The Times Saturday Review - UK (2020-11-14)

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BBC One BBC Two ITV


6. 00 amBreakfast 9 .15 Morning Live
10. 00 Homes Under the Hammer


  1. 00 Claimed and Shamed 1 1.45
    Close Calls: On Camera (r) 12 .1 5pm
    Bargain Hunt (r)1. 00 BBC News at
    One; Weather 1. 30 BBC Regional
    News; Weather 1.45 Doctors. Al tries
    to process his life-changing decision
    2 .15 Impossible. Quiz 3. 00 I Escaped
    to the Country. Jonnie Irwin catches
    up with two sets of buyers now living
    in rural Norfolk 3 .45 Money for
    Nothing. Jay Blades rescues metal
    chairs, wardrobe doors and a loom
    chair and cabinet 4. 30 Antiques Road
    Trip. Margie Cooper and Natasha
    Raskin Sharp scour Lancashire for
    antiques to sell at auction 5.15
    Pointless. Quiz show (r) 6. 00 BBC
    News at Six; Weather 6. 30 BBC
    Regional News; Weather

  2. 00 The One Show Live magazine
    show with Alex Jones and
    Jermaine Jenas

  3. 35 EastEnders Homeless Tina
    makes a desperate plea to
    Shirley, while tensions
    are frayed for Phil


8. 00 DIY SOS: The Big Build The
volunteers help a single mum
by renovating her home,
demolishing the conservatory
and garage where two family
members were the victims of
tragedies that led to their
deaths. Nick Knowles presents

9. 00 MasterChef: The Professionals
The quarter-finalists create a
dish inspired by seaside, using
a choice of fish, shellfish and
vegetables, before cooking
for food critics Grace Dent
and Tom Parker Bowles

10. 00 BBC News at Ten

10. 30 BBC Regional News

10 .4 5 Question Time Fiona Bruce
presents the topical debate,
inviting a panel of politiciansinviting a panel of politicians
and other guests to answer
questions from a virtual
audience on subjects
that have made the headlines
over the past week

11.4 5 Newscast Laura Kuenssberg,
Adam Fleming and Chris Mason
presentpresent their weekly round up their weekly round-up
from Westminster, delivering
their usual mix of serious
analysis and gossip about the
biggest stories in politics

12.1 5 am Weather for the Week
Ahead 12. 20 BBC News

6. 30 am I Escaped to the Country (r)
7 .15 Money for Nothing (r) 8. 00 Sign
Zone: Pink Dreams — Our Lives (r) (SL)
8. 30 Saving Our Ecovillage: Our Lives
(r) (SL) 9. 00 BBC News at 910. 00 BBC
News 12 .1 5pmPolitics Live 1. 00800
Words (r) 1.45The A to Z of TV
Cooking (r) 2. 00 Live Tennis: ATP
World Tour Finals. Sue Barker
presents coverage of day five from
The O2 in London, where a singles
round-robin match takes place
4. 30 David Attenborough’s Natural
Curiosities. Creatures that spin and
weave (r) 5.15Flog It! From Boconnoc
House in Cornwall (r) 6. 00 Richard
Osman’s House of Games. With
Angela Barnes, Melvin Odoom, Greg
Rutherford and Denise Van Outen
6. 30 Strictly: It Takes Two. Rylan Clark-
Neal dishes more backstage gossip

6.00amGood Morning Britain. News,
current affairs and lifestyle features
9.00 Lorraine. Entertainment and
fashion news10.00This Morning
12.30pmLoose Women 1 .30 ITV
News; Weather 1.55Regional News;
Weather 2 .00 Dickinson’s Real Deal.
David Dickinson visits Solihull, where
items taking the dealers’ fancy
include resin plaques, a steam engine
and jewellery 3. 00 Winning
Combination. Omid Djalili hosts the
quiz in which nine contestants
compete to get through to the final,
where the numbers they are assigned
represents the size of the jackpot they
play to win 4. 00 Tipping Point. Ben
Shephard hosts the game show 5. 00
The Chase. Quiz show hosted by
Bradley Walsh 6. 00 Regional News;
Weather 6. 30 ITV News; Weather

7. 00 Emmerdale Cain wants
revenge, and Chas tries to
get through to Charity

7. 30 Building Nightmares:
House of Horrors — Tonight
Jonathan Maitland investigates
the local building trade

8. 00 Emmerdale Moira begs for
forgiveness, while Mackenzie
humiliates Charity

8. 30 The Martin Lewis Money
Show: LiveAnother round
of advice on finances

9. 00 I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of
Here! Ant and Dec discuss the
latest developments in the
camp as those fiendish tasks
test the mettle of the famous,
and not so famous, contestants

10. 20 ITV News; followed by Weather

10 .5 0 Regional News; followed by
Regional Weather


  1. 05 Rock On, Tommy: The Bobby
    Ball Story A tribute to the much
    missed comedian (r)

  2. 35 The Jonathan Ross Show
    Jonathan is joined by guests
    Tom Allen and Paloma Faith (r)


12. 30 amTeleshopping 3. 00 Building
Nightmares: House of Horrors —
Tonight. Jonathan Maitland
investigates the local building trade
(r)3.25ITV Nightscreen. Text-based
information service 5. 05 Judge
Rinder. Real-life cases (r) (SL)

7. 00 MOTDx Football discussion
presented by Jermaine Jenas

7. 30 Powering Britain Meeting
people working in the gas
industry in and around the
Cumbrian coast ( 3 / 4 )

8. 00 Saving Britain’s Pubs with Tom
Kerridge Tom visits a Scottish
pub bought by 250 locals and
staffed by volunteers, and also
catches up with the others he is
helping. But just as things are
looking up, the pandemic
strikes.See Viewing Guide ( 2 / 4 )

9. 00 Lockdown 1.0: Following the
Science? An investigation into
just how closely Boris Johnson
and the Government followed
the scientific evidence
throughout the early months
of the coronavirus pandemic.
See Viewing Guide

10. 00 Mock the Week With Angela
Barnes and Ed Gamble ( 4 / 11 )

10. 30 The Mini Mash Report ( 6 / 9 ) (r)

10 .45Newsnight Analysis of the day’s
events with Kirsty Wark

1 1. 30 Aung San Suu Kyi: The Fall of
an Icon The accusations of
complicity in genocide against
the Myanmar leader (r)

1 2.30am Sign Zone: Being Frank —
The Frank Gardner Story. The BBC
correspondent explores what it is like
to suddenly become disabled (r) (SL)
1. 30 The Noughties: 200 1. A light-
hearted look back at the year 2001 (r)
(SL) 2 .15- 3 .15 Autumnwatch (r) (SL)

7. 00 Channel 4 News Including
sport and weather

7 .5 5 Rory Peck Awards

8. 00 Ugly House to Lovely House
with George Clarke George
returns to a 1 920 s house in
south east London, whose dark
and dingy downstairs was
transformed by architect Carl
Turner, to find out if the owners
have tackled the top floor

9. 00 Taskmaster The five attempt
more assignments, ending in
Daisy May Cooper getting cross,
and Mawaan Rizwan learning a
lesson about waterfowl. The
first nine series are available
to stream or download for
free on All 4 ( 6 / 10 )

10. 00 Maxxx The singer gets the
chance to perform on
live television ( 4 / 6 )

10. 30 Gogglebox The armchair critics
share their opinions on what
they have been watching
during the week, with cameras
capturing their instant reactionscapturing their instant reactions
and the lively discussions that
are prompted by the week’s
biggest and best shows (r)

11.3 0 Naked Attraction A retired
divorced dentist is in search of a
sexually experimental man (r)

12. 30 amKitchen Nightmares USA (r)


  1. 20 Couples Come Dine with Me (r)
    2.15Food Unwrapped (r) (SL) 2 .45
    Dispatches (r) 3 .1 5 Nazi Treasure
    Hunters (r) (SL)4.1 0 Fifteen to One (r)

  2. 00 Coach Trip (r) 5. 30 Fill Your
    House for Free (r)5.5 0 Countdown (r)


Channel 4 Channel 5


6. 30 am Mike & Molly (r) 6 .5 0 Mike &
Molly (r) 7 .1 0 Cheers (r) 7 .4 0 Cheers (r)
8. 05 Everybody Loves Raymond
(r) 8. 35 Everybody Loves Raymond (r)
9. 05 Everybody Loves Raymond (r)
9. 35 Frasier (r) 10. 05 Frasier (r) 10. 35
Undercover Boss USA (r) 1 1. 30
Channel 4 News Summary 11. 35
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r)
12. 30 pmSteph’s Packed Lunch 2 .1 0
Countdown 3. 00 A Place in the Sun:
Home or Away (r)4. 00 Escape to the
Château: DIY (r) 5. 00 Four in a Bed.
The final venue is glamping farmsite


  1. 30 Come Dine with Me. A youth
    worker hosts the fourth evening in
    Birmingham (r) 6. 00 The Simpsons.
    Grampa gives Bart a special watch
    passed down by his own father

  2. 30 Hollyoaks. Toby and Celeste
    fight to keep their secret hidden


6. 00 amMilkshake! 9 .15 Jeremy Vine
1 1.15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! (r)
12 .10pm 5 News at Lunchtime 12 .15
The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door
(r) 1 .10 Access1.15Home and Away (r)
1 .45 Neighbours 2 .15 FILM The
Mistletoe Promise (PG, TVM, 2016)
Two strangers who hate Christmas fall
in love while helping each other deal
with the demands of the holiday.
Romantic drama starring Jaime King
and Luke Macfarlane 4. 00 Friends.
Ross tries a spray tan (r) 4. 30 Friends.
Emma’s first birthday arrives. Guest
starring Elliott Gould (r) 5. 00 5 News
at 5 5. 30 Neighbours. Sheila gets
pushed into online dating against
her wishes (r) 6. 00 Home and Away.
Dean gets frustrated with Amber
over her refusal to let Jai meet
Karen (r) 6. 305 News Tonight

7. 00 Kitten Rescue with Jo Brand
New series. Jo follows teams
who work to save the nation’s
cats from harm, including
20 firefighters who try to help a
kitten stuck in a storm drain
( 1 / 6 ); 5 News Update

8. 00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Mother of four Mikki has
detected a small lump in her
breast, so she comes in to see
Dr Ashraf, while Dr Razak sees
Caroline, another patient with
breast cancer concerns;
followed by 5 News Update

9. 00 The Great Plague: Aftermath
Xand van Tulleken hears the
story of self-sacrifice that saw
all 700 villagers of Eyam in
Derbyshire lock themselves
in to try to stop the disease
spreading. Last in the series

10. 00 999: Critical Condition
A man is rushed in after being
attacked with a machete,
and as the medics fight to
stabilise him, his blood
pressure drops and they need
to take urgent action ( 4 / 4 ) (r)

1 1. 00 FILM The Bodyguard (15, 1992)
A former secret service agent
acts as a bodyguard for a
famous singer who is being
persecuted by an obsessed fan.
Romantic thriller starring Kevin
Costner and Whitney Houston

1 .2 5 am The 2 1.co.uk Live Casino
Show 3 .2 5 NCIS. A witness in an
NCIS case is discovered to be wanted
by US immigration (r) 4. 15 NCIS.
A Navy chaplain is murdered (r)
5. 05 House Doctor (r) (SL) 5. 30
Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5. 55 Access

Tameka Empson is Kim (7.35pm) Host Dara Ó Briain (10pm) A tribute to Bobby Ball (11.05pm) Taskmaster continues (9pm) Drama The Bodyguard (11pm)

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