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BBC1 BBC2 ITV
6.00am Breakfast 10.00 Saturday
Kitchen Live 11.30 Homes Under the
Hammer (r) 12.00 Football Focus
1.00pm BBC News; Weather 1.15 Live
Snooker: The World Championship.
Coverage of the fourth and final
session of the opening semi-final,
where the first player to reach 17
frames will prevail at the Crucible
Theatre in Sheffield. Coverage
continues on BBC Two 4.30 Final
Score. A round-up of this afternoon’s
football results 5.15 Garden Rescue.
Charlie Dimmock and the Rich
Brothers visit Salford (r) 5.45 BBC
News 5.55 BBC Regional News;
Weather 6.05 The Hit List. Pop stars
from the noughties compete in
the music quiz (r) 6.50 Celebrity
Catchpoint. Members of Steps
take on the stars of Love Island7.20 Celebrity Mastermind With
Charlie Higson, Adele Roberts,
Ed Gamble and Paul Cooper7.50 Pointless Celebrities
A news themed edition of the
general knowledge quiz show.
Alexander Armstrong and
Richard Osman present8.40 Casualty Iain uncovers a dark
case on his search to find Elvira,
while David is furious when
Ollie gets led astray by his
classmates on a school trip9.20 Casualty Old wounds reopen
when Ethan lands a date with
a police officer, as his mind
flashes back to a complicated
case from nine months previous10.00 BBC News10.20 Match of the Day Gary Lineker
presents highlights of the latest
Premier League matches,
including Newcastle United v
Liverpool at St James’ Park
and Leeds United v Manchester
City at Elland Road11.45 MOTD Top 10: Derbies Gary
Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah
Richards debate the best
Premier League derbies12.15am FILM True Story (15, 2015)
A disgraced journalist discovers that
an accused killer has assumed his
identity. Fact-based drama starring
Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity
Jones 1.50 Weather for the Week
Ahead 1.55 BBC News6.30am The Dengineers (r) 7.00 Blue
Peter (r) 7.30 Britain’s Best Young
Artist (r) 8.30 Deadly 60 (r) 9.00
Interior Design Masters with Alan
Carr (r) 10.00 Live Snooker: The
World Championship. Coverage of the
afternoon session on day 15, featuring
session three of the second semi-final
12.10pm FILM The Band Wagon (U,
1953) Musical comedy starring Fred
Astaire and Jack Buchanan 2.00 Live
Women’s Six Nations: France v
England (Kick-off 2.15) 4.30 Live
Snooker: The World Championship.
Further coverage of the fourth and
final session of the opening semi-final
5.30 Flog It! At Stockport Town Hall (r)
6.00 Attenborough’s Big Birds:
Natural World. David Attenborough
examines the world of flightless birds.
See Viewing Guide (r)6.00am CITV 8.25 ITV News 8.30
Garraway’s Good Stuff 9.25 James
Martin’s Saturday Morning 11.35
Ainsley’s Good Mood Food 12.40pm
James Martin’s Islands to Highlands
(r) 1.10 ITV News; Weather 1.30 Live
ITV Racing: from Newmarket. Ed
Chamberlin presents coverage of four
races from Newmarket, including the
3.40 2,000 Guineas. Plus, action from
Goodwood and Thirsk 4.00 Tipping
Point: Lucky Stars. Ben Shephard
presents the quiz, in which Ricky
Wilson, Russell Kane and Chizzy
Akudolu answer questions to win
turns on an arcade-style machine (r)
5.00 The Chase Celebrity Special.
With Ronni Ancona, Adam Gemili,
Dave Johns and Joel Dommett (r)
6.00 ITV News; Weather 6.15 Regional
News; Weather 6.30 In for a Penny7.00 Romeo & Duet Oti Mabuse
presents the dating show that
uses the power of singing to
help people find their ideal
partners, with Michael, Liv,
Callum and Sandy taking
part this time (3/7)8.00 Britain’s Got Talent Ant and Dec
host as more awe-inspiring and
showstopping performers take
to the stage to try to impress
the judges and secure their
place in the live semi-finals9.20 The 1% Club Quiz hosted by Lee
Mack in which the questions are
all about logic and common
sense, with 100 contestants in
every show having a chance
of winning up to £100,00010.20 ITV News10.35 FILM Terminator 2: Judgment
Day (15, 1991) A cyborg is sent
back in time to the 20th century
to protect a teenage boy whose
destiny is to save the human
race. After breaking his mother
out of a mental institution, the
pair set out to avert a nuclear
war — pursued by an advanced
prototype terminator. Sci-fi
action adventure starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
See Film Choice1.00am Teleshopping 3.00 Living on
the Veg. Henry Firth and Ian Theasby
make creamy seaside pie, chilli and
nachos, big burrito cake and New
York-style cheesecake. Last in the
series (r) (SL) 3.50 Unwind with ITV
5.10 Nadia’s Family Feasts (r) (SL)7.00 Live Snooker: The World
Championship — 2022 Second
Semi-Final Fourth Session
Coverage of the evening
session on day 15 from the
Crucible Theatre in Sheffield,
featuring the concluding of
the second semi-final, as the
players battle it out to reach the
17 frames required for a place in
the final. Shaun Murphy booked
his place in the showpiece
match 12 months ago with an
impressive 17-12 victory over
2020 runner-up Kyren Wilson10.00 FILM Miles Davis: Birth of the
Cool (15, 2019) Documentary
profile of the jazz bandleader,
horn player and innovator
whose determination to break
boundaries and live life on his
own terms made him a star, but
also made him difficult to live
with. Featuring studio out-takes,
archive footage and photos and
Davis’s own words, as well as
contributions from many
friends and colleagues11.55 Jazz Divas Gold A selection of
archive performances (r)12.55am-2.40 FILM A White, White
Day (15, 2019) An off duty police chief
becomes obsessed with proving that
a neighbour had an affair with his
dead wife. Thriller starring Ingvar
Sigurdsson and Ída Mekkín
Hlynsdóttir. In Icelandic7.15 Devon and Cornwall: Fishing
Lives An episode celebrating
the counties’ shared heritage of
fishing, meeting people whose
lives revolve around fishing the
waters of Devon and Cornwall.
See Viewing Guide8.15 A Lake District Farm Shop
Tebay Services prepares to
celebrate its 50th birthday,
and chef Jim is challenged to
come up with a contemporary
version of a popular dish from
the farm shop’s 1970s roots9.20 FILM Captain America: Civil
War (12, 2016) The superhuman
soldier is propelled into conflict
with his Avengers teammate
Iron Man over a system of
government control over their
actions — a situation made
worse when an old friend is
accused of being behind a
terror attack. As a cunning
conspiracy surrounds them all,
Captain America finds himself
battling former allies, vengeful
enemies, and new heroes on
the block Black Panther and
Spider-Man. Superhero
adventure starring Chris Evans,
Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett
Johansson and Sebastian Stan12.20am FILM Warcraft (12, 2016)
Fantasy adventure based on the
best-selling computer game, starring
Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton and Ben
Foster 2.25 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (r)
3.10 Come Dine with Me (r) (SL)
4.00 Hollyoaks Omnibus (r) (SL)Channel 4 Channel 5
6.15am Mike & Molly (r) 6.40 The King
of Queens (r) 7.30 The Simpsons (r)
7.55 The Simpsons (r) 8.25 The
Simpsons (r) 8.55 The Simpsons (r)
9.25 The Simpsons (r) 9.55 The
Simpsons (r) 10.25 The Simpsons (r)
10.55 Four in a Bed (r) 11.25 Four in a
Bed (r) 11.55 Four in a Bed (r) 12.25pm
Four in a Bed (r) 12.55 Four in a
Bed (r) 1.30 Live Formula E: The
Monaco ePrix (Start-time 2.00)
3.30 A Place in the Sun (r) 4.15 A
Place in the Sun. Terry and Jen wish to
buy a holiday home on Tenerife (r)
4.45 Ugly House to Lovely House
with George Clarke. Leading
architects transform an appallingly
designed flat (r) 5.50 Grand Designs.
An architect transforms an old
agricultural building in County
Down (r) 6.45 Channel 4 News6.00am Milkshake! 10.00 SpongeBob
SquarePants (r) 10.10 SpongeBob
SquarePants (r) 10.25 Entertainment
News on 5 10.30 Friends (r) 10.55
Friends (r) 11.25 Friends (r) 11.55
Friends (r) 12.25pm Our Yorkshire
Farm (r) 1.20 Our Yorkshire Farm.
There are new beginnings on the
horizon for the Owen family (r) 2.25
FILM The Secret Garden (U, 1993) An
orphan girl restores a garden to its
former glory with the help of a village
boy. Children’s drama based on
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s book, with
Kate Maberly and Maggie Smith 4.30
The Balmoral: Scotland’s Finest Hotel.
Documentary profiling Edinburgh’s
prestigious hotel (r) 6.25 5 News
Weekend 6.30 Holidaying with Jane
McDonald: Florida. The singer goes
on a road trip through the state (r)7.20 Tommy Cooper: Just Like
That! Michael Parkinson,
Jimmy Tarbuck and Chris
Tarrant reflect on what made
Tommy Cooper one of the
greats. Friends and colleagues
talk about working with him,
and his daughter Vicky gives
her first television interview.
See Viewing Guide (r)9.20 Queen: A Rock History Simon
Callow narrates a documentary
examining the rise to fame
of the rock band, revealing
their early attempts to break
into the charts and Freddie
Mercury’s blossoming as a
front man as he created his
stage persona. The programme
explores the musical influences
of their first hit Seven Seas of
Rhye, and shows how David
Bowie was responsible for their
first slot on Top of the Pops.
See Viewing Guide (1/2)11.10 Queen: Live at the Odeon
A performance from the rock
band led by Freddie Mercury,
recorded on Christmas Eve at
the Hammersmith Odeon in
1975, featuring one of the first
live renditions of Bohemian
Rhapsody (r)12.30am Greatest Ever Celebrity
Wind Ups 1.20 Entertainment News
1.35 The LeoVegas Live Casino Show
3.35 World’s Most Expensive Hotels
4.25 Tribal Teens 5.10 House Doctor
5.35 Peppa Pig 5.40 Paw Patrol 5.50
Monkey’s Amazing AdventuresJames Franco stars (12.15am) The cool Miles Davis (10pm) Terminator 2 (10.35pm) Captain America: Civil War (9.20pm) The Secret Garden (2.25pm)