly inspired by an
offhand comment from a well-respected chef
3.00 Babylon Berlin (r) 4.00 Urban Secrets (r)

6.00am The Guest Wing (r) (AD) 7.00
Discovering: Fred Astaire (r) (AD) 8.00 The
Directors (r) 9.00 Urban Secrets (r) 10.00
Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes (r) 11.00
The Sixties (r) (AD) 12.00 FILM: The Slow
Hustle (15, 2021) 1.40pm My Icon: Leon
McKenzie (r) (AD) 2.00 FILM: Wig (15, 2019)
3.40 My Icon: Stef Reid (r) 4.00 Discovering:
Fred Astaire (r) (AD) 5.00 The Directors (r)
6.00 Urban Secrets. Exploring London (r)
7.00 Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes (1/6) (r)
7.30 Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes (2/6) (r)
8.00 The Sixties (1/10) (r) (AD)
9.00 FILM: Transhood (15, 2020)
Four children redefine “coming of age”
10.50 FILM: Missile from the East (U,
2021) A motorcycle racer who risked his
life defecting to West Germany (AD)
12.40am FILM: 3 1/2 minutes, 10 Bullets
(15, 2015) 2.40 Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life
& Times of Katrina Gilbert (r) 4.10 Discovering:
Fred Astaire (r) (AD) 5.10 The Sixties (r) (AD)

6.00am Darbar Festival 2017 7.00 HMS
Pinafore with ENO 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected
(AD) 10.00 Discovering 11.00 Jefferson
Airplane: Music Icons 11.30 Video Killed the
Radio Star 12.00 André Rieu: Making the
Magic 1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD)
2.00 The Sixties (AD) 3.00 Tina Turner: One
Last Time — Live at Wembley Stadium 5.00
Discovering 6.00 Portrait Artist of the Year
2014 — Painting Alan Cumming
7.00 André Rieu: European Dream
8.00 The Art of Architecture
9.00 Laurel Canyon. Part two of two (AD)
10.35 Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the
Tombs. Thefts of ancient masterpieces (AD)
11.35 FILM: Jerry Lewis — The Man
Behind the Clown (PG, TVM, 2016) Profile
12.55am FILM: Pompeii — Sin City (12,
2021) (AD) 2.20 FILM: Barbara Rubin and
the Exploding NY Underground (15, 2019)
3.45 Inside Art (AD) 4.15 Auction 4.45
National Trust: National Treasures (AD)

6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans. Including news and views on
today’s early stories and a look at the back pages
10.00 The Football Show 12.00 Live EFL:
Salford City v Mansfield Town (Kick-off 12.30).
Coverage of the League Two encounter from
Peninsula Stadium 2.30pm Live EFL:
Port Vale v Newport County (Kick-off 3.00).
Coverage of the League Two encounter from Vale
Park 5.00 Live EFL: Fulham v Luton Town
(Kick-off 5.15). Coverage of the Championship
encounter from Craven Cottage
7.30 Live MNF: Manchester United v
Brentford (Kick-off 8.00). Coverage of the
top-flight encounter from Old Trafford, as the
Red Devils continue to push for a top four place
11.00 Sky Sports News. Round-up of the sports
news with live analysis and comment plus
extended interviews with the headline makers
12.00 Sky Sports News 12.30am
Live NBA Basketball. Coverage of a
play-off match 3.00 Sky Sports News

Sky Max Sky Atlantic Sky Documentaries Sky Arts Sky Main Event


6.00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World
Records 6.25 Dress to Impress (AD, SL) 7.30
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8.25 Celebrity
Supermarket Sweep (AD) 9.30 FILM: Cats &
Dogs (PG, 2001) Comedy with Jeff Goldblum
(AD) 11.15 In for a Penny (AD) 11.45 Family
Fortunes: Gino’s Best Bits 12.15pm Family
Fortunes 1.25 Celebrity Catchphrase (AD) 2.25
FILM: Mr Bean’s Holiday (PG, 2007)
Comedy with Rowan Atkinson (AD) 4.10 FILM:
Smallfoot (PG, 2018) Animated adventure
with the voice of Channing Tatum (AD)
6.15 FILM: Spider-Man 3 (12, 2007)
Superhero sequel starring Tobey Maguire (AD)
9.00 Family Guy (AD)
9.30 American Dad! (AD)
10.00 Family Guy (AD)
10.30 Family Guy (AD)
10.55 Family Guy (AD)
11.25 American Dad! (AD)
11.55 The Stand Up Sketch Show
12.25am FILM: The World’s End (15, 2013)
Sci-fi comedy starring Simon Pegg (AD)
2.40 Unwind with ITV 3.00 Teleshopping


6.00am Classic Coronation Street (AD) 7.00
Classic Emmerdale 8.05 On the Buses 9.10
Upstairs, Downstairs 11.30 Heartbeat (AD)
1.45pm Classic Emmerdale 2.45 Classic
Coronation Street (AD) 3.45 Agatha Christie’s
Marple (AD) 5.50 Heartbeat (AD)
6.55 Heartbeat. Blaketon is threatened
with demotion and ponders a seemingly
perfect job with a security firm (AD)
8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot. The detective
investigates when a man is found murdered
on a golf course — but his inquiries are
complicated by the discovery of a tramp’s
mutilated body nearby. David Suchet stars (AD)
10.20 Law & Order: UK. A blood-spattered hotel
room and a stolen credit card lead Ronnie and
Joe to a privileged young woman whose
newborn baby has gone missing (6/8) (AD)
11.20 White House Farm. Drama based on the
true story of the mass murder of a family in an
Essex farmhouse in August 1985, providing a
fresh insight into these tragic events (1/6) (AD)
12.25am Inspector Morse. A brewery manager
is murdered (AD) 2.30 Teleshopping

6.00am Hot Shots 6.05 The Protectors (SL)
6.30 The Saint 7.20 FILM: The Man from
the Alamo (U, 1953) Western starring Glenn
Ford 9.05 FILM: Bend of the River (PG,
1952) Western starring James Stewart 10.55
FILM: The Bridge on the River Kwai (PG,
1957) Second World War drama starring Alec
Guinness (AD) 2.10pm FILM: Spartacus (PG,
1960) Historical drama with Kirk Douglas (AD)
6.00 BattleBots. The Tournament begins
7.00 BattleBots. Four bots face-off to decide
the 2018 BattleBots World Champion
8.00 MotoGP Highlights. The Gran Premio
Red Bull de España in the south of Spain
9.00 FILM: Alien (18, 1979) A cargo
spacecraft is invaded by a deadly creature that
begins preying on the crew. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi
horror with Sigourney Weaver and Tom Skerritt
11.25 FILM: Lucy (15, 2014) A kidnapped
courier seeks revenge after a drug gives her
superhuman abilities. Sci-fi thriller starring
Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman (AD)
1.15am Minder (AD, SL) 2.15 The Protectors
(SL) 2.50 Unwind with ITV 3.00 Teleshopping

6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 Ever Decreasing
Circles 7.45 Bergerac 8.40 The Bill 9.40 Classic
Holby City 11.00 Casualty (AD) 12.00 The Bill
1.00pm Classic EastEnders 2.20 Bergerac 3.20
Lovejoy 4.20 Pie in the Sky 5.20 Ever
Decreasing Circles. Martin has trouble sleeping
6.00 Butterflies. Ria meets an old school friend
6.40 Last of the Summer Wine. The police
go in search of a runaway cooker
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine. A renowned
womaniser turns his attentions to Nora Batty
8.00 Inspector George Gently. The detective
takes on his final case as he prepares to retire.
Starring Martin Shaw (2/2) (AD)
10.00 New Tricks. The body of a missing
computer expert turns up in a morgue under a
false name, so Strickland asks the team to
investigate. Sarah Smart guests (5/10) (AD)
11.20 Silent Witness. Nikki investigates after
a police raid at a house sees two suspected
terrorists and a policeman killed — but the
officers’ accounts of events do not add up (AD)
1.50am Dalziel & Pascoe. Guest starring
Art Malik (AD) 4.00 Teleshopping

6.00am Full Steam Ahead (AD) 8.00 True Evil:
The Making of a Nazi 9.00 Nazi Hunters 10.00
Abandoned Engineering (AD) 12.00 The
Architecture the Railways Built (AD) 1.00pm
Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland
1.30 Great British Railway Journeys 2.00
Abandoned Engineering (AD) 4.00 The
World at War 5.00 Nazi Hunters
6.00 Antiques Roadshow
7.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys.
Michael Portillo visits Spain and Portugal
8.00 Abandoned Engineering. Exploring
a luxury resort in Argentina (7/12) (AD)
9.00 Hornby: A Model World. A young designer
attempts to create a new model of the
British jet the Vampire (8/10) (AD)
10.00 Bangers and Cash. A lovely 350cc Douglas
Mark V motorbike from 1950 goes under the
hammer, and Derek drags a mini pickup out of
the barn where it’s been for 20 years (9/10)
11.00 Abandoned Engineering (7/12) (AD)
12.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys
1.00am Full Steam Ahead. Reliving the golden
age of steam railways (AD) 3.00 Teleshopping

ITV2 ITV3 Yesterday


6.00am James Max 6.30 The Julia Hartley-
Brewer Breakfast Show 10.00 The Independent
Republic of Mike Graham. The host takes a look
at the morning newspapers 1.00pm Afternoons
with Ian Collins. Hard-hitting monologues,
stimulating debates and time for your calls
4.00 Jeremy Kyle. Political panel debates, all
the latest from Parliament, and exclusive
interviews with a variety big-name guests
7.00 The News Desk. Tom Newton Dunn tackles
the biggest stories of the day with a packed hour
of news, expert analysis, debate and exclusives
8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored. The host
presents his verdict on the day’s global events
with an hour of debate and straight-talking
interviews with leading figures
9.00 The Talk. A panel of opinionated famous
faces from the worlds of politics, showbiz,
business and current affairs debate the hot
topics everybody’s talking about
10.00 Daisy McAndrew. The host is joined by
leading journalists and commentators
11.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored (r)
12.00 Overnights. Bringing the best and latest
news stories overnight 5.00am James Max


7.00pm Johnny Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor.
Searching for wild boar (5/10)
7.30 Seven Ages of Starlight. Leading scientists
provide an exploration of the stars (1&2/2)
9.00 Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time.
The physicist revisits his previous programmes
to take a fresh look at the concept of gravity,
revealing it to be far more than just the force
that makes things fall to the ground (3/4)
10.00 Missions. Alice discovers uncomfortable
genetic facts, causing confrontations (4/10)
10.20 Missions. A violent encounter lends
urgency to Peter’s quest (5/10)
10.45 Missions. Jeanne is on the run,
with reason to be paranoid (6/10)
11.10 Missions. Jeanne and Alice are distressed,
each trying to make sense of an insane
situation, while Peter’s fate is unknown (7/10)
11.30 Coast. The most scary sea cliffs in Britain
11.50 BBC Proms 2018. A concert led by
multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier
1.55am Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release,
Restore. The ways animals adapt 2.25 Johnny
Kingdom: A Year on Exmoor 2.55-3.55 Brian
Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time (SL)

6.00am FILM: The Heart of the Matter
(PG, 1954) Drama with Trevor Howard (b/w)
8.05 FILM: Royal Wedding (U, 1951)
Musical comedy starring Fred Astaire 9.55
FILM: Girls! Girls! Girls! (U, 1962) Musical
starring Elvis Presley 11.50 FILM: Vendetta
for the Saint (PG, 1969) Action adventure
starring Roger Moore 1.50pm Look at Life 2.00
Rooms 3.00 Moving with the Times 3.25 FILM:
Blue, White and Perfect (PG, 1942)
Mystery starring Lloyd Nolan (b/w)
5.00 The Footage Detectives
6.00 FILM: The Smallest Show on Earth
(U, 1957) Comedy with Bill Travers (b/w)
7.35 Treble One: A Tribute
8.00 Gideon’s Way (b/w)
9.00 FILM: Lady in Cement (15, 1968)
Thriller starring Frank Sinatra
10.50 FILM: Ladyhawke (PG, 1985)
Medieval fantasy adventure starring
Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer
1.20am FILM: Hurry Sundown (PG, 1967)
Melodrama starring Michael Caine 4.10 FILM:
Once A Thief (PG, 1935) Crime drama
5.30 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

11.00am 12 Angry Men (U, 1957) Legal
drama starring Henry Fonda (b/w) (AD)
12.55pm Death Drums Along the River
(PG, 1963) Murder mystery starring Richard
Todd 2.35 The Cockleshell Heroes (U, 1955)
Fact-based Second World War drama with José
Ferrer 4.35 The Desperados (15, 1969)
Western with Jack Palance and Vince Edwards
6.20 Valerian and the City of a Thousand
Planets (12, 2017) Two special operatives race
to identify a menace threatening the future of
the universe. Sci-fi adventure starring Dane
DeHaan and Cara Delevingne (AD)
9.00 Men in Black: International (12, 2019)
The intergalactic law enforcers tackle their
biggest threat — a mole in the Men in Black
organisation. Fantasy sequel starring Chris
Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson
11.15 The Incredible Hulk (12, 2008)
A scientist who changes into a monster when
angry is hunted by a general who wants to
use the creature as a weapon. Comic-book
adventure starring Edward Norton and Liv Tyler
1.25am-3.25 45 Years (15, 2015)
Drama starring Charlotte Rampling (AD)

8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 9.15 A Place in
the Sun 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.05pm
Heir Hunters 2.10 Four in a Bed 4.50 Find It, Fix
It, Flog It 5.55 Escape to the Château: DIY
6.55 The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes.
A Wensleydale farmer bids to become
England’s champion sheepdog trialler (AD)
7.55 Escape to the Château. Dick celebrates
his birthday with a hot-air balloon ride
over the château at sunrise (2/3) (AD)
9.00 The Great British Dig: History in Your Back
Garden. The team go on the hunt for the Morda
Workhouse in Oswestry, Shropshire (AD)
10.00 Guy Martin’s Lancaster Bomber. The
presenter trains in all seven crew positions on
the iconic aircraft, from pilot to bomb aimer,
receiving tutelage from the last surviving
member of the Dambusters mission (AD)
11.05 24 Hours in A&E. Medics at St George’s
A&E department tend to an 80-year-old woman
with a potential bleed on the brain (AD)
12.10am 999: On the Front Line 1.15 The Great
British Dig: History in Your Back Garden (AD)
2.15 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
3.20-3.50 Food Unwrapped (AD)

Talk TV BBC4 Talking Pictures Film4 More4


ITV4 Drama


Film The Two
Faces of January
BBC2, 10pm

American tour guide
and occasional conman
Rydal (Oscar Isaac) is
struck by Chester and
Colette MacFarland
(Viggo Mortensen and
Kirsten Dunst), a
couple gilded by wealth
and effortless charisma.
But they are not all
they seem. (12, 2014)

The film is called In
the Room Where It
Happens and shows
Alan Yentob travelling
to Collier’s studio in his
mother’s north London
house where the magic
is still made. As well as
offering a fascinating
technical insight into
his skills, there is praise
from figures such as
Hans Zimmer, Jools
Holland, Stormzy and
Chris Martin.

Imagine
BBC1, 10.40pm

When Jacob Collier
posted his
extraordinary a
cappella harmonies on
YouTube, music greats
including Herbie
Hancock and Quincy
Jones were dazzled.
Record deals soon
followed and he won
Grammys for each of
his first four albums.

he had evaded justice,
five years later, in
New Zealand, he tried
to kill his new wife
Felicity Drumm with
the same method. This
programme about his
almost unbelievable
crimes hears how a
rural-based Scottish
detective called
Charles Henry helped
to bring him to justice
in an extraordinary
manhunt.

was heated. It then
dawned on her what
was happening. She
has made a programme
on menopause before
for C4, but in this
follow-up she focuses
on how it can affect the
mind as well as the
body and discovers
that, for many women,
symptoms such as
memory loss and
brain fog can mean
losing your job.

Married to a
Psychopath
Channel 4, 10pm

In 2011 a nurse called
Malcolm Webster was
found guilty of
murdering his first wife,
Claire Morris, in 1994.
He drugged her and let
her burn in a 4x4 by
the side of a rural
Aberdeenshire road.
His motive? Grubby
financial gain. Believing
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