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neon Hong Kong feel to

it. And as for where we

are in the narrative, it

is ten years since Obi-

Wan defeated Anakin

Skywalker in a duel

that saw the latter half-

burnt to death in lava

and consigned to a

black suit and helmet.

Yes, that’s the other

something about this

series — with a familiar

gasmask wheeze, Darth

Vader is back!

Guinness, all those

years ago), but keeping

a distant eye on a

ten-year-old Luke

Skywalker, living with

his protective Uncle

Owen (Joel Edgerton)

and unaware of his

destiny as a Jedi knight.

The Empire is on the

lookout for him. The

action isn’t all on

Tatooine, with the

series introducing

Daiyu which has a

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Disney+

The infinite Star Wars

universe continues to

expand 45 years on

from its big bang. And

this new one harks

back to that first film.

We are on Tattooine,

where Obi-Wan Kenobi

(Ewan McGregor) is a

recluse in the desert

(just as we first met

him, when he was Alec

character who looks

like a hair-metal

guitarist. But yes,

there’s also a horrifying

ghoul, some bone-

cracking horror and a

bit of levitation. And

that’s just the first

episode. In fact, the

horror aspect is

distinctly more intense

this time, reflecting the

fact the show’s original

young audience is

growing up too.

almost hyperreal

retro-immersion in the

1980s. So while things

begin with a sinister

flashback, most of the

next hour is concerned

with unrequited

crushes, Eleven’s

growing pains at a new

school in California

and, above all,

preparations for the

secretive Dungeons and

Dragons Hellfire Club,

chaired by a great new

supernatural goings-on

in an ostensibly

ordinary Midwestern

town had been viewed

in more than 67 million

households. So this

fourth one (the

penultimate) is hotly

awaited by fans, and it’s

not going to let them

down. It’s all here: the

loveable high-school

outsiders, the grisly

paranormal, the fast-

moving humour, the

Viewing Guide

James Jackson

Stranger Things
Netflix

After the
recent news
of a dip in
subscribers,
Netflix could do with a
big surefire hit, and just
in time here’s Stranger
Things. By last year, the
third series about

Top

pick

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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 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022

Sophie Raworth and Joe Swift

reveal the winner of this year’s

People’s Choice Award (11/13)

8.00 Question of Sport With guest

panellists Roger Black, Asha Philip,

Danny Mills and Jon Wilkin

8.30 Here We Go Robin asks Paul to go

undercover to learn about Cherry’s

new boyfriend (5/6) (AD)

9.00 Have I Got News for You Miles Jupp

hosts, with panellists Joan Bakewell

and Phil Wang. Last in the series

9.30 The Other One Cathy is excited to

introduce siblings Cat and Callum to

lambing season at Auntie Dawn’s farm.

Caroline Quentin guests (4/5) (AD)

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.30 BBC Regional News and Weather

10.40 Love Life Mia has complicated

feelings that may threaten her

relationship with Marcus (7/10) (AD)

11.10 Love Life As he tries desperately to

get his mind off Mia, Marcus joins Yogi

and Kian for a glamping trip. William

Jackson Harper stars (8/10) (AD)

11.40 Desperately Seeking Susan (15,

1985) A bored housewife becomes

fixated with the antics of a fugitive

temptress — but her fascination leads

to a mix-up when she loses her

memory. Comedy starring Rosanna

Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn,

Mark Blum and John Turturro

1.25am-6.00 BBC News

7.00 My Unique B&B Simon Parfett

and team head to Dorset to help a pair

of musicians rebuild their simple

shelter made from hazel sticks (AD)

7.30 Beechgrove Carole Baxter finds out

what happens if you do not follow

the instructions on a plant’s label

8.00 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022

Monty Don and Joe Swift chat to the

winner of this year’s BBC RHS People’s

Choice Award, Texas’s Sharleen Spiteri

shares her passion for gardening, and

Carol Klein reveals her favourite floral

picks from the Great Pavilion (12/13)

9.00 The Terror: Infamy The Nakayamas

have been torn apart, and Chester

searches for the one person he believes

can help. A tuberculosis outbreak

forces Amy to act (7/10) (AD)

9.40 The Terror: Infamy Chester and Luz

finally reach a turning point in their

relationship, while Amy is forced to

take action after going up against

a powerful nemesis (8/10) (AD)

10.25 Planet Earth: A Tale of Three

Bears In Minnesota (1/5) (r)

10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s

events with Kirsty Wark

11.05 Idris Elba’s Fight School

On the eve of their big night, Idris and

his squad are dealt a devastating blow

when the experiment is put on hold

as the Omnicron variant hits the

country and the Fight School

is forced to close (5/5) (r) (AD)

12.35am Sign Zone: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Talks to Emma Barnett Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

talks to Emma Barnett about her imprisonment in Iran (r)

(SL) 1.05 Hunting Putin’s War Criminals — Panorama.

Paul Kenyon travels to Kyiv to investigate war crimes

(r) (SL) 1.35-2.35 DNA Family Secrets (r) (AD, SL)

7.30 Emmerdale Charity panics, Sam

jumps on an opportunity, while

Amelia lies to Cathy (AD)

8.00 Coronation Street Abi admits

her plan to flee abroad with Alfie,

Summer’s high blood sugar has a

devastating impact on her exam,

and Sean attracts the attention of a

Rovers customer called Frank (AD)

9.00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night

There is an embarrassing stumble for

one of the Real Housewives, and a

car explodes on the set of Top Gear.

David Walliams narrates (AD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten

10.30 Regional News

10.45 When English Football Ruled

Europe English clubs’ dominance of

the European Cup between 1977 and

1984. This episode looks at Liverpool
      and Nottingham Forest each achieving
      back-to-back triumphs (1/2) (r) (AD)

11.40 2 Fast 2 Furious (12, 2003)

A disgraced cop is given a chance to

redeem himself by going undercover.

Thriller sequel with Paul Walker (AD)

1.25am Teleshopping 3.00 Winning Combination. Quiz

hosted by Omid Djalili (r) (SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV.

Daily escape designed to calm the mind and encourage

relaxation 5.05-6.00 Robson and Jim’s Icelandic

Fly-Fishing Adventure. Robson Green and Jim Murray

commence their search for wild Atlantic salmon (r) (SL)

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Devon and Cornwall New series.

Documentary examining daily life in

the two counties in south-west

England. An enterprising Cornishman

hopes to turn fields of colourful

flowers into liquid gold by cultivating

275,000 sunflowers (1/4)

9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics share

their opinions on what they have been

watching during the week, with

cameras capturing their instant

reactions and discussions (AD)

10.00 The Lateish Show with Mo

Gilligan New series. The host is

joined by the comedian Michael

McIntyre, the actor and musician

Ashley Walters, comedian and

presenter Judi Love and dancehall

legend Sean Paul. See Viewing Guide

11.05 Sarah Millican: Thoroughly

Modern Millican Live Stand-up

performance, recorded at London’s

Hammersmith Apollo during the

comedienne’s 2012 UK tour.

Anecdotes include life’s humdrum

curiosities, and the wonders of

making a home-made treadmill (r)

12.10am FILM: Fantastic Four (12, 2015) Scientists

return from another dimension with unusual powers,

which they use to defend the Earth. Superhero adventure

with Miles Teller (AD) 1.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares

USA (r) 2.45 Come Dine with Me (r) 4.55 Location,

Location, Location (r) 5.50-6.00 Sunday Brunch (r)

7.00 Burger King: How Do They Really

Do It? The secrets of the fast-food

chain, revealing how its advertising

marks it out among its rivals, and how

a clever pricing and location strategy

give it a unique market position

7.55 5 News Update

8.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway

Journeys A journey from the Mexican

border at San Diego, following the

Californian coast north to the city of

San Luis Obispo, aboard the Pacific

Surfliner. Narrated by Bill Nighy (2/10)

9.00 Tractor World: The Fast & the

Furious In Staffordshire, cameras

follow engineers behind the world’s

fastest tractor — the JCB Fastrac 2,

and off the coast of Devon, there

is a look at the 53-year-old Burgh

Island sea tractor (2/3)

10.00 Million Pound Motorhomes Ricky

Tomlinson takes a trip down memory

lane in North Wales as he goes in

search of his beloved old motorhome,

and there is a look at a $2.5million

vehicle in America (2/4) (r)

11.00 Bridget Jones’s Baby (15, 2016)

After a pair of one-night stands, the

now single Bridget Jones winds up

pregnant. Comedy sequel starring

Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth

1.25am The LeoVegas Live Casino Show 3.25

Entertainment News on 5 3.35 Police Interceptors.

The work of a high-speed police interception unit (r)

4.20 My Mum’s Hotter Than Me! (r) (SL) 5.10 House

Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35 Peppa Pig (r) 5.40 Paw Patrol (r)

5.50-6.00 Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing Adventures (r)

6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live. Magazine show

hosted by Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones 10.00 For Love or

Money. How social media profiles and pictures can be

hijacked by criminals (r) 10.45 Rip Off Britain. Consumer

show 11.15 Homes Under the Hammer. The progress of

properties in Macclesfield, Kent and Cumbria (r) (AD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt. Eric Knowles hosts the contest

from Cheshire (AD) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30

BBC Regional News; Weather 1.45 The Repair Shop. The

team restores a treasured family portrait, a precious

vintage fountain pen, and a 130-year-old tiger automaton

that has lost its growl 2.15 Money for Nothing. The

designers repurpose a chest of drawers, four garden

chairs and a homemade speaker (r) 3.00 Escape to the

Country. A couple looking for a home in Leicestershire (r)

(AD) 3.45 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022. Simon Lycett

creates a floral table display, Mica Paris indulges in her

passion for lilies, and Frances Tophill looks at the lupin

4.30 The Bidding Room. Items include a spice box and

two Chinese statues (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

6.15am Homes Under the Hammer (r) 7.15 Pointless (r)

8.00 Sign Zone: The Repair Shop (r) (AD, SL) 9.00 BBC

News 10.00 BBC News 12.15pm Politics UK 1.00 FILM:

Odette (PG, 1950) The French widow of an English

soldier becomes a British spy during the Nazi occupation

of her country. Fact-based Second World War drama

starring Anna Neagle and Trevor Howard (b/w) 3.00

Britain in Bloom. Chris Bavin meets green-fingered

volunteers in Stechford, Birmingham (r) 3.30 Murder,

Mystery and My Family: Case Closed? Barristers Sasha

Wass and Jeremy Dein look back at their examination

of the historic case against Charlotte Bryant (r) (AD)

4.15 This Farming Life. Martin and Mel introduce their

newly purchased rams to their flock of ewes, while Sandy

sets off on a roadtrip from Lewis to sell his specialist

Hebridean mutton and beef (r) 5.15 Flog It! The team

heads to Sandon Hall in Staffordshire, where Christina

Trevanion and Charles Hanson find some treasures (r)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games. Maisie Adam,

Rory Bremner, James Cracknell and Michelle Gayle

compete (r) 6.30 Animal Park. How Longleat Safari

Park’s keepers look after Anne the rescue elephant (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. Interviews and

topical debate from a female perspective 1.30 ITV News;

Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. David Dickinson is

joined by Michael Hogben, Alison Chapman and Mark

Stevens in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, where a

candlestick phone sparks some interest (r) (AD) 3.00

Tenable. A team of five friends and family 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 Cheshire, Sunderland, Essex, and

Kettering work as a team to take on one of the Chasers

6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather

6.05am Countdown. With the comedian Jo Brand joining

Susie Dent 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. Bill Peduto, 60th Mayor

of Pittsburgh, who comes from a proud family of

Pennsylvania steel workers, goes incognito among his

own workforce posing as a reality show contestant (r)

11.25 Channel 4 News Summary 11.30 Couples Come

Dine with Me. Three couples from Cambridgeshire

compete for the cash prize of £1,000 (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.

Jasmine Harman shows a retiree and her daughter five

properties in Estepona (r) 4.00 The Great House

Giveaway. A joiner and a musician renovate a house in

Colwyn Bay, north Wales 5.00 Sun, Sea and Selling

Houses. Two best friends search for a property in

Almeria (r) 6.00 The Simpsons. Bart’s graffiti impresses

a group of professional artists (r) (AD) 6.30 Hollyoaks.

Zoe has a decision to make after Saul catches on

to her new romance with colleague Sam (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. In London, David

McKelvey and his team are on the trail of a gang

suspected of using human slaves to package up

counterfeit tobacco (r) 1.10 5 News at Lunchtime

1.15 Home and Away. Martha makes a surprising

announcement 1.45 Neighbours 2.15 FILM: Dying

for a Baby (PG, TVM, 2019) Amber and Kyle are

ready to move on after a car accident two years

previously, but a woman who lost her unborn baby in the

crash moves in next door as she seeks to take revenge.

Thriller starring Christa B Allen, Amber Lynn Ashley and

Grayson Berry 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun.

Cameras catch up with a young couple whose new baby

Reina was born 11 weeks early, and is spending the first

part of her life in an incubator 5.00 5 News at 5 6.00

Neighbours. The street celebrates Hendrix and

Mackenzie’s engagement (r) 6.30 Eggheads. The team

WHAT hope to defeat the Eggheads in the quiz show (r)