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BBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Morning Live
10.00 Scam Interceptors 10.45 Close
Calls: On Camera 11.15 Homes Under
the Hammer (r) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt
(r) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
1.45 Doctors. The Mill welcomes a
new receptionist 2.15 Father Brown.
Suspicious circumstances surround
the death of a local fighter (r) 3.00
Escape to the Country. A creative
couple from London seek a new life in
Gloucestershire 3.45 The Repair Shop.
The restorers work on a ride-on toy
plane and a home-made ukulele (r)
4.30 Bridge of Lies. Four friends try to
find the right path across the bridge
5.15 Pointless. Quiz 6.00 BBC News
at Six; Weather 6.30 BBC Regional
News; Weather 6.55 Party Election
Broadcast. By the Green Party (r)7.00 The One Show Live chat and
topical reports, presented by
Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas7.30 EastEnders Harvey is on edge
following his encounter with
Neil, and Ben meddles with
Callum’s campaign offer8.00 MasterChef Another nine home
cooks show off their skills to
John Torode and Gregg Wallace
in the hope of winning a place
in the next round. The judges
challenge the hopefuls to serve
up two signature dishes that
show how good they are9.00 Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof
New series. Holly Willoughby
and Lee Mack present as a
group of celebrities take on a
series of sub-zero challenges,
under the guidance of Dutch
extreme athlete Wim Hof.
See Viewing Guide (1/6)10.00 BBC News at Ten10.25 BBC Regional News10.35 Growing Older: A Believer’s
Guide Cameras follow Ivor
as he celebrates his 83rd
birthday by having a second
bar mitzvah, prompting him
to take stock of his life and
consider what it means to
grow older (3/5)11.20 Ellie Simmonds: A World
Without Dwarfism?
The swimmer investigates the
debate over a drug promising
to make children with
Achondroplasia grow closer
to average height, and the
repercussions of a treatment
that could end dwarfism (r)12.20am Weather for the Week Ahead
12.25 BBC News. The latest headlines6.30am Bridge of Lies (r) 7.15 Bargain
Hunt (r) 8.00 Sign Zone: Earth’s Great
Rivers II (r) (SL) 9.00 BBC News 10.00
BBC News 1.00pm Ready Steady
Cook (r) 1.45 Eggheads (r) 2.15 The
Best Dishes Ever. Delicious and
economic recipes 2.45 The Customer
Is Always Right. Science experiment
kits, a sonic skin-cleanser and a pet
seat carpet (r) 3.30 The Customer Is
Always Right. Customers test out a
unique backpack, a rotating wrist
torch and a craft game (r) 4.15 Indian
Ocean with Simon Reeve. The
adventurer travels from Indonesia to
Australia (r) 5.15 Flog It!. From the RAF
Museum in Hendon, London (r) 6.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games.
With Sarah Kendall, Jay McGuiness,
Linda Robson and Bobby Seagull 6.30
Lightning. Quiz, hosted by Zoe Lyons6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women 1.30 ITV News;
Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather
2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. David
Dickinson helps members of the
public in Leeds (r) 3.00 Lingo. Brother
and sister Mustafa and Mehreen from
Blackburn, Highland couple Heidi
and Tony, and mother and daughter
Harlem and Marlene from London
compete (r) 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 (r)
5.00 The Chase. Contestants Jude,
Nick, Su and Chante take part 6.00
Regional News; Weather 6.25 Party
Election Broadcast. By the Green
Party 6.30 ITV News; Weather7.30 Emmerdale Manpreet is
determined to destroy her
sister in court. April gets her
wish. Rhona is moved to tears8.00 Love Your Garden
Alan Titchmarsh and his
team reveal how adding
water can transform any
size garden, creating two
incredible water gardens,
one outside and one inside9.00 DNA Journey Actors Dame
Maureen Lipman and Rula
Lenska, who met on the set
of Coronation Street, embark
on a journey to uncover their
family history. Maureen is
blown away by her unknown
connection to Rula’s homeland10.15 ITV News; followed by Weather10.45 Regional News11.00 Against the Odds Francesca
Cumani interviews Guy Disney,
who had a leg amputated and
went on to become a jockey (r)11.55 The Great British Treasure
Hunt At Layer Marney (2/5) (r)12.50am Teleshopping 3.00 Loose
Women. More celebrity interviews
and topical debate from a female
perspective (r) 3.50 Unwind with ITV.
Daily escape designed to calm the
mind and encourage relaxation and
reflection 5.05 Tipping Point (r) (SL)7.00 Channel 4 News Including
sport and weather8.00 The Great Celebrity Bake Off
for Stand Up to Cancer
Olympian Mo Farah, actress
Katherine Kelly, Strictly judge
Motsi Mabuse and actor Ben
Miller make meringue roulade,
Italian biscuits and a childhood
memory in cake form (4/5)9.15 Derry Girls New series.
Tomorrow is GCSE results
day — and the gang are
expecting poor outcomes.
See Viewing Guide (1/6)9.45 Hullraisers New series. Comedy
about a trio of female friends in
Hull. Leah Brotherhead stars.
See Viewing Guide (1/6)10.15 Gogglebox The armchair critics
share their opinions on what
they have been watching
during the week, with cameras
capturing their instant reactions
prompted by the week’s biggest
and best television shows (r)11.15 Gogglebox Britain’s armchair
critics share more of their
critiques of the week’s biggest
and best shows, including Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire?,
Des and The Third Day (r)12.15am Rescue: Extreme Medics (r)
1.15 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA (r) 2.05 Come Dine with Me. In
Glasgow (r) 3.00 George Clarke’s Old
House, New Home (r) (SL) 3.55 Grand
Designs (r) (SL) 4.50 Moneybags.
Quiz (r) (SL) 5.40 Bidding Wars (r)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.10am Countdown (r) 6.50 Cheers (r)
7.20 Cheers (r) 7.50 Everybody Loves
Raymond (r) 8.15 Everybody Loves
Raymond (r) 8.45 Frasier (r) 9.15
Frasier (r) 9.45 Frasier (r) 10.15
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r)
11.10 Undercover Boss USA 12.05pm
Channel 4 News Summary 12.10
Couples Come Dine with Me (r)
1.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (r) 2.10
Countdown 3.00 A Place in the Sun.
A couple seek a property in Lecce in
southern Italy (r) 4.00 A New Life in
the Sun. The owners of a cheese and
wine bar are left high and dry (r)
5.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses.
A retired Derbyshire couple want a
holiday home in Alicante 6.00 The
Simpsons. Bart looks after a bird’s
nest (r) 6.30 Hollyoaks. Ste helps
Sienna make a lucky escape (r)6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
12.15pm Litter Louts: At War with the
Law. Chasing a serial fly-tipper in
London 1.10 5 News at Lunchtime 1.15
Home and Away. Bella assures Felicity
that Tane wants her to be a part of the
family 1.45 Neighbours 2.20 FILM
A Neighbour’s Obsession (12, TVM,
2017) A couple’s neighbour proves
handsome, charming and helpful,
masking a more dangerous side they
fail to see until it is too late. Thriller
starring Michael Welch and Haylie
Duff 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the
Sun. Colin and Sebastian renovate a
property on their farm for the rental
market 5.00 5 News at 5 6.00
Neighbours. Roxy and Kyle are
heading to Darwin, but not without
a farewell party (r) 6.30 Eggheads.
Frankly Jazz take on the Eggheads7.00 Dream Kitchens & Bathrooms
with Mark Millar The DIY
expert helps a family in
Nottingham create an
opulent golden bathroom
on a £12,000 budget (7/8)7.55 5 News Update8.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
Graeme Hall meets a spaniel
that has been stealing items
and eating them, and has
had a sock and a face mask
surgically removed in the
past – costing thousands of
pounds. Last in the series.9.00 Compulsion New series.
After surviving a tragedy,
paramedic Jenny struggles
with PTSD and her life spirals
out of control when she falls
into a gambling addiction.
Drama starring Leanne Best.
See Viewing Guide (1/4)10.00 The Railway Killers
Documentary about a series
of murders in London in the
early 1980s, told through
dramatic reconstruction
and testimony from police
officers and victims’ friends (r)11.55 Crimes That Shook Britain
Scottish serial killer and sex
offender Peter Tobin (5/6) (r)12.55am Entertainment News on 5
1.00 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.00 Entertainment News on 5 3.10
Coastal Britain With Kate Humble (r)
3.55 OMG: My Barbie Body (r) (SL)
4.45 Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.10 House
Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35 Milkshake!7.00 Doctors The Mill welcomes a
new receptionist (r)7.30 Live Women’s World Cup
Qualifier: Northern Ireland v
England (Kick-off 7. 5 5). Live
coverage of the Group D
encounter at Windsor Park.
England have dominated
the group so far, winning
their first six matches while
scoring an incredible 53 goals
without conceding once.
However, the hosts have
their eyes on finishing
second in the group above
Austria, and will be looking
for a competitive display in
front of their own fans10.00 The Witchfinder Thomasine
and Bannister arrive in
Chelmsford (6/6)10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s
events, with Kirsty Wark11.15 FILM On the Basis of Sex (12,
2018) Biopic of lawyer Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, showing
how she faced adversity
and numerous obstacles
in her fight for equal rights
throughout her career. Felicity
Jones stars. See Film Choice1.10am Sign Zone: Dragons’ Den. A
former newsreader and his business
partner pitch their moveable webcam
(r) (SL) 2.10 MasterChef. The cooks
serve up a dish with a playful element
(r) (SL) 3.10-3.40 MasterChef (r) (SL)Wim Hof: Freeze the Fear (9pm) The Witchfinder concludes (10pm) Another DNA Journey (9pm) Derry Girls returns (9.15pm) Krissi Bohn in Compulsion (9pm)