The Times - UK (2022-04-09)

30 saturday review Saturday April 9 2022 | the times

BBC3

7.00pm Loop Animation

7.05 EastEnders Sonia warns

Janine that dating

Mick is a bad move

7.30 EastEnders Mick plucks up

the courage to tell Linda

about him and Janine

8.00 The Drop The creatives

use hype stunts to build a

bigger customer base (4/8)

9.00 Love in the Flesh After a

dramatic night, numbers are

seriously dwindling. Now

only six couples remain —

four have already built up

a connection online, and

the other two met in the

beach house (6/8)

9.45 FILM Whiplash (15, 2014)

A jazz drummer’s dream of

enrolling at a prestigious

music academy turns into

a nightmare thanks to his

uncompromising tutor.

Drama starring Miles Teller.

See Film Choice

11.25-12.25am The Drop (4/8)

BBC4

7.00pm Stunning Soloists at

the BBC Compilations of

performances from the

BBC archives, featuring

guitarist John Williams,

cellist Jacqueline du Pre,

trumpeter Wynton Marsalis

and violinist Nigel Kennedy

8.00 The Lonely Londoners:

The Read New series.

The Lonely Londoners by

Sam Selvon is the first in

a series of readings (1/4)

9.00 Alvin Ailey: A Legend of

American Dance The story

of the visionary African

American choreographer

who found salvation in

dance, told through his own

words and the creation of a

new commission inspired by

his life. See Viewing Guide

10.30-12.15am FILM Yuli: The

Carlos Acosta Story (15,

2018) Biopic based on the

autobiography of the

Cuban ballet dancer

ITV3

7.00pm Lewis The inspector and

his sidekick DS Hathaway

investigate the murder of

a talented maths student,

and the prime suspect is

the victim’s ex-boyfriend.

Laurence Fox and Rebecca

Front co-star alongside

Kevin Whately

9.00 An Audience with Bob

Monkhouse The comedian

entertains a celebrity

audience including John

Mills, Michaela Strachan,

Jeremy Beadle, Linda

Robson, Gaby Roslin

and Bobby Davro in a

show recorded in 1994

10.30-12.35am FILM The Booze

Cruise III: The Scattering

(12, 2006) The gang take

a trip to scatter Grace’s

mother’s ashes on the

Yorkshire Moors. Final part

of the comedy trilogy

starring Neil Pearson, Mark

Benton and Anne Reid

More 4

6.55pm Come Dine with Me

A menu of dinner-party

favourites is served up on

the fourth evening in Leeds

7.25 Come Dine with Me Darren

tries to put a twist on what

seems to be a basic menu

8.00 A Place in the Sun Ben

Hillman looks for a perfect

holiday home around

Spain’s Costa Almería

9.00 The Great Big Tiny

Design Challenge with

Sandi Toksvig The eight

remaining miniaturists

create a Victorian nursery

full of tiny toys, a pram, a

puppet theatre, a rocking

horse and a doll’s house

within the doll’s house (3/8)

10.00 24 Hours in A&E Cameras

follow a 10-year-old who has

severed his finger at school

11.05-12.10am Emergency

Helicopter Medics Medics

try to keep a man alive

after he has a seizure

Sky Atlantic

6.45pm Six Feet Under Nate fails

his funeral director’s test,

so Brenda persuades him

to visit local undertakers,

and Claire and Gabe start

to become closer (9/13) (R)

7.50 Six Feet Under Nate and

David hire Angela as a

replacement for Federico,

but soon discover that

she is not slow to speak

her mind (10/13) (R)

9.00 Winning Time: The Rise

of the Lakers Dynasty

As the Lakers prepare for

their season opener, an

increasingly frustrated

Kareem begins to doubt his

place on the team. (5/10) (R)

10.10 Funeral for a Dog Tuuli

no longer believes Mark’s

account of the events on

the night Felix died (7/8) (R)

11.10-12.10am Funeral for a Dog

Mark tells Tuuli the truth

about what really happened

to Felix. In German (8/8) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky Max

7.00pm Agnelli A portrait of the

Italian industrialist and

cultural icon, Gianni Agnelli,

who became a symbol of

Italy’s post-war renaissance

and embodied calm and

prosperity in the aftermath

of the Second World War.

Featuring interviews with

his family, former lovers,

friends, professional

confidantes and rivals (R)

9.00 FILM Class Action Park (12,

2020) Documentary about

a New Jersey water park

that during the 1980s and

1990s became infamous

for its poor safety record.

Featuring interviews with

former staff and customers

10.45-12.45am FILM On the Record

(15, 2020) Kirby Dick and

Amy Ziering investigate the

sexual assault allegations

made against Def Jam

co-founder Russell Simmons

by over 20 women

7.00pm Golf’s Funniest Moments

A chance to revisit some of the

sport’s most amusing moments

8.00 Resident Alien As danger

closes in, Harry and Asta find

what they are looking for – but

not what they need (7/8)

9.00 Magnum P.I Thomas

learns he has been poisoned

10.00 NCIS: New Orleans

The FBI arrests Connor (15/16)

11.00 A League of Their Own Road

Trip: Dingle to Dover (1/6)

12.00-1.00am SEAL Team (10/14)

ITV2

8.00pm FILM Fast & Furious

Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (12, 2019)

Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw

must put their differences aside

and team up to stop a major

terror threat. Action adventure

starring Dwayne Johnson

10.45 Family Guy Peter attracts

the attention of a powerful figure

11.10 Family Guy Brian posts an

offensive tweet that goes viral

11.40-12.05am American Dad!

Stan and Hayley work together

to thwart a terrorist plot

ITV4

6.25pm FILM The Sons of Katie

Elder (U, 1965) Four brothers unite

to avenge their father’s death and

reclaim his ranch, but end up

framed for murder. Western with

John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl

Holliman and Michael Anderson Jr

9.00 FILM For a Few Dollars

More (15, 1965) Sergio Leone’s

Western sequel starring Clint

Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef

11.45-12.45am FILM Death Wish 3

(18, 1985) Thriller sequel

starring Charles Bronson

E4

6.50pm FILM The Maze Runner

(12, 2014) A teen with no memory

in an isolated community must

find his way through a deadly

labyrinth in search of freedom.

Sci-fi adventure with Dylan O’Brien

9.00 FILM Maze Runner: The

Scorch Trials (12, 2015) The

children who escaped from a

mysterious labyrinth journey

through a dangerous wasteland.

Sci-fi adventure sequel starring

Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario

11.35-12.10am Derry Girls (1/6)

Dave

7.00pm Border Force:

America’s Gatekeepers Officers

find drugs in a flat-bed truck

8.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse:

Gone Fishing Paul Whitehouse

and Bob Mortimer are joined by

Feargal Sharkey on the River Lea

8.40 QI With Sandi Toksvig

9.20 QI Hosted by Stephen Fry

10.00 The Island

11.00 QI XL ‘Quantity’ and ‘Quality’

12.00-1.00am Alan Davies: As Yet

Untitled Wiith Desiree Burch, Suzi

Ruffell and Toussaint Douglass

Drama

6.40pm Call the Midwife Mother

Mildred returns to Nonnatus

8.00 Sherlock Holmes and Watson

investigate a seemingly impossible

suicide. Drama starring Benedict

Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman

10.00 We Hunt Together Freddy

and Baba flee the city with victim

number three in the boot of the

car, while Jackson and Lola make

a breakthrough over a cup of tea

11.00-12.20am Luther A gunman

begins murdering uniformed

police officers. Idris Elba stars

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash

Four VW camper vans pitch up

at the auction house looking

for a new home (10/10)

8.00 Open All Hours Grumpy

grocer Arkwright buys a guard dog

8.40 Open All Hours Granville

is left in charge of the shop

9.20 Open All Hours Arkwright

organises a sales drive

10.00 Bangers and Cash (7/10)

11.00 Bangers and Cash (12/15)

12.00-1.00am Secrets of the

Transport Museum (10/10)

PBS America

6.40pm Germany’s Neo-Nazis and

the Far Right Documentary

7.50 Revolution in Colour The

struggle for Irish independence

in the early 20th century (1/2)

8.50 Revolution in Colour

The Irish civil war (2/2)

9.50 Germany’s Neo-Nazis and

the Far Right Far-right extremism

and violence in Germany

11.00 Nazi Hunters The mission

to track down former Latvian Air

Force pilot Herbert Cukurs (1/8)

11.55-12.50am Nazi Hunters (2/8)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Yellowstone

Supervolcano Documentary

8.00 Air Warriors A look at the

B-29 Superfortress – employed

to drop the bomb on Hiroshima

9.00 Air Warriors A look at the

Hawker Hurricane, regarded by

some as the overlooked underdog

of British fighter planes in the

Second World War

10.00 Inside the Factory The

production of sauces

11.00 Air Warriors

12.00-1.00am Air Warriors

Sky Arts

6.30pm Queen: The Magic Years

Documentary about the rock

group’s rise to superstardom

7.45 Bee Gees: In Our Own Time

Robin and Barry Gibb discuss

their career in music

9.00 FILM The Phantom of the

Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

(PG, 2011) Twenty-fifth anniversary

performance of the musical

starring Ramin Karimloo

11.50-1.45am The Art of the

Album Cover The hidden stories

behind famous album sleeves

Sky Comedy

7.00pm The Office (US)

7.30 The Office (US) Ryan goes

on a double date with Kelly

8.00 The Office (US) Michael

lands himself in trouble

8.30 The Office (US) Michael tries

to give the staff grief counselling

9.00 Saturday Night LiveJake

Gyllenhaal and Camilla Cabello

guest star on the sketch show

10.30 Bloods Wendy addresses

Spencer’s poor behaviour (4/10)

11.00 Saturday Night Live

12.30-1.05am Girls

Sky Witness

7.00pm Blue Bloods Eddie and

Rachel Witten are accused

of faking an attack (5/16)

8.00 The Equalizer McCall joins

forces with master thief Jessie

Cook (Jada Pinkett Smith) (10/12)

9.00 The Rookie A severed hand

is found washed up on the beach

10.00 9-1-1 An abandoned oil

well erupts, causing a massive

sinkhole in downtown LA

11.00 Grey’s Anatomy Medical

drama starring Ellen Pompeo

12.00-1.00am Blue Bloods (4/16)

Alibi

7.00pm Hudson & Rex The

Major Crimes team is forced

to turn against Jesse (9/16)

8.00 Hudson & Rex (13/16)

9.00 Death in Paradise (3/8)

10.00 Smother Thriller, with Dervla

Kirwan and Niamh Walsh (1/6)

11.10-12.10am Miss Scarlet and

the Duke Crime drama (2/6)

Discovery

7.00pm Alaskan Bush People

8.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue

9.00 Blowing Up History Experts

uncover ancient rituals once

performed on the English shore

10.00 Wheeler Dealers: Dream

Car Trading up vehicles

11.00 Moonshiners

12.00-1.00am Yukon Men

Nat Geographic Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

8.30 Friends

9.00 Lee Evans: Monsters

10.00 FILM Harold & Kumar

Get the Munchies (15, 2004)

11.50-12.50am FILM Kevin Hart:

Let Me Explain (15, 2013)

Gold

6.35pm Only Fools and Horses

8.20 Dad’s Army

9.00 Billy Connolly Does.

10.00 The Royle Family

10.40 The Royle Family

11.20 This Time with Alan

Partridge Steve Coogan stars

12.00-2.00am The Royle

Family: Behind the Sofa

W

7.00pm 999 Rescue Squad

8.00 Inside the Operating Theatre

9.00 Killer Women with Piers

Morgan Visiting Amanda Hutto

10.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

11.00 One Born Every Minute

Australia Documentary

12.00-1.00am Babies: Their

Wonderful World

7.00pm Car S.O.S.

8.00 Dutch Caribbean

Coastguards (6/6)

9.00 To Catch a Smuggler (9/16)

10.00 Trafficked with Mariana

Van Zeller Documentary (9/10)

11.00 Science of Stupid

11.30 Science of Stupid

12.00-12.30am Science of Stupid

FV 23, FS 179, SKY 117, VIRGIN 107 FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 108 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

SKY 113, VIRGIN 122

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 26, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130 FV 27, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129

SKY 132, VIRGIN 126 SKY 125, VIRGIN 250, BT 322 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 351 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 344 SKY 110, BT 343 FV 25, FS 156, SKY 109

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273 FV 57, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147, SKY 826, VIRGIN 165 SKY 115, VIRGIN 135 SKY 107, VIRGIN 112

Sky Main Event

11.30am Live SPFL: St Mirren v

Rangers (Kick-off 12.00)

2.00pm Live Renault Super

Sunday: Norwich v Burnley

(Kick-off 2.00). From Carrow Road

4.00 Live Renault Super Sunday:

Manchester City v Liverpool

(Kick-off 4.30). Coverage of the

top-flight clash at Etihad Stadium

7.30 The Masters: Live Coverage of

the final day of the tournament

12.30-2.30am Live NBA Basketball

Coverage of a match from the

final day of the regular season

Sky Premier League

1.00pm Live Renault Super

Sunday: Norwich v Burnley

(Kick-off 2.00). From Carrow Road

4.00 Live Renault Super Sunday:

Manchester City v Liverpool

(Kick-off 4.30). At Etihad Stadium

7.30 Drink It In: The Rise of Man

City The club’s renaissance

8.30 Best PL Goals: Man City v

Liverpool Memorable strikes

9.00 PL 100 Club Alan Shearer

9.30 Premier League 100:

Michael Owen The striker’s career

10.00-5am Premier League

Sky Cricket

8.30am Live Test Cricket:

South Africa v Bangladesh

10.50 Live Indian Premier League:

Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi

Capitals From Brabourne Stadium

2.50pm Live Indian Premier

League: Rajasthan Royals v

Lucknow Super Giants Coverage

from Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

7.00 Test Cricket

8.00 IPL Highlights show.

10.00 Test Cricket

11.00 IPL Highlights show.

5.00-6.00am The Fletcher Years

BT Sport 1

7.00-9.00am Live: Isuzu UTE

A-League: Newcastle Jets v

Perth Glory (Kick-off 7. 0 5)

11.30-1.30pm Live: Serie A:

Genoa v Lazio (Kick-off 11.30)

2.00-4.00 Live: Serie A: Napoli v

Fiorentina (Kick-off 2.00)

5.00 Live: Serie A: AS Roma v

Salernitana (Kick-off 5.00)

7.00 Live: Golazzo

7.45-10.00 Live: Serie A: Torino v

AC Milan (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

12.00-3.30am Live MLB: New York

Yankees v Boston Red Sox

BT Sport 2

6.00-9.00am Live AFL: Hawthorn

Hawks v St. Kilda Saints (Bounce-

up 6.20). From Melbourne

12.00-2.00pm Live Ligue 1:

Bordeaux v Metz (Kick-off 12.00)

3.15 Live MotoGP The warm-ups

4.30 Live MotoGP The Moto2

Grand Prix of the Americas

6.30 Live MotoGP The MotoGP

Grand Prix of the Americas

8.15 Live MotoGP The Moto3

Grand Prix of the Americas

9.30-10.30 Live MotoGP

Chequered Flag Post-race show

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 440 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 430 SKY 414, BT 431

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Sunday 10 | Primetime digital guide

Clint Eastwood

The actor stars in Sergio

Leone’s classic western

For a Few Dollars More

ITV4, 9pm

Manchester City’s Phil Foden is

set to face Liverpool in the crunch

match (Sky Main Event, 4pm)