The Times - UK (2022-01-01)

46 saturday review Saturday January 1 2022 | the times

BBC4

7.00pm Sounds of the Seventies

Music by the Moody Blues,

the Faces and David Bowie

7.10 The Shirley Bassey Show

The singer stars in the first

of her 1970s series of

entertainment shows (1/6)

8.00 TOTP: 1992 With Queen, the

Sugarcubes and Isotonik

8.30 TOTP: 1992 With 2 Unlimited

and Curtis Stigers

9.00 Dame Shirley Bassey:

Electric Proms 2009

Highlights of the singer’s

performance to celebrate

50 years in showbusiness

10.00 Shirley Bassey: I Am What I

Am Documentary revealing

the real woman behind the

voice, in Shirley Bassey’s

own words and in those of

her friends and colleagues

10.50-12.20am David Bowie: Five

Years Exploring five key

years in the singer’s career,

which saw him redefine

himself as an artist

FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 107

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat Todd Carty

guest stars in this festive

special, as an old pal of Lord

Ashfordly who arouses the

police’s suspicions when he

forms an unlikely friendship

with a teenage criminal

8.00 Doc Martin The new

midwife in the village

persuades Louisa to take a

natural, holistic approach to

treating an infection,

infuriating Martin, who

insists on medicine (6/8)

9.00 Doc Martin Pauline finds

out about Martin’s imminent

departure to London, while

Bert organises a baby

shower for Louisa (7/8)

10.05 The Bay Lisa pursues a new

line of investigation in the

case, which uncovers a

secret with far-reaching

consequences (5/6)

11.05-12.10am The Bay A

confession brings the team

closer to the truth (6/6)

FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117

More 4

6.40pm Escape to the Château

The start of the wedding

season sees Dick

Strawbridge and Angel

Adoree at their busiest (3/8)

7.40 The Great Pottery Throw

Down Ellie Taylor hosts a

new series of the pottery

challenge. In the first round,

the 12 contestants must

make a children’s crockery

set and ceramic milk bottles

9.00 24 Hours in A&E

A 95-year-old woman may

have sustained life-changing

injuries in a fall, while

a man knocked off his bike

at 40mph may have

suffered brain damage

10.00 24 Hours in A&E

A nine-year-old boy is

unable to move his limbs

after falling on his head

11.10-12.15am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does

Countdown Kathy Burke

and Kevin Bridges guest on

the comedy game show

FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147

Sky Max

7.00pm Football’s Funniest

Moments Incidents from

the football world (3/3) (R)

7.30 Harry Potter 20th

Anniversary: Return to

Hogwarts With Daniel

Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and

Emma Watson (R)

9.00 A Discovery of Witches

New series. Fantasy drama

starring Teresa Palmer.

Diana and Matthew return

from Elizabethan London to

discover a chaotic scene.

See Viewing Guide

10.00 Rob & Romesh vs Cricket:

South Africa Rob Beckett

and Romesh Ranganathan

go to Cape Town to see

England play a Test (3/4) (R)

11.00 Rob & Romesh vs Cricket:

The Test Rob Beckett and

Romesh Ranganathan

watch England take on

South Africa (4/4) (R)

12.00-1.00am The Force:

Manchester (3/10) (R)

SKY 113, VIRGIN 122

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm The Wire McNulty and

Daniels debate how to

protect a witness, and an

undercover operation goes

badly wrong (10/13) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones Ned tries

to stop Robert from

entering the tournament

after a suspicious death

threatens to overshadow

the event (5/10) (R)

9.00 Succession Drama about a

dysfunctional media family

dynasty starring Hiam

Abbass. Media magnate

Logan Roy shocks his family

with an announcement on

his 80th birthday (1/10) (R)

10.05 Succession Greg is tasked

to retrieve some important

items from the Roy

apartment, and Kendall

receives some sobering

news (2/10) (R)

11.10-12.15am Dexter: New Blood

Crime drama starring

Michael C Hall (9/10) (R)

SKY 108

Sky Documentaries

Sky Comedy

7.00pm The Story of Late Night

The rivalry between David

Letterman and Jay Leno in

the 1990s (4/6) (R)

8.00 The Man Who Bought

Cricket The story of Allen

Stanford’s plan to

revolutionise the game of

cricket, which fell apart

when he was exposed as

a financial fraudster (R)

9.00 FILM The Armstrong Lie

(15, 2014) Documentary

following cycling champion

Lance Armstrong’s fall

from grace as he was

exposed for using

performance-enhancing

drugs while planning his

professional comeback

11.15-1.00am FILM Fire in Babylon

(12, 2010) The West Indian

cricket team’s rise to

international success in the

1970s under Clive Lloyd, and

the place the team occupied

in Caribbean culture

7.00pm Will & Grace (1/2) Will’s

estranged brother falls for Grace

7.30 Will & Grace (2/2) Will learns

about Grace and Sam

8.00 Parks and Recreation

An event at the Pawnee zoo

embroils Leslie in controversy

8.30 Parks and Recreation

9.00 Trollied (1/8)

9.30 Trollied (2/8)

10.00 Micky Flanagan’s Out Out

Tour The comedian performs

12.00-1.00am The Tonight Show

Starring Jimmy Fallon

SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

SKY 114, VIRGIN 135

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore

7.30 Superstore

8.00 Bob’s Burgers

8.30 Bob’s Burgers Tina starts to

spy on her old Thundergirls troop

9.00 The Cabins One couple finds

a connection among all their

differences, while double trouble

arrives in the form of twins

10.00 Family Guy

10.30 Family Guy

11.00 Family Guy

11.30 American Dad!

12.00-12.30am American Dad!

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115

ITV4

7.00pm The Celebrity Chase

Samia Longchambon, Alex

Brooker, Annabel Giles and Julian

Clary take on one of the Chasers

8.00 FILM The Living Daylights

(PG, 1987) James Bond helps a KGB

agent with knowledge of a secret

arms deal to defect to the West and

protects him from an assassin.

Action adventure with Timothy

Dalton and Maryam d’Abo

10.45-12.50am All Elite Wrestling:

Dynamite Hard-hitting and

high-flying action from America

FV 25, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks A flashback

reveals another piece to the

puzzle of the village’s future

7.30 The Big Bang Theory Sheldon

frets over a change to his routine

8.00 Celebrity Coach Trip An

argument during a rowing race

leaves a couple in jeopardy (5/15)

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Matt

Hancock’s apology — and then

resignation — is assessed

10.00 Naked Attraction A breast

cancer survivor takes part

11.05-12.05am Naked Attraction

FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA Comic improvisation show

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Zurich Richard Ayoade is joined by

Frank Skinner in the Swiss city

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Ibiza

Richard Ayoade is joined by the

writer and actor Jessica Knappett,

touring the island in a Citroen 2CV

9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News

for You Charlie Brooker hosts

10.00 QI XL Comedy quiz

11.00 Taskmaster

12.00-12.40am Mock the Week

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

Compo takes up marathon running

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Foggy takes charge of the cafe

8.00 Jonathan Creek The

detective helps an acquaintance

get to the bottom of a mystery

revolving around her family home

10.00 New Tricks Following his

dismissal, Brian helps Esther’s

friend find her missing brother

11.10-1.10am Judge John Deed

The home secretary calls for

Deed’s impeachment

FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130

Yesterday

7.00pm Fred Dibnah’s Made in

Britain Fred pays a visit to the

Severn Valley railway (9/13)

7.30 Fred Dibnah’s Made in Britain

Fred sees the world’s oldest

working steam engine (10/13)

8.00 Great British Railway

Journeys (1/15)

8.30 Great British Railway

Journeys (2/15)

9.00 Bangers and Cash (3/8)

10.00 Open All Hours

12.00-1.00am Abandoned

Engineering A Nazi project

FV 26, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129

PBS America

6.25pm Terror The attack on

American naval vessel USS Cole

in October 2000 (5/6)

7.35 The War Recalling how US

Marines took the tiny Pacific atoll

of Tarawa in November 1943 (5/14)

8.45 Rothko: Pictures Must Be

Miraculous A profile of the painter

who for years was snubbed by the

establishment. See Viewing Guide

9.55 Munich ’72 and Beyond The

story of the Munich massacre

11.00 Terror (5/6)

12.00-1.15am The War (5/14)

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273

Smithsonian

7.00pm Aerial America Bird’s-eye

views of New York state

8.00 Aerial America An aerial

tour of New York City, spanning

the five boroughs of the city

9.00 Searching for Secrets A look

at life in New York, addressing

questions that visitors tend to post

10.00 The Curious Life and Death

Of: Lizzie Borden The case of the

world’s most famous axe murderer

11.00 Aerial America

12.00-1.00am Searching for

Secrets Life in New York

FV 56, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276

Sky Arts

7.00pm The British Invasion The

career of the Small Faces (1/4)

8.00 The Great Songwriters New

series. Gary Kemp of Spandau

Ballet talks about his life in music

and performs a selection of tracks

9.00 Coldplay: How We Saw the

World: Live in Toronto A 2006

live performance by the popular

band at the Air Canada Centre

11.00-1.20am Days of Rage:

The Rolling Stones’ Road to

Altamont Documentary detailing

the Rolling Stones’ rise to the top

FV 11, FS 147, SKY 130, VIRGIN 165

Sky Witness

7.00pm Nothing to Declare

8.00 Blue Bloods Erin has a

disagreement with a psychiatric

consultant. Meanwhile a woman

overhears a murder plot

9.00 Blue Bloods Danny and Baez

investigate the mysterious death

of a woman at a men’s-only club

10.00 Criminal Minds The agents

investigate a double murder

11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit Benson investigates an

unusual domestic violence case

12.00-1.00am FBI

SKY 107, VIRGIN 112

Sky History

7.00pm Forged in Fire (12/15)

8.00 Phantom Signals

9.00 Secrets of Great British

Castles Dan Jones explores the

history of Edinburgh Castle (1/6)

10.00 Britain’s Most Historic

Towns Alice Roberts explores the

history of Chester (1/6)

11.00 Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi

Death Squads New series. The

truth about the mass executions

carried out by the Third Reich’s

Einsatzgruppen (1/4)

12.00-1.00am Secrets in the Ice

SKY 123, VIRGIN 270

Alibi

6.20pm Death in Paradise An

acclaimed artist is found dead in

suspicious circumstances (2/8)

7.40 Death in Paradise A cyclist is

murdered during a race (3/8)

9.00 Father Brown (3/10)

10.00 Death in Paradise (1/8)

11.00 The Good Wife

12.00-1.00am Death in Paradise

SKY 132, VIRGIN 126

Discovery

7.00pm Railroad Alaska

8.00 Gold Rush A young Parker

Schnabel moves to the Yukon

9.00 The Alaska Triangle New

evidence shows that a legendary

predatory creature could be real

10.00 Legendary Locations

11.00 Supertruckers

12.00-1.00am The Alaska Triangle

SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322

Nat Geographic

SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 317

Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

8.30 Friends Joey auditions for a

musical — but he can’t dance

9.00 FILM The Other Woman (12,

2014) Comedy with Cameron Diaz

11.20-12.20am Michael McIntyre:

Live & Laughing Stand-up comedy

SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 307

Gold

6.40pm Dad’s Army Corporal

Jones suffers a financial crisis

7.20 Dad’s Army

8.00 Gavin & Stacey

8.40 Miranda

9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys

10.00 All Round to Mrs Brown’s

11.00 Peep Show

11.30-12.05am Peep Show

SKY 110, VIRGIN 124, BT 310

W

7.00pm Dr Christian: Special

Clinics A woman speaks to

Christian about her endometriosis

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

9.00 The Shift: Women on the

Force Tackling shoplifters

10.00 The Catherine Tate Show

12.00-1.00am One Born Every

Minute Life on a maternity ward

SKY 109, VIRGIN 125, BT 311

7.00pm Return to Zai Tun

8.00 Unknown Waters with

Jeremy Wade Amazon bull sharks

9.00 Unknown Waters with

Jeremy Wade Iceland’s rivers

10.00 Unknown Waters with

Jeremy Wade A visit to Kenya

11.00-12.00am Air Crash

Investigation Documentary

Sky Main Event

7.45am Live Big Bash League:

Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne

Stars From Adelaide Oval.

12.15pm-3.30 Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Day five of the

second Test in Johannesburg

7.30 Live Bundesliga: Bayern

Munich v Borussia

Monchengladbach (Kick-off 7. 3 0).

Coverage from Allianz Arena

9.30 Sky Sports News

11.00-3.00am Live PGA Tour Golf:

The Sentry Tournament of

Champions Coverage of day two

Sky Premier League

6.00pm PL Legends This episode

reflects on the Premier League

career of former Liverpool

forward Robbie Fowler

6.30 PL Legends A profile of

former Manchester United

defender Gary Neville

7.00 Inside the WSL Updates from

the Women’s Super League

10.00 Inside the WSL News from

the Women’s Super League

10.30 PL Retro

12.30am-1.00 Premier League

Icons Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Sky Cricket

7.30am-3.30pm Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v India Coverage of

day five of the second Test in the

three-match series, at Wanderers

Stadium in Johannesburg

6.00 Test Cricket South Africa v

India. From day five of the second

Test in the three-match series,

at Wanderers Stadium in

Johannesburg

7.00 Big Bash League Adelaide

Strikers v Melbourne Stars

11.00 Test Cricket

12.00-1.00am Talking Cricket

BT Sport 1

7.30am-8.15 Live: Ashes Daily

A look back at the best action from

day three of the fourth Ashes Test

7.00pm Live Gallagher

Premiership Rugby Union: Bristol

Bears v Sale Sharks Coverage from

Ashton Gate (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

10.00 The Ashes Reload

10.15 Ashes Daily

11.00-7.30am The Ashes Live:

Australia v England Coverage of

the fourth day of the fourth Test

in the five-match series, taking

place at Sydney Cricket Ground

BT Sport 2

8.45am-10.45 Live: Isuzu UTE

A-League: Western United v

Sydney FC (Kick-off 8.45).

Coverage of the Australian

top-flight clash from AAMI Park

7.15pm ESPN FC

7.45 Live Ligue 1: Bordeaux v

Marseille (Kick-off 8.00)

10.00 WWE NXT UK

11.00 WWE NXT Highlights

12.00 WWE SmackDown

Highlights Wrestling action

1.00am-3.00 Live: WWE

Friday Night SmackDown

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

Friday 7 | Primetime digital guide

A Discovery

of Witches

Teresa Palmer and

Matthew Goode star

Sky Max, 9pm

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Lewandowski: Bayern Munich v

Borussia Monchengladbach

(Sky Main Event, 7.30pm)