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BBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live
10.00 Live The Queen’s Platinum
Jubilee: Trooping the Colour. Huw
Edwards, Kirsty Young and JJ
Chalmers present coverage of the
display of military pageantry from
Buckingham Palace. See Viewing
Guide 1.15pm BBC News 1.35 BBC
Regional News; Weather 1.45 The
Repair Shop (r) 2.15 Five Bedrooms. A
pre-wedding wobble and a couple of
punches impact on the ceremony.
Last in the series 3.00 Escape to the
Country. In Dorset (r) 3.45 Garden
Rescue. Lee Burkhill and Chris Hull
come up with new designs for a
garden in Telford 4.30 The Bidding
Room. Items include an apothecary
set (r) 5.15 Pointless 6.00 BBC News
6.20 BBC Regional News; Weather
6.30 The One Show: Jubilee Special7.30 EastEnders The residents throw
themselves into the Jubilee
celebrations8.00 Live Platinum Beacons:
Lighting up the Jubilee
Around the country
communities come together to
light more than 1,500 beacons
to celebrate the Queen’s
70-year reign, with a principal
beacon lit at Buckingham
Palace. Kirsty Young introduces
coverage, with Jermaine
Jenas at Buckingham Palace,
Gethin Jones in Wales, Carol
Kirkwood in Scotland, and Holly
Hamilton in Northern Ireland.
See Viewing Guide10.00 BBC News at Ten; followed by
BBC Regional News10.40 The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Famous faces share their
experiences of meeting the
Queen, and reflect on how
much the UK has changed
over the course of her 70
years on the throne.
Narrated by Julie Walters (r)11.40 FILM Brooklyn (12, 2015)
An Irish immigrant starts a new
life in 1950s New York, but her
past catches up with her and
she faces a harsh choice.
Drama starring Saoirse Ronan
and Domhnall Gleeson1.25am Weather for the Week Ahead
1.30 BBC News6.35am Escape to the Country (r) 7.20
Garden Rescue (r) 8.05 Sign Zone:
Our Changing Planet (r) (SL) 9.05
FILM Planes (U, 2013) Animated
adventure, with the voice of Dane
Cook 10.30 Wanted Down Under
Revisited (r) 11.15 Homes Under the
Hammer (r) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt (r)
1.00 Ready Steady Cook (r) 1.45
Eggheads (r) 2.15 Mastermind (r) 2.45
Britain in Bloom (r) 3.15 Richard
Hammond Builds a Universe. The
ultimate engineering project (r) 4.15
This Farming Life. A crofter assesses
the damage to his croft after a storm
(r) 5.15 Flog It! From Highcliffe Castle
in Dorset (r) 6.00 Richard Osman’s
House of Games. With Raj Bisram,
Josie Lawrence, Mark Watson and
Laura Whitmore (r) 6.30 Animal Park.
An armadillo emergency (r)6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 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 1.40 ITV News; Weather 1.45
Regional News; Weather 1.55 FILM
The Secret Life of Pets (U, 2016)
Animated adventure, featuring the
voice of Louis CK 3.35 Tenable. Quiz
hosted by Warwick Davis in which a
family from Birmingham answers
questions about top 10 lists, then tries
to score a perfect 10 in the final round
(r) 4.35 Tipping Point. Ben Shephard
hosts the quiz in which contestants
drop tokens down a choice of chutes
in the hope of winning a £10,000
jackpot (r) 5.35 The Chase. Quiz show
hosted by Bradley Walsh 6.35 ITV
News; Weather 6.50 Regional News7.00 Emmerdale Nicola hatches a
plan, Jai opens up to Leyla, and
Brenda is worried about Faith7.30 Coronation Street Abi and
Kevin are taken in by the
police for questioning8.00 Britain’s Got Talent
The live semi-finals welcome
back the acts who impressed
the judges as well as the golden
buzzer performers. Ant and Dec
host, while Simon Cowell,
Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon
and David Walliams return to
the judges’ desk10.00 ITV News at Ten10.20 FILM Fast & Furious (12, 2009)
News of a friend’s murder
brings international fugitive
Dominic Toretto back to his
home city of Los Angeles in
search of revenge. It is not long
before his pursuit leads him to
cross paths with FBI agent Brian
O’Conner, and despite their
hostile feelings toward each
other, the pair work together to
bring down those responsible.
Thriller sequel, starring Vin
Diesel, Paul Walker and
Michelle Rodriguez12.10am All Elite Wrestling: Rampage.
Hard-hitting, high-flying wrestling
action 12.55 Teleshopping 3.00 Alan
Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer (r)
(SL) 3.25 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into
Summer (r) (SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV
5.05 Garraway’s Good Stuff (r) (SL)7.00 Cricket: Today at the Test
England v New Zealand.
Highlights of day one of the first
Test in the three-match series,
which comes from Lord’s8.00 Springwatch Chris Packham
and Michaela Strachan reveal
some new science about toads
who make a mammoth
migration in spring. Iolo
Williams takes a live look into
the underwater world around
the coast of Mull (4/12)9.00 Making Sense of Cancer with
Hannah Fry When the
mathematician is diagnosed
with cervical cancer at the age
of 36, Hannah Fry starts to
interrogate the way we
diagnose and treat cancer.
See Viewing Guide10.00 FILM Yesterday (12, 2019)
A musician wakes up after
being hit by a bus to find he is
the only person in the world
who remembers the Beatles,
and sets out to exploit the
opportunity by passing their
hits off as his own compositions.
Danny Boyle’s comedy, with
Himesh Patel and Lily James11.50 Sign Zone: Freeze the Fear with
Wim Hof (6/6) (r) (SL)12.50am Yorkshire Midwives on Call.
An 18-year-old who wants to give
birth at home with her mum and
boyfriend (r) (SL) 1.50-2.50 Britain’s
Top Takeaways. Five of the nation’s
top-rated burger takeaways roll into
Manchester to compete (r) (SL)7.00 Channel 4 News Including
sport and weather7.30 A Place in the Sun A couple
seek their dream home in the
region of Torrox Costa, Spain (r)8.00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud
meets a master carpenter, who
is facing the biggest challenge
of his career — creating an oasis
for himself and his partner on a
piece of land in West Sussex (r)9.00 Taskmaster Ardal O’Hanlon
sings about leaning on a fence,
Judi Love designs some classy
headgear, Bridget Christie
uses her phone, while Chris
Ramsey tries on Alex Horne’s
slip-on shoes (8/10)10.00 Big Boys Jack and Danny each
try to face up to their own
sexual shortcoming (3/6)10.35 Big Boys A still-grieving Jack
tries to become more like his
famously adored father (4/6)11.05 Uefa Nations League 2022
Preview A look ahead to the
first two matchdays11.35 24 Hours in A&E Compilation of
some of the most memorable
staff and patient stories (r)12.35am Hunted. The hunters lie in
wait (r) (SL) 1.30 Hunted (r) (SL) 2.30
FILM Suntan (18, 2016) A doctor
becomes obsessed with a patient.
Drama starring Makis Papadimitriou
4.15 Come Dine with Me (r) 5.10
Location, Location, Location (r)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 Cheers (r)
7.40 The King of Queens (r) 9.00
Frasier (r) 10.30 Undercover Boss USA
(r) 11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me
(r) 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch
2.10 Countdown 3.00 A Place in the
Sun. A Runcorn couple try to find a
property on Spain’s Costa Blanca (r)
4.00 Château DIY. Tim and Margreeth
continue with their woodland
mindfulness project 5.00 Come Dine
with Me. A financial advisor is keen
to impress his guests with a Sheffield-
themed menu 5.30 Drawers Off:
The Big Naked Painting Challenge.
Jenny Eclair hosts the return of the
life-drawing challenge 6.00 The
Simpsons. Bart falls for the wrong girl,
who’s boyfriend is a bully (r) 6.30
Hollyoaks. Shaq begins to question
Nadira’s commitment to him (r)6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
12.15pm Shoplifters & Scammers: At
War with the Law (r) 1.10 5 News at
Lunchtime 1.15 Home and Away.
Dean catches on to Mackenzie’s
’emergency’ rent non-payment 1.45
Neighbours 2.15 FILM My Husband’s
Secret Wife (PG, TVM, 2018) A
woman’s life turns upside down when
she learns her husband is married to
someone else. Thriller starring Helena
Mattsson 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in
the Sun. A catch up with Cockney
cheesemongers 5.00 5 News Update
5.05 Neighbours. Terese is furious to
find her mother on a date with Paul (r)
5.35 Ultimate Police Interceptors.
Highlights of the documentary
programme (r) 6.00 Shoplifters:
At War with the Law. Following
shopping centre security teams (r)7.00 Big Antique Adventure with
Susan Calman The presenter
investigates the murky world
of fakes and forgeries, and
visits a film and television
prop shop; followed by
5 News Update8.00 Nick Knowles’ Big House
Clearout Nick and his team of
experts help families across
Britain who are being crushed
by their clutter (6/12); followed
by 5 News Update9.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second
Counts At Barnsley Hospital,
staff help a man who has been
arrested for being drunk and
disorderly — despite being
verbally abused by him (5/6)10.00 Ambulance: Code Red
A mother calls 999 to say her
three-year-old child has
stopped breathing. As the
family lives in a rural location
close to the Welsh border,
the Midlands Air Ambulance
is required (r)11.05 Skin A&E The specialist
clinic opens its doors to
patients with acne, psoriasis
and cysts. Dr Natalia Spierings
treats a 42-year-olds shoulder
lipoma (2/3) (r)12.05am Plastic Surgery Knifemares
(r) 1.00 LeoVegas Live Casino Show
3.00 Entertainment News 3.10
Shoplifters & Scammers (r) 3.55 Now
That’s Funny! (r) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (r)
(SL) 5.10 House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35
Peppa Pig (r) (SL) 5.40 Paw Patrol (r)Period drama Brooklyn (11.40pm) Hannah Fry on cancer (9pm) The Secret Life of Pets (1.55pm) Taskmaster’s Alex Horne (9pm) Big House Clearout (8pm)