The Times - UK (2022-05-28)

505 saturday review Saturday May 28 2022 | the times

BBC3

7.00pm Top Gear (5/5)

8.00 Flat Out Fabulous Turning

a Newcastle home into a

space for entertaining (3/6)

8.30 Meet the Khans: Big in

Bolton It’s fight night and

emotions are high (6/6)

9.00 Conversations with Friends

As her final year begins,

Bobbi reveals she is looking

for a room and Frances

asks her to move in (7/12)

9.30 Conversations with Friends

Frances struggles with her

feelings for Nick and

decides to seek intimacy

elsewhere (8/12)

9.55 Conversations with Friends

Frances writes her first story

about her relationship with

Bobbi, an discovers her

father has cut her off (9/12)

10.25 Glow Up: Britain’s Next

Make-Up Star (4/8)

11.25 Flat Out Fabulous (3/6)

11.55-12.25am Meet the Khans:

Big in Bolton (6/6)

BBC4

7.00pm Gershwin’s Summertime:

The Song That Conquered

the World How the song

Summertime became a

standard around the world

8.00 TOTP: 1993 Performances

by Jesus Jones, Little

Angels and Apache Indian

8.30 TOTP: 1993 Performances

by Pop Will Eat Itself,

Take That, Shanice and

Arrested Development

9.00 The Joy of Easy Listening

Documentary charting the

history of the genre, from

its emergence in the 1950s

to its heyday in the ’60s,

through its survival in the

subsequent two decades

and revival in the ’90s

10.30 Easy Listening Hits at the

BBC Featuring Burt

Bacharach, the Carpenters

and Andy Williams

11.30-12.30am I Can Go for That:

The Smooth World of Yacht

Rock Documentary (1/2)

More 4

6.55pm The Block: Big Renovation

Challenge The renovations

near their end. One couple

struggles to get the work

finished, while another

argue over their dining table

7.55 Escape to the Château Dick

and Angel await the arrival

of guests expecting a

luxurious Christmas. Dick

continues work on the lift,

while Angel finds some

valuable vinyl records (3/3)

9.00 Nordic Murders Ellen

Norgaard’s son Jesper is

kidnapped. When Rainer

and Karin join forces to hunt

for the child, Karin is put on

the track of the suspect by a

minor detail. In German

11.00-12.05am 24 Hours in A&E

Cameras follow a woman,

who has suspected sepsis,

and a consultant rushes to

save the life of a woman

who has an abdominal

aortic aneurysm (2/9)

Sky Atlantic

6.45pm The Wire Daniels and

McNulty appeal to the FBI

for help. D’Angelo strikes a

deal to testify against Avon

but his mother urges him to

reconsider (13/13) (R)

8.00 Game of Thrones Cersei

and Tywin plot their next

move after Tommen’s

coronation, Daenerys hears

worrying news about

Yunkai and Astapor, and

Jon and his men attack

the mutineers (5/10) (R)

9.00 The King Bruno isolates the

Muslim wing and enrages

the secret services, Adele

discovers Gloria’s secret

and Sonia is forced to

decide which side she

is on. In Italian (7/8) (R)

10.00 Das Boot The U-949 is

endangered by Commander

Buchner’s orders (3/10) (R)

11.05-12.10am Treme Albert

makes an upsetting

discovery (3/10) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky History

5.10pm The Real Charlie Chaplin

A look at the life and work

of the silent comedy icon,

featuring an in-depth

interview from 1966 (R)

7.15 Quant Celebrating the life

of fashion designer Mary

Quant. With contributions

from Kate Moss and

Vivienne Westwood (R)

9.00 Mr Dynamite: The Rise of

James Brown The career of

the singer, musician and

producer, charting his

journey from his first hit

Please, Please, Please in

1956 through his funk phase

to later chart success (R)

11.10-1.10am FILM Friedkin Uncut

(15, 2018) Documentary

about the director William

Friedkin, whose films

include The Exorcist and

The French Connection.

Featuring contributions

by the actors Willem Dafoe

and Quentin Tarantino

7.00pm Forged in Fire Three

smiths get a chance at redemption

8.00 The Liquidator Jeff struggles

to sell $50,000 of gym equipment

8.30 The Liquidator Jeff Schwarz

buys and sells discarded or

unwanted merchandise

9.00 Royal B**tards: Rise of the

Tudors Docudrama (1/3)

10.00 Royal B**tards: Rise of the

Tudors Docudrama (2/3)

11.00 Royal B**tards: Rise of the

Tudors Docudrama (3/3)

12.00-1.00am River Hunters (3/3)

ITV2

8.00pm FILM Ocean’s 8 (12, 2018)

Crime caper starring Sandra

Bullock and Cate Blanchett

10.15 Family Guy After Brian teases

him about his stature, Stewie

invents a shrinking machine

10.45 Family Guy Meg takes

advantage of Peter’s temporary

job as principal of her school

11.15 Family Guy Chris’s Mexican

girlfriend Isabella gets deported

and she cannot return

11.40-12.10am American Dad!

Steve babysits Rogu

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat The rural

bobbies investigate arson attacks

8.00 Vera The detective must

complete a murder victim’s

research into an old criminal case

10.00 Grantchester A young

man covered in blood confesses

to Sidney and Geordie that

he killed his landlord (3/6)

11.05-12.05am Grantchester

As the trial of local teenager

Gary Bell approaches, Sidney

and Geordie find themselves in

disagreement over his guilt (4/6)

ITV4

6.40pm FILM Aces High (PG, 1976)

A rookie pilot discovers his

commander has turned to drink as

the high fatalities take their toll

on him. First World War drama

starring Malcolm McDowell

9.00 Isle of Man TT Action from

today’s qualifying sessions on the

the Isle of Man, as the high-speed

event returned to the calendar

for the first time since 2019

10.00-12.10am All Elite Wrestling:

Dynamite Hard-hitting action from

the world of All Elite Wrestling

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Felix discovers

that his son has been attacked

7.30 Hollyoaks It’s Darren

and Nancy’s wedding day

8.00 Teen Mum Academy The

group put their differences aside as

they go on their final night out

8.35 Below Deck Two crew

members grow closer (8/15)

9.30 FILM Taken 3 (12, 2014)

Ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills is framed

for his ex-wife’s murder. Action

thriller starring Liam Neeson

11.50-12.50am Naked Attraction

Dave

6.40pm Gavin & Stacey

7.20 Gavin & Stacey Nessa goes

into labour a month early

8.00 Red Dwarf: The First Three

Million Years A look at the

challenging logistics of the most

celebrated and successful

sci-fi comedy ever

9.00 QI XL Extended edition.

With panellists David Mitchell,

Ronni Ancona and Jimmy Carr

10.00-12.30am FILM Terminator

Salvation (12, 2009) Sci-fi thriller

sequel starring Christian Bale

Drama

6.40pm One Foot in the Grave

Christmas special. A prediction

proves ominous for Victor

8.00 Father Brown The sleuth

investigates the murder of a

Colonial Postal Service officer

9.00 Rev Adam takes a stand

against a new lapdancing club

9.40 Rev A terrible review of one

of Adam’s sermons on a Christian

website triggers a crisis of faith

10.20 New Tricks The team

tracks a possible serial killer

11.40-12.15am Queers

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash Dave

gets a nasty surprise when he

opens the bonnet of a fast Ford

from the 80s (8/10)

8.00 War Factories Skoda’s Czech

factory, which was one of Europe’s

biggest arms producers (3/6)

9.00 Secrets of the London

Underground The disused parts

of London Bridge (5/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (3/10)

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

12.00-1.00am Secrets of the

London Underground (6/6)

PBS America

6.00pm The Civil War Lincoln’s

assassination (9/9)

7.30 Submarines First in a two-part

documentary charting the

evolution of the submarine (1/2)

8.40 Submarines The

watercraft’s reputation (2/2)

9.50 Plane Crash Recreated

United Airlines Flight 232, which

suffered a catastrophic failure

to the tail-engine in 1989 (5/10)

11.00-12.05am Plane Crash

Recreated A Boeing 747 jumbo-jet

suffered a fatal accident (6/10)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Aerial Britain Bird’s-eye

views of southern England

8.00 Aerial Britain Bird’s-eye views

of northern England, including

Liverpool and Alnwick Castle

9.00 Aerial Britain A journey over

Wales, taking in the Millennium

Stadium and Harlech Castle

10.00 Aerial Britain A bird’s-eye

view of Scotland, from the

Cairngorms to the Highlands

11.00 Aerial Britain Britain’s

passion for the outdoors

12.00-1.00am Aerial Britain

Sky Arts

7.00pm The Great Songwriters

Academy Award-winning

songwriter Carly Simon’s life in

Martha’s Vineyard (4/7)

8.00 Guy Garvey: From the Vaults

The singer introduces clips from

1981. See Viewing Guide (4/5)
      9.00 Paul Simon: Live in Central
      Park 1991 The singer’s free concert
      in New York City, when he
      performed tracks from his album
      Graceland as well as older material
      11.40-2.40am Pearl Jam: At the
      Garden At Madison Square Garden

Sky Max

7.00pm Harry Potter: A Who’s

Who of the Wizarding World

8.00 Dynamo: Beyond Belief The

magician faces difficulties as his

medication starts to take hold (2/3)

9.00 The Rising The action goes

back seven years to the last day of

Victoria Sands’ life (7/8)

10.00 The Blacklist Cooper tries to

piece together his memories

11.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

The team is chased by an evil AI

and her robo-soliders (10/13)

12.00-1.00am Road Wars

Discovery

7.00pm Blowing Up History
8.00 Hoffman Family Gold
9.00 Expedition Bigfoot
10.00 Expedition X Phil and Jess
venture into the Great Smoky
Mountains to investigate
missing hiker reports
11.00 Railroad Alaska
12.00-1.00am Expedition Bigfoot

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Extreme China The fishing

culture of Hainan’s islands (2/3)

8.00 China’s Mystery Mummies

9.00 Two Million Year Old Boy

Theories about how prehistoric

species lived and died

10.00 Lost Temple of the Inca

11.00 Car S.O.S (1/10)

12.00-1.00am Car S.O.S (2/10)

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

9.00 FILM Airplane! (15, 1980)

Spoof disaster movie starring

Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen

10.40 Lee Evans: Big — Live at the

O2 Stand-up comedy show

11.45-12.45am Live at the Apollo

Gold

7.00pm The Good Life

7.40 Dad’s Army

8.20 Dad’s Army

9.00 The Royle Family The

morning of the wedding arrives

9.40 The Royle Family

10.20 The Royle Family

11.00 Peep Show

11.35-12.15am The Royle Family

W

7.00pm MasterChef Canada: Back

to Win Last in the series

8.00 The Shift: Women on the

Force A Code Zero radio call

9.00 Inside the Ambulance

10.00 The Catherine Tate Show

10.40 The Catherine Tate Show

11.20 The Catherine Tate Show

12.00-1.00am 999 Rescue Squad

7.30pm Bloods (6/6)

8.00 Mr Mayor (5/10)

8.30 Mr Mayor (6/10)

9.00 Girls (5/12)

9.30 Girls (6/12)

10.00 Late Late Show Best of the

Week Highlights of the talk show

11.00 Hung (9/10)

11.35-12.10am Hung (10/10)

Sky Main Event

10.15am Live Test Cricket: England

v New Zealand Day two of the first

Test, which comes from Lord’s

6.55pm Live Vitality T20 Blast

Cricket: Derbyshire Falcons v

Notts Outlaws Coverage of the

match at the Incora County Ground

10.30-1.00am Live US Women’s

Open Golf Coverage of day two

from Pine Needles, North Carolina

2.00-5.00 Live Fight Night

International: George Kambosos

Jr v Devin Haney From Marvel

Stadium in Melbourne

Sky Premier League

7.00pm Premier League

Crystal Palace v Everton

9.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

Gary sits down with 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 Southampton

great Matt Le Tissier (4/6)

10.00 Premier League Icons

A profile of Luis Suarez

10.30-5.30am PL Retro Newcastle

v Manchester United from 1996/97

Sky Cricket

10.15am Live Test Cricket: England

v New Zealand Day two of the first

Test, which comes from Lord’s

6.55pm Live Vitality T20 Blast

Cricket: Derbyshire Falcons v

Notts Outlaws Coverage of the

match at the Incora County Ground

10.30 Test Cricket Action from day

two of the first Test between

England and New Zealand

11.30 Test Cricket Bitesize

11.45-12.00 Best of England v New

Zealand Action from the

first Test in 2013 at Lord’s

BT Sport 1

10.30am Live AFL: Western

Bulldogs v Geelong Cats

(Bounce-up 10.50)

2.30pm Live Allianz Women

Premier 15s Match action

6.00 Live PSA Squash The Finals

of the El Gouna International

8.30 MotoGP: ICYMI

8.45 Immortals

9.00 BT Sport Films

10.30 UFC Live A preview

11.00 UFC Fight Camp

11.30-1.00am World Rally

Championship

BT Sport 2

8.00am-3.00pm Live MotoGP The

opening day of the Grand Prix of

Catalunya, taking place at Circuit

de Barcelona-Catalunya

7.00pm Hockey Action from the

Men’s FIH Hockey Pro League as

Netherlands and Argentina meet

8.00 AFL Action from Western

Bulldogs v Geelong Cats

10.00 WWE NXT UK The

Superstars showcase their talents

11.00 WWE NXT Highlights

12.00-3.30am Live MLB Action

from Major League Baseball

TalkTV

6.00am James Max

6.30 Jeremy Kyle

10.00 The Independent Republic

of Mike Graham The host

tears his way through the

morning newspapers

1.00pm Ian Collins Hard-hitting

monologues and

stimulating debates

4.00 Rob Rinder The week’s

big questions

7.00 The News Desk with

Tom Newton Dunn The

host tackles the biggest

stories of the day

8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored

Best Of The host presents

his unmissable verdict on

the week’s global events

9.00 The Talk A panel of

opinionated famous faces

debate the hot topics

everybody’s talking about

10.00 The James Whale Show

The big stories of the day

11.00-12.00 Piers Morgan

Uncensored Best Of (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

Friday 3 | Primetime digital guide

The Joy of Easy

Listening

Engelbert Humperdinck

features in the BBC doc

BBC4, 9pm

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Lexi Thompson should feature

in day two of the US Women’s

Open (Sky Main Event, 10.30pm)