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7.00 Channel 4 News8.00 The Great Home
Transformation Emma Willis,
Nick Grimshaw and the design
team help a couple in Swansea
whose three-bedroom semi is
proving a tight squeeze now
that their adult children have
moved back in (2/6)9.00 Grand Designs: The Streets
New series. Kevin McCloud and
Natasha Huq follow people
building homes at Graven Hill in
Oxfordshire, the UK’s largest
mass self-build site, and a new
site in Glasgow city centre.
See Viewing Guide10.00 Naked Attraction’s Best
Naughty Bits A look back at
some of the biggest and best
characters, including a
75-year-old bisexual, and a
woman who was looking for the
father of her future children11.05 SAS: Who Dares Wins The
21 recruits are sent on an
intense journey to their base
through searing heat (1/6) (r)12.35am Johnny Vegas: Carry on
Glamping. Documentary (r)
1.30 FILM Funny Cow (15, 2018)
Drama starring Maxine Peake.
See Film Choice 3.15 Location,
Location, Location (r) 4.10 Unreported
World (r) (SL) 4.35 Dispatches (r) (SL)BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5
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. Maeve’s concerns rise and
Bear seeks Sid’s advice 2.15 Father
Brown. A local writer is murdered (r)
3.00 Escape to the Country. A couple
search for a base in the Wiltshire
countryside (r) 3.45 The Repair Shop.
Master hatter Jayesh Vaghela tackles
a hat worn by a PoW who worked on
the Death Railway in the Second
World War, and Steve Fletcher is given
a talking doll who has lost her voice
(r) 4.30 Bridge of Lies 5.15 Pointless.
Quiz with Alexander Armstrong
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather
6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather7.00 The One Show Hosted by Alex
Jones and Jermaine Jenas7.30 EastEnders Ben confronts
the man who hurled abuse
at him the night before8.00 Mary Berry’s Fantastic Feasts
The food writer teaches three
novice cooks how to create
dishes for afternoon tea so they
can throw a thank you party.
See Viewing Guide9.00 Interior Design Masters with
Alan Carr The contestants
redesign cafes in Margate,
with one team opting for a
bold colour palette, while the
others channel the colours of
the sea with cool blues and
vintage shutters (6/8)10.00 BBC News at Ten10.25 BBC Regional News10.35 FILM Meet Joe Black (12, 1998)
Death takes over the body of a
recently deceased young man,
and embarks on a mission to
claim the life of a powerful
media tycoon, but ends up
falling in love with his daughter
instead — leaving him on the
horns of a dilemma. Remake
of the 1934 romantic fantasy
Death Takes a Holiday,
starring Brad Pitt, Anthony
Hopkins and Claire Forlani1.25am Weather for the Week Ahead
1.30 BBC News. The latest headlines6.30am Bridge of Lies (r) 7.15 Bargain
Hunt (r) 8.00 Sign Zone: Dynasties (r)
(SL) 9.00 BBC News 10.00 BBC News
1.00pm Ready Steady Cook. Two
friends from Hertfordshire compete
(r) 1.45 Eggheads (r) 2.15 The Best
Dishes Ever (r) 2.45 The Customer Is
Always Right. Customers test out
three new products, including a 3D
noticeboard (r) 3.30 The Customer Is
Always Right. Inventions include a
ring designed to reduce snoring (r)
4.15 Big Cats About the House.
Following the work of the big cat
expert Giles Clark (r) 5.15 Flog It!.
From Barnard Castle in Co Durham
(r) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House
of Games. With panellists Sarah
Kendall, Jay McGuiness, Linda Robson
and Bobby Seagull 6.30 Lightning.
Quiz show hosted by Zoe Lyons6.00am Good Morning Britain
9.00 Lorraine 10.00 This Morning
12.30pm Loose Women. Topical
studio discussion 1.30 ITV News;
Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather
2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. David
Dickinson and the team set up shop in
Milton Keynes, where Mark Steven
and David Ford battle it out over a
tin-plate toy car (r) 3.00 Lingo.
Contestants try to work out words
that appear in the Lingo grids and
Puzzlewords. Hosted by Adil Ray (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 5.00 The
Chase. More contestants take part in
the quiz show 6.00 Regional News;
Weather 6.30 ITV News; Weather6.10am 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. Giles Coren joins Susie
Dent in Dictionary Corner 3.00 A
Place in the Sun (r) 4.00 A New Life in
the Sun. Glampsite owners in Portugal
face the reality of living off-grid (r)
5.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses.
A pilates fan searches for a holiday
home in Alicante 6.00 The Simpsons
(r) 6.30 Hollyoaks. Darren helps
Brooke have a realisation about
their relationship with Ripley (r)6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine.
The broadcaster discusses the issues
of the day 12.15pm Litter Louts:
At War with the Law 1.10 5 News at
Lunchtime 1.15 Home and Away. Dean
gets a shocking call 1.45 Neighbours
2.20 FILM Burning Lies (PG, TVM,
2021) A woman falls for a firefighter
after he rescues her from a car
crash, but soon his overprotective
behaviour turns to obsession. Thriller
starring Annika Foster 4.00 Bargain-
Loving Brits in the Sun. Bambi and
Jonnie head out on a horse riding
excursion for Jonnie’s birthday 5.00
5 News at 5 6.00 Neighbours. Ned
gets jealous when he sees Harlow and
Corey together (r) 6.30 Eggheads.
Jeremy Vine hosts as Dads’ Cafe
try their luck against the Eggheads
to win the rolling prize fund7.30 Emmerdale Excited Meena
rehearses in her cell8.00 Coronation Street Imran
decides to challenge Abi for
custody of Alfie, Beth betrays
Craig’s confidence to Faye and
Gary questions Maria’s priorities9.00 Kate & Koji When her lifelong
enemy suddenly decides to
make amends, Kate thinks
she smells a rat (5/6)9.30 Kate & Koji Kate decides to
enter politics. Last in the series10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather10.30 Regional News; Weather10.45 Worlds Collide: The
Manchester Bombing
Examining the events
surrounding the Manchester
Arena bombing in 2017 (1/2) (r)11.40 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Hard-hitting action from the
world of All Elite Wrestling1.25am Teleshopping 3.00 Bling. Gok
Wan guides another happy shopper
through the process of selling old
items to buy something brand new (r)
(SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05
Tipping Point. Arcade-themed quiz,
hosted by Ben Shephard (r) (SL)7.00 Should I Buy An Electric Car?
Alexis Conran takes a look at
electric cars as he asks all the
questions that motorists
looking to make the switch
to electric are asking7.55 5 News Update8.00 Police Interceptors The
firearms team race to the
scene of an alleged shooting,
only to find themselves
embroiled in an unconnected
domestic incident; followed
by 5 News Update9.00 Compulsion Chris is rocked to
the core when he uncovers the
truth about Jenny’s gambling.
In desperation, Jenny revisits
Sasha and they discuss a
plan to steal drugs from
Jenny’s workplace (2/4)10.00 Killer at the Crime Scene After
a student is found dead in his
car, investigators suspect his
girlfriend’s brother to be the
culprit until he’s spotted on
CCTV across town at the time
of the murder (5/8) (r)11.05 Ambulance: Code Red
Paramedics treat a
motorcyclist who has been
thrown off his bike (4/10) (r)12.05am 999: Criminals: Caught on
Camera (r) 1.00 The 21.co.uk Live
Casino Show 3.00 Entertainment
News on 5 3.10 George Clarke’s Build
a New Life in the Country (r) 3.55
OMG! Make Me a Famous Face (r)
(SL) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (r) (SL)7.00 Doctors Maeve’s concerns rise
and Bear seeks Sid’s advice (r)7.30 The Bidding Room Items
include an anatomical spider,
a Victorian commode and a
signed Live Aid T-shirt (r)8.00 Secrets of the Museum A series
of landscape prints made by
John Constable are revealed,
and preparations are made
for a new exhibition examining
the less-familiar work of
goldsmith Carl Fabergé (2/6)9.00 Gazza Documentary charting
the life of the football legend
Paul Gascoigne, whose
on-field brilliance has been
rivalled by a troubled private
life. See Viewing Guide (1/2)10.00 QI With guest panellists Jason
Manford, Jimmy Carr and
Victoria Coren Mitchell (r)10.30 Newsnight Analysis of the day’s
events, with Kirsty Wark11.15 Unspun World with John
Simpson The week’s major
global news stories11.45 Thatcher & Reagan: A Very
Special Relationship (2/2) (r)12.45am Sign Zone: Extraordinary
Portraits. The artist Thomas Croft
meets a former Royal Marine who
survived an explosion (r) (SL) 1.15
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (r)
(SL) 2.00-3.00 The Misadventures
of Romesh Ranganathan (r) (SL)Meet Joe Black (10.35pm) Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne (9pm) Okorie Chukwu as Koji (9pm) Another home transformed (8pm) Presenter Alexis Conran (7pm)