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17 Aug u s t
6.45 AM All Over the Place: UK (S, Rpt, HD)
7.1 5 The Dog Ate My Homework (S, HD)
7.45 Ali-A’s Superchargers Road Trip. (S, Rpt)
8.05 Mustangs FC Last in series. (S, Rpt, HD)
8.30 Deadly Top 10 Mass Attack. (S, Rpt, HD)
9.00 Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves
2 of 2. Crocodiles and wolves. (S, Rpt, HD)
10.00 Robot Wars Challenge series. (S, Rpt, HD)
11.00 This Farming Life (S, Rpt, HD)
12.00 NOON A Cook Abroad: Rachel Khoo’s
Malaysia Last in the series. (S, Rpt, HD
1.00 PM fIt’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Slapstick comedy starring Spencer Tracy
and Mickey Rooney. Competing treasure
hunters race to fi nd the hiding place of a
stolen fortune. (150mins, 1963, U, S, W/S,
HD) Rating ★★★ See Filmweek, page 31
3.30 Galapagos Secrets of the Deep: 2 of 3.
Wildlife documentary series. (S, Rpt, HD)
4.30 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico 4 of 7.
The chef explores Guadalajara. (S, Rpt, HD)
5.30 fSong for Marion Comedy drama.
A local community choir transforms the
lives of an elderly working-class couple.
Stars Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave
and Gemma Arterton. (90mins, 2012, PG, S,
W/S, HD) Rating ★★★★ See Filmweek, page 31
6.00 AM Breakfast News and sport. (S, HD)
10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live Culinary series
hosted by Matt Tebbutt. Singer Beverley
Knight faces her food heaven or hell. (S, HD)
11.30 Nadiya’s Time to Eat Reliable Regulars:
5 of 6. Culinary series. (S, Rpt, AD, HD)
12.00 NOON Football Focus Preview. (S, HD)
1.00 PM News; Weather (S, HD)
1.15 Bargain Hunt From Epsom. (S, Rpt, HD)
2.00 fMuppets Most Wanted Comedy.
The gang’s world tour is hijacked by Kermit’s
evil double. Stars Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey
and Ty Burrell. (100mins, 2014, U, S, W/S,
HD) Rating ★★★ See Filmweek, page 31
3.40 Money for Nothing Salvage series. (S, Rpt)
4.10 Final Score Today’s football scores. (S, HD)
5.20 News (S, HD)
5.30 Local News; Weather (S)
5.40 Who Dares Wins 7 of 10. Game show hosted
by Nick Knowles, in which two pairs of
complete strangers team up, each battling
to outdo the other by listing as much as
they know about a given subject. (S, HD)
6.20 Pointless Celebrities A 1990s-themed
edition, with contestants including Chesney
Hawkes, Colin Jackson, Roger Black, Tony
Mortimer and Kirsten O’Brien. (S, Rpt, HD)
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
■ WALES
Programmes today are as above.
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
■ WALES
7 .30pm Dad’s Army As above, 8.00pm. 8 .00-9.00pm
NEW: The Last Climb: Eric Jones The solo climber
embarks on one fi nal mission at the age of 82.
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10.10 News; Weather (S, HD) Lottery Results
10.30 Match of the Day Gary Lineker hosts
highlights of today’s Premier League
matches, including Manchester City
v Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton
v Liverpool, Norwich City v Newcastle
United and Arsenal v Burnley. (S, HD)
-^ Repeated tomorrow morning at 9.00am.
11.55 Britain’s Youngest Football Boss In the
last in the documentary series, West Ham
Women make their fi rst ever appearance
in an FA Cup Final at Wembley. (S, HD)
12.25 AM fYou Again Romantic comedy
starring Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis.
A woman is horrifi ed to discover that her
brother is engaged to a girl who bullied her
at school. Also stars Sigourney Weaver and
Odette Yustman. (105mins, 2010, U, S, W/S,
HD) Rating ★★★ See Filmweek, page 31; Weather
2.10 to 6.00 AM BBC News (S, HD)
9.20 Casualty Medical drama series. A major
incident sends the emergency department
into chaos after a lorry is purposely driven
into a busy market, injuring many innocent
people. Plus, David’s son arrives at the
ED and desperately wants to speak to
his father. See feature, page 8. (S, AD, HD)
7.1 0 Captain America:
The Winter Soldier
Comic-book adventure. The superhuman
soldier becomes an operative for secret
intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D – but is
suspicious of their motives. Following a
battle with a mysterious cyborg assassin,
he and fellow Avenger Black Widow
become fugitives, and attempt to bring
down a sinister conspiracy. (130mins,
2014, 12, S, W/S, HD) Rating ★★★★
Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson,
Sebastian Stan, Robert Redford, Anthony Mackie.
See Filmweek, page 31
9.00 Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
Two-part documentary in which the
acclaimed comedian, musician and actor,
returns to the country of his birth and
reveals the infl uences that helped him
move on from being a welder in Glasgow
to become ‘The Big Yin’. (S, Rpt, HD)
10.00 Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
Conclusion of the two-part documentary.
Billy recalls his childhood, revealing that
knitted woolly swimming trunks were
not a fi gment of his imagination. With
contributions from Ross Noble, Sharleen
Spiteri and Micky Flanagan. (S, Rpt, HD)
7.0 0 Proms Encore 4 of 7. Magazine. Tonight,
leading conductors Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla,
Peter Edwards and Lloyd Coleman talk to
host Katie Derham about their role. (S)
- 3 0 Animal Babies: First Year on Earth
In the last in the wildlife documentary
series, an Arctic fox cub rejected by its
mother must learn where to fi nd food for
the fi rst time, while in Kenya, twin spotted
hyena sisters roam a territory they share
with predatory lions. (S, Rpt, AD, HD)
8.30 Dad’s Army Mum’s Army: Wartime
comedy series. Mainwaring and Wilson
decide to recruit women. (S, Rpt, HD)
11.00 fQuartet Comedy drama. Three former
opera singers prepare for an annual concert
to mark Verdi’s birthday and raise funds for
their retirement home – but their plans are
disrupted by the arrival of a famous diva.
Stars Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and
Billy Connolly. (95mins, 2012, 12, S, W/S,
HD) Rating ★★★★ See Filmweek, page 31
12.35 to 2.05 AM fPorridge Comedy spin-off.
Fletcher and Godber inadvertently manage
to escape – but would much rather be back
inside Slade Prison. Stars Ronnie Barker.
(90mins, 1979, PG, S, W/S, HD) Rating ★★★
Listings for Welsh-language channel S4C (F’sat 120, Sky 134, Virgin 166) are on opposite page.
BBC1, 9.20pm Terrifying scenes...
Paramedic Jan (Di Botcher) is one of the
fi rst on the scene after a lorry is purposely
driven at speed into a crowded market.
C4, 9.00pm Taking aim... This fantasy
adventure stars Eva Green as the shape-
shifting and crossbow-wielding head of a
home for youngsters with special powers.
ITV, 9.00pm An inside job... In this action
sequel, US law enforcement agent Luke
Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) fi nds himself
in a high-security prison with an old foe.
Photographs: BBC
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