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thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerWednesday 15
7.00 Channel 4 News Including
sport and weather8.00 Location, Location, Location
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer
search Glasgow with two
couples whose budgets will not
stretch to what they want9.00 George Clarke’s Flipping Fast
Harriet plans a super-quick
makeover in Bolton, but it is the
end of the road for one team
who have to bow out of
the competition (4/6)10.00 The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
The teams are far from reaching
their target, so Aldo Kane sets a
tug-of-war challenge in which
the groups fight over 100ft of
bridge, the aim being to pull it
back to their beach (4/8)11.05 First Dates A thirty-four-year-
old plumber, a 57-year-old
personal trainer, a father-of-two
and a steampunk enthusiast
enter the restaurant hoping
to find romance (3/4) (r)12.05am Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA (r) (SL) 12.55 Come
Dine with Me (r) 1.45 Wife Swap USA
(r) (SL) 2.30 FILM The Gift (15, 2015)
Thriller starring Rebecca Hall (SL)
4.20 Building the Dream (r) (SL) 5.10
Location, Location, Location (r)BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live
10.00 Dirty Rotten Scammers 10.45
Rip Off Britain: Holidays (r) 11.15
Homes Under the Hammer (r)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt (r) 1.00 BBC
News at One; Weather 1.30 BBC
Regional News; Weather 1.45 Doctors.
Valerie’s antics draw unwanted
attention 2.15 Money for Nothing.
Items include an oak storage cabinet
and wooden bar stools 3.00 Escape
to the Country. Helping a couple who
want to move to rural Ayrshire (r)
3.45 Garden Rescue. Charlie Dimmock
and Lee Burkhill transform a garden
in Liverpool (r) 4.30 Antiques Road
Trip. Izzie Balmer finds an ornament
from the trenches of the First World
War (r) 5.15 Pointless. Quiz show
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.30
BBC Regional News; Weather7.00 The One Show With Alex Jones
and Jermaine Jenas7.30 EastEnders Kathy is stunned
when a drunk and enraged
Peter tells her he knows it was
Ben who attacked him8.00 The Repair Shop Items include
an old kitchen table on its last
legs, an enormous pair of clown
shoes and a teddy bear that
spent weeks in an incubator
with his owner when he was
a premature newborn baby9.00 The Great British Sewing Bee
The quarter-finalists produce
1930s-style fashion, making
women’s sailor trousers,
bias-cut evening gowns and
transforming men’s shirts
into women’s blouses.
See Viewing Guide (8/10)10.00 BBC News at Ten10.30 BBC Regional News10.40 Conversations with Friends
Drama with Sasha Lane (1/12) (r)11.10 Conversations with Friends
Frances and Nick struggle
to resist the attraction
between them (2/12) (r)11.40 Conversations with Friends
Frances and Nick meet (3/12) (r)12.10am Top Gear. Freddie Flintoff
transforms a Sinclair C5 into a
bobsleigh. Elsewhere, the team
sample some classic television cop
cars, before going head-to-head in an
all-action police chase (r) 1.10 Weather
for the Week Ahead 1.15 BBC News6.30am Bargain Hunt (r) 7.15 Money
for Nothing (r) 8.00 Sign Zone: DIY
SOS: The Big Build. Nick Knowles and
the team help complete a family’s
home in Corby, Northamptonshire (r)
(SL) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 BBC News
11.15 Politics Live. The latest stories
from Westminster and beyond
1.00pm Live Tennis: Queen’s. The
cinch Championships. Sue Barker
presents coverage of day three of the
men’s grass-court tournament at
Queen’s Club, featuring the opening
second-round singles matches 6.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games.
With Steve Cram, Lloyd Griffith,
Jeanette Kwakye and Josie Long (r)
6.30 The Farmers’ Country
Showdown. A pig farmer and a sheep
farmer compete at Edenbridge &
Oxted Agricultural Show (r)6.00am Good Morning Britain. News,
current affairs and lifestyle features
9.00 Lorraine. Entertainment and
fashion news 10.00 This Morning.
Celebrity chat and lifestyle features
12.30pm Loose Women. Topical
debate from a female perspective
1.00 ITV News; Weather 1.20 Regional
News; Weather 1.30 Live ITV Racing:
Royal Ascot. Coverage of the second
day of the festival, including the 4.20
Duke of Cambridge Stakes, plus races
at 2.30, 3.05, 5.00 and 5.35. With
analysis from Jason Weaver, reports
by Rishi Persad, Oli Bell, Matt
Chapman, Luke Harvey and Sally
Ann Grassick, and commentary is
provided by Richard Hoiles and
Mark Johnson. Coverage continues
on ITV4 6.00 Regional News;
Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 Cheers (r)
7.10 Cheers (r) 7.40 The King of
Queens (r) 8.05 The King of Queens
(r) 8.30 The King of Queens (r) 9.00
Frasier (r) 9.30 Frasier (r) 10.00
Frasier (r) 10.30 Undercover Boss USA
(r) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me (r)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10
Countdown 3.00 A Place in the Sun.
Danni Menzies helps two sisters to
find a holiday home on Spain’s Costa
de Valencia (r) 4.00 Château DIY
5.00 Come Dine with Me 5.30
Drawers Off: The Big Naked Painting
Challenge. Jenny Eclair spots a
familiar face posing on the podium
6.00 The Simpsons (r) 6.30 Hollyoaks.
A shocking decision from the
McQueens keeps John Paul
away from Matthew-Jesus (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. Nikau
confronts Chloe at Ryder’s goodbye
party 1.45 Neighbours 2.20 FILM My
Neighbour’s Deadly Obsession (15,
TVM, 2017) A recently separated
father and his 16-year-old daughter
become the deadly obsession of their
neighbour. Thriller starring Steve
Richard Harris 4.00 Bargain-Loving
Brits in the Sun. Two expats buy
the bar they discovered on their
honeymoon 21 years before (r)
5.00 5 News at 5 with Dan Walker
6.00 Neighbours. Terese becomes
conflicted about turning her mum
away (r) 6.30 Eggheads. The Legends
of Stuff will be looking for a winning
strategy to defeat the Eggheads (r)7.30 Emmerdale Jimmy’s heart
breaks for Nicola, and Mary is
hurt over Rhona’s actions8.00 Coronation Street Leanne calls
at the police station, desperate
for news of Toyah and
determined to stand by her
sister. Evelyn advises a
hungover Cathy to come clean
about her misgivings9.00 The Savoy New series. Cameras
return to follow life inside the
glamorous London hotel, as The
Savoy finally reopens its doors
after the Covid-19 pandemic.
See Viewing Guide10.00 ITV News at Ten;
followed by Weather10.30 Regional News; followed
by Regional Weather10.45 Peston Political magazine11.45 Bodies of Evidence: The
Butcher Surgeon (r)1.05am Teleshopping 3.00 Inside
Animal A&E. An ambulance driver
picks up a 17-year-old tabby (r) (SL)
3.25 Inside Animal A&E. A Nine-
month-old puppy is brought in after
being hit by a car (r) (SL) 3.50 Unwind
with ITV 5.05 The Switch (r) (SL)7.00 How Safe is Your Pension?
Documentary investigating
Britain’s pension crisis,
revealing statistics on
Britain’s savings timebomb.
See Viewing Guide7.55 5 News Update8.00 Police Interceptors
An officer embarks on a
high-speed pursuit of an
unusual getaway car from a
bygone era, a Rover 75 (r);
followed by 5 News Update9.00 999: Critical Condition
Following the work of medical
staff at Stoke’s Royal University
Hospital as they work to
save the lives of sick and
injured patients (5/12)10.00 Ambulance: Code Red
A critical care practitioner
is dispatched to a double
stabbing at a block of flats
in Birmingham, and must
prioritise which of the victims
needs to be treated first (r)11.05 FILM Road House (18, 1989)
A philosophy-reading kung fu
expert is hired to keep the
peace in a rowdy Missouri bar,
but his actions incur the wrath
of a local crime boss. Action
thriller starring Patrick Swayze,
Ben Gazzara and Kelly Lynch1.20am The LeoVegas Live Casino
Show 3.30 Premier Inn: Britain’s
Biggest Budget Hotel (r) 4.20 OMG:
Rise of the Insta-Babes (r) 5.10
Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.35 Peppa
Pig (r) 5.50 Milkshake! Monkey’s
Amazing Adventures (r) (SL)7.00 Nadiya’s Time to Eat Nadiya
Hussain shares sweet and
delicious recipes (6/6) (r)7.30 Between the Covers
With Mel Giedroyc, Jordan
North, Jen Brister and
Rhys Stephenson (6/7)8.00 Springwatch Chris Packham
and Michaela Strachan keep
their eyes on the fledglings
in the Norfolk nests, and
Iolo Williams searches for of
some of Mull’s most majestic
marine animals (11/12)9.00 DNA Family Secrets Stacey
Dooley meets five Lancashire
women with the same mother
who only found each other as
adults, and want to find out if
they also have the same father.
See Viewing Guide (6/6)10.00 Pride Live at the Apollo
With Tom Allen, Julian Clary
and Suzi Ruffell (2/2) (r)10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s
events with Faisal Islam11.15 Unspun World with John
Simpson The week’s major
global news stories11.45 Our Falklands War: A Frontline
Story Documentary (r)1.15am Sign Zone: Who Do You Think
You Are? The broadcaster and writer
Richard Osman traces his ancestry
(r) (SL) 2.15-3.15 Britain’s Top
Takeaways. Five of the nation’s top
rated kebab shops take part in the
fast-food competition (r) (SL)A visit to Albert Square (7.30pm) Between the Covers (7.30pm) A peek inside the Savoy (9pm) Kirstie Allsopp & Phil Spencer (8pm) Patrick Swayze stars (11.05pm)