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 The Desperate Diplomat.

7.1 5 Kojak Close Cover Before Killing.

8.10 Quincy ME Stolen Tears.

9.15 Minder Rocky Eight and a Half.

10.20 The Sweeney I Want the Man.

11.30 The Professionals A Stirring of Dust.

12.35 PM The Saint The Organisation Man.

1.35 Kojak Acts of Desperate Men.

2.40 Quincy ME An agoraphobic woman

claims to have witnessed a murder.

3.45 Minder Terry protects a widow.

4.50 The Professionals CI5 has to

protect an Middle Eastern diplomat.

5.55 The Sweeney An armed gang

kidnaps a telephone engineer.

6.00 AM Classic Coronation Street

6.50 Heartbeat The Rivals.

7.50 Murder, She Wrote

8.50 On the Buses Double-bill.

9.55 George and Mildred Comedy.

10.25 Poirot The ABC Murders.

12.40 PM Heartbeat Home to Roost.

1.45 Classic Emmerdale

2.15 Classic Coronation Street

3.20 Lewis Old School Ties: Detective

drama series. The slueth suspects

a link between the deaths of a

student and a well-known criminal.

5.25 Downton Abbey 8 of 9. Isobel is the

object of someone’s attention and

Mary asks Gillingham for a favour.

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 episodes.

9.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

9.25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

10.20 Superstore Double-bill.

11.15 Dress to Impress From Essex.

12.15 PM Emmerdale

1.15 You’ve Been Framed! Gold

1.50 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2.45 Dinner Date From London.

3.50 Dress to Impress From Cardiff.

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.

6.55 Murder, She Wrote

Jessica helps a teenage tennis

player whose desire to win is

being ruined by her domineering

father and a tragedy in her past.

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 Motorcycling Greg Haines

presents action from the British

Superbike Championship at

Cadwell Park, where the eighth

round of the season took place.

8.00 Poirot Dumb Witness: Mystery

drama starring David Suchet. The

sleuth heads to Lake Windermere

for a holiday with assistant Hastings,

only to fi nd his crime-solving skills

are needed to investigate a murder.

The only witness to the crime is a

dog, leaving Poirot with a diffi cult

task to fi nd the killer. Also stars with

Kate Buffery and Patrick Ryecart.

8.00 Two and a Half Men

Walden invites actress Lynda

Carter over for dinner. (S11, ep6)

8.30 Walden and Alan arrange

to go on a double date. (S11, ep7)

9.00 Speed Freaks New edition Zef

Eisenberg explores performance-

enhancing technology, and work

continues on his Porsche’s

braking and cooling systems.

9.00 fAmerican Reunion

Comedy sequel. Old friends

attending a high-school reunion

make disastrous attempts to relive

their youth. Stars Jason Biggs,

Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein,

Thomas Ian Nicholas and Tara

Reid. Includes FYI Daily at

10.10pm. (2012, 15) ★★★

10.00 fDirty Harry

Thriller. Maverick San Francisco

detective Harry Callahan vows to

hand out his own brand of justice

and end a deranged sniper’s reign

of terror. Stars Clint Eastwood,

Andy Robinson, Harry Guardino

and John Vernon. Includes FYI

Daily at 11.00pm. (1971, 18)

★★★★★ See Filmweek, page 30

12.05 AM The Sweeney Stay Lucky, Eh?

The squad investigates a robbery.

1.10 Minder Rocky Eight and a Half.

2.15 The Americans (S5, ep11)

3.00 to 6.00 AM Shopping

10.10 Unforgotten 5 of 6. Crime

drama starring Nicola Walker. Sir

Phillip makes a diffi cult decision

to salvage his reputation and Ray

returns home to fi nd Lizzie gone.

11.05 Unforgotten Last in the crime drama

series. Father Robert’s revelations

have lasting repercussions, and

the search for Lizzie continues.

12.10 AM Law & Order: UK A child’s body

is discovered inside a wall. (S1, ep5)

1.10 Steel is forced to confront one

of his oldest friends. (S1, ep6)

2.00 Nightscreen

2.30 to 6.00 AM Shopping

11.15 Family Guy Joe decides to quit

his job with the police. (S13, ep14)

11.45 Brian and Peter try to fi nd a

new Thanksgiving turkey. (S13, ep5)

12.15 AM American Dad! Double-bill of

the US animated comedy series.

(S6, ep15) 12.40 (S6, ep7)

1.10 Two and a Half Men As 8.00pm.

2.05 Superstore (S4, ep7)

2.30 to 6.00 AM Shopping

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FREEVIEW

7.0 0 Beyond 100 Days

7. 3 0 nAnni Albers: A Life in Thread
   A profi le of the Bauhaus pioneer.
   8.00 A History of Scotland The Church’s
   role in promoting independence.
   9.00 nBauhaus 100 The story of
   the infl uential Bauhaus art school.
   10.00 πnBauhaus Rules with
   Vic Reeves Graduates from Central
   St Martins are challenged to create
   works inspired by Bauhaus artists.
   11.00 Susan Calman’s Fringe Benefi ts
   11.45 Jerusalem: The Making of a
   Holy City Last in the series.
   12.45 AM Art of America Documentary.
   1.45 A History of Scotland
   2.45 to 3.45 AM Bauhaus 100

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 Three brothers

with building in need of an overhaul.

7.0 0 Buying and Selling Helping a

couple who are planning to leave

the suburbs for a downtown home.

8.00 Dinner Date A man picks three blind

dates from fi ve potential partners.

9.00 Gemma Collins: Diva Forever

New edition Gemma struggles to

move on with her break from Arg.

10.00 Dating in the Dark Two singletons

discover they have a shared interest.

11.00 Million Dollar Matchmaker Patti’s

help is enlisted by two ladies from

the Real Housewives franchise.

12.05 to 12.45 AM The Only Way Is Essex

Bobby deals with Beau’s death.

9.00 AM Access Showbiz gossip.

9.15 The A-Team Double-bill.

11.20 Police Interceptors

12.20 PM Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!

2.20 fParatroop Command World

War Two adventure starring Richard

Bakalyan. (1959, PG, b&w) ★★★

3.55 Traffi c Cops: On the Edge

5.00 The A-Team Double-bill.

7.0 0 Police Interceptors A high-speed

pursuit through Lincoln city centre.

8.00 Police Interceptors A drink-driver

damages one of the team’s cars.

9.00 fRed Planet Sci-fi action

thriller. Members of a spaceship

crew become stranded during a

mission to Mars – and realise they

are not alone. Stars Val Kilmer and

Carrie-Anne Moss. (2000, 12) ★★

11.10 Gangland Undercover Falco proves

that he is a crucial asset to both the

Vagos and the cops. (S1, ep4 of 6)

12.10 AM Spartacus: Blood and Sand

1.25 Spartacus: Blood and Sand

2.30 to 3.00 AM

Criminals: Caught on Camera

12.00 NOON to 7.0 0 PM As shown on BBC2.
7.0 0 PM The Edinburgh Show Highlights.
8.00 The Children’s Hospital New edition
Staff in the trauma department deal with
a teenager who has been hit by a car.
8.30 Mini Disco Divas 2 of 6. Documentary
series. Jay competes in the fi nal of the
Scottish Solo Star championships.
9.00 The Nine Scottish and international news.
10.00 The People’s News 9 of 10. Scottish
people share their views on telling lies.
10.30 The Edinburgh Show New edition 8 of 9.
Grant Stott presents music, chat and
comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.
11.30 Jamie Genevieve: A Year in the Life
New edition Jamie and her husband
Jack travel to LA for a top secret event.
11.45 PM to 12.00 M’T The Edit

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

Neighbours

5STAR, 6.00pm

Terese’s efforts to quell the growing feud

between Roxy and Harlow only succeeds

in provoking a messy food-based scrap.

Bauhaus Rules with

Vic Reeves BBC4, 10.00pm

The comedian hosts the second of two

programmes tonight celebrating the

infl uential Bauhaus art school in Germany.

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Sleepless

Film4, 9.00pm

In this action thriller, Jamie Foxx’s Las

Vegas police offi cer gets caught in a web

of corrupt cops and murderous gangsters.

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