12 Thursday February 3 2022 | the times
television & radio
investigation, assisted
in each episode by a
different celebrity
guest. The twist is that
the celebrity doesn’t
have a script so the
whole affair is a
chaotic, improvised
comedy whodunnit
where anything can
happen. It is up to the
celebrity alone to name
the killer. Guests
include Conan O’Brien
and Sharon Stone.
Murderville
Netflix
Murderville is the US
remake of Tom Davis’s
Bafta-winning BBC3
comedy series Murder
in Successville. It
follows the same
formula, with Will
Arnett stepping into
Davis’s giant shoes to
play homicide detective
Terry Seattle, who is in
charge of a murder
violates the natural
order”. Beard shows
how it is scenes
depicting sex and death
that moralists have
been most keen to
keep from our
sight, and talks to
contemporary artists
about works they’ve
produced that feature
bodily acts and
experiences that for
some have seemed
to “go too far”.
how tastes can change
radically over time she
picks out a pair of
sculptures from ancient
Rome that are stored at
the British Museum
and depict the god Pan
having sex with a she-
goat. Once they would
have been pride of
place in a rich Roman’s
townhouse, but in more
recent times they have
been hidden in the
Secretum because “it
Beard’s lively and
thought-provoking
two-part series about
controversial works of
art that tackle
unsettling subjects.
How do some works of
art end up being
“forbidden” and who
gets to make that
decision? In the first
episode Beard explores
how artists have
portrayed the human
body. To demonstrate
modern terms, says
Professor Mary Beard,
could best be described
as “soft porn”. There
were more than 400
pieces and the museum
politely accepted his
gift, then promptly
hid it all away in a
secret room within
the museum (the
“Museum Secretum”).
The story of Witt’s
collection is the
starting point for
Viewing Guide
Joe Clay
Mary Beard’s
Forbidden Art
BBC2, 9pm
In 1865
George Witt,
a wealthy
doctor-
turned-banker, offered
the British Museum his
collection of mostly
phallic objects that in
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BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5
7.00 The One Show Live magazine show
with Alex Jones and Ronan Keating
7.30 EastEnders Phil passes on the
deeds of his business to Sharon, and
Callum is defiant when Jack tries
to shut down the party (AD)
8.00 Dragons’ Den The Dragons appraise
the expansion plans of an escape room
business run by two brothers, a former
international tax lawyer offers a
bite-sized portion of her at-home teeth
whitening business, and a cheesy
alternative to the crisp served
by a duo from Romania (AD)
9.00 The Apprentice The candidates are
tasked with creating their own
computer game. Half of the team
oversees the branding of its proposal,
while the other half works on the
design of the game. All then have to
present their concept to a panel of
successful games investors (5/12)
10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.25 BBC Regional News and Weather
10.35 Question Time Fiona Bruce chairs the
topical debate, inviting a panel of
politicians and other guests in London
to answer questions from an audience
11.35 Newscast Political chat
presented by Adam Fleming,
Laura Kuenssberg and Chris Mason
12.05am The Green Planet Plants that have developed
to thrive in the desert, including cacti that grow in the
shade of other trees and collect water in pleated trunks
that expand and contract (r) (AD) 1.05 Superman & Lois.
Clark fears that Lois has reached breaking point, and
urges her to seek help (r) (AD) 1.55-6.00 BBC News
7.00 Remarkable Places to Eat The food
writer Rachel Khoo takes Fred Sirieix
to Vienna, where they enjoy exquisite
coffee and cake, comforting dumplings
and pork schnitzel served up by a
trailblazing chef (2/2) (r) (AD)
8.00 Great British Menu Guest Judge
Cat Deeley helps decide the winner
from the two remaining chefs. Both
have dishes celebrating television
shows including Blue Peter,
Top of the Pops and Fawlty Towers
9.00 Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art The
classicist explores ways in which
artists have depicted taboo aspects
of the human body, including scenes
of sex, violence and death. See
Viewing Guide (1/2) (AD)
10.00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired
Tom Allen interviews the show’s
freshly rejected candidate (5/11)
10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s
events with Kirsty Wark
11.15 Inside the Factory Gregg Wallace
visits the Denby factory in Derbyshire,
which has been making pottery since
- Cherry Healey visits a car
factory that uses clay to make models
of its designs (8/10) (r) (AD)
12.15am Sign Zone: Digging for Britain The team
examines a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall. Last in the
series (r) (AD, SL) 1.15 Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure.
Kelvin Fletcher attempts to start his own farm (r) (AD,
SL) 1.45-2.45 Winterwatch. A look at the winter survival
strategies of the local wildlife in Norfolk (r) (SL)
7.00 Channel 4 News
8.00 The Dog House Two very different
puppies are offered to a couple and
their two little girls, and a Lurcher
recovering from a broken leg
is potentially paired with a
paramedic and his partner (AD)
9.00 Screw With C Wing on lockdown, the
prisoners’ mental health reaches crisis
point, while Rose sees an opportunity,
and Toby threatens to escalate his
suspicions. Meanwhile, Gary’s efforts
to counsel a severely ill patient have
unexpected consequences for his
own state of mind (5/6) (AD)
10.00 First Dates A 27-year-old single
mother and dog groomer hopes to find
a connection with a dog-loving
electrician. A 24-year-old party girl is
looking for someone to bring a bit of
sparkle into her life. She is matched
with a 30-year-old beautician who is
on the lookout for a life partner (AD)
11.05 Katie Price’s Mucky Mansion
The former model mixes old and new
as she continues with the makeover of
her kitchen and creates a glamorous
new bedroom for eldest daughter
Princess (2/3) (r) (AD)
12.05am 24 Hours in A&E A woman is rushed in after
her horse fell on top of her (r) (AD) 1.00 Geordie Hospital
(r) (AD, SL) 1.55 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r)
2.45 Screw (r) (AD, SL) 3.40 Couples Come Dine with
Me (r) 4.35 Food Unwrapped (r) (AD, SL) 5.00 The
Answer Trap (r) 5.50-6.05 Kirstie’s House of Craft (r)
7.00 Go Veggie and Vegan with Matt
Tebbutt The chef kicks things off with
a spicy condiment, demonstrating just
how quick and easy it is to make your
own chilli oil at home. He uses his to
cook a fried egg and top a warming
noodle soup. The hero vegetable this
week is butternut squash (4/6)
8.00 Our Great Yorkshire Life The
Yorkshire Vet’s Peter Wright and wife
Lin head over to Whitby for a special
weekend that attracts crowds from
all over the UK and beyond (5/6)
9.00 The Teacher Jenna suspects she has
an enemy and a confrontation uncovers
the twisted truth behind the situation
she finds herself in, but the whole
sordid incident has only served to help
her face her demons. Drama starring
Sheridan Smith. Last in the series
10.00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next
Door Documentary using eyewitness
testimony and footage from CCTV,
camcorders and phones to examine
traumatic, shocking, humorous and
occasionally bizarre experiences of
people who have become involved
in disputes with neighbours (r)
11.05 Gypsy Eviction: The Battle for
Dale Farm A look at the controversial
2011 case in which travellers were
evicted from the Essex farm they
owned, but did not have planning
permission to develop (r)
12.35am Criminals: Caught on Camera (r) 1.00 The
21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00 Entertainment News on 5
3.05 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (r) 3.55 OMG: My
Barbie Body (r) (SL) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.10
House Busters (r) 5.35 Peppa Pig (r) 5.40 Paw Patrol (r)
5.50-6.00 Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing Adventures (r)
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain: Live. Consumer
issues 10.00 Fraud Squad. Cases include the theft of NHS
equipment worth £15,000, and a benefits cheat claiming
to have 19 children (AD) 10.45 The Moment of Proof.
How a satnav revealed the mastermind behind an armed
robbery, and a hoodie helped police take a dangerous
attacker off the streets (r) (AD) 11.15 Homes Under the
Hammer. Properties in Lancashire, south London and
Warwickshire being sold at auction (AD) 12.15pm
Bargain Hunt. Eric Knowles hosts from Newark,
Nottinghamshire (r) (AD) 1.00 BBC News at One;
Weather 1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather 1.45
Doctors. An ordinary home visit for Zara spirals out of
control (AD) 2.15 Hope Street. The arrival of an old
acquaintance leaves Leila horrified (AD) 3.00 Escape to
the Country. A couple looking to move from Brussels to
the Scottish Borders (r) (AD) 3.45 The Farmers’ Country
Showdown. Two proud farmers compete in a prestigious
sheepdog trial (r) 4.30 Antiques Road Trip. Raj Bisram
and Charles Hanson arrive in Shropshire 5.15 Pointless.
Presented by Alexander Armstrong (r) 6.00 BBC News
at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
6.30am Escape to the Country (r) 7.15 Antiques Road
Trip (r) 8.00 Sign Zone: The Moment of Proof (r) (AD, SL)
8.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall (r) (AD, SL) 9.00 BBC News
10.00 BBC News 12.15pm Politics Live 1.00 Ready
Steady Cook (r) 1.45 Eggheads (r) 2.15 Back in Time for
the Corner Shop. The Arden family experience corner shop
life in the 1980s and 1990s (r) (AD) 3.15 Back in Time
for the Corner Shop. The Arderns reflect on the lessons
learned through the series, and how corner shops can
continue to thrive in the changing world of 21st-century
business. Last in the series (r) (AD) 4.15 Shark.
Documentary revealing the behaviour of the ocean
predators, from blacktip sharks gathering in huge
packs to great whites hunting off the coast of South
Africa (AD) 5.15 Flog It! The experts assess items
brought to the Blickling estate in Norfolk, and Paul Martin
learns about Lord Lothian’s key role in getting America
involved in the Second World War (r) 6.00 Richard
Osman’s House of Games. With Steve Backshall,
Catherine Bohart, Ranj Singh and Meera Syal (r) 6.30
Great Coastal Railway Journeys. Michael Portillo’s trek
takes him to Britain’s northernmost railway station (AD)
6.00am Good Morning Britain. News, current affairs and
lifestyle features 9.00 Lorraine. Entertainment, current
affairs and fashion news, as well as showbiz stories and
gossip. Presented by Lorraine Kelly 10.00 This Morning.
Daily magazine, featuring a mix of chat, showbusiness
news, lifestyle features, topical discussion, health and
beauty advice and more. Including Local Weather
12.30pm Loose Women. The women put the world to
rights once more and invite a showbiz guest to chat about
what they are up to 1.30 ITV News; Weather 2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal. Items of interest in Oswestry,
Shropshire, include a pendant, a tiara and part of a
Spitfire. Presented by David Dickinson (r) 3.00 Lingo.
Taking part are soon-to-be-parents, a competitive mother
and son, and a Glaswegian couple. Adil Ray hosts 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 four 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. Beth Rigby joins Susie Dent in
Dictionary Corner (r) 6.45 Cheers (r) 7.35 Everybody
Loves Raymond (r) (AD) 9.00 Frasier (r) (AD) 10.30
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. Gordon Ramsay heads
to Wilkinsburg in Pennsylvania, in a bid to save a
struggling soul-food restaurant that resembles a dentist’s
waiting room (r) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary 11.30
Sun, Sea and Selling Houses. Sharon and Shaun Garner
help Kent couple Jo and Neil look for a large villa that
could work as a B&B, and give them a rental income to
help fund their new life in Spain (r) 12.30pm Steph’s
Packed Lunch. Steph McGovern hosts 2.10 Countdown.
Tim Vine joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner 3.00
A Place in the Sun. A couple seek a dream holiday home
on Portugal’s Algarve 4.00 A New Life in the Sun. In
France, first-time B&B owners welcome their inaugural
French guests 5.00 Four in a Bed. The rival hoteliers
arrive at Midshires Way Campsite in Nottinghamshire
5.30 The Simpsons. Homer buys a gun (r) (AD) 6.00
The Simpsons. Homer becomes a football coach (r) (AD)
6.30 Hollyoaks. The village mourn their loved ones
on the day of Sylver and Marnie’s funeral (r) (AD)
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 12.15pm Shoplifters &
Scammers: At War with the Law. Documentary charting
methods used to thwart criminals targeting shops 1.10
5 News at Lunchtime 1.15 Home and Away. Marilyn files
a complaint with Logan at the hospital board, and Bella is
terrible at being a waitress 1.45 Neighbours 2.20 FILM:
Evil Nanny (12, TVM, 2016) A couple hire a live-in
nanny, who ends up terrorising them in their own home
after they try to evict her. Thriller starring Lindsay Elston
and Nicole Sterling 4.00 Watercolour Challenge. Fern
Britton challenges four amateur artists to tackle one of
Wales’s most famous waterways, the River Usk. The host
is accompanied by professional artist Peter Cronin 5.00
5 News at 5 6.00 Neighbours. Paul’s deceit pays off as
Terese is acting even more loving towards him than
before (r) (AD) 6.30 Winter Road Rescue. Documentary
following snowplough teams and RAC patrols in
Scotland and the north of England as they work to
ensure the roads are clear if winter weather hits
7.00 Emmerdale Rhona is floored to see
Marcus, the Woolpack is auctioned,
and Kim is onto something (AD)
7.30 Buy Now, Pay Later? Tonight
Chris Choi explores the rise of buy
now, pay later payment companies
8.00 Emmerdale Cain expresses his anger,
and Laurel tries to help (AD)
8.30 The Martin Lewis Money Show:
Live The cash expert answers the
financial questions that matter most
9.00 Kate Garraway’s Life Stories
New series. The presenter interviews a
star about their career, and discusses
the ups and downs of their personal
lives. See Viewing Guide
10.00 ITV News at Ten
10.30 Regional News
10.45 Driving Force Judy Murray meets two
stars of female motorsport — two-
time W Series champion Jamie
Chadwick and Aston Martin driver
ambassador Jess Hawkins (r)
11.40 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage Hard-
hitting, high-flying wrestling action
with many of AEW’s biggest stars
12.30am Teleshopping 3.00 Buy Now, Pay Later?
Tonight. Chris Choi explores the rise of buy now, pay later
payment companies (r) 3.25 Britain’s Brightest Celebrity
Family. Eight celebrity families take part in the knockout
tournament (r) (AD, SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00
Tipping Point. Quiz hosted by Ben Shephard (r) (SL)
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television & radio
Film Mona Lisa
Talking Pictures TV, 9pm
Neil Jordan’s drama
features one of the
finest moments of Bob
Hoskins’s career.
George is a brilliant
creation; part hapless
clown, part criminal, he
is the beating heart of
this gritty British film.
Cathy Tyson and
Michael Caine also star.
(15, 1986)
tomorrow in Beijing,
China, and this
documentary follows
the preparations of a
group of Team GB
Olympians as they
prepare for the biggest
sporting test of their
lives. They include the
teenage freestyle skier
Kirsty Muir, Team GB’s
youngest member,
whom Yarnold is
tipping as one of our
strongest contenders.
Free Spirits
BBC3, 10.10pm
At the 2018 Winter
Olympics held in
Pyeongchang, South
Korea, Team GB
secured its best medal
haul — five in total —
with one gold for Lizzy
Yarnold in the skeleton
and four bronze,
including a first medal
in skiing. The 2022
Winter Olympics starts
novels sitting at a tiny
desk in a corner of the
drawing room of her
house in Chawton,
Hampshire. Frostrup
wants to show how
the distinctive
landscape of the county
influenced Austen’s
writing, while also
uncovering what life
was really like in
Austen’s time and how
well her novels
reflected reality.
Britain’s Novel
Landscapes with
Mariella Frostrup
More4, 9pm
In a new series Mariella
Frostrup explores the
life and times of some
of England’s finest
women writers through
the landscapes that
inspired them. The
subject of this first
episode is Jane Austen,
who wrote all of her
Kate Garraway’s
Life Stories
ITV, 9pm
The Good Morning
Britain presenter takes
over from Piers
Morgan as the host of
the confessional chat
show where tears are
almost guaranteed.
Garraway said:
“Everyone has a story
to tell and the
wonderful thing about
this show is that you
have the airtime to
delve into the areas of
guests’ lives that the
viewers might not
know about already.”
Garraway’s first guest is
the Welsh singer
Charlotte Church. Life
in the spotlight for the
former child opera star
has wreaked havoc on
her life and she won’t
hold back in telling
Garraway why.
BBC1 N Ireland
As BBC1 except: 10.35pm The View. News,
comment and analysis from Stormont and
Westminster 11.15 Question Time. Fiona Bruce
hosts the political debate 12.15am Newscast
12.50-1.50 The Green Planet (r) (AD)
BBC1 Scotland
As BBC1 except: 11.15am Bargain Hunt (r)
(AD) 12.00-1.00pm First Minister’s Questions
BBC2 N Ireland
As BBC2 except: 10.00pm-10.30 Pots, Paints
and Plays with Gemma Bradley. Meeting
Mid-Ulster artists 11.15 The Apprentice: You’re
Fired. An interviews the show’s freshly rejected
candidate 11.45 Hear My Voice. A cinematic
tribute to those who suffered loss as a result
of the Northern Irish conflict (r) 12.10am-
12.15 Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs (r)
STV
As ITV except: 7.30pm-8.00 Scotland Tonight
10.30 STV News 10.45 Buy Now, Pay Later?
Tonight 11.10 Driving Force. Judy Murray
meets two stars of female motorsport,
two-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick
and Aston Martin driver ambassador Jess
Hawkins (r) 12.05am-3.00 Teleshopping
3.50-5.05 Unwind with STV
UTV
As ITV except: 7.30pm-8.00 UTV Life. An
eclectic mix of stories and studio guests 10.45
Buy Now, Pay Later? Tonight. Chris Choi
explores the rise of buy now, pay later payment
companies 11.15-11.40 Ulster Giants.
Joe Mahon goes deep underground in
a salt mine on the Antrim coast (r)
BBC Scotland
7.00pm The Great Food Guys (r) (AD) 7.30
Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs (r) 8.30 Iain
Robertson Rambles. Iain enjoys a diversion
on a steam train 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Scot
Squad (AD) 10.30 The Karen Dunbar Show (r)
11.00 Scotland’s Home of the Year (r) (AD)
11.30-12.00 Mirror Mirror (r)
BBC Alba
6.00am Alba Today 5.00pm Piseag & Cuilean/
Kit & Pup (r) 5.05 Sionnach agus Maigheach
(Fox & Hare) (r) 5.20 Shane an Chef (r) 5.35
Meaban and Moo (r) 5.40 Su Pic (Peek Zoo) (r)
5.50 Stòiridh (r) 6.00 Donnie Murdo (Danger
Mouse) (r) 6.10 Na Dana-thursan aig Tintin/
The Adventures of Tintin (r) 6.40 Alba
Eagalach (r) 6.45 Port Pàipeir (r) 7.00
Dealbhan Fraoich (Heather’s Portraits) (r) 7.30
SpeakGaelic (r) 8.00 An Là (News) 8.30 Eòrpa
9.00 ’San Fhuil (It’s in the Blood) (r) 10.00
Scotland’s Wild Side (r) 10.30 Slighean
Trailleachd (Slavery Routes) (r) 11.20 Ceilidh
na Bliadhn’ Uire 2021 11.30 Na Millenni-Gaels
(r) 12.00-6.00am Alba Today
S4C
6.00am Cyw: Bing (r) 6.10 Hafod Haul (r)
6.25 Wibli Sochyn y Mochyn (r) 6.35 Sblij a
Sbloj (r) 6.45 Straeon Ty Pen (r) 7.00 Sali Mali
(r) 7.05 Cymylaubychain (r) 7.15 Jamborî (r)
7.25 Blero yn Mynd i Ocido (r) 7.40 Deian a
Loli (r) 8.00 Peppa (r) 8.05 Halibalw (r) 8.15
Abadas (r) 8.30 Ben a Mali a’u Byd Bach O Hud
(r) 8.45 Ben Dant (r) 9.00 Ynys Broc Môr Lili
(r) 9.10 Digbi Draig (r) 9.20 Llan-ar-goll-en (r)
9.35 Sion y Chef (r) 9.45 Gwdihw (r) 10.00
Bing (r) 10.10 Hafod Haul (r) 10.25 Wibli
Sochyn y Mochyn (r) 10.35 Sblij a Sbloj (r)
10.45 Straeon Ty Pen (r) 11.00 Sali Mali (r)
11.05 Cymylaubychain (r) 11.15 Jamborî (r)
11.25 Blero yn Mynd i Ocido (r) 11.40 Deian a
Loli (r) 12.00 News; Weather 12.05pm Natur
a Ni (r) 12.30 Heno (r) 1.00 Dan Do (r) 1.30
Cwpwrdd Epic Chris (r) 2.00 News; Weather
2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 News; Weather 3.05 6
Gwlad Shane ac Ieuan (r) 4.00 Awr Fawr: Bing
(r) 4.10 Abadas (r) 4.25 Ynys Broc Môr Lili (r)
4.30 Sion y Chef (r) 4.45 Deian a Loli (r) 5.00
Stwnsh: Dennis a Dannedd 5.10 Dreigiau:
Gwarchodwyr Berc (r) 5.30 Y Brodyr Adrenalini
(r) 5.40 Chwarter Call 5.55 Ffeil 6.00 Becws
(r) 6.30 Welsh Whisperer — Ni’n Teithio Nawr
(r) (AD) 6.57 News 7.00 Heno 7.30 News;
Weather 8.00 Pobol y Cwm (AD) 8.25 Rownd a
Rownd (AD) 8.55 News; Weather 9.00
Jonathan 10.00 Rygbi Pawb 10.45 Pen Patrol
(r) 11.10-11.45 Ar Werth (r) (AD)
Vari ati ons
6.00am Stargate SG-1 (r) 8.00 Supergirl (r)
9.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (r) (AD) 10.00
The Flash (r) 11.00 NCIS: New Orleans (r)
1.00pm Hawaii Five-0 (r) 2.00 MacGyver (r)
3.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (r) (AD) 4.00
Supergirl (r) 5.00 The Flash (r)
6.00 Stargate SG-1. The team rescues
a group of highly advanced aliens (r)
7.00 Stargate SG-1. O’Neill and Carter
are stranded on an unknown planet (r)
8.00 A League of Their Own Road Trip: Loch
Ness to London. Race walking challenge (r) (AD)
9.00 An Idiot Abroad 2. Karl Pilkington travels
to Africa to spend time with gorillas (r) (AD)
10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Comedy
music quiz hosted by Greg Davies (r) (AD)
10.45 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (r) (AD)
11.20 A Discovery of Witches (r)
12.25am The Force: Manchester (r) 1.30
Road Wars (r) 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans (r)
3.00 Hawaii Five-0 (r) 4.00 MacGyver
(r) 5.00 Stop, Search, Seize (r) (AD)
6.00am Fish Town (r) 7.00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation (r) 8.00 Six Feet Under (r) 10.10
The Wire (r) 12.25pm Game of Thrones (r) (AD)
1.30 Gomorrah (r) 3.30 Six Feet Under (r) 5.45
The Wire. Bubbles gets revenge (r)
6.50 The Wire. Freamon has a revelation
regarding the missing bodies (r)
7.55 Game of Thrones. Varys meets his match
when he talks to Lady Olenna, and Arya is
brought before the commander of the
Brotherhood Without Banners (r) (AD)
9.00 The Gilded Age. Tom Raikes visits New
York as Peggy seeks advice, Oscar van Rhijn
homes in on Gladys Russell and drama rips
through a charity bazaar (2/9) (r)
10.05 Euphoria. Nate and Maddy finally
speak face to face (r)
11.10 Der Pass. A year later, Gossen commits
a second murder and Gedeon is officially
brought onto the case. In German (r)
12.15am Banshee (r) (AD) 3.30 In Treatment
(r) 4.05 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (r) (AD)
6.00am FILM: 76 Days (15, 2021) The initial
outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan
8.00 Inside the Freemasons (r) (AD) 9.00
Discovering: Ben Kingsley (r) 10.00 The
Directors (r) 11.00 The Movies (r) (AD) 12.00
Too Young to Die (r) (AD) 1.00pm UFO (r) (AD)
2.00 FILM: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
(12, 2018) Documentary film about the
life of Fred Rogers 4.00 Discovering: Ben
Kingsley (r) 5.00 The Directors (r)
6.00 The Movies (r) (AD)
7.00 Too Young to Die (7/9) (r) (AD)
8.00 UFO (r) (AD)
9.00 Hotspots: On the Frontline.
Reports from Namibia and Haiti
10.00 Janet Jackson. A profile (1/4) (r)
11.00 Janet Jackson (2/4) (r)
12.00 Persona: The Dark Truth Behind
Personality Tests (r) (AD) 1.30am Risky
Drinking (r) 3.00 The Directors (r)
4.00 Discovering: Ben Kingsley (r)
5.00 Inside the Freemasons (r) (AD)
6.00am Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino 7.45
Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages 9.00 Tales of the
Unexpected 10.00 Discovering: Omar Sharif
(AD) 11.00 Tate Britain’s Great Art Walks
12.00 DH Lawrence: Sex, Exile and Greatness
1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected 2.00
Discovering: Telly Savalas (AD) 3.00 Munch
from the Munch Museum and National
Gallery, Oslo 4.00 Music Icons: US Heavy
Metal 4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (AD)
5.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD)
6.00 Discovering: Leslie Howard (AD)
7.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2022
8.00 Discovering: Matthew Broderick. A profile
9.00 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic
Sound. The power of sound in cinema
11.00 Comedy Legends. Barry Cryer pays tribute
to the comedy writer and actor Ronnie Barker
12.00 The British Invasion 1.00am The Great
Songwriters 2.00 Noel Gallagher: Out of the
Now 3.30 Video Killed the Radio Star (AD)
4.00 Cold War & Cinema (AD) 5.00 Auction
6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning
Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 Good
Morning Sports Fans 8.30 Live DP World Tour
Golf: The Ras Al Khaimah Championship
Presented By Phoenix Capital. Coverage of the
first day of the tournament in the UAE 1.30pm
Sky Sports News 2.30 Live Pakistan Super
League: Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United.
Coverage of the T20 match at National Stadium
in Karachi 4.30 Live PGA Tour Golf: AT&T Pebble
Beach Pro-Am. Coverage of the opening day
7.00 Live Premier League Darts.
Coverage of the opening night of the 2022
tournament at Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
10.30 Chris Eubank Jr: Off Limits.
An interview with the middleweight boxer
11.00 Sky Sports News. Round-up
12.00 TNT Pre-Game Show 12.30am
Live NBA Basketball: Atlanta Hawks v Phoenix
Suns (Tip-off 12.30) 3.00 Live NBA Basketball:
Los Angeles Clippers v Los Angeles Lakers
(Tip-off 3.00) 5.30 Inside the NBA
Sky Max Sky Atlantic Sky Documentaries Sky Arts Sky Main Event
6.00am Classic Coronation Street 7.00 Classic
Emmerdale 8.05 Bless This House 9.05 The
Royal (AD) 11.20 Heartbeat (AD) 1.30pm
Classic Emmerdale 2.30 Classic Coronation
Street 3.40 Wycliffe. Two episodes
6.00 Heartbeat. Phil and Geoff keep watch on
an illegal gambling club in the hope of finding
evidence to close the establishment. Meanwhile,
Rob anxiously awaits the results of his sergeant
exams. Guest stars Ron Donachie (AD)
7.00 Heartbeat. Intrigue spreads among the
residents as a newcomer causes havoc with
her car and appears to be hiding something.
Rob makes a life-changing decision (AD)
8.00 Vera. A body is found buried on the
Northumberland moors that could be a missing
teenager, stirring up tension and suspicion
in her nearby rural home town (4/4) (AD)
10.00 Foyle’s War. Foyle is enlisted as the police
representative on the Victory Day Celebrations
Committee, but a murder puts paid to the
preparations. With Jay Benedict (3/3) (AD)
12.05am The Royal. Medical drama series (AD)
2.10 Unwind with ITV 2.30 Teleshopping
6.00am World of Sport 6.10 The Saint (SL)
7.05 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (AD) 8.00
The Sweeney 9.10 Minder (AD) 10.20 The Saint
11.25 The Big Match Revisited 12.30pm The
Return of Sherlock Holmes (AD) 1.35 Dempsey
and Makepeace (AD) 3.40 The Sweeney 4.50
Minder (AD) 5.50 The Big Match Revisited
6.55 The Chase Celebrity Special
8.00 Griff’s Great New Zealand Adventure. Griff
takes the ferry crossing from the North to the
South islands, and heads to the old whaling
station on Queen Charlotte Sound (AD)
9.00 FILM: You Only Live Twice (PG, 1967)
James Bond investigates the disappearance of
US and Soviet spacecraft and finally comes face
to face with his deadliest enemy. Spy thriller
with Sean Connery and Donald Pleasence (AD)
11.25 FILM: Safe House (15, 2012) A CIA
agent has to protect a captured fugitive from
mercenaries, but also has to resist his prisoner’s
mind games. Thriller with Denzel Washington,
Ryan Reynolds and Vera Farmiga (AD)
1.45am The Sweeney. Stars John Thaw (SL)
2.40 Unwind with ITV 3.00 Teleshopping
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Lazy Boy Garage
(AD) 8.00 Timber Kings 9.00 Storage Hunters
UK 10.00 American Pickers 11.00 Top Gear
(AD) 1.00pm Border Force: America’s
Gatekeepers (AD) 2.00 Expedition with Steve
Backshall (AD) 3.00 Rick Stein’s India (AD) 4.00
Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Rick Stein’s India (AD)
6.00 Taskmaster. Greg Davies hosts
7.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games
7.40 Room 101. With Miranda Hart,
Reggie Yates and John Craven
8.20 Would I Lie to You? With Mark Bonnar,
Sheila Hancock, Stephen Mangan and Anita Rani
9.00 QI XL. With Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr,
Victoria Coren Mitchell and Alan Davies
10.00 Live at the Apollo. With Frankie Boyle,
Jack Carroll and Holly Walsh
11.00 Taskmaster. The host Greg Davies
challenges Hugh Dennis to wield a blade,
while Mel Giedroyc destroys a mannequin
12.00 Mock the Week. Best bits and unseen
material from the series 12.40am Room 101
1.20 Would I Lie to You? 2.00 Question Team
2.45 This Country 4.00 Teleshopping
6.00am Teleshopping 7.20 Ashes to Ashes
8.30 The Bill 9.35 Classic Holby City 10.55
Classic Casualty 12.00 The Bill 1.00pm Classic
EastEnders 2.20 Tenko 3.20 All Creatures Great
and Small 4.20 Peak Practice 5.20 Brush
Strokes. Jacko gets a parking ticket
6.00 Are You Being Served?
6.40 Last of the Summer Wine. Foggy comes up
with a way to make hiking up hills more exciting
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine.
Compo decides to follow Nora around
8.00 Jonathan Creek. A teenager sets out to
visit her favourite pop star but never returns.
Witnesses claim they saw her going into his
house, but he pleads his innocence (AD)
9.20 New Tricks. Ted leads an investigation into
the apparent suicide of a city trader (4/10) (AD)
10.20 New Tricks. UCOS investigates the death
of a talented cricket prodigy (5/10) (AD)
11.20 Taggart. Jim investigates the murder
of a by-election candidate campaigning for
the return of capital punishment (3/3)
2.25am Life on Mars. Sam puts the team in
danger 3.15 Brush Strokes 4.00 Teleshopping
6.00am Fighting for King and Empire: Britain’s
Caribbean Heroes (AD) 7.10 The World’s War:
Forgotten Soldiers of Empire (AD) 8.00
Forbidden History (AD) 9.00 Abandoned
Engineering (AD) 11.00 Fred Dibnah’s World of
Steam, Steel and Stone 12.00 Great British
Railway Journeys 2.00pm Abandoned
Engineering (AD) 4.00 Nazi Hunters 5.00 The
World at War. The Allied offensive in the Pacific
6.00 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and
Stone. The steeplejack’s fascination with mining
6.30 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and
Stone. Industrial engineering
7.00 The Architecture The Railways Built.
At London’s Charing Cross Station (3/10) (AD)
8.00 Bangers and Cash. Derek picks up a Jaguar
E-type and a rare MGC convertible (AD)
9.00 Bangers and Cash. A Jensen Healey (1/10)
10.00 Train Truckers (5/6)
11.00 Bangers and Cash (10/10)
12.00 Abandoned Engineering (AD) 1.00am
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain’s Caribbean
Heroes (AD) 2.00 The World’s War: Forgotten
Soldiers of Empire (AD) 3.00 Teleshopping
ITV3 ITV4 Yesterday
7.00pm Canal Boat Diaries. Robbie Cumming
travels along the Rochdale Canal from
Sowerby Bridge to Manchester, but disaster
strikes when he runs aground (4/5)
7.30 Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain. The
former steeplejack explores his passion for
19th-century buildings, concentrating on
Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire and St Giles’s
Church in Cheadle. Last in the series
8.00 FILM: Rio Bravo (PG, 1959) A sheriff
and his drunken deputy make a courageous
stand against hired guns threatening to tear
apart a peace-loving town. Howard Hawks’
Western with John Wayne and Dean Martin
10.15 FILM: The Searchers (U, 1956) An
American Civil War veteran searches for his
niece, who has been abducted by a renegade
Comanche tribe. John Ford’s Western with John
Wayne, Natalie Wood and Jeffrey Hunter
12.10am Inside Cinema. A celebration of
cinematic guilty pleasures, from Showgirls and
Love Actually, to Cats and The Room 1.10
Canal Boat Diaries 1.40 Fred Dibnah’s Building
of Britain 2.10-3.10 Horizon: A Week
without Lying — The Honesty Experiment
6.00am FILM: Booby Trap (PG, 1957) (b/w)
7.30 The Man Who Gave a Damn 9.15 FILM:
Lucy Gallant (U, 1955) 11.20 FILM: The
Embezzler (PG, 1954) (b/w) 12.35pm FILM:
The Night Has Eyes (PG, 1942) Thriller with
Joyce Howard and James Mason (b/w) 2.10
FILM: Fighting Man of the Plains (U, 1949)
Western starring Randolph Scott 4.00 FILM:
The Heart of Britain (U, 1941) Wartime life
in the North and Midlands of England (b/w)
4.15 FILM: Emergency Call (PG, 1952)
Thriller with Jack Warner (b/w)
6.00 Interpol Calling (b/w)
6.30 FILM: The Hornet’s Nest (U, 1955)
Crime comedy starring Paul Carpenter (b/w)
7.45 Look at Life 8.00 Justice
9.00 FILM: Mona Lisa (15, 1986) Romantic
crime thriller with Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson.
See Viewing Guide
11.05 FILM: The Assassination Bureau
(PG, 1968) Comedy thriller with Diana Rigg
1.15am FILM: The Big Operator (PG, 1959)
Drama with Mickey Rooney (b/w) 3.00 FILM:
Somewhere on Leave (U, 1942) (b/w)
4.50 Miss Knowall 5.00 Burke’s Law (b/w)
8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 9.15 A Place in
the Sun 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.05pm
Heir Hunters 2.05 Four in a Bed 4.55
Find It, Fix It, Flog It. Two editions
6.55 Escape to the Château: DIY. Dick
Strawbridge and Donna McDougal’s search
for the armour in the lake continues (AD)
7.55 Grand Designs. A couple try to restore
a dilapidated Grade II-listed silver-mine
engine-house in Cornwall (6/12) (AD)
9.00 Britain’s Novel Landscapes with Mariella
Frostrup. New series. The life and times of the
author Jane Austen. See Viewing Guide (AD)
10.00 24 Hours in A&E. A man is brought in
with a suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm,
and a 33-year-old is treated after swallowing
a cocktail of drugs in a suicide attempt
11.05 24 Hour Baby Hospital. A Brazilian couple
anxiously await the arrival of their first child
together, but despite constant labour pains, it
seems the baby does not want to come out (2/6)
12.10am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
1.15 Britain’s Novel Landscapes with
Mariella Frostrup (AD) 2.15 24 Hours in
A&E 3.20-3.45 Food Unwrapped (AD)
11.00am At Gunpoint (U, 1955) Western
starring Fred MacMurray 12.40pm Timberjack
(U, 1954) Western drama starring Sterling
Hayden 2.35 Strategic Air Command
(U, 1955) Drama starring James Stewart
4.55 The Desperados (15, 1969) Western
starring Jack Palance and Vince Edwards
6.40 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (PG,
1992) A boy ends up stranded in the Big Apple
— where he bumps into two familiar burglars.
Comedy sequel starring Macaulay Culkin (AD)
9.00 Pitch Perfect 3 (12, 2017) The Bellas
reunite for one last singing competition at an
overseas tour. Comedy sequel starring
Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson (AD)
10.55 Alien: Covenant (15, 2017) A crew
sent to populate a planet have their mission
diverted by a strange signal. Ridley Scott’s
sci-fi thriller starring Katherine Waterston,
Michael Fassbender and Danny McBride (AD)
1.15am-3.35 Moonlight (15, 2016)
A young African-American man grapples with
his identity while experiencing the everyday
struggles of childhood, adolescence and
adulthood. Drama starring Mahershala Ali (AD)
6.00am Love Bites (AD, SL) 7.00 The Ellen
DeGeneres Show 8.00 You’ve Been Framed!
Presents Top 100 Shockers 9.00 The Cabins
10.00 Dress to Impress (AD) 11.00 Love Bites
(AD) 12.00 Celebrity Supermarket Sweep (AD)
1.00pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 2.00 Family
Fortunes 3.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. With
Steve Harvey, Harry Mack and Charlotte Day
Wilson 4.00 Dress to Impress (AD) 5.00
You’ve Been Framed! and Fearless
6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase
7.00 Superstore (AD)
7.30 Superstore (AD)
8.00 Bob’s Burgers (AD)
8.30 Bob’s Burgers (AD)
9.00 Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip (AD)
10.00 Shopping with Keith Lemon
10.30 Family Guy (AD)
11.00 Family Guy (AD)
11.30 American Dad! (AD)
12.00 American Dad! (AD) 12.25am Bob’s
Burgers (AD) 1.25 Superstore (AD) 2.20 The
Stand Up Sketch Show 2.45 Totally Bonkers
Guinness World Records 3.15 Unwind with
ITV. Daily escape 3.30 Teleshopping
BBC4 Talking Pictures More4 Film4 ITV2
Dave Drama