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(^) Daily Mail, Thursday, August 29, 2019
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CRITICS’ CHOICE
YOU might well be aware of
who he is now, but when Xi
Jinping (pictured) was elected
as the President of China six
years ago, he was little-known
in the Western world. From
meeting divisive U.S. President
Donald Trump and North
Korea’s Kim Jong-un
to the censorship
of 1.4 billion
Chinese citizens,
his Communist
rule has not been without
controversy. This three-part
documentary series looks
at the extraordinary story
of how he has transformed
China into its current
controlled state, where loyalty
to the Communist Party is
paramount. You’ll be open-
mouthed watching this
fascinating (and rather
worrying) insight into the
rising global superpower.
PICK OF THE DAY
MOVING ON
Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It,
8pm, Ch4
THIS week, the property experts catch
up with Lucia and Matt, who were very
troubled over their home in Wiltshire
back in 2016. But Kirstie Allsopp finds
herself heading to Wales — just one of
the changes in the couple’s lives. And
their menagerie of animals has a
colourful new addition. But are
the lovely pair finally happy?
BACK TO SCHOOL
The Secret Teacher, 9pm, Ch4
THIS life-changing series
comes to an end with
the final millionaire,
recruitment bigwig
Darren Ryemill,
heading to Berkshire.
The school needs
more than a lick
of paint, and its
troublesome pupils
are a handful,
but as Darren
(pictured with
pupil Levi) gets
to know the
unruly boys,
deeper issues
emerge. How
will he help
them all?
COMEDY DRAMA
This Way Up, 10pm, Ch4
AINE (Aisling Bea) struggles when her
jokey mammy comes over to stay from
Ireland. They haven’t spoken in months, so
you’d think it’d be a nice catch-up — wrong.
As Shona (Sharon Horgan) takes them to
a party for Vish’s father, inappropriate
comments come from every quarter, and
the walk home reveals a shocking secret.
FILM CHOICES
Murder By Text: Garage Sale Mystery,
2.15pm, Ch5
LORI LOUGHLIN’S antiques-hunting sleuth,
Jennifer Shannon, smells a murderous rat
CHINA: A NEW WORLD ORDER, 9PM, BBC2
BBC1 BBC2 ITV CHANNEL 4
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6.00 Breakfast (HD)
9.15 Countryfile Summer Diaries
(R,HD) Visiting St Michael’s Mount.
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,HD)
Martel Maxwell looks round a flat
in Dumfries, while Martin Roberts
is at a house in Abergavenny.
11.00 A Matter of Life and Debt (HD)
A £50,000 ethical loan helps to turn
an experiment into an enterprise.
11.45 Britain in Bloom (R,HD) A team in
Southport who look after many of
the green spaces in their town.
12.15 Bargain Hunt (AD,R,HD) Anita
Manning presents from Elsecar.
1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (HD)
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
1.45 Impossible (R,HD) Game show,
hosted by Rick Edwards.
2.30 Escape to the Country (AD,R,HD)
Alistair Appleton is on a property-
searching mission in north Devon.
3.15 Money for Nothing (R,HD)
Sarah Moore transforms items
reclaimed from a tip in Surrey.
3.45 Murder, Mystery and My Family
(AD,R,HD) The barristers re-examine
a violent murder from 1875.
4.30 Flog It! (R,HD) From Belfast.
5.15 Pointless (R,HD) Quiz show,
hosted by Alexander Armstrong.
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather (HD)
6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
6.30 Flog It! (R,HD)
7.15 A Matter of Life and Debt (R,HD)
8.00 This Farming Life (BSL,R,HD)
9.00 BBC News at 9 (HD)
10.00 Victoria Derbyshire (HD)
11.00 BBC Newsroom Live (HD)
1.00 Curious Creatures (R,HD)
Wildlife panel show, with guests
Niall Strawson and Simon King.
1.30 Home Away from Home (R,HD)
Families from Shropshire and
Cardiff swap homes.
2.15 Heir Hunters (R,HD) A search
leads to the story of a war hero.
3.00 Emergency Rescue Down Under
(AD,R,HD) A UK policewoman arrests
a drink driver in the outback.
3.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian
Adventure (AD,R,HD) Dave
and Si begin in Hong Kong.
4.30 Tigers About the House (AD,R,HD)
5.30 Antiques Road Trip (R,HD) In South
Wales, Stephanie Connell plays
skittles and Charlie Ross gets
vertigo, before they learn who has
won at auction in Worcestershire.
6.15 Live Women’s International
Football (HD) Belgium v England
(Kick-off 6.30pm). All the action from
the friendly at Den Dreef Stadium in
Leuven. England finished fourth in
the recent World Cup and now turn
their attention to Euro 2021, which
they qualify for as hosts. Their
opponents tonight did not qualify
for the World Cup, but are looking
to reach back-to-back European
Championships and are on a good
run of form, with their only defeat
in the past year coming in a friendly
against world champions USA.
6.30 Mike & Molly (R,HD)
6.55 Mike & Molly (R,HD)
7.20 The King of Queens (R)
7 .45 The King of Queens (R)
8.10 Everybody Loves Raymond (R)
8.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (AD,R)
9.10 Frasier (AD,R)
9.40 Frasier (AD,R)
10.10 The Big Bang Theory (AD,R,HD)
10.35 The Big Bang Theory (AD,R,HD)
11.05 The Simpsons (AD,R)
11.30 The Simpsons (AD,R)
12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (HD)
12.05 A New Life in the Sun:
Where Are They Now? (R,HD)
1.05 Posh Pawnbrokers (R,HD)
2.10 Countdown (HD) Martin Lewis joins
Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner.
3.00 A Place in the Sun (R,HD)
A couple plan a permanent move
to Almeria in southern Spain.
4.00 The Great Hotel Escape (HD)
Steph and Dom Parker stay the
night at a B&B in Shropshire.
5.00 Come Dine with Me (R,HD) Drama
teacher Ben hosts on the fourth
day in Swindon and Marlborough.
5.30 The Simpsons (AD,R) Bart falls
in love with Lovejoy’s daughter.
6.00 The Simpsons (AD,R) Bart falls
for Rainier Wolfcastle’s daughter.
6.30 Hollyoaks (AD,R,HD) Tony and
Diane get into a huge fight.
7.00 The One Show (HD) Hosted by
Matt Baker and Mel Giedroyc.
7.30 EastEnders (AD,HD) Mick
feels the pressure to ensure
everything is perfect on the
day of Whitney and Callum’s
hen and stag parties.
8.00 The Sheriffs Are Coming (HD)
Tommy and Adie deal with an
unusual call out to a sheep farm
in Wales, while Rob and Gerald
search for a pub landlord who
has not paid for his stock.
9.00 Fake or Fortune? (AD,R,HD)
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould
examine a still life that may
have been painted by William
Nicholson, but could be from
one of the 20th century’s
greatest art crimes.
10.00 BBC News at Ten (HD)
10.25 BBC Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.35 High Life (HD) New series.
A 17-year-old suffers her first
episode of bipolar disorder.
12.35 Weather for the Week Ahead
(HD) 12.40 BBC News (HD)
8.30 Great British Railway Journeys
(AD,R,HD) Michael Portillo travels
between Taunton and Newton
Abbot. Along the way, he joins
in with a fertility dance in
Stogumber and visits a celebrated
garden at Hestercombe.
9.00 China: A New World Order
(AD,HD) New series. Documentary
examining President Xi Jinping’s
leadership of China since 2013.
See Pick of the Day.
10.00 Live at the Apollo (R,HD)
Frankie Boyle takes to the stage
at London’s Hammersmith Apollo,
and introduces rising stars Jack
Carroll and Holly Walsh.
10.30 Newsnight (HD) With Kirsty
Wark. (Followed by Weather)
12.15 The Misadventures of Romesh
Ranganathan (AD,BSL,R,HD) The
comedian travels to Mongolia.
1.15 Sacred Wonders (AD,BSL,R,HD)
A Shinto devotee undertakes a
gruelling challenge at the sacred
Nachi Falls in Japan. 2.15 This Is BBC2
7.00 Channel 4 News (HD)
8.00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List
It (AD,HD) Kirstie Allsopp and Phil
Spencer catch up with a couple
from Royal Wootton Bassett.
See Critics’ Choice.
9.00 The Secret Teacher (AD,HD)
A recruitment agency owner goes
undercover at an all-boys school
in Wokingham. Last in series.
See Critics’ Choice.
10.00 This Way Up (AD,HD) Aine and
Shona’s mother visits from Ireland.
See Critics’ Choice.
10.30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
(R,HD) Alan Carr, Tom Allen, Sean
Lock and Sara Pascoe take part.
12.30 Inside Alton Towers (BSL,R,HD)
1.25 Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
2.15 Stath Lets Flats (AD,BSL,R,HD)
2.45 FILM: Still Alice (2014) (12) ◆
(BSL,HD) See Critics’ Choice. 4.30
Best of Food Unwrapped (R,HD)
4.55 Come Dine with Me (R,HD)
5.50 Countdown (R,HD)
11.35 Who Do You Think You Are?
(AD,R,HD) Comedian Paul Merton
investigates his family history,
piecing together the story of
his grandfather’s involvement
in key events leading up to Irish
independence in the Twenties.
11.15 Interior Design Masters
(AD,R,HD) The contestants are
split into pairs and challenged
to transform shop interiors,
revamping a series of
independent stores in
Nottingham in just two days.
11.30 Call the Cops (AD,R,HD)
Force Incident manager
Martin dispatches specialist
teams to Cornwall to deal
with a potential armed siege.
6.00 Good Morning Britain (HD)
8.30 Lorraine (HD)
9.25 Judge Rinder (R,HD)
10.30 This Morning (HD) Daily magazine,
featuring a mix of celebrity chat,
showbusiness news, lifestyle
features, topical discussion, health
and beauty advice and more.
12.30 Loose Women (HD) The women
put the world to rights once more
and invite a celebrity guest to
chat about what they are up to.
1.30 News; Weather (HD)
1.55 Regional News; Weather (HD)
2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,HD)
David Dickinson and his team visit
Stalybridge, Greater Manchester,
where items include a World
War II radio, a beautiful claret
jug and a fabulous candelabrum.
3.00 Tenable (R,HD) Quiz, hosted by
Warwick Davis; Regional Weather
4.00 Tipping Point (R,HD) Game show,
hosted by Ben Shephard.
5.00 The Chase Celebrity Special
(R,HD) Mark Billingham, Aldo Zilli,
Lucy Pargeter and Joey Essex
answer general knowledge
questions and work as a team to
secure a cash prize for charity.
Presented by Bradley Walsh.
6.00 Regional News; Weather (HD)
6.30 News; Weather (HD)
7.00 Emmerdale (AD,HD)
7.30 Housing Crisis: What Next
for the Elderly? Tonight (HD)
Adrian Goldberg finds out whether
providing more accommodation
for an ageing population could
free up thousands of family homes.
10.00 News (HD) (Followed by Weather)
10.30 Regional News (HD)
(Followed by Weather)
10.45 Sanditon (AD,R,HD) Drama
adapted from the unfinished
Jane Austen novel, starring
Rose Williams and Theo James.
12.35 Rescue — River Deep, Mountain
High (AD,R,HD) 1.00 Ideal World
with Vibrapower 2.00 Ideal World
TV 3.00 Housing Crisis: What Next
for the Elderly? Tonight (R,HD)
3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD) 5.05
Judge Rinder (BSL,R,HD)
11.45 LaLiga Highlights (HD) Action
from the second round of fixtures
in the Spanish top flight, including
Real Madrid v Real Valladolid,
Barcelona v Real Betis and
Leganes v Atletico Madrid.
8.00 Emmerdale (AD,HD) Moira
takes control of a situation.
8.30 The Cruise: Sailing the
Mediterranean (R,HD) Dance
captain Eleanor takes to the stage
for the last time. Last in series.
9.00 Car Crash Britain: Caught on
Camera (R,HD) Road accidents
and near-misses, including a man
who nearly gets taken out by an
unsecured load on a van and a
motorist taking impromptu
lessons in aquaplaning.
(R) Repeat. (HD) High Definition. (AD) Audio Description. (b/w) Not in colour. (BSL) British Sign Language. ■ Family viewing ● Generally suitable for all ◆ Caution recommended
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