the times | Saturday April 9 2022 saturday review 49
Good Friday
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 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather
1.15 BBC Regional News; Weather
1.30 Jill Halfpenny’s Easter Journeys.
Exploring Easter traditions (1/2) 2.30
Father Brown. The sleuth investigates
the macabre world of doll’s house
crime scenes (r) 3.15 Escape to the
Country. Alistair Appleton helps a
couple find a new home in the High
Weald (r) 3.45 The Repair Shop. The
team restores a silver singing trophy,
a birdcage and a boxing bag (r) 4.30
Bridge of Lies. Quiz show. Last in the
series 5.15 Pointless. Quiz show
hosted by Alexander Armstrong
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.20
BBC Regional News; Weather6.30 Dinosaurs: The Final Day
with David Attenborough
The naturalist reveals exactly
how an asteroid strike wiped
out the dinosaurs after an
enormous asteroid hit Earth
some 66 million years ago8.00 MasterChef The week’s most
talented cooks return to contest
a place in the semi-finals8.30 Would I Lie to You? With
panellists Daisy May Cooper,
Diane Morgan, Richard Osman
and Rory Reid (6/10) (r)9.00 Have I Got News for You Jack
Dee hosts the satirical quiz (4/9)9.30 Not Going Out Confined to a
wheelchair after surgery, Lee
turns Peeping Tom (4/7)10.00 BBC News at Ten10.25 BBC Regional News10.35 FILM The Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel (12, 2011) Seven English
pensioners looking for a fresh
start are drawn to an advert
for a hotel in the Indian city
of Jaipur, and plan to spend
their retirement there. They
arrive to find the building
dilapidated but are won over
by the enthusiastic young
manager, and each embarks
on their own adventures in the
city. Comedy drama starring
Judi Dench, Bill Nighy,
Maggie Smith and Dev Patel12.30am Weather for the Week Ahead
12.35 BBC News6.30am Bridge of Lies (r) 7.15 Escape
to the Country (r) 8.00 Sign Zone: The
Speedshop (r) (SL) 9.00 BBC News
10.30 Britain’s Easter Story (r) 11.30
Fern Britton’s Holy Land Journey (r)
12.30pm Heavenly Gardens with
Alexander Armstrong (r) 1.30 Big Cats
About the House (r) 2.30 FILM King
of Kings (U, 1961) Historical drama
telling the story of the birth, life and
crucifixion of Christ. Narrated by
Orson Welles and starring Jeffrey
Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert
Ryan and Rip Torn 5.05 Flog It!
Valuing antiques at Wallasey Town
Hall on the Wirral Peninsula (r) 6.00
Richard Osman’s House of Games.
Sarah Kendall, Jay McGuiness, Linda
Robson and Bobby Seagull take
part 6.30 Lightning. The comedian
Zoe Lyons hosts the quick-fire quiz6.00am Good Morning Britain. News,
current affairs and lifestyle features
9.00 Lorraine. Entertainment and
fashion news 10.00 This Morning
12.30pm Loose Women. Interviews
and topical debate 1.45 ITV News;
Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather
2.00 FILM Matilda (PG, 1996)
A youngster uses her special powers
to turn the tables on the nasty
headmistress at her prison-like
school. Children’s fantasy comedy
starring Mara Wilson and Danny
DeVito 4.00 Lingo. Contestants from
Chesterfield and London try to work
out words that appear in the Lingo
grids (r) 5.00 Tipping Point. Quiz
hosted by Ben Shephard 6.00 ITV
News; Weather 6.20 Regional News;
Weather 6.30 The Chase. Quiz
show hosted by Bradley Walsh7.30 Emmerdale The shocking
events of yesterday’s trial hit
the morning news, Leyla is
hiding something, and Paddy
has got a plan up his sleeve8.00 Coronation Street Abi and
Imran prepare to do battle for
care of Alfie. Gary hopes to bury
the past at Rick’s funeral, Amy
stumbles on Summer’s secret,
and Kirk amazes his employers
by winning a big order9.00 Grantchester Another
homeless man is found dead,
clean-shaven and killed in the
same manner as the previous
victims. Geordie and Will realise
that they may have sent the
wrong person to prison, and the
killer may still be at large (6/6)10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather10.15 FILM 22 Jump Street (15, 2014)
Undercover cops Schmidt and
Jenko are sent on a new
assignment at a university.
When one joins the college
American football team and the
other falls in with a crowd of
Bohemian artists, loyalty to
their new cliques puts a strain
on their friendship. Crime
comedy starring Jonah Hill
and Channing Tatum12.10am Teleshopping 3.00 Winning
Combination. Omid Djalili hosts the
quiz show (r) (SL) 3.50 Unwind with
ITV. Daily escape designed to calm
the mind and encourage relaxation
and reflection 5.05 Cash Trapped.
Quiz hosted by Bradley Walsh (r) (SL)7.00 MOTDx Football discussion
presented by Jermaine Jenas7.30 Beechgrove Calum Clunie is
designing and building a
garden modest in size and in
budget, but big on ideas (r)8.00 Gardeners’ World At
Longmeadow, Monty Don turns
his attention to planting up his
new bog garden, and Adam
Frost heads to a beautiful
walled garden in West Sussex9.00 Pilgrimage: The Road to the
Scottish Isles The table tennis
star Will Bayley joins the rest of
the team. Eventually they leave
Northern Ireland behind them
and set sail across the North
Channel to Scotland (2/3)10.00 La Voix Humaine The Orchestra
of the Royal Opera House
presents this new production of
Poulenc’s short opera La Voix
Humaine, based on Jean
Cocteau’s 1928 play11.00 House of Maxwell A look
at the repercussions of
Robert Maxwell’s death, with
revelations about financial
fraud in the family business
leading to dramatic raids
and the arrests of his sons
Kevin and Ian (2/3) (r)12.00 Sign Zone: Panorama. Current
affairs report (r) (SL) 12.30am How to
Sleep Well with Michael Mosley. The
latest science and surprising health
benefits of better sleep (r) (SL)
1.30-2.30 Your Body Uncovered
with Kate Garraway (r) (SL)7.00 Channel 4 News Including
sport and weather7.30 Hotel Chocolat at Easter As the
factory gears up for one of its
busiest times of the year, Angus
Thirlwell hopes that new ranges
will entice the customers8.00 Grayson’s Art Club Grayson
Perry is joined by guest Katy
Wix for a show themed on
holidays. The painter Denzil
Forrester reveals how he
captures the rhythms of
London’s reggae, dub
and dancehall clubs9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics
share their opinions on what
they have been watching
during the week, with cameras
capturing their instant reactions10.00 Open House: The Great Sex
Experiment Welsh couple Liam
and Stacey want to try to open
up by fulfilling a fantasy of
Liam’s — watching Stacey have
sex with another man (3/6)11.05 Derry Girls Tomorrow is GCSE
results day and the gang are
expecting poor outcomes.
Worried what their parents will
say, they need a plan (1/6) (r)11.40 Hullraisers Comedy about a
trio of female friends (1/6) (r)12.10am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown (r) 1.05 Jimmy Carr’s
I Literally Just Told You (r) 2.00 FILM
Kill Your Friends (18, 2015) Drama
starring Nicholas Hoult 3.45 Come
Dine with Me. Back-to-back editions
from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (r)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.15am Countdown (r) 6.55 Cheers (r)- 2 5 Cheers (r) 7.55 Everybody Loves
Raymond (r) 8.50 Frasier (r) 10.20
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (r)
11.15 Undercover Boss USA (r) 12.10pm
Couples Come Dine with Me (r) 1.10
Find It, Fix It, Flog It. A servant’s call
bell (r) 2.10 Countdown. Giles Coren
guests in Dictionary Corner 3.00
A Place in the Sun. Leah Charles-King
helps two retired teachers to find a
home on Spain’s Costa de la Luz (r)
4.00 A New Life in the Sun. The
owners of a glampsite in Portugal get
hands-on at a goat farm (r) 5.00 Sun,
Sea and Selling Houses. Sharon and
Shaun and Damon and Sophie catch
up with ex-clients 6.00 The Simpsons.
Homer offers to donate a kidney to
Grampa (r) 6.30 Hollyoaks. Nancy has
to break some bad news to Olivia (r)
6.00am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine
12.15pm Litter Louts: At War with the
Law 1.10 5 News at Lunchtime 1.15
Home and Away. Bella pushes Nikau
to face his feelings 1.45 Neighbours
2.20 FILM Did I Kill My Mother? (PG,
TVM, 2018) A young woman is forced
to prove her innocence after coming
under suspicion for the deaths of her
parents. Mystery thriller starring
Megan Park, Dane Rhodes and Karina
Willis 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the
Sun. Colin “Coco” Brown rescues a
miniature pony he calls Trooper (r)
5.00 Neighbours. Montana ramps up
the expenses for Fashion Week (r)
5.30 Eggheads. Hop Pole United from
Aylesbury take on the regulars 6.00
Inside Aldi at Easter. A look at the
supermarket giant’s preparation for
the season (r) 6.55 5 News Update7.00 Coastal Britain with Kate
Humble Kate follows the iconic
white cliffs of Dover on a
15-mile walk of contrasts,
beginning above Folkestone
Harbour at Martello Tower 37.55 5 News Update8.00 Cruising with Susan Calman
Susan sets sail from the
bustling city of Barcelona,
boarding one of the biggest
cruise ships in the world:
Harmony of the Seas (3/6);
followed by 5 News Update9.00 Compulsion With Sasha — and
Jenny’s money — nowhere to
be found, Jenny chases the
only lead she has — loan shark
Connie Bertram, who agrees to
help Jenny find her quarry —
for a price. Last in the series10.00 Holidaying with Jane
McDonald: The Caribbean
The singer visits the island of
Grenada, visiting the spice
market in the capital St
Georges and marvelling at the
underwater sculpture park
at Molinere Bay (3/4) (r)11.05 Greatest 80s Pop Videos: 1989
A look back at the greatest pop
videos from the end of the
1980s, an era when Black Box,
Jive Bunny, Bangles, and Jason
Donovan, Marc Almond and
Gene Pitney had hits (10/10)1.00am The 21.co.uk Live Casino
Show 3.00 Entertainment News on 5
3.10 Police Interceptors (r) 3.55 OMG!
My Midlife Plastic Crisis (r) (SL) 4.45
Wildlife SOS (r) (SL) 5.10 House
Doctor (r) (SL) 5.35 Peppa Pig (r) 5.40
Paw Patrol (r) 5.50 Pip and Posy (r)Dinosaurs: The Final Day (6.30pm) Danielle De Niese (10pm) The final Grantchester (9pm) Hotel Chocolat at Easter (7.30pm) Olivia Fenton as Kylie (9pm)
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