The Times - UK (2022-04-30)

30 saturday review Saturday April 30 2022 | the times

Talk TV

7.00am Claudia-Liza and

David Bull The biggest

stories of the day

10.00 Richard Tice Former MEP

and titan of free speech,

Richard Tice examines the

state of the nation

1.00pm Trisha Goddard The

presenter takes a look

through the week’s leading

stories and gives her

opinion on the biggest

social dilemmas in the news

4.00 Kevin O’Sullivan After a

lifetime on Fleet Street,

Kevin O’Sullivan tackles the

big stories of the day

7.00 The Sunday Night Club with

Mark Saggers The host

reflects on the sporting

weekend and more

10.00-12.00 The Unexplained

with Howard Hughes

From ghosts to Big Foot,

unexplained stories are

investigated by

the presenter

BBC3

7.00pm Zen Motoring (6/6)

7.15 EastEnders

7.45 EastEnders

8.15 The Drop Clara Amfo hosts

as the tills open in the

retailer (7/8)

9.15 Bad Influencer: The Great

Insta Con The rise and fall

of internet wellness guru

Belle Gibson, who lied

about her own medical

health to cultivate a global

online following

10.00 Normal People Connell

joins Marianne’s social circle

but does not fit in (5/12)

10.30 Normal People Connell

loses his job and Marianne

has an upsetting trip

home (6/12)

11.05 Normal People Connell

bumps into Marianne

back in Sligo (7/12)

11.35-12.05am Normal People

Connell and Niall arrive

at Marianne’s family house

in Italy (8/12)

BBC4

7.00pm BBC Young Dancer 2022

The ten dancers selected

at the auditions continue

to be put through their

paces. The pressure is

mounting to secure a place

in the final (3/4)

8.00 New Generation Artists

Presents A showcase of

Radio 3 New Generation

Artists (1/2)

9.00 Prisoner C33 Drama

starring Toby Stephens as

Oscar Wilde, who begins a

conversation with his

younger self while

imprisoned in Reading Gaol.

See Viewing Guide

10.10 The Importance of Being

Oscar Documentary-drama

about Oscar Wilde’s

glittering career

11.35-12.05am Mindful Escapes:

Breathe, Release, Restore

How the natural world can

help people feel more

positive (3/4)

More 4

6.55pm Come Dine with Me

A wellness coach serves up

a healthy meal in Sheffield

7.25 Come Dine with Me

A psychologist offers

a menu inspired by her

travels through Asia

8.00 Britain By Beach Anita Rani

explores the coastline of

South Wales (2/4)

9.00 The Great Big Tiny Design

Challenge with Sandi

Toksvig The five remaining

miniaturists tackle an

Edwardian games room,

containing a billiard table,

display cabinet and

indoor plant (6/8)

10.00 24 Hours in A&E St George’s

resident doctors help a man

who suffered cardiac arrest

following a road accident

11.05-12.10am Emergency

Helicopter Medics

In Cambridgeshire, the

heli-medics race to treat a

cyclist with a brain injury

Sky Atlantic

6.45pm Six Feet Under Nate waits

for Lisa to return from Santa

Cruz, and Ruth finds

comfort in a stranger.

Vanessa and Angelica go on

a shopping spree, much to

Rico’s chagrin (11/13) (R)

7.50 Six Feet Under Claire

decides to have an abortion,

David two-times Keith, and

Nate frets over Lisa’s

vanishing act. Peter Krause

stars (12/13) (R)

9.00 Julia A bad roll of videotape

leads to reshoots and a

dubious decision to replace

chicken with a less savoury

meat. Starring Sarah

Lancashire (6/8) (R)

10.00 Winning Time: The Rise of

the Lakers Dynasty Paul

and Pat reckon with the

tenuous nature of their

positions (8/10) (R)

11.10-1.20am Olive Kitteridge Olive

and Henry have a chilling

encounter (2/4) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky History

5.30pm FILM I Am Alfred

Hitchcock (15) Interviews

and archival footage weave

together to tell the story of

the Master of Suspense, one

of the most influential and

studied filmmakers in the

history of cinema

7.15 FILM Apollo 11 (U, 2019)

Documentary made to mark

the 50th anniversary of the

moon landings, presenting

the story of the iconic

space mission through a

newly discovered trove of

70mm archive footage

and still photographs

9.00 Natalie Wood: What

Remains Behind Natasha

Gregson Wagner presents a

unique insight into her

mother’s life and movie

career. Featuring interviews

with friends and colleagues

and previously unseen

archive materials (R)

11.00-12.45am Bruno v Tyson (R)

7.00pm Nature Gone Wild An

avalanche in the Himalayas leaves

hikers in grave danger

7.30 Nature Gone Wild A jogger

has a scary run-in with a cougar

8.00 Nature Gone Wild

8.30 Nature Gone Wild

9.00 FILM Unacknowledged: An

Expose of the Greatest Secret in

Human History (18, 2017)

Top-secret evidence supporting

extra-terrestrial contact

11.10-12.10am Einsatzgruppen:

The Nazi Death Squads (2/4)

ITV2

5.55pm FILM Evan Almighty (PG,

2007) Comedy sequel starring

Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman

7.50 FILM Pitch Perfect (12, 2012)

Comedy starring Anna Kendrick

10.00 The Sex Lives of College

Girls Whitney wants to make peace

with a team-mate (2/10)

10.35 The Sex Lives of College

Girls Leighton is sentenced

to community service at a

women’s centre (3/10)

11.10 Family Guy

11.40-12.05am Family Guy

ITV3

5.50pm Agatha Christie’s Poirot

The sleuth’s dentist is found dead

8.00 Inside the Crown: Secrets of

the Royals Documentary telling

the inside story of the royal family,

beginning with a look at the

conflict between love and duty that

faces the royals (1/4)

9.00 An Audience with Ronnie

Corbett The comedian entertains

his showbiz peers

10.15-12.10am Vera DCI Stanhope

investigates a murder at a remote

cottage in Northumberland

ITV4

8.00pm Gallagher Premiership

Rugby Union Highlights David

Flatman and Topsy Ojo host action

from the 24th round of fixtures

9.00 FILM Under Siege 2: Dark

Territory (18, 1995) A Navy veteran

on board a train battles hijackers

who possess a weapon with the

potential to trigger earthquakes.

Action adventure sequel with

Steven Seagal and Eric Bogosian

11.05-1.15am FILM The Purge:

Anarchy (15, 2014) Horror sequel

starring Frank Grillo

E4

7.00pm The Goldbergs

Barry and Adam join forces to

save a local water park

7.30 The Goldbergs Beverly

discovers her neighbour is moving

and is determined to buy his home

8.00 Young Sheldon Georgie

makes a life-changing decision

8.30 Young Sheldon Meemaw

opens a gambling room

9.00 FILM Now You See Me 2 (12,

2016) Crime thriller sequel starring

Jesse Eisenberg

11.30-12.35am Gogglebox

Dave

7.00pm Border Force: America’s

Gatekeepers A man tries to enter

the US with false documents

8.00 Mortimer & Whitehouse:

Gone Fishing Paul and Bob go

fishing for crucian carp in Wiltshire

8.40 QI An edition of the show

celebrating the Cultural Olympiad

9.20 Comedians Giving Lectures

10.00 The Island The comedians

recreate classic works of art

11.00 QI XL Comedy quiz

12.00-1.00am Alan Davies: As Yet

Untitled With Nina Conti

Drama

6.00pm Call the Midwife

Christmas Special Mother Mildred

leads a team to set up a branch

house in the Outer Hebrides

8.00 Sherlock Holmes investigates

a case of blackmail — only to

become engaged in a battle of wits

with a woman as brilliant as

himself. Lara Pulver stars

10.00 We Hunt Together The end

of the road seems near for Freddy

and Baba. Babou Ceesay stars

11.00-12.20am Luther The

detective hunts for a masked killer

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash Two

iconic classics find their way to the

Mathewsons’ auction room (2/8)

8.00 Open All Hours Arkwright

invents a Saint’s day

8.35 Open All Hours Arkwright

decides Granville needs

toughening up and starts dragging

him around the store by his ear

9.20 Open All Hours

10.00 Bangers and Cash (9/10)

11.00 Bangers and Cash (15/15)

12.00-1.00am Scouting for Toys

Documentary (5/10)

PBS America

6.15pm Country Music How

country music adapted to the

cultural changes of immediate

post-war society (3/8)

8.40 Country Music A look at

the history of the American art

form and how it evolved between

1953 and 1963 (4/8)

11.00 Mutant Weather The

various alarming ways in which

weather is mutating (1/10)

12.00-1.00am Mutant Weather

Focusing on the recent Florida

and Texas hurricanes (2/10)

Smithsonian

7.00pm China’s Warrior Queen

The story of Princess Fu Hao

8.00 How Did They Build That?

A New York skyscraper that seems

to defy the laws of physics

9.00 How Did They Build That?

How engineers built two New York

skyscrapers and connected them

with a sky bridge 700ft up

10.00 Inside the Factory: How Our

Favourite Foods Are Made

11.00 How Did They Build That?

12.00-1.00am How Did They Build

That? Singapore’s “Hive” building

Sky Arts

7.00pm More Than This: The Story

of Roxy Music The background

and influences of the rock group

8.00 Elvis: The Final Hours

Documentary exploring the highs

and lows of Elvis Presley’s life

9.00 Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs &

Englishmen The singer in concert

in 1970 at Manhattan’s Fillmore

East and the Santa Monica Civic

Auditorium, featuring Delta Lady

and The Letter. See Viewing Guide

11.15-1.00am BB King: Live in

Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

Sky Max

7.00pm Flintoff: From Lord’s to

the Ring Andrew decides whether

he should continue boxing (3/3)

8.00 Rob & Romesh vs Strongman

9.00 Magnum P.I Thomas goes to

extreme lengths to uncover the

truth about a crime

10.00 A League of Their Own

Road Trip: Dingle to Dover Freddie

Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp act in

a West End show (4/6)

11.00 The Force: Manchester

Officers raid a cannabis farm (5/10)

12.00-1.00am SEAL Team (13/14)

Discovery

7.00pm Alaskan Bush People

8.00 Bee Czar

9.00 Blowing Up History

10.00 Wheeler Dealers: Dream

Car The boys want to buy

policeman Jordan his dream car

11.00 Deadliest Catch

12.00-1.00am Deadliest Catch:

Bloodline Documentary

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Car S.O.S

8.00 Airport Security: Peru and

Brazil Police officers in Lima race

to locate a suspect (2/16)

9.00 To Catch a Smuggler (13/16)

10.00 Drain the Oceans (7/15)

11.00 Drain the Oceans (8/15)

12.00-1.00am Drain the Oceans

Documentary (10/15)

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends

7.30 Friends

8.00 Friends

8.30 Friends

9.00 FILM Mission: Impossible —

Fallout (12, 2018) Action thriller

sequel starring Tom Cruise

12.00-1.00am Richard Hammond’s

Brain Reaction With Desiree Burch

Gold

7.00pm Ghosts Return of the

comedy starring Charlotte Ritchie

7.40 Ghosts Comedy series

8.20 Ghosts An old friend of Kitty’s

reappears. Lolly Adefope stars

9.00 The Royle Family

9.40 The Royle Family

10.20-12.30am Billy Connolly

Does... Double bill

W

7.00pm Nurses on the Ward

8.00 Inside the Operating Theatre

9.00 Killer Women with Piers

Morgan Jennifer Mee

10.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

11.00 One Born Every Minute

Australia Birthing stories

12.00-1.15am The Baby Has

Landed Documentary series

7.00pm The Office (US)

7.30 The Office (US)

8.00 The Office (US)

8.30 The Office (US)

9.00 Drew Michael: Red Blue

Green Stand-up special

10.15 Russell Howard: Wonderbox

12.00-12.35am Flatbush

Misdemeanors (1/10)

FV 237, FS 217, SKY 526, VIRGIN 627 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

6.45am-8.30 Live Netball:

Melbourne Vixens v Collingwood

Magpies (Centre-pass 6.45)

11.00 Live SPFL: Celtic v Rangers

2.00pm Live Renault Super

Sunday: Everton v Chelsea

4.00 Live Renault Super Sunday:

West Ham United v Arsenal

7.30 Live WSL: Birmingham City v

Chelsea (Kick-off 6.45)

9.30 Live PGA Tour Golf:

The Mexico Open

11.00-2.00am Live LPGA Tour Golf:

The Palos Verdes Championship

Sky Premier League

1.00pm Live Renault Super

Sunday: Everton v Chelsea

(Kick-off 2.00). At Goodison Park

4.00 Live Renault Super Sunday:

West Ham United v Arsenal

(Kick-off 4.30). At London Stadium

7.30 Live WSL: Birmingham City v

Chelsea (Kick-off 6.45)

9.30 Premier League 100: Darren

Bent The striker looks back at his

time in the top flight

10.00-5.30am Premier League

A replay of Tottenham Hotspur

v Leicester City

Sky Cricket

10.50am Live Indian Premier

League: Delhi Capitals v Lucknow

Super Giants The T20 match at

Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

2.50pm Live Indian Premier

League: Sunrisers Hyderabad v

Chennai Super Kings Coverage of

the T20 match at MCA

International Stadium in Pune

7.00 The Fletcher Years (1/4)

7.30 The Fletcher Years Duncan’s

theories start bearing fruit with

series wins in Sri Lanka (2/4)

8.00-4.00am IPL

BT Sport 1

7.00am-9.00 Live Isuzu UTE

A-League: Macarthur FC v

Newcastle Jets

11.30-1.30pm Live Serie A

2.00-5.15 Live Gallagher

Premiership Rugby Union:

London Irish v Wasps

(Kick-off 3.00)

7.00 Golazzo Live

7.45 Live Serie A

10.00 Uefa Europa League

Magazine

11.00 Baseball Tonight

12.00-3.30am Live MLB

BT Sport 2

8.00am Live MotoGP Warm-ups

9.15 Live MotoGP The Moto3 race

11.00 Live MotoGP The Moto2 race

12.30pm-2.00 Live MotoGP

The MotoGP race for the Grand

Prix of Spain (Start-time 1.00)

5.00 Live Serie A: Udinese v AC

Milan (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

7.00 Rio Ferdinand’s Between

the Lines

7.30 Live Ligue 1: Marseille v Lyon

9.45 WWE NXT UK

10.45 WWE SmackDown

11.45-2.45am UFC

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 1 | Primetime digital guide

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being

Oscar is a docudrama

about the writer’s career

BBC4, 10.10pm

Ryan Kent of Rangers is set

to face Celtic in the Old Firm

derby (Sky Main Event, 11am)