The Times - UK (2022-05-26)

12 Thursday May 26 2022 | the times

television & radio

Hosted by Ant and Dec

(who else?), stars will

present the awards to

individuals aged

between 11 and 30 who

have overcome barriers

to transform their lives

and futures. “It is

always so inspirational

to hear from these

young people who...

against all odds have

come out fighting and

achieved so much,”

Ant McPartlin says.

The Prince’s

Trust Awards

ITV, 8.30pm

The annual awards

ceremony celebrating

the success of young

people who are

supported by the

Prince’s Trust is

showing on ITV for

the first time, in the

presence of the

charity’s founder, the

Prince of Wales.

carnal relations with

her doppelgänger (she

even has the same

tattoo). Moments later

her target is killed in an

explosion and Cassie is

convinced that the

person pretending to be

her is responsible for

the blast. Back in LA,

Annie and her hacker

boyfriend come to stay

and are soon dragged

into another frantic

murder mystery.

series we rejoin Cassie

in Los Angeles, living

her best sober life with

her boyfriend. She is

still working as a flight

attendant, but also

moonlighting as a

“civilian asset” for the

CIA (who were

impressed by her

crime-solving skills in

season one). During a

trip to Berlin Cassie

spots the asset she is

following enjoying

of the turn of events

that led to the death of

her companion. But

rather than ’fessing up,

she tried to lie her way

out of it, running her

own investigation into

what happened,

assisted by her best

friend, the cynical

lawyer Annie (Zosia

Mamet, Girls), and, er,

her deceased bedfellow,

who appeared to her in

visions. For the second

Bang Theory). She

channelled Goldie

Hawn as the hard-

partying flight

attendant Cassie

Bowden, who became

embroiled in a murder

case after a one-night

stand with a first-class

passenger during a

layover in Bangkok

went horribly wrong.

Cassie was blackout

drunk at the time of the

incident, so had no idea

Viewing Guide

Joe Clay

The Flight

Attendant
Sky Max/Now,
9pm/10.05pm

The first
series of this
stylish crime
caper rattled
along, thanks to a very
watchable turn from
Kaley Cuoco (The Big

Top

pick

7PM

Early

8PM

9PM

10PM

11PM

Late

BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

7.00 The One Show Live chat and

topical reports presented by

Alex Jones and Ronan Keating

7.30 EastEnders Stacey puts her foot

down when Jean refuses to accept

any more care from her (AD)

8.00 Eat Well for Less? Jordan Banjo and

Chris Bavin advise a family from West

Drayton, west London. The household

loves a takeaway and needs to cut

down their snacking (2/6) (AD)

9.00 Who Do You Think You Are?

New series. The television presenter

and comedian Sue Perkins discovers

more about her orphaned grandfather

and a great grandfather interned as an

“enemy alien” during the First World

War. See Viewing Guide (1/5) (AD)

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.30 BBC Regional News and Weather

10.40 Question Time Fiona Bruce

hosts the political debate from Belfast,

inviting a panel of politicians and

other guests to answer questions

from an invited audience

11.40 Newscast A weekly round-up from

Westminster, delivering the usual mix

of analysis and light-hearted gossip

12.15am-6.00 BBC News

7.00 Marcus Wareing’s Tales from a

Kitchen Garden Setting out to bring

in new livestock and expand the range

of produce, the Michelin-starred chef

wants to bring in some ducks. But

things are not as simple as they seem

as he heads out onto the lake to

create a new home for them (3/5)

8.00 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022

Monty Don, Joe Swift and the team

explore ways to encourage wildlife, the

designer Jasper Conran reveals the

sprawling, bloom-filled gardens of his

Dorset home, while Joe explains

how to create a Victorian style

stumpery in a shady corner (9/13)

9.00 Art That Made Us How the

generation of artists who recorded the

shocks of global war gave way in the

1950s and 1960s to an explosion of

new voices from across the British

Isles. Last in the series (AD)

10.00 Mock the Week With Maisie Adam,

Angela Barnes, Rhys James, Robin

Morgan and Ahir Shah (3/13) (r)

10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s

events presented by Kirsty Wark

11.15 DNA Family Secrets A 46-year-old

found out as a teenager that she was

conceived using a sperm donor. Now

she wants to see if she can find

her biological father’s identity by

decoding her DNA (3/6) (r) (AD)

12.15am Sign Zone: Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof

The famous faces perform yoga poses hundreds of feet

above a frozen waterfall (r) (AD, SL) 1.15 Yorkshire

Midwives on Call. Claire hopes to assist a couple with a

home birth for their first baby (r) (AD, SL) 2.15-3.15

Britain’s Top Takeaways. Fast-food competition (r) (SL)

7.30 Emmerdale Noah is in court, and

Moira is under pressure as Faith’s only

confidante. Meanwhile, Cathy is

worried about Amelia (AD)

8.30 The Prince’s Trust Awards in

Association Ant and Dec host the

Prince’s Trust Awards and broadcast

for the first time in the presence of

founder and president Prince Charles.

Held at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,

the ceremony celebrates the successes

of young people supported by the

charity, with stars from film,

television, music and sport on hand

to share the winners’ emotive stories

and showcase their accomplishments.

See Viewing Guide (AD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten

10.30 Regional News

10.45 The 1% Club Quiz hosted by Lee Mack

in which the questions have nothing

to do with remembering facts, but are

all about logic and common sense.

With one hundred contestants in every

show having a chance of winning

up to £100,000 (r) (AD)

11.40 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage Hard-

hitting, high-flying wrestling action

with many of AEW’s biggest stars

12.30am Teleshopping 3.00 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring

into Summer. With guest Alison Steadman (r) (AD, SL)

3.25 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer. With guest

Anton Du Beke (r) (AD, SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV.

Daily escape designed to calm the mind 5.05-6.00

Tipping Point. Quiz hosted by Ben Shephard (r) (SL)

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Secret Spenders: Beat the Price

Rises In Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a

man is worried about his wife’s credit

card bill after she splashed out on a

hot tub and gazebo. In Clacton-on-Sea,

Essex, a care worker needs her retired

husband to stop spending their cash

in the seaside arcades (4/4) (AD)

9.00 Taskmaster Ardal O’Hanlon indulges

in a plant-based snack, liquids are

poured down a giant tube on Sophie

Duker’s head, Chris Ramsey refuses to

consume dried spaghetti and Bridget

Christie browns a bun. Judi Love

impresses Greg Davies with her tales

of celebrity encounters (7/10) (AD)

10.00 Big Boys New series. Comedy about

two mismatched young men who are

finding their way at university.

See Viewing Guide (1/6) (AD)

10.30 Big Boys Jack and Danny enjoy an

eventful night out with a fashion

student. See Viewing Guide (2/6) (AD)

11.05 First Dates Two sisters make a

foursome — but no one is sure who is

dating who, a 22-year-old hopes a

fellow student will not be put off by

his overwhelming personality, and a

60-year-old from Wirral is looking for

someone to keep up with her when

she goes clubbing (2/4) (r) (AD)

12.05am Hunted Social experiment in which people go

on the run (r) (AD, SL) 1.05 Hunted. Meurig makes a

getaway (r) (AD, SL) 2.00 The World’s Most Extreme (r)

(AD, SL) 2.55 Troy Deeney: Where’s My History? (r) (AD,

SL) 3.50 Come Dine with Me (r) 4.45 Location, Location,

Location (r) (AD) 5.40-6.05 The Perfect Pitch (r)

7.00 Spring Gardening with Carol Klein

Carol Klein welcomes us back to Glebe

Cottage, where it is time for more

immersion in the garden pond – now is

the time to plant marginal and aquatic

plants. Last in the series

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 Nick Knowles’ Big House Clearout

The presenter heads to Hastings to

meet a man who lives in a small

two-up two-down cottage with his

four rescue dogs. He developed

hip problems, has become more

housebound, and clutter has been

building up around him (5/12)

9.00 The Chernobyl Disaster: Fallout

This concluding episode reveals the

huge sacrifice made by thousands to

contain the devastating nuclear

disaster. Last in the series

10.00 Ambulance: Code Red A van collides

with an articulated lorry on the M6 in

Wolverhampton, and paramedics fear

the driver’s abdominal pain and low

blood pressure may be a sign of

internal bleeding (r) (AD)

11.05 Skin A&E The specialist clinic opens

its doors to patients with acne,

psoriasis and cysts (r)

12.05am Plastic Surgery Knifemares (r) 1.00 Live

Casino Show 3.00 Entertainment News 3.10 The Dog

Rescuers (r) 3.55 My Mum’s Hotter Than Me! (r) 4.45

Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.10 House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35

Peppa Pig (r) (AD, SL) 5.40 Paw Patrol (r) (SL) 5.50-

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

6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live. Magazine show

hosted by Kimberley Walsh and Gethin Jones 10.00 For

Love or Money. A victim who was conned out of his life

savings and dragged into a money-laundering ring (r)

10.45 Rip Off Britain. Consumer show 11.15 Homes

Under the Hammer. Properties in east London,

Nottinghamshire and Kent 12.15pm Bargain Hunt.

Charlie Ross hosts from the Agricultural Showground on

Anglesey (r) (AD) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30

BBC Regional News; Weather 1.45 Doctors. Ruhma visits

Valerie to see if she can help her deal with her demons,

while Maeve and Jimmi’s first date does not quite go to

plan (AD) 2.15 Five Bedrooms. Liz is wooed by a law firm

whose former boss heartlessly fired her (AD) 3.00 Escape

to the Country. Alistair Appleton assists two teachers

seeking a home in Dorset (r) (AD) 3.45 RHS Chelsea

Flower Show 2022. Fred Sirieix talks about his passion for

gardening, and Mark Lane reveals his love for lavender

4.30 The Bidding Room. Items include an unusual box and

two mystery vessels (r) 5.15 Pointless. Quiz hosted by

Alexander Armstrong, with Richard Osman 6.00 BBC

News at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

6.30am Escape to the Country (r) 7.15 Pointless (r)

8.00 Sign Zone: Gardeners’ World (r) (SL) 9.00 BBC

News 10.00 BBC News 12.15pm Politics Live 1.00

Ready Steady Cook (r) 1.45 Eggheads (r) 2.15 James

Martin: Home Comforts. The chef focuses on impressing

dinner-party guests with home-cooked recipes that could

pass as restaurant dishes. Last in the series (r) (AD)

3.00 Britain in Bloom. Chris Bavin helps volunteers in

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (r) 3.30 Murder, Mystery

and My Family: Case Closed? The criminal barristers

Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein revisit cases previously

featured, beginning with the conviction and execution of

Edith Thompson in the 1920s (r) (AD) 4.15 This Farming

Life. Documentary following life on five farms around

Scotland, with the first edition featuring a shepherd in

the Outer Hebrides gathering in a flock of wild sheep by

boat (r) 5.15 Flog It! Mark Stacey and Charles Hanson are

in Margam Country Park near Port Talbot in south Wales

(r) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games. With Maisie

Adam, Rory Bremner, James Cracknell and Michelle Gayle

(r) 6.30 Animal Park. Longleat Safari Park’s keepers have

made an exciting discovery in the emu barn (AD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00 Lorraine.

Entertainment, current affairs and fashion news, as well

as showbiz stories and gossip. Presented by Lorraine Kelly

10.00 This Morning. Daily magazine, featuring a mix of

chat, showbusiness news, lifestyle features, topical

discussion, health and beauty advice and more. Including

Local Weather 12.30pm Loose Women. The women put

the world to rights once more and invite a guest to chat

about what they are up to 1.30 ITV News; Weather 2.00

Dickinson’s Real Deal. David Dickinson visits Solihull in

the West Midlands, where items taking the dealers’ fancy

include resin plaques, a steam engine and jewellery (r)

(AD) 3.00 Tenable. A team of family members answers

questions about top 10 lists, then tries to score a perfect

10 in the final round. Quiz hosted by Warwick Davis (r)

4.00 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 5.00 The Chase. Bradley Walsh presents as

contestants from Hollywell, Borehamwood, Maidenhead

and Birmingham pit their wits against one of the Chasers

6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather

6.05am Countdown. With the comedian Jo Brand in

Dictionary Corner (r) 6.45 Cheers (r) 7.40 The King of

Queens (r) (AD) 9.00 Frasier (r) (AD) 10.30 Undercover

Boss USA. The president of a Chicago-based hardware

retailer poses as a handyman taking part in a reality show

to go incognito among his own workforce (r) 11.25

Channel 4 News Summary 11.30 Couples Come Dine with

Me. In Cambridge, matters begin with a hearty but simple

menu (r) 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch. Weekday

magazine show hosted by Steph McGovern 2.10

Countdown. Robert Hardman joins Susie Dent in

Dictionary Corner 3.00 A Place in the Sun. Don and

Margaret seek a bolthole on Portugal’s western Algarve

(r) 4.00 The Great House Giveaway. A bathroom fitter

and an air conditioning engineer renovate a house in

Greater Manchester 5.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses.

Two couples seek their perfect properties in Alicante and

Almeria (r) 6.00 The Simpsons. Bart decides to steal a

kiss from a girl at school (r) (AD) 6.30 Hollyoaks. Ste

makes a big confession to his sister, and Sienna goes

rogue, while Sally discovers the school newspaper’s

slanderous front-page headline about her son (r) (AD)

6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. The broadcaster

and guests discuss the issues of the day, with co-host

Storm Huntley joining him for phone-ins and reading out

viewers’ correspondence 12.15pm Shoplifters &

Scammers: At War with the Law. Undercover detective

Eve is on the hunt for fake vaping pods that are not just

illegal, but are also dangerous (r) 1.10 5 News at

Lunchtime 1.15 Home and Away. Dean bullies Ryder into

being his informant 1.45 Neighbours 2.15 FILM:

A Date with Danger (12, TVM, 2021) When a

woman’s best friend goes missing, she must work quickly

to determine whether her abductor is someone close to

home. Thriller starring Lara Jean Chorostecki 4.00

Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun. Cameras catch up with

Yorkshire-born chip shop owner “John the Fish”, who

spends his week chopping, frying, battering and bantering

with his cousin Jamie 5.00 5 News at 5 6.00 Neighbours.

Glen is brought into hospital, fearing he has suffered

permanent damage. Paul makes Chloe deal with another

work issue above her paygrade (r) (AD) 6.30 Eggheads.

The Quizstoffersons hope to topple the mighty Eggheads,

and ride away with the spoils. Jeremy Vine hosts (r)