The Times - UK (2022-01-01)

38 saturday review Saturday January 1 2022 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm Great British Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo

travels to leafy Hatch End in

north-west London (3/15)

7.30 Winter Walks

Simon Armitage walks the

coast from Ravenscar to

Robin’s Hood’s Bay (3/5)

8.00 Thailand: Earth’s Tropical

Paradise The ecosystems of

the mountains and forests

of northern Thailand (3/3)

9.00 The Windermere Children

A psychologist and his team

of counsellors look after

child survivors of the

Holocaust. Fact-based

drama starring Thomas

Kretschmann, Romola Garai,

Tim McInnerny and Iain Glen

10.30 The Windermere Children:

In Their Own Words

Documenting the story of a

project to rehabilitate child

survivors of the Holocaust

11.30-12.30am Life of a Mountain:

A Year on Blencathra

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Walker

investigates when sibling

rivalry and greed result in a

fatal car crash, while a

devout couple are faced

with money problems when

their baby is diagnosed with

a life-threatening condition.

8.00 Endeavour A chocolate

factory owner is murdered

during a fox hunt. When a

couple from a nearby

village are also found dead,

Endeavour uncovers a

vicious campaign of gossip,

slander and rumours (3/4)

10.00 The Bay As the team press

on with the investigation,

with one suspect beginning

to talk, a crucial piece of

evidence comes through,

leaving Lisa with more

questions than answers (3/6)

11.00-12.10am The Ruth Rendell

Mysteries A clandestine

affair is exposed during a

murder investigation (5/8)

More 4

6.55pm Escape to the Château

Dick Strawbridge and Angel

Adoree enter their fifth year

of living in France. With

more weddings and events

booked than ever, the

couple prepare for their

busiest year (1/8)

7.55 Grand Designs Kevin

McCloud meets the actor

Sean Simons, who has

bought the ruins of

Cloontykilla Castle in County

Roscommon with a view to

creating a spectacular mock

16th-century home

9.00 The Great British Dig:

History in Your Back Garden

Hugh Dennis and the team

try to unearth ancient

roundhouses in the gardens

of Stretton, Staffordshire

10.00 Return of the Black Death:

Secret History Experts

investigate the deadly

plague of the 14th century

11.05-12.10am 24 Hours in A&E

Sky Max

7.00pm Harry Potter: Hogwarts

Tournament of Houses

Helen Mirren hosts the

ultimate Harry Potter quiz as

the loyal Hufflepuffs face the

valiant Gryffindors for a

place in the final (1/4) (R)

8.00 Harry Potter: Hogwarts

Tournament of Houses

Helen Mirren hosts the

ultimate Harry Potter quiz,

as superfans earn their

house points in a head-to-

head competition (2/4) (R)

9.00 A League of Their Own All

the best pranks, jokes and

outtakes that were never

meant for the air (10/10) (R)

10.00 NCIS: New Orleans

Return of the crime drama

starring Scott Bakula (R)

11.00 The Force: Manchester

Documentary following the

work of Greater Manchester

Police force (1/10) (R)

12.00-1.00am Dan Brown’s The

Lost Symbol (9/10) (R)

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm The Wire Following his

lover’s murder, Omar agrees

to testify in the Gant killing

and Bunk is put under

pressure to make arrests in

the three unsolved cases he

is investigating (6/13) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones Ned

finally takes up his role in

the king’s court, but

struggles to deal with the

monarch’s cunning advisers,

and troubling news from

home somehow makes his

job even harder (3/10) (R)

9.00 Dexter: New Blood Dexter

and Harrison find

themselves closer than ever

over Christmas break (9/10)

10.05 Billions Axe receives a tip

about a mole inside his

company, throwing the US

Attorney’s case into

jeopardy. (8/12) (R)

11.10-12.15am Billions A sudden

disappearance sends Axe

and Chuck spinning (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7.00pm The Story of Late Night

Johnny Carson’s rise to

fame in the 1960s as host of

The Tonight Show (2/6) (R)

8.00 Expecting Amy Amy

tightens up her stand-up set

before her new taping date,

and she and Chris each

receive an unexpected

diagnosis (2/3) (R)

9.00 FILM Robin Williams: Come

Inside My Mind (2018) An

intimate portrait of the life

and work of the beloved

comedian and actor, Robin

Williams, featuring

previously unseen footage

and interviews with those

closest to him

11.20-1.00am Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher performs a

one-woman show based on

her autobiography,

reflecting on her childhood,

her life-changing role in Star

Wars and her struggles with

bipolar disorder (R)

7.00pm Will & Grace Jack decides

on a brand new career direction

7.30 Will & Grace

8.00 Parks and Recreation (5/6)

8.30 Parks and Recreation (6/6)

9.00 And Just Like That Sex and

the City revival starring Sarah

Jessica Parker (5/10)

10.00 Camping (1/6)

10.35 Camping A visit to the beach

is beset by a detour to A&E (2/6)

11.15 Pen15: Animated Special

12.00-1.00am The Tonight Show

Starring Jimmy Fallon

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore

7.30 Superstore Amy discovers

Mateo and Jeff are dating

8.00 Bob’s Burgers

8.30 Bob’s Burgers Tina begins an

illicit romance with a ghost

9.00 The Cabins

10.00 Family Guy A new drug

craze hits town, prompting Peter to

assume the guise of a new student

10.30 Family Guy

11.00 Family Guy

11.30 American Dad!

12.00-12.25am American Dad!

ITV4

7.00pm The Celebrity Chase

8.00 FILM On Her Majesty’s Secret

Service (PG, 1969) James Bond is

sent to track down master criminal

and arch-enemy Blofeld, who is

intent on destroying world peace.

Spy adventure with George

Lazenby and Telly Savalas

10.55-1.30am FILM Space

Cowboys (PG, 2000) An ageing

former test pilot is called on to stop

a malfunctioning Soviet satellite

from crashing to Earth. Adventure

starring Clint Eastwood

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks Darren makes a

shocking confession to Maya

7.30 The Big Bang Theory Leonard

asks a woman out on a date

8.00 Celebrity Coach Trip The

coach rolls into Porto in Portugal

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox

Including Nick and Liv Grimshaw,

Denise van Outen and Eddie

Boxshall, Mo Gilligan and

Babatunde Aleshe, Shaun Ryder

and Bez, and Lorraine Kelly

10.00 Naked Attraction

11.05-12.05am Gogglebox

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA An American edition of the

classic improvisation show

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Brussels Richard Ayoade is joined

by Lee Mack in the Belgian capital

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Oslo

9.00 QI XL Extended edition. With

Sara Pascoe, Jack Whitehall and

Adam Hills competing in the quiz

10.00 Live at the Apollo

11.00 Taskmaster With Tim Key

12.00-12.40am Mock the Week

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

Wally must settle an argument

between Compo and Foggy

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

An abandoned mattress sparks

Foggy to lead a clean-up campaign

8.00 Jonathan Creek A psychic

makes a baffling prediction

9.20 New Tricks (2/2) As the locals

reel from the murder of shipping

agent Gordon Fletcher, Sandra

continues to suspect Harry Truman

10.30-12.30am Judge John Deed

A man who killed a paedophile

Yesterday

7.00pm Fred Dibnah’s Made in

Britain In Sunderland (5/13)

7.30 Fred Dibnah’s Made in Britain

A forge in Sheffield (6/13)

8.00 The Architecture The

Railways Built Tim Dunn takes to

the tracks in Newcastle to explore

a city rich in railway architecture

9.00 Steam Train Britain Three

preserved steam railway lines

10.00 Secrets of the Railways (1/6)

11.00 Bangers and Cash (2/10)

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering

PBS America

6.35pm Terror The terrorist attack

on the Munich Olympics in 1972

7.35 The War Series examining

American communities during the

Second World War, focusing on

events that occurred one year after

the US became involved in the war

8.40 Future of Work How to

prepare for the work of the future

9.50 Hidden Algeria The coastal

and hinterland cities built by

Mediterranean trade (2/3)

11.00 Terror Documentary (3/6)

12.00-1.10am The War (3/14)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Ocean Super Predators

The extraordinary intelligence of

many marine predators

8.00 Crazy Monster Frogs A

profile of the world’s wildest frogs

9.00 Great Snakes An up-close

look at species including cobras,

black mambas and flying snakes

10.00 Dung Dynasty Life on

Africa’s savannah, where the dung

beetles depend on waste from

creatures such as buffalo to survive

11.00 Crazy Monster Frogs

12.00-1.00am Great Snakes

Sky Arts

7.00pm Celebrity Portrait Artist of

the Year Six famous faces take part

in the painting challenge

8.00 The Michelangelo Code:

Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

Waldemar Januszczak searches for

the code hidden in the ceiling of

the chapel of the Apostolic Palace

10.15 The Eighties Part one of two.

The role of television and the

beginning of the Reagan era (1/8)

11.15-12.15am Great Film

Composers: The Music of the

Movies 1970’s soundtrack (7/12)

Sky Witness

7.00pm Nothing to Declare

7.30 Nothing to Declare

8.00 Blue Bloods Jamie and Frank

cannot see eye to eye when two

rookies are personally targeted by

a group of rowdy teenagers

9.00 Bull New series. The return of

the comedy drama starring

Michael Weatherly as the

trial-scientist expert

10.00 Transplant (1/13)

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit A female-organised robbery

12.00-1.00am FBI

Sky History

7.00pm The Curse of Oak Island:

Drilling Down A theory that the

Oak Island treasure involves a

connection to the Templar

8.00 The Curse of Oak Island:

Drilling Down Matty Blake returns

to Oak Island to observe progress

9.00 The Curse of Oak Island Rick,

Marty and the team return to Oak

Island with scientific evidence

11.00 Curse of the Lost Amazon

Gold Investigators hunt for the city

12.00-2.00am FILM The Devil’s

Graveyards (12, 2014)

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise A coffee

plantation owner is shot dead (4/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise (5/8)

9.00 The Gulf Denise defends her

girlfriend Valerie from an attack

10.00 The Gulf Jess finally

confronts her blackmailer (8/8)

11.00 The Good Wife

12.00-1.00am Death in Paradise

Discovery

7.00pm Railroad Alaska A rogue

gunman threatens a military

hardware delivery

8.00 Iron Resurrection The

mechanics transform a 1962 Chevy

9.00 Moonshiners

10.00 Moonshiners: Smoke Ring

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-1.00am Moonshiners

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

8.30 Friends

9.00 FILM Dumb and Dumber To

(15, 2014) Comedy sequel starring

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels

11.15-12.15am Kevin Bridges:

A Whole Different Story

Gold

6.40pm Dad’s Army

7.20 Dad’s Army

8.00 Gavin & Stacey

8.40 Miranda

9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys

10.00 Citizen Khan

10.40 Not Going Out

11.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys

12.00-12.30am Peep Show

W

7.00pm Dr Christian: Special

Clinics Treating an ex-soldier

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

9.00 The Shift: Women on the

Force A pack of hounds let loose

10.00 999 Rescue Squad

11.00 Inside the Operating Theatre

12.00-1.00am One Born

Every Minute

7.00pm Car S.O.S Tim and Fuzz

take on a 1973 saloon which has

spent decades in a dusty barn

8.00 Disasters Engineered (6/10)

9.00 Seconds from Disaster

10.00 Seconds from Disaster

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am WW2: Hell Under

the Sea Documentary (5/6)

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, VIRGIN 124, BT 310 SKY 109, VIRGIN 125, 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

7.00am Live Big Bash League:

Adelaide Strikers v Hobart

Hurricanes Coverage of the T20

match at Adelaide Oval

10.15 Live Big Bash League: Perth

Scorchers v Sydney Thunder

Coverage of the T20 match at

Optus Stadium in Perth

2.15pm-3.30 Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India

7.00 Live EFL Cup

10.15 Sky Sports News

11.00 Live: NFL Fantasy

12.00-1.00am Live: Total Access

Sky Premier League

7.00pm PL World

7.30 Premier League Icons

8.00 PL Review

9.00 PL World A round-up

of all the latest headlines

from the Premier League,

including interviews with players

and managers, features

and insider knowledge

9.30 Premier League Icons

10.30 PL Retro Portsmouth v

Southampton from 2005

12.30am Premier League Icons

1.00-3.00 PL Years

Sky Cricket

7.30am-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Coverage of

day three of the Second Test in the

three-match series, at Wanderers

Stadium in Johannesburg

7.00 Big Bash League

Adelaide Strikers v Hobart

Hurricanes. Action from the T20

match at Adelaide Oval

10.15 Big Bash League Perth

Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

Action from the T20 match

at Optus Stadium in Perth

2.15am-3.15 Test Cricket

BT Sport 1

7.00pm Ashes Daily All the action

from day one of the fourth Test

7.45 PL World A round-up of all the

news from the Premier League

8.15 The Ashes Highlights

from day one of the fourth Ashes

Test between Australia and

England at the SCG in Sydney

9.45 Ashes Daily All the best action

from day one of the fourth Ashes

Test as Australia and England

face-off at the SCG in Sydney

10.30 DIY Pundit

11.00-7.30am The Ashes Live

BT Sport 2

6.15am Live: Isuzu UTE A-League

— Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane

Roar (Kick-off 6.25)

8.45-10.45 Live: Isuzu UTE

A-League — Macarthur FC v Perth

Glory (Kick-off 8.45). Coverage of

the Australian top-flight clash

7.30pm V8 Supercars Highlights

9.30 BT Sport Reload

9.45 Premier League Reload

10.00 Live: Women’s T20

Super Smash

1.30am-5.00 Live: T20

Super Smash

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

Wednesday 5 | Primetime digital guide

James Bond

Diana Rigg and George

Lazenby star in On Her

Majesty’s Secret Service

ITV4, 8pm

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Virat Kohli’s India side continue

the second Test against South

Africa (Sky Cricket, 7.30am)