The Times - UK - 04.12.2021

30 saturday review Saturday December 4 2021 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm MOTD: FA Cup Highlights

Action from the latest

second-round ties, including

Kidderminster Harriers v FC

Halifax Town at Aggborough

8.00 Mike Leigh: This Cultural

Life Film-maker Mike Leigh

discusses his career

and influences (3/8)

8.30 On Broadway with the John

Wilson Orchestra

The John Wilson Orchestra

and the Maida Vale singers

perform music from

famous Broadway musicals

at the 2012 Proms

10.35 Other, Like Me: The Oral

History of COUM

Transmissions and

Throbbing Gristle

Documentary

about the 1970s

performance art collective

and its music off-shoot.

See Viewing Guide

11.35-12.35am Gaga for Dada:

The Original Art Rebels

ITV3

6.00pm Endeavour The murder of

a museum specialist leads

Morse to a girls’ boarding

school with a dark history,

where a note reading “Save

Me” is mysteriously slipped

into his coat pocket (2/4)

8.00 Vera When a dock worker

plunges from a multi-storey

car park, Vera investigates a

work dispute over a young

man’s death and uncovers a

life of secrets and lies

10.00 A Touch of Frost (2/2)

The past catches up with

Frost as he investigates a

series of murders that

appear to mirror crimes

he failed to solve more

than 16 years ago

12.00-2.45am Coronation Street

Omnibus Ryan confronts

Zeedan with the bag of

cash and demands an

explanation. Daisy seeks

attention elsewhere

following a row with Daniel

More 4

6.55pm Four in a Bed The final visit

is to Four Saints Brig y Don

7.25 Four in a Bed The B&B

owners are meeting for the

last time to find out what

they have been paid and

settle some scores

8.00 Lost Treasure Tombs of the

Ancient Maya Part one of

two. Archaeologists search

for evidence of the Maya

civilisation and what

became of it, making use of

revolutionary new

technology to analyse a

1,200-year-old temple

9.00 999: On the Front Line

Paramedics are called out to

a van and a car that have

collided at a roundabout

10.00 999: What’s Your

Emergency? PCs Louise

O’Sullivan and Sean Whelan

attend a call from a

distraught homeless man

11.05-12.10am Emergency

Helicopter Medics (5/10)

Sky Max

7.00pm A League of Their Own:

US Road Trip 2.0 Out-takes,

pranks and behind-the-

scenes antics from James

Corden, Jamie Redknapp,

Jack Whitehall and Andrew

Flintoff’s adventures across

America (5/7) (R)

8.00 A League of Their Own: US

Road Trip 2.0 Another

selection of out-takes,

pranks and behind-the-

scenes antics (6/7) (R)

9.00 Chucky Teenager Jake

Wheeler’s life changes

for ever when he buys a

vintage doll at a yard

sale. Horror spin-off with

Zackary Arthur (1/8) (R)

10.00 Chucky Chucky decides

that Lexy is going to be his

next victim (2/8) (R)

11.00 Dan Brown’s The Lost

Symbol Robert and

Katherine are forced to turn

to Nunez for help (3/10) (R)

12.00-1.00am Temple (6/7) (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm Save Me Too Grace starts

to hatch an escape plan, and

decides to reach out to an

old acquaintance for help.

Meanwhile, Tam tries to

contact Nelly (5/6) (R)

7.55 Save Me Too Torn between

pursuing the men who

abducted Jody and saving

Grace from her fate, Nelly

has a final, devastating

choice to make (6/6) (R)

9.00 American Rust Grace

enlists help in her effort to

unionise the dressmakers.

The sheriff gets an

anonymous tip about the

murder in the steel mill (3/9)

10.05 American Rust Isaac

befriends someone who

teaches him the rules of the

road. The sheriff searches

for evidence in Billy and

Grace’s trailer, and Billy

tells Lee what happened

in the steel mill (4/9)

11.10-12.15am Succession (7/9) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

6.40pm Dettori The epic but

intimate story of the

world’s greatest jockey,

Frankie Dettori — the rock

star of racing and one of

the most decorated

sportsmen of all time (R)

9.00 The Witness In 1964, The

New York Times printed an

article stating that Kitty

Genovese was murdered

while 38 witnesses did

nothing. Fifty years later, her

brother reinvestigates (R)

10.45-12.30am A Crime on the

Bayou The story of a black

teenager who challenged

the most powerful white

supremacist in 1960s

Louisiana, with the help

of a young Jewish attorney.

Systemic racism met its

match in decisive

courtroom battles,

including in the US Supreme

Court, and a lifelong

friendship was born (R)

7.00pm Will & Grace (2/4) Will and

Jack carry on with their mission

7.30 Will & Grace Karen fumes

when Jack is befriended by

her rival Lorraine

8.00 Will & Grace Guest starring

Demi Moore and Rosanna Arquette

8.30 Will & Grace (3/4) Barry’s

makeover is finally complete

9.00 Ricky Gervais: Politics The

comedian’s second live show

10.30 Ricky Gervais: Science

12.00-12.30am Flight of the

Conchords (10/12)

ITV2

6.55pm FILM Rampage (12, 2018)

Fantasy adventure starring

Dwayne Johnson

9.00 FILM 22 Jump Street (15,

2014) Two cops are sent

undercover at a university, but

their friendship is threatened as

they join different student cliques.

Crime comedy starring Jonah Hill

and Channing Tatum

11.15 Family Guy Brian becomes

a local hero

11.40-12.10am Family Guy

Peter is grounded by Lois

ITV4

4.30pm Live FA Cup Football:

Salford City v Chesterfield

(Kick-off 5.15). Seema Jaswal

presents all the action from the

second-round tie

7. 3 5 FILM Hulk (12, 2003)
   Exposure to radiation transforms a
   scientist into a formidable green
   monster. Comic-book adventure
   from director Ang Lee, starring Eric
   Bana and Jennifer Connelly
   10.15-12.40am FILM Gran Torino
   (15, 2008) Drama directed by and
   starring Clint Eastwood

E4

5.50pm FILM Transformers: Age

of Extinction (12, 2014) Sci-fi

adventure starring Mark Wahlberg

and Stanley Tucci

9.00 FILM X-Men Origins:

Wolverine (12, 2009) The mutant

hero returns to his military unit

seeking revenge as he is drawn

into a battle with his psychotic

brother. Superhero prequel

starring Hugh Jackman

11.05-12.05am Gogglebox The

households’ opinions on television

in December 2016

Dave

7.00pm Cops on the Rock

Customs officers rescue a man

from the sea at night

8.00 Expedition with Steve

Backshall A search for

a long lava tube in Arabia

9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News

for You Richard Ayoade hosts,

with Richard Osman and Kiri

Pritchard-McLean

10.00 Comedians Giving Lectures

With Henning Wehn

10.40 Live at the Apollo

11.40-12.20am Red Dwarf

Drama

6.40pm Call the Midwife A

mum-to-be is distraught when her

husband is arrested for gross

indecency in the gents

8.00 Call the Midwife Sister

Winifred promotes safe sex among

the local prostitute population

9.20 The Gulf The death of an

armed intruder sparks ferocious

tension on the island

11.20-12.40am Ashes to Ashes

The discovery of a concrete-

encased body at a building site

leads to conflict

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash

A man reluctantly sends his

dream car to auction (9/10)

8.00 Bangers and Cash A widow

has to part with her husband’s

treasured collection of Rolls-

Royces and Bentleys, and an

impulse buyer finds one of the

cars a new home (10/10)

9.05 One Foot in the Grave

9.45 One Foot in the Grave

10.25 One Foot in the Grave

11.05-12.05am Great British

Landmark Fixers (2/6)

PBS America

5.45pm The Catacomb Mystery

Solving the mystery of ancient

skeletons beneath the Vatican

7.05 Ancient Invisible Cities: Cairo

The historical secrets of Cairo and

Ancient Egypt (1/3)

8.25 Ancient Invisible Cities

Michael Scott reveals the historical

secrets of ancient Athens (2/3)

9.45 Ancient Invisible Cities The

secrets of Istanbul’s ancient

palaces and aqueducts (3/3)

11.00-12.05am Castles: Britain’s

Fortified History (1/3)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Searching for Secrets

8.00 Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace explores a

Nottinghamshire factory that

makes 250,000 jars of curry sauce

every day, while Cherry Healey is in

Guntur, the chilli capital of India

9.00 WWII Battles in Colour

10.00 Race to Victory: WWII

Europe A fresh perspective to the

victory over Nazi Germany

11.00 The Pacific War in Colour

12.00-1.00am WWII Battles in

Colour The Battle of the Bulge

Sky Arts

6.30pm The Who Hits 50 Live

Footage from the band’s tour

celebrating their 50th anniversary

9.00 Discovering: The Who The

career of the veteran rock band

9.30 The British Invasion The

career of the Small Faces (1/4)

10.30 The History of Comedy

A look at the appeal of comedy

partnerships (5/6)

11.30-12.50am Gimme Some

Truth: John Lennon

Documentary following the

making of the album Imagine

Sky Witness

7.00pm The Resident (11/14)

8.00 Departure Evidence emerges

of a larger conspiracy at work (5/6)

9.00 For Life Aaron and his legal

team face their toughest trial yet

as the police officer responsible for

shooting an innocent, unarmed

black man is prosecuted (10/10)

10.00 Law & Order: Special

Victims Unit Crime drama

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit Crime drama

12.00-1.00am Law & Order:

Special Victims Unit

Sky History

7.00pm Hitler’s Gold The hunt for

the Nazi criminals (4/4)

8.00 UFOs: The White House Files

The legacy of secrecy and

controversy surrounding UFOs

and the US presidency

9.00 UFOs: Top Secret Alien Files

The lengths that officials go to

keep civilians safe from

extraterrestrial encounters

11.00 Royal B**tards: Rise of the

Tudors The civil wars rage on (2/3)

12.00-12.30am The Proof Is Out

There Documentary (1/4)

Alibi

7.00pm Hudson & Rex (5/16)

8.00 Hudson & Rex (6/16)

9.00 Death in Paradise (7/8)

10.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway:

Private Investigators (9/10)

11.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries

Crime drama (7/11)

12.00-3.10am FILM The Girl with

the Dragon Tattoo (18, 2011)

Discovery

7.00pm Guardians of the Glades

Dusty tries to recruit the next

generation of snake hunters

8.00 Alaskan Bush People

9.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue

10.00 Paranormal Declassified

11.00 Moonshiners Mike and Jerry

make brandy from blueberries

12.00-2.00am Deadliest Catch

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

8.30 Friends

9.00 FILM American Pie: Reunion

(15, 2012) Comedy sequel starring

Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan

11.00-1.00am Britain’s Favourite

TV Comedy: The 90s

Gold

6.40pm Dad’s Army

8.00 Blackadder

9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys The doting

mother gets a new house guest —

a homeless parrot

9.55 Upstart Crow

10.50 Upstart Crow: A Crow

Christmas Carol

11.40-12.20am Bottom

W

7.00pm Inside the Ambulance at

Christmas Documentary

8.00 Emma and AJ Get to Work

9.00 Stacey Dooley

10.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

11.00 Killer Women with Piers

Morgan Ashley Humphrey

12.00-1.00am Stacey Dooley

Investigates

7.00pm Lost Treasures of Egypt

8.00 The Emirates From Above

9.00 The Hot Zone: Anthrax

Dramatisation of the 2001 Anthrax

attacks in the wake of September 11

10.00 The Hot Zone: Anthrax

11.00 Hitler’s Secret Attack on

America Operation Drumbeat

12.00-1.00am Nazi Weird War Two

FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 107 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 113, VIRGIN 122 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

SKY 114, VIRGIN 135

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 25, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130 FV 26, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129

SKY 132, VIRGIN 126 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 317 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 307 SKY 110, BT 310 SKY 109, BT 311

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273 FV 56, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 130, VIRGIN 165 SKY 107, VIRGIN 112 SKY 123, VIRGIN 270

Sky Main Event

6.00am Live Test Cricket

8.00 Live Big Bash League:

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars

11.30 Live SPFL: Dundee United v

Celtic (Kick-off 12.00)

2.15pm Live EFL

5.00 Live Grand Prix Sunday

5.25 Live Formula 1: The Saudi

Arabian Grand Prix

7.30 Live Chequered Flag

8.30 The Notebook

9.15 Live NFL

12.30am Live NBC’s FNIA

4.30-6.00am Live Test Cricket

Sky Premier League

3.30pm Live Renault Super

Sunday: Aston Villa v Leicester

City (Kick-off 4.00). The Premier

League match at Villa Park

7.00 PL 100 Club A look at some

of Thierry Henry’s 175 top-flight

goals for Arsenal

7.30 Premier League 100: Dion

Dublin Former Manchester United

and Aston Villa player Dion Dublin

reflects on his 111 goals

8.00 SNF

9.45 Matchday Plus

10.00-5.00am Premier League

Sky Cricket

6.00am Live Test Cricket: India v

New Zealand The third day of the

Second Test, which takes place at

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

9.30 Test Cricket

10.30 Talking Cricket

11.00 Test Cricket

12.00 How the 2013 Ashes Were

Won A look back

2.00am Best of the IPL 2016

2.25 The Best of the 2018 IPL

2.50 Test Cricket

3.50-6.00am Live Test Cricket:

India v New Zealand

BT Sport 1

6.30am-10.30 Live Badminton

11.30 Live: Serie A

1.30pm Live: Vitality Women’s FA

Cup: Arsenal v Chelsea

4.45 BT Sport Reload

5.00 Live: Serie A

7.00 Live: Golazzo Live

7.45 Live: Serie A

10.00 WWE SmackDown

Highlights

11.00 WWE NXT

12.45am BT Sport Reload

1.00-3.00 Live NCAA

Championship

BT Sport 2

2.00pm Live Gallagher

Premiership Rugby Union:

Leicester Tigers v Harlequins

(Kick-off 3.00). Coverage of the

match from Mattioli Woods

Welford Road

5.15 Live Rugby Tonight

6.00 WWE NXT UK

7.00 BT Sport Reload

7.15 DIY Pundit

7.45 Live Ligue 1: Bordeaux v

Lyon (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

10.00 UFC

1.00am-6.00 Serie A

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 467 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 459 SKY 414, BT 460

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Sunday 5 | Primetime digital guide

The Small Faces

The British Invasion looks

at the impact of bands on

the US in the 1960s

Sky Arts, 9.30pm

Max Verstappen is looking for a

win at the Saudi Arabian Grand

Prix (Sky Main Event, 5.25pm)