What’s on TV – 17 August 2019

BBC4 starts

broadcasting

at 7.0 0 pm

ITV4

FV 24 Sky 120 Freesat 117 Virgin 118 /HD 178

ITV3

FV 10 Sky 119 Freesat 115 Virgin 117 /HD 177

ITV2

FV 6 Sky 118 Freesat 113 Virgin 115 /HD 176

ITVBe

FV 26 Sky 131 Freesat 118 Virgin 119 /HD 179

5Spike

FV 31 Sky 150 Freesat 141 Virgin 154

BBC4

FV 9 Sky 116 Freesat 107 Virgin 107

HD 106

Scot 82

6.00 AM Only When I Laugh

6.25 The Saint Legacy for the Saint.

7.1 5 Kojak Loser Takes All.

8.10 Quincy ME The Shadow of Death.

9.10 Minder In: Comedy drama series.

10.20 The Sweeney The Trojan Bus.

11.30 The Professionals

12.35 PM The Saint Desperate Diplomat.

1.35 Kojak Close Cover Before Killing.

2.40 Quincy ME Stolen Tears.

3.45 Minder Rocky Eight and a Half.

4.50 The Professionals The team

assists the Russian authorities.

5.55 The Sweeney Regan’s informer is

abducted after spilling the beans on

a drop involving stolen diamonds.

6.00 AM Classic Coronation Street

6.55 Heartbeat Old Masters.

8.00 Murder, She Wrote

9.00 On the Buses Double-bill.

10.05 George and Mildred Last Straw.

10.40 Poirot Halloween Party.

12.40 PM Heartbeat The Rivals.

1.45 Classic Emmerdale

2.50 Classic Coronation Street

3.55 Poirot The ABC Murders: Mystery

starring David Suchet. The sleuth

investigates a series of deaths.

6.00 Downton Abbey 7 of 9. Blake and

Mary are forced to put aside their

differences to deal with the new

farming venture on the estate.

6.00 AM The Planet’s Funniest Animals

6.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World

Records 6.45 You’ve Been

Framed! Gold 7.1 0 Dinner Date

8.00 Emmerdale Last night’s episode.

8.30 Coronation Street

9.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

10.20 Superstore Double-bill.

11.15 Dress to Impress Dating series.

12.15 PM Emmerdale

12.45 Coronation Street

1.50 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2.45 Dinner Date From Yorkshire.

3.50 Dress to Impress Dating series.

4.50 Take Me Out Dating game show.

6.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

7.0 0 The Chase Quiz series hosted by

Bradley Walsh in which contestants

must answer general knowledge

questions and work as a team to

take on quiz expert the Chaser.

7.0 0 Murder, She Wrote While

staying at a fi shing lodge in Ireland,

Jessica fi nds out the owner is being

harassed by a consortium wanting

to buy his land for a strip mine.

7.0 0 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

Double-bill of the series in which

comedian Harry Hill narrates a

selection of camcorder calamities.

8.00 Made in Britain How a family

farm in Somerset turns 150 tonnes

of apples a day into cider, how

black pudding is made, and the

science behind an ingenious kettle.

8.00 Midsomer Murders

Blood on the Saddle: Detective

drama series starring John Nettles

and Jason Hughes. A land dispute

leads to murder during a cowboy

fair run by the Wild West Society.

Also stars Kenneth Cranham, David

Rintoul, Caroline Langrishe, Kika

Markham and Malcolm Storry.

8.00 Two and a Half Men

Walden attends a party with Jenny

and her attractive friends. (S11, ep4)

8.30 Alan spends more time with

Lyndsey’s boyfriend. (S11, ep5)

9.00 fLicence to Kill

James Bond adventure starring

Timothy Dalton. Agent 007 plans

revenge on the drug baron who

maimed his friend – but is forced

to act without the support of MI6.

With Robert Davi, Talisa Soto and

Benicio Del Toro. Includes FYI

Daily at 10.00pm. (1989, 15) ★★★

9.00 Family Guy Double-bill. Peter,

Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland form

a detective agency. (S13, ep11)

9.30 Stewie impregnates himself

with Brian’s DNA. (S13, ep12)

10.00 DCI Banks Friend of the Devil:

1 of 2. Cabbot investigates the

murder of a woman found dead on

the moors, and a teenager’s body

is discovered in a storage room.

10.00 Celebrity Juice With Caroline

Flack, Ben Haenow, John Newman

and 5 Seconds of Summer.

10.50 Family Guy Cleveland and

Meg get new jobs. (S13, ep13)

11.45 fCarlito’s Way Crime thriller.

A former gangster is released from

prison and resolves to go straight

but is dragged back into a life of

crime by a crooked lawyer. Stars

Al Pacino and Sean Penn. (1993,

18 ) ★★★★ See Filmweek, page 32

2.35 Football Rivalries Arsenal v Spurs.

2.45 Nightscreen

3.00 to 6.00 AM Shopping

11.00 DCI Banks Friend of the Devil:

2 of 2. The detective and his team

fi nd themselves investigating

the murder of one of their own.

12.05 AM Poirot Murder on the Links:

Detective drama series. The sleuth

investigates when a man is found

murdered on a golf course.

2.10 Nightscreen

2.30 to 6.00 AM Shopping

11.20 Family Guy Peter agrees to help

Joe to publish a book. (S13, ep2)

11.45 American Dad! Animated comedy.

(S6, ep14) 12.15 AM (S6, ep6)

12.45 Two and a Half Men As 8.00pm.

1.35 Superstore US comedy. (S4, ep5)

2.05 Totally Bonkers Guinness World

Records Record-breaking attempts.

2.20 Shopping

5.50 to 6.00 AM Nightscreen

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 Beyond 100 Days

7. 3 0 Iolo’s Snowdonia Last in the series.
   8.00 Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The
   Highs and Lows of British Weather
   Evolution of the weather forecast.
   9.00 Revolutions: The Ideas That
   Changed the World New edition
   The history behind the telescope.
   10.00 How to See a Black Hole: The
   Universe’s Greatest Mystery
   11.00 Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy
   City Islam’s links with the city.
   12.00 M’T Jane Austen: Behind Closed
   Doors 1.00 AM Art of America
   2.00 Hurricanes and Heatwaves
   3.00 to 4.00 AM Revolutions: The
   Ideas That Changed the World

9.00 AM Children’s Programmes

12.00 NOON Income Property

12.25 PM The Real Housewives of

Atlanta US reality series.

1.20 Million Dollar Listing: LA

2.15 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

3.10 The Real Housewives of New

Jersey US reality series.

4.05 The Real Housewives of Auckland

6.00 Buyers Bootcamp Alex and Emma

help a couple with a fi xer-upper.

7.0 0 Buying and Selling The Scott

brothers help a family who are

desperate for more living space.

8.00 Dinner Date A man picks three blind

dates from fi ve potential partners.

9.00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Eva Marcille questions the ladies

on the 10th season, including the

sincerity of Cynthia’s love interest.

10.00 Gemma Collins: Diva Forever

Gemma decides to call time on

her turbulent relationship with Arg.

11.00 Botched Dr Terry Dubrow helps a

bodybuilder to get back in the gym.

12.05 to 12.45 AM The Only Way Is Essex

9.00 AM The A-Team (S3, ep23)

10.00 Police Interceptors 6 of 10.

11.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

12.55 PM fThe High and the

Mighty Disaster thriller starring

John Wayne, Robert Stack and

Claire Trevor. (1954, U) ★★★★

4.00 Traffi c Cops Highlights of the series.

5.00 The A-Team Double-bill.

7.0 0 Police Interceptors Documentary.

8.00 Traffi c Cops A tyre stinger is used

to stop a vehicle suspected of

carrying stolen mobile phones.

9.00 Traffi c Cops: On the Edge

An edition focusing on shoplifters.

10.00 fThe Rise of The Krays Biopic

of the gangsters, charting their rise

from amateur boxers to becoming

feared criminals in the London

underworld. Stars Simon Cotton

and Kevin Leslie. (2015, 18) ★★

12.20 AM Idiot TV Clips series.

1.20 Seconds from Death: Caught on

Camera Documentary series.

2.20 Criminals: Caught on Camera

2.50 to 3.00 AM Access

12.00 NOON to 7.0 0 PM As shown on BBC2.
7.0 0 PM nOur Lives From Syria to
Scotland: Syrian refugee families who
made their homes on the island of Bute.

7. 3 0 The River 4 of 6. Documentary series.
   In this edition, the river bailiff team must
   respond to reports of salmon poaching.
   8.00 The Battle for Scotland’s Countryside
   David Hayman presents a personal view
   of access to Scotland’s countryside.
   9.00 The Nine Scottish and international news.
   10.00 Rip It Up Unwrapped Synth pop.
   10.30 The Edinburgh Show New edition 7 of 9.
   Janice Forsyth Edinburgh introduces
   highlights from this year’s festival.
   11.30 PM to 12.00 M’T The Best of
   The Comedy Underground Highlights
   from the Comedy Underground series.

BBC Scotland

Scotland Only: Sky 115 Freesat 106 Virgin 108
Rest of the UK: Sky 457 Freesat 108 Virgin 162

Scot Only

FV 9

HD 115

Hollyoaks

E4, 7.00pm

As Jack gathers the locals at The Dog to

try to identity the killer, Breda looks for a

sign that she should continue her deeds.

Picks^ of

the^ day

What’s^ on^

TV

Deadpool

Film4, 9.00pm

This comic superhero adventure stars

Ryan Reynolds as a disfi gured mercenary

who develops some superhuman abilities.

Simon Amstell:

Set Free

The stand-up comedian and

ex-Never Mind the Buzzcocks

host takes to the stage for a

deeply personal performance

in which he explores his

journey to self-acceptance.

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