The Times - UK (2022-05-28)

46 saturday review Saturday May 28 2022 | the times

BBC3

7.00pm Top Gear (4/5)

8.00 Meet the Khans: Big in

Bolton It’s fight night and

emotions are high. Amir’s

family are ringside, but

Faryal can’t bear to watch

and prays for Amir alone

in her hotel room (6/6)

8.30 Hot Cakes Miss Wales

drops in giving Gareth a

blast from the past (4/5)

9.00 Thirteen Drama about a

woman who escapes and

returns home after being

held captive in a cellar for 13

years, while the police

search for her kidnapper.

Starring Jodie Comer (1/5)

10.00 PRU The kids are

introduced to the ‘power

of manifestation’ by life

coach Noah (2/4)

10.25 Man Like Mobeen (3/4)

10.50 Man Like Mobeen (4/4)

11.10 Meet the Khans: Big in

Bolton (6/6)

11.40-12.05am PRU (2/4)

BBC4

7.00pm Coastal Path The coastline

of south Devon (4/5)

7.30 Coastal Path Paul Rose

visits the Jurassic Coast.

Last in the series

8.00 The RKO Story: Tales from

Hollywood Exploring the

success of RKO Radio

Pictures. Howard Hughes

buys the company, which

has a devastating effect on

the studio. Last in the series

9.05 FILM Cat People (PG, 1942)

A newlywed’s jealousy of

her husband’s lover reveals

her power to transform into

a vicious feline. Director

Jacques Tourneur’s horror,

with Simone Simon and

Kent Smith. See Film Choice

10.15 FILM I Walked with a

Zombie (PG, 1943) Horror

starring Frances Dee

11.25-12.25am John Buchan:

Master of Suspense

Profile of the author of

The Thirty Nine Steps

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château:

DIY Dick Strawbridge and

Angel Adoree give Johnny

a crash course in the do’s

and don’ts of château

shopping before he and his

wife start the search for

their dream place in France

7.55 The Dog House An excitable

French bulldog arrives at

the centre, having been

rejected by seven potential

owners already, and a

nervous collie needs

another dog to keep her

company (4/8)

9.00 George Clarke’s Old House,

New Home The host takes

on a classic 1930s

terraced home

10.00 Emergency Helicopter

Medics A head-on car

accident in Cumbria leaves

a man’s life hanging in the

balance (2/10)

11.05-12.05am 8 Out of 10 Cats

Does Countdown

Sky Atlantic

6.55pm The Wire McNulty and

Daniels debate how to

protect a witness (10/13) (R)

8.00 Game of Thrones Jaime

visits Tyrion in jail after

persuasion from Bronn,

and also has a mission

for Brienne (4/10) (R)

9.00 The Staircase Kathleen

prepares for a Christmas to

remember in 2001, while

years later, Sophie continues

her quest to prove

Michael’s innocence (7/8)

10.10 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 (3/6) (R)

11.15-12.15am Save Me Nelly Rowe’s

life is turned upside down

when he is targeted as the

chief suspect in his

estranged daughter’s

disappearance (1/6) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky History

6.20pm Spielberg Directed and

produced by documentarian

Susan Lacy, this feature-

length documentary

examines the filmmaker

Steven Spielberg’s

filmography in depth,

revealing how his

experiences fed his work

and changed it over time.

The film also includes

insights from members of

Spielberg’s family, as well as

friends and colleagues (R)

9.00 Quant Documentary

celebrating the incredible

life of the fashion designer

Mary Quant

11.00-1.00am FILM The Capote

Tapes (15, 2019) Ebs

Burnough’s documentary

profile of the life of the

author Truman Capote,

including the impact

of his unfinished novel

Answered Prayers,

published posthumously

7.00pm Forged in Fire

8.00 The Last King Behind the

Iron Curtain Documentary

9.00 The Real War of Thrones

New series. How the king of France

shook up the foundations of

Europe during the Renaissance

10.00 Rust Valley Restorers (1/2)

Competing shops get ready to face

off at the annual Hit-to-Pass race

11.00 Forged in Fire: Beat the

Judges A signature blade (1/6)

12.00-1.00am Lost Home Movies

of Nazi Germany (2/2)

ITV2

6.15pm FILM Johnny English (PG,

2003) Spy comedy starring Rowan

Atkinson and Natalie Imbruglia

8.00 FILM Skyfall (12, 2012) James

Bond hunts the mastermind

behind a terrorist attack on MI6.

Thriller starring Daniel Craig

10.50 Family Guy Stewie finally

makes a friend his own age

11.20 Family Guy Peter gets jealous

when Lois upstages him at a Red

Sox fantasy baseball camp

11.50-12.20am American Dad!

Stan gets a nail in his head

ITV3

6.55pm Heartbeat A mystery

visitor surprises Greengrass with

an unusual talent

8.00 Vera The detective

investigates when the charred

remains of a colleague are found in

an abattoir. Brenda Blethyn stars

10.00 Grantchester Sidney is

arrested on a charge of sexual

assault on a teenage girl. Detective

drama starring James Norton (1/6)

11.05-12.05am Grantchester

Sidney and Geordie investigate a

Cambridge lecturer’s fatal fall (2/6)

ITV4

6.50pm FILM Ghostbusters II (PG,

1989) The spectre-hunting team

deals with a river of slime

generated by negativity.

Supernatural comedy sequel with

Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd

9.00 Isle of Man TT A look ahead

to the event, which returns

following a three-year absence

due to the Covid-19 pandemic

10.00-12.15am FILM Death Wish

(15, 2018) A surgeon embarks on

his own revenge mission. Thriller

remake starring Bruce Willis

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Peri confides in

Ste about her suspicions

7.30 Teen Mum Academy Antonia

returns to Scratch magazine

8.00 Below Deck Leigh Anne

Tuohy and friends are a challenge

for Matt’s culinary skills (7/15)

9.00 Embarrassing Bodies

Dr Anand treats a young woman

whose nipple fell off and nearly lost

her life due to a boob job in Turkey.

10.00 Naked Attraction Dating

show hosted by Anna Richardson

11.05-12.10am Gogglebox

Dave

6.40pm Gavin & Stacey Gavin

embarks on two stag nights

7.20 Gavin & Stacey The day of the

wedding arrives and Bryn is still

behaving oddly around Jason

8.00 Red Dwarf: The First Three

Million Years A look at the troubled

origins of what was soon to

become the most celebrated and

successful sci-fi comedy ever

9.00 QI XL With Sara Pascoe

10.00 Late Night Mash

11.00 Mock the Week

11.40-12.20am Gavin & Stacey

Drama

6.55pm One Foot in the Grave

Christmas special from 1991. A

council health inspector visits

8.00 Jonathan Creek A composer

wonders how his new lover

has managed to regrow a

full head of hair in two days

9.20 New Tricks Jack investigates

when a diamond is found in a flat,

and traces the precious stone back

to a heist on a safety deposit box

10.35 New Tricks An investigation

into a greyhound’s kidnapping

11.50-12.25am Queers

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash (7/10)

8.00 Secrets of the London

Underground Tim Dunn and Siddy

Holloway explore the disused

parts of London Bridge (5/10)

9.00 Scouting for Toys American

doll brand Barbie goes head to

head with UK rival, Sindy (10/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash A Rover is

auctioned and a 1966 Triumph

Spitfire is restored (2/10)

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

12.00-1.00am Secrets of the

London Underground (5/6)

PBS America

6.35pm The Civil War The Union’s

failure to achieve a victory

by the spring of 1863 (4/9)

7.55 The Civil War The Battle

of Gettysburg, when for three

days in July 1863 150,000 men

fought to the death in the

Pennsylvania countryside (5/9)

9.55 Plane Crash Recreated

Reconstructions of high-profile

aviation disasters (1/10)

11.00-12.05am Plane Crash

Recreated The plane forced to

land on the Hudson River (2/10)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Mystic Britain The chance

discovery of a Anglo-Saxon royal

tomb at Prittlewell, Essex

8.00 Inside the Factory Featuring

a Nottinghamshire factory that

makes jars of curry sauce

9.00 Inside the Factory: How Our

Favourite Foods Are Made

10.00 Air Warriors The P47 during

the Second World War

11.00 Helicopter Wars

12.00-1.00am Inside the Factory:

How Our Favourite Foods Are

Made The history of milk

Sky Arts

7.00pm The Prince’s Master

Crafters: The Next Generation

The students take on a series

of weaving challenges (3/7)

8.00 Classic Literature & Cinema

New series. Examining film

adaptations of dystopias

9.00 Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Wembley or

Bust A 2017 concert at Wembley

Stadium, in which the musician

and his ensemble perform

11.30-1.15am FILM Went the Day

Well? (PG, 1942) Second World War

drama starring Leslie Banks

Sky Max

7.00pm Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours

at Rockfield The singer spends

time at Rockfield Studios

8.00 Dynamo: Beyond Belief

Following the magician on tour

around the globe (1/3)

9.00 The Midwich Cuckoos New

series. A quiet town is hit by a

supernatural event. Drama, with

Keeley Hawes. See Viewing Guide

10.15 The Flight Attendant A

cryptic text leads Cassie to search

for Megan in Reykjavík (3/8)

11.15-12.15am The Flash

Discovery

7.00pm Curiosity: Stonehenge
8.00 Fast N’ Loud
9.00 Building Off the Grid
10.00 Naked and Afraid New
series. A geologist and a nomad
must survive in Botswana
11.00 Railroad Alaska
12.00-1.00am Building Off the
Grid In the Idaho mountains

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Sex in the Stone Age

8.00 Car S.O.S: Ultimate

Countdown Fuzz and Tim revisit

ingenious technological solutions

9.00 Wicked Tuna Hard Merch

try to redeem themselves

10.00 Lawless Island

11.00 Car S.O.S (9/9)

12.00-1.00am Car S.O.S (1/11)

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

7.55pm Friends

8.25 Friends

9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

10.00 Romesh Ranganathan:

Irrational Live Stand-up show

11.00 Key & Peele

11.30 Key & Peele

12.00-1.00am Kevin Hart Live:

Seriously Funny In Cleveland

Gold

7.00pm The Good Life

7.35 Dad’s Army American troops

arrive in Walmington-on-Sea

8.20 Dad’s Army

9.00 The Royle Family

9.40 The Royle Family

10.20 The Royle Family

11.00 Live at the Apollo

12.00-12.35am Peep Show

W

7.00pm MasterChef Canada: Back

to Win A three-round skills test

8.00 Nurses on the Ward A nurse

treats a man after a heart attack

9.00 Emma Willis: Delivering

Babies Documentary

10.00 One Born Every Minute

11.00 Inside the Ambulance

12.00-1.00am Nurses on the Ward

7.30pm Young Rock (10/11)

8.00 Young Rock (11/11)

8.30 Young Rock

9.00 Sex and the City

9.30 Sex and the City

10.00 Avenue 5 (6/9)

10.30 Avenue 5 (7/9)

11.00-12.45am Greg Davies:

The Back of My Mum’s Head

Sky Main Event

10.00am Live Test Cricket:

England v New Zealand

Coverage of day one of the first

Test, which comes from Lord’s,

London. See Viewing Guide

7.00pm Live US Women’s Open

Golf Coverage of day one from

Pine Needles, North Carolina.

Yuka Saso was crowned champion

here last year, becoming only the

second teenager to win the event

1.00am-3.45 Live NBA Basketball

Coverage of game one of

the NBA Finals

Sky Premier League

7.00pm Premier League A look

back at the top-flight bout between

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

9.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox The

presenter talks to Dimitar Berbatov

9.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

The presenter talks to former

England striker Alan Shearer

10.00 Premier League Icons

A profile of Fernando Torres

10.30-12.30am PL Retro Showing

a classic battle from previous

seasons between the London rivals

Arsenal & Tottenham Hotspur

Sky Cricket

10.00am Live Test Cricket:

England v New Zealand

Coverage of day one of the first

Test, which comes from Lord’s

7.00pm Live Vitality T20 Blast

Cricket: Glamorgan v Essex

Coverage of the South Group

match at Cardiff Wales Stadium

10.30 Test Cricket England v New

Zealand. Action from day one

11.30 Test Cricket Bitesize England

v New Zealand. Highlights

11.45-12.00 Best of Ben Stokes

The test match at Lord’s in 2015

BT Sport 1

5.30pm Live PSA Squash Action

from the El Gouna International

semi-finals, which takes place at

El Gouna in Egypt

10.00 Hockey Action from the

Men’s FIH Hockey Pro League as

Netherlands and Argentina meet

11.00 The Rugby’s On Taking a

humorous look back at the past

week’s rugby action and news

12.00-3.30am Live MLB: New York

Yankees v Los Angeles Angels

(Start-time 12.05). Coverage of the

match from Yankee Stadium

BT Sport 2

5.00pm Live Hockey: Netherlands

v Argentina (Push-back 5.00).

Coverage of the Men’s FIH Hockey

Pro League match from HC Union

7.00 The Rugby’s On Taking a

humorous look back at the past

week’s rugby action and news

8.00 Live MLB: Toronto Blue Jays

v Chicago White Sox (Start-time

8.07). Coverage of the American

League match from Rogers Centre

11.30-12.00 The Run-In A look

ahead to WWE’s Hell in a Cell

taking place on Monday 6th June

TalkTV

7.00pm The News Desk with Tom

Newton Dunn The host

tackles the biggest stories

of the day with a packed

hour of news, expert

analysis and debate

8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored

The host presents his

unmissable verdict on the

day’s global events with an

hour of fearless debate and

straight-talking interviews

9.00 The Talk A panel of famous

faces from the worlds of

politics, showbiz, business

and current affairs debate

the hot topics everybody’s

talking about

10.00 The James Whale Show

The baby-boomer with a

booming voice. Expect bold

opinions and bald-headed

commentary, as James

Whale reacts to the big

stories of the day

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

Thursday 2 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

I Walked

with a Zombie

Jacques Tourneur’s

classic 1943 horror

BBC4, 10.15pm

Ben Stokes makes his bow as

England Test captain against New

Zealand (Sky Main Event, 10am)