the times | Saturday January 1 2022 saturday review 29
Bank Holiday Monday
BBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.00am Breakfast 9.00 FILM The
Railway Children (U, 1970) Family
drama with Jenny Agutter 10.45 The
Moment of Proof. New series 11.15
Homes Under the Hammer (r)
12.15pm Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News
at One; Weather 1.15 BBC Regional
News; Weather 1.25 Father Brown.
New series. Mystery 2.15 The Repair
Shop (r) 3.00 I Escaped to the
Country. New series 3.45 Farmers’
Country Showdown. New series.
Behind the scenes at the Edenbridge
& Oxted Agricultural Show 4.30
Antiques Road Trip. New series. Two
experts compete 5.15 Pointless. Quiz
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.20
BBC Regional News; Weather
6.30 Attenborough’s Wonder Of Song.
Examining seven recordings of
animals singing. See Viewing Guide7.30 Still Open All Hours Granville
tries to sell bargain spectacles,
while Mr Newbold is inspired by
a new self-help book (1/7) (r)8.00 EastEnders Tensions are high
for Denise, whose ordeal with
Phil is actually far from over8.30 My Family An expensive
wedding anniversary present
cause havoc (9/13) (r)9.00 Four Lives New series.
Fact-based drama telling the
story of convicted killer
Stephen Port from the point of
view of his victims and their
families. With Stephen Merchant,
Sheridan Smith and Rufus Jones.
See Viewing Guide (1/3)10.00 BBC News at Ten10.25 BBC Regional News10.35 Have I Got 2021 News for You
Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are
joined by guests for a look back
at the big news of 2021 (r)11.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s
Special Grandad’s ex-con
brother Micky turns up (r)11.50 The Graham Norton Show
Graham presents his traditional
end-of-year show, joined by
guests Michael Sheen, Jessica
Chastain, Claire Foy, Joe Lycett,
Cush Jumbo and Peter Dinklage12.55am Weather for the Week
Ahead 1.00 BBC News6.35am Bargain Hunt (r) 7.20 Bargain
Hunt (r) 8.05 Sign Zone: Inside the
Factory XL — Diggers (r) (SL) 9.05 The
Wonder of Animals (r) 9.35 FILM
Odette (PG, 1950) Fact-based Second
World War drama with Anna Neagle
and Trevor Howard (b/w) 11.30 FILM
The Wooden Horse (U, 1950)
Fact-based Second World War drama
starring Leo Genn (b/w) 1.10pm
War Stories: Talking Pictures (r)
1.55 FILM The Train (15, 1964)
Adventure with Burt Lancaster and
Paul Scofield. See Film Choice (b/w)
4.05 FILM Operation Crossbow (PG,
1965) Wartime adventure starring
George Peppard 6.00 Richard
Osman’s House of Games (r)
6.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall. New series.
The chef champions the county’s
culture, beginning in Padstow6.00am CITV 9.25 Britain’s Favourite
Walks: Top 100 (r) 11.55 FILM Antz
(PG, 1998) An ant sets out to prove
his love for a princess and help her
escape their brutal colony to find a
promised land. Animated comedy
with the voice of Woody Allen 1.25pm
ITV News; Weather 1.30 Regional
News; Weather 1.40 The Chase: The
Bloopers. A compilation of out-takes
(r) 2.40 Dickinson’s Real Deal. From
the East of England Arena in
Peterborough (r) 3.40 Lingo. Quiz
hosted by Adil Ray 4.40 Tipping Point.
Ben Shephard hosts the arcade-
themed quiz in which contestants
drop tokens down chutes in the hope
of winning a £10,000 jackpot (r) 5.45
The Chase. Bradley Walsh presents
the quiz (r) 6.35 ITV News; Weather
6.50 Regional News; Weather7.00 Emmerdale Cain is angered,
there is a war between two
families, and Charity is thrown7.30 Coronation Street Learner
driver Faye knocks down
a pensioner in the street8.00 Coronation Street: Soapy
Slip-Ups A look at out-takes
from the series archives (1/2)8.30 Coronation Street Emma and
Faye make a pact to keep their
accident a total secret9.00 Anne Disgusted with the
verdict of accidental death at
the inquest into the disaster,
Anne is determined to find out
what really happened to her
son at Hillsborough (2/4)10.10 ITV News; followed by Weather10.25 The Chasers Road Trip: Trains,
Brains and Automobiles Anne
Hegerty, Mark Labbett and
Shaun Wallace take on child
geniuses in the UK (2/3) (r)11.20 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Hard-hitting action from the
world of All Elite Wrestling,
featuring all of the biggest stars
on the roster, including Adam
Page, Chris Jericho, Cody
and Kenny Omega (r)1.05am Teleshopping 3.00 FYI Extra
3.15 Anne. Disgusted with the verdict
of accidental death at the inquest into
the disaster, Anne is determined to
find out what really happened to her
son at Hillsborough (r) 4.15 Unwind
with ITV 5.05 Tipping Point (r) (SL)7.00 Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start
Challenging eight families to
ditch convenience food (1/6) (r)7.30 Mastermind Specialist subjects
are the Gurkhas, Fernando
Torres, Pam Ayres, and Alfred
Hitchcock films of the 1950s8.00 Only Connect Victoria Coren
Mitchell presents the first of the
semi-finals with two teams8.30 University Challenge Two
teams battle it out for the last
place in the quarter-finals9.00 Inside Dubai: Playground of
the Rich New series. Taking a
look at what life is like for the
millionaires and billionaires
who live in the tax haven in the
United Arab Emirates, as well as
the people who serve them.
See Viewing Guide10.00 FILM The Peanut Butter Falcon
(12, 2019) A young man with
Down’s syndrome runs away
from his care home to pursue
his dream of becoming
a wrestler. Light-hearted
adventure starring Shia
LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson11.30 Frankie Boyle’s New World
Order Unseen Highlights
featuring guests Miles Jupp,
Sophie Duker, Jamali Maddix
and Ahir Shah (7/7) (r)12.05am Sign Zone: Countryfile.
Charlotte Smith visits historic Lacock
Abbey in Wiltshire (r) (SL) 1.00-2.00
Zara McDermott: Uncovering Rape
Culture. Documentary looking
at the extent of sexual assault in
Britain’s schools (r) (SL)7.00 Channel 4 News
Including sport and weather7.30 Food Unwrapped’s Healthy
New Year Special episode
offering advice on improving
health and well-being through
food. Jimmy Doherty explores
if chia seeds might help with
over-eating, Briony May
Williams asks why producers
of gluten-free products seem to
be charging more for less and
Matt Tebbutt explores the
benefits of raw pet food9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody:
Cold to the Touch Behind the
scenes of a Major Crime Unit
investigation into the death of
an 11-week-old baby after
11 days in intensive care.
Concludes tomorrow.
See Viewing Guide (1/2)10.00 Party Island: Summer in Zante
New series. Documentary about
British holidaymakers and
workers on the Greek island,
including a student nurse
planning to travel the world
after serving her time on the
front-line of Covid wards (1/3)11.05 Naked Attraction Anna
Richardson meets a 21-year-old
YouTuber who cannot make
connections in real life, and a
28-year-old who is looking
for her very own Xena,
Warrior Princess (3/5) (r)12.05am Kitchen Nightmares USA
1.00 24 Hours in A&E 1.45 Couples
Come Dine with Me 2.40 Undercover
Boss USA 3.40 Handmade: Britain’s
Best Woodworker 4.25 Mend It
for Money 5.30 A Place in the
Sun 5.55 Kirstie’s House of CraftChannel 4 Channel 5
6.05am Countdown (r) 6.45 Cheers (r)
7.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (r)
9.05 Frasier (r) 10.30 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA (r) 11.30
Sun, Sea and Selling Houses (r)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10
Countdown. Reverend Richard Coles
is in Dictionary Corner 3.00 A Place in
the Sun. Danni Menzies helps two
sisters to find a holiday home on
Spain’s Costa da Valencia 4.00 A New
Life in the Sun. New series. A couple
start an alpaca farm in France 5.00
Four in a Bed. The competition gets
under way at the Oak Tree Cottage in
Burley, Hampshire (r) 6.00 The
Simpsons. Homer requires the help of
a former CIA agent, when he gets into
a spot of bother with a terrorist (r)
6.30 Hollyoaks. There is a shocking
update in Misbah’s case against Ali (r)6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 Friends. The pals gather for
Phoebe’s birthday (r) 11.40 FILM
Night at the Museum (PG, 2006) The
exhibits at a New York museum come
to life and run riot after dark, causing
mayhem for the nightwatchman.
Fantasy comedy starring Ben Stiller,
Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais and
Robin Williams 2.30 Neighbours
3.00 FILM Hook (U, 1991) A grown-up
Peter Pan returns to Neverland to
rescue his children from Captain
Hook. Steven Spielberg’s fantasy
adventure starring Robin Williams,
Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts
5.50 5 News at 5 6.00 Neighbours.
Ned decides he is all in with Amy (r)
6.30 Winter Road Rescue.
Documentary following snowplough
teams and RAC patrols in winter (r)7.00 Motorway Cops: Catching
Britain’s Speeders Dashcam
footage of some of Britain’s
worst driving offenders.
In Warrington, cameras pick
up a suspected stolen white
van on the move (1/1) (r);
followed by 5 News Update8.00 Traffic Cops PC Craig Dawes
attends a fatal collision
involving a motorcycle and car,
where he and Sgt Matt
Edwards secure the site for
crash investigators, who try
to find out what happened;
followed by 5 News Update9.00 Warship: Life at Sea
New series. Return of the
documentary following the ups
and downs of everyday life for
a Royal Navy crew, this time
going aboard frigate HMS
Northumberland (1/5)10.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second
Counts Paramedics rush in a
30-year-old who has been
admitted after being in a
serious motorbike collision and
may have spinal injuries, and
doctors treat a 20-year-old with
severe abdominal pain (r)11.05 Police Code Zero: Officer
Under Attack Programme
exploring the rising number
of assaults on police officers,
revealing what they face in the
line of duty, and the emotional
toll these incidents take (1/4) (r)12.05am 999: Criminals Caught on
Camera (r) 1.00 Live NFL: Monday
Night Football — Pittsburgh Steelers
v Cleveland Browns (Kick-off 1.15)
4.30 Britain’s Greatest Bridges (r)
4.45 Wildlife SOS (r) 5.10 Nick’s Quest
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