The Times - UK (2022-05-28)

34 saturday review Saturday May 28 2022 | the times

TalkTV BBC3

7.00pm Top Gear Freddie Flintoff,

Chris Harris and Paddy

McGuinness test cars

in Ethiopia (1/5)

8.00 Dubai Hustle Chris’s deal is

in peril and Jess hosts a

party on a yacht (2/4)

8.30 Hot Cakes Miss Wales drops

in giving Gareth a blast

from the past and Ryan

arranges a surprise (4/5)

9.00 Love and Hate Crime Two

murders in Houston, Texas,

that left police thinking

there was an Iranian hit

squad at work (3/3)

10.00 Conversations with Friends

Frances struggles with her

feelings for Nick and

decides to seek intimacy

elsewhere (8/12)

10.25 Gavin & Stacey (5/6)

10.55 Gavin & Stacey (6/6)

11.25 Conversations with Friends

Frances struggles with her

feelings for Nick (8/12)

11.50-12.20am Dubai Hustle (2/4)

BBC4

7.00pm Great British Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo

travels from Hampstead

to Islington (8/15)

7.30 Coastal Path Paul Rose

walks 630 miles of the

South West Coast Path (1/5)

8.00 Earth from Space Cameras

show how the surface of the

Earth is changing at a rapid

pace. Last in the series

9.00 New Elizabethans with

Andrew Marr The people

who shaped society during

the Queen’s reign (1/3)

10.00 The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very

British Crime Story The

three weeks leading up to

Ruth Ellis’s execution (3/3)

11.00 Crime & Punishment:

The Story of Capital

Punishment The history of

the death sentence (9/9)

12.00-12.30am Handmade: By

Royal Appointment

A look at the work of

shoemakers John Lobb (2/4)

More 4

6.55pm Château DIY Metal-

detecting enthusiast Lee

goes on the hunt for

artefacts at Château Mareuil

7.55 The Dog House

Documentary set inside

Wood Green animal charity,

following staff who are

committed to matching

their homeless dogs with

prospective owners

9.00 Best of Britain by the Sea

Ainsley Harriott and Grace

Dent explore the Easterly

County of Norfolk, eating

their way from its

gastronomic capital,

Norwich, to the seaside

town of Great Yarmouth

10.00 Secrets of the Queen’s

Coronation Behind the

scenes at the coronation

ceremony in 1953

11.05-12.10am 24 Hours in A&E

Focusing on people who

have faced challenges and

transformed their lives (6/8)

Sky Atlantic

6.35pm The Affair Cole and Luisa

are forced to re-examine

their relationship (10/10) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones Tyrion

is sent to greet a royal

party from Dorne, Jon Snow

finds himself on trial at

Castle Black, Daenerys

heads to the slave city of

Meereen and Arya runs into

a familiar face (1/10) (R)

9.00 The Time Traveler’s Wife

As she laments her

linear lifetime and the

unpredictability of her

soulmate’s appearances,

the teenage Clare turns

to Henry for help. See

Viewing Guide (3/6) (R)

10.05 The Pacific Fact-based

Second World War drama

starring James Badge Dale

and Jon Seda (1/10) (R)

11.10-12.15am The Pacific

Sgt Basilone’s company

defends the Guadalcanal

airfield (2/10) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky History

7.00pm The Movies The journey

through American cinema

continues into the 1980s,

with hits that became cult

classics from ET to The

Breakfast Club (8/12) (R)

8.00 The Eighties A look at how

MTV marked the dawn of

the music video’s rise, with

Michael Jackson taking the

artform to a new level by

creating groundbreaking

short films (3/8) (R)

9.00 What’s My Name:

Muhammad Ali

First of a two-part

documentary chronicling

the extraordinary life of

one of sport’s most famous

figures, delving into the

life and legacy of the boxer

and activist (1/2) (R)

10.40-12.15am What’s My Name:

Muhammad Ali Charting

the events that followed

Muhammed Ali’s defeat to

Joe Frazier in 1971 (2/2) (R)

7.00pm Forged in Fire

8.00 American Pickers The Wolfe

brothers check out a century-old

soda shop that’s frozen in time

9.00 River Hunters Roman life in

Scotland. See Viewing Guide (3/3)

10.00 Deep Water Salvage Crews

work around the clock to salvage

the Costa Concordia (8/8)

11.00 Shipwrecks: When History

Resurfaces The Allied invasion of

southern France in August 1944

12.00-1.00am History’s Greatest

Mysteries The discovery of a body

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore Jonah and

Sandra use social media to

investigate bad news (13/15)

7.30 Superstore (14/15)

8.00 Bob’s Burgers

8.30 Bob’s Burgers

9.00 Family Guy

9.30 American Dad! Roger reveals

a secret passion to Klaus

10.00 Family Guy

10.30 Family Guy

10.55 Family Guy

11.25 American Dad!

11.55-12.25am Bob’s Burgers

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat A series of

jewel thefts rocks the village

8.00 Vera The detective

investigates a suspicious fire that

rips through a holiday park,

destroying cabins and claiming the

life of the resort owner’s sister

10.00 Grantchester Detective

drama set in the 1950s, starring

James Norton and Robson Green

as a vicar and a police inspector

solving crimes in rural

Cambridgeshire (1/6)

11.05-12.05am Grantchester (2/6)

ITV4

7.00pm Monaco Historique Grand

Prix Highlights Action from the

historic car race, which celebrates

some of the greats to have won

the Monaco Grand Prix

8.00 MotoGP Highlights

9.00 Isle of Man TT The Honda

Fireblade, which was introduced in

1992, first competed at the Isle of

Man TT in 1996 and has gone on to

amass incredible success

10.00-12.15am FILM Behind

Enemy Lines (12, 2001) Bosnian

War drama starring Gene Hackman

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Ethan has some

serious explaining to do when he’s

caught wearing a police uniform

7.30 Teen Mum Academy

8.00 Below Deck Jesus and Kate

get to know each other (4/15)

9.00 Made in Chelsea Having

found out that James had cheated,

an unsettled Maeva is left unsure

about their future (9/10)

10.00 Gogglebox Shows including

The Great British Bake Off and

Changing Rooms are appraised

11.05-12.10am Naked Attraction

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA With Gary Anthony Williams

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Amsterdam With Joe Lycett

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Stockholm Richard Ayoade and

actress Sally Phillips savour the

delights of the Swedish capital

9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News

for You 2020 compilation

10.00 Live at the Apollo

11.00 QI XL Sandi Toksvig hosts

12.00-12.40am Big Zuu’s Big Eats

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

Hobbo searches for his real mother

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Hobbo is convinced Nelly is his

natural mother and tries to

establish where he was born

8.00 Inspector Alleyn Mysteries A

barrister dies of cyanide poisoning

during his annual holiday

10.05 New Tricks The squad

re-examines an assault case that

left the victim in a coma

11.25-1.50am Silent Witness An

ageing businessman is found dead

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash Dave
finds a very rare 70s Sunbeam
Lotus that has been rotting away in
a farmyard for 29 years (4/10)
8.00 Abandoned Engineering
Exploring Hartwood, a haunting
facility in Scotland
9.00 Bangers and Cash Two iconic
British classics find their way to the
Mathewsons’ auction room (2/8)
10.00 Bangers and Cash (4/15)
11.00 Abandoned Engineering
12.00-1.00am Secrets of the
London Underground (2/6)

PBS America

6.35pm Air Aces Michael Ashcroft

recalls George Beurling’s exploits

during the siege of Malta (1/6)

7.35 Mystery of the Celtic Tomb

Investigating human remains

found in a 2,400-year-old tomb

8.40 The Catacomb Mystery The

mystery of thousands of ancient

skeletons beneath the Vatican

9.55 Hidden Algeria An

exploration of the country’s capital,

Algiers — its architecture, both

French and Neo-Mauresque

11.00-12.05am Air Aces (1/6)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Inside the Factory Gregg

Wallace explores the factory that

produces 625,000 sausages a day

8.00 Air Warriors Revealing

how the P47 caused mayhem in

Second World War air combats

9.00 Memphis Belle in Colour

10.00 Inside the Factory

Featuring a factory that makes

250,000 jars of curry sauce daily

11.00 Air Warriors Documentary

12.00-1.00am Memphis Belle in

Colour The story of one of the

most famous aircraft in history

Sky Arts

7.00pm André Rieu: Tel Aviv Party

8.00 The Art of Architecture Niall

McLaughlin’s design for the library

at Magdalene College, Cambridge

9.00 Leonardo: The Works The

artist’s collection of works (2/2)

10.00 The Directors The life and

work of Alfred Hitchcock (1/10)

11.00 Royalty Close Up The work

of photojournalist Kent Gavin (1/4)

11.30 Royalty Close Up Photos of

Princess Diana (2/4)

12.00-1.15am Liam Gallagher:

Live in New York

Sky Max

7.00pm Stargate SG-1 (1/2) A new

arrival plans to reunite the team

8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Art The

comedians create exhibitions for

the Saatchi Gallery (1/7)

9.00 Strike Back: Silent War

Mac, Wyatt and Novin continue

their hunt for the missing

Russian jet (2/10)

10.00 Tom Cruise: Movie Maverick

Alex Zane talks to the actor about

Top Gun: Maverick

11.00 The Rising (6/8)

12.00-1.00am Road Wars

Discovery

7.00pm Devil’s Canyon
8.00 Fast N’ Loud
9.00 Getaway Driver New series.
Challenging three competitors to
put their cars on the line
10.00 Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car
Crew Reality series
11.00 Railroad Alaska
12.00-1.00am Getaway Driver

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 To Catch a Smuggler

HSI pursues multiple cases of

cocaine smuggled from the

Caribbean aboard boats (8/11)

9.00 Ice Road Rescue

10.00 Wicked Tuna

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Drugs Inc (7/10)

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

6.55pm Friends Four episodes

9.00 Live at the Apollo

10.00 Impractical Jokers: Inside

Jokes Clips, trivia and behind-the-

scenes details of the show

10.30 Impractical Jokers

11.00 Key & Peele Double bill

12.00-12.30am The Alternative

Comedy Experience

Gold

6.25pm Are You Being Served?

7.05 The Good Life

7.45 Dad’s Army

8.20 Dad’s Army

9.00 Gavin & Stacey

9.40 Gavin & Stacey

10.20 Not Going Out

11.00 Desmond’s

11.35-12.10am Desmond’s

W

7.00pm MasterChef Canada: Back

to Win A luxurious seafood platter

8.00 Emma Willis: Delivering

Babies Documentary series

9.00 Nurses on the Ward

10.00 Louis Theroux: The Night in

Question Investigative report

11.20-12.20am One Born Every

Minute Birthing stories

7.00pm Entourage (2/14)

7.30 30 Rock Triple bill

9.00 Barry (6/8)

9.40 A Black Lady Sketch Show

Featuring Robin Thede (6/6)

10.15 Tracy Morgan: Black and

Blue Stand-up performance by

the actor and comedian

11.20-12.15am Hung (1/10)

Sky Main Event

6.30pm Live Netball Superleague:

Manchester Thunder v

Loughborough Lightning

(Centre-pass 7. 0 0)

8.45 My Icon: Pam Cookey

The former England netball

captain discusses the individuals

that have inspired her

9.00 Sky Sports News

10.00 Sky Sports News

11.00-12.00 Sky Sports News

2.00am-4.30 Live NBA Basketball:

Golden State Warriors v Dallas

Mavericks (Tip-off 2.00)

Sky Premier League

7.00pm Premier League

9.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

Gary is joined by John Barnes to

look back at some of the most

memorable matches in which they

faced each other (3/6)

9.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

Gary sits down with Matt Le Tissier

as they relive some of the most

compelling matches where they

played each other (4/6)

10.00 Premier League Icons

A profile of Eric Cantona

10.30-12.30am PL Retro

Sky Cricket

2.30pm Best of The 2015 IPL

Chennai Super Kings v Delhi

Daredevils. Action from the match

at M A Chidambaram Stadium

3.00 IPL The first qualifier

4.00 IPL The eliminator match

5.00 IPL Highlights from the

second Qualifier match

6.00 IPL A replay of this year’s final

from Narendra Modi Stadium

10.40 India’s Amazing Run Chase

Action from the final of the 2002

NatWest Series in England

11.00-12.00 IPL The first qualifier

BT Sport 1

7.00pm Live MLB: St. Louis

Cardinals v San Diego Padres

(Start-time 7.1 5). The National

League match from Busch Stadium

10.30 Canadian PL Review

The best of the action from

round eight of the season

11.00-12.00 WWE Raw Highlights

All the latest action

1.00-4.15am Live WWE Monday

Night Raw Drew McIntyre,

Asuka, Kofi Kingston and

Charlotte Flair and more of your

favourite WWE Superstars

BT Sport 2

6.00pm MotoGP All the action

from the MotoGP Race at the

MotoGP Grand Prix of Italy, round

eight of the 2022 season

7.00 MotoGP Chequered Flag

Post-race show featuring analysis,

highlights and interviews with

all the key riders following the

Grand Prix of Italy

8.00 WSL Presents A look back

at the best of the action from

the Margaret River Pro

9.00-12.30am Live MLB Action

from Major League Baseball

6.00am James Max

6.30 The Julia Hartley-Brewer

Breakfast Show

10.00 The Independent Republic

of Mike Graham

1.00pm Ian Collins

4.00 Jeremy Kyle

7.00 The News Desk with Tom

Newton Dunn The host

tackles the biggest stories

of the day with news, expert

analysis and debate

8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored

The host presents his

outspoken verdict on the

day’s global events with an

hour of fearless debate,

straight-talking interviews

with the world’s leading

figures, and plenty of fun

9.00 The Talk A panel of

opinionated famous faces

debate the hot topics

everybody’s talking about

10.00 Daisy McAndrew

11.00-12.00 Piers Morgan

Uncensored (R)

FV 237, FS 217, SKY 526, VIRGIN 627 FV 23, FS 179, SKY 117, VIRGIN 107 FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 108 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

SKY 123, VIRGIN 270

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 26, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130

SKY 125, VIRGIN 250 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 351 SKY 114, VIRGIN 135, BT 346 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 344

FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106

FV 27, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129 FV 57, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147 SKY 130, VIRGIN 165 SKY 113, VIRGIN 122

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 440 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

SKY 110, VIRGIN 124, BT 343 FV 25, FS 156, SKY 132, VIRGIN 125

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273

SKY 413, VIRGIN 527, BT 430 SKY 414, VIRGIN 528, BT 431

Monday 30 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Behind

Enemy Lines

Owen Wilson stars in the

Bosnian war drama

ITV4, 10pm

Photos of Princess Diana feature

in an episode of Royalty: Close

Up (Sky Arts, 11.30pm)