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

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Friday 20


BBC One BBC Two ITV


6.00am Breakfast 9 .15 Morning Live
10.00Homes Under the Hammer (r)
11.00 Claimed and Shamed 1 1.45
Close Calls: On Camera (r) 12.15pm
Bargain Hunt1.00BBC News at One;
Weather1.30BBC Regional News;
Weather1.45The Customer Is Always
Right. An app for locating missing
children (r) 2.15Impossible. Last in the
series 3. 00 I Escaped to the Country.
Nicki Chapman catches up with past
house-hunters in the Welsh Borders
and Devon. Last in the series 3 .4 5
Money for Nothing. Lampshades,
wingback armchairs and a dining
table are revived 4. 30 Antiques Road
Trip. Margie Cooper and Natasha
Raskin Sharp hunt for antiques in the
Derbyshire Dales 5 .1 5 Pointless. Quiz
(r) 6. 00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6. 30 BBC Regional News; Weather


  1. 00 The One Show Presented by
    Alex Jones and Harry Judd

  2. 3 5 A Question of Sport With
    guests Katherine Grainger,
    Dion Dublin, Christine
    Ohuruogu and Iwan Thomas


8.0 5 EastEnders Sharon offers
Linda some advice about
her friendship with Max

8. 30 Richard Osman’s House of
Games Night New series.
A variety of fun trivia-based
games.See Viewing Guide ( 1 / 5 )

9. 00 Have I Got News for You
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts,
with panellists Richard Osman
and Fin Taylor (7/10)

9.3 0 The Royle Family It’s Sunday
and Nana calls round ( 3 / 6 ) (r)

10. 00 BBC News at Ten

10. 30 BBC Regional News

10 .45The Graham Norton Show The
host is joined by Hugh Grant,
Nigella Lawson, Jamie Foxx,
Tina Fey and Amy Adams PlusTina Fey and Amy Adams. Plus,
Dua Lipa performsLevitating


  1. 30 God Shave the Queens New
    series. The queens scramble
    to get their act together ( 1 / 8 )


11.5 0 God Shave the Queens
OnOn the opening night of the the opening night of the
first-ever UK Drag Race tour,
a microphone malfunction
threatens to silence the show
before it even starts ( 2 / 8 )

12 .15amWeather for the Week Ahead
12. 20 BBC News

6.30am I Escaped to the Country (r)
7 .15 Money for Nothing (r) 8.00Sign
Zone: The Repair Shop (r) (SL)9.00
BBC News at 9 1 0.00BBC News
1.00pm800 Words (r) 1 .45 The Hairy
Bakers. Dave Myers and Si King make
celebration cakes (r) 2 .00 Live Tennis:
ATP World Tour Finals. Coverage of
day six from The O2 in London, where
a singles round-robin match takes
place 4. 30 David Attenborough’s
Natural Curiosities. Animals with
protective skins, and those that rely
on other species (r) 5 .1 5 Flog It! From
Burton Constable Hall in the East
Riding of Yorkshire (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.
Analysis of the couples’ progress

6. 00 amGood Morning Britain 9. 00
Lorraine 10. 00 This Morning 12. 30 pm
Loose Women. Interviews and topical
debate from a female perspective


  1. 30 ITV News; Weather 1 .55Regional
    News; Weather 2. 00 Dickinson’s Real
    Deal. David Dickinson is joined by
    Michael Hogben, Alison Chapman and
    Mark Stevens in Weston-super-Mare,
    Somerset, where a candlestick phone
    sparks some interest 3. 00 Winning
    Combination. Quiz hosted by Omid
    Djalili, in which nine contestants are
    assigned combinations of numbers
    that represent the size of the jackpot
    they play to win in a final round

  2. 00 Tipping Point. Ben Shephard
    hosts the arcade-themed quiz5. 00
    The Chase. Quiz show hosted by
    Bradley Walsh 6. 00 Regional News;
    Weather 6. 30 ITV News; Weather


7. 00 Emmerdale Chas dishes out
some home truths

7 .3 0 Coronation Street Carla is
alarmed when Peter is taken
to hospital, and Tracy confides
her worries to Emma

8. 00 Griff’s Great Australian
Adventure Queensland’s west.
See Viewing Guide ( 4 / 6 )

8. 30 Coronation Street Adam and
Daniel find Peter with a bottle
of whisky, while Sean gets
the measure of Todd

9. 00 I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of
Here! With the first week nearly
over, the campmates continue
to battle the elements in the
hope of winning stars for camp.
Ant and Dec monitor events,
helping set tasks and
challenges along the way

10. 35 ITV News; followed by Regional
News and Weather

11.2 0 McFly: All About Us
Intimate and emotional
interviews with the band,
followed by a gig filmed at the
Union Chapel in London (r)

12.1 5 amTeleshopping 3. 00 Nadia’s
Family Feasts. Nadia Sawalha and
Asimakis Chaniotis create a Greek
family feast comprising scrambled
eggs, chicken gyros, meatball soup
for dinner and almond crescent
biscuits (r) (SL) 3 .5 0 ITV Nightscreen

7. 00 A Special School Rebecca
Jones introduces her class of
eight autistic boys (2/3)

7. 30 Between the Covers With
panellists Ben Miller, Grace
Dent, Desiree Burch and
Graham Norton ( 7 / 7 )

8. 00 Snow Cats and Me Koshka’s
family continue on the road to
recovery, but Bryansk has
become so domesticated it
is a challenge for Gordon
Buchanan to help him find
his wild instincts ( 2 / 2 ) (r)

9. 00 Royal History’s Biggest Fibs
with Lucy WorsleyThe
historian explores the myths
and fibs that swirl around
the dramatic events of the
Russian Revolution in 1917.
See Viewing Guide ( 3 / 3 )

10. 00 Top of the Pops: The Story of
1985 Recalling the year Bob
Geldof brings pop generations
together for Live Aid (r)

10 .4 5 Newsnight Headline analysis
with Kirsty Wark

1 1.2 0 Battlestar Galactica With the
fleet now reunited, old conflicts
begin to resurface, as tensions
between civilians and the
military reach boiling point (r)

1 2. 05 amBattlestar Galactica.
Captured agent Sharon reveals to
Adama that a Cylon virus has infected
the Galactica’s computers, affecting
the ship’s functions in preparation for
a major attack on the vessel (r)
12 .45-1.15 Sign Zone: Panorama (r) (SL)


  1. 00 Channel 4 News Including
    sport and weather


8. 00 The Great British Bake Off: An
Extra Slice Jo Brand presents
the companion show to the
baking contest, inviting guests
Joe Wilkinson, Jordan Banjo
and Prue Leith to reflect on
Patisserie Week ( 9 / 10 )

9. 00 Gogglebox The armchair critics
share their opinions on what
they have been watching
during the week, with cameras
capturing their instant reactions

10. 00 The Last Leg Adam Hills,
Josh Widdicombe and Alex
Brooker are joined by famous
guests for a comic review
of the significant moments of
the past seven days


  1. 05 Duncanville Annie and Jack
    share a swimming spot (8/11)

  2. 35 Duncanville A simple grocery
    store trip goes awry for
    Duncan and Kimberly (9/11)

  3. 05 amFILM Disturbia (15, 2007) A
    teenager under house arrest passes
    the time spying on his neighbours.
    Thriller starring Shia LaBeouf and
    Carrie-Anne Moss.See Film Choice

  4. 55 Come Dine with Me (r) 4. 15 Car
    S.O.S (r) 5. 0 5-5.55Fifteen to One (r)


Channel 4 Channel 5


6.30am Mike & Molly (r) 6 .50 Mike &
Molly (r) 7 .1 0Cheers (r) 7 .40Cheers (r)
8.05Everybody Loves Raymond
(r)8.35 Everybody Loves Raymond (r)
9.05Everybody Loves Raymond (r)
9.35 Frasier (r) 1 0.05 Frasier (r) 10.35
Undercover Boss USA (r) 1 1.30
Channel 4 News Summary 11.35
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r)
12.30pmSteph’s Packed Lunch 2 .1 0
Countdown 3. 00 A Place in the Sun (r)


  1. 00 Escape to the Château: DIY.
    Mariam and Johnno restore their
    château’s original bread oven (r) 5. 00
    Four in a Bed. The B&B owners meet
    for the last time 5. 30 Come Dine with
    Me. Aquarium designer Akil acts as
    host (r) 6. 00 The Simpsons. Mr Burns
    decides to open his own university

  2. 30 The Simpsons. Bart spends time
    with Springfield’s grandmothers


6. 00 amMilkshake! 9 .1 5Jeremy Vine
11. 15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! (r)
12 .1 0 pm 5 News at Lunchtime 12 .15
The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door
(r) 1.1 0 Access 1.15Home and Away (r)
1 .45 Neighbours 2 .15 FILM Christmas
Cookies (PG, TVM, 2016) An
executive sent to close down a cookie
factory in a small town is enchanted
by the place and tries to save it.
Romantic drama starring Jill Wagner
and Wes Brown 4. 00 Friends. Rachel’s
sister looks after Emma (r) 4 .30
Friends. Rachel and Monica fight over
a peculiar painting (r) 5 .00 5 News at
5 5 .30 Neighbours. Paul decides to
escalate his blackmailing (r) 6 .00
Home and Away. Mac and Amber
argue over Ms Simmons’ methods,
and Ari is disappointed to learn about
Nikau’s plans (r) 6.30 5 News Tonight

7. 00 The Gadget Show Jon and
Craig test phones of similar
specifications but markedly
different prices, while Jordan
Erica Webber takes an in-depth
look at the Xbox Series X (9/12);
followed by 5 News Update

8. 00 Secret Scotland with Susan
Calman Susan unravels
secrets, old and new, in the
breathtaking isles of Lewis and
Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
She begins by visiting a weaver
of Harris Tweed (10/10);
followed by 5 News Update

9 .00FILM A Fistful of Dollars (15,
1964 ) A mysterious gunslinger
rides into a town on the
Mexican border divided by two
warring families. After killing
the henchmen of one clan, he
seems to have made it clear
where his loyalties lie and is
hiredhired by their rivals However by their rivals. However,
he is secretly planning to play
them off against each other to
his own advantage. Sergio
Leone’s Western with Clint
Eastwood making his first
appearance as The Man with
No Name alongside Gian Maria
Volonte and Marianne Koch

1 1.1 0 FILM The Mummy (15, 2017)
An adventurer is haunted by a
resurrected ancient Egyptian
princess who wreaks havoc
on modern-day England.
Thriller starring Tom Cruise
and Annabelle Wallis

1. 00 am The 2 1.co.uk Live Casino
Show 3. 00 NCIS. The murder of a US
Navy captain is linked to Ducky’s late
mother (r) 3 .4 5 NCIS. An operation to
apprehend a corporate terrorist goes
awry (r) 4. 30 NCIS (r) 5 .1 5 Access 5 .2 5
House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.5 0 Access

Host Victoria Coren Mitchell (9pm) Royal History’s Biggest Fibs (9pm) Griff Rhys-Jones in Australia (8pm) Gogglebox’s Jenny and Lee (9pm) Western A Fistful of Dollars (9pm)


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