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Lit Fest How did Heston Blumenthal become the culinary force he is today? He tells all at Cheltenham Literature Festival on Friday. See inside for more big name interviews.
Vintage Fair Hels Belles Boutique invite you step back in time at Blackfriars Priory in Gloucester today with more than 30 traders selling a range of antique and collectable items.
Prescott Autumn Classic The biggest, brightest and brashest cars this side of the pond head to Prescott Hill today and tomorrow.
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The Indian summer is nearly over, so they say. But don’t despair . . . somehow we can’t wait to cosy up in autumn fashion, especially the new season coats. Take your pick from the latest styles. And if you’re planning a wedding, don’t miss our stunning selection of gowns. P13
Carol Vorderman has beauty and brains and plenty of guts. She gained her pilot’s licence at Gloucestershire Airport and is now planning a solo adventure. She tells us about her hopes and dreams. P22
Queen of preserves Thane Prince is coming to Cheltenham Literature Festival, so we get back to making preserves just like granny used to do. And we’re raving about tartan – perfect for a Highland makeover. P35
Try some recipes with a difference – Yotam Ottolenghi talks us through what influences his cooking. We take a break at The Woolpack in Slad and then head off to Cheltenham Racecourse for the Showcase, sampling the very best of local food and drink. P25
As the great and good of the literary world continue to descend on Cheltenham, we chat to actor Brian Blessed about his rich heritage. Plus we catch up with Shakespearian actor Simon Callow ahead of his latest one-man show, The Man Jesus. P57
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T last it’s here, our favourite week of the year. For 10 glorious days Cheltenham will be hosting its annual Literature Festival with literary, TV, film and culinary stars all flocking to town to share their latest creations and musings with us. We’ve got a stack of tickets to see our favourites, from Homeland star Damian Lewis and his wife Helen McCrory to pottery queen Emma Bridgewater and gastronomic genius Heston Blumenthal. On Monday, the intrepid explorer Ranulph Fiennes is swapping extreme climates for the comfort of The Times Forum. He tells us why he’ll never give up his adventures until he’s forced to and the shocking discoveries he made while researching his ancestors for his book – Agincourt. If you’re in the throes of chutney making, we get a lesson in managing our allotments courtesy of TV’s
@WeekendGlos Thane Prince, who is also on her way to the Lit Fest next weekend. Restaurateur and Guardian columnist Yotam Ottolenghi also invites us into an intoxicating world of flavours by sharing some recipes from his new cookbook, Plenty More. It may have been an unusually sunny September, but it’s never too early to invest in a gorgeous new winter coat. We’ve picked out our favourites on the fashion pages, as well as winter woollies for men. If you’re getting hitched next year, we visit two new bridal shops in Montpellier and you can be at the Christmas party event of the year at Cheltenham Racecourse in our fabulous competition. Enjoy the Festival. Tanya Gledhill weekend@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278066
This issue’s contributors were asked: What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve done?
Brian Blessed
Jonathan Whiley
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Victoria Temple
Sue Bradley
Actor Brian Blessed is appearing at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival on Wednesday. He has scaled Mount Everest three times, visited the North Pole and undergone space training in Moscow. “My whole ethos is that the greatest danger in life in not taking the adventure,” he says.
Feature writer Jonathan interviews Ranulph Fiennes this week. “Swimming out to a 17th century church in the middle of a glacial lake in Slovenia,” he says. “The scenery was absolutely stunning but we had underestimated just how far it was to the island and I began to suffer from cramp in my legs on the way back. “In the middle of the open water it was a pretty scary experience.”
Photographer Gavin Grilly visitsThe Woolpack in Slad this week. “In my 30-year career I would still have to put the fall of the Berlin Wall at the top of my list,” he says. “I really did drop everything and caught a plane to Germany with just my camera bag and school boy German.”
“Almost 20 years ago I travelled around Australia and Indonesia on my own for a year,” says Victoria who writes this week’s travel feature. “At the time it didn’t really feel that adventurous, but now I can’t imagine flying half way round the world with just a few hundred pounds in my pocket, and of course no mobile phone or email. “It was amazing though, with all kinds of adventures.”
Food writer Sue says: “The most adventurous thing I’ve ever done is to take the children to Go Ape! in the Forest of Dean. “It was great fun but I was a complete embarrassment to the two 10-year-old boys I was with on account of my snail-like pace. “The final frontier was to climb a rope ladder to reach a point some 15m off the ground and attach myself to an 180m-long zip wire.”
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survivor A fearless adventurer and recognised as the world’s greatest living explorer . . . Ranulph Fiennes has lived a life that leaves us breathless. JONATHAN WHILEY catches up with him ahead of his appearance at Cheltenham Literature Festival
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in the family archives at Broughton Castle near Oxford. “I was disappointed to find out that the British lot had killed off the French lot from whom we come. “The ones who were killing each other at Agincourt had known each other and they had land on both sides of the Channel.” In a year which marks 600 since the battle, what does he want people to take away from the book? “I suppose how amazing it is that close families can get involved in civil wars and you have a family who have got some really fine examples of good character closely related to other shining examples of extreme cruelty. “Take, for instance, the brothers I write about who were at most of Henry V’s big
battles including Agincourt. “Roger was a really wonderful guy; head of the royal household and did incredibly well and yet his brother James was corrupt. I won’t say evil but very influential with a load of bad people and he was made chancellor of the exchequer. “It made him realise that generalising isn’t safe even within families. “You have good and bad right next door to each other,” he says. “I think this is a fine example of how humans are so varied and so unpredictable. “Everything must have been so difficult in those days to know who to trust. Allegiances were changing left, right and centre like these people who have just defected from the Tories to UKIP. “One moment they’re saying they are all for the one party and then they’re ruining it the next.” Although there are ancestors of which Ranulph is proud of there are others who he’d rather not be associated with. One of which is Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, who committed adultery with Queen Isabel of England.
“He was shut up in the tower and managed to abseil out with the help of two men,” Ranulph says. “Then he and the Queen managed to shut King Edward II up in the castle in prison. “They realised they had to do away with him in such a way that it looked like he hadn’t been murdered. “They devised all sorts of manners, one of which was to put him in a room in the castle where the floorboards were full of gaps and then in the room directly underneath they put decomposing corpses with disease. “But for some reason he didn’t go quickly enough so they stuck a hollow cow horn up his backside and into it they inserted a red hot poker. “He was the main evil one during The Hundred Years War and there was another one who killed 40,000 people in one night when he led the crusade and took Jerusalem from The Saracens. “If he was around now he’d make short work of ISIS.” While his writing is prolific, Ranulph won’t be hanging up his hiking boots any time soon. “Unless you particularly wish to retire, which I don’t, you don’t give up until you are forced to,” he says. “There is one particular solo expedition which unfortunately we didn’t manage to crack last year, so the group is now reassessing how we can get permits from the foreign office.” One of life’s ultimate survivors, he speaks supportively of fellow adventurers such as Ray Mears and Bear Grylls. “I think any TV shows that are inspirational to young people and are the opposite to the overt health and safety way that schools are going must be a good balance for that,” he says. “Even schools taking groups of young children to supermarkets are frightened one might get run over by a shopping trolley and they won’t even do that.” Of course, Ranulph’s path in life could have turned out quite differently if an audition for James Bond had proved more successful. Instead he was rejected by film producer Cubby Broccoli on the grounds that he had “the hands and face of a farmer.” In the years since he’s carved out his own extraordinary life story with a narrative that is even beyond the imagination of Ian Fleming.
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FASHION & Your guide to fashion in Gloucestershire – direct from the designers themselves.
highlights KEY COATS Wave goodbye to the Indian summer. Instead, shift your focus to the serious business of buying a winter coat. We scan the key seasonal looks and pick a shape and colour that suits.
WEDDING SPECIAL
Planning your big day? Your wedding gown is the centrepiece so we track down the experts to help you find the dress of your dreams.
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Support October’s Breast Cancer Awareness campaign with this stylish timepiece from Guess. The Sparkling Pink Special Edition Watch has a sport chic feel with rose gold case, shimmering crystals and the iconic pink ribbon design, which twinkles at 6 o’clock. A proportion of the proceeds goes to the Get InTouch Foundation, which creates awareness about breast health initiatives. It’s £129 from watchshop.com
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Carol Vorderman took to the skies of Gloucestershire to get her pilot’s licence. We cartch up with her busy life . . .
Vision of perfect skin Baby-soft skin is just a bottle away, according to new research. A dermatologist at the University of California has revealed that LR2412, the active ingredient of the newlyreformulated Lancome Visionnaire Advanced Skin Corrector, stimulates the production of hyaluronan, a substance found in high concentrations in babies’ skin. The corrector, priced £47.20-£65.60, is available from major stores.
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Celebrate all things woolly with National Wool Week. Prince Charles is patron of the campaign to showcase the best wool has to offer. So treat yourself to a new knit – this cheery pink sweater is £69.95 and the badger mitts, £19.95 from Joules, the Promenade, Cheltenham or visit joules.com
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Rainbow bright
Cocktails and luxury fashion TOP fashion house Caroline Charles teamed up with jewellers Beards for an evening of luxury fashion in Cheltenham. It was definitely cocktail hour as models paraded down the main staircase at Beards in the Promenade, showing off the latest autumn-winter collections. There was daywear in silks, tailored separates and collectable beaded eveningwear, all available at the Montpellier shop. Outfits were accessorised with exquisite jewels from collections including Stephen Webster, Shaun Leane and Kiki Mcdonaugh.
Sometimes, a coat is more about the colour than the silhouette. Step forward this season’s flurry of Pantone-inspired cover-ups, in jewel bright and icy pastel hues. A colourful coat adds a splash of interest if your wardrobe is jam-packed with neutrals and dark tones. If you wear a lot of grey and navy, a pastel coverup is the perfect contrast – try lavender, bluebell or rose pink. If you veer more towards black or beige, add a jolt of colour with a bright red, cobalt or yellow.
■ Chartreuse double breasted boyfriend coat, £169, from Pied a Terre at Cavendish House and House of Fraser stores. Visit houseoffraser.co.uk
Parker parade The perennial parka has had a glamorous makeover.Think luxe faux fur trim and eyepopping colour. Look for an upbeat colour, like hot pink or zesty mustard, that’s sure to kick-start your autumnal wardrobe.
■ Pink parka by Red Herring at Debenhams, £75, at debenhams.com
Fuzzy feeling Gargantuan shaggy and faux fur coats are bigger than ever. Choose dusty pastel and pale tones and glam up with an evening gown or pare down with jeans and boots.
Autumn-winter fashion show from Caroline Charles
■ Twiggy faux fur coat, £99, Limited jacket, £59, Limited trousers, £39.50, Limited shirt, £35, bag, £29.50, shoes, £79, all from Marks & Spencer at marksandspencer.com
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NEW bridal shop, Lauren Charlotte Bridal opens in Montpellier, Cheltenham, today. It’s a new venture for owner and personal stylist Lauren Henry, 27, from Longlevens and business partner Charlotte Surdon, who has 15 years’ experience in the bridal industry. “Having literally just got married myself in the Cotswolds and landed back from my honeymoon in Las Vegas it has all been super hectic – but we are really excited,” said Lauren. To celebrate today’s opening, there are goodie bags, bubbly, vouchers, cakes, smoothies and more. The shop, in The Courtyard is a premier stockist of the Spanish designer Pronovias, the only one in Gloucestershire, with a large range of gowns. The boutique also stocks the Tia by Benjamin Roberts collection and gowns by award-winning British designer Alan Hannah. “We were conscious we wanted to include British fashion and he makes beautiful dresses. “Each one is subtly hand-painted and an individual design,” said Lauren. Prices for the boutique’s gowns range from £600£2,800. There are also accessories, with shoes, bridal handbags, feather wraps and faux fur capes. “Whether you are looking for your dream gown, have a friend getting married or just fancy a look we would love to see you,” said Lauren. For more details, call 01242 226364.
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ARAH Fardon has come a long way from covering her schoolbooks with drawings of brides to opening her own bridal boutique in Cheltenham. This autumn Sarah Elizabeth bridal boutique celebrates its first birthday with a new designer on board. At just 25, Sarah has achieved her childhood dream of running her own wedding dress shop in her perfect location. Based in Montpellier, the boutique stocks designer dresses, as well as shoes, jewellery, bridesmaid dresses and accessories. Born and brought up in Leckhampton, Sarah studied textiles and fashion at Bournside School and worked as a Saturday girl in a bridalwear shop as a teenager. “I worked there from the age of 14 but I had dreamed of opening my own shop from the age of seven,” she said. Once she was ready to start her business, she took 18 months to find the right location, in the heart of Montpellier. At the moment Sarah Elizabeth stocks wedding dresses by four designers, but is about to take on a fifth one to mark its first anniversary. “I stock designer dresses so my clients can order bespoke dresses; perhaps a top from one and a skirt from another, and choose the details like neckline and length,” said Sarah. While ivory is still the most popular colour, Sarah says blush pink is becoming very popular as it flatters most skin tones, including the palest. “We also stock champagne and bright blue, but most brides
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who want colour only want it in a belt or on a small part of the dress,” she said. “We don’t stock any white dresses, they just aren’t wanted these days.” Dresses are made from silk, satin and lace, with beading and sparkle limited to areas like belts and sometimes bodices. “Lace is still very popular but beading and sparkle are only usually required on things like belts, things that can be removable,” she said. “Brides also like to have dresses designed that can take them from day to evening, such as a bolero, to make the most of the gown.” Sarah says she has seen a distinct change in bridal fashion over the past few years, with women now preferring more simple dresses. “It has gone from princess to boho chic,” she said. “The trend is now moving away from full dresses to more simple designs.
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dream “These dresses are easy to wear and less structured, with slim lines.” Sarah also sells all the accessories that go to create the complete bridal look, including shoes, jewellery and veils, as well as a line in bridesmaid dresses. “Veils are still very much in, although they are rarely worn over the face these days,” she said. The boutique in Montpellier Avenue matches the designer look well, with a glamorous French shabby chic finish. “We work with our clients and use our expertise to ensure the @WeekendGlos
gown they choose is perfect for them,” said Sarah. “After all it’s the most important dress they will probably ever wear, so it needs to be just right.” Dresses at the shop are all designer and prices range from £1,700 to £3,000. Sarah is holding a special event to introduce the new range of Stephanie Allin dresses on November 8. ■ Sarah Elizabeth is at 5 Montpellier Avenue, Cheltenham. Phone 01242 257103 or visit sarahelizabethbridal.co.uk
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Guests at a Sportsmans’ Lunch at The Daffodil, in Cheltenham, heard from Gloucester Rugby’s new director of rugby, David Humphreys
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Mark Stephens, Angela Edwards, Fiona Stephens, Aynsley Damery and David Humphreys
Suzanne Hall-Gibbins with Angela Edwards
Laura Pawlowska, StephenTiller and Oliver Foster
Clare Reader, Paul Halfpenny, Henry Hodgkins and CardineYates
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Shawl collars are a big trend for autumn menswear.This cardi, £65, is from White Stuff, Cheltenham and Cirencester or visit whitestuff.com
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Tank top made in luxury lambswool blend yarn with Fairisle design, £42, from Hammond & Co by Patrick Grant at Debenhams
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Choose cashmere for soft, lightweight warmth. Spend in style on this pure cashmere buttoned turtle neck jumper, above, with knitted elbow patches. It’s £385 from johnstonscashmere.com
Watch the Cherry and Whites in style and more importantly warmth – cashmere rugby scarves in Gloucester colours are now available from retro accessories brand Savile Rogue. They’re part of a new collection of 28 scarves in the colours of Premiership and Super League club.
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The company also makes cashmere scarves, beanies and socks in the colours of every European football team.The rugby scarves cost £59.95 – visit savile-rogue.com
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Holistic Times Janie Whittemore brings news of events at the Isbourne Holistic Centre
AS I write, it seems extraordinary to think that it is October already, with warm golden sunshine casting Cheltenham in its most attractive light. Connect deeper with nature and animal spirits that are all around us waiting to help. In Shamanism they are guides and allies whom we can call upon for protection and friendship. Join Mandy Pullen at the Isbourne today – she trained with the Sacred Trust and regularly leads workshops on different aspects of Shamanism. No prior experience is needed for you to attend this supportive and gentle day. Tomorrow you can find out how to remove any blocks or unhelpful thinking you might have around money in a Wealth and Prosperity Breakthrough workshop. Would you like your money to support you to joyfully and easily live the life of your choice, in line with your purpose, passion and values? Sam Neffendorf runs popular days for empowering heart-centred entrepreneurs who struggle with money. Also tomorrow, Kelly Peacey offers an Introduction to Crystal Healing, aimed at those who are at the start of their journey with crystals. With lots of practical exercises, peaceful meditation and uplifting wisdom in a nurturing environment, this workshop will help you align yourself to a more fulfilling experience of life. Two courses designed to help you in business online take place on Wednesday, Get Noticed on Google and How Good is Your Website? These groups are short, helpful sessions for optimising your online presence and profile so that your website can be easily found, stand out professionally and generate more custom. Take one or take both and get a 10 per cent discount. They are both repeated in November.
Where is the Isbourne Centre? Very central but tucked away; WolseleyTerrace is opposite the Rodney Road Car Park on Oriel Road, close to theTown Hall. 3, WolseleyTerrace, Cheltenham, GL50 1TH Registered Charity No. 1051622
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ORTY years after her youthful ambitions to train as a pilot were quashed, mum-of-two Carol Vorderman is training for her solo flight around the world next year. Equally exciting, her 22-yearold daughter Katie – who recently gained a first in physics at Cambridge University, where she is now doing her Master’s – is also completing her RAF training. Swelling with pride, Carol, 53, swipes through her phone to reveal photos of herself and her boyfriend, RAF Squadron Leader Graham Duff, in front of their plane Sputts. “That’s The Duffster,” she says, as a sequence of pictures of the two standing proud illuminate the screen, before exacting on a snap of her “lovely, kind” 17-year-old son, Cameron. “Bear in mind, I come from a poor family,” says Carol, putting her phone away. “Free school meals in the Seventies, from the north to Cambridge (University), when those things didn’t happen, and I read engineering, which also didn’t happen for girls. “The chance of that happening were a million to one. Then the RAF wouldn’t let me in. I never thought back then, you know, when you dream of what your life might
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be, that I’d complete a solo flight.” Recently, the presenter, who made her name as Channel 4’s resident mathematical whizz on Countdown, a position she held for 26 years until 2008, took to the skies to meet Katie for lunch in Cambridge. “We went past the university air squadron where Katie has now completed her third year,” she said. “Cambridge changed my life significantly, so that sort of closed the circle for me. It shows how things have advanced. There won’t be many families where the mum has a degree in engineering and then the daughter has a degree in physics from Cambridge.” Although she can never be a fast jet pilot – because she’s too old to “learn the skills” – Carol, who got her pilot’s licence last December after training at Gloucestershire Airport, isn’t resentful about being turned away from the RAF. “It’s just the way it is,” she says with a shrug. “My mum had less opportunity open to her than I did, and my daughter has full opportunity. I was just part of the wave of trying to smash through doors.” Close as ever to mum Jean, who lives in a flat near Cameron’s school, Carol has taken on the role as head of their family – she and her children’s father divorced in 2000. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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“It’s quite funny, because I’m the matriarch . . . if the matriarch is the person looking after everyone,” she says. “That’s my role now.” She is keen to avoid taking on too much elsewhere, however, and becoming a “complete workaholic, which is what I was for many years.” “I get lots of offers for all sorts of things. I say no to the vast majority, and then yes to certain things. “I’ve been lucky, particularly at my age, for business to still be going strong but over the past year, I’ve tried to turn the oil tanker of my life around.” As well as downsizing her house, she has reluctantly given up her seat on the Loose Women panel. “I was finding I was in London four nights a week, and I can’t do it,” she said. “I can’t do that and everything else, but I might do a little bit of filling in.” One of the things that Carol couldn’t give up, though, is hosting the annual Daily Mirror Pride Of Britain Awards, which celebrates ordinary people’s extraordinary achievements.
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They are televised on Tuesday and feature a range of inspiring stories, from people who’ve raised substantial amounts of money for charity, to those who’ve defied all the odds to do something incredible. During the ceremony, the winners collect their awards from a celebrity. Being part of the annual awards is a good reminder to count her blessings. “The show does really make you feel differently about people. It’s quite a jolt, actually,” she says. “I try not to be suckered into thinking about the bad bits in life and, ‘Oh, that hasn’t worked out for me’. “I’ve never been a diva. Ever. I can’t bear people who are, but there is a little bit of that in the industry, showbiz, if you like, so I think it pulls people up short when they come to the awards and they’re in the audience.” As for Carol, her fondness for Pride Of Britain is quite simple. “I love meeting the winners and their families,” she said. “It’s a celebration, and that’s key.” ■ The Daily Mirror Pride Of Britain Awards is on ITV on Tuesday at 8pm.
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Food Plenty of veggie inspiration with Yotam Ottolenghi Cotswold Showcase offers delicious fare to race-goers Why The Woolpack in Slad never goes out of fashion
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NTIL a few years ago, Yotam Ottolenghi wasn’t especially a household name, particularly outside the capital. The Israeli chef, who has several successful upmarket delis across London, as well as numerous cookbooks to his name, originally came to Britain in 1997 to study for a PhD. He enrolled on a course at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school where a love of creating innovative food was sparked. “I came here in the late Nineties to go to the Cordon Bleu cookery school which was my first introduction to professional cookery,” Yotam says. “I had lots of opportunities as a result and decided to stay here. “It was quite a surprise, I thought I’d be doing different things and on a completely different career path.” Yotam had previously completed a Master’s degree in philosophy and literature while working on the news desk of an Israeli daily before coming to London. He went on to specialise as a pastry chef at The Capital, the Kensington Place restaurant and Launceston Place before becoming head pastry chef at boutique bakery Baker & Spice. It was there that he met Sami Tamimi, who was also born in Israel, and became the co-founder of the Ottolenghi delicatessens and restaurants and coauthor of the Ottolenghi and Jerusalem cookery books. Yotam’s new cookbook – Plenty More – a follow-up to the bestseller, Plenty, has just been published. “In Plenty I didn’t have a sweet section and people missed it, I missed it,” he says. “So this book has got a sweet section which is quite experimental and different using ingredients like halva, tahini and soy milk. I’ve also created an Asian tofu dessert. “It’s very much going back to sweets which I particularly enjoyed this time.” The first Ottolenghi deli opened in Notting Hill in 2002 and three more gourmet delis have opened since in Islington, Kensington and Belgravia. Yotam also owns a restaurant, NOPI, in London’s Warwick Street and another one is planned next year in East London, near Spitalfields Market. But it was when he was signed up by The Guardian to write a weekly recipe column that he really became known to the masses. Not least because he was a carnivore creating innovative vegetarian recipes.
Yotam’s Middle Eastern influences and ability to transform even the most ordinary of vegetables into something extraordinary garnered him thousands of fans. “I think I was pretty lucky,” he laughs. “The Guardian’s old building was down the road from Ottolenghi. “The journalists used to come for lunch and were impressed by the salad display and thought it would make a good angle for a column. “It wasn’t so easy, I found myself struggling a lot,” he admits. “I was slightly petrified by it. “I normally do recipes for people which they can cook at home. I try to have a different frame of mind when I come up with a recipe that’s going to be published. “It’s no less exciting, but a different kind of frame of mind, slightly more achievable.” The columns resulted in a book, Plenty, which was released four years ago and features a collection of more than 100 original recipes, originally produced for The Guardian. The follow-up, Plenty More, contains more than 150 inspiring, vegetable-based dishes. “It was a long but very enjoyable process,” Yotam says. “It’s every chef’s dream to be given the chance to be creative. I’m very fortunate to have a lot of backing from my publisher in a way that I can very much do whatever I like.” His beautifully-illustrated book includes recipes celebrating his European heritage including Baked Orzo with Mozzarella and Oregano and Grilled Ziti with Feta, as well as more exotic dishes such as Halva
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Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce and Roasted Peanuts and Aubergine Kadaifi Nests. “My parents are from a European background, I had quite a traditional European diet when I was growing up in Jerusalem,” Yotam says. “But outside on the street there were restaurants with Middle Eastern food – kebabs, hummus – wonderful Arab food. “So I was exposed to both cultures. I’m very fortunate to have had that, because they have made a big impact.” Yotam gained British citizenship two years ago and lives in central London with his partner and their 19-month-old son. “I’m lucky, he’s a very good eater,” he says. “The only thing he doesn’t like is fresh tomatoes.” When Yotam’s not busy working, he loves to travel to Japan and back to Israel uncovering new flavour combinations and ingredients to inspire him, such as kadaifi, a type of shredded filo pastry available from Greek, Arab or Turkish grocers. “I’ve known this ingredient for quite a while but never used it in a savoury context,” he explains. “When I went to Israel a few years ago, a restaurant was using this in a savoury context which I thought was a really good idea. “That’s how I start recipes, when I’m inspired to use different ingredients.” Yotam is coming to Cheltenham Literature Festival next week to talk about his new cookbook, his influences, inspirations and career highlights. “It’s going to be my first time in Cheltenham,” he admits. “It’s very exciting. I never get a chance normally as I’m such a London person and work hard. “There are a number of places I want to visit but have not had the chance to see. I’m keen to go around the town as it’s supposed to be beautiful.” He’s loves taking time out to attend literary events and is thrilled his new book is already getting a great response. “So far people seem to have really taken it on board and enjoyed it, I’ve had very good feedback,” he says. “I’m so pleased it’s getting wonderful reactions.” ■ See Yotam Ottolenghi in conversation with Simon Schama at Cheltenham Literature Festival on Thursday. Tickets cost £12 from www.cheltenhamfestivals. com ■ Plenty More is published by Ebury Press, priced £27. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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Foodie Yotam Ottolenghi is coming to Cheltenham Literature festival next week to talk about his new cookbook and career highlights. LUCY PARFORD finds out more
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Tomato and Pomegranate Salad Try these delicious recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi's new book Plenty More . . .
Ingredients Serves four 200g red cherry tomatoes, cut into 0.5cm dice 200g yellow cherry tomatoes, cut into 0.5cm dice 200g tiger (or plum) tomatoes, cut into 0.5cm dice 500g medium vine tomatoes, cut into 0.5cm dice 1 red pepper, cut into 0.5cm dice (120g) 1 small red onion, finely diced (120g) 2 garlic cloves, crushed ½ tsp ground allspice 2 tsp white wine vinegar 1½ tbsp pomegranate
molasses 60ml olive oil, plus a little extra to finish seeds of 1 large pomegranate (170g) 1 tbsp small oregano leaves salt Mix together the tomatoes, red pepper and onion in a large bowl and set aside.
Method In a small bowl whisk the garlic, allspice, vinegar, pomegranate molasses, olive oil and a third of a teaspoon of salt, until well combined. Pour this over the tomatoes and gently mix. Arrange the tomatoes and their juices on a large flat plate. Sprinkle over the pomegranate seeds and oregano. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil and serve.
Corsican Pie with Courgette Flowers Ingredients Serves four as a main course ½ small red onion, thinly sliced (85g) 3 celery stalks with leaves, thinly sliced (220g) 8 large Swiss chard leaves, white stalks discarded, roughly chopped (175g) 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 2 tbsp torn mint leaves 2 tbsp chopped parsley 2 tsp chopped sage 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for brushing 75g feta, crumbled 50g pecorino, finely grated 15g pine nuts, lightly toasted grated zest of 1 lemon 350g all-butter puff pastry plain flour, for dusting 100g brocciu cheese or ricotta 4–6 courgette flowers, cut in half lengthways if large, or 6 long, shaved
strips of raw courgette (optional) 1 egg, lightly beaten salt and black pepper
Method Place a large sauté pan on medium– high heat and sauté the onion,celery, chard, garlic, mint, parsley and sage in the olive oil. Cook, stirring continuously, for 15 minutes or until the greens have wilted and the celery has softened completely. Remove from the heat and stir through the feta, pecorino, pine nuts, lemon zest, ¼ teaspoon of salt and a hearty grind of black pepper. Leave aside to cool. Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/ Gas Mark 7. Roll out the pastry on a floured work surface until 3mm thick, then cut it into a circle, approximately 30cm in diameter. Place on an oven tray lined with baking parchment. Spread the filling out on the pastry leaving a 3cm border all the way around. Dot the
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filling with large chunks of brocciu orricotta and top with courgette flowers or courgette strips, if using. Bring the pastry up around the sides of the filling and pinch the edges together firmly to form a secure, decorative lip over the edge of the tart. Alternatively, press with the end of a fork. Brush the pastry with egg and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Bake the tart for 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden and cooked on the base. Remove from the oven and brush with a little olive oil. Serve warm or at room temperature. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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ANTASTIC food and drink from all over the Cotswolds is set to be saluted at Cheltenham Racecourse’s Showcase meeting later this month. Producers will be at Prestbury Park on October 17 and 18 to provide race-goers with a taste of the delicious fare that the region has to offer. Everything from gin and real ale to bread, pate and cheese will be on display at The Gloucestershire Echo Cotswold Celebration Zone at The Centaur.
The Showcase meeting will host the first races since Prestbury Park shut its doors in April for the first phase of a £45million redevelopment project. “For the first time, the season opener will showcase all that is great about the local region to Cheltenham, the Cotswolds,” says racecourse spokeswoman Sophia Brudenell. “The racecourse sits in the heart of the Cotswolds and there are many amazing elements of the region that will be celebrated in the Gloucestershire Echo Cotswold Celebration Zone.”
Who’s going to be there: Cotswold Gold, Relish The Taste, The M’Hencha Company, Ross and Ross Foods, The Cotswolds Distillery, Cotswold Fudge Company, Gibson’s Liqueurs, Feld Fare Produce, Chase Distillery, Pie and Mighty Pies, The Pudding Club, The Cotswold Traiteur, Cotswolds Finest, Hobbs House Bakery, Simon Weaver and Soft Brew. Severn Cider from Awre will be running the bar while Simon Righton from Old Farm in Dorn will be selling hot food such as bacon, burgers and pulled pork.
Old Farm Finalists in the best farmer category of the Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards, Simon and Sarah Righton will be cooking up a storm at the Gloucestershire Echo Cotswold Celebration Zone with their burgers, bacon and pulled pork from Old Farm in Dorn. The third generation tenant farmers, whose home was the location for BBC TV’s Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen, run a traditional mixed agricultural enterprise over 300 acres, half of which is used for arable crops and the other put down to grass for their Hereford-cross suckler cattle, Welsh Mule ewes, free-range hens and unique pigs; a cross between Hamrock and Gloucestershire Old Spots that the couple
refer to as ‘Glamrock-ers’ All of the beef and pork produced by the Rightons and one third of the lamb are sold direct to the public through their farm shop, which they’ve been running since 2004. Here they offer customers a choice of various cuts, sausages, bacon, cooked and salt beef and have plans to produce ready meals, scotch
eggs and pork scratchings in the months to come. The shop also stocks other local produce such as cakes, butter, vegetables, ice cream, rapeseed oil, yoghurts and cheese, along with a stateof-the-art coffee machine. Meat from Old Farm is also sold at Stow on the Wold Farmers’ Market.
Hobbs House Bakery Lardy cakes and chocolate brownies will be among the goodies that Hobbs House Bakery will be taking along to the Gloucestershire Echo Cotswolds Celebration Zone. The long-standing family firm will also be displaying its range of breads, including its new St Martin Sourdough, proved over two days to create a delicious chewy texture and flavoursome crust, and its popular traditional white ‘Sherston’ loaf, made using an overnight method to produce a tasty product that’s exceptional for toast.
“All our breads are made with time and passion,” explains spokeswoman Anna Herbert. “We use the best quality ingredients, including flour from Shipton Mill, near Tetbury. “We hope people will find it hard to resist our lardy, which is an historic Gloucestershire cake, and our delicious brownies. “We’re really pleased to be taking part in the Gloucestershire Echo Cotswold Celebration zone as it’s good for us to be in the centre of the local food scene.” The Herbert family has been baking bread in the
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Cotswolds for five generations. In recent years the Chipping Sodbury-based business has become a household name following the success of TV’s The Fabulous Baker Brothers starring Tom and Henry Herbert. There is also a cookery school providing baking and butchery classes.
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Kate Green of Cotswold Traiteur
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The Pudding Club The world-famous Pudding Club has plenty of reasons to celebrate as it heads towards 2015. It’s just a few months short of 30 years since Three Ways House in Mickleton became the destination of choice for those with a sweet tooth. Since then thousands have beaten a path to its door to dig into its array of puds, while the club’s fame has led to a cookery book and sales of three of its bestloved classics through farm and food shops. Friday evenings are set aside for meetings of The Pudding Club, a slightly eccentric institution that has now become a must-do activity for many visitors to the Cotswolds. The highlight of the event is the Parade of the Seven Puddings, during which every guest is invited to try each @WeekendGlos
one before voting on his or her favourite over coffee. Currently the prestigious ‘Top of the Puds’ title belongs to the Sticky Toffee Pudding, while Treacle Pudding – referred to by members as the ‘Pride of the Pudding Club’ – has been served in such far-flung places as the Annapurna Base Camp at the foot of the Himalayas. “The heartfelt mission of The Pudding Club since it started in 1985 has been to preserve the great British pudding,” explains Jill Coombe, who runs Three Ways House with her husband Simon. “The Pudding Club is especially popular with visitors from Japan. “We’re passionate about puddings and proud to be upholding such an important part of our Great British culinary tradition.”
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Imagine being able to choose from a menu of delicious handmade ready meals featuring everything from Normandy Pork Casserole to Algerian Chicken Tagine, all made in Gloucestershire using locally-sourced ingredients. That’s the reality for customers of The Cotswolds Traiteur, set up by chef Francis Green in 2011 to create regional food with an international flavour to time-pressed customers. Blockley-based Francis has not looked back since starting the company, based on a classic French tradition of a town or village cook who prepares dishes for local people to eat when they return from their labours. His 30-plus options, which also include traditional favourites such as steak and ale pie and fisherman’s pie, are available through his online shop and selected delicatessens, farm shops and garden centres throughout the Cotswolds, along with branches of Warner’s Budgens, the Mid Counties Co-operative and the new Gloucester Services just off the M5. “We didn’t just want to be seen as a weekend treat – we want people to turn to the Cotswold Traiteur for everyday meals as well. All of these are made following our principles of using good quality meat and including nothing artificial,” explains Francis.
Fab bread and butter pudding IT’S Craft Bakers Week – the campaign which highlights the skill and passion of craft bakers, supported byTV baking stars Tom and Henry Herbert, who run high street bakeries across the Cotswolds. Tom says: “We are so proud to be supporting Craft Bakers’ Week. “Baking is a real skill and one that needs to be celebrated and supported, so it is a great way to remind everyone to love their local baker by paying them a visit. “It can take years to learn the craft, there are so many techniques to master from bread-making through to cakes.” Here is his recipe for a classic bread and butter pudding . . . Ingredients 5 slices of brioche 20g raisins 3 egg yolks 1 vanilla pod, split 300ml milk 50g soft butter 3 eggs 50g sugar 300ml cream Method Butter the bread both sides. Scatter the raisins into a dish. Place the slices on top. Mix the remaining ingredients and pour over the bread. Dunk the bread a few times to drown them. Let the pudding sit for 20 minutes before baking. Place into oven at 120C for 30 minutes or until the custard has set. Serve while still warm.
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HE Woolpack in Slad is a ‘destination’ pub. It’s one of the pubs that we bring visitors if we want to show off the ‘five valleys’ or we drop in after an autumn walk. With its Swifts Hill views and good beer, it’s no wonder that Laurie Lee loved his local. What also makes The Woolpack special is that it has managed to resist any temptation to go upmarket and remains a ‘local pub’. It’s still cosy and comfy inside and you can expect to see familiar faces of a regular local crowd. But the food is a step up from standard pub fare. Clearly the chef brings a touch of class to the meals on offer at The Woolpack. The menu is not the cheapest – main courses are around the £12 mark but the emphasis here is on quality. We resisted the tempting sounding starters and went straight for the mains.There’s no children’s menu, which is fine, I think it’s a good thing for our youngsters to push their culinary boundaries beyond fish fingers. The very helpful barmaid explained that the kitchen could provide smaller portions of most dishes. My mussels in a creamy garlic, white wine sauce, were divine (£13). Served
with skinny fries, the mussels had that fresh-from-the-sea taste, but really they were an excuse to savour the delicious sauce. And again, our friendly barmaid didn’t hesitate to bring me extra bread to soak up every last drop. Our children shared a handmade burger (£12), helpfully plated as two portions to avoid any disputes. This was an excellent thick chunk of juicy burger, which my normally fussy son said was ‘really good.’ Served with hand-cooked chips and salad leaves, gherkins and other toppings, they were both happy. A traditional beer-battered fish and chips (£12) was also a good version of a familiar favourite with light crisp batter, tender fish and a portion of chips. I shared a chocolate brownie dessert (£5) with the children. My daughter happily devoured the ice cream, while my son and I fought over the gooey, dark brownie. While the food was all very good, it would be remiss not to mention The Woolpack’s other great strength – it’s beer. Specialising in local beer including Uley Brewery’s ales, The Woolpack reliably pulls good quality pints. It’s just one of the reasons we’ll be looking forward to a return visit. Victoria Temple
THE WOOLPACK Location: Slad, GL6 7QA Food: Classy pub food Price: Starters from £6.50, mains from £12 and desserts £5 Service: Friendly Atmosphere: Cosy Contact: 01452 813429
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Make the most of your allotment by making your own preserves. MANDY BRADSHAW gets some tips from stars of The Big Allotment Challenge, Thane Prince and Ed Bond, one half of the winning team
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HEN you’ve toiled to produce something in the garden, sometimes it’s hard to step back and see it for what it really is: a bloated courgette. It can be so tempting to think everything must be used but Thane Prince has other ideas. “Occasionally, the compost is the best place for overgrown veg,” she says firmly. It’s the sort of no-nonsense comment familiar to viewers of BBC2’s The Big Allotment Challenge, where food writer Thane judged the competing duos on their production of preserves from the fruit and vegetables they had grown. Despite her belief in the importance of knowing when to let that courgette go, Thane does not believe in wasting produce and her latest book, Perfect Preserves, shows how we can store up the tastes of summer. Thane, who used to run the highly-acclaimed Aldeburgh Cookery School, and Ed Bond, one half of the winning team on The Big Allotment Challenge, will be giving some fork-to-fork advice at Cheltenham Literature Festival on how to get the most from a vegetable plot and how to preserve crops. They will debunk the myths that allotments mean hours of toil and a glut means an inevitable ‘courgettes with everything’. Ed, who won the contest with team-mate Alex Lomax, maintains that choosing carefully what you are going to grow and starting small are the keys to success. “Grow things that cover the
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ground in the first couple of years,” he says, suggesting potatoes and courgettes. Not that he usually grows such staples, concentrating instead on things that are either expensive to buy, or which taste better when absolutely fresh, such as sweetcorn. Growing your favourites will also help to keep your enthusiasm, he points out. If a full-sized allotment is daunting, Ed suggests taking on a half-plot like his and cultivating only a bit at a time; he covers fallow ground with a good helping of manure and damp proof membrane to keep the weeds at bay. And there’s no need to spend hours every day at an allotment so long as “when you do go up you work hard”. Taking part in the TV show, introduced him to different crops and ways of growing, not least using gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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Food writer Thane Prince and below, Alex and Ed, winners of The Big Allotment Challenge
a greenhouse. He and Alex built open-bottomed ‘boxes’ that were filled with manure and compost from growbags for their tomatoes. He also discovered globe artichokes, fennel and different varieties of tomatoes, melons and squash. Dahlias had always been an interest but growing them for the flower-arranging section of the contest has made them a passion. While the flower-arranging section of the show was almost a challenge too far, he had made chutney before but never curds or relishes. They are just one of the many ways Thane suggests for building up a stock of preserves, an old tradition finding favour again. “The idea of a store cupboard of food is very comforting,” she said. The first step is to choose crops that are at the peak of perfection. @WeekendGlos
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Sometimes, if time is short, that may mean freezing things or making them into purees to use at a later date: “Fresh and frozen aren’t opposites, they’re the same thing.” Above all, plan carefully. “Focus on growing what you want and what you need but also what you can keep for later,” Thane says. A second series of The Big Allotment Challenge has now been filmed and Thane hopes it will encourage us all to appreciate the work that goes into growing food. Gardeners should, she says, “honour the vegetables they’ve grown, treat them well and not waste them.” ■ Thane Prince and Ed Bond will be appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival next Saturday at 10am. Perfect Preserves by Thane Prince is published by Hodder & Stoughton, priced £25.
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■ TARTAN TOUCHES: Make a big impression with statement pieces of furniture. Multiyork has this handsome, extra-large Osborne Sofa, which can be upholstered in Abraham Moon Fernie Red, £3,359. Visit multiyork.co.uk
Traditional red plaid packs a mighty punch and is particularly appropriate for the festive season, conjuring a nostalgic and cosy atmosphere. “Tartan is enduringly popular,” says Alison Cork, founder of online interiors company, Alison At Home. “Plaid designs communicate a sense of heritage and a dash of sartorial style.”
If that stretches the budget, Next has joined the tartan bandwagon with a Sherlock chair, £450, and footstool, £119, in stirling red. Accessorise with its lambswool rich rustic check throw, £45.
Pheasant feather tartan lampshade, from £54, at Meltons. Visit meltons.co.uk
The tartan army is on the march creating a passion for plaid in our homes. With fresh, modern colour palettes, celebrate autumn with a bit of a Highland fling Tartan teaser If all that rich colour and pattern has you running for the Highlands, simply flirt with this look. Opt for a combination of a neutral colour palette, fine checks and less vibrant tartans. “Traditional heritage fabrics feature in the top autumn collections, and tartan’s leading the way as one of the hottest textiles around,” says Kate Mooney, founder of OccaHome. ■ TARTAN TOUCHES: Accessorise with cushions, such as Very’s Orkney Check Chenille offering, £12, above, at very.co.uk or enjoy your haggis with this 16-piece check cutlery set, £6, from George Home at george.com
Pull up a plaid pew.Try Alison At Home’s Foxwood occasional armchair, £695, in Chatsworth tartan from alisonathome.com
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Individually built and designed four/five bedroom detached property situated in this propular rural location within gardens measuring a third of an acre in need of updating and offering great potantial. Accomodation comprises of lounge, kitchen, four/five bedrooms, bathroom and off road parking and much more.
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Detached Character Property Dating Back To The 17th Century Five Double Bedrooms, Inglenook Fireplace, Exposed Beams, Pleasant Village Location, Large Garden With Swimming Pool, Parking, Double Attached Garage - EPC Energy Rating - F
property details Location : Sandhurst Price : Offers over ÂŁ599,950 Agent : Steve Gooch Contact : 01452 505 566
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A handsome five bedroom detached family house located in a prestigious residential area of Cheltenham within walking distance of local parks and Montpellier. Its well proportioned accommodation comprises an entrance hall with central staircase, cloakroom, living room, dining room, study, kitchen/breakfast room, utility, master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, four further bedrooms, bedroom two with an en-suite shower room, and a bathroom. Gas central heating, double glazing, enclosed rear garden and a double garage. D
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property details Location : The Park Price : ÂŁ775,000 Agent : Errington Smith & Co Contact : 01242 575805
This 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family home is beautifully presented with stunning views from all aspects of the property. The ground floor comprises a large dining room, shower room, sitting room with a log burning fireplace, a modern fitted kitchen/breakfast room and utility room. Upstairs benefits from 4 good sized bedrooms, en-suite facilities, a dressing area, a family bathroom and access to a large balcony off the third bedroom. Charming gardens surround the property with a large patio at the rear and parking for several vehicles, a carport and garage to the front.
property details Location : Sandhurst Price : ÂŁ587,500 Agent : CJ Hole Cheltenham Contact : 01242 255101
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A stylish and well presented second floor apartment overlooking Imperial Square located on the second floor of a delightful, purpose built, property which was constructed in the Regency style about fifteen years ago and benefits from wonderful views over Imperial Gardens. The apartment offers spacious accommodation with large sash windows in the drawing room. There is a lift within the building and the property benefits from an allocated parking space and access to communal gardens. Communal Landing, Entrance Hall, Kitchen, Drawing Room, Dining Room/Occasional Bedroom, Two Bedrooms both with En Suite Bathroom/Shower Rooms, Family Bathroom, Allocated Underground Parking Space, Lift, Video Entryphone.
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property details Location : Cheltenham Price : Guide Price ÂŁ465,000 Agent : Savills Cheltenham Contact : 01242 548 000
Individually designed detached house in a beautiful setting enjoying fantastic uninterrupted views all the way to the Malvern Hills. Thoughtfully, architect designed, this contemporary style house has much to offer in the way of space, design and natural light. Accommodation is on two floors with the living space on the upper floor and the five bedrooms below. There are two balconies both of which, again, make the most of the view. This is an excellent home in a wonderful location. EPC - D.
property details Location : Cleeve Hill Price : ÂŁ800,000 Agent : Fine & Country Contact : 01242 220080
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A charming and well presented 4 bedroom detached family home situated in the heart of this highly regarded Bredon Hill village. The property offers a good size attractive and mature garden with a mixture of fruit trees, wood store, garden store work room with power and light and double detached garage. EPC: E
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property details Location : Kemerton Price : Guide Price ÂŁ725,000 Agent : Hamptons Contact : 01242 639414
An elegant townhouse with a self contained two bedroom apartment. Accomodation comprises reception hall, dining room, drawing room, kitchen/breakfast room, family room, three Bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is also a lower Ground Apartment comprising, two Bedrooms, two shower rooms, sitting Room, kitchen, garden and off road parking for two cars.
property details Location : Park Place, The Park Price : ÂŁ1,100,000 Agent : Kingsley Evans Contact : 01242 222292
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Occupying a prominent position at the head of Eldon Road this imposing Victorian villa offers accommodation arranged over four floors and retains many period features including cornices, fireplaces and sash windows. In addition to the main house there is an apartment which can be accessed via its own private door. The property, which has a truly elegant feel, has been maintained to a good standard by the current owner with, of particular note, the inclusion of a fabulous kitchen/breakfast room and en suite bathroom to the master bedroom
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property details Location : Eldon Road Price : ÂŁ725,000 Agent : Peter Ball & Co Contact : 01242 255288
A stunning, fully refurbished end of terrace period town house located within a popular residential area. Entrance lobby, open plan sitting/ dining room, kitchen/breakfast room. Master bedroom, two further bedrooms and bath/shower room. Landscaped south facing garden, pedestrian side access and gated off road parking.
property details Location : Leckhampton Price : ÂŁ425,000 Agent : Knight Frank Contact : 01242 354996
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FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE MALT SHOVEL INN, RUARDEAN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL17 9TW ON THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2014 AT 6.00 P.M. A substantial detached 3 Bedroom House in quite location within walking distance of town’s facilities. Pleasure gardens, off road parking. EPC Rating D Sunnyside, 11 Trinity Way, GL14 2RE Guide Price £160,000/£180,000
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Location : Cinderford (Royal Forest of Dean) Price : Guide Price £160,000/£180,000 Agent : Morris Bricknell Contact : 01989 768320 www.morrisbricknell.com
A 3 Bedroom semi-detached house quietly located within walking distance of the town centre in need of total refurbishment. EPC Rating E. 24 Barleycorn Square, GL14 2LF Guide Price £80,000/£120,000
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Antiques & Auctions Sale dates TOMORROW Vintange & Antiques Market Green park Station, Bath. 9.30am WEDNESDAY Dominic Winter Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Cirencester Two-day sale. Includes Monty Python memorabilia. 10am. Stroud Auctions Unit J, Bath Road Trading Estate, Bath Road, Stroud Two-day sale of Asian and tribal art, musical instruments, books. 10am. FRIDAY Cotswold Auction Company Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester. Pictures, antiques and interiors. 10am. Tayler & Fletcher The Royal British Legion Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water Antique, modern and reproduction furniture and household effects. 10am.
Jewels bring out the sparkle J EWELLERY sales at Chorley’s continue to thrive and a recent sale saw fierce bidding for some standout pieces. The top price was £10,000 for a stunning marquise shaped diamond ring. The marquise is always a popular shape and this well-mounted, good quality example went to a private buyer. A beautiful Victorian diamond, enamel and gold pendant locket was coveted by everybody who saw it. Estimated at £4,000-£6,000, bidding was tense, selling to a phone bidder for £7,500. Another Victorian piece with an air of seductive menace was a serpent choker. The serpent heads were set with diamonds and rubies and this also exceeded its top estimate selling for £2,600.
An opal and diamond flower head brooch, was one of the prettiest items in the sale and although some brooches struggle in the current market, this one had real commercial appeal. Estimated at just £700£1,000 it stunned the room when the hammer came down at £2,200. A good selection of amber beads throughout the sale did well – currently amber is riding a wave of popularity driven by Chinese demand. An amber bead necklace of butterscotch colour and with matching earrings sold for £1,800 to a UK buyer who outbid Chinese buyers. Also in the sale were a number of paintings from the W H Smith Archive. These varied in style and subject matter with the finest item being a portrait
of William Lethbridge by Frederick Sandys. The artist was well-known in pre-Raphaelite circles and the quality of his draughtsmanship is second to none. Lethbridge was the first president of North Western Coal and Navigation Company, a mining company based in Alberta. The city of Lethbridge was named after him in an effort to convince him to invest in the new company. Ironically, Lethbridge never visited Canada. The painting saw strong international bidding, eventually going to a new home at £6,500. Other items of interest included an 18th century pocket globe by George Adams, showing George Anson’s voyage round the world. It sold for £3,600.
Python memories for sale PHOTOGRAPHS and memorabilia of Monty Python’s Eric Idle comes up for sale on Wednesday.
The never-before-published collection was created by his mum Norah, who passed away in 1996.
Eric with his mum on the Nuns OnThe Run film set in 1989
Idle sold his mother’s home and contents and an anonymous buyer snapped up an old box of belongings, unaware it contained more than 150 family photos of the young Eric, along with postcards sent home from one of Pythons’ worldwide tours.
This Victorian gold, diamond and enamel locket necklace fetched £7,500
The items are for sale at Dominic Winter in South Cerney.
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auction lot This oak chest fetched £1,550 while the amber beads sold for £1,450
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e THE Cotswold School of craftsmen were the star attraction at a recent sale, with this handsome 20th century oak chest of drawers leading the way. The Cotswold Auction Company sale saw a number of pieces from the family of Cotswold furniture maker Kenneth Desmond Lampard. The chest, with vertical and shaped handles, fetched £1,550 while a walnut chest sold for £780, a more recent oak dresser for £450 and a small oak side table for £400. Twentieth century offerings weren’t the only pieces of interest, with good quality antique furniture still hitting the mark. A pair of 19th century Empire style flame mahogany side cabinets with marble tops made £450, a Victorian
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mahogany writing table sold for £450 and a Victorian coromandel travelling toilet box with silver fittings fetched £380. The specialist section of silver, jewellery and watches saw an 18ct gold hunter pocket watch by Jonathan Jones making £1,000. A Victorian gold and pearl-set Etruscan-style bangle made £950 and a George II silver salver sold for £480. The trend of the moment is still the strong desire for amber fuelled by the Chinese market. This was reflected in the £1,450 price for a string of butterscotch yellow amber beads, together with similar beads.
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Escaping to Eastern Europe, to a community in Romania almost untouched by the modern world, was the perfect summer holiday for VICTORIA TEMPLE and her family
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HE sun was low and the full moon was rising over distant mountains. My daughter skipped through a meadow of waist-high flowers, past hand-piled haystacks towering above her, the grass alive with chirping crickets. We followed the tiny path, passing families with pitchforks and scythes resting on their shoulders, walking home after a day in the fields. It led to a cluster of wooden houses, and an old man sitting on a bench. He gestured to the tree laden with fruit hanging over his fence and we sat in the evening sun, eating ripe plums. Our flight to Romania had been short, but it had taken us to a different world. This was Breb, a village in Maramures, a region enclosed by the Carpathian mountains, for centuries a barrier to the outside world. Maramures retains the last surviving peasant culture in Europe, where selfsufficiency is the norm. To reach this unique region is surprisingly straightforward. Cluj Napoca, in Transylvania, is served with regular budget flights by Wizz Air. From there it was a three-hour drive in a hire car, over the Carpathians into the heart of Maramures. The road was rough in places, but not disarmingly so, and the mountain scenery was incredible. Wolves and bears still roam free here, adding to our sense of entering a fairytale. A warm welcome awaited at our destination, Breb’s Village Hotel. Its name is a slight misnomer. The Village Hotel is a cluster of four selfcatering cottages, run by English couple Duncan and Penny Ridgely. The cottages, like most of the homes in Breb are made of wood, built in the traditional style. They are rustic yet comfortable, and very beautiful, evidence of the famous woodwork skills of Maramures. Our room was perfect for our little family – with a large balcony looking over a meadow, where our children later ran out to play with the neighbouring local youngsters. Our kitchen stocked with basic groceries and replenished daily with homemade bread, village honey, cheese, butter, milk and more.
The self-catering accommodation is rustic but comfortable
As we explored Breb, I came to appreciate this more. Fresh milk was not easy to find. There was only one village shop selling basic groceries, beer, a few sweets and not much more. It did not sell milk. Why would it? Everyone in Breb has their own cow. The Village Hotel was perfect family accommodation. At night a central firepit provided a social hub, and we shared beers, laughter and conversations with other intrepid families from across Europe. While there aren’t any restaurants in Breb, there are some fantastic meal experiences. The Village Hotel can arrange home-cooked meals in a local home. I enjoyed creamy soup with chorizo, roasted chicken, homemade cake, unlimited wine and polinca, the local’s plumbased spirit while sharing tips and experiences with fellow diners from across Europe. All for just a few pounds. The mountains attract hikers from across Europe. But with our four-yearold girl and eight-year-old boy, our excursions had to be simpler. With only one tarmac road running through the foot of the valley, most of Breb’s 400 homes are accessed via rough tracks and tiny paths through meadows, orchards and vegetable gardens. Plums and apples falling from the
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fruit-laden trees were more of a hazard than any traffic. Breb’s traditional wooden houses look like Hansel and Gretal might come running out to meet us. They are ‘protected’ from the outside world by monumental wooden gates, which protect the house, a courtyard and barn and often an extra tiny little house for Grandma. After five days at The Village Hotel it was time to move on – but not far. We drove just a mile or so to Breb’s idyllic campsite, Camping Babou. With hammocks strung up under fruit trees, far-reaching views to Ukraine, and a wellequipped youth hostel and kitchen this was also perfect family accommodation. We’d hired a comfortable tent, and our children enjoyed having the freedom to play. On hot afternoons we drove 10 minutes to the next village, Ocna Sugatag, a low-key holiday resort for Maramures families, where there were outdoor swimming pools, natural saltwater pools and restaurants serving chips and pizzas. If we hadn’t been so happy trying to catch crickets and grasshoppers and converse with village baboushkas, we might have explored Maramures’ tourist sights. The region is home to world heritage gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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Getting there: Wizz Air operates nine weekly flights to Cluj-Napoca from London Luton with fares starting from £29.99 one way. Visit wizzair. com or call 0907 292 0102. Where to stay: The Village Hotel, Breb Maramwures, Romania. A family room costs approximately £30 per night including breakfast. www.villagehotelmaramures.com. For details of Camping Babou visit baboumaramures.com
wooden churches and the famous ‘Merry Cemetery’ at Sapanta with its colourful painted headstones. But it was the way of life that is the richest ‘heritage treasure.’ It was a fascinating world, but also oddly familiar. This is how everyone in Europe, in much of the world, lived for centuries, relying on the land, their skills and their neighbours for survival. On the last morning I @WeekendGlos
walked through the village at 7am. Most of Breb’s villagers had been awake for hours, making the most of the cool early morning. The light was stunning, the fields were alive with people quietly working, with life, with energy. Its beauty was almost heartbreaking. I was aware of witnessing a way of life that is increasingly rare and so very fragile. We had glimpsed the fairytale and Maramures had cast its spell.
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher Hilary Mantel, Fourth Estate, £14.99
WHAT a pleasure it is to read Hilary Mantel’s prose. She has an easy, conversational style that grabs you from the first sentence and pulls you quietly along to the last. For readers who loved her recent Booker-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, the style of The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher will certainly not disappoint. This selection of 10 short stories have that
Bones Never Lie Kathy Reichs
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same tone and feel. Her observations and minute attention to detail are awe-inspiring but seem wasted on some of the subjects she chooses to write about. Catch Hilary at Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 12.
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The School Gate Survival Guide Kerry Fisher
Tim Hall
Good Ideas
Michael Rosen
William Heinemann, £18.99
David Fickling Books, £10.99
Avon, £6.99
John Murray, £16.99
International bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her 17th novel in the Bones series. WhenTempe is called on a case, it soon becomes clear that she has hunted for this child-killing monster before.This particular killer is her ‘one that got away’. But before she can get down to business, Temperance Brennan must first track down Detective Ryan – her partner, and sometime lover – from the original investigation. As the search heats up and evidence begins building up, Ryan and Brennan find that their prime suspect has also been killed. Who is killing these girls now?
The story of Robin Hood is retold in a dark and fantastical fashion in the novel Shadow of the Wolf by Bisley-based authorTim Hall. The book tells how Robin Loxley has almost forgotten his family, who disappeared without explanation when he was seven, but remembers the day when his only friend Marion Delbosque was taken by men bearing the sigil of the wolf on their breast plates. The story revolves around Robin’s life in the winter forest among gods and monsters, from where he can sense the rotting villages that lie beyond.
From the outset,The School Gate Survival Guide appears to be a light, fun read that you can easily finish within a few days, yet underneath, it addresses issues of class divide, parenting, bullying and the struggles of daily life.The protagonist Maia is instantly likeable. As she works hard to hold down her job as a cleaner her oaf of a husband, Colin, lazes around the house all day, complaining there to be no jobs out there, yet never actually trying. However, you don’t feel the need to pity her, but rather support her, and by the end, you’ll want her as a friend.
Based on acclaimed poet Michael Rosen’s own learning, through his life experiences, education and as a parent of five children, this book offers thoughtprovoking advice to parents on how to broaden the minds of their brood. Parents are encouraged to engage their children through what is around us in the kitchen/bathroom/ garden. Everyday objects, insects and other ‘things’ that we take for granted are all potential fascinations and enjoyable learning tools for the young. He is hosting a children’s event at Cheltenham Literature Festival tomorrow.
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LITERATURE FESTIVAL Thousands continue to descend on Imperial and Montpellier Gardens in Cheltenham as celebrities, including Sheila Hancock, talk about their latest works. We chat to Brian Blessed about his heritage on page 58.
DOLPHINTALE 2 (U) Out today, Cineworld, Cheltenham and Gloucester Quays Times and prices vary
FOREST SHOWCASE The Speech House Hotel in the Forest of Dean becomes a mecca for food-lovers tomorrow with more than 100 stalls and themed demonstrations. @WeekendGlos
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GONE GIRL (18) Out now, Cineworld, Cheltenham and Gloucester Quays, Times and prices vary
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RIAN Blessed might be adept at Shakespearian tragedy, but he’s always had trouble welling up on camera. “I’ve been incapable of crying,” the veteran actor confesses in his trademark, booming voice. “It’s not being insensitive; I’ve not been able to.” Indeed, in the 1976 TV adaptation of I, Claudius, in which he played Augustus, the production team had to resort to putting “lots of liquid” in Blessed’s eyes for a particularly emotional scene. When it came to retracing his roots for the BBC One programme Who Do You Think You Are? however, the larger-than-life star soon found the tears flowing. “I didn’t make any determined resolution not to cry, I thought it just wouldn’t happen,” he says. “It was a great surprise to me.” Brian isn’t the first person to have been overcome with emotion on the celebrity genealogy show, which has returned for an 11th run. In previous series, we’ve seen newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky grow tearful as she learns of her Jewish family’s fate in wartime Belarus, and former Newsnight ‘Rottweiler’ Jeremy Paxman break down over the plight of his great-grandmother. “[Paxman] was not only crying, he became a little boy,” Brian notes. “There seemed to be decades and decades of tears within him that took him by surprise. “This show puts the real into reality television and “bursts the bubble of the television set”, according to the
charismatic 77-year-old. “This reality takes place and it’s quite mystical, the way it happens,” he enthuses. “For me, it was an extraordinary voyage.” Born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, Brian left school at the age of 14 after his father was injured in a coal mining accident. He worked as a plasterer and undertaker’s assistant – “strangely cheerful work, actually” – before training at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Brian went on to land parts in the 1980 film Flash Gordon and iconic TV comedy Blackadder, along with Shakespearean roles on stage and screen. His famous trademark is, of course, that unmistakable sonorous voice, which still has traces of his Yorkshire accent (Brian now lives in Surrey) and has made him hugely popular as a voice-over artist for everything from TV adverts to satnav devices. When he was first approached about appearing on Who Do You Think You Are? the actor – who is married to actress Hildegarde Neil – was sceptical. “There was a part of me that didn’t want to do it, because I didn’t want this cliche, I didn’t want to find kings and knights and dukes and all that boring c**p,” he admits. “I just wanted to find real human beings; that’s what made me say yes to the programme.” His previous attempts to trace his ancestors had proved unsuccessful, “and then along came Mary [Cranitch, the show’s producer] and
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her wonderful team who made a breakthrough, a big surprise.” The actor’s emotional trip took him from Doncaster to London and then Portsmouth, uncovering an adventuring great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, who was orphaned and forced to sleep rough on the streets of the capital before going on to father 13 children of his own. Brimming with excitement, Brian reveals he was stunned by the coincidences and parallels between his own life and those of his ancestors. “The [London] street where I found one of my wonderful relatives was exactly where I do my voice-overs – that’s where he had his shop and did his bookbinding. “We went to [the church] St Martinin-the-Fields, I go there every year at Christmas to do The Night Before Christmas, and that’s where one of my relatives was baptised.” It’s clear that in his great-greatgrandfather, Brian – who describes his life as “50 per cent expeditions and 50 per cent acting” – found a kindred spirit. Reeling off a list of his own astonishing achievements – scaling Mount Everest three times, visiting the North Pole, space training in Moscow – the star says: “My whole ethos is that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure... “Where did [that] come from? I started to find it in Jabez; I started to find it in this gorgeous character.” Brian breaks off to thunderously quote some verses from the Robert Louis Stevenson poem The Vagabond (“Not to autumn will I yield, Not to gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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always been larger than life. “And therefore everything melted away, the cameras melted away and I suddenly became one with myself. “It has had a marked effect on me. It has given me a wonderful inner peace.” Brian will appear at The Times
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Forum in Montpellier Gardens on Wednesday as part of Brian Blessed: 10 Years of Who Do You Think You Are?. The event, part of this year’s Literature Festival, takes place from 4pm. Tickets cost £12. Call 08448 808094.
stage THE MAN JESUS, EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM DOING a one-man show as a single character is demanding enough, but playing 12 different people is altogether a different challenge. But that’s exactly what Simon Callow is doing when he appears at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in The Man Jesus tomorrow. One of Britain’s best-loved actors, Simon portrays the tyrants, traitors and madmen in Jesus’ life in this extraordinary performance. Matthew Hurt’s play looks back 2,000 years to witness key moments in the life of the son of God, through the eyes of the people who knew him. “It’s an attempt to look at Jesus head on,” says Simon, best known for Four Weddings and a Funeral. “Whether you are religious or not, Jesus is everywhere. “We are looking at the words he said, how radical and strange they were, and they are not at all what you think. “Take the Sermon on the Mount; he seemed very quickly to go from losing what popular support he had then to dying on the Cross just a few months later. “Playing all these different characters is like learning the parts to 10 different plays; it is very challenging.” Having already played the composer Wagner, Shakespeare and Dickens on stage, and now stepping into the sandals of Biblical times, where does Simon go from here? “I’m not quite sure unless one takes on God,” he says with a laugh. Watch this space. The Man Jesus starts at 7.30pm tomorrow. Tickets cost £19.50 from 01242 572573.
watch OUT FOR TEWKESBURY MOP FAIR
ALTHOUGH few mops are seen these days on the streets of Tewkesbury, a centuries-old fair named after the cleaning equipment is still a top attraction. Experience Tewkesbury Mop Fair next week when stalls, sideshows, games, rides and a fun fair take over the centre of town. Dating back to the 12th century, this is the largest street fair in Gloucestershire
and takes place on Thursday and Friday from 6.30pm. It was created when farm hands, labourers, servants and craftsmen, looking for work, would take along a piece of equipment to represent their trade. Those with no specific skills would carry a mop head to signify they were free for work, hoping a prospective employer would spot them in the crowds.
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THE Iranian-born British author and comedian heads to The Sundial Theatre next Friday with her latest stage show, Because I’m Shappi. After taking a break to have her baby daughter, the panel show regular is back on the road and will be giving audiences more of an insight into her life.
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Her last appearance at the venue was a show which centred on the details of a failed relationship. It recounted her unpleasant affair with a famous 90s rock star and the fallout from it. Tickets to see Shappi on Friday cost from £12 to £14. Call 01285 654228. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend
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Saturday’s Television Guide BBC1
7.30 Breakfast (S,HD) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S). 11.30 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (R,S,HD). 12.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 12.10 Football Focus (S,HD). 12.50 Saturday Sportsday (S). 1.00 Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying (S,HD). 2.30 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 3.15 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.00 Final Score (S,HD). 5.15 Regional News (S,HD) 5.30 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD).
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9.20 The Trials of Life 10.10 The Trials of Life (R,S,HD). 10.55 Map Man (R,S). 11.30 South Africa Walks (R,S). 12.00 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (R,S,HD). 12.30 The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo (R,S,HD). 1.00 Film: Flying Down to Rio (S). (1933) ●●● 2.25 Film: Follow the Fleet (S). (1936) ●●●● 4.15 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes (R,S,HD). 5.15 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade (R,S,HD).
ITV
6.00 CITV. 9.25 The Hungry Sailors (R,S,HD). 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 ITV News (S); Weather 11.30 Storage Hoarders (R,S,HD). 12.30 May the Best House Win (R,S,HD). 1.30 The X Factor (R,S,HD). 2.30 Film: About a Boy (S,HD). (2002) Romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant and Toni Collette. ●●●● 4.30 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The judges’ houses stage begins. 5.35 Off Their Rockers (R,S,HD).
Channel 4
6.10 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 7.00 Trans World Sport (S). 8.00 The Morning Line (S,HD). 9.00 Weekend Kitchen (S,HD). 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 10.30 Frasier (R,S). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.25 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.55 Gadget Man (R,S,HD). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). Live coverage from Ascot and Newmarket. 4.05 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).
Channel 5
6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Chinese Food in Minutes (R). 10.15 The Secret Life of Pets (R,S,HD). 10.45 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). 11.45 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 12.45 Storage: Flog the Lot! (R,S,HD). 1.40 Film: Patton (S,HD). (1970) Second World War biopic, starring George C Scott. ●●●●● 5.00 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 5.05 Film: Silverado (S). (1985) Western, with Kevin Kline and Kevin Costner. ●●●●
Doctor Who, 8.30pm
Genesis: Together & Apart, 9.15pm
Through the Keyhole, 9.20pm
Grand Designs, 8.15pm
6.20 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). 3/14. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host as the couples perform for the second time.
6.15 Restoring England’s Heritage (S). Historic buildings in the East Midlands in desperate need of restoration. 6.45 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 27/31. 7.15 Flog It! Trade Secrets (S). 20/30. Items with connections to famous people. 7.45 Penguins – Spy in the Huddle (R,S,HD). 1/3.
6.05 Regional News (S); Weather 6.15 ITV News (S); Weather 6.30 New You’ve Been Framed! (S). 2/18.
6.05 Stars at Your Service (S,HD). 2/4. Viewers ask celebrities to perform a bespoke service in aid of charity.
7.00 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 6/8. Bradley Walsh hosts.
7.05 Channel 4 News (S) 7.20 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S). 9/10. A Birmingham couple take a huge gamble on a double-height extension.
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8.30 Doctor Who (S,HD). 7/12. The companions crash-land on the moon.
8.45 Dad’s Army (R,S). 10/13. The hapless soldiers tackle a fire.
8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 13/24. As the judges’ houses stage continues, the route to the live shows draws tantalisingly closer for the remaining 24 acts, who perform in glamorous destinations around the world.
8.15 Grand Designs (R,S,HD). 5/10. A couple build a shed-like family home and workspace at an old milk yard in south-east London, but their choice of unconventional, industrial-style materials proves challenging.
9.15 Casualty (S,HD). 5/46. Disaster strikes on a staff day out.
9.15 Genesis: Together & Apart (S,HD). Feature-length profile of one of the most successful British bands in rock, featuring interviews with Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett.
9.20 Through the Keyhole (S,HD). 6/7. With Joey Essex, Carol Vorderman and Vernon Kay.
9.20 Battle: Los Angeles (S,HD). (2011) A platoon of soldiers is sent into battle against an alien invasion force that has landed on America’s west coast. Sci-fi thriller, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ramon Rodriguez. ●●
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11.50 The Football League Show 11.30 The Good Shepherd (S). (S). Manish Bhasin presents (2006) Fact-based spy drama, highlights and all the goals with Matt Damon and Robert from the latest fixtures in the De Niro, who also directed. Championship, League One and ●●● League Two, including Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion.
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2.05 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 5.50 Countryfile (R,S,HD). Matt Baker and Helen Skelton present the One Man and His Dog sheepdog trials.
7.35 Joe Kidd (S,HD). (1972) Western, with Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall and John Saxon. Part of the Clint Eastwood season. Edited for violence and language. ●●
9.15 A Fistful of Dollars (S,HD). (1964) Sergio Leone’s Western, starring Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonte. Part of the Clint Eastwood season. ●●●●●
10.15 ITV News (S); Weather 10.30 Red Heat (S,HD). (1988) Action thriller, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi. ●●●
11.40 Rude Tube (R,S,HD). 8/8. Alex 11.20 World War II in Colour Zane looks at clips whose stars (R,S,HD). 4/13. Germany’s plans have become online celebrities for the invasion of the Soviet in their own right, including a Union. video featuring an impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Last in the series.
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12.40 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S). With comedian John Bishop and singersongwriter Ella Henderson. 1.40 Homeland (R,S,HD). Brody’s loyalty wavers when he meets a familiar face. 2.40 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Omnibus. Finn’s trial begins. 4.45 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.40 Win It Cook It (R,S,HD).
12.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Benefit House: Me & My 22 Kids (R,S,HD). 4.00 House Doctor (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Make It Big (R,S). 5.15 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.25 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.35 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).
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Sunday’s Television Guide BBC1
6.00 Live Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix (S,HD). 9.15 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD) 10.15 Sunday Morning Live (S,HD). 11.15 Sunday Politics (S). 12.30 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD) 1.15 Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix (S,HD). 3.15 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.00 Points of View (S,HD). 4.15 The Great British Bake Off (R,S,HD). 5.15 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 5.55 Regional News (S,HD)
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BBC2
6.50 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 7.20 The Beechgrove Garden (S,HD). 7.50 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.10 The Football League Show (R,S). 10.30 Live Athletics (S). The Great Scottish Run. 1.30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). Highlights of the series. 3.00 Film: The Alamo (S,HD). (2004) Historical Western, starring Dennis Quaid. ●● 5.05 Rugby League: Super League Play-Offs (S,HD). The qualifying semi-finals.
ITV
6.00 CITV. 9.25 ITV News (S) 9.30 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S). 10.30 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.30 ITV News (S); Weather 11.40 Film: Carry On at Your Convenience (S). (1971) ●● 1.25 Film: Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (S,HD). (2006) Family comedy, with the voice of Bill Murray. ●●● 3.00 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The judges’ houses stage continues. 4.10 Downton Abbey (R,S,HD). 5.15 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD).
Channel 4
6.10 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 7.00 Volkswagen Racing Cup (S). 7.30 NFL: The American Football Show (R,S,HD). 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.25 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.50 Channel 4 Racing: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (S,HD). Including the feature race at 3.30. 4.00 Film: The Legend of Zorro (S,HD). (2005) ●●
Channel 5
6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Meerkat Manor (R,S). 10.25 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 11.20 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 12.20 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 1.15 Ultimate Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 2.10 Film: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (S,HD). (2009) ●●● 4.00 Film: Big Momma’s House 2 (S,HD). (2006) ●● 5.55 Film: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (S,HD). (2005) Children’s fantasy, starring Johnny Depp. ●●●
Sacred Rivers with Simon … 9pm
The X Factor, 8pm
Posh Pawn, 7pm
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6.05 Flog It! (S). From Skegness, Lincolnshire.
6.00 Off Their Rockers (R,S,HD). 7/7. 6.30 Regional News (S); Weather 6.45 ITV News (S); Weather
6.30 Channel 4 News (S)
7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). 3/14. The first couple are eliminated.
7.00 Jungle Atlantis (R,S,HD). 2/2. The experts discover a sophisticated network of roads and canals that reveal the true scale of the abandoned medieval megacity of Angkor.
7.00 Sunday Night at the Palladium (S,HD). 4/6. Jimmy Carr hosts the variety show.
7.00 Posh Pawn (R,S,HD). 2/3. The experts appraise a divorcee’s £185,000 necklace.
8.00 Antiques Roadshow (S,HD). 4/27. The team returns to Scone Palace in Perthshire, uncovering a 19th-century military campaign box possibly linked to Napoleon and an implement of corporal punishment.
8.00 Wonders of the Monsoon (S,HD). 1/5. New series. Exploring how the lives of humans and animals are shaped by the weather system that annually transforms an enormous part of the Earth. Colin Salmon narrates.
8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 14/24. As the judges’ houses stage concludes, the 24 acts pack their bags and prepare to head home, but for the 12 who have made it to the live shows, the competition has only just begun.
8.00 Operation Maneater (S,HD). 3/3. In Western Australia, Mark Evans explores non-lethal solutions to shark attacks, including a new airborne camera that spots the creatures deep underwater. Last in the series.
9.00 Our Girl (S,HD). 3/5. Molly and Smurf return to the UK on leave, but with their comrades facing a big threat in Afghanistan, they struggle with life back home and find comfort with each other.
9.00 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve (S,HD). 1/3. New series. The adventurer visits some of the world’s most famous waterways and investigates how they have shaped the lives of the people living along them, beginning with the Nile.
9.00 Downton Abbey (S,HD). 3/8. Violet tries to stop Mary’s secret assignation being exposed, the events surrounding Green’s death come under scrutiny once again and old wounds are reopened for Mrs Patmore.
9.00 The Descendants (S,HD). (2011) Premiere. A man whose wife is in a coma learns she was having an affair, so goes to confront her lover with his daughters in tow. Drama, with George Clooney and Shailene Woodley. ●●●●
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10.00 Mock the Week (R,S,HD). 10.00 Regional News (S,HD) 10/14. With James Acaster, Ed 10.30 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD). Byrne, Sara Pascoe and Josh Mark Chapman reviews the Widdicombe. latest Premier League action, 10.30 QI XL (S,HD). 1/16. Extended including Chelsea v Arsenal at edition. With Sarah Millican, Stamford Bridge and Ross Noble and Colin Lane. Manchester United v Everton at Old Trafford.
10.05 ITV News (S); Weather 10.20 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Martin Kemp (R,S,HD). 5/7. The actor and musician talks about finding fame in Spandau Ballet before going on to star in EastEnders.
11.50 I Love You, Man (S,HD). (2009) 11.15 The Greatest (S,HD). (2009) Comedy, starring Paul Rudd and Drama, starring Pierce Brosnan, Jason Segel. ●●● Susan Sarandon and Carey Mulligan. ●●●
11.20 Premiership Rugby Union (HD). Highlights of the latest top-flight fixtures.
11.15 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (S,HD). (2009) Romantic comedy, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. ●●●
12.15 The Store. Home shopping. 2.30 Motorsport UK (S,HD). Highlights from Knockhill. 3.20 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 4.05 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.
1.20 American Football Live (S,HD). New England Patriots v Cincinnati Bengals (Kickoff 1.30am). 5.10 Volkswagen Racing Cup (R,S). Round seven from Donington Park. 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD). With Dictionary Corner guest Margaret Mountford.
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Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Television Guide BBC1
6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).
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8.20 The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 James Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cars of the People (R,S). 10.05 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (R,S). 10.35 Click (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics Conference Special (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life (R,S). 1.30 Ready Steady Cook 2.15 Cash in the Attic 3.00 The Life of Mammals 4.00 Coast 4.45 Great British Railway Journeys 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).
ITV
6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With Anastacia. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).
Channel 4
6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). Finding a property in southern Spain. 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).
Channel 5
6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). A dispute leads to a man being attacked with a hammer. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Trust (S). (2009) Mystery, starring Jamie Luner. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).
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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 19/21. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Myra gets hold of some incriminating evidence.
6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drug dealing lands him in hospital. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)
7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. 7.30 Regional Programme (S). Followed by BBC News.
6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 54/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It Takes Two (S,HD). 6/60. Zoe Ball chats to the first couple to be voted out. 7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 19/20. Former MP Oona King and broadcaster Jenni Murray travel around London on a quest to unearth collectibles.
7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Priya clams up when Rakesh tells her he loves her. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Sean lets slip to Tony that Liz is visiting Jim.
7.00 Channel 4 News (S)
7.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD). Jon Bentley and Jason Bradbury take on Ortis Deley and Amy Williams in a four-part hi-tech challenge. Followed by 5 News Update.
8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). 8.30 Workers on the Breadline â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Panorama (S,HD). Richard Bilton meets workers who struggle to survive on their low wages.
8.00 University Challenge (S,HD). 12/37. Brasenose College, Oxford, takes on Durham. 8.30 Only Connect (S,HD). 6/27. A team of chess enthusiasts takes on a trio of linguists.
8.00 The Undriveables (S,HD). 4/6. A woman who hates exceeding 30mph and a man with spatial awareness issues. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Gary continues to flirt with Alya.
8.00 Jamieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comfort Food (S,HD). 6/6. Ham, egg and chips, chicken kebab and chocolate cake. Last in the series. 8.30 Gadget Man (S,HD). 7/8. Richard Ayoade creates a unique gadget-filled bistro.
8.00 Ultimate Police Interceptors (S,HD). Officers from Lincolnshire Policeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite team discover a cannabis farm, while Jon Peacock gets more than he bargained for when he uncovers an unexploded bomb. Last in the series.
9.00 New Tricks (S,HD). 8/10. A DNA sample from a rebellious teenager provides a link to the murder of an interpreter four years earlier, while Steve brings his dying father to London to stay in a hospice.
9.00 The Kitchen (S,HD). 1/3. New series. Documentary following eight households as they go about their daily kitchen-based routines. Louise struggles to meet the culinary demands of her five children.
9.00 Grantchester (S,HD). 1/6. New series. Detective drama set in the 1950s, starring James Norton and Robson Green as a vicar and a police inspector solving crimes in rural Cambridgeshire.
9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody (S). 2/5. Officers investigate two contrasting stories of harassment and domestic abuse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one involving a scorned wife and the other a series of highly threatening messages.
9.00 Too Tough to Teach? (S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. New pupil James arrives with a reputation for violence and it is not long before his intimidating behaviour resurfaces and he directs his anger towards a classmate.
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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats (S,HD). 1/9. 10.00 Under the Dome (S,HD). 7/13. New series. With Jack Dee, Barbie descends into the abyss 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather Gemma Cairney and Rob to search for Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body. 10.40 The Agenda (S,HD). 1/10. New Beckett. 10.55 Next (S,HD). (2007) Thriller, series. Tom Bradby returns with 10.50 Bouncers (R,S,HD). 3/3. The with Nicolas Cage, Julianne the discussion show. police face crowd-control issues Moore and Jessica Biel. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? in Colchester. Last in the series.
11.20 Room 101 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Extra Storage (S,HD). 4/8. With Ross Noble, Jamelia and Germaine Greer.
11.20 Today at Conference (S). The Liberal Democrat annual conference in Glasgow. 11.50 Long Shadow (R,S,HD). 2/3.
11.20 Billy Connollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Send Off 11.45 NFL: The American Football (R,S,HD). 1/2. Part one of two. Show (S,HD). Vernon Kay The comedian explores presents highlights from the attitudes toward death. fifth week of the NFL campaign, while Nat Coombs looks at the media reaction and latest headlines.
12.00 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). With Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Luke Evans and Lenny Kravitz. 12.45 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 12.50 BBC News (S,HD).
12.50 Sign Zone: Scrappers (R,S). Terry Walker faces up to some big decisions regarding Boyle and Chris. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).
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Tuesday’s Television Guide BBC1
6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).
FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor
BBC2
7.50 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 Antiques Roadshow (R,S). 10.05 Food & Drink (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics Conference Special (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life (R,S). 1.30 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.00 The Life of Mammals (R,S). 3.00 Gymnastics: World Artistic Championships (S). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).
ITV
6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Louis Walsh. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). The team visits Barnsley in South Yorkshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).
Channel 4
6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).
Channel 5
6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Benefit House: Me & My 22 Kids (R,S,HD). Large families who depend on the benefits system. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). The team hunts down a sniper. 3.15 Film: Out of the Woods (S). (2005) Drama, starring Jason London. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).
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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 20/21. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). A lifethreatening hostage situation unfolds at the hospital.
6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Hannah, Casey, Josh, Evelyn and Denny hide out at the farmhouse. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)
7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Linda struggles to come to terms with her ordeal. Followed by BBC Music Performance.
6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 55/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 7/60. Zoe Ball is joined by the couple who narrowly avoided elimination. 7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). Doctor-turnedcomedian Phil Hammond and comedy actress Maria McErlane travel through Cheshire, Lancashire and Wales.
7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Hour-long episode. Rakesh suggests calling off the wedding.
7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Stand Up to Cancer (S). 1/7. New series. Short films telling a range of cancer stories.
7.00 Meerkat Manor (R,S,HD). 5/13. 7.30 The Secret Life of Pets (S,HD). A look at how pets communicate with their owners and one another. Followed by 5 News Update.
8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 52/52. Elliot is determined to keep his new project out of Jac’s hands, Harry wants answers to a few awkward questions and an erratic Zosia ignores a patient’s wishes.
8.00 Horizon: The New Cat Experiment (S,HD). The first of three-part scientific study into the behaviour of cats examines how senses developed by their ancestors could be making life difficult for them in the modern world.
8.00 The Pride of Britain Awards 2014 (S,HD). Carol Vorderman hosts the annual ceremony from London’s Grosvenor House, where royalty and stars from the worlds of TV, music and sport celebrate the nation’s heroes.
8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S). 1/9. New series. A hairdresser comes to the aid of a former binman, while a man who likes to clean things in even numbers meets a historian with a collection of 300 troll dolls.
8.00 Night Crime UK: Caught On Camera (R,S,HD). Journalist Nick Wallis joins police forces across the nation to discover how CCTV and other technological advances are helping to bring criminals to justice.
9.00 The Driver (S,HD). 3/3. As the gang plans a major job, the police uncover new evidence that puts Vince squarely in their sights, while he offers longsuffering mate Col a way out. Last in the series.
9.00 Human Universe (S,HD). 1/5. New series. Professor Brian Cox explores the past, present and future of mankind, as well as the place and destiny of the human race, beginning by examining its origins.
9.00 Ramsay’s Costa del Nightmares (S,HD). 3/4. Gordon Ramsay visits a couple having problems with the head chef of their upmarket restaurant in Gaucin, southern Spain, only eight weeks after opening.
9.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S,HD). 19/22. A teenager bursts into the precinct and shoots an officer before making his way to the interrogation room, where he takes DB and the man he was questioning hostage.
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12.35 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 12.40 BBC News (S,HD).
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12.50 Sign Zone: Hotel India (R,S). The Taj Mahal Palace plays host to an auction of Indian art by Christie’s. 1.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).
10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 Forgetting Sarah Marshall (S,HD). (2008) Romantic comedy, with Jason Segel, Kristen Bell and Russell Brand. ●●●
10.00 Gogglebox (R,S). 2/12. Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas. Narrated by Caroline Aherne.
10.00 NCIS (R,S,HD). 7/24. A Homeland Security employee goes missing. 10.55 NCIS (R,S,HD). 10/24. Tony’s father is found drunk in a car that has a dead body in the boot.
11.05 Educating the East End (R,S). 11.55 Secrets & Lies (S). 3/6. Ben 5/8. The stories of three boys at tries to protect Jess from Paul. different stages of their school lives – a 12-year-old who plays truant, a rap fan who is often in trouble and a band member experiencing panic attacks. 12.40 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 Loose Women (R,HD). With guest Louis Walsh. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.
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12.05 Poker (S). 1.00 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 1.25 Trans World Sport (R,S). 2.20 First Time Farmers (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Thunder Island (S). (1963) Thriller, starring Gene Nelson. ●● 4.25 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 4.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).
12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.10 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Mummy’s Little Murderer (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).
Wednesday’s Television Guide BBC1
6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).
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BBC2
7.50 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath (R,S). 10.05 Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves (R,S). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics Conference Special (S) 2.15 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 3.00 Gymnastics: World Artistic Championships 5.15 Flog It! 5.55 Party Political Broadcast (S,HD).
ITV
6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Jeremy Clarkson discusses his new book. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).
Channel 4
6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).
Channel 5
6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 No Foreigners Here – 100% British (R,S,HD). Life in the multicultural Manchester suburb of Cheetham Hill. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Gracie’s Choice (S). (2004) Fact-based drama, starring Kristen Bell. ●●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).
Scott & Bailey, 9pm
Extreme Brat Camp, 10pm
Wentworth Prison, 10pm
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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.25 Party Political Broadcast (R,S). By the Liberal Democrats. 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather
6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 21/21. Norwegian immigrants look for work in Springfield. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). One hostage is left fighting for their life.
6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Kyle decides to turn Angelo’s into a music venue without consulting Brax. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)
7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show featuring topical reports from around the UK and big-name studio guests.
6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 56/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 8/60. Ian Waite analyses the couples’ training. 7.00 Britain’s Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown (R,S,HD). Former Royal Navy officer Eric Brown recounts his flying experiences.
7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). A chance meeting with Juliette and baby Carl leaves Jimmy confused. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Alya tells Gary their kiss was a mistake.
7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Stand Up to Cancer (S). 2/7. Short films telling a range of cancer stories.
7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S). Officers track down a motorist trying to outrun the law on foot. Followed by 5 News Update.
8.00 The Great British Bake Off: The Final (S,HD). 10/10. The three finalists battle it out for the title, with a showstopper that involves having to serve up perfect sponge, caramel, choux pastry and petits fours. Last in the series.
8.00 Long Shadow (S,HD). 3/3. David Reynolds explores the upsurge in nationalism after the Great War, with hastily patched together states destabilising Europe for much of the 20th century. Last in the series.
8.00 Celebrity Squares (S,HD). 5/6. Vernon Kay, Bruno Tonioli, Linda Robson, Russell Grant, Rachel Riley, Katherine Ryan and Nathan Caton join regulars Tim Vine and Joe Wilkinson in the grid. Warwick Davis hosts.
8.00 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money (S). 10/10. A couple plan to modernise their 1950s wreck in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. Last in the series.
8.00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (S,HD). Two former friends who are now embroiled in an ongoing dispute that started with an off-the-cuff remark and soon spiralled into an all-out war over the ownership of a hedge.
9.00 Our Zoo (S,HD). 6/6. The family prepares for the appeal to overturn the ban – but the aviary has been vandalised and a hot-headed George is proving more of a liability than an asset. Last in the series.
9.00 Horizon: The New Cat Experiment (S,HD). The second programme of the three-part scientific study examines the feline hunting instinct, with GPS trackers and mini-cameras showing how cats transform from pet to predator.
9.00 Scott & Bailey (S,HD). 5/8. Rachel punishes Janet for keeping the truth from her, and an unconscious baby is admitted to hospital with injuries that do not match his parents’ explanation of events.
9.00 Grand Designs (S). 6/10. Natasha Cargill wants to build a home shaped like two enormous periscopes in rural Norfolk, but she must adhere to strict planning constraints to ensure she can live there.
9.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S,HD). 4/8. Paul and Steve call for urgent police back-up after opening a locked wooden case they find while carrying out an eviction notice at a flat in London’s Docklands.
10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 A Question of Sport (S,HD). 7/31. With Simon Jones, Joanna Rowsell, Kevin Davies and Luther Burrell.
10.00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (S,HD). 10/10. Including an interview with the winner and the two runnersup. Last in the series. 10.40 Newsnight (S,HD).
10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Extreme Brat Camp (S). True Stories documentary exploring 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather the world of behavioural10.40 Through the Keyhole modification programmes for (R,S,HD). 6/7. Keith Lemon visits troubled American children, mystery celebrity homes and looking at the beliefs and challenges this week’s panel – ambitions that underpin the to guess the identities of the industry. famous owners.
10.00 Wentworth Prison (S,HD). 6/12. Simmo’s husband asks her to end Bea’s reign in a bid to protect their daughter, while Franky’s drug operation causes tragedy when a potent stash falls into the governor’s hands.
11.05 Thailand’s Drug Craze: Stacey Dooley Investigates (S,HD). 2/3. The presenter examines Ya-ba, a dangerous mix of methamphetamine and caffeine. Previously shown on BBC3.
11.40 Today at Conference (S). A review of the final day of the Liberal Democrat conference.
11.40 The Undriveables (R,S,HD). 4/6. A woman who hates exceeding 30mph and a man with spatial awareness issues.
11.05 24 Hours in Police Custody (R,S). 2/5. Two contrasting stories of harassment and domestic abuse.
11.00 Mummy’s Little Murderer (R,S,HD). Documentary using covert police recordings and surveillance footage to examine the events surrounding the murder in 2011 of Emily Longley.
12.05 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 12.10 BBC News (S,HD).
12.10 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). How iconic waterways have shaped the lives of the people who live along them. 1.10 Sign Zone: Who Do You Think You Are? (R,S). DJ and presenter Reggie Yates traces his ancestry. 2.10 Doctor Who (R,S). 3.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).
12.10 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 2.30 British Touring Car Championship Highlights (HD). Action from the ninth round of the season at Silverstone. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.
12.00 Music on 4: Four to the Floor (S,HD). 12.30 Undercover Boss USA (R,S,HD). 1.20 Film: Gattu. (2011) ●●● 2.35 Film: In Search of Guru Dutt. (1989) ●●● 4.05 Win It Cook It (R,S,HD). 4.30 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 4.40 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (R,S,HD). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).
12.00 Dallas (S,HD). 12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.10 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Too Tough to Teach? (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).
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Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Television Guide BBC1
6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).
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8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 Horizon: Ebola â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Search for a Cure (R,S). 10.05 Gardenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; World (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life (R,S). 1.30 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 2.15 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 3.00 Gymnastics: World Artistic Championships (S). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).
ITV
6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Ariana Grande. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Deal (S,HD). From Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). Wayne Sleep plays host. 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).
Channel 4
6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.25 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). Searching for a home in western France. 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).
Channel 5
6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Ultimate Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man (S,HD). (2012) Western sequel, starring Luke Perry. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).
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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.15 ITV News (S); Weather 6.45 Emmerdale (S,HD). The day of Robbieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral arrives.
6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 1/23. Homer is cast as the lead in a superhero movie. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). The day ends in tragedy at the hospital.
6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Zac finds out Oscar is regularly skipping school to go to the gym. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)
7.00 The One Show (S,HD). 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Linda seeks comfort from Sharon but finds it hard to admit what has happened. Followed by BBC News.
7.00 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (S,HD). 1/6. New series.
7.15 Live International Football (S,HD). England v San Marino (Kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the Euro 2016 Group E qualifier at Wembley Stadium.
7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Stand Up to Cancer (S). 3/7. Short films telling a range of cancer stories.
7.00 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD). Jon Bentley and Jason Bradbury take on Ortis Deley and Amy Williams in a four-part hi-tech challenge. Followed by 5 News Update.
8.00 Your Home in Their Hands (S,HD). 3/3. Amateur interior designers help a family in Essex struggling to agree on home alterations and a Kent couple nervous about changing their property. Last in the series.
8.00 Horizon: The New Cat Experiment (S,HD). Part three of three. Liz Bonnin and the team examine how cats communicate, revealing the surprising conversations they have when their owners are asleep.
8.00 Location, Location, Location (S). 9/10. A catch-up with two sets of house-hunters â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a Surrey couple relocating to East Molesey and a Watford couple wanting to move closer to St Albans and Tring.
8.00 Benefit Brits by the Sea (R,S,HD). The lives of people dependent on the dole in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth, including a couple whose payments were cut because they failed to fill in the correct forms.
9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (S,HD). 10/10. Model and actress Twiggy digs deep into her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past in the 100th edition of the genealogy show, discovering a history of strong women and a hint of crime. Last in the series.
9.00 Peaky Blinders (S,HD). 2/6. Tommy encounters gang leader Alfie Solomons (Tom Hardy) in London while searching for Pollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, while Arthur continues to feel the devastating effects of the Great War.
9.00 Educating the East End (S). 6/8. The Year 11 pupils prepare for their looming GCSEs, but some of the girls have other things playing on their minds ahead of the exams â&#x20AC;&#x201C; most prominently, boys.
9.00 No Foreigners Here â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 100% British (S,HD). 2/3. Trainee solicitor Sharaquita holds a christening for her daughter, while Jay embraces the world of competitive parenting as he coaches his daughter for a place at a grammar school.
10.00 Scrotal Recall (S). 2/6. Dylan hosts a disastrous dinner party. 10.30 8 Out of 10 Cats (R,S,HD). 1/9. With Jack Dee, Gemma Cairney and Rob Beckett.
10.00 Kids Who Kill (R,S,HD). Documentary examining the personalities of children who have been convicted of murder and analysing their motivations, including one teenager who killed his mother.
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11.35 This Week By-Election Special (S). Andrew Neil and his guests analyse the result in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clacton-on-Sea by-election.
11.40 Sunday Night at the 11.20 Who Won the War? (S). Palladium (R,S,HD). 4/6. Acts Journalist and film-maker Peter include Nicole Scherzinger, Taylor marks the 20th Kaiser Chiefs and Tommy anniversary of the 1994 Tiernan. ceasefires by making a personal assessment of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
11.20 Ramsayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Costa del Nightmares (R,S,HD). 3/4. Gordon Ramsay visits a couple having problems with the head chef of their upmarket restaurant in Gaucin, southern Spain.
11.00 Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Pay? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 4/8. Paul and Steve call for urgent police back-up after opening a locked wooden case they find while carrying out an eviction notice at a flat in Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Docklands.
2.00 Holiday Weatherview (S). 2.05 BBC News (S,HD).
12.20 Sign Zone: Workers on the Breadline â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Panorama (R,S). Richard Bilton meets workers who struggle to survive on their low wages. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).
12.25 The Paedophile Hunter (R,S,HD). 1.25 One Born Every Minute USA (S,HD). 2.20 Operation Maneater (R,S,HD). 3.15 Unreported World (R,S). 3.40 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (R,S,HD). 4.35 Hughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 4.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).
12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Night Crime UK: Caught On Camera (R,S,HD). The use of CCTV to fight crime. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). Humorous gargoyles and sombre stained-glass windows. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).
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12.35 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.
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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).
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6.55 Live Formula 1: Russian Grand Prix First Practice (S,HD). 8.35 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade (R,S). 9.35 Sweets Made Simple (R,S). 10.05 Sweets Made Simple (R,S). 10.35 The Travel Show 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 The A to Z of TV Cooking (R,S). 1.20 Live Formula 1: Russian Grand Prix Second Practice. 3.00 Gymnastics: World Artistic Championships 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).
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6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With Len Goodman and Paul Hollywood. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).
Channel 4
6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).
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6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Storage: Flog the Lot! (R,S,HD). One dealer tries to shift a truckload of vintage toys. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). A spy satellite technician witnesses a murder. 3.20 Film: Avenging Angel (S). (2007) Western, starring Kevin Sorbo. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).
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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 2/23. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). The dust settles for the hostages after their ordeal.
6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Marilyn puts pressure on John to tell Jett about Shandi. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)
7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted by Chris Evans and Alex Jones. 7.30 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD). With Simon Jones, Joanna Rowsell, Kevin Davies and Luther Burrell.
6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 58/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 10/60. A look ahead to tomorrow’s live show. 7.00 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (S,HD). 2/6. Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry tackle challenges set during the bread and desserts weeks.
7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charity’s lies are exposed and she is cast out by her family. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Rob is railroaded into agreeing to attend Peter’s trial.
7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.30 Unreported World (S). 3/8. The plight of disabled refugees fleeing the war in Syria.
7.00 World War II in Colour (S,HD). This episode focuses on Japan’s early involvement in the war. Followed by 5 News Update.
8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Lauren and Peter have a big announcement for their families. 8.30 Would I Lie to You? (S,HD). 5/8. With Rhod Gilbert, Kelly Hoppen, Carol Vorderman and Hal Cruttenden.
8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 9/31. Specialist subjects include Leonard Cohen and Anton Bruckner. 8.30 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (S,HD). 5/6. The food writer helps a student whose mum cooks all his meals.
8.00 Gino’s Italian Escape: A Taste of the Sun (S,HD). 6/6. Gino D’Acampo tours Bologna. Last in the series. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Peter calls Carla to tell her that he still loves her.
8.00 Stars at Your Service (S,HD). 3/4. As part of the Stand Up to Cancer fundraising campaign, this series gives viewers the chance to book some of Britain’s best-loved celebrities for any bespoke service.
8.00 Paul Merton: World’s Biggest Cruise Ship (R,S,HD). The comedian goes on a luxury Caribbean cruise, during which he meets the Jamaican dog-sled team and has a run-in with a ferocious tiger. Followed by 5 News at 9.
9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 2/10. Sue Perkins hosts the topical quiz. 9.30 Big School (S,HD). 6/6. Mr Gunn is persuaded to take in the homeless Mr Barber. Last in the series.
9.00 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes (S,HD). 2/6. 9.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD). 28/31. Carol Klein helps firsttime gardeners Dan and Dominique plant a range of fruit.
9.00 Lewis (S,HD). 1/6. New series. Part one of two. The detective comes out of retirement to help the now Inspector Hathaway and new partner DS Maddox (Angela Griffin) look into a neurosurgeon’s murder.
9.00 Gogglebox (S). 3/12. Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas. Narrated by Caroline Aherne.
9.00 JFK’s Secret Killer: The Evidence (R,S,HD). Documentary examining the events during and directly after the assassination of US president John F Kennedy in November 1963.
10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 3/13. With John Cleese, Taylor Swift, Neil Diamond and Kevin Pietersen.
10.00 QI (S,HD). 2/18. With Jason Manford, Aisling Bea and Johnny Vegas. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Emily Maitlis.
10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 The Job Lot (S,HD). 3/6. Trish and Natalie stage a youth employment initiative.
11.25 The Secrets (R,S,HD). 1/5. Drama, starring Alison Steadman and Olivia Colman. 11.55 EastEnders (S,HD). Omnibus.
11.00 Weather (S) 11.05 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). 2/13. With guests including Ella Eyre and Rob Beckett. 11.35 Later – with Jools Holland (S,HD). 4/8.
11.10 Nutty Professor II: The 11.10 Scrotal Recall (R,S). 2/6. Dylan Klumps (S,HD). (2000) Comedy hosts a disastrous dinner party. sequel, with Eddie Murphy and 11.40 48 Hrs (S,HD). (1982) Comedy Janet Jackson. ●●● thriller, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. ●●●●
1.50 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.55 BBC News (S,HD). 5.00 Formula 1 (S,HD). Action from a recent Grand Prix.
12.40 Film: French Film (S). (2008) Romantic comedy, with Hugh Bonneville and Anne-Marie Duff. ●●● 2.05 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). Political debate from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. 3.05 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.
1.00 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.
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10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S). 5/15. Hugh Grant talks about his new romantic comedy, Davina McCall and Christian Jessen discuss the Stand Up to Cancer fundraising event and Ariana Grande performs her latest single.
1.20 Boss (S,HD). Kane poaches an aide from a rival. 2.20 The Inbetweeners USA (S,HD). 2.45 Very Important People (R,S,HD). 3.10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (R,S,HD). 4.00 Win It Cook It (R,S,HD). 4.25 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 4.45 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). Beat-the-banker game show.
10.00 Body of Proof (S,HD). 4/13. A mobster’s son is shot dead. 10.55 NCIS: Los Angeles (S,HD). 14/24. Sam and Callen investigate when five men wearing US marine uniforms are found dead in a warehouse. 11.55 Access (R). Showbiz news and gossip.
12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Kids Who Kill (R,S,HD). Children who have been convicted of murder. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). Wall paintings in Oxfords and Norfolk. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). Home improvements. 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).
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final word COLUMNIST SALI GREEN
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Y dad met my step-mum on a boat party near Tewkesbury. He was dressed as Lawrence of Arabia and she was adorned in Romany gypsy costume. It took him a while to secure their first ‘date’ after this and as it turned out I went along with them, about five years old, to the pub down by the river at Wainlodes. On the way to the pub I sat in the back of the car admiring her clip-on gold hoop earrings and tousled hair fastened in a loose bun. I liked her immediately and was even more impressed when I met her huge Alsatian, Zorba. After a few more dates (without me in tow) Dad managed to convince Vicky to agree to stay with him in his little black and white cottage for a weekend. As they arranged it on the phone he added “and I consider a weekend to be from Friday afternoon until Monday morning”, so she packed her bag accordingly, and as Dad recounts with a warm smile, “she stayed for 40 years” (and counting). Vicky reminded me when I was older about a few annoying things I had done as a child after she moved in. Dad cooked a spaghetti bolognaise and I asked if she’d like pepper on it. She declined, and I looked her in the eye and went straight ahead pouring generous amounts of black pepper on to her meal. One day I put handfuls of mud through the cat flap on to the freshly-washed kitchen floor that she had just finished mopping. On another occasion (hopefully not the same day) she observed me kicking the Bassett Hound in the garden. She saw this through the kitchen window and immediately had words with me. I don’t know why I had done it, I was only little and I hope I wasn’t doing it hard, but her guidance and instruction to be gentle with ‘God’s little creatures’ has remained with me. My other confession en route to being compassionate about animals was on a picnic with another family. Our friend Jeremy Knight-Adams caught me ‘helping’ the dogs out of the back of a parked Land Rover.
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To him it appeared that I was ‘throwing’ them out. Whatever my intention was, I had the first major telling off from a non-family member and I am grateful for it to this day. A grown man helping a little girl to understand how animals deserve to be treated with respect – it encouraged a love and appreciation of animals and when I see anyone mistreating them I do the same for them as Jeremy did for me. We do make a difference when we share the lessons we’ve learnt from loved ones.
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my ideal
If you could invite anyone for a dinner party, dead or alive, who would you invite?
The ideal dinner party? Detective writers Scott McBride, Denise Mina, Catriona Macpherson and Alexander McCall Smith.Then my oldest friend, Jessma Carter. And if he would pop back, the first Duke of Wellington.
How often do you get to experience your ideal weekend?
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Alas, never!
Quick-fire . . . Book or Kindle? Both book and Kindle. Newspaper or TV? Newspaper andTV. I am addicted
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Early bird or lie-in? Definitely lie-in. Cup of tea or stiff drink? Neither. Strong black coffee. Meal out or a takeaway? Both.
Author
M C Beaton will be appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Inkpot, Imperial Square onThursday at 4-5pm, in conversation with Simon Brett (Event L224). Agatha Raisin and the Blood of An Englishman is published this week (Constable, ÂŁ14.99).
How would you describe your ideal weekend?
My ideal weekend would be to stop work. I usually work seven days a week.
Who would you spend it with?
I would spend it with my husband, Harry Scott Gibbons who just happens to also be my best friend.
Author MC Beaton, who lives near Chipping Campden
Would you watch TV?
Our favourite shows are the Scandinavian detective stories on BBC Four, Morse, Lewis, Endeavour and operas or ballet on Sky Arts.
If you could go anywhere for the weekend, where would you go?
I would go to Paris for the weekend, sit in Le Twickenham bistro on Boulevard Ste Germaine and watch the crowds go by.
What would you eat?
Fresh Atlantic crab or snails in garlic butter.
What would you drink?
Fizzy mineral water because I am a saint. Just joking!
What music would you listen to?
I really only listen to music when driving, usually Classic FM, although I do get tired of requests for the theme music from Harry Potter.
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