The Times - UK (2022-06-11)

46 saturday review Saturday June 11 2022 | the times

BBC3

7.00pm Athletics: Diamond

League Oslo The Bislett

Games. Live coverage of the

sixth round of the campaign,

held at Bislett Stadium

9.00 Thirteen Ivy tries to

reconnect with her sister,

but a mysterious letter

threatens their

reconciliation. Merchant

returns to Mark White’s

house, and makes a

shocking discovery (3/5)

10.00 Everything I Know About

Love Maggie worries she is

losing Birdy as she settles

into a relationship with

Nathan (2/7)

10.45 PRU The future of The

Spring is under threat as the

school inspector visits (4/4)

11.10 PRU: Behind the Scenes

11.20 Man Like Mobeen An old

friend of Mobeen makes

an unexpected return to

Small Heath (3/4)

11.45-12.10am Man Like Mobeen

BBC4

7.00pm Great American Railroad

Journeys Michael Portillo

travels from Plymouth to

the island of Nantucket

7.30 Coast Sea anglers from

Zimbabwe fish off the

coast of Yorkshire

7.45 Parkinson: Hollywood

Women With Bette Midler,

Lauren Bacall, Ingrid

Bergman and Bette Davis

8.30 More Dawn French’s Girls

Who Do Comedy The

comedian interviews

Whoopi Goldberg (1/6)

9.00 FILM The Color Purple (15,

1985) A black woman is

separated from her children

and is treated like a slave by

her brutish new husband on

a farm in rural Georgia.

Drama starring Whoopi

Goldberg and Danny Glover

11.25-12.25am The Sky at Night

Cosmologist Martin Rees

talks to Chris Lintott about

his career in science

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château:

DIY Dick and Angel host a

wedding for close friends,

and an Essex couple start

their search to buy the

perfect chateau but

cannot see eye to eye

7.55 The Dog House A lonesome

teenager seeks a canine

companion to replace her

twin sister, who’s leaving her

to start university (7/9)

9.00 George Clarke’s Old House,

New Home The architect

meets a couple who do not

know what to do with their

17th-century cottage in

Worcestershire (2/5)

10.00 Emergency Helicopter

Medics The air ambulance

crews race to help a teenage

motorcyclist who has been

hit by a car (4/10)

11.05-12.10am 24 Hours in A&E

A man with motor neurone

disease is rushed to St

George’s with sepsis (2/5)

Sky Atlantic

6.45pm The Wire Avon initiates a

war over territory with

Marlo, while Colvin gives

his men licence to force

drug dealers out to the

free zone (6/12) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones The

militant arm of the Faith of

the Seven grows more

aggressive, Jaime and

Bronn head south, and

Ellaria and the Sand Snakes

vow vengeance (4/10) (R)

9.00 The Time Traveler’s Wife

Henry finally has a chance

to step inside Clare’s home

and meet her family. Drama

starring Rose Leslie and

Theo James (5/6) (R)

10.05 The Ibiza Affair Drama

uncovering what led to the

fateful meeting between

politicians Heinz-Christian

Strache and Johann

Gudenus in 2017 (1/4) (R)

11.05-12.05am The Ibiza Affair

In German (2/4) (R)

Sky Documentaries

7.00pm Escobar by Escobar The

story behind the cursed

Escobar empire, following

the fortunes of Juan Pablo,

who was the sole heir to the

biggest drug dealer in

history (4/4) (R)

8.00 The Nineties A look at

terrorism during the

decade, from the

Unabomber and the

explosion at the Centennial

Olympic Park, to the

Oklahoma City bombing

and Columbine (6/8) (R)

9.00 I Am Heath Ledger

Naomi Watts, Ben

Mendelsohn, Ang Lee are

among the contributors

to a documentary

celebrating the life and

work of the Australian actor,

who died in 2008 (R)

10.45-12.45am FILM Disgraced (15,

2017) The 2003 murder of

Baylor University basketball

star Patrick Dennehy (R)

ITV2

7.00pm All American Beverly High

has its big homecoming game and

the pressure is on (8/16)

8.00 Superstore Glenn looks for

the perfect store Santa

8.30 Superstore

9.00 Love Island The second week

in the villa continues

10.00 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility

New series. The entertainment

game show returns

10.50 Family Guy

11.20 Family Guy

11.45-12.15am American Dad!

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Greengrass

organises a car rally

8.00 McDonald & Dodds The

detectives investigate the death of

a rugby player. Sharon Rooney,

John Thomson and Natalie

Gumede guest star (2/3)

10.00 Grantchester Will and

Leonard witness a deadly and

deliberate hit-and-run (2/6)

11.05-12.05am Grantchester Will

and Ellie encounter a brutal

murder on a trip to the cinema.

Starring Tom Brittney. (3/6)

ITV4

6.35pm River Monsters Jeremy

Wade investigates reports of

attacks by sharks in fresh water

7.05 Dramatic Finishes A selection

of dramatic horse racing finishes

7.15 Live Women’s International

Football: England v Belgium

(Kick-off 8.00). Laura Woods

presents all the action from the

friendly at Wolverhampton

10.20-12.55am FILM Speed 2:

Cruise Control (PG, 1997) Action

thriller sequel starring Sandra

Bullock and Jason Patric

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Wendy

scrambles to protect her sinister

plans and Eric narrows his sights

on another of Hollyoaks’ teens

7.30 The Neighborhood Dave and

Gemma face a devastating loss

8.00 Below Deck Rhylee’s

outburst with Chandler puts

her at odds with the deck team

9.00 Embarrassing Bodies

Dr Tosin treats a breast cancer

survivor with misshapen implants

10.00 Gogglebox

11.05-12.10am Naked Attraction

Dave

7.00pm Richard Osman’s House of

Games Sara Pascoe, Angela

Scanlon, Rick Edwards and Clive

Myrie test their skills

7.40 Room 101 With Jack Dee,

Gary Lineker and Fay Ripley

8.20 QI XL With David Baddiel,

Cariad Lloyd and Ross Noble.

9.00 QI XL With Jimmy Carr,

Aisling Bea and Danny Bhoy

10.00 Late Night Mash

11.00 Have I Got a Bit More Old

News for You David Mitchell hosts

12.00-1.00am QI XL

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine The

trio embark on a business venture

8.00 Jonathan Creek A sceptical

researcher returns from the dead

9.20 New Tricks Sandra takes

drastic measures to stop Jack

exacting revenge on the hit-and-

run driver who killed his wife

10.35 New Tricks Sandra’s mother

needs to move into a care home

11.55-2.20am Silent Witness

A nanny is killed in a botched

assassination attempt

Yesterday

7.00pm Abandoned Engineering

Exploring the honeymoon home

of a young princess

8.00 Secrets of the London

Underground Tim Dunn and Siddy

Holloway explore the brand new

Elizabeth Line (7/10)

9.00 Train Truckers The exploits

of a family-run crew of heavy-

haulage specialists (1/6)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (2/10)

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering A ruined castle

PBS America

6.15pm The Secret Life of Frogs

The behaviour of lesser-known

frog species in the Indian jungle

7.25 Rebellion: The Stuarts in Exile

Prince James Francis Stuart’s bid to

reclaim his throne (1/2)

8.40 The Ghost Army How a US

Army unit used inflatable tanks

during the Second World War

9.50 Mount Rushmore The story

behind the depiction of four US

presidents in South Dakota

11.00-12.15am The Secret Life of

Frogs In the Indian jungle

Smithsonian

7.00pm Mystic Britain A hunt for

woolly mammoths and zombies

8.00 Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace is at an enormous

pizza factory in Italy

9.00 Ultimate Warships Air

support is provided to American

combat troops fighting Isis in Iraq

10.00 Air Warriors Focusing on the

Galaxy transport aircraft

11.00 Helicopter Wars A four-man

US Navy Seal team ambushed high

in the Afghan mountains

12.00-1.00am Ultimate Warships

Sky Max

7.00pm Stargate SG-1

8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Golf Rob

shares his newfound love of the

sport with Romesh (R)

9.00 The Lazarus Project New

series. A man is approached to

join a secret organisation. Sci-fi

thrilller starring Paapa Essiedu.

See Viewing Guide (1/8)

10.00 The Midwich Cuckoos

A new child arrives three years

after the blackout (3/7)

11.00-12.05am The Flight

Attendant (5/8)

Discovery

7.00pm Outback Truckers

8.00 Fast N’ Loud

9.00 Naked and Afraid XL

Twelve elite survivalists venture

into the treacherous Peruvian

Amazon for 60 days

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-2.00am Naked and Afraid

XL In the Peruvian Amazon

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Last of the Giants: Wild Fish

New series. A team of filmmakers

helps scientists protect the

prehistoric white sturgeon

9.00 Wicked Tuna

10.00 Lawless Island

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Car S.O.S

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show

10.00 FILM Kevin Hart: Let Me

Explain (15, 2013) From New York’s

Madison Square Garden

11.00 Key & Peele

11.30 Key & Peele

12.00-12.30am The Jeff Dunham

Show Sketch show

Gold

6.40pm Dad’s Army

7.20 Dad’s Army

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley

8.55 The Vicar of Dibley

9.35 Gimme Gimme Gimme

Linda dates a serial killer

10.10 Live at the Apollo

11.10 Peep Show

11.45-12.40am The Vicar of Dibley

W

7.00pm Celebrity Masterchef

Australia Cooking challenge

8.30 Nurses on the Ward

9.25 Emma Willis: Delivering

Babies A newlywed couple in

labour with their first baby

10.25 One Born Every Minute

11.25-12.25am Inside the

Ambulance A bike crash

7.00pm Entourage

7.30 30 Rock Triple bill

9.00 Sex and the City

10.00 Avenue 5 (9/9)

10.30 The Tonight Show Starring

Jimmy Fallon American chat show

11.30-12.30am The Late Late

Show with James Corden Chat

and entertainment show

Sky Main Event

1.00pm Live US Open Golf

Coverage of the first day of the

2022 US Open, which takes place

at The Country Club in Brookline,

Massachusetts. Jon Rahm won last

year’s competition with a score of

six-under-par, beating Louis

Oosthuizen by one shot at Torrey

Pines in San Diego

1.00am Sky Sports News

1.30 My Icon: John Amaechi

1.45-4.45am Live NBA Basketball:

Boston Celtics v Golden State

Warriors (Tip-off 2.00)

Sky Premier League

6.00pm PL Legends

6.30 Premier League World

7.00 Premier League

Leeds United v Burnley.

9.00 PL World A round-up of the

latest news and interviews

9.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

The presenter talks to Robbie

Keane about matches they

faced each other in

10.00 Premier League Icons

10.30-12.30am PL Retro

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal

from the 2003/04 season

Sky Cricket

5.50pm International T20 Cricket

India v South Africa. The third T20

in the five-match series from Dr YS

Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA

Stadium, Visakhapatnam

10.00 One-Day International

Cricket Pakistan v West Indies.

Action from the first ODI in the

three-match series, which took

place at National Stadium, Karachi

10.00 One-Day International

Cricket Pakistan v West Indies

11.00-12m’t One-Day International

Cricket Pakistan v West Indies

BT Sport 1

10.00am-1.00pm Live AFL:

Richmond Tigers v Carlton Blues

(Bounce-up 10.20)

2.30 Live Test Cricket: West Indies

v Bangladesh The first day of the

first Test in the two-match series,

taking place at Sir Vivian Richards

Stadium in Antigua

11.00 Badminton Unlimited

11.30 European Rally

Championship Highlights

12.00-3.30am Live MLB Action

from Major League Baseball

(Start-time TBA)

BT Sport 2

6.00am-1.30pm Live Badminton

Action from the round-of-16 stage

from the Indonesia Open

5.30 Canadian Premier League

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

6.30 Live MLB Action from Major

League Baseball (Start-time TBA)

10.30 UFC Connected A unique

look inside the UFC with

exclusive access to fighters

11.00-12.00m’t UFC: The Ultimate

Fighter A look at MMA fighters as

they compete against each other

for a contract with the UFC

TalkTV

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

unmissable verdict on the

day’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

Expect bold opinions and

commentary, as James

Whale reacts to the big

stories of the day

11.00-12.00m’t 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

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 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

Sky Arts

7.00pm The Prince’s Master

Crafters: The Next Generation

Carving an ivy leaf from stone (5/7)

8.00 Classic Literature & Cinema

9.00 The Undiscovered Kenneth

Williams A profile of the actor

10.00 Comedy Legends

11.00 The Nightmare Worlds

of HG Wells (3/4)

11.30 The Nightmare Worlds

of HG Wells (4/4)

12.00-1.00am Reinventing the

Orchestra with Charles

Hazlewood (2/6)

Sky History

7.00pm Forged in Fire A space-age

M-1 Nasa survival knife

8.00 Treasures Decoded (2/5)

9.00 The Real War of Thrones

Catherine de Medici rules behind

new king Charles IX, but is unable

to prevent a civil war

10.00 Rust Valley Restorers

Mike and Avery receive an

unexpected call from home

11.00 Forged in Fire: Beat the

Judges Recreating a medieval

knight’s dagger (3/6)

12.00-1.00am The Boer War

FV 11, FS 147 SKY 130, VIRGIN 165 SKY 123, VIRGIN 270

Thursday 16 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

The Color Purple

Akosua Busia stars in the

1985 period drama based

on Alice Walker’s novel

BBC4, 9pm

Jon Rahm defends his US Open

title at the Country Club in

Brookline (Sky Main Event, 1pm)