The Observer - 25.08.2019

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The Observer

25.08.19

Today’s television

Radio 4 Extra

6.0 Bindi Business

Omnibus 7.15 Mavis

Gallant Stories (2/5)

7.30 It’s a Fair Cop (3/6)

8.0 Whack-O! 8.30 A

Life of Bliss 9.0 Coventry

Omnibus 10.15 Desert

Island Discs Revisited

11.0 The Moth Radio

Hour (6/8) 11.50 The

Fanthorpe Investigations

(1/5) 12.0 Whack-O!

12.30 A Life of Bliss

1.0 Bindi Business

Omnibus 2.15 Mavis

Gallant 2.30 Heartburn

Omnibus 3.45 Beryl

Reid in Conversation

(4/6) 4.0 Mire Farm 5.0

Poetry Extra: Lost Voices

(4/4) 5.30 It’s a Fair Cop

(3/6) 6.0 Night Terrace

(1/8) 6.30 The Man

in Black (1/5) 7.0 The

Moth Radio Hour (6/8)

7.50 The Fanthorpe

Investigations (1/5) 8.0

Coventry Omnibus 9.15

Desert Island Discs ...

10.0 It’s a Fair Cop (3/6)

10.30 Sean Lock: 15

Storeys High (4/5) 11.0

The Harri-Parris’ Radio

Show (1/3) 11.30 Laura

Solon: Talking and Not

Talking (3/6) 12.0 Night

Terrace (1/8) 12.30 The

Man in Black (1/5) 1.0

Bindi Business Omnibus

2.15 Mavis Gallant 2.30

Heartburn Omnibus 3.45

Beryl Reid 4.0 Mire Farm

5.0 Poetry Extra ... 5.30

It’s a Fair Cop (3/6)

BBC One BBC Two ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Four

8.0 Poldark (T) Demelza
fi nds out that the
French are smuggling
arms into Cornwall.
9.0 Peaky Blinders (T) New
series. Th e Shelbys deal
with the Wall Street Crash,
while ghosts from Tommy’s
past threaten to under-
mine him. Th e return of the
drama, with Cillian Murphy.

8.0 Dragons’ Den (T) Th e

panel assesses an eco-

friendly entrepreneur’s

alternative to straws.

9.0 A Black and White Killing:

Th e Case Th at Shook

America (T) (1/2) Mobeen

Azhar investigates a

murder committed by

a white supremacist in

Portland.

8.0 Who Wants to Be a

Millionaire? (T) Jeremy

Clarkson hosts.

9.0 Sanditon (T) New series.

A chance accident brings

Charlotte Heywood to

the seaside resort of

Sanditon. Drama adapted

from the unfi nished Jane

Austen novel, starring Rose

Williams and Th eo James.

8.0 Th e Queen’s Lost Family

(T) Britain is stunned by

the abdication of Edward

VIII, and debate rages in

parliament about republi-

canism. Last in the series.

9.0 Th e Handmaid’s Tale (T)

Th e Gilead leadership are

rocked by losses among

their own, while Luke and

Moira adjust to new arrivals.

8.0 Inside the Nazi

Mega Bunker (T) (R)

Documenting the extraor-

dinary defences and kill

zones that surrounded

Hitler’s bunker in Berlin.

9.0  Hacksaw Ridge

(Mel Gibson, 2016) (T)

Second world war drama

starring Andrew Garfi eld

and Hugo Weaving.

9.0 Peter Rice: An Engineer

Imagines (T) A tribute to

Peter Rice, one of the most

distinguished structural

engineers of the late 20th

century, tracing his career

from his native Ireland

through London, Sydney

and Paris, revealing how he

pushed the boundaries of

art and science.

6.20 A To Z of TV Gardening (T)

(R) 7.05 Gardeners’ World

(T) (R) 7.35 Countryfi le (T)

(R) 8.30 Beechgrove (T)

(R) 9.0 Saturday Kitchen

Best Bites (T) 10.30 Nigel

Slater: Eating Together (T)

(R) 11.0 Top of the Shop

With Tom Kerridge (T) (R)

12.0 International Rugby

Union (T) (R) 1.0 Athletics:

Diamond League Paris

Highlights (T) 2.0 Athletics:

British Championships (T)

5.0 Amazing Hotels: Life

Beyond the Lobby (T) (R)

6.0 Th e Ganges With Sue

Perkins (T) (R) 7.0 Inside

the Factory (T) (R)

6.0 CITV 8.25 News (T) 8.30

Th e Sara Cox Show (T) 9.25

Ninja Warrior UK (T) (R)

10.20 Zone of Champions

(T) (R) 10.50 Countrywise:

Guide to Britain (T) (R)

11.20 Best Walks With a

View With Julia Bradbury

(T) (R) 11.50 News (T)

12.04 Local News (T) 12.05

Midsomer Murders (T)

(R) 2.05  Mannequin

(Michael Gottlieb, 1987) (T)

3.45 Catchphrase (T) (R)

4.30 Tenable (T) (R) 5.30

News (T) 5.45 Local News

(T) 6.0 Tipping Point: Lucky

Stars (T) 7.0 Th e Chase

Celebrity Special (T) (R)

6.15 Th e King of Queens (T) (R)

6.40 Th e King of Queens

(T) (R) 7.05 Cheers (T) (R)

7.30 Cheers (T) (R) 8.0

Frasier (T) (R) 8.25 Frasier

(T) (R) 8.55 Frasier (T) (R)

9.30 Sunday Brunch (T)

12.30 Th e Simpsons (T)

(R) 12.55 Th e Simpsons (T)

(R) 1.25 Th e Simpsons (T)

(R) 1.55  Stuart Little

(Rob Minkoff , 1999) (T) 3.35

A Place in the Sun: Winter

Sun (T) (R) 4.35 Coast v

Country (T) (R) 5.35 Th e

Yorkshire Dales and the

Lakes (T) (R) 6.30 News

(T) 7.0 Prince Philip: Th e

Plot to Make a King (T) (R)

6.0 Milkshake! 9.55 Rise of

the Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles (T) (R) 10.20 Friends

(T) (R) 11.15 Friends (T) (R)

(R) 12.15 Friends (T) (R)

12.45 Th e Secret World

of Your Rubbish (T) (R)

1.45 Th e Secret World of

Your Rubbish (T) (R) 2.45

Th e Secret World of Your

Rubbish (T) (R) 3.40 

A Bridge Too Far (Richard

Attenborough, 1977) (T)

6.55 News (T) 7.0 Cricket

on 5: Th e Ashes (T) England

v Australia. Action from the

fourth day of the third Test,

as the fi ve-match series

continues at Headingley.

7.0 BBC Proms: Sheku Plays

Elgar (T) Sheku Kanneh-

Mason performs Elgar’s

Cello Concerto at the

Royal Albert Hall, with the

City of Birmingham SO

and their music director

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

10.0 News (T)
10.20 Regional News (T) Weather
10.30 Match of the Day 2 (T)
Bournemouth v Man City
and Spurs v Newcastle.
11.30 A Question of Sport (T) (R)
With Darren Brent, Colin
Jackson, Bianca Walkden
and Kelly Sotherton.
12.0 Sacred Wonders (T) (R)
1.0 Weather for the Week
Ahead (T) 1.05 News (T)

10.0  A Good Day to Die

Hard (John Moore, 2013)

(T) Action adventure

sequel with Bruce Willis.

11.50  Last Vegas (Jon

Turteltaub, 2013) (T) Comedy

starring Michael Douglas.

1.40 Kitchen Nightmares USA (T)

(R) 2.35 Th e Lateish Show

(T) (R) 3.30 Grand Designs

NZ (T) (R) 4.25 Extreme

Cake Makers (T) (R)

10.0 Peter Taylor: My Journey

Th rough the Troubles (T)

Th e journalist refl ects on

his years reporting on the

Northern Ireland confl ict.

11.30  Pioneer (Erik

Skjoldbjærg, 2013) Th riller

starring Aksel Hennie.

1.15 Sign Zone Who Do You

Th ink You Are? (T) (R)

2.15 Holby City (T) (R)

3.15 Th is Is BBC Two

11.35  Under Siege 2: Dark

Territory (Geoff Murphy,

1995) (T) Action adven-

ture sequel with Steven

Seagal, Katherine Heigl

and Eric Bogosian.

1.25 Th e Live Casino Show (T)

3.25 Gotham: Rise of the

Villains (T) (R) 4.15 NCIS

(T) (R) 5.0 Access (T)

5.10 House Doctor (T) (R)

5.35 Wildlife SOS (T) (R)

10.0 News (T)

10.19 Local News (T)

10.20 Th e Best Little Prison in

Britain? (T) (R) Cameras

follow a father and son

serving on the same wing.

10.45 Yorkshire Airport (T) (R)

11.15 Who Wants to Be a

Millionaire? (T) (R)

12.15 Ideal World 3.0 Motor-

sport UK (T) 3.50 British

Superbike Highlights (T)

10.0 Foo Fighters at Reading

2019 (T) H ighlights from

the headline set, as the

Foos run through their

back catalogue.

12.0James May’s Cars of the

People (T) (3/3) How new

wealth inspired some of

the greatest cars ever

made. 1.0 Young, Gifted and

Classical: Th e Making of a

Maestro (T) 2.0 Machines

6.0 Breakfast (T) 9.0 Match
of the Day (T) (R) 10.30
Sunday Morning Live (T)
11.30 Homes Under the
Hammer (T) (R) 12.30
Bargain Hunt (T) (R) 1.0
News (T) 1.10 Weather
(T) 1.15 Songs of Praise
(T) 1.50 Hold the Sunset
(T) (R) 2.20 Hold the
Sunset (T) (R) 2.45
Escape to the Country
(T) 3.45 Shop Well for
Less? (T) (R) 4.45 Fa ke
Or Fortune? (T) (R) 5.45
Pointless Celebrities (T) (R)
6.35 News (T) 6.50 Regional
News and Weather (T) 7.0
Countryfi le (T)

Dave
6.0am Teleshopping 7.10
Ross Noble: Off Road
8.0 Top Gear 9.0 Steve
Backshall’s Extreme
River Challenge 10.0
Border Force: America’s
Gatekeepers 11.0 Cops
UK: Bodycam Squad 12.0
Expedition With Steve
Backshall 1.0 Top Gear
2.0 Gavin & Stacey 2.40
Gavin & Stacey 3.20
Gavin & Stacey 4.0 Gavin
& Stacey 4.40 Would I
Lie to You? Double Bill
6.0 Scrapyard Supercar
7.0 Cop Car Workshop
8.0 Expedition With
Steve Backshall 9.0
Have I Got a Bit More
News for You 10.0 Jon
Richardson: Ultimate
Worrier 11.0 Taskmaster
12.0 QI XL 1.0 Mock the
Week 1.40 Rhod Gilbert’s
Work Experience Double
Bill 2.50 Have I Got a
Bit More News for You
3.45 Teleshopping

E4
6.0am Hollyoaks 8.20
 Miracle on 34th
Street (1994) 10.35 The

Goldbergs 11.05 The

Goldbergs 11.35 The

Goldbergs 12.05 The

Goldbergs 12.35 The

Goldbergs 1.05 The Big

Bang Theory 1.35 The

Big Bang Theory 2.0

The Big Bang Theory

2.30 The Big Bang

Theory 2.55 The Big

Bang Theory 3.25 

The Core (2003) 6.0

The Big Bang Theory

6.30 The Big Bang

Theory 7.0 The Big Bang

Theory 7.30 The Big

Bang Theory 8.0 The

Big Bang Theory 8.30

The Big Bang Theory 9.0

Celebs Go Dating 10.05

Naked Attraction 11.10

The Big Bang Theory

11.40 The Big Bang

Theory 12.05 Gogglebox

1.10 Celebs Go Dating

2.10 First Dates 3.05

Naked Attraction

3.55 Hollyoaks

Film4

11.0am  The

Indian in the Cupboard

(1995) 1.0  Ice

Age: Continental Drift

(2012) 2.45  The

Simpsons Movie (2007)

4.35  Crocodile

Dundee II (1988) 6.55

 X-Men: The

Last Stand (2006) 9.0

 Deadpool (2016)

11.10  The Belko

Experiment (2016)

12.55  Train to

Busan (2016)

ITV2

6.0am Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records

6.10 Emmerdale 9.20

Coronation Street 12.15

Celebrity Catchphrase

1.20 In for a Penny 1.50

BGT: Top 10 Comedy

Corkers 2.55 Funniest

Ever You’ve Been Framed!

Gold 3.50 You’ve Been

Framed! Gold 4.15

 Hop (2011) 6.10

 Shrek (2001) 8.0

 Quantum of Solace

(2008) 10.10 Family Guy

10.35 Family Guy 11.05

Family Guy 11.35 Family

Guy 12.05 American Dad!

Double Bill 12.55 The

Cleveland Show Double

Bill 1.55 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records

2.20 Teleshopping

More4

8.55am Amazing

Spaces 9.55 Location,

Location ... Double Bill

12.05 Four in a Bed 12.35

Four in a Bed 1.05 Four

in a Bed 1.35 Four in a

Bed 2.10 Four in a Bed

2.40 CDWM 3.15 CDWM

3.50 CDWM 4.20 CDWM

4.50 CDWM 5.25 Four

in a Bed 5.55 Four in a

Bed 6.25 Four in a Bed

6.55 Four in a Bed 7.25

Four in a Bed 8.0 Savage

Kingdom 9.0 999: On the

Frontline 10.0 Shocking

Emergency Calls 11.05

9/11: Elite Rescue Cops

12.05 24 Hours in A&E

1.10 999: On the Frontline

2.10 9/11: Elite Rescue

Cops 3.15 Food Unwrapped

Sky One

6.0am Hour of Power

7.0 Monkey Life 7.30

Monkey Life 8.0 Monkey

Life 8.30 Monkey Life

9.0 The Simpsons 9.30

The Simpsons 10.0 The

Simpsons 10.30 The

Simpsons 11.0 WWE

Raw Hlts 12.0 NCIS:

LA 1.0 NCIS: LA 2.0

NCIS: LA 3.0 NCIS:

LA 4.0 The Simpsons

4.30 The Simpsons

5.0 The Simpsons

5.30 The Simpsons 6.0

The Simpsons 6.30

The Simpsons 7.0 The

Simpsons 7.30 The

Simpsons 8.0 Magnum

PI 9.0 SWAT 10.0 Hawaii

Five-0 11.0 NCIS: LA 12.0

The Blacklist 1.0 A League

of Their Own: US Road

Trip 2.0 Double Bill 3.0

The Force: North East

4.0 Road Wars Double Bill

Sky Arts

6.0am Classical

Destinations 6.40

Prokofiev: Symphony No.

1 in D Major (Op 25)

7.0 Tales of the Unexpec-

ted 7.30 Tales of the

Unexpected 8.0 Tales of

the Unexpected

8.30 Tales of the

Unexpected 9.0 Tales

of the Unexpected

9.30 South Bank

Show Originals 10.0

Discovering: James

Mason /Marilyn Monroe /

Frank Sinatra /Elizabeth

Taylor /Marlon Brando

3.0 Battle of the Brass

Bands 4.0 The Art

of Architecture 5.0

Pavarotti: Birth of a Pop

Star 6.0-9.0 Johnny

Cash: Song By Song 9.0

Johnny Cash – Behind

Prison Walls 10.0 Carl

Perkins & Friends 11.0

Discovering: Roy Orbison

11.30 Jerry Lee Lewis:

Music Icons 12.0 Chuck

Berry: Music Icons 12.30

Discovering: Little

Richard 1.0 Imelda May:

Live at Baloise Session

2.30 Music Legends

We Lost 3.55 Natalia

Osipova: The Mother 5.20

Sibelius: Symphony No 5

Sky Atlantic

6.0am The Guest Wing

7.0 Hotel Secrets 8.0

Without a Trace 9.0

Without a Trace 10.0

Without a Trace 11.0

Without a Trace 12.0

Without a Trace 1.0 Wild

City 2.0 Wild City 3.0

Wild City 4.0 Blue Bloods

5.0 Blue Bloods 6.0 Blue

Bloods 7.0 Blue Bloods

8.0 Blue Bloods 9.0 Real

Time 10.15 Euphoria

11.20 Succession 12.30

The Affair 2.0 Succession

3.10 Active Shooter:

America Under Fire 4.10

Urban Secrets Double Bill

Radio 3

7.0 Breakfas t 9.0 News

9.02 Sunday Morning.

Sarah Walker introduces

pieces by Scarlatti and

Dowland, performed

by Federico Colli and

Sean Shibe. 12.0 Private

Passions: James Ellroy

1.0 Proms Chamber

Music : Cadogan Hall

5. A recital by the

soprano Louise Alder

and the pianist Gary

Matthewman, featuring

songs by Schubert,

Rossini, Chopin,

Mendelssohn and Fanny

Hensel. 2.0 The Early

Music Show: The Lute

and the Harpsichord (R)

3.0 Choral Evensong:

Edington Priory (R)

4.0 New Generation

Artists 5.30 Prom 49.

Live concert inspired

by the natural world,

featuring the Southbank

Sinfonia, the National

Youth Choir of Great

Britain and conductor

Jessica Cottis. 7.30

Prom 39. Mendelssohn:

Overture, The Hebrides

(Fingal’s Cave). Elgar:

Sea Pictures, Op 37. 7.30

Interval: Proms Plus Talk.

7.50 Errollyn Wallen:

This Frame Is Part of the

Painting. Mussorgsky

orch Ravel: Pictures at an

Exhibition. BBC NOW and

Chorus , Catriona Morison

(soprano), Elim Chan. (R)

9.30 Early Music Late.

The guitarist Matteo

Mela and AleaEnsemble

at Locarno international

early music festival. 11.0

Roderick Williams: Three

Years With Schubert –

Schwanengesang (R)

12.0 Classical Fix: Yasmin

Evans (R) 12.30 Through

the Night: Trans-Siberian

Music Festival (R)

Radio 4

6.0 News 6.05 Something

Understood: The End

of the Beginning (R)

6.35 On Your Farm: Irish

Inspiration 7.0 News

7.0 Sunday Papers 7.10

Sunday 7.54 Radio 4

Appeal: Anne Frank

Trust. With Sudhesh

Dahad. 8.0 News 8.0

Sunday Papers 8.10

Sunday Worship 8.48 A

Point of View (R) 8.58

Tweet of the Day (R) 9.0

Broadcasting House 10.0

The Archers Omnibus.

LW: 10.30 TMS: The

Ashes – Third Test, Day

Four. From Headingley.

12.01; 5.54 Shipping

Forecast. FM: 11.15 The

Reunion: Death on the

Rock (2/5) 12.0 News

12.04 Just a Minute

(R) 12.30 The Food

Programme: Jamie Oliver

• A Life Through Food,
  Part Two 1.0 The World
  This Weekend 1.30 Open
  Book 2.0 Gardeners’
  Question Time: Dorset
  (R) 2.45 The Listening
  Project (R) 3.0 Drama:
  Marcel Proust’s in Search
  of Lost Time. Timberlake
  Wertenbaker’s
  adaptation. (4 & 5/10)
  5.0 Troubles Shared
  (R) 5.40 (FM) Four
  Thought: Play the Game,
  Lads (R) 5.54 Shipping
  Forecast 6.0 News 6.15
  Pick of the Week. With
  Liz Barclay. LW & FM:
  7.0 The Archers 7.15
  Cooking in a Bedsitter:
  Coffee Chiffon (R) 7.45
  Stillicide: Butterflies.
  Cynan Jones’s powerful
  glimpse of the tangible
  near future. (3/12) 8.0
  Drama: In Search of Lost
  Time (6 & 7/10) 10.0 The
  Westminster Hour 11.0
  The Film Programme (R)
  11.30 Radio 4 Appeal (R)
  11.33 Last Word (R) 12.0
  News 12.15 Mastertapes:
  Lily Allen (B-Side) (R)
  12.45 Bells on Sunday
  (R) 12.48 Shipping
  Forecast 1.0 As World
  Service 5.20 Shipping
  Forecast 5.30 News
  5.43 Prayer for the Day
  5.45 Farming Today 5.58
  Tweet of the Day (R)

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Mob een Azhar

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