TV Times – 27 July 2019

40 TV TIMES

SundayHighlights

Nicola Benedetti Lewis Hamilton

‘I do love

a Malteser’

Can Geraint

Thomas be

victorious in Paris?

Steve’s on the

edge in his latest

expedition in Oman

SUNDAY

28 July

BBC Proms:

Nicola

Benedetti

● MUSIC / 7pm / BBC4

NEW

A chance to see

yesterday’s live

concert from the Royal

Albert Hall with violin

soloist Nicola Benedetti.

Mark Wigglesworth

conducts the National

Youth Orchestra of Great

Britain as youthful passion

and illicit love collide in

Tchaikovsky’s Violin

Concerto and music from

Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo

and Juliet. HHHMC

F1: German

Grand Prix

● MOTORSPORT / from

12.30pm / Sky Sports F1

LIVE

The Formula One

season reaches

its midway point at

Hockenheim (race starts

2.10pm). Mercedes driver

Lewis Hamilton has so far

been dominant as he aims

for a sixth world title. The

34-year-old currently

leads the drivers’ standings

having already taken the

chequered flag seven

times. Catch the highlights

at 7pm on C4. HHHHRMC

Animals at Play

● WILDLIFE / 8pm / BBC2

NEW

Animals are fun-loving, as all pet

owners know. But in this light-

hearted two-parter, we get to take a closer

look at how play is essential for animal

development and survival in the natural

world. In Namibia, cheetahs love to roll

round objects, while in the Bahamas,

juvenile Atlantic spotted dolphins play

chase. These activities help the young

co-ordinate their growing bodies and are

important bonding exercises for the pod.

And did you know that chimpanzees love

to tickle their young like humans do? This

releases the love hormone oxytocin, giving

the chimps a sense of well-being and

belonging. Aged four the chimps seek out

playmates outside their family and are

known to make lifelong friends. HHHMC

Tour de France

● CYCLING / from 4.30pm / Eurosport 1/ITV4

LIVE

This year’s Tour comes to an end this weekend,

with Saturday’s potentially vital stage culminating

in a gruelling climb to a summit finish in Val Thorens,

the highest ski resort in Europe. That’s followed by the

traditional procession through Paris today, finishing with a

sprint on the Champs-Élysées. France’s Julian Alaphilippe

was an early leader in the race, with reigning champion

Geraint Thomas tested as he clawed back time lost after two

collisions to keep his title defence hopes alive. HHHHRMC

Expedition with Steve Backshall

● FACTUAL / 8pm / Dave

‘A lot of people wonder why we put

ourselves through all of the heat and sweat

and fear and danger and pain and it is for

moments like this,’ says Steve as he reaches

the bottom of a huge unexplored canyon

in Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. ‘You

know you are the first human eyes to ever

look at it.’ To take the first steps into this

previously hidden world takes almost

superhuman effort as Steve and his small

team abseil off huge vertical cliffs and

dry waterfalls in blistering heat, with the

constant fear they will run out of water

with no chance of a rescue. Just watching

makes your stomach churn, but my, what

a view! HHHHJL