The Times - UK (2022-04-30)

34 saturday review Saturday April 30 2022 | the times

TalkTV BBC3

7.00pm Becoming: Dumbledore

7.20 MasterChef Australia

Shannon Bennett sets a

task for the cooks

8.25 The Catch Up

8.30 Stitch, Please! Two

contestants create a

costume inspired by the

1990s movie Clueless (3/4)

9.00 The Drop It’s the final and

the judges decide who will

stock their next collection

in a major retailer (8/8)

10.00 Peacock Andy applies

for the Head Trainer role

and tries to get serious

with Carly (2/3)

10.25 My Left Nut Mick is horrified

to discover the whole school

is talking about him (2/3)

11.00 Gavin & Stacey Bryn tries to

organise a surprise for

Gwen’s birthday (5/7)

11.30 Gavin & Stacey The

newlyweds begin leading

separate lives (6/7)

12.00-1.00am The Drop (8/8)

BBC4

7.00pm Johnny Kingdom: A Year

on Exmoor Searching for

wild boar (5/10)

7.30 Seven Ages of Starlight

An exploration of the

stars (1&2/2)

9.00 Brian Cox’s Adventures in

Space and Time The

physicist explores the

enigma of time (4/4)

10.00 Missions Alice discovers

uncomfortable genetic

facts, causing emotional

confrontations (4/10)

10.20 Missions A violent

encounter lends urgency

to Peter’s quest (5/10)

10.45 Missions Jeanne is on the

run, with reason to be

paranoid (6/10)

11.10 Missions Jeanne and Alice

are distressed (7/10)

11.30 Coast The most scary sea

cliffs in Britain

11.50-1.55am BBC Proms 2018

A concert led by multi-

instrumentalist Jacob Collier

More 4

6.55pm The Yorkshire Dales and

the Lakes A Wensleydale

farmer bids to become

England’s champion

sheepdog trialler

7.55 Escape to the Château

Dick celebrates his birthday

with a hot-air balloon ride

over the château at sunrise,

while Angel starts work on a

new plan — building a

geodesic dome (2/3)

9.00 The Great British Dig:

History in Your Back

Garden The team go on the

hunt for the Morda

Workhouse in Oswestry,

Shropshire

10.00 Guy Martin’s Lancaster

Bomber The presenter

trains in all seven crew

positions on the

iconic aircraft

11.05-12.10am 24 Hours in A&E

An 80-year-old woman is

admitted with a potential

bleed on the brain

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm The Affair Noah cannot

escape the allure of Alison

at his in-laws’ summer party,

while the waitress struggles

with feeling indebted to her

mother-in-law. Dominic

West stars (2/10) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones Robb

Stark marches south to

avenge his father (1/10) (R)

9.00 Winning Time: The Rise of

the Lakers Dynasty Drama

chronicling the professional

and personal lives of the

1980s Los Angeles Lakers.

Starring John C Reilly and

Jason Clarke (9/10) (R)

10.10 The King Prosecutor

Lombardo does not believe

Lackovic committed suicide.

In Italian (2/8) (R)

11.10-12.15am Gomorrah The

Savastanos’ rivals rally

around Conte to help exact

revenge for Daniele’s death.

Italian crime drama starring

Maria Pia Calzone (11/12) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky History

7.00pm Catch and Kill: The

Podcast Tapes Ronan

Farrow’s intimate,

revealing interviews with

whistleblowers and

journalists (1/6) (R)

7.30 Catch and Kill: The Podcast

Tapes (2/6) (R)

8.00 The Sixties Documentary

exploring the changing face

of America throughout the

decade, beginning with a

look at the groundbreaking

television programmes that

shaped the nation (1/10) (R)

9.00 FILM Transhood (15, 2020)

Filmed over five years in

Kansas City, this

documentary follows four

kids — beginning at ages 4,

7, 12, and 15 — as they

redefine “coming of age”

10.50-12.40am FILM Missile from

the East (U, 2021) The story

of a motorcycle racer who

risked his life defecting

to West Germany

6.00pm Hitler’s Secret Tunnels

8.00 American Pickers A

time-travel bike in Mississippi

9.00 Ross Kemp: Shipwreck

Treasure Hunter The actor dives

on the wreck of a steam-age

ship in north Devon (3/4)

10.00 Deep Water Salvage Efforts

are made to raise more valuable

tropical hardwood (4/8)

11.00 Shipwrecks: When History

Resurfaces USS Corsica

12.00-1.00am Secrets of the

Lost Ark Documentary

ITV2

6.15pm FILM Spider-Man 3

(12, 2007) Superhero sequel

starring Tobey Maguire

9.00 Family Guy Principal

Shephard moves in with the

Griffins after losing his job

9.30 American Dad! The Smiths

go to a dude ranch

10.00 Family Guy

10.30 Family Guy

10.55 Family Guy

11.25 American Dad!

11.55-12.25am The Stand Up

Sketch Show (5/6)

ITV3

6.55pm Heartbeat Blaketon is

threatened with demotion

8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot The

detective investigates when a man

is found murdered on a golf course

10.20 Law & Order: UK A

blood-spattered hotel room and a

stolen credit card lead detectives

Ronnie and Joe to a privileged

young woman whose newborn

baby has gone missing

11.20-12.25am White House Farm

The true story of the mass murder

of a family in 1985 (1/6)

ITV4

7.00pm BattleBots Four bots

face-off to be crowned champion

8.00 MotoGP Highlights The Gran

Premio Red Bull de España

9.00 FILM Alien (18, 1979) A cargo

spacecraft is invaded by a deadly

creature that begins preying on the

crew. Sci-fi horror with Sigourney

Weaver, Tom Skerritt and Ian Holm

11.25-1.15am FILM Lucy (15, 2014)

A courier seeks revenge on

gangsters after a drug grants her

superhuman abilities. Sci-fi thriller

with Scarlett Johansson

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks

7.30 The Big Bang Theory

8.00 Below Deck: Mediterranean

New series. Captain Sandy

returns to Croatia at the helm

of the Lady Michelle

9.00 Made in Chelsea The

shocking news of Harvey’s

cheating has spread (5/10)

10.00 Temptation Island

New series. Host Mark Walberg

welcomes four new couples to

the island paradise (1/12)

11.00-12.05am Gogglebox

Dave

7.00pm Richard Osman’s House of

Games With Chemmy Alcott

7.40 Room 101 With Miranda Hart,

Reggie Yates and John Craven

8.20 QI Ross Noble, Dara O Briain,

Jeremy Clarkson and Alan Davies

take part in the quiz

9.00 QI XL With Phill Jupitus,

Sara Pascoe and Mark Watson

10.00 Comedians Giving Lectures

With Ken Cheng and Alex Brooker

10.40 Mock the Week

11.20 Mock the Week

12.00-1.00am QI XL

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

Clegg gets stuck up a tree

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

8.00 Inspector George Gently

The final episode of the detective

drama sees Gently testifying

against corrupt Met officers as he

prepares to retire from the force

10.00 New Tricks The body of a

missing computer expert turns up

in a morgue under a false name

11.20-1.50am Silent Witness

Two suspected terrorists and

a policeman are shot

Yesterday

7.00pm Great Continental Railway

Journeys Michael Portillo travels

through Spain and Portugal (4/6)

8.00 Abandoned Engineering

A luxury resort in Argentina

9.00 Hornby: A Model World

Young designer Tom attempts to

create a new model of the British

jet the Vampire (8/10)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (9/10)

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

A real-life concrete jungle

12.00-1.00am Great Continental

Railway Journeys (4/6)

PBS America

6.25pm Country Music The history

of the musical art form from 1973

to 1983, when Dolly Parton crossed

over to mainstream success and

became the most famous woman

in country music (7/8)

9.20 FILM Defying the Nazis:

The Sharps’ War (PG, 2016) A

Massachusetts couple who helped

people fleeing the Nazis

11.00 Mutant Weather The

melt in Alaska (3/10)

12.00-1.00am Mutant Weather

Global warming (7/10)

Smithsonian

7.00pm Inside the Factory: How

Our Favourite Foods Are Made

Exploring the production and

history of chocolate

8.00 The Colour of Care How

people of colour suffer from

systemically substandard

healthcare in the US

9.30 America’s Hidden Stories

The flu pandemic of 1918

10.30 Inside the Factory: How Our

Favourite Foods Are Made The

production and history of milk

11.30-1.00am The Colour of Care

Sky Arts

7.00pm André Rieu: Making the

Magic The Dutch violinist performs

for the first time in Bucharest (7/10)

8.00 The Art of Architecture

A look at the work of Ross Sharpe

9.00 Laurel Canyon

The story of Laurel Canyon (2/2)

10.35 Art Traffickers: Treasures

Stolen from the Tombs The most

sensational thefts of ancient

masterpieces in history (3/4)

11.35-12.55am FILM Jerry Lewis:

The Man Behind the Clown (PG,

2016) A profile of the entertainer

Sky Max

7.00pm A League of Their Own

Road Trip: Dingle to Dover Freddie

Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp act

in a West End show (4/6)

8.00 Agatha Raisin The sleuth

is whisked away on holiday.

See Viewing Guide (2/3)

10.00 Rob & Romesh vs

Strongman The world of

strongman competitions

11.00 The Rising (2/8)

12.00-12.45am Never Mind the

Buzzcocks With Richard Ayoade,

DJ Majestic and Mollie King

Discovery

7.00pm Supertruckers

8.00 Bitchin’ Rides

9.00 Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car

10.00 Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car

Crew The Boyz take a trip to

Radford Racing School in Arizona

11.00 Railroad Alaska

12.00-1.00am Wheeler Dealers:

Dream Car A Fiesta RS Turbo

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Car S.O.S

8.00 To Catch a Smuggler CBP’s

Beagle Brigade sniffs out

bioterrorism (14/16)

9.00 Air Crash Investigation

10.00 Air Crash Investigation

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Air Crash

Investigation

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

7.00pm Friends Triple bill

9.00 Live at the Apollo

10.00 Impractical Jokers: Inside

Jokes Behind-the-scenes

10.30 Impractical Jokers:

Uncensored Hidden camera show

11.00 Rob Beckett’s Undeniable

12.00-1.00am Paul Chowdhry:

Live Innit Stand-up comedy

Gold

7.00pm Ghosts

7.40 Ghosts

8.20 Ghosts

9.00 French & Saunders: Funny

Women The duo discuss crucial

female contributions to comedy

11.00 Desmond’s The gang

watch Porkpie at work

11.35-12.10am Peep Show

W

8.00pm Emma Willis: Delivering

Babies Documentary

9.00 Nurses on the Ward

10.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over:

International Women’s Day

Special A sleepover with

body-positive Harnaam Kaur

11.00 One Born Every Minute

12.00-1.00am 999 Rescue Squad

8.00pm 30 Rock Double bill

9.00 Last Week Tonight with John

Oliver News and pop culture

9.45 Barry (2/8)

10.25 A Black Lady Sketch Show

11.00 Last Week Tonight with John

Oliver News and pop culture

11.45-1.00am Real Time with Bill

Maher The week’s events

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

Midday Live EFL: Salford City v

Mansfield Town (Kick-off 12.30)

2.30pm Live EFL: Port Vale v

Newport County (Kick-off 3.00)

5.00 Live EFL: Fulham v Luton

Town (Kick-off 5.15). The fixture

from Craven Cottage

7.30 Live MNF: Manchester United

v Brentford (Kick-off 8.00).

Coverage of the top-flight match

from Old Trafford

11.00 Sky Sports News

12.30am-3.00 Live NBA Basketball

Coverage of a play-off match

Sky Premier League

7.00pm Live MNF: Manchester

United v Brentford (Kick-off 8.00).

The top-flight match from

Old Trafford, as the Red Devils

continue to push for a top

four place. The reverse fixture

back in January saw three

second-half goals from Anthony

Elanga, Mason Greenwood and

Marcus Rashford give the home

side three important points

11.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits

11.30-12.00 Premier League Icons

A profile of Eric Cantona

Sky Cricket

2.50pm Live Indian Premier

League: Kolkata Knight Riders v

Rajasthan Royals Coverage of

the T20 match from Wankhede

Stadium, Mumbai

7.00 The Fletcher Years

A look at the 2005 Ashes (3/4)

7.30 The Fletcher Years After the

2005 Ashes triumph, Fletcher’s

fortunes seem to turn (4/4)

8.00 IPL

9.00 IPL

10.00 IPL

11.00-12.00 IPL

BT Sport 1

9.00am Live National Futsal

Series Matchday seven

5.00pm Live Vanarama National

League Football action

7.45 Live Serie A

9.45 Rocky & Wrighty: From

Brockley To The Big Time The

story of how a young David

Rocastle’s meteoric rise to stardom

inspired another legend in

the shape of Ian Wright

11.00 WWE Raw Highlights

1.00am-4.15 Live WWE

Monday Night Raw

BT Sport 2

7.30pm Live Serie A

9.45 BT Sport United

10.00 The Last Dance

A look at Dennis Rodman’s energy

on the court, which helped the

Chicago Bulls win, but also the

drama he brought off the court

11.00 The Last Dance A look at

Head coach Phil Jackson’s unique

philosophy and demeanor

12.00-3.30am Live MLB: New York

Mets v Atlanta Braves (Start-time

12.10). Coverage of the National

League match from Citi Field

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 440 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514 SKY 413, BT 430 SKY 414, BT 431

6.30am The Julia Hartley-Brewer

Breakfast Show

10.00 The Independent Republic

of Mike Graham

1.00pm Afternoons with Ian

Collins Hard-hitting

monologues and debate

4.00 Jeremy Kyle Interviews

with famous faces

7.00 The News Desk Tom

Newton-Dunn tackles the

biggest stories of the day

8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored

The host presents his

verdict on global events

with an hour of debate and

big-name interviews

9.00 The Talk Sharon Osbourne

and a panel of opinionated

famous faces debate hot

topics

10.00 Daisy McAndrew The day’s

big stories and a look

forward to the following

day’s newspapers

11.00-12.00 Piers Morgan

Uncensored (R)

Monday 2 | Primetime digital guide

FV Freeview FS Freesat

Peacock

The People Just Do Nothing

star Allan Mustafa plays the

self-styled gym god Andy

BBC3, 10pm

How Dennis Rodman went from

Chicago Bulls to LA Lakers: The

Last Dance (BT Sport 2, 10pm)