The Times - UK (2021-11-11)

12 Thursday November 11 2021 | the times

television & radio

tension, complex

science and emotional

engagement. This

fourth series begins

with an aggressive,

cancerous tumour on

the face and neck

whose removal will

require complex

reconstruction, and

treatment of an aorta

enlarged to potentially

fatal proportions. The

risks and workarounds

are gobsmacking.

Surgeons: At the

Edge of Life

BBC2, 9pm

Of all the many

documentaries

following medical

professionals, this is

one of the best. The

stakes are so high, the

expertise so acute and

the personalities so

reassuring that it offers

more or less the perfect

balance of dramatic

macaroni cheese,

Marmite (apologies,

“yeast extract”) in

roux, French toast

made with custard

powder, and a useful

primer in the different

functions of whole and

powdered spices in

curry. “Comfort is

saying I want a little bit

of everything,” Nadiya

says. Over the course of

the hour that’s more or

less what you get.

Flavours is aimed at

those who have found

that the past 18 months

have sapped their

enthusiasm for home

cooking. A little more

experimental and

delivered with

irrepressible good

humour and

showmanship, these are

recipes all the more

appealing for their

cheats: Wotsits (sorry,

“cheese puffs”) topping

growing and cooking

your own, whether it’s

vegetables, fruit or

herbs: expect aubergine

caponata, chicken stew

and a veg-based

“sunshine cake”, plus

trips to a Welsh

allotment and a

Staffordshire cottage

garden, with the

message that anyone

can do it. Twinkly and

trad, this is Berry in

excelsis. Nadiya’s Fast

The former Bake Off

compadres Mary Berry

and Nadiya Hussain

make a perfect double

bill for a cold autumn

evening. Berry’s series

takes the form of the

gentlest travelogue

imaginable as she

alternates whipping up

dishes in her kitchen

with visits to other

inspiring cooks,

growers and makers.

This opener focuses on

Viewing Guide

Gabriel Tate

Mary Berry: Love

to Cook/Nadiya’s

Fast Flavours
BBC2, 8pm/8.30pm

With
Christmas
approaching,
new
cookbooks stock the
shelves just as the tie-in
series fill the schedules.

Top

pick

7PM

Early

8PM

9PM

10PM

11PM

Late

BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5

7.00 The One Show Magazine show,

hosted by JJ Chalmers and Rylan

7.35 EastEnders Ben worries that Callum

is hiding something from him (AD)

8.00 Sort Your Life Out with Stacey

Solomon Stacey encourages members

of the Patel family to tidy their

immediate environment, as mum B

ijal, dad Darshan and their two children

try to declutter their home (AD)

9.00 MasterChef: The Professionals

Four more seasoned chefs from around

the country attempt to make their

mark in the kitchen and stake their

claim to this week’s quarter-final (AD)

10.00 BBC News at Ten

10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather

10.35 Question Time Fiona Bruce hosts

the political debate from Hartlepool,

Co Durham, where panellists including

author, social activist and film-maker

Naomi Klein answer questions

from an invited audience

11.35 Newscast Political chat,

presented by Adam Fleming, Laura

Kuenssberg and Chris Mason

12.05am Blankety Blank Bradley Walsh hosts a revival

of the comedy game show, in which six stars fill in the

missing blanks to help contestants win some brilliant

prizes. Taking part this time around are Sally Lindsay,

Andi Oliver, Chris McCausland, Jimmy Carr, Sophie

Ellis-Bextor and Melvin Odoom (r) 12.45-6.00 BBC News

7.00 The Hairy Bikers Go North Simon

King and Dave Myers explore Tyne &

Wear county and the city of Newcastle

Upon Tyne, where Kingy has spent

most of his life (8/8) (AD)

8.00 Mary Berry — Love to Cook

New series. Tips for cooking delicious

meals. See Viewing Guide (1/6) (AD)

8.30 Nadiya’s Fast Flavours New series.

Nadiya Hussain rustles up recipes,

starting with comfort foods.

See Viewing Guide (1/6) (AD)

9.00 Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

New series. As the medical

documentary returns, surgeons at

Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth

hospitals remove a life-threatening

tumour. See Viewing Guide (1/6)

10.00 Mock the Week With Angela Barnes,

Ed Byrne and Sarah Keyworth (8/13)

10.30 Newsnight Headline analysis,

presented by Emma Barnett

11.15 Frankie Boyle’s New World Order

Standup comedy (3/7) (r)

11.50 Sign Zone: Blair & Brown — The

New Labour Revolution How Tony

Blair stood beside America in the war

against terror (4/5) (r) (AD, SL)

12.50am Strictly Come Dancing Tess Daly and Claudia

Winkleman present the halfway point of the pro-celebrity

contest in which sets of partners trip the light fantastic

(r) (AD, SL) 2.20-3.05 Strictly Come Dancing: The

Results. Another two couples face a dance-off,

plus, a guest performance by the Script (r) (AD, SL)

7.00 Emmerdale Jai suspends Ben, Nate

goes AWOL, and Bernice is proud (AD)

7.30 Searching for Patient Zero:

Britain’s Aids Tragedy —

Tonight Paul Brand traces the first

reported case of Aids in the UK

8.00 Emmerdale Billy lies to Tracy,

Liv tries to talk to Aaron and

Al explains things to Chas (AD)

8.30 The Martin Lewis Money Show:

Live The cash expert answers the

financial questions that matter most

9.00 The Trial of Louise Woodward

Almost 25 years on, a look back at the

trial of Louise Woodward, a British

nanny who was accused of murdering

an American baby in her care.

See Viewing Guide (AD)

10.00 ITV News at Ten

10.30 Regional News

10.45 Fearless: The Women Fighting

Putin The dramatic stories of three

leading women activists in Russia

11.45 Sitting on a Fortune Game show

hosted by Gary Lineker in which six

contestants answer questions to

remain in with a chance of taking

away up to £100,000 (r)

12.35am 1990 World Cup: England v Cameroon —

ITV Football Classics The thrilling quarter-final (r)

1.25 Teleshopping 3.00 FYI Extra 3.15 Searching for

Patient Zero: Britain’s Aids Tragedy — Tonight (r) 3.40

Wild China with Ray Mears (r) (AD, SL) 4.05 Unwind

With ITV 5.05-6.00 Tipping Point (r) (SL)

7.00 Channel 4 News

8.00 Handmade: Britain’s Best

Woodworker The quarter-final finds

the five remaining woodworkers taking

on animal sculptures using chainsaws

as they bid to secure a place in the

semi-final. Presented by Mel Giedroyc

9.00 Taskmaster Desiree Burch draws on

her face, Guz Khan endures a ball to

the groin and Alan Davies loses an eye

as they compete for the right to put

“Taskmaster Champion” on their

business card (8/10)

10.00 Complaints Welcome Tom Allen,

Jessica Knappett and Munya Chawawa

assemble a “complaints committee”

of viewers with plenty to say

about the television shows getting

the nation talking (5/6)

11.05 Unapologetic New series. DJ and

presenter Yinka Bokinni and

social-media star Zeze Millz invite

black people to talk freely about

everything and anything, offering

views on current issues

12.05am Gogglebox The Outlaws, Family Fortunes

and The Mating Game are among the programmes

appraised (r) 1.00 Rape: Who’s on Trial? (r) 2.15 Murder

Island (r) 3.10 Undercover Boss USA (r) 4.00 Couples

Come Dine with Me (r) 4.50 Building the Dream (r)

5.45-6.05 Kirstie’s House of Craft (r)

7.00 Carol Klein’s Great British

Gardens The plantswoman and

broadcaster visits outstanding gardens

across the UK and meets the people

who look after them (5/8)

8.00 Inside the Tower of London New

series. The tower’s oldest raven goes

missing and ravenmaster Chris Skaife

worries it might have gone for ever,

and a gun salute is organised to mark

the death of Prince Philip (1/5)

9.00 Dalgliesh The timeline moves on to

March 1975, and Dalgliesh is invited to

Dorset by his old friend Father Michael

— only to discover that he died a few

days ago. Starring Bertie Carvel.

See Viewing Guide (3/6) (AD)

10.00 999: Critical Condition A woman has

a life-threatening aneurysm in her

brain that could burst at any time,

and for doctor Sanjeev Nayak there

are no second chances (7/8) (r)

11.05 A Good Day to Die Hard (12, 2013)

John McClane goes to Moscow and

helps his CIA agent son stop the

Russian Mob from stealing nuclear

weapons. Action adventure sequel

with Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney

12.55am Entertainment News on 5 1.00 The 21.

co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00 Entertainment News on 5

3.10 Our New Puppy. A labrador puppy goes overseas

for the first time (r) 4.00 Britain by Boat (r) 4.45

Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.10 House Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35

Thomas (r) (SL) 5.45-6.00 Paw Patrol (r) (SL)

6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live. Magazine show,

hosted by Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones 10.00 Expert

Witness. An art expert proves paintings are fake and

blood spatter patterns catch a killer 10.30 Animal Park.

Kate Humble and Ben Fogle follow a male lion being

introduced to eight females (r) 10.59 Two Minutes

Silence — Remembrance Day. A pause for Armistice Day

11.05 Homes Under the Hammer. Dion Dublin is in

Oldbury, West Midlands, to see a town house with a

purple theme (r) (AD) 12.05pm Bargain Hunt. Charlie

Ross presents from an antiques fair at the Kent County

Showground 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30 BBC

Regional News; Weather 1.45 Doctors. A chance decision

of Jimmi’s has profound consequences for a neighbour

(AD) 2.15 The Tournament. Quiz, hosted by Alex Scott

3.00 Escape to the Country. Ginny Buckley tries to help a

couple hoping to move to North Yorkshire (r) (AD) 3.45

Clean It, Fix It. In Bristol, the team helps a family

struggling to house their bikes 4.30 The Repair Shop. A

soft toy, a sea cadet’s drum and a wooden church pew are

restored (AD) 5.15 Pointless. Quiz show (r) 6.00 BBC

News at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather

6.30am Clean It, Fix It (r) 7.15 The Repair Shop (r) (AD)

8.00 Sign Zone: The Mating Game (r) (AD, SL) 9.00 BBC

News at 9 10.00 BBC News 1.00pm Heir Hunters. The

team uncovers one of Britain’s worst transport disasters

while tracing heirs to an estate, and also try to find

relatives of a man involved in greyhound racing in its

prime (r) 1.45 Eggheads. Quiz, hosted by Jeremy Vine (r)

2.15 Vintage Antiques Roadshow. Fiona Bruce presents

more valuations from Saltaire, West Yorkshire, as the

experts examine items including an inkwell that once

belonged to Charles Dickens (r) 3.00 The Hairy Bikers’

Comfort Food. Si King and Dave Myers update old

favourite the Rum Baba (r) (AD) 3.45 The Best Dishes

Ever (r) 4.15 Nature’s Weirdest Events. Chris Packham

presents peculiar natural events, from a penguin that

became a man’s best friend to a woman whose nose could

hold the key to detecting Parkinson’s disease (r) (AD)

5.15 Flog It! Compilation edition. Paul Martin visits

Rodmarton Manor, an extraordinary Arts and Crafts house

in the Cotswolds (r) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of

Games. Mehreen Baig, Clare Balding, Jamie Laing and

Mike Wozniak take part 6.30 Strictly: It Takes Two

6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00 Lorraine.

Entertainment, current affairs and fashion news, as well

as showbiz stories and gossip. Presented by Lorraine Kelly

10.00 This Morning. Morning magazine programme,

featuring a mix of interviews, showbiz news, topical

discussion, competitions, health, beauty and more.

Including Local Weather 12.30pm Loose Women. The

panel chat about news, issues and life in general 1.30 ITV

News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. The dealers

descend on Telford, where Alison Chapman decides

diamonds are her best friend, Tony Geering is in a

gambling mood and Stewart Hoffgartner puts down the

big bucks for an adventurous pocket watch 3.00 Lingo.

More contestants try to work out words that appear in

the Lingo grids and Puzzlewords 4.00 Tipping Point. Ben

Shephard hosts the arcade-themed quiz in which

contestants drop tokens down a choice of four chutes in

the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot 5.00 The Chase.

Bradley Walsh presents as contestants pit their wits

against one of the Chasers in the hope of winning a

potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds 6.00

Regional News; Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather

6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 The Big Bang Theory (r)

7.35 The King of Queens (r) 9.00 Frasier (r) 10.30

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. An Italian restaurant

in New Jersey (r) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary 11.30

Find It, Fix It, Flog It (r) 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch.

Weekday magazine show, hosted by Steph McGovern

2.10 Countdown. Alastair Campbell appears in Dictionary

Corner 3.00 Moneybags. Quiz, hosted by Craig Charles

4.00 A Place in the Sun. Scarlette Douglas helps a couple

find a holiday bolthole to escape the British winters on

the spectacular coast of Portugal’s western Algarve 5.00

Four in a Bed. The final visit of the week is to Crossroads

House, where the owners pride themselves on their full

English fry-up and Cumberland banger 5.30 Come Dine

with Me. A make-up artist and self-professed “glam

goth” takes her turn as host 6.00 The Simpsons. Tensions

at Springfield Elementary spill over during a dodgeball

game, and Marge gets back in touch with three friends

she fell out with years ago (r) 6.30 Hollyoaks. Fergus

has shocking news for Darren that stops him in his

tracks, and DeMarcus is overwhelmed as Viv and the

Devereauxs argue about him staying in Hollyoaks (r)

6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. The broadcaster

and guests discuss the issues of the day, with co-host

Storm Huntley joining him for phone-ins and reading out

viewers’ correspondence 11.15 FILM: The Christmas

Bunny (PG, 2010) A little girl in foster care rescues an

injured rabbit on Christmas Eve, and nurses the animal

back to health. Family drama starring Sophie Bolen and

Florence Henderson 12.45pm Friends. Joey sets his

sights on kissing Janine (r) 1.10 5 News at Lunchtime

1.15 Home and Away. Dean is reluctant to go to the gym

(AD) 1.45 Neighbours (AD) 2.20 FILM: Unlocking

Christmas (PG, TVM, 2020) When an enigmatic key

and a holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate and

Kevin embark on a festive adventure. Drama starring

Taylor Cole and Steve Lund 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in

the Sun. Bambi and best friend Johnny hit the road for a

coastal camping mini-break near Marbella, while cafe

owners Dave and Sue try to cut costs and put down roots

(r) 5.00 5 News at 5 6.00 Neighbours. Mick Allsop shows

up to his first day at Lassiters, and Roxy hatches a plan

that backfires (r) (AD) 6.30 Eggheads. The Optimists will

be looking for a winning strategy to defeat the Eggheads