The Times - UK (2022-05-28)

42 saturday review Saturday May 28 2022 | the times

BBC3

7.00pm Top Gear The team

transforms a disused hearse

into a family car (3/5)

8.00 Glow Up: Britain’s Next

Make-Up Star The aspiring

make-up artists are booked

for a H&M Beauty social

campaign, while back

in Glow Up Studios, they

must impress with

imaginative make-up

transformations (4/8)

9.00 Harry Styles x Radio 1’s Big

Weekend Headline act

Harry Styles performs a full

solo set on the main stage

9.55 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Ten

of the country’s top drag

queens compete in the

“Olympics of drag” in the

hope that RuPaul, queen

of queens, will crown them

as the UK’s first Drag Race

superstar (1/9)

11.00-12.05am RuPaul’s Drag Race

UK The queens’ acting skills

are put to the test (2/9)

BBC4

7.00pm Great British Railway

Journeys The London

Underground map (10/15)

7.30 Coastal Path The coastline

of southern Cornwall (3/5)

8.00 The Story of Welsh Art Huw

Stephens explores Wales’

cultural history, beginning

on Anglesey where he steps

inside a prehistoric burial

chamber to witness Welsh

art in its earliest form (1/3)

9.00 New Elizabethans with

Andrew Marr Individuals

who pioneered new

industries during the

Queen’s reign (3/3)

10.00 Abigail’s Party: Play for

Today Mike Leigh’s 1977

satire of the middle classes

of the day. Starring Alison

Steadman

11.45-1.15am Drama Out of a Crisis:

A Celebration of Play for

Today Celebrating the

BBC strand broadcast

between 1970 and 1984

More 4

6.55pm Château DIY Ben and Billie

push to install the jacuzzi

bath in the honeymoon

suite’s bathroom

7.55 The Dog House A Liverpool

family decide which one of a

litter of 10 German shepherd

puppies to take home with

them, and a Yorkshire terrier

with a big attitude tries to

win over a couple (3/8)

9.00 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers

with Richard Hammond

Richard journeys down the

River Test, which runs for

40 miles through the

Hampshire countryside, and

discovers why this very rare

chalk stream is so important

to the environment. See

Viewing Guide (2/4)

10.00 Britain’s Most Beautiful

Landscapes: The Highlands

11.05-12.10am 24 Hours in A&E

How individuals adapt and

survive in the face of

adversity (8/8)

Sky Atlantic

6.50pm The Affair Noah attempts

to sabotage Helen’s

relationship with Sasha.

Meanwhile, Joanie visits the

graveyard, and Colin and

Whitney face difficulties in

their relationship (4/11) (R)

7.55 Game of Thrones Dontos

spirits Sansa out of King’s

Landing, Tywin has an offer

for Oberyn Martell, while

Jon proposes a bold plan

after the wildlings send a

chilling message to Castle

Black (3/10) (R)

9.00 Save Me Nelly Rowe’s life is

turned upside down when

he is targeted as the chief

suspect in his estranged

daughter’s disappearance.

Six-part thriller starring

Lennie James (1/6) (R)

10.00 Generation Kill Drama

starring Jon Huertas and

Eric Ladin (1/7) (R)

11.10-12.15am ZeroZeroZero

Crime drama (1/8) (R)

Sky Documentaries

Sky History

5.00pm The Directors A look

at the life and career of

Anthony Mann, known for

his work on films including

Winchester ‘73, The Glenn

Miller Story and El Cid

6.00 Devil’s Advocate: The

Mostly True Story of

Giovanni Di Stefano

Documentary about

the bogus lawyer

7.00 The Movies The journey

through American cinema

continues with a look at

the 1990s, including smash

hits Jurassic Park and

Titanic (10/12) (R)

8.00 The Eighties Taking a look

at the events of Ronald

Reagan’s two terms in the

White House (5/8) (R)

9.00 FILM The Go-Go’s (15, 2020)

The history of the American

new wave band

11.00-12.05am Once Upon a Time

in Londongrad Double bill

of the documentary

7.00pm Forged in Fire The smiths

make the best blade out of scraps

from prior episodes

8.00 Swamp People: Serpent

Invasion A heat wave hits (7/8)

9.00 The Curse of Oak Island

Marty Lagina makes an incredible

discovery on Oak Island

10.00 World’s Greatest Treasure

Mysteries Suspected buried

treasure at the stash house of the

notorious Mexican Pancho Villa

11.00 Strangest Things (7/10)

12.00-1.00am Forged in Fire

ITV2

7.00pm Superstore Cheyenne

and her fiancé come up with a

jingle for the store (2/11)

7.30 Superstore (3/11)

8.00 Bob’s Burgers Linda’ commits

a public indecency offence

8.30 Bob’s Burgers

9.00 Family Guy

9.30 Family Guy

10.00 Family Guy

10.30 Family Guy

10.55 Family Guy

11.25 American Dad!

11.55-12.20am American Dad!

ITV3

7.00pm Heartbeat A shocking

accusation leaves Maggie reeling

8.00 Vera The detective

investigates when the body of a

wildlife ranger is found on a

remote island. She seems to have

been murdered, but was alone on

the island when she died

10.00 Grantchester Sidney and

Geordie investigate a murder at

a London jazz club (5/6)

11.05-12.05am Grantchester

The hunt for a cop killer puts

Geordie’s life in danger (6/6)

ITV4

6.55pm The Chase Celebrity

Special With Scott Mills, Gareth

Malone, Louise Minchin and Glenn

Hoddle. Bradley Walsh hosts

7.55 The Motorbike Show

(1/2) Henry Cole explores the

world of motorcycling

9.00 Isle of Man TT Celebrating

60 years since Beryl Swain became

the first woman to compete at

the TT in solo competition

10.00-12.30am FILM The Krays

(18, 1990) Gangster biopic starring

Gary and Martin Kemp

E4

7.00pm Hollyoaks

7.30 Teen Mum Academy The

mums briefly return home to see

loved ones and to put in place

what they have learned

8.00 Below Deck Nico is pushed

to his breaking point (6/15)

9.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (8/10)

9.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (6/13)

10.00 Derry Girls The Quinns

prepare for the annual trip to

Barry’s amusement park (3/7)

10.35 Derry Girls (4/7)

11.10-12.15am Gogglebox

Dave

7.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

USA American edition of the

improvisation show

7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in

Madeira With Robert Webb

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours on the

Cote d’Azur With Shazia Mirza

9.00 QI XL Stephen Fry hosts

10.00 Hypothetical With guests

Bill Bailey and Jo Brand

11.00 Have I Got a Bit More News

for You Steph McGovern hosts

12.00-12.40am Big Zuu’s Big Eats

Drama

6.40pm Last of the Summer Wine

After suffering a brush with Stella,

Hobbo resolves to find her a man

7.20 Last of the Summer Wine

Hobbo continues with his quest to

find a man for Stella

8.00 PD James: The Murder Room

Conclusion of the two-part drama

with Martin Shaw and Janie Dee

10.00 New Tricks Honor Blackman

and Stephen Tompkinson guest

star in the detective series

11.20 Queers With Ben Whishaw

11.55-2.20am Silent Witness

Yesterday

7.00pm Bangers and Cash Three

MGs from the 70s turn up at the

garage, still covered in original

factory wax (6/10)

8.00 World’s Most Dangerous

Roads Phill Jupitus and Marcus

Brigstocke go on a high-altitude

road trip in Bolivia (3/3)

9.00 Bangers and Cash A beautiful

green Renault van (2/15)

10.00 Bangers and Cash (1/10)

11.00 Abandoned Engineering

12.00-1.00am Secrets of the

London Underground (4/6)

PBS America

6.35pm Air Aces (3/6)

7.40 Attack of the Zeppelins

A First World War aerial

bombing campaign on London.

See Viewing Guide

8.50 The Atom and Us

9.55 Hidden Algeria A 1,200-mile

trek from Berber settlement of

Ghouffi to Assekrem (3/3)

11.00 Air Aces An airman who

made an extraordinary attempt to

save his comrades (3/6)

12.00-1.15am Attack of the

Zeppelins Documentary

Smithsonian

7.00pm Epic Yellowstone Footage

of trumpeter swans, river otters,

grizzlies and bison

8.00 New Forest: The Crown’s

Hunting Ground Venturing into

the New Forest National Park

9.00 Madagascar: Africa’s

Galapagos The startling creatures

that inhabit Madagascar

10.00 Panama’s Animal Highway

11.00 New Forest: The Crown’s

Hunting Ground

12.00-1.00am Madagascar:

Africa’s Galapagos

Sky Arts

7.00pm Landscape Artist of the

Year 2015 Frank Skinner and Joan

Bakewell return to Waddesdon

Manor in Buckinghamshire (5/9)

8.00 The Prince’s Master Crafters:

The Next Generation The students

take on weaving challenges (3/7)

9.00 Comedy Legends Barry Cryer

pays tribute to Billy Connolly

10.00 The Sixties (1/10)

11.00 Guy Garvey: From the Vaults

Music from the archives from 1986

12.00-2.00am Status Quo:

Pictures — Live in Montreux

Sky Max

7.00pm Stargate SG-1 Vala

unwittingly puts her life at risk

8.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

The team is chased by an evil AI

and her robo-soldiers (10/13)

9.00 The Blacklist Cooper tries to

piece together an event of which

he has no memory

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Sam and

Kilbride clash on a case

11.00 Road Wars Police chase a

drink-driver in Devon

12.00-1.00am Brit Cops Following

police officers on patrol

Discovery

7.00pm Devil’s Canyon
8.00 Fast N’ Loud
9.00 Deadliest Catch The crab
fisherman brave the waves
10.00 Deadliest Catch: Bloodline
Josh Harris reunites with his
estranged brother
11.00 Railroad Alaska
12.00-1.00am Deadliest Catch

Nat Geographic

7.00pm Air Crash Investigation

8.00 Science of Stupid (14/14)

8.30 Science of Stupid (13/14)

9.00 To Catch a Smuggler: JFK

Airport Documentary (1/6)

10.00 Car S.O.S. Ultimate

Countdown Motoring show

11.00 Air Crash Investigation

12.00-1.00am Drugs Inc (8/10)

Sky Comedy Comedy Central

6.55pm Friends Double bill

7.55 Friends Jennifer Aniston stars

8.30 Friends Matt LeBlanc stars

9.00 FILM Crocodile Dundee II

(PG, 1988) Comedy adventure

sequel starring Paul Hogan

11.15-12.15am Rhod Gilbert’s

Growing Pains Guests travel back

in time to their adolescent years

Gold

7.00pm The Good Life Tom and

Barbara talk to their plants

7.40 Dad’s Army

8.20 Dad’s Army

9.00 Gavin & Stacey

9.40 Gavin & Stacey

10.20 Not Going Out

11.00 Live at the Apollo

12.00-12.35am Peep Show

W

7.00pm MasterChef Canada: Back

to Win Legendary desserts

8.00 Inside the Ambulance

9.00 The Undateables

10.00 Emma Willis: Delivering

Babies On the labour ward

11.00 Stacey Dooley on the Psych

Ward Life on the frontline

12.00-1.00am Women Behind Bars

6.30pm Entourage Two shows

7.30 30 Rock Three episodes

9.00 Rovers The clubhouse hosts

a fundraising event (3/6)

9.30 Rovers (4/6)

10.00 Sick of It (5/6)

10.30 Sick of It (6/6)

11.00 Barry (6/8)

11.35-12.10am Hung

Sky Main Event

2.30pm-5.45 Live Charlotte

Edwards Cup Cricket: Western

Storm v South East Stars Coverage

of the Group A match from The

County Ground, Bristol

7.00 Live World Cup Qualifier:

Scotland v Ukraine (Kick-off 7. 4 5)

Coverage of the play-off semi-final

from Hampden Park

11.00-12.00 Sky Sports News

Round-up of the sports news

with live analysis and comment

plus extended interviews with

the headline makers

Sky Premier League

7.00pm Premier League Leicester

City v Manchester City

9.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

Gary sits down with Paul Scholes

to discuss their time in the game

and some of the most notable

matches in which they played

9.30 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox

The presenter talks to Robbie

Fowler about matches they

faced each other in

10.00 Premier League Icons

A profile of Duncan Ferguson

10.30-12.30am PL Retro

Sky Cricket

2.15pm Live Charlotte Edwards

Cup Cricket: Western Storm v

South East Stars Coverage of

the Group A match from The

County Ground, Bristol

5.45 Women’s World T20 Classics

6.00 Best of T20 Blast Finals Day

6.15 Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket:

Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires

Coverage of the match from

Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol

10.00-1.30am Charlotte Edwards

Cup Cricket A replay of Western

Storm v South East Stars

BT Sport 1

4.30pm Live Hockey: Netherlands

v Argentina (Push-back 4.30)

Coverage of the Men’s FIH Hockey

Pro League match from HC Union

7.00 Uefa Europa League

Magazine The 2021/22 UEFA

Europa League season

8.00 The Run-In A look ahead

to WWE’s Hell in a Cell

8.30 Live MLB Action from

Major League Baseball

1.00-3.00am Live Canadian

Premier League: Valour FC v

Atletico Ottawa (Kick-off 1.00)

BT Sport 2

7.00pm The Aussie Rules Show

Ollie Geale presents all the latest

news, views and analysis of the

game. Plus, appearances from

special guests every week

8.00 The Rugby’s On A humorous

look back at the past week’s

rugby action and news

9.00 WWE NXT The next

generation of Superstars

showcase their talents

10.45 WWE NXT UK

11.45-12.45am WWE Raw

Highlights All the best action

TalkTV

6.00am James Max

6.30 The Julia Hartley-Brewer

Breakfast Show

10.00 The Independent Republic

of Mike Graham

1.00pm Ian Collins

4.00 Jeremy Kyle

7.00 The News Desk with Tom

Newton Dunn The host

tackles the biggest stories

of the day with news, expert

analysis and debate

8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored

The host presents his

unmissable verdict on the

day’s global events

9.00 The Talk A panel of

opinionated famous faces

debate the hot topics

everybody’s talking about

10.00 Daisy McAndrew The host

is joined by a whole host of

leading journalists and

commentators to discuss

the day’s big stories

11.00-12.00 Piers Morgan

Uncensored (R)

FV 237, FS 217, SKY 526, VIRGIN 627 FV 23, FS 179, SKY 117, VIRGIN 107 FV 9/24, FS 173, SKY 116, VIRGIN 108 FV 18, FS 124, SKY 136, VIRGIN 147 SKY 108 SKY 121, VIRGIN 278

SKY 123, VIRGIN 270

FV 6, FS 113, SKY 118, VIRGIN 115 FV 10, FS 115, SKY 119, VIRGIN 117 FV 26, FS 117, SKY 120, VIRGIN 118 FV 20, FS 158, SKY 143, VIRGIN 130

SKY 125, VIRGIN 250 SKY 129, VIRGIN 266, BT 351 SKY 114, VIRGIN 135, BT 346 SKY 112, VIRGIN 181, BT 344

FV 13, FS 122, SKY 135, VIRGIN 106

FV 27, FS 159, SKY 155, VIRGIN 129 FV 57, FS 175, SKY 171, VIRGIN 276 FV 11, FS 147 SKY 130, VIRGIN 165 SKY 113, VIRGIN 122

SKY 401, VIRGIN 511, BT 440 SKY 402, VIRGIN 512 SKY 404, VIRGIN 514

FV 19, FS 157, SKY 111, VIRGIN 127

SKY 110, VIRGIN 124, BT 343 FV 25, FS 156, SKY 132, VIRGIN 125

FV 84, FS 155, SKY 174, VIRGIN 273

SKY 413, VIRGIN 527, BT 430 SKY 414, VIRGIN 528, BT 431

Wednesday 1 | Primetime digital guide

Abigail’s Party

Abigail Steadman and Tim

Stern star in Mike Leigh’s

1977 satirical play

BBC4, 10pm

FV Freeview FS Freesat

The striker Che Adams is set

to feature for Scotland against

Ukraine (Sky Main Event, 7pm)