TV Times – 03 August 2019

40 TV TIMES

Sunday Highlights

Hosts Ralph and Shane

Te m pte d?

Comedian

Spencer Jones

as Herbert

A great white

hunts for a snack

Steve tries Bhutan

the hard way

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Island

● REALITY / 9pm / E!

NEW

If you’re pining

for Love Island,

then this might just fill the

gap. Mark Wahlberg hosts

this ‘dating’ show, the

twist being that the four

couples featured have

been dating for a while,

and are taken to Hawaii to

meet some ‘sexy singletons’

looking for love. Can their

relationships survive such

a temptation? All episodes

are available on Sky Box

Sets/Virgin. ★★★★ LP

Scrapyard

Supercar

● REAL LIFE / 6pm / Dave

NEW

In this new

challenge show,

Boyzone singer turned

racing driver Shane Lynch

tasks two teams of

mechanics to build

a vehicle that can

outperform his top-of-the-

range supercar purely

from materials they can

scavenge from a scrapyard.

First up is a Bentley

Bentayga. Can engineer

Ralph Hosier steer the

teams towards victory on

the race track? ★★★★ LP

The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk

● COMEDY / from 10pm / BBC2 (NI, Thursday)

NEW

If you like your TV comedy to be

surreal, silly and short, don’t miss

this returning series of four quirky new

episodes – all just 10 minutes long. Last

year’s BAFTA-nominated pilot introduced

us to childlike aspiring actor Herbert

(Spencer Jones) and his weird imagination,

which includes talking household objects

and bizarre musical interludes. The series

features some new faces, including an

annoying couple who live on Herbert’s

street, while there’s a welcome return for

his eye-popping neighbour Jonny (Dom

Coleman), plus special guests. This week’s

two episodes see Herbert get the chance to

record an audition tape for a big musical.

Could this be his breakthrough? All episodes

are available on BBC iPlayer. ★★★★ RMC

Shark Week

● DOCUMENTARIES / from 3pm / Discovery

NEW

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in

the water – Discovery has a host of shows about

the magnificent predator. Isle of Jaws: Blood Brothers,

follows experts as they try to prove a new theory about

great white shark behaviour. The feature-length

Capsized: Blood in the Water, starring Josh Duhamel,

tells the true story of what happened to the crew of a yacht

stranded in the Atlantic. Also look out for Tiger Shark

Invasion, filmed on the Galapagos Islands. ★★★★ JL

Expedition with Steve Backshall

● FACTUAL / 8pm / Dave

‘That is the closest I’ve ever been to

drowning. It’s not nice,’ admits a visibly

shaken Steve as he emerges from the white

water rapids that very nearly took his life.

In a tense episode, adventurer Steve and

his team are attempting to kayak down an

unexplored canyon in Bhutan at the foot of

the Himalayas. Towards the end of day one

he is trapped underwater, spinning

uncontrollably and unable to get out. It’s

only the quick thinking of his teammate Sal

Montgomery that saves him from death.

Steve’s commitment to showing us a world

no one has seen before is extraordinary –

the danger is very real and Steve is very

brave and extremely lucky. ★★★★★ JL