6969 guideguide 12-18 Aug 2017 12-18 Aug 2017 Thursday 17 television
7.0 World News Today (T)
7.30 The Sky at Night
(T) (R) Chris Lintott and
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
keep an eye out for the
Perseids meteor shower.8.0 Sword, Musket & Machine
Gun: Britain’s Armed
History (T) (R) Sam
Willis charts the impact
of gunpowder on the
battlefi eld.
9.0 Andrew Marr’s The Making
of Modern Britain (T) (R) A
look at the tensions caused
by the suff ragettes, the
liberation of Ireland and the
start of the fi rst world war.10.0 Wonders of the Universe
(T) (R) Last in the series.
11.0 Horizon: Solar Storms- The Threat to Planet
Earth (T) (R)
12.0 Gaga for Dada: The
Original Art Rebels (T)
(R) 1.0 A History of Art in
Three Colours (T) (R) 2.0
Wonders of the Universe
(T) (R) 3.0 Sword, Musket &
Machine Gun (T) (R)
6.0 Countdown (T) (R) 6.45
Will & Grace (T) (R) 7.35
Everybody Loves Raymond
(T) (R) 8.30 Frasier (T) (R)
10.0 The Big Bang Theory
(T) (R) 11.0 The Simpsons
(T) (R) 12.0 News (T) 12.05
Couples Come Dine with Me
(T) (R) 1.05 Posh Pawn (T)
(R) 2.10 Countdown (T) 3.0
Cheap Cheap Cheap (T) 4.0
A Place in the Sun: Winter
Sun (T) (R) 5.0 Four in a Bed
(T) (R) 5.30 Come Dine with
Me (T) 6.0 The Simpsons (T)
(R) 6.30 Hollyoaks (T) 7.0
Channel 4 News (T)
8.0 Child Genius (T) The
quarter-fi nal sees the 11
remaining competitors
tested on their knowledge
of science, before having to
memorise 104 playing cards.
9.0 Taxi of Mum and Dad
(T) A look through the
windscreens of eight family
cars, eavesdropping on the
conversations between
parents and teenagers.
10.0 How to Make Your Marriage
Work (T) Documentary.
11.05 24 Hours in A&E (T) (R)
12.05 One Born Every Minute
(T) (R) 1.0 Delhi Cops (T)
(R) 1.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA (T) (R)
2.45 The Supervet (T) (R)
3.40 Location, Location,
Location (T) (R) 4.35 Selling
Houses (T) (R) 5.30 Shipping
Wars UK (T) (R)
6.0 Milkshake! 9.15 The
Wright Stuff 11.15 The
Yorkshire Vet (T) (R) 12.10
5 News Lunchtime (T)
12.15 Celebrity Big Brother
(T) (R) 1.10 Access (T) 1.15
Home and Away (T) 1.45
Neighbours (T) 2.20 NCIS
(T) (R) 3.15 After All
These Years (Scott Smith,
2013) (T) 5.0 5 News at 5 (T)
5.30 Neighbours (T) (R) 6.0
Home and Away (T) (R) 6.30
5 News Tonight (T) 7.0 All
New Traffi c Cops (T) (R)8.0 Nightmare Tenants: Get
Out of My House (T) (R)
The owner of a tanning
salon regrets letting an
employee move into a
house he owns when he is
faced with complaints from
the neighbours about wild
parties – and £3,000 in
unpaid rent. 5 News Update
9.0 Celebrity Big Brother (T)
Highlights from the house.10.0 Make or Break? (T) Pressure
builds for the fi ve couples.
11.05 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit
on the Side (T)
12.0 Cricket on 5 (T) 1.0
SuperCasino (T) 3.10 GPs:
Behind Closed Doors (T) (R)
4.0 The Railways That Built
Britain with Chris Tarrant (T)
(R) 4.45 House Doctor (T)
(R) 5.10 Divine Designs (T)
(R) 5.35 Wildlife SOS (T) (R)Top of the Lake: China Girl
9pm, BBC2
Elisabeth Moss’s Robin Griffi n
struggles on, besieged from
all sides. She’s moved directly
into Alexander’s orbit now,
and – remarkably – he’s getting
even creepier, exploiting Mary’s
vulnerabilities and putting her
in serious danger. Aspects of the
plot feel contrived, particularly
the clunky confl uence of Robin’s
private and professional life. But
this is still a taut exploration of
the ways in which men impose
their will upon women. PH
The Brighton Police
9pm, ITV
New series looking at the work
of the police force in the seaside
town. It’s a long-winded old do,
as the police deal with an armed
robbery down at the bookies and
then face a cocaine bust. There’s
something mundane about the
work the boys and girls in blue
do here, with paperwork, CCTV-
watching and much gathering
of evidence for court cases.
Then they get sworn at by drunk
people who think it’s a good idea
to drive a car. HVTaxi of Mum and Dad
9pm, Channel 4
For this one-off doc, the fl y-on-
the-wall format is transposed to
the family car, with its no-escape
potential. We earwig as various
teens in diff erent towns are
ferried about by their parents:
Sarah, for example, who’s
debating with her mother the
merits of trying nitrous oxide,
and Ben, trying to explain to his
mum the meaning of “buff ting”.
If the random chat of strangers
has never engaged you, you’ll
struggle to see the point. SO’CChannel 4 Channel 5 BBC4