TV Times – 27 July 2019

The Best Little Prison

in Britain?

NEW / Wed / ITV / 8pm/ Wales, 10.45pm

A look inside the Isle of Man

Prison, whose reoffending rates

are among the lowest in Europe.

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Smooth operator:

Naomie with Daniel

Craig as James Bond

factory, where 650 water-resistant

jackets are produced every day

in a complex process that includes

dipping the fabric for a 23-piece

pattern in a 95° wax bath!

‘The women who make them are

highly skilled and a great laugh,’ says

Gregg. ‘They were taking the mickey,

saying I couldn’t speak properly!’

CROISSANTS

Episode 3

‘Buttery biscuit base’

became something

of a catchphrase

for Gregg on

MasterChef, so he

felt quite at home at a French factory

that churns out 336,000 flaky

pastries every day. ‘Basically, it’s

loads and loads of butter!’ he grins.

MATTRESSES

Episode 4

In Leeds, Gregg finds out what goes

into a pocket-sprung mattress.

‘I couldn’t believe the number of

different layers – and springs – that

go into one mattress. They even

have springs within springs! This is

what I love about this series. We’ve

all got a mattress, but how many of

us have ever looked inside one?’

Ian MacEwan

e tart

I want

to enjoy life

more because

my ancestors

weren’t able to

ALSO ALSO THIS WEEK!THIS WEEK!

Counting Tigers:

A Survival Special

NEW / Tuesday / ITV / 9pm

With India home to over half of the

world’s dwindling population of

wild tigers, this one-off follows the

country’s first fully scientific count

of this magnificent animal. Will

conservation efforts prove to be

helping? Joanna Lumley narrates.

Animals at Play

NEW / Sunday / BBC2 / 8pm

Atlantic spotted dolphins chasing

seaweed and hyenas enjoying

a round of tug-of-war are

among the creatures

that are featured in this

fascinating two-parter

looking at the surprising

benefits that animals can gain

from playing in groups.

How to break into

the Elite

NEW / Monday / BBC2 / 9pm

BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan

investigates how much class still

matters in Britain’s elite professions.

Secrets of the National

Trust with Alan Titchmarsh

Tuesday / Channel 5 / 9.15pm

Alan Titchmarsh is in Kent this

week to visit Chartwell, Sir Winston

Churchill’s former country home.

Stacey Dooley: Face to Face

with the Bounty Hunters

NEW / Wed, from 10am / BBC3 Online

Stacey Dooley meets some of the

most prolific operators in what is a

multibillion dollar industry in the US.

Nothing is half-baked as

Gregg Wallace visits more

fascinating factories...

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