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6.00 Breakfast (S)(HD) 9.00 BBC News (S)(HD)
10.00 Sunday Morning Live Topical debate
covering religious and ethical issues. (S)(HD)
11.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S)(R)(HD)12.00 Bargain Hunt (S)(R)(HD)(AD)
1.00 BBC News (S)(HD)
1.10 Weather for the Week Ahead (S)(HD)
1.15 Songs of Praise Aled Jones visits MotoFest
Coventry, a huge free festival founded by
church leader James Noble. (S)(HD)1.50 Lifeline Appeal on behalf of JDRF. (S)(HD)
2.00 Escape to the Country(S)(HD)(AD)
3.00 Money for Nothing In Walsall. (S)(R)(HD)
3.45 Shop Well for Less? 1 of 5. More families
change the way they shop. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)4.45 Fake or Fortune? The Lost Gainsborough:
1 of 4. An 18th-century landscape that could
be by Thomas Gainsborough. (S)(R)(HD)5.45 Pointless Celebrities A writers special
edition of the quiz show. (S)(R)(HD)6.35 BBC News (S)(HD)
6.50 BBC Regional News (S) and Weather
6.55 Weather (S)(HD)
8.00 Antiques Roadshow The team visits the
Black Country Living Museum in Dudley,
where artefacts brought in to be examined
include a faberge jewel, a 3,000-year-old
baby rattle, a typewriter used by Enid Blyton,
a script with transcriptions by a young
Laurence Olivier, and a tin of children’s toys
that was hidden up a chimney. (S)(R)(HD)9.00 Poldark 3 of 8. Geoffrey Charles and Cecily’s
relationship blossoms, but George’s sanity
continues to deteriorate; and Ross and Ned
must spring into action when disaster strikes.
(S)(HD) See feature, pages 6-7, and Highlights
Ross Poldark....... AIDAN TURNERDemelza Poldark
George Warleggan .JACK FARTHING............ ELEANOR TOMLINSON
Geoffrey Charles.... FREDDIE WISECecily Hanson
Col Ned Despard.. VINCENT REGAN......... LILY DODSWORTH-EVANS10.00 BBC News (S)(HD)
10.20 BBC Regional News (S) and Weather
10.25 Weather (S)(HD)
10.30 Imagine Alan Yentob presents a profile of
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, whose
work is the subject of an exhibition at Tate
Modern on London’s Bankside. (S)(R)(HD)11.30 A Question of Sport With former tennis
player Greg Rusedski, Ireland rugby union
player Jason Stockdale, 1991 world 10,000m
champion Liz McColgan and former England
defender Joleon Lescott. (S)(R)(HD)12.00 The Last Showmen – Our Lives Documentary
about a family of funfair workers, looking at
their unique way of life and exploring whether
it is in danger of becoming extinct. (S)(R)(HD)
12.30 Weather for the Week Ahead (S)(HD)
12.35 to 6.00 BBC News (S)(HD)7.00 Countryfile Gloucestershire: John Craven
and Anita Rani head to Gloucestershire to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Riding
for the Disabled Association, hearing from
while Princess Anne about her long association
with the organisation; and Sean Fletcher learns
how to make a canoe out of flax. Including
Weather for the Week Ahead. (S)(HD)6.30 Gardeners’ World (S)(R)(HD) 7.30 Countryfile
(S)(R)(HD) 8.25 Beechgrove (S)(R)(HD) 8.55
Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S)(HD) 10.25
A Cook Abroad: Rick Stein’s Australia (S)(R)
(HD) 11.25 Nigella: At My Table (S)(R)(HD)
11.55 Orson Welles: Talking Pictures Profile of
the actor and director. (S)(R) See Highlights12.40 The Third Man
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Thriller starring Joseph Cotten. An American
pulp-writer searches for a missing friend in
post-war Vienna. (b/w) (W)(S)(AD) ·
(1949)See Films, pages 28-31, and Highlights2.20 BMX World Championship Highlights
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Adele Roberts presents action from the event,
held in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. (S)(HD)3.30 Swimming
World Championships HighlightsS
The final day at Nambu University Municipal
Aquatics Centre in South Korea. (S)(HD)5.00 World’s Busiest Cities: Hong Kong
1 of 4. The hidden systems and armies of
people running the city. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)6.00 Mediterranean with Simon Reeve
3 of 4. Simon travels through Libya, visiting
areas of the country devastated by fighting,
and discovers a mountain fortress in Tunisia
before crossing the sea to Sicily. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)8.00 Animals at Play
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The Power of Play: 1 of 2. The reasons why
young animals enjoy playing, and how it
can teach them to survive in the wild. The
programme explores how young elephants
play to develop social skills, while macaques
hone their mental agility by playing games
with stones. (S)(HD)(AD) See Highlights9.00 The Misadventures of
Romesh RanganathanN
Zimbabwe: 1 of 5. Comedian Romesh heads
to more countries that are rarely visited by
tourists to get a sense of the local culture
and find out if they deserve their reputation,
starting in Zimbabwe. (S)(HD) See Highlights
● Repeated on Tuesday at 11.15pm10.00 Mandy
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Comedy written by and starring Diane Morgan.
A woman gets obsessed with a sofa. (S)(HD)10.15 Sorry
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Comedy short starring Lolly Adefope. An
actress is at the centre of a scandal. (S)(HD)10.30 Louis Theroux’s Altered States:
Choosing Death 2 of 3. The documentary-
maker visits California, one of six states in the
US where the terminally ill have the right to
end their own lives, investigating the moral and
legal issues of the situation. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)11.35 The 250 Million Pound Cancer Cure
A report on two new centres being built in
England for proton beam therapy. (S)(R)(HD)12.35 TV’s Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in
Hollywood Reggie meets leading African-
American actors and writers. (SL)(S)(R)(HD)
(AD) 1.35 to 2.35 Holby City (SL)(S)(R)(HD)(AD)7.00 Remarkable Places to Eat Edinburgh:
2 of 4. Tom Kerridge takes Fred Sirieix to his
favourite restaurants in Edinburgh, including
fine dining restaurant Kitchin, run by chef Tom
Kitchin, where the pair enjoy a venison dish
from the a la carte menu, and a restaurant
that takes the connection between plate and
local produce to a new level. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)42 TV TIMES ENGLAND (b/w) black and white (W) Widescreen (HD) High Defi nition (AD) Audio Description
6.00 to 8.25 CITV 8.25 ITV News (S)(HD) 8.30 The
Sara Cox Show Guests include Ross Kemp. (S)
(HD) 9.25 John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen (S)
(HD) 11.20 Midsomer Murders (S)(R)(HD)(AD)1.15 ITV News (S)(HD) and Weather
1.25 Death Becomes Her
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Black comedy fantasy starring Meryl Streep,
Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. Two women’s
bitter rivalry takes a deadly turn after they
discover a magic rejuvenating potion. (W)(S)
(HD)(AD) °(1992)See Films, pages 28-313.15 Zone of Champions
As last night. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)3.45 Star Wars: Episode VI –
Return of the JediF
Sci-fi adventure concluding the original Star
Wars trilogy, starring Harrison Ford, Carrie
Fisher and Mark Hamill. Princess Leia sets out
to rescue mercenary space pilot Han Solo from
the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. (W)(S)(HD)(AD)
‡(1983)See Films, pages 28-316.15 ITV News (S)(HD) and Weather
6.25 Local News (S)(HD) and Weather
6.30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Celebrity
edition, with Benidorm stars Jake Caruso,
Janine Duvitski and Tony Maudsley. (S)(HD)- 3 0 The Comedy Years 1 of 4. A look back at
TV comedy from 1979. It was a pivotal year for
Britain, with a new prime minister in Margaret
Thatcher. Television saw a return to political
satire, with the BBC series Not the Nine
O’Clock News, though the northern club scene
was dominating comedic output at the time.
Narrated by Hugh Bonneville. (S)(R)(HD)
8.30 Vera Blood and Bone: 1 of 4. The detective
investigates when charred human remains are
found in an abattoir furnace, and attempts to
deduce who they belong to and how they
came to be there. The bones are identified
as belonging to a fellow detective, and she
uncovers a web of dark secrets as she
investigates his fraud squad. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)
DCI Vera Stanhope BRENDA BLETHYNDS Aiden Healy... KENNY DOUGHTY
DC Kenny Lockhart .JON MORRISONDr Marcus Summer
DC Mark Edwards..... RILEY JONES............. .KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR
Hayley Fenton....... .TAMLA KARIJesse Hennings.... .RON DONACHIE10.30 ITV News (S)(HD) and Weather
10.45 Inside the Ritz Hotel Cameras follow staff
as the establishment is turned around for
Christmas, staging a huge 25ft Christmas tree
and cooking up to 500 Michelin-star standard
roast dinners. Later the programme follows
some of the hotel’s VIP guests at a magical
Christmas reveal. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)11.15 Yorkshire Airport 2 of 6. The baggage
boys fear for their jobs. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)11.45 Love Your Garden A cottage-style garden
for a wounded ex-soldier. (S)(R)(HD)(AD)12.15 The Voice Kids Final (S)(R)(HD) 1.45
Teleshopping (HD) 2.15 S Motorsport UK (S)
(HD) 3.05 S British Superbike Championship
Highlights (S)(HD) 3.55 ITV Nightscreen (HD)
5.05 to 6.00 Judge Rinder (SL)(S)(R)(HD)
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