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6.00am CITV 8.25 ITV News 8.30 The
Sara Cox Show 9.25 James
Martin’s Saturday Morning.
Weekend chat show. (R) 11.25
Save Money: Good Health.
Consumer health show. (R)
11.55 Love Your Garden (R)
1.00pm Midsomer Murders The
members of a chess club are
targeted by a killer. (R)
3.00 Tenable Quiz show. (R)
4.00 Tipping Point Quiz show. (R)
5.00 The Chase Quiz show,
presented by Bradley Walsh. (R)
6.00 ITV News; Weather
6.20 Regional News; Weather
6.30 Zone of Champions Comedy
clip show, in which a pair of
sports commentators narrate
home movie footage.
6.45am The Dog Ate My Homework
(R) 7.15 Ali-A’s Superchargers (R)
7.35 Mustangs FC (R) 8.00 Blue
Peter (R) 8.30 Curious Creatures
(R) 9.00 The Animal’s Guide to
Britain (R) 10.00 To Be
Announced 10.30 FILM The
Princess and the Frog (2009/U)
Animated musical fantasy.
★★★★ 12.00noon Nigel Slater:
Eating Together (R) 12.30 My Life
on a Plate (R) 1.15 Flog It! (R)
1.55 Home Front Heroes (R)
2.35 The Man Who Never Was
(1956/U) Fact-based Second
World War drama, starring
Clifton Webb. ★★
4.15 Talking Pictures: War Films (R)
5.00 Saving Lives at Sea (R)
6.00 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico (R)
6.00am Breakfast 10.00 Saturday
Kitchen Live 11.30 Mary Berry’s
Quick Cooking. Recipes. (R)
12.00noon Football Focus
1.00 BBC News; Weather
1.15 Rowing World Championships
Matthew Pinsent presents
coverage from Ottensheim in
Austria, where the world’s best
rowers have the aim of winning
medals and also securing their
places at the 2020 Olympics.
3.00 Athletics: Zurich Diamond
League Highlights The
Weltklasse Zurich. Action
from the 13th and penultimate
meeting of the Diamond League
series, at the Stadion Letzigrund.
5.20 BBC News; Regional News
5.40 To Be Announced
6.00am The King of Queens (R) 6.50
Frasier (R) 7.50 The Big Bang
Theory (R) 8.45 The Simpsons
(R) 10.20 Superhero Tri 11.20 Four
in a Bed: five episodes (R)
2.00pm International Rugby Union
Wales v Ireland (kick-off
2.30pm). Coverage of the
World Cup warm-up fixture,
which takes place at the
Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
4.40 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
Featuring a first-time buyer
looking for a property in the
Spanish province of Granada. (R)
5.30 Channel 4 News
6.00 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix
Qualifying Highlights The
battle for pole position ahead
of the 13th round of the season.
11.00pm ITV News; Weather
11.20 FILM Rambo III. (1988/18)
Vietnam veteran John Rambo turns
down a request from his old colonel
to join a mission in Soviet-occupied
Afghanistan. However, when the
officer is captured, Rambo sets off
to save him, joining the Mujahedeen
rebels in fighting against the Russian
invaders. Action adventure sequel,
starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard
Crenna and Kurtwood Smith. ★★
1.05am Home Shopping 3.00 Britain’s
Best Back Gardens. Alan Titchmarsh
visits his 30 favourite back gardens
across the nation, discovering people
from all walks of life doing remarkable
things with their outdoor spaces. (R)
3.50-6.00am ITV Nightscreen
10.10 BBC News; Weather 1.35am This Is BBC Two
Followed by Lottery Update
10.30 Match of the Day Gary
Lineker presents highlights of
the latest Premier League
matches, including Burnley v
Liverpool at Turf Moor and
Southampton v Manchester
United at St Mary’s Stadium.
Jurgen Klopp’s men won both of
their encounters with Sean
Dyche’s Clarets last season,
including a 3-1 victory on this
ground in December. Plus,
action from the rest of the
day’s top-flight fixtures.
12.00m’t The Rap Game UK 1.00
Weather for the Week Ahead
1.05-6.00am BBC News
2.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA Gordon Ramsay travels to
Fremont, California, in an attempt to
save a failing restaurant. When the
business started to falter, the owners
splashed out on refurbishments to
recover their glory days, but their
efforts have been futile and now
their relationship is at stake. (R) 2.50
Hollyoaks. Omnibus. Mercedes is hurt
when Bobby tells her that he does not
like her. (R) 4.50 Gok’s Fill Your House
for Free. Gok Wan takes over from
Kirstie Allsopp as he stocks a Glasgow
shop with freely sourced furniture,
transforms the items and offers them
to people to furnish their homes. (R)
5.50-6.15am Star Boot Sale. Joe
Pasquale sells memorabilia. (R)
7.00 Proms Encore Magazine to 7.00 To Be Announced
accompany the BBC Proms,
hosted by Katie Derham.
7.30 Dad’s Army Classic comedy
with the Home Guard during
the Second World War, starring
Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier,
Ian Lavender and Clive Dunn. (R)
8.00 To Be Announced
7.45 Pointless Celebrities
Alexander Armstrong and
Richard Osman present as
famous faces take part in the
general knowledge quiz in which
they try to come up with the
least likely correct answers to a
series of questions posed to
members of the public. (R)
8.35 Who Dares Wins Gameshow
in which two pairs of strangers
team up, each battling to outdo
the other by listing as much as
they know about a subject.
The first couple to win two
rounds get to play for £50,000
and each time the champions
defeat a new set of opponents
their winnings mount up.
9.20 Casualty Hospital drama
with the staff of Holby’s
accident and emergency
department as they deal with
more sick and injured patients.
7.30 To Be Announced